Maa promotional package by Motown Alumni Association

BILLY JAMES WILSON CEO, MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Billy Wilson’s music endeavors are centered in the entertainment and media industries, with emphasis on Rhythm & Blues and Motown music. Wilson is the chief executive officer of the Motown Alumni Association whose primary purpose is for scholarly and educational endeavors. The Motown Alumni Association has over 30,000 dedicated members with over 25 branches around the world, and roughly 10,000,000 email associate consumers, and 3,500 Motown alumni (artist, employees, and associates. The organization has international branches include England, Germany, Japan, and Scotland just to name a few. Wilson’s involvement into the music industry includes advising on the development of artists’ creativity, talent, industry policies, Internet marketing, entertainment brand marketing, entertainment corporate marketing, record company restructuring, talent contract consulting, distributorship marketing, publishing, touring, live event, and production management. In recent months (2011) Wilson and the Motown Alumni Association filed an amicus brief in a federal court case with FBT publishing (Eminem’s publishing company) to act as the requester for the courts to reverse previous lower court rulings on CD vs MP3 licensing. The courts overturned the ruling and the case was won.

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The MAA also gave a $10,000,000/ 3 year equity grant to Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to foster a recording company in the college with major record distribution obtained for the students of Stillman College, and prepare a library made for the studies of the economic importance of Motown Record Company. Wilson is also involved with the 3D Center Of Global Excellence” stationed at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. The center does research on the “LifeVision 3D” imaging process. In a few short words… being able to watch 3D TV without glasses. Wilson is the assistant director of the research team. Wilson’s clients and or affiliations include FBT Publishing (Joel Martin/Eminem), National Association of Recording Arts and Science (The Grammys), the First Lady’s Summit [Laura Bush], Grammys Film Preservation [sponsored by National Association of Recording Arts and Science], Rhythm & Blues Foundation, Vocal Group Hall Of Fame (Sharon, PA.), Library of Congress (Wash D.C.), LBJ Presidential Library (Auston, Tx.), Pullman Group, LLC., record companies [2nd Generation Entertainment/ Bongolo/ Universal]-[Hit Entertainment Group/ Ryco/ Warner]Newtroit Records (Sony Red), Motorcity Hits Records, Hitsville Venture, LLC, [True Life Entertainment Group/ Navarre], Motorcity International Film Festival, Mary Wilson Enterprises, B&B Productions (Los Angeles, CA.), and various multi-national and independent music companies from around the world. Affiliated artists include: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Dancing In The Street), The Four Tops (‘Reach Out, I’ll Be There’), George Clinton (One Nation Under The Groove), Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Johnny Bristol (Motown producer/singer 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

– (‘Hang On In There Baby’), The Miracles (Tracks Of My Tears), The Contours (‘Do You Love Me’), The Dramatics (‘Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get’), Otis Williams of the Temptations, Laura Lee (‘Woman’s Love Rights’), Carl Carlton (‘She’s A Bad Mamma Jamma’), Freda Payne-(‘Band Of Gold’), The Originals (‘Baby I’m For Real’), Brenda Holloway, Scherrie Payne (former member of the Supremes), The Velvelettes (‘Needle In The Haystack’), Carolyn Crawford (‘Let’s Start The Dance’), Spyder Turner (), Kim Weston (‘It Takes Two’), Michael Powell – (Producer Anita Backer, Aretha Franklin, R. Kelley etc … ), Marvelettes (‘Please Mr. Postman’), George Clinton, and the Funk Brothers -(Joe Hunter, Richard “Pistol” Allen, Johnny Griffith). Billy also was personally hired by Herbert J. Strather (Detroit Real Estate Developer [owner of Strather & Associate]) to work as the resident Motown Consultant for Hit Entertainment Group and Hitsville Booking Agency, a division of Hitsville Venture, LLC. Hitsville Venture is an online Casino and multi-million dollar Entertainment conglomerate, that brand and markets the likeness and images of the stars mentioned in the previous paragraph, with access to virtually every former Motown artist in the city of Detroit. Wilson works on a variety of Internet, wireless, and new media projects, representing major and independent artist’s emerging concerns in structuring publicity for themselves, through the internet system, assisting R&B artists’ financial welfare, and Trademark advisory referrals. Wilson speaks frequently on entertainment field from

“entertainment 101” to addressing the issues of obtaining major exposure in the business, professional touring, entertainment marketing, the history of Motown, and related issues; he has given presentations and seminars at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Stillman College, Howard University, Eastern Michigan University, the “Grammys In The School” program [sponsored by National Association of Recording Arts and Science], as well as numerous industry-sponsored events and seminars. Published literature the Motown Alumni Association or Wilson are mentioned in;    

Martha Reeves: Life Of A Motown Diva Motown The Golden Years The Original Marvelettes: Motown’s Original Girl Group "My Sister Tommie: The Real Tammie Terrell Story"

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E Entertainment online Associated Press Chatbusters Magazine EUR Electronic Urban Radio [Lee Bailey] Oakland Press Radio London (www.radiolondon.co.uk) Hellenic radio [Greece] Tavis Smiley (NPR) DIY Reporter News In The Basement Magazine SoulStar Magazine (England) 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

 PRWEB (PRWEB.com) Affiliations Member of the National Association of Recorded Arts and Science (Grammys)  Advisory board of the Walker’s African-American Museum (Nevada)  Former NAACP member Distinctions        

Lifetime Member of the National Registry of Who’s Who® Member of the Lexington book of Who’s Who Former VP of Optimist Club Ypsilanti, Township Former director of the North American Modeling and Talent Agency (Sponsors of the Ms. North American Beauty Pageant) Former President of Cunningham Corporation (entertainment corp.) Former President of S.E.E.D Inc. (community based entertainment corp.) Former band director of the Junior Walker Allstar Band Stand in Bass Player for Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

 Former musician for Marv Johnson (Tamla/ Motown artist).

Here Mary Wilson is with the incomparable Martha Reeves! They are sharing many wonderful memories of their Motown days, at the after party for the unveiling of the Commemorative Stamp for the Girl Groups of the 50’s and 60’s! In the background is (me) Billy Wilson of the Motown Alumni Association, and Rosalind Ashford Holmes of The Vandellas

Legendary Motown Artist return to Detroit to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards and to celebrate the 34th anniversary of a vital community organization. Detroit, MI (PRWEB) August 6, 2003 -- Legendary Motown acts and area radio personalities will join Detroit’s Inner City Sub-Center in celebrating its 34th anniversary August 8-10 , 2003 at 8411 E. Forrest in Detroit, Michigan. The following artists and radio personalities have confirmed their attendance at the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony on August 9, 2003 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. as award recipients: Freda Payne (Band of Gold) Sherrie Payne (The Supremes) Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Heatwave, Dancin’ in the Streets), The Miracles (Oooh Baby, Baby) The Contours (Do You Love Me?) The All-Stars

(formerly Junior Walker and the All-Stars) Johnny Bristol (famous Motown Producer and Singer, Hang On in There Baby) Rosetta Hines (WGPR), Jay Butler (WQBH), Raymond Henderson(WQBH) and Fred Goree (WQBH). There will be a VIP reception at 4:00 p.m. to allow guests and the media to mingle with the artists as well as take photographs with them and get autographs signed. The award ceremony will begin at 5:00 p.m. There will also be a rare performance by former Motown recording group The Vikings (formerly Eric and the Vikings), whose recording "Vibrations (Have Made Us Fall In Love)" topped the million seller R&B charts for Soulhawk Records/Atlantic, in the early 70's. Other performers at the festival include the group Serieux, The Chosen 5, and the "Buckle Up Kids." The three day Cultural Arts Festival is being held in partnership with the Motown Alumni Association and will also feature performances, games, fashion shows, food and vendors. As a part of their continuing commitment to education and entertainment, the Inner City Sub-Center will launch a historic Entertainment Hip-Hop Clinic to educate entertainers about business behind the scenes of the entertainment industry. The Motown Alumni Association will also be involved with the clinic. Organized by Detroit attorney Gregory J. Reed, the pilot program will include three sessions on – August 23, 2003, September 13, 2003 and September 27, 2003. The Motown Alumni Association is a social fraternity/sorority of former, and present Motown employees, alumni, musicians, producers, arrangers, and personnel. Formed in 1995, the Motown Alumni Association has more than 10,000 members worldwide with chapters in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Maryland, Delaware (Washington D.C.), Virginia, Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio), Philadelphia, Virginia, Italy, New York, Japan, South Africa, and England. The Inner City Sub-Center is a non-profit , tax exempt community based organization that provides youth adult, senior and emergency services by providing after school cultural and tutorial activities, food , clothing and referral services for low-income families. Tickets for the VIP reception and Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony are $50. General admission for the three day event is $5 per day. To purchase tickets, call the Inner City Sub Center at (313) 9210200.

Marvin Gaye To Be Considered For 2006 Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp Legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye will be considered for a U.S. postage stamp when the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee meets January 22 and 23 in Washington, DC Los Angeles, CA

(PRWEB) January 23 2004--Legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye will be considered for a commemorative U. S. postage stamp for the year 2006 when the 15-member Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee meets January 22 and 23 in Washington, D.C. The deceased singer is being sponsored for the unique and special honor by the Motown Alumni Association (MAA), Los Angeles chapter. "We began the efforts to get a stamp for Marvin Gaye last June," says Ron Brewington, chapter Executive Director. "Those efforts included a worldwide petition and letter writing campaign which garnered thousands of signatures of support." The MAA chapter had hopes of getting a stamp for Gaye in April, 2004, which would have been his 65th birthday. "But the U.S. Postal Service and the Postmaster General, on the recommendation of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee selects stamp recipients far in advance of the issue date in order to provide time for planning, design, production and distribution," says Brewington. "They had already made their selections for 2004 and 2005."

This prompted the MAA chapter to extend their campaign, soliciting support from politicians in Los Angeles, Washington, DC and Detroit, Michigan. "The Los Angeles City Council, on the recommendation of Councilman Bernard Parks, gave a unanimous passage of a resolution, which was also endorsed by L.A. Mayor James Hahn," says Brewington. "A resolution introduced by Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke before the L.A. County Board of Supervisors was also unanimously passed." Support for the legendary singer also came from Calif. State Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas and Calif. State Senator Kevin Murray, in whose respective districts Gaye lived before his death in 1984. The campaign also received unprecedented support from several hundred celebrities in a concurrent endorsement campaign, "Stars For Marvin," spearheaded by actor Cylk Cozart and conducted by Brewington. A partial list of celebrity supporters include: James Brown (singer), Smokey Robinson (singer), Burt Bacharach (songwriter/producer) Quincy Jones (producer), Muhammad Ali (boxer),Lou Rawls (singer),Paul McCartney (singer/producer) , Wayne Newton (singer),Dick Clark (producer),Nancy Wilson (singer),Pat Boone (singer), Della Reese (singer),Ben Vereen (singer/dancer),Harvey Fuqua (singer),Nancy Sinatra (singer), Issac Hayes (singer),Otis Williams (singer/founder, "The Temptations"),Usher (singer), Dionne Warwick (singer),India.Arie (singer),Snoop Dogg (rapper),R. Kelly (singer), Alabama (singing group),Linda Hopkins (singer),Hall & Oates (singing group),Glen Campbell (singer), The Legendary Ink Spots (singing group),Alicia Keys (singer),Tyrese (singer/actor), Nelly (hip-hop artist),Missy Elliot (hip-hop artist),Ronald Isley (singer),Wayne Brady (talk show host), Danny Glover (actor),Don King (fight promoter),"Butch" Lewis (promoter),Tobey Maguire (actor) Brian McKnight (singer),Ike Turner (singer),Bobby Womack (singer),Duke Fakir (original member, "The Four Tops"), Marilyn McCoo (original member, "The Fifth Dimension"),Billy Davis, Jr. (original member, "The Fifth Dimension"), Robert Guilluame (actor),Blair Underwood (actor),MC Lyte (hip-hop artist),Morgan Freeman (actor), Michael McDonald (singer),Darryl McDaniels (original member, "RunDMC"),Woody Harrelson (actor), Dean Cain (actor),'Sugar' Shane Mosley (boxer),Philip Bailey (singer),Martin Luther King III (SCLC), Don Cheadle (actor),Barbara Mandrell (singer),Patti La Belle (singer),Gladys Knight (singer), Debbie Allen (actress),Nickolas Ashford (singer),Valerie Simpson (singer),Mary Wilson (original member "The Supremes"), Shyne (hip-hop artist),Pauly Shore (actor),Leon

Ware (singer),Robert Evans(producer),Richard Perry (producer), Tyson Beckford (supermodel),Teena Marie (singer),Carl Franklin (director),Eddie George (NFL player), Jermaine Dupri (producer/artist),Brock Peters (actor),Maurice Greene (athlete),The Heritage Network Damon Elliot (producer), Hidden Beach Recordings,Tony Rich (singer),La Faye Baker (stuntwoman),Esai Morales (actor), The Black Eyed Peas,Russell Gunn (trumpter),John 'Sly' Wilson (singer),May May Ali (actress),Bill Bellamy (actor), Freddie Gorman (singer),Bobby Taylor (singer),Sheila Frazier (actress),Mable John (singer),James Reynolds (actor),Brenda Russell (singer), Beverly Todd (actress),Dick Smothers (comedian),Tom Smothers (comedian),Brian Holland (Motown producer),Jean Terrell (singer), Claudette Robinson (singer),Beenie Man (singer),Eddie Holland (Motown producer),Hal Williams (actor) Brenda Holloway (singer),Scherrie Payne (singer),Freda Payne (singer),David E. Talbert (playwright), Cindy Birdsong (singer),Bill Overton (actor),Lesley Mess (singer),Jo-Marie Payton (actress), Anthony B (singer),Tisha Campbell (actress),Ray Parker, Jr. (singer),Lamont Dozier (songwriter/singer), Dennis Edwards (singer, "The Temptations"),Ali Ollie Woodson (singer, "The Temptations"),Bubba Knight (original member, "Gladys Knight & The Pips") Walter Orange (singer),Norm Nixon (ex-NBA),Allan 'Dr.Licks' Slutsky (musician),Uriel Jones (musician), Jack Ashford (musician),Joe Messina (musician),Eddie Willis (musician),Bob Babbitt (musician),Joe Hunter (musician), Baby Cham (singer),Garth Trinidad (singer),J-Boogie (singer),Judy Pace (actress),Jay Warner (author), Boom Shaka (singer),Buju Banton (singer),Ce 'Cile (singer),David Gad (singer),DJ Fraze 1 (singer), DJ JFX (singer),DJ Red Lox (singer),DJ Special (singer),Half Pint (singer),Iron Armor (singer),Lady Saw (singer), Issac Haile Selassie (singer),Red Rat (singer),Ky-Mani Marley (singer),Scientist (singer),Lee Scratch Perry (singer), Sean Paul (singer),Spragga Benz (singer),Tok (singer),The Wailing Souls (singer),Mikey Dread (singer), Mad Professor (singer),Tippa Irie (singer),That Darn Kat (singer),DJ Addverse (hip-hop),DJ Jam (hip-hop artist), DJ Mark Luv (hip-hop),Doctor Dre & Ed Lover,Frank & Dank,Freddie Foxxx (hip-hop),Josh One (hip-hop), Jay Dee AKA Dilla (hip-hop),Lil Maxso (hip-hop),Pete Rock (hip-hop),Poet Named Life,Phife Dawg & Jarobi, Rise and Shine,Spinderella (hip-hop),?uest Love (The Roots),Motiv8,DJ Alicia,DJ Jason Henry,DJ Moses, ,DJ Rasta Root,Sy Richardson(actor),Wren T. Brown (actor),Paula Kelly (actress/singer),Ted Lange (actor), Marla Gibbs (actress),Todd Bridges (actor),Hattie Winston (actress),Glenn Turman (actor),Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress), Ashley Ta'Mar Davis (actress),Dick Anthony Williams (actor),Anna Maria Hordsford (actress),William L. Johnson (actor) , Phil Morris (actor),Jordan Brand,Dorian Gregory (actor),Chester Whitmore (dancer/choreographer),Robert Hooks (actor), Michael Eric Dyson (author),Mel Carter (singer),Louis Price (singer),Virginia Capers (actress),Stogie Kenyetta (actor), Johnny Bristol (singer),Dule Hill (actor),Henry Simmons (actor),The Whispers (singing group),Musiq (singer), The Dells (singing

group),BeBe Winans (singer),Take 6 (singing group),Carl Anderson (singer),Cedric "The Entertainer" (actor), H.B. Barnum (band director) Gaye has received numerous honors for his musical achievements, including inclusion into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy, two Grammy Awards, a star on the world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame and inclusion on Hollywood's RockWalk.

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Spyder D and Spydo Music, Inc. Sign an Ambitious Distribution Deal for Newtroit Records Spydo Music's Duane "Spyder" Hughes inks distribution deal for ambitious label project. (PRWEB) March 21, 2006 -- Pioneering New York rap producer/artist Spyder D signs distribution deal with TOFA/Empire Musicwerks/Universal Records. Everyone knows about rap music's introduction to the world via the Fatback Band's King Tim III, and the phenom of the Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight. Very few know that one of New York City's pioneer rap artists, "Spyder D", Duane Hughes of Queens, NY City was going to school in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in 1978

when he met Billy Motley (now known as Billy Wilson, president of the Motown Alumni Association), a bass player and Rueben Jones, a drummer, of a young group of musicians who formed "Frosted".

Neither of them knew that their collaboration together, would combine the raw talent that would produce one of the top 12" singles of it's era, the "electro funk" smash "Big Apple Rappin'/Rapple", which even today, is one of the most bootlegged vinyl offerings in the history of recorded music, still fetching upwards of $300 on eBay. No one knew that at the time, the group collaboration was the launching of the Motor City into the HipHop world. Today, there is the brilliant lyricist known as Eminem, and his protégé’s D-12 hailing from Motown. And there's the Hip-Hop influenced rock sound of Kid Rock. It's a safe bet to say that that all started with a collaboration of a New York City street ball player, frustrated that his basketball career was rapidly ending with knee problems, and, according to Billy, "a group of young musicians who had grew up heavily influenced by the sounds of Motown in it's heyday." Spyder reflected on the moment by saying, "... It is one of the times in one's life, where you're at a crossroad, and you get very creative because your back is up against the wall. We went into the studio with no rehearsal, and no real game plan other than to vibe with each other and see what we come up with. I was home sick so I wrote about New York. I hummed out the base line to Billy who took the basics of it and funked it the way Motowners know how to do it. I spliced in a sound effects recording of a Delancey street vendor on the intro, and, bam! Big Apple Rappin' with the Motown flair was born." Spyder, not quite twenty years old yet, with Detroit born and raised Tito Lewis, and his Mom's financial backing, launched Newtroit Records first and only single. "We got a lot of notoriety from that single right off the bat" recalls Spyder. A young Tom Silverman (who became Tommy Boy Records founder) published a strong review in his Dance Music Magazine and, "Afrika Bambaata came to my crib on Jamaica Avenue in search of a new record deal with Newtroit, as he was unhappy with his deal with Winley Records. To this day my mother and Bam always ask about each other", says Spyder, who now owns an ABA basketball franchise in Charlotte, and his Spydo Music Incorporated music production and wireless company. Now that's Hip-Hop history for you!

Under this new umbrella of TOFA/Empire Musicwerks/Universal, Spyder will release his farewell to HipHop, a CD simply titled "Legendary". Scheduled guest appearances include legendary peers such as Doug E. Fresh, C&C Music Factory's Freedom Williams, Chuck D, Mikey D, Large Professor, Grand Daddy I.U., Sweety G, Roxanne Shante and Sparky D to name a few. Spyder says, "we will also launch careers of the new generation with a compilation album called "Spyder D presents Krunk, Funk and Soul", that will feature several "unsigned hype" type of artists in the Hip-Hop/R&B genre. We also have a powerful contemporary gospel group in Keith Holland & Friends in Christ, and Charlotte's own Young G.O.D.Z., and Gary Graham's North Clik Records posse who put the capital K in Krunk." we will also launch careers of the new generation with a compilation album called Spyder has requested the services of good friend and longtime record promotion guru Al Pizarro of VIP Record Pool and Heavy Rotation of New York to be his VP of Operations. "Al's experience in record promotion is well documented over the years, and I trust his judgment completely. He has handled NY area promotions for all the major labels for their artists in the New York area for years. We are blessed that he would consider helping us in our quest to be one of the top major independents."

Production will be handled by himself, the artists, and a bevy of up and coming beat makers, including former Sparky D DJ, Grand Creator K-Wiz, and the legendary Infinity Machine DJ, DJ Divine, and the incomparable Larry Smith, who produced all of the early Run-DMC and Whodini hits. "We will get together with musicians and artists in Detroit to bring Newtroit back full circle", says Spyder. "Mike Pierre and Billy Wilson will oversee the marketing and promotion for the projects. That will be perfect as I continue to seek out more talent. "Through 19 Communications and my wireless division, we will evolutionize how artists are introduced to radio and potential fans. Radio and music listeners will be able to use "Push and Pull" technology to communicate with their favorite artist or radio station. Tour schedules, release dates and contests will be sent to fans' wireless devices. They will control how much content, and when to receive that content. Virtual Promotion Campaigns will be sent and received in real time. Text, text to voice messaging with simultaneous landline and e-mail alerts will take these vertical industries by storm! Spydo Music and Newtroit Records, through TOFA/Empire Musicwerks/Universal, will offer 19 Levels of communications through branded pre-paid phones, debit cards and sponsored messaging. The first release date for this distribution deal has not been announced yet.

The Original Recording of “Big Apple Rappin”

Stillman to Receive $10M Equity Service Grant from Motown Alumni Association, Inc. 

9-14-2010

http://www.stillman.edu/stillman-to-receive-10m-equity-service-grant-from--motown-alumniassociation-inc.html

On Saturday, September 11, 2010, Billy Wilson, president of the Motown Alumni Association, Inc., and Mr. Jack Ashford, one of the original members of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Recipient "Motown Funk Brothers" visited Stillman College on behalf of the Motown Alumni Association, Inc., and signed a memorandum of understanding with Stillman. The memorandum entered the two parties into a joint research initiative. Dr. Gregory McPherson, director of The Stillman Jazz Consortium and assistant director of bands, will serve as the project director. 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

The proposed granting period is 36-months and shall reflect an equitable value of $10 million relative to the current market value of services provided by major artists, producers, songwriters, engineers and business executives in the entertainment industry. “I sincerely believe our partnership would be one of the most innovative and ground-breaking research initiatives in African American history” said Wilson. Through this joint venture, the development of a 28-song double compact disc, featuring Stillman students paired with various legendary artists, writers, producers and engineers of Motown is planned. This agreement will also provide interactivity through performance, writing, production and entertainment business of many of the celebrated Motown artists, as well as business executives within the Motown Alumni Association, Inc., family. Another facet of this joint venture is the engagement in research for the development of publication of an anthology and textbooks depicting many of the facets of the legacy of Motown and all of its areas of educational value. They include recording artists in classical, jazz, 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

gospel, blues, rock and roll, rhythm and blues and music of television and film. In addition, the history of these same entities will be presented in a similar platform with the development of a companion DVD documentary for archival, instructional and historical purposes. Additionally, the inclusion of an in-kind contingency of a recording contract equaling the par-value amount of $250,000 for select students who successfully complete the program of study leading to a bachelor’s degree in music is a part of this agreement. Also, if a student exhibits exceptional talent and abilities, special consideration will be given to the student for the awarding of the same type of recording agreement with a major record label of whom the Motown Alumni Association, Inc., has an active structured agreement with. “It is an honor and a privilege for Stillman College to be selected to receive this grant. I am so excited to see what wonderful work is created because of it,” said McPherson.

K'JON Joins the MAA and MAA Joins the Marketing Team of KJon http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/entertainment/11508-former-republic-motion-

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Former Republic Motown recording artist K'JON has joined the Motown Alumni Association, and the MAA has commited to join the marketing staff of K'JON. "We were following K'JON before he became a big star... we are happy to join his team" said Billy Wilson president of the Motown Alumni Association. The Detroit native is planning big things in his career, and much of it is based in Detroit. He created Up and Up Records to help the children of Detroit to have an outlet for their musican endeavour.

"I'm giving back to my city" he told the MAA. K'Jon is also the executive producer of a movie titled "Dancing Shoes" (http://youtu.be/GmU-MHjBK4k) he's planning on releasing the movie in 2014. "We are hiring Detroit celebrities to have a starring role in the movie, and getting hollywood involved" said K'JON. To add more to K'Jon's Detroit take-over, he has commited to being a presenter at this years 5th annual Detroit Black Music Awards, August 4, 2013 at 2739 Berts Warehouse in the historic Eastern Market area. Just when we thought he wouldn't have time to do anything more, he has become one of the new Governor of the Chicago Chapter of the Grammys! For media and booking information call: (800) 459-7577.

Eminem Lawsuit May Raise Pay for Older Artists By BEN SISARIO Published: March 27, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/business/media/28eminem.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0#h[ ]

The most closely watched lawsuit in the music industry asks this question: how much should a song on iTunes or another digital music service be worth to the performer? The artist at the center of the suit is Eminem, but some of the biggest beneficiaries of the case may be thousands of older artists who have not released an album in decades. Four years ago, the producers who discovered Eminem sued his record label, the Universal Music Group, over the 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

way royalties are computed for digital music, which boils down to whether an individual song sold online should be considered a license or a sale. The difference is far from academic because, as with most artists, Eminem’s contract stipulates that he gets 50 percent of the royalties for a license but only 12 percent for a sale. “As of now it’s worth $17 million or $20 million, but on a future accounting basis, five or 10 years from now, it could easily be a $40 million to $50 million issue,” said Joel Martin, the manager of F.B.T. Productions in Detroit, which first signed Eminem and continues to collect royalties on his music. (Marshall Mathers himself, who performs as Eminem, was not a party to the suit, although he stands to earn millions from it.) The suit reached its apparent end last week when the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal, letting stand a lower court’s decision that digital music should be treated as a license. Lawyers and music executives say that few younger artists are likely to be affected by the decision because since the early 2000s record companies have revised most of their contracts to include digital sales among an artist’s record royalties. Eminem’s first contract was signed in 1995.

Many older artists, however, whose contracts predate digital music and have not been renegotiated, stand to profit significantly from the decision. “This is life-changing,” said Joyce Moore, the wife of Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, the duo that had hits in the 1960s like “Soul Man.” “If we were being paid a nickel a download, as opposed to 35 cents — that’s a huge amount of money for a guy that is on a fixed income or has to run up and down the road at 75 years old.” The lawsuit argued that record companies’ arrangements with digital retailers resembled a license more than it did a sale of a CD or record because, among other reasons, the labels furnished the seller with a single master recording that it then duplicated for customers. “Unlike physical sales, where the record company manufactures each disc and has incremental costs, when they license to iTunes, all they do is turn over one master,” said Richard S. Busch, a lawyer for F.B.T. and Mr. Martin’s company, Em2M. “It’s only fair that the artist should receive 50 percent of the receipts.” A federal jury ruled in favor of Universal in 2009, but that decision was overturned on appeal last year. The label

petitioned to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case. Universal said the implications of the decision were limited. “The case has always been about one agreement with very unique language,” the company said in a statement. “As it has been made clear during this case, the ruling has no bearing on any other recording agreement and does not create any legal precedent.” Although current hits get more attention, older music still represents a huge portion of overall music sales, and over time durable hits can rack up significant sales. Last year there were 648.5 million downloads of “catalog” singles in the United States, meaning songs more than 18 months old, compared with 523 million for current tracks, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Fred Wilhelms, a lawyer in Nashville who specializes in collecting royalties for musicians, said that sales of older music had provided the labels with steady income at low cost. “The labels make tens of millions of dollars a year from the deep catalog without paying a penny in promotion costs,” 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

said Mr. Wilhelms, who estimates that the Eminem ruling might apply to tens of thousands of artists. “Anybody who ended their recording career before 1978, and probably before 1992, is in the decision,” he added. Royalty rates vary, but today most acts get 10 to 15 percent of their music’s net sales, minus packaging and other deductions, lawyers say. In the 1970s and before, the rates were often even lower. But for decades, licenses of music — to movies, television or other third parties — gave artists a 50 percent share, without the same deductions, on the principle that a third party was bearing the relevant costs. Jason M. Schultz, an assistant professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, who helped write a friend of the court brief on behalf of the Motown Alumni Association — a group that represents Motown acts but is not associated with the label — said that recording contracts made in the early days of digital music reflected the labels’ failure to recognize that technology’s potential. “The record companies would strike these deals with artists in a way that favored them,” Mr. Schultz said. “But when the digital revolution came around, those contracts ended up favoring artists. The record companies guessed wrong.” 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

Although sales of digital music around the world now represent 29 percent of record companies’ revenue, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the Eminem case, and several others like it, stem from the mid-2000s, when the potential value of digital music was first becoming clear. According to court papers, the Eminem case had its origins in an audit of accounting records that F.B.T. and the rapper conducted in 2005, two years after Apple opened the iTunes store. In separate cases, the Allman Brothers have sued Universal and Sony BMG Music Entertainment over similar contractual issues. The Sony case, filed in 2006, was expanded to a class-action suit, and earlier this month the parties informed the judge in the case that they had “reached an agreement in principle.” (The Allman Brothers and Cheap Trick, which joined the case, both settled their claims.) The Allmans’ suit against Universal, filed in 2008, is still pending. For million-selling acts like Eminem and the Allman Brothers, the stakes are high. But plenty of other artists stand to gain from the decision as well.

“For people who had a single hit, who couldn’t afford to chase $100 in owed royalties,” Mr. Wilhelms said, “they are now looking at a couple thousand. It’s worth a couple phone calls and an angry letter or two.”

The following groups and listings are structured into the Motown Alumni Association email group (MAA NEWSLETTER) and social networking.

MAA Newsletter And Social Network 1) 100,00 to 1M discussion group members list (All of the lists are 0ver 100,000+: 42 groups – 3,000,000 total members 2) General Consumers List: 1,500,000 members 3) MAA Website connecting network members: 2,043,000 members 4) AARP Subscribers: 250,000 AARP (solicited members) AARP (Executives only): 50 members 5) General Consumers List: 1,500,000 members 6) MAA Website connecting network members 2,043,000 members

7) AMERICA MOVIL: 35 (executives only) members 8) MICROSOFT- BILL GATES: 7 (Top Executives) members 9) BLACK PROMOTERS IN AMERICA: 50 (various executives) members 10) Charles Koch Executives: 2 - Executives members 150 (koch industries Employees) members 11) Columbus Ohio Government/ city: 250 (government officials and employees) members 12) Lisa McCall’s LM Dance Studio & dance group discussion List 1,100 members 13) David Guest (Major Music Promoter in the UK) 1 member 14) DETROIT ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION: 6 members 15) DETROIT MAA Members: 10,080 (Detroit Consumers) members 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

16) DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS (All Principles in DPS): 137 members 17) EBONY Magazine (Executives and employees and associates): 11 members 18) F's Friends: 6,500 members 19) FACEBOOK MAA MEMBERS (with additional sites owned by the MAA): 10,000 members 20) Twitter site: 21,000 members 21) FOX 2 TV REPORTERS (Staff Only): 23 members 22) GOLDMINE MAGAZINE (The Bible of Music Collectors): 17 members 23) Government official and companies: 142 members 24) GRAMMYS (Executives only): 49 members 15821 Stout Ypsilanti, Michigan 48223 ▪ (734) 972-7582 ▪ email: Mybillybilly@yahoo.com ▪ twitter @ BillyjWilson Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation MotownAlumniAssociation.com DBA – Michigan – EIN#: 45-4462261

25) Heat Wave Celebrity Cruise: (People that registered to go on the cruise) 111 members 26) Mike Ilitch (Olympia Entertainment executives [Red Wings & Tigers]): 3 members 27) JACK ASHFORD LIST (Motown Funk Brother): 58 members 28) LOTTO SOUL (LOTTERY BASED MAIL ONLY): 213 members 29) MACOMB COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MACOMB PUBLIC SCHOOL ACAD.: 21 members 30) MICHIGAN LIVE RADIO REPORTERS: 13 members 31) News people (Major News wire services and media sources AP, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, PRWeb, etc.): 65 members

32) NEWTROIT RECORDS RECORD COMPANY BUSINESS: 8 members 33) Oakland County Non-Public Schools Oakland Co. Nonpublic schools: 33 members 34) Oakland County Public Schools Public School Acad and Charters: 12 members 35) ORACLES (company Executives only): 5 members 36) -PROMOTERSALL THE PROMOTERS IN AMERICA 401 members 37) -RADIODetroit & Michigan radio personalities: 54 members 38) RECORD COLLECTORS (world major record collectors): 8 members

39) RECORD STORES IN ENGLAND UK RECORD STORES: 175 members 40) SEPERATE GROUP MIXED GROUP OF PEOPLE (groups): 240,000 members 41) SHRINERS SHRINER ORGANIZATIONS EMAIL ONLY: 79 members 42) ThomasForJustice Judge Deborah Thomas: 348 members 43) UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP (UMUSIC): 130 members

44) WDIV 4 REPORTERS (CHANNEL 4 WDIV STAFF): 13 members 45) WXYZ TV STAFF CHANNEL 7 WXYZ REPORTERS: 15 members Total: 10,627,373 direct email associates Total Group Collection: 45 (includes individual associates)

The Motown Alumni Association is the leader in Detroit community programs and is on the Detroit School board committee supporting the award winning “Motown In The School Program”. The Motown Alumni Association is the producer of online Magazines, competitions, and musical productions.

The Motown Alumni Association is working on future productions, combining the stars of Motown and Detroit artists in a super star concert series titled Motor City Hits Concert Series.

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