Some could question, is Nicolas Tzenios a mysterious middle-aged scientist, a serious Businessman, or just a very hard-working post-grad student? Nicolas is swimming against the tides and by clinical science reversing some basic principles of Medicine.
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) (The Canadian equivalent to the FDA) approved to proceed with Nicolas Tzenios Clinical trial. An Open-Label Study to Investigate the efficacy of Nic’s Keto Diet on cardiovascular health in healthy adults with mildly elevated LDL levels.
Nic is a Chairman of a small but serious Medical and Cancer research fund, a writer of a Diet book, a humble medical science researcher. Dr. Tzenios, woke up from years of hibernation to amaze the medical community with his Friendly LDL theory tests in a clinical trial in Canada now.
Nicolas is a former vice Rector of a State Medical University, believing that education is a nonstop lifelong journey. Nicolas is back to the benches of the university, studying post-Doctoral, Postgraduate High impact cancer certificate at Harvard Medical School. (While following executive courses in 3 different faculties).
In addition, Dr. Tzenios has also applied for a Patent for one of his revolutionary diet- health-related innovations.
A medical professional recently said:
“We have no doubts that Nic dreamt, planned, and is laborious stirring toward several goals. Some goals are distinctive regarding a healthier world, better diet, Medical Innovation, and hopefully, Cancer cures”.
One Goal seems to hide behind Nic’s dreaming eyes and focused mind. Nicolas has already won hearts with his Keto TV videos, plus gaining public respect with his clinical research protocol.
While it is difficult to predict, many are hoping he will become a candidate to win the ultimate prize – a ticket to that yearly special event in Stockholm.
Nic’s ideas already gained the attention of the Medical World, and many hope his research publications soon will positively change the World.
JeraSoft Limited, top-developer and integrator of high-quality billing solutions for telecom and IoT providers, today announced the major release of JeraSoft Telecom and IoT Billing Platform – JeraSoft Billing 3.20. This release brings extended features and developments in the Routing module, improved performance and updates in the Rates module and Swap Deals management features development.
Andrii Zinchenko, CTO JeraSoft, gives the insights to JeraSoft Billing product release 3.20:
“JeraSoft Billing 3.20 includes a great number of new features and developments, but three main parts we are proud to present are Dynamic Routing new features, major updates in Rates Import and a completely new feature – Swap Deals. We decided to start presenting release 3.20 from Routing Module and the New Year 2020 will start with the presentation of Rates Import and Swap Deals section. JeraSoft team congratulates our customers on the upcoming Holidays, and I would like to underline that all three main features I described above are already included in version 3.20.
This autumn JeraSoft team conducted deep research with an open questionnaire to get customer feedback and to investigate the market request. As a fruitful result of the research new version of the product was born. We are grateful to our customers for their impact on the JeraSoft Billing Platform continuous improvement and from our side, we are open to hearing every customer, to stay updated and keep close to our customers‘ business needs.“
Dynamic Routing
Dynamic Routing Policies
Among the most efficient and business-friendly solutions in JeraSoft Billing 3.20 are Cash Flow-based dynamic routing policies creation.
In order to give more flexibility, the Routing Policies module has been completely reworked in the newest version 3.20. It is now possible not only to use predefined Routing Policies but to create your own with a set of factors that fits your business needs. The available factors are: Rate, Quality (ASR, ACD, PDD, SCD), Vendor Debt, and Payment Due.
As described above, newly added factors are PDD, SCD, Vendor Debt, and Payment Due. The latest two allow you to consider Cash Flow within the routing procedure. The routing order and procedure are improved with the accordance of Cash Flow optimization and aimed to increase the profitability of customers‘ business models.
Quality Factors
The second feature developed in the Dynamic Routing policies will allow a customer to manage and customize different factors and factor combinations in the Routing module, instead of using pre-defined settings as before. It is also possible to create filters for different groups of vendors. For instance, filters could be customized considering the route price and vendor debt or by the quality and the billing terms.
With Quality Factors feature rework we have simplified and added the possibility to filter the routes by quality. Customers will experience more flexible and at the same time easier way of routing quality management.
For added convenience, you can now specify QoS filters (ASR and ACD) for each routing rule in the Routing Plan. It allows you to remove vendors with lower quality from the routing in real-time to deliver better traffic quality for your clients.
Generally, the Routing Policies section looks more insightful, simple and user-friendly.
Billing Increment Check
To improve profitability check, we’ve added Billing Increments matching between Customers’ and Vendors’ rates in the routing. This feature is available for both dynamic and static routing rules.
Billing Increment Check is a smart feature that allows to check and calculate an efficient and non-efficient ratio between Customers‘ and Vendors‘ rates and ensure only profitable deals for both sides.
Source Code Routing
The new version includes improvement in the Routing Map building for the rates with defined Src Code. Previous versions considered only rates without Src Code when building Routing Map. The optimized A-Number Routing feature in combination with A-Number Billing features will provide the most precise route profitability check and calculation, as well as improved Profit Margin checks.
Routing Analysis
The Routing Analysis section brings a number of visual improvements to make it more efficient, simple and user-friendly for the client to analyze the query results. The new Output options include Verbosity (lets you control the routes’ output based on them being accepted or rejected by the system), Skip Reasons (lets you control routes under which checks should be removed from the result). Other improvements are related to the columns shown in the Routing Analysis, such as Status, Routing Rule, Vendor, Account, Code, Rate, Reject Reasons, etc.
Vendor Credit Limit
To make routing management more versatile, the Client Info settings block has a new field added – Credit limit – for Terminator Settings. This setting lets you control the credit limit you have on the vendor’s side. This credit limit will be applied to vendors during the routing check to remove them from the routing result if the vendor balance plus credit limit hits the entered threshold. So this feature allows avoiding soft switch overload and also helps to increase call PDD.
DID Routing
Among minor updates, there is a simplification in DID routing operations, which allows adding rules even easier than it was before.
Jurisdictional Billing Module
We’ve broadened the area detection functionality for the Jurisdictional Billing module. From now on, we use the LERG database for detecting state, lata, MTA and local parameters. Also, we use the North American Numbering Plan dipping in the Traffic Processing section for more precise processing.
As far as JeraSoft Billing Release 3.20 includes a number of new features and updates, major features such as the Swap Deals section and Rates Import are already included in the new version and will be announced widely in January 2020.
Detailed manual on new functionality and system updates can be found on JeraSoft Documentation Portal in JeraSoft Billing 3.20.0 release notes article.
From December 09, 2019, JeraSoft Billing 3.20 is officially available for installation. All existing JeraSoft customers are encouraged to upgrade their current version to the latest version. Clients with active Support Subscriptions get this upgrade as a current update and FREE of charge.
Join the upcoming webinar to explore new functionality in real time and discover exceptional product benefits which will help to improve your business performance! To register for the webinar, please, click here.
About JeraSoft
Gathering the most outstanding technology facilities and practices, JeraSoft billing software helps IoT providers, CSPs, as well as mobile and business telecommunication operators (including MVNO, OTT, enterprise VoIP, and SMS providers) to structure and automate their billing, rating, routing, and provisioning processes. The billing platform is empowered with flexible billing units management, real-time statistics, user-friendly reporting, high-performance API, provisioning and other add-ons that give a provider an opportunity to easily deploy, integrate, and finally get the most benefits from a single solution.
Project Grand Slam, the acclaimed band led by celebrated bassist/composer Robert Miller, has re-released their single “Get Out!”, Miller’s anti-Trump political protest song.
Like many Americans, Miller has been profoundly upset by so much that the president has said and done. In response, he wrote “Get Out!”, which does not mention Trump by name but nevertheless contains a clear message.
Says Miller, “I wrote the song last fall in response to all the insanity of this Administration, which I thought at the time couldn’t get any worse. But with the ongoing impeachment inquiry the song is even more relevant today”, adding: “I hope that the song will serve as a rallying cry and anthem for opposition to Trump.”
Miller adds: “I feel that artists have an obligation to speak out on the important issues of the day, just as so many artists did in the 1960s in protest of the Vietnam War, the Kent State shootings, and other traumatic national events, but it seems like virtually no artists do today.”
“Get Out!” is included on PGS 7, the latest highly acclaimed album by Project Grand Slam which was released in June 2019 and is distributed by SONY/The Orchard.
For more information and to listen to the song click here. Watch the music video.
The reviews of “Get Out!” have been incredible: “Rocks hard and will burn its lyrics into your brain!” (SkopeMag); “Magnetizing hook!” (TheIndieSource); “Punishingly provocative!” (GashouseRadio); “Haunting!” (Neufutur); “Grand unabashed star!” (IndiePulseMusic); “Fierce performance!” (Razorfish); “Strong rock streak with a hint of menace!” (IndieMusicReviews); “Blistering lyrics!” (IMAAI).
Chicago, IL – based organization selects the designers, illustrators, photographers, art directors and patrons whose works were released between the years 1960 – Present.
Latest class of honorees in the 6 major categories – as voted on by a world-wide panel of music, art and marketing experts in the area of album cover art & packaging – represents the “who’s who” of creative and production talent, including many recognized names of craftspeople working in the worlds of fine art, graphic design and photography.
Since officially launching the site in 2012, we’ve previously enshrined seven classes of Inductees based on the results from the group’s yearly surveys, with the voting panel considering the creative output of all producers active any time since 1960. Dozens of additional biographies were added for consideration by the esteemed panel of writers, curators of galleries (retail and online) that focus on album cover imagery, art/design museum curators and music marketing experts.
Continuing on via our standard methodology, this year’s Class allowed for the consideration of any talent not previously inducted into the ACHOF six major categories. The people under consideration this year are people who BEGAN their careers in the field at any time during the period the ACHOF focuses its attention on (1960 – present). As you can figure, this was a very long list, but after a research, nominating and voting process that began in September and ended in mid-November with our final vote, the ACHOF Voting Panel has selected a list of individuals and companies that very clearly represent the best examples of a large number of talented men, women and teams who’ve cumulatively created and published a huge portfolio of memorable album cover images and record packages.
The Album Cover Hall of Fame’s Mike Goldstein had this to say about this year’s efforts – “Through the ongoing efforts of those who support of this Hall of Fame, we’re able to recognize the contributions of those who have had a significant impact in the ongoing development and advancement of rock and roll album cover-related art direction, illustration, photography and package design, along with the record labels and musical acts who’ve supported great work in the field. Based on each inductee’s body of work in the field, we feel that their talents have exemplified the best possible efforts made to package and promote their clients’ recorded music, and so we’re privileged to have been able to include them in this year’s poll and, ultimately, our lists of honorees.”
Goldstein added “I’d also like to note that this year’s voting includes package and promo designs for musical acts popular in the “classic rock”, punk, New Wave and Hip-Hop genres, showing fans that album cover imagery continues to be an important part of the relationship between musical acts and their buying/listening public of all ages and musical tastes. I’m happy to say that, while many thought that the album cover had “died” when the music industry moved headfirst into the digital arena, musical acts and their labels continue to invest in the visual aspects of their products and work hard to impress fans with the totality of their creative output.”
Inductees have been divided into their respective categories so that fans can get to know each winner individually and within their group of peers. Below, you’ll find a summary of the winners in each category:
Album Cover Photographer Inductees
⮚ Janette Beckman, Fin Costello, Hideki Fujii, Daniel Kramer, Simon Larbalestier and Linda McCartney
Album Cover Illustrator Inductees (inc. those specializing in logos and typography)
⮚ Pedro Bell, Ioannis, Tom Nikosey, Terry Pastor, Gerald Scarfe and Winston Smith
Album Cover Designer Inductees
⮚ John Berg, Mike Doud, Rod Dyer, Rob O’Connor (& Stylorouge) and Glen Wexler
Album Cover Art Director Inductees
⮚ Cey Adams, Stanley Donwood, Garbrielle Raumberger, Tommy Steele and Larry Vigon
Inducted Record Labels with a long-standing commitment to great Album Cover imagery
⮚ Island, Nonesuch (solo) and Yep Roc
Inducted Musical Acts with a long-standing commitment to great Album Cover imagery
⮚ Black Sabbath, St. Vincent, White Stripes and Kanye West
A more-detailed document that includes samples of each Inductees album cover credits, along with links to their respective web sites, can be found on the ACHOF site at
Qualified individuals become eligible for induction 10 years after the publication of their first record album, CD, DVD or digital album cover image. Please note that some names will be seen in more than one category, as it is that certain individuals serve in more than one role in a project.
Going forward, the Voting Panel – currently consisting of over 75 experts in the fields of packaging design, illustration, photography and music product marketing – will continue the process each year (beginning again in late Summer 2020 to nominate the next class of Inductees representing those whose works were published any time during the period of 1960 – present) by selecting nominees in each of the featured categories for consideration by both that voting body and those nominees that receive the most total votes in their respective categories will be inducted. Panel members discussed the possibility of opening some aspect of next year’s voting to the public – we’ll notify fans and the press once any decisions have been made regarding this effort.
Please contact Mike Goldstein, Curator, AlbumCoverHallofFame.com with any questions or comments. He can be reached via email at mailto:curator@albumcoverhalloffame.com or via phone at 971-645-8958.
A comprehensive summary of news stories about album cover art and artists is added monthly (typically, on the first of the month) on our site (see the site index for our most-recent article postings) and also on the site’s Facebook page found at https://www.facebook.com/AlbumCoverHallOfFame
Born in Brooklyn to Haitian Parents singer, songwriter and philanthropist Mickael drops her latest single “Fever” featuring Skales Young D & Triplets Ghetto Kids.
Mickael has always felt attached to her true home: Haiti. “My flesh was born in Brooklyn, but my soul never left Haiti,” states Mickael. “I’m an island girl at heart with Haitian pride like no other.” Screaming WHERE BROOKLYN At!
Once her native land of Haiti was ravaged by a massive earthquake and she decided to focus her talents on helping her people. Mickael is not only a talented musician but she is also a music industry veteran serving as an A&R, brand strategist and songwriter for several Grammy award winning artists all before the age of 21. Despite her behind the scenes talent Mickael always yearned to be in front of the camera sharing her musical message to the world. Beyond music her passion is philanthropy as she has help to found and developed numerous charitable organizations aimed at helping the disenfranchised and poverty‐stricken people in Haiti.
In 2016 Mickael was featured on the smash hit “Viens Avec Moi” by Haitian star Wanito the single thrusted Mickael into a different light as the single generated nearly 1 million collective streams across all platforms.
2017 Mickael releases her creole hit “Bel Famm” which has become a smash hit in Haiti garnering heavy radio play and Playing on Tv throughout the whole Caribbean including Trace Tv. For her follow up she employed the assistance of Afrobeat superstars Skales & The Ghetto Kids with the smash “Fever”.
Earlier this month Mickael dropped the official video for “Fever” and has already been viewed over 30,000 times on YouTube. The video displays remarkable chorography and vibrant visuals and will sure further the Mickael’s momentum. Fast becoming a viral smash, fans of Mickael from Haiti, to Jamaica to the United States have all participated in the “Fever” dance challenge garnering nearly 1 million views collectively. The song itself has nearly 25,000 streams collectively since its mid-October release garnering the attention of deejays and playlisters alike, a remarkable feat in this day and age for any artist especially an independent artist with no major resources to speak of.
Mickael is a top talent and already an influential and inspiring figure who will take the world by storm. Be on the lookout for the official support tour in the United States and Caribbean region.
Two years ago this January, Danish pop star and TV personality Thomas Machimba Buttenschøn screened American Tyler Q Rosen’s landmark documentary Doin’ My Drugs as a work in progress with a live performance in snowy Park City, Utah to a capacity crowd. Since then, the film made its world premiere at the prestigious documentary festival CPH:DOX*, accompanied by an all-star cast of Zambian musicians who toured Denmark with him after.
Now, this coming week, Buttenschøn and Rosen are on their way to China for a series of concert performances, screenings, readings, public appearances and panels, culminating in a Beijing performance on World AIDS Day, December 1.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing organized this program as part of the HIV Awareness Week in Shanghai and Beijing leading up to World AIDS Day on December 1st. The choice of Buttenschøn — a former judge on the country’s wildly popular Denmark’s got Talent (Danmark Har Talnet) is reflective with his and his family’s personal experience with HIV/AIDS, his renown in the country and the importance of the film Doin’ My Drugs.
Buttenschøn will perform five concerts, beginning November 26th through December 1st, and both Buttenschøn and Rosen will participate in several talks and panels in each city. The concerts will be comprised of songs from Doin’ My Drugs itself. Buttenschøn’s newest song, “Keep on Talking,” will be debuted to the world during these concerts as well. Additionally, Doin’ My Drugs will screen on November 27th at 7:30 PM at the Danish Cultural Centre. The Centre is located on 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing, P.R. China.
The live performances take place as follows:
November 26th – – Solo concert by Buttenschøn at YYT Livehouse at 8:00 PM (851 Kaixuan Rd, Changning, Shanghai, P.R. China);
November 27th – – Unplugged performance by Buttenschøn at Danish Cultural Centre at 7:30 PM (2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing, P.R. China);
November 29th – – Concert by Buttenschøn at CloudNine Bar at 8:00 PM (29 Zizhuyuan Rd, Zi Zhu Qiao, Haidian, P.R. China);
November 30th – – Intimate concert by Buttenschøn at The Danish Cultural Centre, 798 International Arts District, 706 Beiyi Jie, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing 100025
December 1st – – Concerts by Danish artists Thomas Buttenschøn and Asbjørn in celebration of World AIDS Day at Post Mountain Art Space at 8:00 PM (North to T8 Building, Dangdai MOMA, No.1 Xiangheyuan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing)
The documentary film Doin’ My Drugs is the story of musician Thomas Muchimba Buttenschøn—born HIV-positive in 1985—and his crusade to use his music to wipe out AIDS in his native Zambia and beyond. Doin’ My Drugs aims to raise awareness about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia—a country of 17 million people where more than 1.2 million are HIV-positive or have the disease. Zambia’s situation is mirrored throughout the developing world.
A father to two young children, Buttenschøn has kept his HIV in check and his family virus-free, by “doin’ his drugs.” He recognized that his native Zambia remains trapped in a horrific and senseless AIDS crisis. While a significant percentage of the population there is infected with HIV, many antiretroviral drug treatment programs that can keep the virus dormant—“a near-zero viral load” as Buttenschøn says—are widely available through government programs for free.
Buttenschøn has recorded a full studio album in Los Angeles, USA and Lusaka, Zambia with 16-time Grammy®-winning producer, Thom Russo Jr. That album is titled Doin’ My Drugs and will become the official motion picture soundtrack. He’ll be debuting a new single, “Keep On Talking,” on his tour, which will be available in China soon.
Buttenschøn has also set up a foundation, the Muchimba Music Foundation, to help his supporters, collaborators and himself on their journeys. His goal is to test upwards of 100,000 Zambians by expanding his foundation’s Test-for-Ticket concert series into a country-wide tour of Zambia. The Muchimba Music Foundation’s initial concert in Lusaka tested 10,802 people and enrolled those who tested positive into patient care treatment programs. MMF is currently fundraising to meet his goal.
“I’m so pleased to be able to have the support of four countries in my journey,” concludes Buttenschøn. “We’re planning to use this China tour and trip to build momentum for my music and my message worldwide: get tested, get treatment, and do your drugs to keep the disease in check. It’s possible if you only try. Music CAN change the world.” For more information, visit:https://www.doinmydrugs.com https://www.muchimba.org
Rising R&B and pop star Nyasia Chane’l releases the official video for her single “Dive”, a beautiful rendition of Ed Sheeran’s 2017 album cut “Dive”.
In early 2019 Nyasia officially released “Dive”. Nyasia’s version of “Dive” was the “stand-out” offering from her “The Idol EP” project.The video was filmed and created by Shane Knight for Dirty Filthy Freedom Productions, and truly captures the essence of the song visually chronicling the “ups and downs” of a young romance.Rising R&B and pop star Nyasia Chane’l releases the official video for her single “Dive”, a beautiful rendition of Ed Sheeran’s 2017 album cut “Dive”. In early 2019 Nyasia officially released “Dive”. Nyasia’s version of “Dive” was the “stand-out” offering from her “The Idol EP” project. The video was filmed and created by Shane Knight for Dirty Filthy Freedom Productions, and truly captures the essence of the song visually chronicling the “ups and downs” of a young romance.
“The lyrics and texture of what Mr. Sheeran wrote touched me greatly and I think that came across in my version as well and the people have seemed to really gravitate toward this version. With the video, my team and I wanted to visually tell the story of two people who are falling in love but like most also brings life’s baggage with them to a new relationship” – Nyasia Chane’l Nyasia Chane’l hails from Fallsburg New York and got her start in music performing in church and at local talent shows. In 2017 Nyasia decided while working towards her bachelor’s degree as a student at Purchase University to embark on a career in entertainment.
Her first single “Do it Like That” (Remix) debuted on New York City’s Power 105.1 FM by DJ Norie and continues to grow, garnering over 50,000 streams collectively. In 2019 Nyasia Chane’l has been afforded the opportunity to perform at over 100 venues including Marcus Garvey park for the HBO sponsored Soul Train tribute to Aretha Franklin this past summer.
Nyasia Chane’l continues to impress industry insiders and tastemakers as her fandom continues to grow. Join Nyasia on her journey to take the music world by storm.
Nyasia Chane’l single “Dive” is available on all major platforms including Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Deezer and more.
A bit over a month ago, London born Alysha, a 17 year old teen with enormous talent as a singer and songwriter, would have probably not imagined for her career to catapult in such a sort of magical way.Every artist, before they begin their road to stardom and even throughout, always dream all they want to do to achieve their goals. We hear many stories of singers that were many times turned down by the industry, one that said industry sometimes gets a tough reality check, when they realize that the artist is now a superstar (on a different label, ahem…)
Alysha’s song “David Attenborough”, premiered on various music platforms over a month ago (https://awal.lnk.to/AGHN27km). Produced by AKA Block, an up and coming, superb, dutch producer and the track songwritten and performed by Alysha.
David Attenborough – ListenHer life promptly has gone from 0-1000 in a massive way. Now the name “Alysha” will be even more known with the release of a magical, whimsical music video, filmed in Paris, directed by Leonardo Corredor and Giovanna Gorassini, masters of the lens, with an eye for esthetics and beauty second to none, but more importantly, they were able to visualize and bring to life the concept to the official music video for Alysha’s “David Attenborough”. Want to know what “David Attenborough” is about? Make sure to tune at 0:00 hrs (GMT) Tuesday, November 12th or if you prefer stay put tonight at 11:59 PM GMT and refresh the link every couple of seconds. You can start by subscribing to Alysha’s official You Tube Channel right away! And refresh this link every second. The experience is simply magical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t45XWasITg&feature=youtu.be
Chris Perez, husband to the late superstar, Selena, dubbed the ‘Queen of Tejano music,’ will release his custom “Perez Pepper Sauce” starting Saturday, November 16th.
The small-batch sauce will be available online at CaJohns.com and at select locations where Perez will make personal appearances to offer on-site demonstrations to fans and customers.
“My love for spicy food began as a young child when I accidentally ate a Mexican chili pepper,” recalls Chris. “I guess you could say that’s when I had my jalapeno popped,” laughs Perez. A scene from the 1997 biopic “Selena: The Movie” (portrayed by mega-star Jennifer Lopez) showcases Chris’s (played by actor Jon Seda) love for hot sauce, which remains strong to this day.
Fast forward to August 2019, and Perez’s passion to create his own hot sauce brand started to become a reality. When he and his long-time friend John Gomez were eating dinner before attending a Dallas Cowboys football game together at AT&T Stadium, Gomez noticed that Perez was carrying chili peppers in his tote bag. That was when an idea was planted. While hanging out on the sidelines prior to the game in the company of legendary players Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith, Gomez casually said, “You should create your own hot sauce, Chris, I can help you. What’s better than football, beer, hot sauce, and chicken wings?” A spontaneous brainstorming session ensued, engaging the minds, talents, and creative energies of the two friends. Soon after, a partnership between Perez and Gomez was formed, called Tongues Ablaze LLC.
John Gomez is a successful talent manager/entrepreneur with twenty-five years’ experience in Entertainment, Music, Sports, and Drama. He’s worked closely with a vast network of key influencers and decision makers and has represented multi-platinum artists of all genres- Grammy winners, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Hip Hop and Rock legends, Pro Sports Athletes, and artists at various stages in their careers. Knowing how important it is to take potential investors’ personalities and business reputations into consideration when seeking seed money, Gomez reached out to his good friend and business partner, Marc Colombo, to help fund the new hot sauce venture as an angel investor. Colombo is a former American football offensive tackle who played for eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Miami Dolphins. He is the current Offensive Line Head Coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
To produce and bottle “Perez Pepper Sauce”, Gomez and Perez worked with the masters at CaJohns Fiery Foods to develop Perez’s original pepper sauce that will be a delicious blend of premium quality peppers, spices, and ingredients resulting in an exquisite balance of flavor and fire. “Even though ‘Perez Pepper Sauce’ will just be one offering for now, as business expands, the aim for Tongues Ablaze LLC is to be a one-stop shop for different kinds of hot sauces, BBQ sauces, salsas, rubs, and snacks with a distinctive and unique taste,” says Perez. “In the past, there were only a few segments of the society that appreciated and used hot sauces with the same big hot sauce brands cornering the market for years. However, this has changed as hot sauces have now hit the mainstream market with Global market projected to reach a value of US$5.5 Billion in the next 4 years, so for prospective entrepreneurs, there is no better time to come into the market than this time when the industry seems to be on an upward trend,” says Gomez.
“Hot sauce is now considered the sexiest of all condiments, straddling the line between pleasure and pain, and people have increasingly become interested in sampling new sauce taste sensations. I want to hopefully shake things up a bit by offering sauces and products that are ethnic or culturally inspired from various regions such as Mexican and Spanish sauces among others,” Perez adds.
“Chris’s passion for spicy foods and his entrepreneurial spirit is what made me keen to start a salsa company with him in the quest to become a successful hot sauce business. Chris also has a strong Social Media presence with over 800k Facebook followers and 365k Instagram followers. As we all know, Social Media is increasingly more important in today’s marketing world. If you have a solid following on social platforms, it’s proof that people have an interest in you, your relevancy, and how you can carry a brand to the world. I believe Perez is set to be a market influencer and will have a great impact on the market,” says Gomez.
“It’s always been a life-long dream of mine to launch my own hot sauce brand and enter into the fiery foods industry, so I’m very excited to be releasing my signature hot sauce,” says Perez. “For those of you that don’t know, I’m a Leo, so for the logo of my new hot sauce brand I wanted something that was reflective of my personality. I went with a lion’s head surrounded by some peppers ablaze, and appropriately named my sauce ‘Perez Pepper Sauce’. The lion represents the King of the Jungle, and just like Budweiser is the King of Beers, maybe one day ‘Perez Pepper Sauce’ will be the King of Hot Sauce! That’s the dream anyway,” concludes Perez.
Starting Saturday, November 16, 2019 “Perez Pepper Sauce” will be available for purchase online worldwide at CaJohns.com. On the same day, between 2:00pm-5:00pm, Chris Perez will be making a personal appearance at Traders Village, the largest weekend flea market in San Antonio and West Texas. Perez will be selling bottles of his new “Perez Pepper Sauce”, meeting with fans, and signing autographs.
In addition to launching his own hot sauce brand, after a long absence, Chris Perez and his band ‘Chris Perez Project’ will return to the Valley for a ‘One Night Only’ concert. CPP will perform at The Historic Cine El Rey Theater in McAllen, Texas on Dec.14, 2019. Tito’s Homemade Vodka will host this special concert and the first 100 people to buy tickets and come to the show will receive a free bottle of “Perez Pepper Sauce”.
Alysha: Born to musically wear her heart on her sleeve and the release of her first single “David Attenborough”
Her new music video which is filmed in Paris, is available next week.
Being born in 2001, at only 17 years of age, very seldom somebody would be able to find a talent like Alysha’s. A gifted singer, songwriter that expresses emotions like no other “millennial” would do, wearing her heart on her sleeve and gifting us with the most impressive songs that nobody her age would write.
Mature and full of soul, her soul….
Born in London, England, ever since she was 10 years old, she was passionate about music, writing her first songs. She would do this often and get inspired by music that her mum would play for her, such as Fleetwood Mac and Erykah Badu.
As Alysha grew older, she carried on with music as she always had a soft spot for it and eventually attended to Music College in the heart of East London. For her first body of work, she has worked with various producers such as David Tickle, AKA Block, and VEE, to mention some, each one mixing in their talents with Alysha’s. The first single “David Attenborough” was premiered on September 27th on all music platforms and her debut EP, “Midnight Rendezvous”, being set up for release in 2020!
Alysha promises to be a “one to watch” artist and she’s just getting started. With tracks like Dreams, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, David Attenborough and some other musical surprises, including Midnight Rendezvous, it will be a treat. To begin the treat in more than just one way, besides “David Attenborough” (the single), which was released back in September, a magical Lyric video of it is already on her Youtube Channel for all to enjoy:
We really encourage you to subscribe to her channel, because the word’s out that a very big surprise is coming out next week: The official music video of Alysha’s “David Attenborough”, filmed in Paris, a couple weeks back. We can only say this: Prepare to submerge yourself in a magical world of romance with Alysha. This music video is something we cannot wait to be released.
Contact:
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