KL&R2'S LEAD MAN,KEVIN WHEELER RELEASES NEW CD SINGLE ON OCTOBER 8,2013

by Dwight L. Quinn

On October 8,2013 Quinn Records TM will release Let's Go Party, a follow up to Kevin's, Got My Swag On a recent release on Quinn Records TM label. Recorded in Stafford, Virginia and produced by Kevin himself who is a two-timeGrammy-nominee, James Powell - Bass Guitar,Kevin Wheeler Jr. - Drummer/Background Vocals Larry Mount - keyboards, Mike Bella - Lead Guitar,Harvey Lee - Percussions/Background Vocals, all are bringing to this album a solid vourage of sound and soul that come from Kevin's long years of singing and ministering to the Gospel.

Let's Go Party is written by Bobby Conerly and Charles Burton. Kevin was taken in by the
song for the Club fun and feel. Some of Kevin's previous songs all have the presents of life
and excitement intrenched deep into the lyrics, tempo and beats.

Kevin is feeling good about this Album. Kevin said his hope is that everyone who listens to
Let's Go Party, feels it like he did. Kevin is now working with a new East-coast Agency and
is planning his national tour in support of the album.

Kevin's history is unfolding.KL was born and raised in the Washington DC metropolitan area,
he was inspired in music by his grandfather, the late Grant Williams 111, who played the tenor
saxophone for Louis Armstrong band KL, started his musical training at a young age in the
traditional Baptist church.

K L started playing music professionally in the late 70`s with a local GO GO band.
Then he went on to form his own national gospel group. The group recorded its first gospel album
on Redemption Records which included the instant hit Victory, which vaulted the victory album to
number 18 on the Billboard charts. The album was a huge success and the group was nominated
for the GMWA Excellence award, Dove award, and Soul Train music nominee. The group has also
charted the Billboard at least 5 times.

Kevin first recorded under his own name for Quinn Records TM in 2004, along with the R2, they
fisrt national release was titled,Can You Get Away written by Oliver Johnson. Since that time Kevin
has gone on to record and release five albums on the Quinn Records TM label. He toured with
the Divine Messengers and recorded for the now defunct Redemption Records before stepping
out on his own. As the head of his own group, he quickly made a name for himself in the soul n'
blues arena, doing live show in and around the Washington D.C., Stafford and Maryland area.

Kevin Wheeler & KL&R2 is rapidly gaining the respect and recognition as a soul n' blues force
to reckon with. His pure passion for the music is the driving force behind Kevin's tireless efforts
to becoming the next-best soul and blues artist. So the World had better get ready. Kevin Wheeler & KL&R2 has a Show for you.

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MOBILE IS NOT AN OPTION,MOBILE IS A MUST!

by Dwight L. Quinn

Mobile is no longer just a luxury, which is available to an exclusive class of society. 

It has now emerged as a necessity for users, developers and businesses alike. 

Users who once browsed Websites now do so, on their mobile devices.
Everything, including payment, has now become mobile.

For the first time, web and mobile measurement firm comScore Inc. is breaking 

out mobile commerce sales by product category. The firm offers a glimpse at what 

mobile shoppers are buying.

Following are select product categories, the percentage of web sales from desktop/laptop computers, the percentage from smartphones, and the percentage from tablets, for the first half of 2013, according to comScore:

Event tickets, 84.6%, 10.9%, 4.5%.

Apparel and accessories, 90.3%, 6.2%, 3.5%.

Consumer electronics, 94.4%, 2.6%, 2.9%.

Computer hardware, 94.5%, 3.3%, 2.1%.

Consumer packaged goods, 95.6%, 3.0%, 1.3%.

Overall, 90.4% of total web sales came from desktops and laptops in the first half 

of 2013, 6.0% from smartphones and 3.5% from tablets, comScore says. 

Mobile commerce sales hit $10.6 billion in the first half of 2013, comScore finds, 

up 27.7% from $8.3 billion during the first half of 2012.

“While mobile devices are already extremely influential in the overall buying process, 

they are also beginning to drive a meaningful percentage of digital commerce

,” says comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. “One out of every ten consumer e-commerce 

dollars is now spent using either a smartphone or a tablet, and growth in this segment 

of the market is outpacing that of traditional e-commerce by a factor of 2x, which itself 

is growing at rates in the mid-teens. Any channel shift has the potential to be disruptive 

to established revenue streams, and it would appear that m-commerce spending has

reached enough of a critical mass that key stakeholders must begin to address this new 

market dynamic today or risk losing competitive advantage.”

Hence, it would be desirable for you to move with the changing times and adapt to

 the latest mobile technologies. It is no more enough to merely get someone create 

an app for your business – you also need an IT team which is “mobile-literate” and 

can take care of post mobile app development aspects, such as developing an 

effective mobile strategy, promoting the app and so on.

Today, each and every company does need to create a powerful enough mobile 

presence. In case you are not ready to develop a mobile app for your business yet, 

you should think of the next best thing – that of creating a mobile Website to 

showcase your products and services. This Website should ideally be compatible for

 viewing on a number of different mobile devices.

You will have to do a bit of research in order to hire the right app developer or team.

You could ask your business contacts or visit forums online and post your query. 

Once you choose a developer, follow the above-mentioned steps to ensure that your app 

development process is smooth and trouble-free.

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JAMES E. GILBERT OUT IN THE OPEN, BLUES N' SOUL MUSIC'S BEST KEPT SECRET!

By Dwight L. Quinn

 The Biography 

James Gilbert has been delighting audiences all over the world for nearly four decades. A James Gilbert & Legacy show promises to take you on a journey of an era when music was MUSIC!! James Gilbert is a man with a missionto get you to listen to what you've been missin.

 James Gilbert starting his singing career in 1974 performing in his grammar school talent show, James been a singing my whole life. James says that his vocal ability is a family trait, as his Mom & Dad both love to sing. James is a self thought musician, learning lead guitar, bass & drums and to avoid trouble as a teenager. Blues music was a staple in our household in his early years as I studied the mechanics of the Blues, which played out when he was 17, as he was fortunate enough to share the stage with Blues Legend John Lee Hooker. From then on performing has been James Gilbert's way of life.

After bouncing around the country as a member of a Top40 Rock and RnB band in the early 1980's, James decided to return home to expand on his own versatility. So he joined a local musicians union singing radio jingles, of which his first assignment was vocalist for the Missouri Lotteries New Pick-3 campaign in 1992. That same year, his new band got noticed and was selected to perform as actors for the Toyota Corporations Big Spring Sale TV commercial. Although falling in love with the art of voiceovers, performing continued to hold James heart hostage, so he put doing voiceovers on the back burner and continued to pursue his musical career. In nearly four decades of performing, James played with and opened for such superstars as B.B King, KoKo Taylor, Johnny Winter and War.

 In 2006 James released his first solo CD project entitled Best Kept Secret, where he had the #1 song for two weeks on Southern Soul radio and received rave reviews in both the US and Europe. In September 2012, James Gilbert was signed to the roster of Quinn Records TM, where his talents as a recording artist as well as company official spokesperson continues to attract attention from all over the world.

 JAMES GILBERT"S Discography; 
1-BEST KEPT SECRET
2-GO SLOW,BLUES CROSSING (QR121222-1)
3-KEEP ON KEEPING ON (QR121236-1)

 JAMES GILBET'S Set List; 
BLUES THIS MORNING
A REAL GOOD SIGN
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA (COVER)
SOMEONE TO LOVE
OOH BABY
KEEP ON KEEPIN ON
KISS (COVER)
I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE TALKIN
PLEASE COME BACK HOME
LONELY MAN
BREAKING MY HEART AGAIN

 MEET JAMES GILBERT & THE LEGACY BAND 

• JAMES GILBERT-LEAD VOCALS, LEAD GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, DRUMS 
• ROBERT (BOBBY) ADAMS-DRUMS 
• EUGENE SMILEY, SR.-RHYTHM GUITAR 
• BRENT WHEATLEY-KEYBOARD 
• TOM FLORA-BASS 
• RONNIE REED-TRUMPET ERNEST MELTON-SAX 

 James Gilbert's dreams and goals is to continue to work,thrive and delight audiences all over the world for many,many more years to come.

Total Song List is 85+ songs performed own show by James Gilbert & Legency Band.
Average Showtime: 3-4 Hours long..

Covers: see above list.
 Typical Repertoire: Blues/Soul/R&B

Check Out James's Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

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DISCOVERING AND SIGNING THE BEST TALENT

 by Dwight L. Quinn

Discovering and signing the best artistic talent is the motor that keeps a record company running. “Breaking acts and protecting A&R will always be the lifeblood of our culture. It’s at the heart of every conversation we have”, says Dwight Quinn, CEO of Quinn Records TM.
There is fierce competition between record companies to discover and sign the best new artistic talent. We are constantly scouting for performers that have the potential to develop their career in music to the highest level. Traditional A&R methods are today complemented by other ways of finding and signing talent.

The way to find talent nowadays is completely different from 25 years ago when bars or small venues were the places to find artists and musicians. Now there are a multitude of different ways. But at the end of the day, no matter how we find talent, it’s about someone making music and someone feeling the emotion that it creates. The internet is often the first port of call for Quinn's A&R looking to find the top performers of tomorrow.

The internet has made pre-selection much easier. Instead of travelling to every gig, you can do a lot of the groundwork online, checking out bands on their homepage, Myspace or YouTube.

 The internet is where you first hear of a buzz around an artist. We’re not the sort of label that looks for someone who’s got two million hits on YouTube, but we do look for an online buzz. While the internet can cut out some of the legwork for our A&R executive, viewing artists online is no substitute for seeing them live and developing a personal relationship with them.

 Evaluating artistic talent is a subjective process, but Quinn agree we are looking for something beyond technical competence when searching for an act to sign. We are looking for an artist that can move music fans. We looking for empirical evidence of a connection between the audience and the artist.

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A HARDWORKING ENTERTAINER KEVIN WHEELER & R2 (KL&R2)

by Dwight L.Quinn 

 THE BIOGRAPHY

 KL was born and raised in the Washington DC metropolitan area, he was inspired in music by his grandfather, the late Grant Williams 111, who played the tenor saxophone for Louis Armstrong band KL, started his musical training at a young age in the traditional Baptist church. K L started playing music professionally in the late 70`s with a local GO GO band. Then he went on to form his own national gospel group. The group recorded its first gospel album on Redemption Records which included the instant hit Victory, which vaulted the victory album to number 18 on the Billboard charts. The album was a huge success and the group was nominated for the GMWA Excellence award, Dove award, and Soul Train music nominee. The group has also charted the Billboard at least 5 times. Then K L signed a contract on the Quinn Record Label. The group was also nominated for a Grammy award for their latest album A Message From The Messengers. K L and his group has performed all over America, appeared on national television shows. K L is now enjoying his latest Soul R&B album`s which include Can You Get Away, Par-Tee Time, Somebody Said, Lied For The Last Time, Do You Love Me, I Got My Swagg On, Sweetness Is Her Weakness, That Lady and Ms Niece.

 LIST OF SINGLES & EP'S OF KEVIN WHEELER & KL&R2
 A.-SINGLES
- Can You Get Away, (QRS41133-1) Release Date:10/22/2004
- Par-Tae! Get Your Groove On,(QRS51135-1) Release Date:01/01/2005
- Somebody Said,(QRS51138-1),Release Date: 02/07/2005
- Let's Go Party,(QRS13032-1), Released Date: 07/09/2013 B.

- EP - I Got My Swag On, (QR100122-1),Release Date:06/03/2013

 SONGS PERFORMED ON SHOW: Kevin Wheeler & KLR2
 Let's Go Party
 I Got My Swag On
Sweetness Is Her Weakness
 If You Need Me Lied For The First Time

 In addition to several other songs from Kevin's albums and EP's.
 Covered Songs Performed By Kevin Wheeler * KL&R2:
 Can I Change My Mind- Tyrone Davis
 Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You- Wilson Pickett
 Sweet Caroline-Bobby Womack

 Total Song List is 150+ songs performed own show by Kevin Wheeler & KL&R2. 
Average Showtime: 3-4 Hours long..

 Covers: see above list.
 Typical Repertoire: Blues/Soul/R&B

 Check Out Kevin's Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

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THE INTERGRATION BETWEEN APP AND AUTO ALL SUGGEST A STREAMING MUSIC MARKET

by Dwight L. Quinn

Despite gloomy reports coming from the state of the economy this year there's been quite interesting news all positive and complementary. Here are recent highlights reported by the RIAA :
•    riaa reported their 2012 year-end sales and shipment numbers, including the increasing importance of streaming music – so-called “access models” which now total $1 billion in revenues
•    new data from NPD finding that “subscription-based and free

• Internet radio services accounted for nearly one quarter (23 percent) of the average weekly music listening time among consumers between the ages of 13 and 35, an increase from a share of 17 percent the previous  year”
• booming car sales so far in 2013, which, as  Billboard observed, portend further positive news for music business:

First, better integration between app and auto will mean more subscribers
to services like Spotify, which allow smartphone owners to take music into
the vehicle via cached files. Second, more listening to Internet radio over
broadcast radio means more money. Whereas broadcast radio lacks a
performance right, digital services have a performance right that results in
royalties paid for Internet radio listening.

Jonathan Lamy, EVP, Communications, RIAA said, that this is a positive virtuous
cycle, with each set of data points and facts further validating each other and the
underlying proposition.
RIAA year-end 2012 numbers showed substantial growth in these access models.
NPD 2012 data showed more usage of and time spent with these types of services.
And a booming car industry is leveraging fans’ appetite for these services and the
popularity of music generally to offer more value to would-be customers.
This year  auto show, one companies touted music app integration as one of their
key selling points.
All these developments are interrelated, and all suggest a streaming music market
that will only further expand in importance and reach.




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GLOBAL RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY REVENUES INCEASED

  GLOBAL RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY REVENUES INCEASED 
  by Dwight L. Quinn

Global recorded music industry revenues increased by an estimated 0.3 per cent in 2012, the first year of industry growth since 1999, to US$16.5 billion. Digital revenues increased by an estimated 9 per cent to US$5.6 billion in 2012, now accounting for around 34 per cent of global industry revenues. Download sales increased in volume by 12 per cent globally in 2012 and represent around 70 per cent of overall digital music revenues The number of people paying to use subscription services leapt 44 per cent in 2012 to 20 million. Subscription revenues are expected to account for more than 10 per cent of digital revenues for the first time in 2012. Digital channels account for the majority of record companies' income in an increasing number of markets including India, Norway, Sweden and the US Digital retailers' rapid global expansion is opening up the potential for markets such as Brazil and India, to become major sources of future industry growth. At the start of 2011, the major international services were present in 23 countries. Two years later, they are in more than 100 countries. Digital music consumption has become mainstream, as shown by consumer research by Ipsos MediaCT across nine markets in four continents. Two-thirds of internet users (62%) have used a licensed digital music service in the past six months. Among younger consumers (aged 16-24) this figure jumps to 81 per cent. Consumer satisfaction with licensed music services is demonstrably high. 77 per cent of users of licensed services rate them as excellent, very good or fairly good. Even 57 per cent of those who use unlicensed services believe "there are good services available for legally accessing digital music." Many non-digital revenue channels are also increasing. Performance rights income increased in value by an estimated 9.2 per cent in 2012 and now accounts for around 6 per cent of overall industry revenues, up from 3 per cent in 2007. Album charts in most markets show that investment in local repertoire is alive and well. In many countries, local repertoire accounts for the vast majority of the top selling albums of the year. Five major non-English language markets illustrate this. In Italy, Spain and Sweden, eight in 10 of the top selling albums of 2012 were by local artists; in Germany, seven in 10, and in France six in 10.


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