industryLIFE: Professional Athletes & The Women Who Love Them

We were sent the following story which shows that professional sports may not be all that its cracked up to be...especially for the women who love the players.

There are only a few colleges that scouts and sports agents frequent when looking for talent. They are usually the large schools with huge alumni support. Back in the days before camera phones and the internet, there was a guy who was on his way to becoming a huge star in the NFL. He was cool so a lot of women liked him or was it because he was on his way to the NFL? Don't know but back to the story. Now dude started in almost every game that his school played. He was very generous with giving tickets to friends and family who wanted to take in some Saturday football.

At the time that I encounted him, he was dating a young woman I knew. She was in LOVE, head over hills and this dude could do no wrong. Anyway, she was driving a off to the side ass car and as time would have it several problems began to happen with her car. She was stressed out trying to figure out how to get this car fixed. One of her friends suggested that she ask her beau to help out with the expenses especially since he had her cooking, cleaning, washing clothes and she was not even referred to has his girlfriend, woman or significate other. Well she did finally get up the nerve to ask this dude to help her get her car together and wouldn't you know it dude says, "That's not what our relationship is about, you know how we do!" This chick was speechless, how could the dude she had been f*cking and sucking for almost two years just give her a response like that? Well he did.

As football season kicked off, it was getting cold. This chick was riding around with electric tape holding her windows up while dude had purchased a new truck and was rolling!!! Now of course with him being a student and knowing his parents were not well off, we wondered where did he get the doe to purchase this car and did I mention he no longer lived on campus in student housing but a few miles away in some very nice apartments. Well come to find out...

Get the rest of this story and tips on how to deal if you are in this situation when you read Indusry Life & Times ebook series.

#ILBS - How Not to Make the News.

When I first heard about this story a lot of thoughts rushed through my mind, as usual. I wasn't going to write about it but when I read this, I knew I didn't have to because someone else had summed it up. Click the link below and get inside an insiders view on a high profile news anchor's arrest.

http://liveapartmentfire.com/2012/11/19/no-stones-thrown/

industryLIFE: Television on 9.11.01 (An Essay)

September 11, 2001 started as a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the air was crisp announcing the that the fall season was just around the corner. I was running late that morning and got caught in Atlanta's killer traffic. As I slow trotted down I-20, my normal mix of hip hop & R&B was interrupted by a breaking news alert announcing a plane had flown into a tower of the New York World Trade building. I continued to drive but thought that was the strangest thing. As I neared the office, I noticed that things were unusually quite and went inside to find the same atmosphere. I placed my belongings at my desk then set out  to find my co-workers, normally a very vocal group, sitting quitely in the VP's office staring intensly at the broadcast of Katie Couric. I joined them. As we watched, we noticed a small object enter the frame and crash into the remaining tower. Obviously stunned and alerted by the BTS staff, Katie turned to look out the huge window just as the smoke began to plummet from the tower. As we all sat, stunned and staring at the scene, the news cast was interrupted by a burst of ringing phone lines in our office. The news had alerted them that something was going on that would affect the television coverage that they were expecting from us. Armed with NO answers, we focused on reassuring our clients that we would find out what the next steps were if any. Most cooperated, one did not, he demanded to know why this turn of events would derail his pre planned broadcast of some product that I can't remember now.

As we scrambled to shift into crisis mode, our focus turned to our clients. Thousands of questions were now filling their heads and ours like will we have to reschedule the feeds? When? Would the world even care? We did not know but kept our focus on customer service. As the day went on, and more news began to emerge about the plane in DC and New York, we knew nothing that we produced would make it on air today so we left the office early that day and headed home to watch more TV.

As the night turned into morning, we all converged upon the office still not quite sure what we were to do. Since yesterday had passed some things did become clear, the news stations were busier than ever and had no time to take in our news stories but what we didn't know is how long that would last. This was the first time in history that competing stations were sharing information and footage. Turns out it lasted for weeks. The first week we went into the office everyday making ourselves busy with the things that had fallen by the waste side due to the work load and watching TV. Most of us began to wonder if we would have a job after all this was done. More and more we started to watch the money we were scheduled to make dwindle. Our boss, a smart and quick thinking man, advised our GM to contact all the news stations that we had relationships with to see if anyone was interested in sending our satellite truck to cover any of the events. They were and within hours the  truck crew was headed to the streets of New York, straight to ground zero. Once our truck arrived on the scene, a whole new ball game started. Since most crews were without access to ground zero, our truck and crew were bombarded with request to rent the truck for live shots. I estimate in a three day time period that the truck was running full time all of those days. Back in the office, we got busy coordinating live shots, feeds, billing and connecting our crew with still other crews working to get the information to the masses.

The next week, our office was closed until further notice and most of the team stayed home unless you were involved with the operations of the satellite truck, then you were on call. For those who were, they basically worked around the clock to accomadate the many requests coming in.

Finally as week three began, we were all called back into the office. The world we knew was different but trying to get back to business. Before 911, most of the projects were produced were gladly taken in with out question but after, everything was being scruitnized. No more "just feed it" now we were explaining why this should even make it to air and the stories that were making it air were only the light fluffy feel good stuff that stations felt Americans needed.

The road back to the glory days of producing a piece and getting on air with out much pain were over and a new path was now being chartered that would make us all question life, career and purpose. Our satellite crew worked many hours exhausted but soon made it back to Atlanta some what in tack but the stories that the crew returned with were almost too heart wrenching to hear. From hearing how people were lost, how people came from the rubble covered and smelling of destruction, how loved ones would show up at the truck with pictures asking, Have you seen my husband, my mother, my father, will haunt us for ever but we will never forget how 911 changed the world.   

industryLIFE: Suicide and The Music Industry

Two men. Two industry executives. Two fathers. Two suicides. No Notes. WTF is going on????

#ILBS - Always Business, Never Personal.

The world of entertainment & music are difficult, this we know but what so many fail to realize is that it is always BUSINESS. Sure you are going to meet a few friends along the way but when money comes into the picture it's gonna get sticky.

In a recent interview on Power 105 NYC, veteran rapper Beanie Sigel voiced his knowledge on what he  learned during his Roc-a-fella days. Seems Beanie was never out for the money but he was in business with people who were. What he didn't know is that since he displayed his ideas or as he says, "Thinking out loud", in an open forum he set himself up to be robbed. Beanie says, "We were family" but admits that is a word that is thrown around so loosely in the business that you better not trust it. Since Beanie was under the assumption that the click was "family" he thought everyone was looking out for each other but as it turned out they were not.

Beanie has had his share of problems but when watching the interview you see this is a man who has been hurt. He had love for his dudes but in the end he learned that no matter the amount of love, it's always business. Click the link to read more....Cash Rules Everything!

http://www.power1051fm.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=449850&article=10369491

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industryLIFE: AskKissy.com Review

It’s a book written about the entertainment industry with a bit of a twist.. While giving you the lessons and stories about the “Back Alley” deals, and the shadiness of the industry, the book takes time out between each chapter to explain to you the lessons that you should have learned and what you should do in those situations.

The stories are Primarily Atlanta Based, and written by a woman who spent the beginnings of her adult life in the industry, the book speaks on some Major Players in the Entertainment Game. And the Foreword is written by another Industry Insider and Entrepreneur, my friend C.F. Hutton, who took the time to edit the original version to include an incredible opportunity within its pages.  I won’t give away too much but you can check it out when you get your copy.

The book details the humble beginnings of the music industry in Atlanta..

Read more: http://www.askkissy.com/2012/06/14/industry-life-times-book-review/#ixzz1xtyKGuti