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Allen L. Johnston
The Music Specialist - Your Entertainment Industry Connection
Atlanta, Georgia
Telephone: (305) 829-9010 Fax: (305) 829-1193
On The Net: http://www.asha.com
Experience:
More than three decades of progressive experience in all aspects of
music
product development, licensing, sales, promotion and distribution
for national and international markets.
GLOBAL PROJECTS EVALUATORS – Atlanta,
Georgia
Project Director
June 2005 - Present
PEEPIN THE SCENE EZINE - Las Vegas,
Nevada
Technology & Entertainment
Writer
May 2005 - Present
DR-LOVE.COM – Atlanta, Georgia
Consultant, Technology Writer
Feb 2005 - Present
BOOGIE REPORT – Abbeville, Alabama
Technology & Entertainment
Writer
Feb 2005 - Present
CUMMINGS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP – Conyers,
Georgia
Sales & Promotion
May 2005 – October 2005
STREETWIZE RECORDZ – Atlanta, Georgia
Senior Consultant
September 2004 – May 2005
LUKE RECORDS AND FILMS - Miami Florida
Director Marketing & Sales
February 2004 – June 2004
POWERHOUZZ RECORDS – Hollywood, Florida
Vice President Sales, Promotion, Marketing
June 2003 – Present
INFOCUS MAGAZINE – MIAMI, FLORIDA
Technology & Entertainment Writer
June 2003 - Present
MINDSEED CORPORATION – Oakland, California
Sales & Marketing Director
May 2003 - Present
PLATINUM RECORDS – Atlanta, Georgia
Sales & Marketing Director
March 2003 – December 2003
OIC of DADE COUNTY FLORIDA – Miami
/ Ft. Lauderdale
EDUTAINMENT - THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
Educator
(June 2001 – Present)
SHORT STOP RECORDS INC – Houston Texas
PRESENT TIME PUBLISHING BMI – Houston Texas
SHORT STOP WEAR INC.
General Manager
(April 2001 – December 2001)
O.B.ENTERTAINMENT – Las Vegas, Nevada
Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing
(Jan 2000 – Nov 2000)
INNER CITY NEWS – innercitynews.com
Miami Bureau Chief, Technology Editor
(Ongoing)
SIMITAR ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Consultant serving as A&R Urban projects for Beast Records, Beast
Video, Revival Records & associated Simitar distributed labels
(May 1996 – Jan 2001)
URBAN MUSIC CENTER – Hialeah Florida
President: International Licensing, sub-publishing, distribution
(1998-Present)
MUSIC SPECIALIST - Hialeah Florida
President: Entertainment Industry Consultant, Public Speaker, Writer,
Educator (1996 -Present)
INTERSONIC - Tampa. Florida
Senior Vice President; Software and Web site development and maintenance
company (1995 -2001)
K-TEL INTERNATIONAL (USA). INC. –Minneapolis.
Minnesota
Consultant serving as National Urban Sales Manager for the Cold Front
label (June 1995-March 1996)
JOI BRIA PUBLISHING B.M.I.
1995 – Present
JOEY BOY RECORDS JAPAN - Tokyo. Japan
President; cultivated and responsible for development of new artists
and products for Japan as well as development of all marketing, promotional
plans and video releases, preparation of all daily correspondence
and negotiation of all contracts (1994 - 1995)
BAZOOKA FILMWORKS. INC. - Miami. Florida
Co-President; responsible for development of Joey Boy, On Top and
JR music videos, negotiated and developed other video projects, and
created new programs for company counseling division (1992 -1995)
JOEY BOY RECORDS. INC. - Miami. Florida
President; coordinated promotion, marketing and distribution of records
and tapes; negotiated contracts, arranged sales and payment. Sold
interest in this company (as well as Joey Boy Records Japan, Bazooka
Film works, Joeyboy Publishing B.M.I, Too Early To Tell Publishing
-ASCAP and Beam of Light Publishing - SESAC) to business partner (1985
– 1995)
BEAM OF LIGHT PUBLISHING - SESAC -
Miami. Florida
President; coordinated writers and musicians to create new songs,
acted as liaison with other publishing houses, writers and A&R
departments, and served as consultant to publishing administrator
(1985-1995)
A.L.J. PROMOTIONS-Miami. Florida
Owner/Operator; provided independent record promotion, marketing and
merchandising for RCA, Arista, Tommy boy, RFC Atlantic, and Capital
record labels (1983 - 1988)
EMI AMERICA RECORDS, INC. - Atlanta.
Georgia
Southeast Regional Manager; responsible for promotions, marketing
and merchandising for seven southeastern states, including supervising
sales personnel, performed weekly multi-media sales presentations
at Miami and Atlanta offices, prepared press kits and maintained files;
earned Platinum Record for Performance to % of Quota, Platinum Album
for Highest % of sales (1981-1983).
ARISTA RECORDS - Miami. Florida
District Manager; responsible for promotions, marketing and merchandising
in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi (1979-1981)
ARIOLA RECORDS - Atlanta. Georgia
Local Promotions Manager; (1978-1979)
FANTASY RECORDS - Atlanta. Georgia
Local Promotions Manager; (1976-1978)
EDUCATION
Clark College n/k/a Clark Atlanta University - Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a Minor in Marketing
Certificate of Completion – MOBE Master’s
Series
LICENSURE
Federal Communications Commission - First Class
Engineer’s License
AFFILIATIONS
African-American Caribbean Cultural Arts Commission-Board Of Directors
American Federation of Musicians
American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (A.S.C.A.P.)
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS)
Broadcast Music Inc. (B.M.I.)
Harry Fox Agency
MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment – Executive
Advisory Board
Broadcast Music Inc. (B.M.I.)
Harry Fox Agency
MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment – Executive
Advisory Board (past)
National Black Programmers Coalition-
Executive Board (past)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sunshine Jazz Organization
Diaspora Arts Coalition – Past President
Heart of the City - Executive Board
HONORS AND ATTRIBUTES
Record Executive of the Year - Florida
Recording Entertainment Consul (FREC) (2005)
Record Executive of the Year – Georgia
Secretary of State (2004)
The MIC Conference First Record Executive
of the Year Award (2003)
2 Certificates of Appreciation Diaspora
Arts Coalition (2002)
3 Certificates of Appreciation OIC
DADE County (2002)
12 Dade County - Certificates of Appreciation
Educator of the Year Award – Negro
Business Women of Dade County (2001)
Reader’s Digest “Look Smart” Editor’s
Choice Award
The JACK.THE.RAPPERS. Superior Achievement
in Black Music Award (1996)
Right Connection Entertainment Lifetime
Achievement Award (1996, 1997, 1998)
Jumpin’ Jack/BRO Best Record Promotional
Person Award (1996)
Music Specialist World Wide Web site
rated “Top 5% of all sites on the Internet” by Point Survey (1995)
Dade County Black Music Month Music
Achievement Award (1993)
Nelson Mandela Rally - Letter of Appreciation
(1990)
EMI America -Platinum Record for Performance
to % of Quota Fiscal 1981-1982
EMI America - Platinum Album for Highest
Percentage of Sales
Metropolitan Dade County Certificate of Appreciation for Community
Service, 1992
Metropolitan Dade County Certificate
of Appreciation for Community
Service, 1990
Miami Dade Community College Certificate
of Appreciation, 1989
Metropolitan Dade County Certificate
of Appreciation for Community Service, 1989
Metropolitan Dade County Certificate
of Appreciation for Community Service, 1988
Arista Records, Inc. – Gold Album (Sales)
- Ray Parker, Jr.’s “Two Places at The Same Time”
Arista Records, Inc. - Gold Album (Sales)
- Dionne Warwick’s “Dionne”
Gold Albums (5 additional)
Excerpt of Recent Public Appearances
and Publications
April 2006 – Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival
– Atlanta Georgia Moderator Distribution Panel
March 2006 - Southeastern Music Community
Fest – Charlotte, NC Presenter – Independent Label / Publishing
Jan 2006 - African American Research
Library – Broward County Florida (Music Education booklet) Presenter
– Publishing
July 2005 – Southeast Urban Music Conference Presenter
- Independent Record Label Workshop
June 2005 – Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival Presenter
- Distribution
April 2005 – Urban Network – Palm Springs
California Presenter - Mentors workshop
March 2004 – Urban Network – Palm Springs
California Presenter - Digital promotion & distribution
Oct 2003 – Music Industry Conference
– Birmingham, Ala
Presenter – Publishing Made Easy
June 2003 – Diaspora Arts Coalition
Miami, Florida
Presenter – Publishing For New Artists
June 2003 - South East Music Conference
Presenter – Independent Record Labels
Presenter – Financial Freedom as an Artist
May 2003 - Gospel Music Workshop of
America
Presenter – Gospel Traditions
Oct 2002 – Sports Film & Entertainment
Committee 3rd Annual Conference
Moderator – The World of Music Publishing
Oct 2002 – Gosplosion Jacksonville,
Florida
Presenter – Gospel Traditions
August 2002 – “Publishing Quick &
Easy”
June 2002 – Black Music Month Dade
County – Heart of the City Committee
Presenter – Gospel Traditions
May 2002 – Demo to Dollars / Greenville
S.C.
Keynote Speaker
April 2002 – NYU Masters Marketing
Program
Lecturer
March 2002 - The Southern Konnection
3rd Annual Conference –
Keynote Speaker / Presenter
March 2002 - Demo to Dollars
Keynote Speaker
Jan 2002 A&R Music One
Panelist – The Art of the Independent Deal
Dec 2001 – Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal
Forms annotated
5 contracts included within the Movies, Music & Musician section
Nov 2001 National Black Programmers
Coalition (NBPC)
Presenter – College Careers Workshop
Sept 2001 Third Coast Music Convention
Panelist – Marketing & Music
June 2001 Black Radio Exclusive (BRE)
Convention
Panelist – Independent Music
May 2001 Edutainment – The Business
of Music
Course written for OIC of Dade County
July 2000 Midwest Radio & Music
Association (MRMA)
Panelist – Internet Radio & New Technology
June 2000 Right Connection Music Conference
Keynote Speaker
Apr 2000 MOBE
Marketing Opportunities in Black Entertainment
Presenter – Entertainment & Technology Panel
Oct 1999 In Focus Magazine
“Technology Summit of the Americas”
Sept 1999 Rap Sheet Convention
“Moderator: Film & Hip Hop”
“The Independents – distribution, marketing, sales”
“Technology and Hip Hop”
Sept 1999 Marketing Opportunities in
Black Entertainment (MOBE)
“Independent Film Marketing”
Aug 1999 Black Business Association
of Greater Miami / Sports, Entertainment and Fashion Conference
May 1999 National Black Programmers
Coalition / Real Deal Seminar – Albany Georgia
Co-coordinator
April 1999 National Black Programmers
Coalition / Real Deal Seminar – Clark Atlanta University
Co-Coordinator
April 1999 Houston Producers Conference
“Music & Film the Marriage”
Nov 1998 National Black Programmers
Coalition Annual Scholarship & Awards Conference Co-Chair Person
Oct 1998 Dade County Parks & Recreation
“Music Business 101”
Jun – Sept 1998 Dade County Parks &
Recreation
“The Business of Music” a series of seminars
Jan 1998 – Present featured technology
writer for National Black Programmers Newsletter, Inner City Newspapers
– CT.
Mar 1997 National Black Programmers
Coalition/ Atlanta Chapter “New Possibilities on the Internet
Apr 1997 Dade County Parks and Recreation
Dept.
Apr 1996 Jumpin’ Jack Annual Salute
to Nightclub Disc Jockeys Record Pool Convention Atlanta, Georgia;
Host of “Mentors’ Panel”
Aug 1996 Jack the Rapper’s Convention
Technology Room – Co-coordinator
Nov 1995 ASCAP/En-Light Showcase and
Seminar - Atlanta Georgia Guest Panelist - “Networking” (Job Opportunities
in the Music Industry) and “The Future of the Music Industry” (Information
Superhighway)
1995 Continuing Legal Education of
Georgia, Florida and Tennessee; “How to Break Into the Rap Market,
for Attorneys”
1994 Continuing Legal Education of
Georgia, Florida and Tennessee; “The Future of the Rap Market”
1993 Publisher’s Digest. “The Rap Marketplace”
1993 Southeastern Music Conference
- Tampa, Florida
1977 “Record Promotions and Marketing:
An Overview” |