Amplified Life Showcase #02

Update (Press & Media Coverage!):   

• “Get Amplified” via Star Tribune by journalist Tom Horgen
• “All Star, Knock-Out Show” via City Pages by journalist Sheila Regan
• Facebook Event Page created by my sister Alicia  

I strongly encourage you to visit the links attached to the performer’s name below.  I think you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that you will be able to see this many artists of such a high caliber in one location and in one night.

Featured Performers (alphabetical):

• Bao Phi [Curator of The Loft’s Equilibrium & One of the Best Spoken Word Acts in the Country)
• Danami [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best Knowledge Spitta]
• DEPth & The Council  [Twin Cities Hip Hop Awards FOUNDER]
• Guante [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best Knowledge Spitta]
• Heatherlyn [Singer Songwriter & youthrive: LIVE! contributor]
• HC The Chemist [Producer for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & 2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best Producer]
• Hypel [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best Best Knowledge Spitta]
• Lipset [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Next Up]
• MaLLy [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best Knowledge Spitta]
• Maria Isa [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best Live Show ANDBest Female MC]
• Mastermind from Guardians of Balance
• Mike Dreams [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Album of the Year AND Best Knowledge Spitta]
• Muja Messiah [2010 TCHHA Nominee: Best MC,  Best Mixtape, AND Best Knowledge Spitta]
• Orikal Uno [2010 TCHHA Nominee: STP Mayor]
• Palabristas featuring Brandon Lacy Campos, Lupe Castillo, Teresa Ortiz, & Rodrigo Sanchez Chavarria [MNSWA Urban Griots Spoken Word Awards Winner:  Best Collective (People’s Choice) AND the Cultural Award.  Nominated for Best Poetry Book]
• PC (aka Paul Collier)  [Producer: Skillz, Toki Wright, Illuminous 3, etc.)
• TUSS [p.k.a. Usual Suspects]

Please join me and 15+ of the best artists I know, for a great party and evening of live performances.  This event is open to the public but it will be small & intimate on purpose, so please come early.  The extremely affordable $5 cover will help pay for the costs of event production.

Facebook Event Page

Information & Details:

• WHO:  15+ Premier Live Performers
• WHAT:  Amplified Life “Showcase”  (2011)
• WHEN:  Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 8:00pm – 1:00AM CST
• WHERE:  The Artists Quarter (DIRECTIONS via GOOGLE MAPS)
• WHY:  Birthday Party for Larry Lucio, Jr. & Paul Collier (aka PC), The Annual Amplified Life Showcase, and a VERY UNOFFICIAL youthrive: LIVE! showcase
• HOW MUCH:  $5.00 USD  (Yep, that is accurate…)

I’d like to thank Bao, Danami, DEPth, Guante, Heatherlyn, HC, Lipset, MaLLy, Maria, Mastermind, Mike Dreams, Muja, Antonio, Brandon, Lupe, Rodrigo, PC, AK Libretto & the other fellas from TUSS for gracing my party with their presence and my young homeboys Hypel & Emmanuel for agreeing to host again this year.  They did a great job last year.

Confirmed Artists Lineup as of 1/16/2011

Details from LAST YEAR (2010):

• Amplified Life Showcase #01