Last night, music business icon, Mr. Clive Davis, was interviewed on stage by Billboard Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Bill Werde.  The discussion, which celebrated the 35th Anniversary of Arista Records, was sponsored by Billboard and Pepsi and co-presented by The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music (at NYU) and SoundCTRL—a new networking organization that focuses on the [...]

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 [...]

New AMP3 PR client, www.Grooveshark.com, is an online music-streaming platform that allows you to ’search & play’ any song in the world without the need to register or for downloads.  This instant gratification can also be enjoyed by creating your own custom playlists (just like you would on iTunes) which can be later accessed from [...]

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 other day, my friend Joe Ciarallo, the new full-time editor over at Media Bistro’s PRNewser.com, asked me if I had any tips for pitching the infamous Page Six for a story.  PRNewser, a blog interested in all things PR, went ahead and ran my tips along with some other interesting tidbits right from the [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday, my friend Roberto Gonzalez, better known as an award-winning Real Estate Agent at Bond New York, released a new video designed to simplify the purchase process for first-time buyers and dispel some of the age old myths that exist within his industry.
“The NYC Realty Guide: A Better Way To Buy Real Estate,” is a [...]

In anticipation of their new album, “Artwork,” The Used has announced the first ever 24-hour tweet-for-ticket “Twitter Listening Party”.  On Monday, the day before the album’s official release, the band will be offering a free full-stream of the album plus two B-Sides, “On The Cross” (Save Yourself Mix), and “In a Needle”.  The admission?  One [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]