DJ Jon Quick: From Social Work to DJing For Obama

Sometimes making a career choice at a young age never turns out being what we end up doing, especially in this day and age. It is also great when our ‘side hustle’ becomes a major source of income.

Although he went to New York City to pursue a master’s degree in clinical social work from his hometown of West Virginia, his passion led him down the path to constructing musical blends for varied audiences. As with any other superhero, by day, he is a mild mannered social worker and when the work day is over, this is where DJ Jon Quick comes in!

Quickly rising up the ranks to do corporate events for notable companies, he recently he signed on as a promotional DJ for Alize’ and his mixes can be heard on AlizeClassicFlavors.com.

DJ Jon Quick aka the Turntable Superhero, takes off his cape for a moment to speak to The Industry Cosign.

Harlem Charity Event To Help NYC Inner Kids

NYC OFFICIALS, ENTREPRENEURS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS “GAMBLE ON YOUTH”

– HITS, Inc. and the 300 Club Host The Fourth Annual Uptown Summer Classic:”The Red Door” Charity Casino Night to Inspire Service and Support Inner City Youth –

HITS: Michael Richardson Youth College Tour at Howard University

Harlmen, NY(BlackNews.com) — On Saturday June 30, Hearts in the Streets, Inc. (HITS) will host the 2012 Uptown Summer Classic: The Red Door to benefit NYC students through the Michael Richardson Youth College Tours. The casino themed event will include a night of music, games and fun while also recognizing professional trail blazers that have demonstrated a commitment to giving back.

The event will take place from 7pm to 12am at the Historic Alhambra Ballroom located at 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (At 126th Street). Hosted by Camille McDonald, America’s Next Top Model, along with New York state elected officials, The Red Door will attract more than 500 young professionals with a common interest of striving for success while serving their communities.

WALE PERFORMS “NO HANDS” LIVE WITH WAKA FLOCKA AT DJ PROSTYLE’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY PARTY IN NYC

AFFLUENT RECORDS: 60 Seconds w/OscarSanchez- HOW TO SHOP YOUR DEMO IN 2012

 AFFLUENT RECORDS

:60 Seconds w/OscarSanchez

 An online blog series of Music Industry Q&A excerpts taken from Oscar Sanchez new book

“The Life of NYC Industry A&R”

HOW TO SHOP YOUR DEMO IN 2012?

Its incredible that throughout all these years in the music industry no matter what or where I go, the biggest & first question people always have for me when they get to see me is “How Do I Shop My Demo”. I tell people always, its takes more than just a few words to cover that question. You need a real conversation to understand what to & what not to do in 2012.

NYC’s OSCAR SANCHEZ gets ready for AFFLUENT 2012

In an era where most labels are folding and crashing.  Music industry veteran Oscar Sanchez and his New York City digital urban record label imprint AFFLUENT RECORDS seems to keep surviving afloat striving forward against the industry’s waves of up & down woes.

Now open in its 7^th year the label has slowly risen as one of NYC top urban digital labels to be with. Modeled much in the same similar fashion as an early Def Jam. Oscar has enabled to take the lessons and experience he acquired while working in the industry at the top labels and revised a new work model to be able to work forward in to the digital era more successfully. “I am so happy with the way the label has grown. Seven years ago we started out amongst a lot of competition in NYC and not to mention within the country. Our key was opening our doors as a NYC label to not only regional artists but to artists throughout the country right from the very beginning. Another great blessing has been the beautiful service of the net, which has allowed us to fully communicate with these artists much more fluidly now a days than just wasting time the old fashion ways hoping something popped up hot, now A&R can actually work hard and search worldwide. Also since our distribution is worldwide we not only have branded our name nationwide but have also been able to now expand the brand over to Europe.

The 5Ws: Greg “Gov” Tyler

Who: Greg “Gov” Tyler

What: All City Promotions & Management

Why: ALL CITY PROMOTIONS & MANAGEMENT is a high energy promotions & management company that helps with promoting all different types of companies with achieving their goals of success with room for growth.  We also focus on managing artist /entertainers with guiding their careers to assessment of different levels of achievements.  For the most part, our promotional and marketing plans are designed based upon the resources that ALL CITY PROMOTIONS & MANAGEMENT have build over the years with relationships from powerful people in high places.  One of our main goal is to help our clients gain notoriety and exposure threw all the conventional channels while coming up with new and innovative ways to expose their business to the masses.       

Where: All Cities, but Born in NYC

When: May 23rd 2005

J-ZONE PENS DEBUT BOOK “ROOT FOR THE VILLAIN: RAP, BULLSH*T and A CELEBRATION OF FAILURE”

Yawn. Another book from another musician. Let’s guess: He rose from the depths of hell with his talent and went big time. He changed the face of music and made millions. Yeah, a few drug addiction, arrest, and STD stories are sporadically sprinkled throughout for excitement and authenticity, but at the end of it all, he finished his ride a musical legend. He finally gave up dressing room groupies and nose candy; he currently resides with his wife and the children that aren’t illegitimate in Calabasas, CA.
[Insert snoring]

Who can really relate to that shit besides other successful musicians?

My name is J-Zone. If you actually know who the hell I am, either you listen to way too much rap music, you’re a Tim Dog fan, or you stood outside my distributor’s warehouse the day my CDs and records were destroyed. I was on the hip-hop come-up, then I came down – hard. Splat. Some critical success, incessant praise from pop stars and hip-hop legends alike, and then…abysmal commercial failure. I did tours on Greyhound buses filled with wide-bodied, Jheri curled women and knife-wielding gang members. I witnessed my life-long passion for music dissolve in 12 hours and my final album sell a whopping 47 copies in its first month for sale. I left my little-known spot in a small, niche quadrant of the hip-hop world and joined my fellow overqualified stiffs with useless college degrees in the world of dead end jobs. For some sick reason, I find all of the above hilarious and have made an omelette out of any egg that wound up on my face.