The time is NOW! The product is complete…and we need your help.

Deep Ellum ON AIR 9/21/11

The time is NOW! The product is complete…and we need your help.

DEOA News Blog Number One:

I am helping to grow an "internet broadcasting company". In my book that is pretty awesome! I am very excited about what we are doing. As the General Manager, I got the DBA, Tax ID and bank account all set and just implemented a sales division. Yay!

In the mean time…internet entertainment is all about number of clicks to the site. In order for Deep Ellum ON AIR to pull in advertisers like Miller Lite, RedBull, 7-Eleven, etc. we need hits to our site. Our goal is 10,000 hits for the month of October!!! S.O.S.

That is where you – our beautiful friends and family come in. We need your help! Please click on any of the links below to watch our best shows. This is our “product” our product is *free* for you! Not for us though … lol  Thus, is the dilemma. We need fans, so we can get numbers (clicks), so we can get advertisers, so we can get money, to advertise online and in magazines.   –click and share—click and share- plz

Our Website:   click here* www.DeepEllumONAIR.com

(All shows are live once a week and can be played at any time for one week until the next show)

Intro into the GREATEST Crew I have ever worked with:

GOING DEEP: THE LOCAL SHOW
Live @ 7PM on Wednesday

Click here: http://deepellumonair.com/goingdeep.html

This show highlights all local music, events and organizations. There are live interviews and music videos as well as live performances. Jedi Jantzen is the amazing host of this show… all music genres are promoted here. He hopes to really support artists without big labels backing them, to give them a voice so they can be heard. Like the title of the show… he goes deep into reasons why these artists do what they do as well as the meaning behind their songs.

 

HUNGOVER WITH V
Live @ 10AM on Monday

Click here: http://deepellumonair.com/hungoverwithv.html

HungOver With V - Hot chick with hot topics! “V” is awesome and is sure to become one of our biggest shows… yummy beverages, adult language, edgy news, all genre music, theater reviews, local cuisine and chefs, alternative news. She is like me… one of the guy’s type girls, but the girls love her too! Jedi is running the board and host is: “V”  -who is now leading our sales division as well. Thus, saving my sanity at the moment!

LOOSE LIPS

Live @ 8PM on Monday

Click Here: http://deepellumonair.com/looselips.html

Loose Lips – is a show that always has a unique edge to it. The last show had the inventor of fried butter for the “Texas State Fair Edition” and it was a riot! Monk, who runs the board for the show is a technical genius and continues to learn more visual ways to appeal to their audience. Hosts are: Monk, T-Hogg, Chris and Yvette –Adult language / all genre music

 

DARK SIDE SPORTS RADIO
Live @ 6PM on Saturday

Click Here: http://deepellumonair.com/darkside.html

By far our funniest show … if you like to laugh then click here! I am serious I feel so lucky that I get to sit on the couch and listen to these guys cut up! They have me laughing so hard I cry! Plus if you love sports they give it to you in the most entertaining way I have ever witnessed! Also, if you do not love sports I guarantee this show will change your mind! Check’em out. Adult language / Hip Hop & Dub Step Music / Great funny segments like “Too G, or Not Too G” and  “Come On Playa”. Hosts are: J.D., Dat Boy Pugh!, Marvino, and Sleeping Bags Ced

 

M.A.R.S.
Live @ 8:30 on Wednesday

Click here: http://deepellumonair.com/mars.html

RAW!!! Seriously…Check out the Potty Mouth Princess, Jazmyn - Hip Hop music and urban news. These guys do not hold back. They have major area artists on all the time, sports figures, spoken word poets, among other guests and continue to push boundaries with their content. Hosts: Chris P, Littles and Jazmyn

D-TOWN REGGAETON TIME

Live @ 8:30PM on Saturday 
Click here: http://deepellumonair.com/reggaeton.html

This is our Spanish/English show… Latin Flavor at its best! They provide hot music to shake yo ass to and major Reggaeton artists fly in from all over the US and Puerto Rico to be on this show. Not to mention that these are some of the most respectful and sweet guys I have ever met personally, which is why I watch even though I cannot understand what they are saying! Lol I know a lot of my friends here in Texas will though… This show is great to put on just before you go out to the club. Pre-party!!! Hosts are: Sexy Nach! and Veterano Uno

FAITH PRAYER TIME MINISTRIES
Live @ 3PM on Saturday

Click here: http://deepellumonair.com/faithprayertimeministries.html

                                                                             

Faith Prayer Time Ministries – this is a very new show. Faith is a kind soul who loves to share the good word with anyone who will listen. She takes call in prayer requests. This is by far our most family friendly show. Okay, maybe our only family friendly show! Faith also has a segment dedicated to reading children’s books to kids. She is a sweet lady with a powerful message. Prayer / Gospel Music / Books -  Host is: Faith

ONE LOVE,

Amberly 

Metal Bands and Jewelry

A most interesting thing occurred last week. I had a very girly get together to host a jewelry trunk show. Mind you, if you really know me then you know that this is definitely not my style. I did it because my best friend of 18 whole years is a budding female entrepreneur and mommy of two beautiful children, and she asked me to.

So I politely obliged with the caveat that there was to be ample booze involved. I knew that most of my compadres would not be there because we are all broke, but with a glimmer of hope in my eye I facebooked the event anyway.

A few great gals showed up and we had some quality girl time for sure. What is interesting about this night was the dichotomy of helping to run Deep Ellum ON AIR and having a metal band from Memphis called This Tragic Day in the studio versus my downstairs get together.

I had to politely excuse myself to go and check out the band I helped bring in from Memphis -dichotomy. Let me set the scene for you. I came from dainty sophistication to enter into the realm of tattooed testosterone and surprisingly it was an easy transition for me. It was cool to know that I could go from mimosas to Jack Daniels, from dresses to wife beaters, from single gal in the city dating fiasco storytelling to sitting on the couch and listening to the heartbreaker lead singer tell tales of life on the road.

I am enjoying my entrance in to radio so much. The behind the scenes- ass busting, number crunching, email checking, advertising sales generating, music and band info sorting adventure is all countered by being able to sit on the couch at the studio and witness the stories and meaning behind the songs and art created by these wonderful people who come into our home. Oh, and laugh my ass off too! Refer to our Dark Side Sports Radio show for humor...I laugh so hard I cry!

The future of radio station ownership holds endless possibilities – what a cool ride!

http://www.deepellumonair.com/

bin Laden - Sheen: It is all the same to me

From a former soldier...Yes, I had to quell my initial urge to be happy about this news of bin Laden and then once I did that, I felt peace because I realized how wrong that happiness was. I was conflicted until I understood that no murder should be heralded.  

When I first got out of the Army, a weapons enthusiast friend showed me a video he found of two American soldiers laughing behind a camera as they  were filming a man with a turban on, running away over a sandy hill - unarmed.  Another soldier carrying an RPG pointed it, aimed and disintegrated the man running away.  I laughed. ...I actually laughed.

And then, I felt like I was going to throw up for laughing at this man. I truly felt sick to my stomach for feeling joy at seeing an unarmed man running through the desert, becoming pink mist before my eyes. That was a pivotal moment in my life. One I will never forget.

One that made me realize the conditioning for survival I went through and how it was just that, a necessary conditioning, and not reality.

 I fought the urge all day to scream:

Oh goodie!!! One more distraction to keep us from questioning, $4.00 average price of gas, 14 trillion dollar debt, 9% unemployment rate, 15 million children in the world dying of hunger each year, 7.6 million dying from cancer each year, countless wars and poverty levels, massive credit card debt,  tornado disasters, wild fires, earthquakes...shall I continue?

Hey, what is Sheen doing these days?

Oops! Back on track earthling… WARNING: these DISTRACTIONS ARE A NECESSARY CONDITIONING to keep you from seeing the reality. This system is broken. Lets move on now.

Said in love…

Look Ma, I thought I saw a hipster! Nah, she’s only half.

I have been on the path to discovering new labels given to people in Deep Ellum. People around me always complain about the “hipsters” in our neighborhood and thus began my search to define what a “hipster” is.

I polled the audience here in my hood and many people had many different opinions on what constitutes a hipster. What I thought to be a hipster turned out to really be a punk person.  

I was a little off the mark apparently. Then when I asked one of our neighborhoods beloved personalities what his definition of a hipster was he told me that I was a BORDERLINE Hipster!!!!

I had such a long good laugh at that one! I had been searching high and low only to discover that the main perception of me was HIPSTER!!! Cracks me up…

My reply was if I am borderline that’s cool because I’m not fully hipster, punk, emo, screamo, goth, nerd whateva …I AM ME …Now maybe I have a borderline personality, but that’s a whole other blog.

This social experiment lasted a few weeks. It’s hard to define people in that way because we are truly unique no matter how hard some people try to fit in. I am glad so many people define hipster in different ways because it proves that labels are a hindrance to acceptance and love.

It’s time to put down our labels and see inside of people. Get past our own clouded perceptions and open our hearts and minds, because we all have the same basic needs for a fulfilling life. Isolation and judgment are not a part of that need.

Said in Love…

Deep Ellum On Air: My First Foray Into Radio

My new adventure is in radio! I was asked to help grow an internet radio station, Deep Ellum On Air, and this proposes to be probably one of the most interesting and unique experiences thus far. (Those that know me know I’ve had plenty.)

This all came about one evening when I was having a welcome to Deep Ellum loft party. The theme “Moving on Up to the East Side of Dallas.”

Yes I am Weezy/ But I Ain’t Asthmatic …Holla at the Jeffersons.

Our call box was broken at the front door so I left a note with my name and cell number on it so my guests could get in the door. I got on the elevator with some friends and met a nice guy who introduced himself as Jedi. I said, “Jedi, who names their kid Jedi?” I was clueless. I said, “I’m Amberly.”

“Oh, so you are Amberly.”

 I said to myself, “Self, how does he know who you are?”

Jedi then told me that he saw my name on the door.

I turned to my friends and then Jantzen, a.k.a Jedi, asked me to come be on his radio show upstairs. I said what the hell! Of course! After all it isn’t every day that you just get to be on the radio. So I made my way up to the Dark Side Sports Radio show (they were sweet and funny as hell).

Apparently the mixture of VSOP, Stoli and tequila turns me into a drunk white girl trying to be hood. See below excerpt from the radio events. Oh lord, I fear it was a remake of one of those White Chicks scenes.  I seriously rapped a little old school Snoop Dogg and at one point might have said that I was “hustlin” and “keepin it real” all in the same slurred sentence! Oh, and the best part was the Anna Nicole slurred, “I’m very comfortable with my body.” (wink, wink) My Mom must be so proud!

Thus was my not so graceful entrance into radio.

I really don’t know what I am getting myself into, but I have an excellent teacher in Jantzen. Even if he is already cracking the whip! Ouch.  Email Inbox now highly sorted boss. Thank you, may I have another?

Deep Ellum On Air already had a great group of talented people who started this station when I joined. Their shows are very versatile and highlight every facet of local music and culture here in Deep Ellum and they are just very cool people to know.

I think for one of my first lessons, Jantzen needs to teach me how to chop and screw!

(No Mom, that doesn’t mean what you think it means).

http://deepellumonair.com/

Art Love Magic / The Just-US League: A Lesson in High Level Artistic Collaboration

I walked into 3025 Main, a.k.a Excuses, in Deep Ellum last night and entered into the realm of collaboration in its highest form. Fourteen local artists in Deep Ellum gathered at Excuses around eight o’clock to create “Energy.”

What a beautiful lesson I received. There was a leader and he gathered everyone around in a semi-circle surrounding the large black canvas. He called out to the group, “We want a center of energy as the focal image for this painting.”  Then he began to poll the others in the group, “Okay, what would you like to help contribute to this momentum?” Then the group started peacefully and without ego, contributing to high level creative ideas, each with wonderful insight even though the ideas might have been at the opposite ends of the spectrum.

They all came together in the end with ebb, flow, give, take and contribution. The end result was a beautifully crafted painting centered on the collective group’s energy. What a concept!

Imagine if this were taught to our children. I went to a school with low funding. We did not have music or art classes. If I were taught this lesson as a child it would have affected me greatly. It was so beautiful to see artists let go of their ego and soar into a new realm of artistry, a lesson that can easily be adapted into every facet of our existence.

 Thank you Just-Us League!