keep the cv's coming

A popular monthly magazine title in Lagos is currently undergoing a total change in direction and is looking for writers with a good command of the English language to join the team.

The media outfit which will now add to its print media arm an online version and a TV outfit needs reporters to conduct interviews with celebrities, cover events and write stories.

This is an opportunity for budding writers who have what it takes to make it in the media industry.
Interested applicants must have bursts of energy, be available to work every day and possess good interpersonal skills.

Send your C.V along with an entertainment and a lifestyle story sample (Read article culled from VIBE below for an idea of the level of writing skills acceptable) in word format to lagosmagazine@gmail.com

Monthly remuneration and allowance to be agreed upon.

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{On D’Angelo and the Birth of Neo-Soul}
SOULCHILD, LEGEND, BADU, EVEN SCOTT (AS IN JILL) SHOULD THANK THEIR LUCKY STARS FOR THIS CAT:
[[[[[ Twelve years have passed since stellar soul artist and Richmond, Virginia native D’Angelo delivered his Grammy Award winning murky masterpiece Voodoo (2000) and I stopped holding my breath for a follow-up a long time ago. Like yesteryear Beach Boys fans patiently hanging around record stores waiting for Brian Wilson to complete Smile in 1967, folks have been anticipating a new D’Angelo album for a while. In December 2008, a press release was sent out announcing that D (as fans, friends and family call him) signed with J Record—which has since folded—and was in the studio sweating over his third disc. Supposedly called James River, it was reported that Prince, Cee-Lo and Q-Tip were working with the brown-skinned recording angel. Four years later, we’re still waiting.
“D’Angelo’s musical dilemma reminds so much of Donny Hathaway’s,” explains singer/songwriter Gordon Chambers. “A friend who once lived next door to Hathaway told me that he would sit at the piano creating the most incredible music, but personally he never thought it was good enough.”
When D’Angelo first emerged on the music scene, he was a shy and sensitive 21-year-old who mumbled between drags of his constant Newport cigarette, sometimes avoided making eye contact and hid behind a self-constructed wall that protected his fragility from the world. Besides the seemingly lack of ego, what made D’Angelo stand-out from his R&B contemporaries was his conscious decision to embrace the down-home foundations of blues and gospel. While there were other southern born singers, producers and songwriters on the Billboard R&B Charts in 1995, most noticeably Dallas Austin, TLC, Monica and Jermaine Dupri, their studio slick music embraced a more Northern sensibility. D’Angelo’s compositions, on the other hand, would have sounded perfect on the chitlin’ circuit thirty years before or in the back of a juke joint while the rowdy patrons sipped glasses of moonshine. Blending southern phrasings with big city cool, D’Angelo clearly possessed a similar rhythmic spirit as yesteryear FM heroes who made records for Stax, Hi or Atlantic.
Although D was only a baby when southern soul men like Al Green, Isaac Hayes, Joe Tex and Johnny “Guitar” Watson blared from radios across his hood, he valued those roots and dug deep into the dirt when making Brown Sugar. Playing and creating like an old soul warrior who had been here before, many of us thought that D’Angelo would be the savior soul music so dearly needed. “D was touched by God,” says recording engineer Bob Powers. In addition to mixing six songs on Brown Sugar, he also co-produced “Alright,” “Shit, Damn, Motherfucker” and “Higher.” Thinking back to those early years of he and D working together either at Battery Studios or his Union Square loft, Power’s smiles. “If you ask me, D could make a great album on an answering machine if he wanted to.”
Whereas Voodoo was a haunting aural experience that intrigued while pushing the envelope into a raging bonfire, Brown Sugar had been an optimistic record of creative discovery and boundless energy. “I enjoyed Voodoo, but it lacks the kind of classic song structure that is prevalent on Brown Sugar,” India Arie says. “I can remember spending my last $17.00 buying D’s first album. I was so impressed I played it everywhere I went. From the singing to the playing to the production, Brown Sugar is a classic album.”
While pop writers praised Brown Sugar, most seemed to ignore the obvious southern sensibility that dripped on the grooves like molasses and was richly engrained in the textures of D’Angelo’s voice. “What made Brown Sugar so unconventional was that D’Angelo combined southern church on top of jazzy hip-hop,” explains Gary Harris, the former EMI Records A & R man who signed D to the label. “In some circles, being southern is stigmatized as country or unsophisticated. But, clearly D was more progressive and his sound just took off.”
Digging through his mental music crates, D’Angelo applied the memories of dusty grooves to create a hybrid. In fact, D’Angelo became one of the first artists of the ‘90s to combine old school instrumentation (real music) with hip-hop production (digital) aesthetics. Creating the tracks with an Ensoniq EPS 16, a primitive sequencer and keyboard in one, D was able to mimic whatever instrument he wanted with it. This was soul music filtered through the ears of a kid who had grown-up admiring the production of Marley Marl, Prince Paul and the Bomb Squad. Yet, still he had no problem digesting the sounds of Curtis Mayfield, Willie Mitchell and Norman Whitfield when simultaneously.
Brown Sugar is also responsible for launching neo-soul, the moniker used to describe his music as well as the work of Maxwell, Chico DeBarge, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild and countless others. Although artists Lenny Kravitz and Terence Trent D’Arby were already waving their retro freak flag in the 1980s, they were not marketed to radio, retail or the media as “Black” artists. In 1995, the concept of neo-soul was sold to an audience who was already R&B fans, but had grown tired of acts like H-Town, Chante Moore, Shai, Silk and MoKenStef being their only choices. If nothing else, neo-soulsters were on a mission to make Black music that broadened the definition of R&B while exploring its sonic possibilities. Experimenting with various textures, vintage instruments, old-fashioned microphones and sometimes even Analog recording methods, these artists created a sub-genre of soul that was determined to take Black music back to its roots. Yet, while the term proved catchy to both critics and fans, most of the musicians rejected the term. “I always felt that the term neo-soul applied more to the making of music, but not the sound,” India Arie states. “We were just young Black artists looking for wider musical parameters to express ourselves.”
As for the originator of the neo-soul sound, sources close to D’Angelo, including his friend ?uestlove and guitarist Jesse Johnson, who has been jamming with him, claim that a third album will be released sometime in 2012. Currently, D’Angelo is on a European tour.  ]]]]]

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LEKKI WATER SPLASH @ The BLUE ISLAND RESORT

Imagine partying at a pool party with 1000 sexy people this december in LAS GIDI!!!!
Yes its the Annual pool party series dubbed LEKKI WATER SPLASH going down at The Blue Island Resort.

Buff Dudes, Sexy Babes, Hot models, badd azz DJ's with lots of barbecue, food and drinks, It's the hottest daytime pool party in Lagos.

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A Bikini- A Tankini - A Mokini - A Sarong - Bum Shorts - Board Shorts - Trunks

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VENUE:
BLUE ISLAND RESORT
KM 17, LEKKI-EPE EXPRESSWAY, AGUNGI, LEKKI. LAGOS

DATE: Saturday December 17th 2011

TIME: 12PM – 8PM

ON THE DECKS: DJ SOSE (THE TATTO FACED DJ)

HIGHLIGHTS:
• Swimsuit Fashion Show.
• Pool Volleyball & Games in 5 pools.
• Press-Up Showdown.
• Dancing Competition.
• Celeb Walk Thru.
• Pool hoops.
• Wet t-shirt Competition.
• Tequila Shots & Free Lollipops
• Great BBQ & Drinks.

MUSIC POLICY:
• Hip Hop
• R&B.
• Naija Pop
• Club Classics
• Funky House
• Dance Hall

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As the largest daytime pool party series in Lagos, LEKKI WATER SPLASH will have a selection of top-notch dj’s on the bill to create a turbo charged atmosphere and set the mood for an exciting experience in our 1000 capacity venue. This adults-only playground will be a magnet for Lagos’s local socialites as well as visitors looking to unwind.

At LEKKI WATER SPLASH, surround yourself with the sexy, sultry sounds of world-renowned DJ Sose (The Tattoo Faced DJ) as he drops hit after hit live to socialites and celebs alike.
Eat, drink and play under the sun in 5 pools as we offer you an oasis in the middle of a concrete jungle.

LEKKI WATER SPLASH is presented by BroadMix Media.
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I think you should charge more mehn! 50k is too small for Nigerians.
Everybody lives the lau lau life in Nigeria or so they claim so you better make ur pay (as they say it).
You are doing a honest job so it's only fair you charge enough to survive on.

Producers in Lagos charge artistes alot of money these days and even dj's are charging stupid money.

Omo mehn jack ur fee up.

Meanawhila i full ground for anyone wey wan curse me out.

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