Archive for the ‘people to watch’ Category
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Blazetrak presents at the January NY Tech Meetup
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Last night, the managing partners of Blazetrak, Corey J. Stanford and Nate Casey, presented a live demo at the monthly NY Tech Meetup to over 750 New York technologists. Currently organized by Nate Westheimer, the meetup occurs on the first Tuesday of every month.
Kicking off 2010 right, four NY tech start-ups were invited to live [...] -
Yoga in The Real World – Baya Voce is bringing yoga to you
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Millions watched Baya Voce as the ‘cute one’ on MTV’s The Real World: Brooklyn, where she chased her dreams of becoming a dancer in the Big Apple throughout the 13-episode series last Spring. Today, the Salt Lake City native remains in New York City, continuing to pursue the common thread of artistic outlets that make [...]
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“Precious Things,” a series by Amanda Dolan, opens in SoHo
Monday, October 19th, 2009
On Saturday night, AMP3 PR client Amanda Dolan unveiled her latest exhibit, “Precious Things,” at the Ward Nasse Gallery on Prince Street in SoHo. The show served as a follow up to “She’s a Lady,” “Call Me Crazy,” and “Heart Attack,” and was noticeably happier in theme, including a hodge podge of all of her [...]
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“Crush It” like Gary Vaynerchuk: New book hits stores October 13th! [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book, “Why Now is The Time to CRUSH IT! Cash in on Your Passion,” is being released next Tuesday, October 13th, and for the New Yorkers out there, he’s doing a book signing at Columbus Circle (book tour details here).
The book surrounds his relatively quick and calculated rise to personal branding fame [...] -
The BMI Urban Music Awards Recapped
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Last Night, BMI hosted their annual Urban Music Awards at Jazz At Lincoln Center in the Time Warner Building overlooking Columbus Circle and Central Park South.
The evening started out with a pre-awards event that included live performances by the likes of Keri Hilson and Mario, and a buffet of delicious things sponsored by Coca Cola [...] -
Sneak Preview Event for Blazetrak.com: Coming September 15, 2009
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Last night, I hosted a private ‘Sneak Peek’ event at AMP3 Headquarters to preview the soon-to-be-launched Blazetrak.com for a select group of trendsetting friends across the media, tech, music, fashion and entertainment verticals.
With savory hors d’oeuvres, wine courtesy of VOGA, and mini cupcakes from The Cupcake Stop, guests listened in as co-founding partners Corey Stanford, [...] -
Honor Society rock the Blender Theatre in New York City
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
In true form, up & coming Rock Band–Honor Society–went all out on their show at The Gramercy Theatre (AKA the Blender Theatre), in “honor” of their original New York fan base.
The four piece boyish band featuring Mike Bruno (lead vocals / guitar), Andrew Lee (bass / vocals), Jay Rosen (keys / vocals) and Alexander Noyes [...] -
Andrew Stern of RipLounge.com heats up the screen on BRAVO’s “Millionaire Matchmaker”
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
After a flurry of emails and phone calls from love-struck ladies started flowing in to AMP3 PR regarding our client, Andrew Stern of RipLounge.com–I knew that I just had to check out his recent appearance on BRAVO’s hit show, “Millionaire Matchmaker.” Luckily for me, it re-ran on BRAVO this weekend and I finally caught the [...]
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Amanda Dolan’s Opening Reception for “Heart Attack”
Monday, March 9th, 2009
On Saturday night, Amanda Dolan unveiled her latest exhibit, “Heart Attack,” at the Ward Nasse Gallery on Prince Street in SoHo. A huge success: the bright, extremely positive, and surprisingly affordable exhibit came as a welcome addition to the doom and gloom that has been a media focus thus far in 2009. [...]
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INVITE: Mixed-Media Painter, Amanda Dolan, unveils her 3rd Annual Exhibit, “Heart Attack” at the Ward Nasse Gallery
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
On Saturday, March 7th, an opening reception will be held for Mixed-Media Painter (and client at AMP3), the infamous Ms. Amanda Dolan, at the Ward Nasse Gallery on Prince Street in SoHo.
This year’s exhibit, “Heart Attack,” differs from last year’s portrait-style exhibit, “Call Me Crazy,” in that it is much more open to interpretation and [...] -
William Morris Lecture Series featuring JACK HOFSISS, Tony Award winning director of “The Elephant”
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
I went to an interesting reading last night at the William Morris Agency by Jack Hofsiss, the Tony Award winning director of “The Elephant” and nameskae of the upcoming one-man show “Jack From Above,” written by Ethan Silverman.
Jack, an established character in the Broadway theatre scene among a sea of Warhol-esque celebrities of the [...]
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Meet The Press: Q&A with Kelly Will of The New York Post (PART TWO)
Friday, February 13th, 2009
If you missed PART ONE of this interview, click here to read it first…
PART 2 – Freelancing, Tech, PR & More:
Alyson Campbell: So, your personal blog, Blonde Rules, when did you start that blog and what do you use it for now?Kelly Will: Honestly, its 100 percent personal. Its truly for friends and family [...]
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Proof that Hope for Indie Artists Exists!
Saturday, January 10th, 2009
My client, Jazz Singer/Songwriter and Independent Artist, Marcus Goldhaber, was given an unheard of 4 out of 4 stars in this week’s issue of People Magazine (Print Date: January 12th, 2009), AND he was the only artist to get 4 out of 4 compared to the other mainstream artists reviewed alongside him! It’s refreshing when [...]
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Meet The Press: Q&A with Editor-In-Chief of My “It” Things, Yuli Ziv
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
On a quest to further explore the concept of PR 2.0 and how people in the industry are reacting to it, I asked Yuli Ziv (someone I consider to be at the forefront of what this is all about) to sit down with me for an interview on the subject. Yuli is a [...]
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My Interview with DJ Skratch Bastid
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Today, I sat down with my childhood friend, Mr. Paul Murphy, AKA DJ Skratch Bastid, who was in NYC for the weekend to perform with The Rub (DJ Ayres, Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven) at Southpaw in Brooklyn. I’ve known Paul since we were wee-lads, and I specifically remember the year when he flipped the [...]
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Pre-Screening Event for Sand Shades (This Friday)
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
On January 1st, 2008–the first day of a brand new year–I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Chitra Neogy on my direct flight from Halifax to New York. After a bizarre series of seat changes that took place on the plane, Chitra & I ended up seated next to each other in the first [...]
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Kwame Jackson partners with The Art of Talk
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Last night, I went to a fête hosted by Mr. Kwame Jackson, famous for his stint on the first season of “The Apprentice” where he very memorably came in second place. Kwame felt it his duty to throw this “escape the madness” party (as he called it), in honor of the insanity that everyone [...]
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Meet The Press: Celebrity Blogger, Tia Walker of The Quest For “It” talks about blogging, PR and overcoming Breast Cancer
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
This month, fittingly in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I had the privilege of sitting down with one of my favorite bloggers, Ms. Tia Walker of The Quest For “It”, a blog that covers all that’s hot in the world of art, fashion, media & beyond with coverage in NY, LA, Vegas, Miami and [...]
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Announcing The Jillian Marie Show!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
On Monday night, I met up with my sister-like friend and used-to-be-AMP3er, the infamous Jillian Marie Kelleher, on location for a taping of her new show “The Jillian Marie Show,” a lifestyle talk show that will cover a range of topics, Jillian-style.
This time, Jillian was set to interview my client, Amber Lee Ettinger AKA [...] -
Lauren Berger AKA “The Intern Queen” partners with Quarterlife.com
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
I first met Lauren during our summer stay on the 5th Floor of NYU’s Hayden Hall (before she officially became “The Intern Queen”) back when she interned @ Backstage Magazine and I, @ Arista Records. Even then, with only her freshman year under her belt, Lauren understood the importance and relevance of internships and how [...]