P.O.S, Trinidad (Sonique Solutions) – Trinidad and Tobago based entertainment management group Ask Promotions will be undertaking the 2013 ArtisteManagement Music Business Conference (AMMBCON)from August 14th -17th 2013.

This particular music business conference is targeted at various stakeholders in the local and Caribbean industry i.e. recording and performing artistes, entertainment managers, music producers, songwriters, publishers and labels. The 4 day experience which is being called a ‘success-oriented event’ will offer registrants the opportunity to attendindustry seminars as well as to take part in valuable workshops and showcases.

In addition, attendees will also be able to interact with and learn from global music industry decision-makers and professionals from Europe and North America who will beat the event. AMMBCON 2013 will feature executives from noted international music organizations such as VIP-Booking.Com, South by Southwest (SXSW), The Bellamy Group, CIDA, Platinum Productions and Media Inc, Miralex Entertainment and After Touch Music.

Ask Promotions in collaboration with T&T’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism and the University of Trinidad and Tobago aspires to utilize the annual AMMBCON to attract several local, regional and international industry enthusiasts, practitioners and professionals to Trinidad’s shores and to position the country as a top destination for music business.

Some of the objectives of AMMBCON are to deliversolutions for the Caribbean music market, to foster discussion re: the challenges facing the music industry in the digital era, and to formulate ideas for the creation and distribution of local music and other creative works.

According to Ask promotions principal Stephen Howard, “The goal is singular: to foster creativity and build a thriving music industry, through offering creators, academics, and industry professionals the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about the future, and by offering the global population the opportunity for involvement and education”.

For more information on “AMMBCON 2013” please utilize the following contact information: - (P) 868-341-7896; (E) info@askpromotionstt.com

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Chromatics may be one of the most controversial Caribbean entertainers but nothing he does is ever presumed or guessed. Always in control of his destiny, the Trinidad born rapper who was christened, Richard Raj-Kumar recently returned to local shores after a brief stint in the United States where some well-strategized movements, essentially led to him winning a HOT97FM showcase in New Jersey.

Chromatics, fondly referred to as ‘Matics’ by many, became an instant local hit following carnival 2012 when he unleashed his first Carnival Rap Up single. A follow up to the track in 2013 that heard him step on the toes of some big names in the soca music industry in T&T in 2013, much like 2012, was gobbled up by radio stations and their listeners alike. It seemed inevitable, but what ‘Matics’ had said while the success of that follow up was being enjoyed, was something that couldn’t be ignored. He wanted the world to take notice of his catalogue of music- not just the controversial anthems that had taken jabs at the soca stars consecutively for two years. He made moves- consequential moves that saw him host an event dubbed 300 Strong. That proved to be a success and will be followed up with a second installment this Friday, June 28th at the Gravity Nightclub on Long Circular Road in St. James.

Ahead of that, Chromatics has unleashed a brand new video for his single, ‘STR8’. A film reel effect immerses viewers into a somewhat unfamiliar zone as it’s nothing like the typical Caribbean produced video, nothing at all. Now, with that unleashed, Chromatics is strategically positioning himself for the rest of 2013. Whether he will pay close attention to the soca industry both before and during the Carnival 2014 season enough, to create an epic Carnival Rap Up 3, is yet to be decided. For now, his focus is showcasing himself on Friday at 300 Strong, a treat for his di hard fans, and essentially promoting and marketing himself and his Highway Records artists globally. His recent trip to the U.S saw Chromatics represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 8th annual Trinity Hip-Hop festival and following that he won the HOT97FM showcase in New Jersey where his video for the single, ‘Up and Down’ was featured on US DJ, FunkMaster Flex’s entertainment website. He was even a featured act on the website, www.thisis50.com. All of this on the heels of the Carnival Rap Up 2 single and the release of his mixtape, ‘The Science of Colors’.

Chromatics has already followed up on the mixtape, having since released Volume 2 of the Science of Colors. His plans as he progressively moves onward include pushing the marketing and promotions envelope a bit- showcasing himself wherever possible. The video for ‘STR8’ is available on Youtube at http://youtu.be/KePl5esyb8s.

To learn more about Chromatics, check out Highway Records on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @chromatics1.

Published on June 23rd, 2013 | by Luke Hurst

Ever thought a marriage set strictly within the boundaries of Christian scripture sounded a bit dry? Think again. Christian Domestic Discipline (CDD) is the practice of ensuring a Christian relationship is being conducted exactly the way God demands in the scripture: namely through a husband spanking his wife’s naked posterior when she gets unruly.

When you can get the image of Ned and Maude Flanders in a compromising position out of your dirty little mind, it is important to note that CDD is apparently quite the craze within the bible-bashing community. But what is it? Is it a form of BDSM? A bit of kinky fun in the name of God? Or is there something a bit more sinister going on here?

Websites and forums abound, teaching you how to spank your wife in a controlled manner, with huge numbers of articles on the hows and the whys, aimed at both the plank-wielding husband, and the wife with the sore behind. The first thing to note is that the spanking is done solely by the man. Women are expected to take their ‘punishment’ and learn to be totally submissive to the man of the household, who is merely trying to correct her behaviour in the eyes of God.

Whilst this sounds somewhat abusive, it is supposedly framed in a context of Christian love, and perhaps naturally, sex (although this is not generally specifically promoted in the literature). The spanker should never act in anger, according to this guide for beginners, and especially given the bulk of spankees blogging about their positive experience with CDD, it is supposed to be strictly consensual.

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Broadly speaking this kind of ‘domestic discipline’ is obviously not only limited to Christian couples. The Christian framework that explains the practice does however mean that the vast majority of those involved will be highly religious. Some of the Good Book’s greatest misogynistic hits adorn the CDD guides such as: “Ephesians 5:21-27 – Be in subjection to one another in reverence for Christ; wives, to your own husbands, as to the Lord, our Owner. For a husband is lord and master of the wife, in the exact same manner as Christ likewise is Lord and Master of the Church.” And the spanking is reasoned with nuggets of old school wisdom such as: “Proverbs 26:3 – A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.”

It all sounds pretty worrying. Are these women being subjected to cruelty? The idea of a woman being totally submissive to the “lord and master of the wife” and being subjected to physical discipline as a punishment tool sounds downright wrong to a secular observer. However, the problem with trying to understand it from a secular point of view is that if the spankees truly are hard-core believers in the word of the Bible, they may very well see the practice as a healthy and even necessary means of conducting a Christian marriage in the eyes of God. They may be completely happy to subject themselves to their husband’s will, in the same way that a Muslim lady might have no qualms with spending her whole public life under the veil of the Niqab.

Or perhaps it’s just Christians trying to find a way to act out a pretty standard modern day fetish without wanting to appear to be giving in to their wilder, more perverted impulses. After all, the guides really delve into the minutiae of Christian scripture with regards to the relationship between husband and wife. It looks like an attempt to justify some kinky bare-bottomed spanking to Jesus, whereas secular folk who are that way inclined would just do it because they wanted to.

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