"Moving in Zen"​ TV Adventure Drama Story Bible Preview Series Overview

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Moving in Zen,  TV Series Bible,  Preview    Adventure Drama, by E.M.M.

LOGLINE: Chen Young Multi Talented martial arts, returns home after being trained outside of the community, struggles to follow the rules of the dojo while defending his friends amidst the crime-ridden streets he must confront the demon of time.

SERIES OVERVIEW

Chen Young is a peaceful, respectful, intelligent, martial artist who loves life. No matter what evil confronts him, he maintains his self-control while on the streets. After taking the oath of peace upon entering the dojo, Chen realizes that the community is an arena designed to test his moral standards. Chen is a survivor, however when faced with the daily destruction of his community Chen uses his powers in defense, and returns to the dojo to meditate with the Grand Master daily on finding another way. The Grand Master reminds Chen that music can “sooth the savage beast”, and sports builds character. Chen acknowledges, and decides to find a way by developing a sports team by day, and building a successful band one member at a time by night. Location: Inner City, present day.

Chen took an oath to maintain his self-control under all circumstances in life. He is not going to break the oath, he respects the philosophy of the dojo. Therefore, he will use all of his efforts to bring peace by guiding his friends at all cost. Perhaps, the challenges that Chen faces are driven by his will to find a way to solve problems without the using violence.

Chen slowly grows to realize that physical fitness is a process that can build character and correct bad habits. Moreover, Chen also must figure out how to build a band. The community center is the place where teenagers hang out and communicate with each other. The center provides a computer café, fitness club, dance stage, football field and a baseball diamond. It is also a haven for drugs and gang recruitment.

This episodic TV series drama follows Chen as he comes closer to cleaning the crime out of his community by facing the treat. He uses his martial skills, and his brain to save his friends from imminent danger. He transforms his friend’s attitudes about life one by one. Chen must face demon in order to strengthen his spirit.

Each week Chen will be faced with a new danger, which will challenge his ability to keep his oath. Each episodes will feature a new skill that Chen has developed, which will be used to help a friend to escape from the criminal element. As the 13 weeks pass, his friends will return to assist in the prevention of community crime. The friends will join Chin with the building an all-star sports team at the community recreation center, and a successful stage band.

Thanks for reading, your replies are welcome.

ED MAC AUDIO (edmac08@gmail.com)

HOW TO HIRE A MODERN DATA MINER

Let’s jump right in, hiring and interviewing takes on many forms with various philosophies in play, Tim Graettinger has developed a philosophy based on the needs of an outdated headhunter, reviewing an outdated HR manual.  Perhaps, if today’s headhunters would consider today's date, this is the digital age where a mobile philosophy focused on, who can use the tools of data mining, just might establish a positive interviewing process which gets better results. The past hiring structure is interfering with today’s high tech business needs.

On the other hand, to effectively communicate expectations and build confidence, there must be a mutual dependence between HR and the candidate. It would be more productive to open an interview with a real-life business requirements question, which challenges the candidate to create a data model, provided that there is a laptop loaded with RStudio, RapidMiner, KNIME, Microsoft BI and Excel on hand. To generate synergy, the excited candidate is given a time limit to produce the result by clustering data loaded from a csv file. There is no need for a stiff, shake down, criminal investigation, masquerading as an interview to find the right person for the job. Therefore, if the candidate can produce a result within the immediate laptop, data mining environment, then, that is all the proof which is needed for HR to make a hiring decision. Today’s industries are performance based, so the data mining interview must rely on hands-on performance criteria to meet the needs of employers.

From the article, it has been found that it is inconceivable to believe that a Graduate student, fresh out of college today, without any real world, data mining, project experience, will be chosen to interview by a Fortune 500 company for a data mining position. This power packed article reinforces the urgent need for all data mining prospects to develop hands on skills, using algorithms quickly as possible, if planning to compete in the data mining arena. Enterprises need people who can use open source data mining tools to cluster data, now! The information presented in the article, has turned a future problem into an opportunity.

Greater challenges are on the horizon, now is the time to master RStudio, RapidMiner, KNIME, Microsoft BI, Excel, and gain access to the online repositories for job security. Opportunity is waiting for the person who can see the light, digging through the dark tech tunnel, while running with a backpack full of the latest data mining tools towards success. Generally speaking, the personality of the data miner is of course, a major factor. The positive attitude, backed by confidence, will prevail! 

ED MAC AUDIO, 

436 MEDIA INC.

The Industry of Liabilities with Solutions

The purpose of this blog is to expose three legal liabilities which have a major impact on my business activities. I will be discussing the use of unlicensed works, sampling, and the public performance license. This blog will help the developing entertainment business professional to understand that it is a good idea to practice legal research when dealing with intellectual property.

 

Let’s look at this idea, before a recording can be sold in retail the necessary license and authorizations must be acquired. (Butler) In a recent article by Adam Klasfeld it was reported that in 2012 musician Norman Blagman sued Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others for accepting and selling unlicensed works through aggregators. Blagman claimed the retailers violated copyright on the tune “Jazz is His Old Lady and My Old Man”. The U.S Magistrate Judge James Francis ruled that he would help to secure a letter of Rogatory from the foreign court for judicial assistance in this case. This case is a bold reminder to all persons involved in the creation of intellectual property; the United States Copyright Law and Copyright registration are in place to protect the rights of the creator of said works. Mr. Blagman exercised his rights to sue in court.

This brings us to the Frank Ocean Law suit which was described by Eriq Gardner in a Billboard article in February. “The arguments over a few seconds of samples on a hit record can add up to a few years in the court room” as Gardner says it. “It is difficult to apply the copy right law to sampling according to” Tuff America. Oceans label is being sued for infringement. Sampling law suits are growing during the same week of the Ocean law suit a Congressional Hearing was taking place to determine if a compulsory license would help to solve the sampling issues.  To conclude, it is important to understand the law and secure a license before using a sample. The length of the sample is not important the fact is the sample is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law of 1976.

It has been proven that popularity controls the price paid to copyright holders by streaming services. This brings us to the third and final legality. Record labels produce and publish music products to earn a profit over time. The license to perform music provided by labels is granted to streaming services by just asking and a fee is charged. In an article posted by ASCAP March 24^th 2014 examines why the Pandora Rate Court Decision is unfairly low. Pandora was granted a five year term 2011-2015 at a rate of 1.25% of revenues. The decision was issued by Judge Denise Cole. The decision has a negative effect on the industry as a whole because the objective criteria was presented and showed that the peer streaming services are paying 2.5% of revenues. Performance licenses are granted equally across the industry the fees should be equal for each streaming service.

In closing, I would like to thank you for this moment. Let us hope together that by exposing the possible legal liabilities that are lingering over intellectual property, it will be possible to learn from mistakes, and survive in the digital age.

ED MacAudio

Why the Band Agreement is Necessary for the Future Income of Artist

The purpose of this blog is to report a matter of great importance The Band Agreement. To bring this idea to the attention of Artist Managers and Bands I will address a recent law suit filed in The LA Superior Court by David Palmer former singer with Steely Dan.

Eric Gardner has posted an article on BillboardBiz.com which details the news behind why Mr. Palmer sued Steely Dan over Digital Royalties. It appears that Sound Exchange, a digital performance rights organization has a policy which excludes paying band entities. However, the featured artist are directly paid.

According to Palmer the written agreement that established Steely Dan Inc.in 1972 provides a one-sixth percentage share of all royalties earned on songs in which he performed. David Palmer is an original band member who left the group in 1973. Under the agreement Sound Exchange and Steely Dan Inc. will have to settle the royalty payments with Mr. Palmer.

The law suit filed in this case is an example of why bands must understand the need for an enforceable contract. The initial band agreement goes beyond friendship. Maggie Lange is an expert in the field who shares great advice concerning band agreements. Artist managers must be able to explain the business behind the band agreement as part of the artist management cycle.

The idea here is to keep the band functioning for the financial success of all of the members. In order for this to be consistent with law the band must have an internal agreement which insures payment of future royalties in the proper percentage for members who signed the agreement.

This law suit in my opinion is a landmark example of a band agreement that worked out. With changes in technology digital rights have come to the front of the stage. The digital foot print leads the way to income for all artist who have a clear written band agreement.

ED MacAudio

Negotiation Techniques and Deal Making

   The purpose of this blog is to reflect on the negotiation techniques effective to getting to yes. Three presenters were chosen as professional examples of best practice. Professor Deepak Malhotra of the Harvard Business School, Paul Zwier

of Emory Law School and Ronald M. Shapiro of Shapiro Negotiations Institute.

  This blog is intended to share a little light on the importance of understanding why negotiations must be prepared before the process is undertaken. This review also shows the best practices from three perspectives. This information can be applied to all areas of negotiation however it is intended to service the Entertainment Community.

  The main areas of negotiation involve separating the emotions from the issues, the benefits of the deal, the interest of the person, the use of objective criteria such as stats and third party unbiased sources and the need to be flexible. Each of these key ideas are used in varying ways by each of the chosen professionals, who express their negotiating technique.

  Professor Deepak Malhotra is also a best-selling author of “Negotiation Genius”.

His style reflects on the need for being liked and deserving what one is asking for in a negotiation. Mr. Malhotra focuses on justifying needs and being flexible. His style re enforces the fact that the negotiator must know what is important and how the benefits justify the deal. He also shows that it is very important to do research to use objective criteria effectively.

  Emory School of Law presented Paul Zwier who discussed advanced negotiation techniques. Mr. Zwier impressed the idea that research is necessary to remain unbiased. He expressed that needs must resolved first in order to keep interest in control of the negotiations. He looks at shared needs to determine where the conflicts between needs arise. He stresses problem solving and keeping tricks at bay. He arrives at the win-win solution by developing relationships during the process of negotiation.

  Ronald M. Shapiro of Shapiro Negotiations is a leading Sports Agent. He presented a very explosive lecture at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Mr. Shapiro stresses listening and understanding alternatives. He believes that keeping the ego out of the way is necessary to building relationships. He also applies problem solving by using creativity.

 Moreover,  each negotiator has a different approach to getting to yes. They each share the basic negotiating values such as; interest, objective criteria, separating emotions from the problem, mutual gain through alternatives and they weave their styles around these ides to reach a satisfying win-win solution for all parties.

  Inclosing, the role of a negotiator is to provide the best solution that will satisfy the clients with their best interest to close the deal. Applied to entertainment business, the deal must be made, and the show must go on.

ED MacAudio