Posts made in November 2019

Cool & Dre , 360 MAGAZINE

Cool & Dre

Cool & Dre, along with Fat Joe, announced on Instagram last night the release date of the highly anticipated joint album “Family Ties” with Dre of Cool & Dre.  As producers of this album, alongside Boi-1da and Hitmaka, this album is already positioned to be a classic when it’s released on Friday, December 6th

States Cool & Dre“We hope that years from now you will remember the exact moment, place and feeling you felt when you pressed play to listen to ‘Family Ties’ for the 1st time.”  A surprise is expected to coincide with the release of “Family Ties.”

Cool & Dre just recently received another Grammy Nomination for Best R&B Album for their work on BJ The Chicago Kid’s album 1123. 

The veteran production duo and hit-makers Cool & Dre won their 3rd Grammy Award for their work on Jay-Z and Beyonce’s “The Carters” album. The hitmakers produced three out of the nine tracks, including “Summer,” “713,” and “Black Effect.” The Carters album featured a bonus track, “Salud!” which Cool & Dre produced, and Dre laid down vocals for. As its name suggests, it’s a toast to victory.

Cool & Dre also won a Grammy Award for their work on Mary J. Blige’s “The Breakthrough”which won for Best R&B album in 2006,  Lil Wayne’s “The Carter III” which won for Best Rap Album in 2008, and now, The Carters “Everything Is Love” which won Best Urban Contemporary Album last night.

Cool and Dre have been making classic hit songs since Ja Rule’s “New York” and the Game’s “Hate It or Love It,” and have been enjoying a renaissance since “The Carter’s” album and are the team behind Fat Joe’s “All the Way Up.” The duo has now taken it to the next level with their work on “Family Ties.” To date, they have sold 75 million records worldwide and have worked with the A list | Who’s Who in music and hip-hop.

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IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? (3 Book Gift Set) – In her highly acclaimed book series, author Kristin S. Kaufman, explores life through the “seats” we sit in throughout the journey. Drawing from real-life moments, she shares hidden blessings of every day encounters that inspire and teach us all how to recognize the wisdom gained and the lessons learned, if we know how to look. 

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About the Author

Kristin S. Kaufman is a prolific writer. Her first book, Is This Seat Taken? Random Encounters That Change Your Life, was released in 2011 to national acclaim, and was followed by a sequel, Is This Seat Taken? It’s Never Too Late to Find the Right Seat released in 2015. 

A successful portfolio entrepreneur, she  founded Alignment, Inc., in 2007 to serve individuals and corporations as they seek alignment within themselves and their organizations. Alignment, Inc., is a unique services company through which Kaufman has brought her expertise to tens of thousands of people, working with organizations to create sustainable success individually and collectively.  Through her partnership with Rodan & Fields, she extends her reach by providing coaching and assistance to entrepreneurs and independent business owners as they build their own financial independence.

She is an active civic and community volunteer, and currently serves in numerous non-profit board positions. Kaufman lives in Dallas, Texas, with her beloved rescued white Schnauzer, Lulu.

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Louis Vuitton Sneaker Trunk

LOUIS VUITTON UNVEILS WORLDWIDE DEBUT OF ITS ONE-OF-A-KIND SNEAKER TRUNK 

Louis Vuitton is pleased to announce the worldwide debut of the Sneaker Trunk which will be unveiled at Atelier Louis Vuitton on December 3rd in Miami to coincide with Design Miami/. 

Combining Louis Vuitton’s classic art of trunk craftmanship with contemporary design, Louis Vuitton’s Sneaker Trunk is the newest addition to the House’s iconic hard-sided collection. Making its worldwide debut in Miami, this one-of-a-kind Sneaker Trunk is an emblem of Louis Vuitton’s visionary spirit and heritage craftsmanship. 

Designed to display your favorite sneakers, the trunk’s contemporary features allow passionate collectors to build the sneaker dressing of their dreams. The Sneaker Trunk has been developed to fit at least 6 pairs of low-tops and 8 pairs of high-top sneakers and each drawer is measured to store up to size 13 in low-tops and 12 in high-tops. As is customary at Louis Vuitton, the trunk is fully customizable and we are able to personalize to each and every client, creating a one-of-a-kind collaboration. 

LOUIS VUITTON SNEAKER BOX

Louis Vuitton is pleased to announce that the Sneaker Box will also be available at Atelier Louis Vuitton on December 3rd in Miami during Design Miami/ along with the Sneaker Trunk. A modern and contemporary trunk, that highlights Louis Vuitton’s visionary spirit. The Monogram Eclipse signature gives a masculine touch to the historical signatures of the House’s trunk knowhow.

The traditional Monogram signature is reinterpreted on a screen-printed transparent Perspex door. Designed to display your favorite pairs of sneakers, the trunk has complementary features that will allow the client to build up the sneakers dressing of his dreams.

The client can create his own sneakers dressing by piling up the Sneakers Boxes. There’s a multitude of options, from a vertical pile to a whole wall.  Even if the top lid is closed, the transparent door is still openable. Even when one Sneakers Box is under another, the client can still reach his sneakers.

Under the slope, two hidden drawers can host a shoe care equipment and other accessories. Thanks to a magnetic system, the slope stays lifted in the position of the lid.

Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades will be on show at Design Miami/ from December 4th to 8th, 2019 as well as the Louis Vuitton Miami Design District store throughout next year. 

Atelier Louis Vuitton, the exclusive savoir-faire exhibition, will be held at Paradise Plaza – 151 NE 41st Street, Miami Fl 33137 from December 3rd to 8th, 2019.  Visits by appointment only. 

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Aaron Carpenter – Proud

Download / Stream “Proud” HERE  

Aaron Carpenter returns with “Proud,” a poignant song from the road that celebrates the enduring influence of family and friends on a musician and the deep-seated desire to make them proud. The track was produced by Oren Yoel (Miley Cyrus, Fitz and The Tantrums, Tori Kelly). Download / stream “Proud” HERE.

“‘Proud’ perfectly describes what I’ve felt since I moved to L.A. on my own, away from all of my family – after everything that we’ve been through,” says Aaron Carpenter. “In 2015, I lost both my stepbrother and stepdad. They were both such big supporters and motivators of me pursuing my passion along with the rest of my family. I hope that ‘Proud’ resonates and helps people the same way that it’s helped me!” “Proud” is the latest in a string of singles Carpenter has released since signing to Capitol Records. As Idolator observed, “The Justin Timberlake-channeling, R&B/pop song [‘Attitude’] caught everyone’s attention, and he built on that momentum with the slinky ‘Chase.’ The 20-year-old now showcases his versatility with ‘Next’…battling a nasty case of lovesickness over The Roommates’ mellow beats…[it] will strike a chord with anyone going through it.” 

BBC Radio 1 named “Attitude” as one of the Best New Pop tracks upon its release in April. StarShine Magazine recently chose “No Control” – also produced by The Roommates – as the Song of the Week. 

Growing up in Louisiana, music was Carpenter’s entire world. Raised on everything from classic country to pop-punk to the Stevie Wonder records his grandmother often spun for him, he took up drumming at age 11, later teaching himself to play piano and guitar. He began posting cover songs in 2015 on Instagram, where he now has nearly four million followers.

Ready to share his own original songs, Carpenter headed to Los Angeles in 2016 and soon landed sessions with A-list songwriters. After spending nearly every day in the studio for an entire year, he signed with Capitol Records. He is currently working on his debut album.

DNA PhotographersZeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, KEMANG WA LEHULERE, ARTIST, South Africa, 360 MAGAZINE

LAYING BARE

KEMANG WA LEHULERE
19 DECEMBER 2019 – 10 MAY 2020 I LEVEL 2 

ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY 

Come and experience Laying Bare, a site-specific, process-based project by South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere at Zeitz MOCAA.

Wa Lehulere will take up occupation in a multi-gallery area on the institution’s second level for a period of six months, turning the museum into a studio space. The studio, usually a private working space, will be accessible to the public to observe and engage whilst the artist makes new works, conducts research, and develops ideas for future projects. 

Working across media such as performance, sculpture, drawing and video, the artist will lay bare the essence of a thinking and making process – revealing inspirations, ways of working and a fascination with materials. 

The studio will be supported by ongoing performances and activations, as part of an open process of exploration of germination, experimentation, and collaboration. These will be broadcast on Zeitz MOCAA social media channels.

On view: 19 December 2019 – 10 May 2020

*Photo courtesy of DNA Photographers

Journalism: Why It Matters

Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism matters. It matters, argues Schudson, because it orients people daily in the complex and changing worlds in which they live. It matters because it offers a fact-centered, documented approach to pertinent public issues. It matters because it keeps watch on the powerful, especially those in government, and can press upon them unpleasant truths to which they must respond. Corruption is stemmed, unwise initiatives stopped, public danger averted because of what journalists do.

Professional journalism dedicated to fact-centered stories about the events, people, moments and moods of life today matters. When this journalism is competent, compelling, and assertive, it makes a world of difference.

This book challenges journalists to think hard about what they really do. It challenges skeptical or distrustful news audiences who take pride in detecting media bias but fail to see that their own bias may distort their perception. And it holds out hope that journalism will be for years to come a path for ambitious, curious, young people who love words or pictures or numbers and want to use them to improve the public conversation in familiar ways or in ways yet to be imagined.


The Author: 

Michael Schudson is Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.

Vaughn Lowery, 360 MAGAZINE, USA, NYC

What are veterans actually entitled to?

Enlisting in the military is a huge decision that isn’t to be taken lightly. Yet millions of the population take that step without hesitation to protect their country and sadly, return home sometimes with life-changing injuries.

VA disability benefits

VA disability pay rates demonstrate how veterans are given a combined disability rating which is also impacted by their number of dependents. It is complex to understand and vets are not always awarded the right compensation they deserve, which is why legal advice is often necessary.

However, financial entitlement is merely one of the many issues facing vets when returning home. What they have to live on is only a small component of the multiple ways they are faced with piecing together a life after serving in the military. 

The adjustment from life on the frontline to life back in the world they have been defending can be difficult. This is not just in the cultural, everyday sense of no longer existing in a disciplined and structured way with danger and high risk at every turn, but also in the practical sense too.

The paperwork that is required to exist back in life as a normal citizen, the health implications that may be a result of service, the overwhelming list of things to organize to have everything you need – it is a whirlwind, to say the least.

Health benefits

Health issues can be extremely broad-ranging. From the hugely debilitating and devastatingly life-altering physically to the equally paralyzing mentally, and often, as a result of the latter, the all-consuming consequence of this being substance abuse.

Therefore, there is a wide range of health benefits vets are deservedly entitled to use, depending on their specific needs. However, it is often hard for them to know exactly which services they might need if they haven’t yet identified their issues, or it might be that they aren’t aware of the services or cannot get access to them.

Education tuition and career counseling

Another avenue for vets to go down is education and tuition to enable them to further their civilian training and find a suitable career route after the military. It could still be that they pursue a career within the military but just not in active duty, or it might be that they want to retire from service and pursue something different entirely in civilian life.

There are many ways they can do this, such as applying for help to cover the costs of school or job training, or it might be that career counseling is needed. This is when vets seek advice and guidance on where their skills might be best suited within other jobs and which programs would help them get on that path. 

Furthermore, it also helps them to recognize where they might be going through some issues which are preventing them from achieving their goals.

Housing

Vets are entitled to home loans and grants to help towards the costs of paying for their homes or any modifications necessary as a result of their injuries. This may be in the form of ramps, wider doorways or much more complex changes, that could potentially even impact the building structurally.

However, in more extreme circumstances, but sadly, increasingly more common these days are the instances of homelessness amongst vets. There is advice available on shelters and storage of personal belongings as well as what other options might be open, such as armed forces retirement homes and housing programs. 

In conclusion…

It is so important to create awareness and support our veterans who have done so much for our country. So, hopefully by sharing this information, people who may have vets in their family, or friendship circles can help them find the advice they need to get a better start after they return home.

There is a lot of confusion out there, just as there can be with any benefits. But, by being aware of the challenges these men and women face on civilian soil after performing their duty, we can all make it a better country by sharing this and helping them as they’ve helped us. 

The Chemical Brothers

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS REVEAL STUNNING REWORK OF 1999 CLASSIC “OUT OF CONTROL” FROM AUSTRALIAN ELECTRONIC PIONEERS,THE AVALANCHES
LEGENDARY ELECTRONIC DUO NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMY® AWARDS FOR ACCLAIMED ALBUM NO GEOGRAPHY 

Listen To “Out Of Control (The Avalanches Surrender To Love Mix)” Here.

View Visualizer Here.

Having supported The Chemical Brothers on their recent Australian tour, The Avalanches have produced a special remix tribute to the 20th anniversary of the classic album, Surrender. “Out Of Control (The Avalanches Surrender To Love Mix)” is a revelation. The Avalanches take the track on a trip towards a West Coast sunset. Along the way, they manage to tilt the claustrophobic electronic drive of the original off its axis, creating a gorgeous, pulsating drift of celestial house music in the process. Listen to “Out Of Control (The Avalanches Surrender To Love Mix)” via Astralwerks HERE.

This remix of “Out Of Control” is an edit taken from a longer Surrender-inspired piece The Avalanches created that is due for release in the future.

“Out Of Control (The Avalanches Surrender To Love Mix)” is accompanied by a brand-new screen print from original Surrender artwork designer Kate Gibb using the original film from 1999. Gibb has also helped to create a truly stunning visualizer for the track alongside graphic artist Jimmy Turrell – watch it HERE.

“Out Of Control” was the third single taken from Surrender and featured vocals by New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie. The deluxe reissue of Surrender – featuring hours of unreleased material and a blu-ray of the band’s Glastonbury 2000 Pyramid Stage headline set – is out now HERE.

The Avalanches latest album, Wildflower, was released to critical acclaim in 2016 via Astralwerks. Pitchfork called the album “better than just about any music ever made.” “Out Of Control” is the duo’s first official remix since 2013.

Just last week, The Chemical Brothers received three GRAMMY® Award nominations, rounding the duo’s total nomination count to a staggering 14. Their hugely acclaimed ninth album, No Geography, was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album, while single “Got To Keep On” received a nod for Best Dance Recording and the video for “We’ve Got To Try,” which was created in partnership with premiere auto racing group Formula 1, was nominated for Best Music Video. Of the clip, Rolling Stone said, “The electronic duo’s pulsating new song is intensified by its video.” The Chemical Brothers have won four GRAMMY® Awards. The 62nd GRAMMY® Awards will take place on January 26, 2020. 

Surrender 20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue available now HERE.

Vaughn Lowery, 360 MAGAZINE, accessories, unisex, digital influencers, bloggers, publisher, executive, director

5 Smart Ways To Make Money Travelling

Traveling is always lots of fun, not to mention how many benefits it can bring people of all ages. First of all, traveling kicks you out of the comfort zone, which contributes to faster self-development. In addition, it helps to broaden the horizons and get a completely new perspective on things. Finally, going abroad introduces to you new cultures, places, and people, which helps to make your image of the world around more complete. However, there is one big drawback of traveling that holds many people back from it – it always requires money and takes quite a lot of time, which makes it barely possible to combine it with work. At least, things used to be that way for many decades. Luckily, today, there are plenty of ways to make money while traveling and, in this article, we are going to tell you about the top five of them!

Work While Traveling: Top 5 Ideas

For those who believe that working requires attending an office every day and spending there at least five hours a day, we have collected a list of the smartest ways of making money being self-employed and traveling around the world!

  • Affiliate marketing

We bet that each of you is using a whole bunch of different products and services. Then why not to make money by recommending the ones you loved the most? Well, that’s what affiliate marketing is all about. Let’s say you have a favorite brand of clothes, and it is searching for affiliates. In this case, you can take pictures wearing their products, recommend others to purchase it as well and get paid for every sale. 

  • Teach something online

If you have worked in a specific field for years and seem to know all the industry-related peculiarities or if there is anything else you could teach like languages, math, singing or pretty much anything else, why not to make it your business? Teaching is one of those career opportunities that are demanded at all times, and today, with the help of technology and the Internet, tutoring was taken to a completely new level! There are lots of platforms that connect people who want to learn something to other people who can teach them. As a rule, the lessons are held in person or with the help of tools like Skype. Also, it is worth mentioning that tutoring can be paid pretty well. Thus, it is a great way to earn traveling!

  • Become a freelance writer

One of the easiest ways to combine traveling with working is to find a well-paid freelance job. There are quite many opportunities out there, so everyone can find a suitable option depending on his skills, needs, and experience. One of the easiest to find and least demanding remote career opportunities is writing. There are many offers for writers in different niches. For example, if you love sports, you could start writing posts about sport events for an online magazine. Alternatively, there are many opportunities that require no prior experience – for example, on different freelance platforms, people offer money for writing transcripts for YouTube videos. However, if you are looking for a better paying job, we suggest considering the possibility of working for an online essay writing service. Of course, such a job will require having a university degree, good proficiency at least in one subject, and more free time. However, it often brings stable and high income! For big bucks, one could even indulge in a Phd dissertation writing service.

  • Blogging

This way of earning is somewhat similar to being a freelance writer with only one significant difference – when running your own blog, you can write about whatever you want. This fact makes this opportunity very versatile and suitable for different types of people. One of the most popular ideas for a blog is traveling, and it can be rather fun when you are running such a blog while actually traveling. 

  • Launching an online store

Today, more and more people prefer to shop for all types of goods online either from a website or social media, which means that the demand for good online stores is quite high. Here we have another excellent opportunity for remote work – create an online store that sells certain products and use drop shipping to minimize the effort and time waste from your side!

Final Words

If you have always strived to discover the world and to have the time of your life, the tips from this article will definitely come in handy. With the smart ways of earning described above, everyone can forget about saving for a year to go on a trip. Instead, we offer you a simpler and much more beneficial alternative! With our tips, you can turn into a digital nomad and keep making enough money for living on the go, combining working and traveling!