I now realize why God allows crazy people to come into our lives. Recently, I have prayerfully made some staffing additions. Prayerfully, being the key word. Louis, as I call him ( in my Diana Ross voice as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The Blues), is an impeccable leader who does an awesome job as the newly appointed project manager of PPR 101.
I’m compelled to share when I see the things I pray for blossom into a flower before my eyes and for the spirit of discernment to recognize God in it all. Thank you Louis for a job well done!
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PPR 101 THE BAY WAS WELL RECEIVED & CAREERS WERE ALTERED!!!! THE 6TH STOP FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS CONFERENCE WAS THE SANFRANSICO/OAKLAND BAY AREA. MTV NEWS’ JAYSON RODRIGUEZ, ALLHIPHOP.COM’S VP STEVE RAZE & OF COURSE MY BOY, PC, FROM BET’S 106 & PARK BOARDED FLIGHTS FROM NEW YORK TO EDUCATE, NETWORK AND OFFER OPPORTUNITY TO THE BEST ASPIRING ARTIST IN THE WEST!!!
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PPR 101 ALWAYS PROMISES GREAT NETWORKING ON A LOCAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL. BAY NATIVES D-KNOW OF HYPHEY ROCKSTAR.COM THE SEO SPECIALIST, BIG RICH, BIG THANGS, PRODUCER RAY LOVE DROPPED IN ON PPR 101, MR. FAB AND HIS GORGEOUS DAUGHTER, & DJ MANIAKAL GAVE GREAT GAME.
DA TRENDSETTERS, CLAYTON & HIS FAM, PAST W.O.W WINNERS WHO HAD THE HIGHEST RATINGS IN BET HISTORY!!!, BIG ROB & ERK DA JERK, D.E.O., DA JACKA, NETTIA B, MIDNIGHT PR, GC RADIO, CALIFORNIA RADIO, URBAN RADIO NETWORK, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE SHOWCASE WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY TO 106 & PARK AND BLAZE THE STAGE
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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT…. VERSASTYLE FROM DALLAS, TEXAS,SANGING SENSATION OF THE BAY MONIQUE, B- JADA AND DAVE BUSH OF THE BAY, RODRICK OF SEATTLE, AND OF THE BAY BOY BAND THE LEAGUE & THEIR DRUMMER .
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WIN OR LOSE IT WAS ALL VERY ENTERTAINING. BIG UPS TO , P.O.W, YOUNG SCOOB, WASHU, JOHNNY COLLINS, VERBZ, CHA CHA TRILL GATES, NETTIA B, JAQ RIP & MILLA
AND TO THE WONDERFUL PPL FROM THE BAY WHO JUMPED ON BOARD TO HELP TO MAKE THE DAY A SUCCESS …SOCIALLY FLY, QUEEN B, TEKA, CLASSIC8DESIGNS.COM FOR THE PICS, BIG THANGS, D-KNOW, MANIAKAL, CLAYTON, MAX SALUTE, ALL THE ATTENDING MEDIA, & VANDRELLE SMITH THANK YOU, THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HELPING LOUIS & I PULL THIS OFF!
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YOU TOO CAN ELEVATE YOUR PR GAME FOR HALF THE COST OF OTHER CONFERENCES THAT DON’T DELIVER HALF THE RESULTS THAT WE GUARANTEE!
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Allen L. Johnston
The Music Specialist
Platinum rappers and record labels come and go but only a small handful of them can match the longevity and incomparable success of one unsung hero in the entertainment industry. That one man is the undisputed Music Specialist also known as Allen Johnston. For almost four decades, Johnston has made major moves in music, movies and entertainment law. And quietly, he laid the foundation that most independent southern rap labels follow today.
“My business now is to make other businesses grow and function,” he advises.
Born on the south side of Chicago , Allen’s upbringing was a breeding ground for self expression. Raised by his great aunt and uncle in the 40s and 50s, he and his younger sister were brought up in a 38-room boarding house. His aunt was an opera singer herself. And his extended family included actors, writers and singers.
“I was the only kid in the building for seven years, until my sister was born,” he remembers. “So everybody took care of me.”
By his seventh birthday, Allen was playing classical piano with perfection and heavenly hymns for the Bethel AME Church where his family attended and worshipped under the direction of the renowned A. Waymon Ward. After high school graduation, the cold breezes of the Windy City blew him down South to attend Clark College Atlanta, where he graduated Cum Laude in 1972.
From there, he relocated again to Miami and landed a gig with Capitol/EMI Records. Only 22 years old, he became the youngest-ever regional record promoter. Johnston was responsible for promoting music in six southeastern states and for two distributors in Miami and Atlanta .
“Back in those days, there was no marketing division or promotional department outside the main office,” remembers Johnston . “So I had to work radio and retail. They had a white promotional man but he wouldn’t go into those areas where I went.”
During Johnston ’s years with the company, EMI America raked in countless platinum with the highest percentage of sales. Week after week, the two distributors came in number one and two in sales.
“I went into stores with a squeegee and a bucket so the store owner would let me put my posters in the window. People would come in and buy my records because they saw my posters,” says Johnston . “I washed a lot of damn windows.”
Before long, celebrated music industry executive Clive Davis heard of his accomplishments and offered him a regional promotion job for Arista Records. There, Johnston acquired six gold albums for the likes of Ray Parker Jr., Dionne Warwick, Gil Scott Herron and Tom Brown.
“I started out in promotions because that’s all that a black man could be at that time,” says Johnston . “Promotions men that didn’t change with the game didn’t stay in the business.”
Johnston then invested in his own label Joey Boy Records. With Johnston behind the scenes grooming artists and marketing, the label boasted such pioneering southern rap talents such as Disco Rick, The Dogs, DJ Fury and The Puppies and sold more than four million records independently.
Pushing the envelope even further, he created and orchestrated Dade County ’s first and largest Black Music Month Festival in Liberty City section in the 1983. Continuing to give back to the music community, he created informational website www.asha.com the following year. Dedicated to educating aspiring entertainers and promoters, the website has been rated in the top five percent of all online sites in 1995.
Around the same time, he joined the ranks of Mindseed Corportation, a high-definition movie and audio studio complex based in Oakland , where Johnston develops international and national movie, audio and publishing deals for major and independent artists and filmmakers.
His efforts led to countless accolades and certificates of appreciation as diverse as Jack the Rapper’s Superior Achievement in Black Music Award and the Reader’s Digest Look Smart Editor’s Choice Award. But Allen didn’t stop there. In 1996, he became the director of urban sales for the K-TEL Corporation, where he instituted the first major catalog of direct-to-VHS/DVD movies.
And if that weren’t enough, Johnston also developed a course of study for non-profit organization Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America . Funded by federal government, the program enlisted at-risk youth in the Miami area, paid them a salary to attend class and taught them the essentials of the entertainment industry. To date, the program has the highest percentage of Black male graduation rate of any program in Dade and Broward counties.
In addition, Johnston is an honored speaker for the Florida , Georgia and Tennessee Bar Associations’ Continuing Legal Education courses. Johnston has written several position papers and contracts. His latest book, Publishing Quick and Easy, is a mainstay for both new and experienced attorneys.
Most recently, Johnston concentrates on international affairs. He has been assisting artists and labels in royalty collections, administration and executive level consulting and is currently working with Hip-Hop icon Kool Moe Dee, Grammy Award-winning blues singer Lucky Peterson and Japanese hit singer Minnie P. He is also working to acquire publishing catalogue for the estate of celebrated late reggae star Dennis Brown.
“I’ve been able to remain in this business by staying abreast of the current changes,” he advises. “You must be morally right, be truthful, be persistent and read.”
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THIS IS WHAT HIS BIO READ LIKE BEFORE WE ENHANCED IT!!!
ALLEN L. JOHNSTON – THE MUSIC SPECIALIST
The Music Specialist, an apt name for this multi-talented man born in Chicago Illinois. Allen was raised with an extended family which consisted of actors, writers and operatic singers. At the age of 7, Allen was playing classical piano and hymns for the church that his family attended. After graduating Cum Laude from Clark College Atlanta he came to Miami as the youngest regional promotion man ever for Capitol Emi Records. He was awarded the EMI America – Platinum Album for Highest Percentage of Sales. Clive Davis heard of his accomplishments and offered him a regional promotion job working the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama., Mississippi, Tennessee, and North & South Carolina. During his tenure as regional promoter, he acquired 6 Gold Albums from Arista Records.
Planting roots in South Florida, he created Joey Boy records, Miami’s first Cuban / African American owned record label boosting sales of over 4 million units. 12 of the labels 15 acts were from the local Miami area and where trained in presentation, manners and musical delivery.
He created and orchestrated Dade Counties first and largest Black Music Month Festival within Liberty city in conjunction with Dade County Parks & Recreation, and the African Heritage Cultural Center receiving the Dade County Black Music Month Music Achievement Award (1993). In 1994 he created THE MUSIC SPECIALIST Website (www.asha.com) a website dedicated to education of the entertainment industry. Music Specialist World Wide Web Site rated “Top 5% of all sites on the Internet” by Point Survey in 1995.
His music business and educational experience has led to 16 Dade County – Certificates of Appreciation, the Miami Dade Community College Certificate of Appreciation, The JACK.THE.RAPPERS Superior Achievement in Black Music Award, Educator of the Year Award – Negro Business Women of Dade County and Reader’s Digest “Look Smart” Editor’s Choice Award.
In 1996 Allen became the Director of Urban Sales for the K-TEL CORPORATION where he instituted the first major catalog of direct to VHS / DVD movies. In this capacity he created the marketing and sales plan for K-TEL Urban video sales which eventually became SIMITAR ENTERTAINMENT.
Mr. Johnston also developed a course of study called EDU – TAINMENT, The Business of Music for OIC Miami. This course of study, funded by the Federal Government, took in at-risk youth, paid them a salary to attend class and taught them the essentials of the entertainment industry. To date this program has the highest percentage of Black male graduation rate of any in Dade & Broward counties.
As an honored speaker for the Florida, Georgia and Tennessee Bar Associations CLE (Continuing Legal Education) courses he has written several position papers.
Continuing Legal Education of Georgia, Florida and Tennessee; “How to Break Into the Rap Market, for Attorneys”
Continuing Legal Education of Georgia, Florida and Tennessee; “The Future of the Rap Market”.
His work has been published in Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms Annotated (5) contracts included within the Movies, Music & Musician section, and in 1993 Publisher’s Digest. “The Rap Marketplace”. His latest book “Publishing Quick & Easy” is a mainstay for new and experienced attorneys.
As the Vice President of MINDSEED CORPORATION, a ½ acre HD movie and audio studio complex, Mr. Johnston develops International & National movie, audio and publishing deals for major and independent artists and film makers.
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