Artist Mister Cartoon: Photo Shoots & Metro PCS NYC Stores Graffiti Art Promotion

Estevan Oriol aka Mister Cartoon on a recent photo shoot for clothing line Upper Playground as part of the company's latest catalog.



via Hop Hop Wired

Renowned graffiti and tattoo artist Mister Cartoon and two East Coast graffiti artists, Cope2 and Sen2, recently bombed three MetroPCS stores in Harlem and the Bronx in New York, to promote the partnership between Sanctioned by Mister Cartoon and MetroPCS.

Check out the photo here:
Estevan Oriol - Metro PCS NYC Stores

Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws Manhattan From Memory

via NY Magazine from the Daily Intel section

This is amazing and really cool: Stephen Wiltshire, a British artist who has autism, is drawing a twenty-foot-long panorama of the New York City skyline entirely from memory, after taking just one twenty-minute helicopter ride while visiting the city. The results so far are amazing, as are Wiltshire's impressions of the city.
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See a slide show of Stephan's work here:
Smug Mug

More photos:
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BMI Urban Awards Honors Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Kanye West And Others

via press release:

U.S. music rights organization BMI saluted the world's premier R&B, rap and hip-hop songwriters, producers and publishers tonight at its annual Urban Awards. BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Catherine Brewton, Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Atlanta, hosted the ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City.

Hip-hop titans T-Pain and Lil Wayne shared the prestigious Songwriter of the Year prize, as trendsetters Polow Da Don and Kanye West both earned Producer of the Year titles. Song of the Year honors went to Jordin Sparks' "No Air," written by Erik Griggs, while Universal Music Publishing Group garnered yet another Publisher of the Year crown.

The capstone of the night's festivities was the presentation of the BMI Icon Award to George Clinton, whose achievements were celebrated with an all-star musical tribute, featuring performances by Cee-Lo Green, who delivered "One Nation Under a Groove"; Parliament/Funkadelic's Bootsy Collins, who performed "Atomic Dog"; Janelle Monáe who performed "Flashlight"; and Dallas Austin, Big Gipp and Outkast's Big Boi, whose medley of "(Not Just) Knee Deep," "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)" and "Up for the Down Store" was the jaw-dropping conclusion.

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BMI.com
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Wire Image - After Party

A complete list of nominees and winners here:
2009 BMI Urban Awards: BMI Award-Winning Songs

Art of the Music Deal: What Happens Before You $ign on the Dotted Line? THE MANAGEMENT DEAL upcoming lecture scheduled in Los Angeles

So you're an artist or band making a name for yourself in your town, city or region and you start getting approached by managers wanting to handle your business affairs.

What do you do?

The National Association of Record Industry Professionals can help. NARIP is scheduling a seminar/lecture to learn the information you need to know in signing with a manager. If you are an up and coming artist or just new to the music business, this is an excellent way to learn more about the "What Happens Before You $ign on the Dotted Line?".

The National Association of Record Industry Professionals presents:

Art of the Music Deal: What Happens Before You $ign on the Dotted Line?
THE MANAGEMENT DEAL

Top music attorney Al Schlesinger and artist manager Bill Leopold face off in a live negotiation of key deal points and contractual issues in a management agreement.

WHEN:
Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 6:30-9:30 pm,

WHERE:
SAE Institute, 6565 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028.

YOU WILL LEARN:
When it's the right time to make a deal

Major areas of negotiation, including:

* Terms
* Options
* Commissions and how they're paid
* Sunset clauses
* Deliverables
* Selecting a business manager
* Making the most of the artist-manager agreement

And much more.

Learn more click here