Wordsmith honored by ASCAP
September 28, 2011
ASCAP Honors Joint One Radio Featured Artist Songwriter Wordsmith
Baltimore, MD (September 2011) – ASCAP, the leading artist performing rights protection organization, has honored independent artist, writer and producer, Wordsmith, with the 2011-2012 ASCAPLUS Award. This prestigious award program is for active writers in the early/mid-stages of their careers and established writers whose main activity is outside of the broadcast media. Wordsmith, one of the DMV’s most prolific artists and writers, was considered for the award after receiving several musical placements in major TV shows like "The Defender" (CBS), Design Squad Nation (PBS), 40 Most Shocking Breakups (VH1), ABC's Most Fascinating People, Donald J Trump's Fabulous World of Golf (Golf Channel), Six Flags Radio and more.
Wordsmith won the top honors in the ASCAPLUS “Popular Division”, lead by industry pros, Peter Filichia, Peter Keepnews, Brian Mansfiels, Melinda Newman and Pat Prescott. ASCAPLUS Awards are based on panel review of recent activity of writer applicants. Each applicant is considered on merit and in the context of all others applying. ASCAPLUS is not a contest or competition involving the critical evaluation of any specific work or works. The primary basis for panel determinations is the activity generated by each member's catalog, with emphasis on recent performances.
More than just a domestic presence, Wordsmith and his New Revolution label are also well respected internationally. Jerry Doby, an executive with Joint One Radio, Tokyo Japan says “Wordsmith and his label mates are one of the reasons American Urban Music continues to have such an impact worldwide. We are very proud to feature his music on our stations here in Japan.”
ASCAP is home to the greatest names in American music, past and present — from Duke Ellington to Dave Matthews, from George Gershwin to Stevie Wonder, from Leonard Bernstein to Beyoncé, from Marc Anthony to Alan Jackson, from Henry Mancini to Howard Shore — as well as many thousands of writers in the earlier stages of their careers.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 410,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership.
ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.
WORDSMITH is very accomplished in his personal and professional life with a B.A. in Theatre Arts, an independent label called NU Revolution Entertainment LLC and an Internet radio station/blog called Revoltradio.com under his belt. Quite the businessman, Word has gained sponsorship deals for his mixtapes through HipHopgame, HipHopdx, AllHipHop, Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes and 2DopeBoyz to boost his career. In 2009 he teamed up with the Legendary Chubb Rock for his collaborative debut, “Bridging the Gap;” that charted on the CMJ/Top 30 College Charts. These deals afforded him the opportunity to gain marketing/distribution deals with Joint One LLC in Japan, Prowax, GoDigital and Red Eye. Licensing deals with Nintendo Wii's Madworld, CBS the Defenders, ABC’s Most Fascinating People of 2010, PBS Design Squad Nation, The Young Turks, and Six Flags Theme Parks punctuated a successful 2010-2011. Wordsmith's solo debut, “Vintage Experience” scored two hit singles, “Hook-Up Hotline“ & “Tour Guide to New Bride”, on the Mediabase Indie/Mediaguide charts. Since 2005 Wordsmith has performed at major festival and shows like Artscape, A3C, Harrisonburg/Baltimore African American Heritage Festivals, DUB Magazine Car Show, SoB’s, Love, Sonar and many more.
Sega's MADWORLD game for Wii
July 30, 2011
Platinum Games contacted Joint One to provide 10 songs for the MADWORLD game soundtrack. Joint One selected talents from the Joint One Record Pool to sculpt the needs of this soundtrack. Associate artists selected were Sick YG, Doujah Raze, Bandy Leggz, S.O.U.L. Purpose, & Optimus. Download Joey Slick's MadWorld Mix of these artists in the Music / Featured Projects section.
Joint One Radio
April 22, 2011
Joint One Radio,
Tokyo Hosts Video and Audio Message Center to Connect Japan’s Families
Tokyo, Japan/Los Angeles, CA(April 2011) - Japan’s far reaching Urban radio show, Joint One Radio on INTERFM 76.1, has opened its website to host video and audio messages from relatives and friends outside of Japan to their friends and relatives trapped in the chaos stricken areas of the country. Joint One Radio, who’s offices neighbor the Tokyo Tower, has its staff fielding inbound calls and attempting to fulfill contact requests for those outside of Japan to citizens and residents all over the country. While much of Japan’s communication ability is strained or disabled, Tokyo remains capable of assisting those both inside and out of the Country to establish some type of communication via the Internet and limited land-line services.
Joint One Radio has suspended all of its music video and music promotional activities to host video and audio contacts to citizens inside of Japan from other parts of the world. On-air personality, Joey Slick has been providing text updates from Tokyo via the Joint One Website www.JointOne.com as well as up to the minute updates on his personal Facebook page.
Those wishing to use the Joint One Radio website to upload video or audio messages may do so by attaching their MP4 or .MOV/.WMV files or their MP3 files to an email to info@jointone.com. Joint One will post the video on its home page and will host the MP3 files under a separate heading. Joint One on-air personalities are also available to assist with disseminating on-site information from Tokyo to outside agencies seeking information.
Please support the people of Japan with your video and audio messages.
Joint One Radio,
Tokyo Japan's "Official Urban Radio Legend", is Featured on Top
American Urban Entertainment Site Unsignedhype.org
Joint One Radio, Tokyo has been recognized for its worldwide impact on the Urban music market with a feature on St. Louis, MO based http://www.unsignedhype.org. Joint One Radio and Record Pool have consistently held the #1 spot in its market since 2000 and have been dubbed “Japan’s Official Urban Radio Legend”. Unsignedhype.org , launched in 2000 on the "old mp3.com", not only brings over 10 years of online, digital, mobile and social networking experience to independent artists, the site has also received endorsements from figures at BMI, Interscope Records and the world renowned Wu Tang Clan. Unsignedhype.org also provides “official” content for Windows Media, ITunes, Nokia and other online, digital and mobile networks.
Joint One Radio has been the key urban media outlet in Japan for multiple high level product releases such as Michael Jackson MOBILE “For the Children” cell phone in Japan, http://mobile-mj.com. Launched on 29 August 2010, Michael Jackson’s birthday, via the Joint One web site http://www.jointone.com, orders for the exclusive product immediately proved the effectiveness and reach of the show and its web presence. Joint One’s production arm J.Stillton productions, has also provided soundtrack material for Sega of America, inc., in its Nintendo Wii version of the popular game, MadWorld. Sega’s MadWorld soundtrack also includes music from Joint One’s roster of artists from America, Japan and the UK.
Joint One’s founder, DJ Joey Slick, formerly a live mix show DJ on Los Angeles’ Power 106 (KPWR 105.9) and the world renowned Baka Boyz, Friday Night Flavaz mix show, was signed as the instructional DJ for Pioneer’s CDJ system. In 2001 he was recruited away from Los Angeles to create and headline the premier urban radio show in all of Japan, Joint One Radio and 2002 saw Joey inducted into the West Coast Hip Hop Hall of Fame by its founder Alonzo “The Grandmaster” Williams, of World Class Wreckin’ Cru fame.
Dark Shadow Magazine says, “When it comes to music of this genre, Joint One Radio and Record Pool is the pipeline to all of Japan. When you think of where the heartbeat of American music is today, thoughts of Los Angeles or New York may cross your mind. At the very least, we may think that our radio stations should be playing the most current music in the industry. Think twice because most likely, these same songs were first aired on InterFM 76.1 Tokyo.”
With this type of history, it’s no surprise that Joint One stands as the “Gateway to Japan” and helps set the stage for new phases of development in urban music culture around the world. Major and independent labels, established and upcoming artists seek out the show and the Joint One Record pool both in the United States and Japan, as respected team mates in accomplishing their music mission and often, the Joint One Family has advance copies of new projects even before American outlets. Joint One Radio and Record Pool are proven international tastemakers, having a worldwide impact in the urban music culture.
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CONTACT:
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TOKYO’S NUMBER ONE URBAN RADIO SHOW CELEBRATES 10 YEARS ON AIR
LOS ANGELES, CA – Joint One Radio
Show, hosted by former Los Angeles DJ, Joey Slick, celebrates over 2000 shows
and 10 years on air as part of the all-star lineup on Tokyo Japan’s INTERFM76.1 radio station.
In 1999, while a live mix
show DJ on Los Angeles radio powerhouse, KPWR 105.9 FM on the famed Baka Boyz
show, Joey Slick was recruited to play on Japan’s 81.3 FM for J-Wave’s Soul
Train Radio program, which was broadcasting live remote shows from Los
Angeles. He was then invited to tour
Tokyo, spinning live at J-Wave radio station and elite club events. Shortly after returning home, Joey Slick returned
to Japan for another radio and club tour and on this trip, Joey played at
J-Wave, Tokyo FM, Yokohama FM, Northwave FM, and InterFM. Within 2 weeks, after returning from this
tour, he was recruited by Tokyo’s 76.1 MHz InterFM and given a 4 hour prime
time slot. (Monday – Friday 6PM – 10 PM
Live) Joint One Radio was born and made
Japanese Radio History as Joey’s show drove 76.1 InterFM to the #1 spot in
Japanese radio with the first ever prime-time urban radio show in the
country. The Joint One Radio show has
remained in the number one spot consistently for the last ten years and
continues to make history with its pioneering founder, Joey Slick.
Ever the Pioneers, Joey and
partner Shuzz began the Joint One Record Pool Japan, in 2007 to service
Japanese DJs with the latest selected joints from the U.S., as well as take on
local talent, while providing the latest music from the Joint One Record Pool
to a very hungry Japanese audience.
Every Major and independent Japanese music label has worked with Joint
One Radio and Joint One created opportunities for all U.S. labels to have their
music exposed to Japan.
Joint One Record Pool was created
in 1997 in Los Angeles, expanding into Japan in 2007, and Joint One, LLC was
established by Shuzz in 2008, to make Joint One services available business to
business. Joint One Japan, has exclusive
touring opportunities and services available to visiting labels and artists. Worldwide listeners can tune in at www.jointone.com or www.interfm.co.jp.
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Buy Music played on Joint One Radio!
December 01, 2009
Go straight to the player and click the Itunes buy link for music played on Joint One Radio. Access the play list here on the site and select the songs you like. The music from the Joint One Record Pool will be available for your review weekly on our shows so keep listening and build your own play lists from our selections!
Unity Vol.1 Middle East Meets Japan (Mixtape)
October 14, 2009
Rebellion and Joint One team up on a mixtape project, linking the sounds of the Middle East and Japan. Dj Warrior & Deen host this mixtape and invited Joint One's J-Stillton productions to collaborate. J-Stillton's Japanese featured artists are, Rappagariya, Butcher ft. Lisa, and Rau & Ro. Download the mixtape in the Music / Featured Projects section.
Rappagariya 7th Album "Masterpiece"
April 08, 2009
Rappagariya, esteemed Japanese rap group, released thier 7th album called, "Masterpiece." J.Stillton produced 7 songs on the album released through Tokuma Communications Japan. Download Joey Slick's Masterpiece Mix in the Music / Featured Projects section here on jointone.com and get a sample of the rap scene in Japan.
