Today's Alive with Clive TV Show MagEzine

December 8, 2008

The way has been led, and . . .

Now I'm Seeing (RED)!

In this issue:

1.  The Way Has Been Led, And Now I'm Seeing (RED)!

2.  More Evidence of Enthusiasm for Synergistic Philanthrocapitalism^TM!

3.  What's Happening in The Alive with Clive Top 20!

4.  News About The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube

5.  Clive's Favorite Quote For The Week

6.  My Space Links to Musicians in The Alive with Clive Top 12

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1.  The Way Has Been Led, And Now I'm Seeing (RED)!

In the article Bill Gates wrote on Creative Capitalism for the August 11, 2008, edition of TIME Magazine, which I discussed in The Alive with Clive TV Show MagEzine dated September 6, 2008, he referred to eight different examples of the kind of capitalism I call synergistic philanthrocapitalism^TM in which businesses and charities prosper by cooperating to create benefits for the communities they serve.

One of the eight examples discussed was the (RED) campaign.

Here's a slightly lengthy -- but nevertheless particularly informative -- passage from the second paragraph of the article by Bill Gates in TIME Magazine:

There's much still to be done, but the good news is that creative capitalism is already with us.  Some corporations have identified brand-new markets among the poor for life-changing technologies like cell phones.  Others -- sometimes with a nudge from activists -- have seen how they can do good and do well at the same time.  To take a real world example, a few years ago I was sitting in a bar with Bono, and frankly, I thought he was a little nuts.  It was late, we'd had a few drinks, and Bono was all fired up over a scheme to get companies to help tackle global poverty and disease.  He kept dialing the private numbers of top executives and thrusting his cell phone at me to hear their sleepy yet enthusiastic replies.  As crazy as it seemed that night, Bono's persistence soon gave birth to the (RED) campaign.  Today, companies like Gap, Hallmark and Dell sell (RED)-branded products and donate a portion of their profits to fight AIDS.  (Microsoft recently signed up too.)  It's a great thing:  the companies make a difference while adding to their bottom line, consumers get to show their support for a good cause, and -- most important -- lives are saved.  In the past year and a half, (RED) has generated $100 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, helping to put nearly 80,000 people in poor countries on lifesaving drugs and helping more than 1.6 million get tested for HIV.  That's creative capitalism at work.

Creative capitalism isn't some big new economic theory.  And it isn't a knock on capitalism itself.  It is a way to answer a vital question:  How can we most effectively spread the benefits of capitalism and the huge improvements in quality of life it can provide to people who have been left out?

When I logged onto the Internet last Monday morning, World AIDS Day, the first thing I saw were the promos for (RED)WIRE at http://red.msn.com.  And this is what I read: 

Today, World AIDS Day, MSN is celebrating the launch of (RED)WIRE, (RED)'s new digital music magazine designed to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.  Some of the greatest artists on earth,  including U2, Jay-Z, Coldplay, John Legend, Dixie Chicks, The Killers & Elton John, The Police & Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie and Sheryl Crow, have contributed amazing songs to (RED)WIRE.  Enjoy these world premieres throughout the day and sign up for (RED)WIRE for so much more.

According to the Press Release announcing the launch of (RED)WIRE, (RED)WIRE "partnered with MSN, one of the world's most powerful online networks, to reach millions of people with its launch event [last Monday].  MSN will also be the premier portal destination for people to learn more about (RED)WIRE artists and hear exclusive music from (RED)WIRE."

Here are additional paragraphs with important information from the Press Release:

• (RED)WIRE has also selected iLike, the web's leading social music discovery service, as the social-networking channel to help spread (RED)WIRE organically to music fans and their friends.  (RED)WIRE content will be posted regularly on iLike for streaming and sampling, and syndicated to iLike's 30 million registered users via multiple channels including iLike's dominant music app on Facebook® and the popular iLike Sidebar for iTunes.  iLike will also enable (RED)WIRE artists to communicate directly with fans and enable fans to spread the word and sign up their friends.

• Those who purchase (RED)WIRE memberships at www.redwire.com will be able to download a special custom player that allows them to experience each issue in an immersive, visual, magazine-like interface.  For $5 a month, members will receive a weekly digital music offering including an exclusive song from a major artist, a song from an up-and-coming artist, and a special piece of varied content (such as a digital short film, photography or a reading from an artist or actor) as well as a window about the impact (RED) dollars have in Africa.

• Applying the (RED) idea to music, (RED)WIRE will help buy life-saving medicine and other services for those living with HIV in Africa.  Half of each month's membership fee will be contributed directly to the Global Fund, who will in turn ensure that every cent of this money is invested in HIV and AIDS programs in Africa. Just five members will generate enough money, each month, to buy antiretroviral medicine for one person living with HIV in Africa. (RED)WIRE also creates a new revenue stream for artists and labels and a new way for consumers to discover new music.

• (RED)'s primary objective is to engage the private sector in raising awareness and funds for the Global Fund, to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.  Companies whose products take on the (PRODUCT)RED mark contribute a significant percentage of the sales or portion of the profits from that product to the Global Fund to finance AIDS programs in Africa, with an emphasis on the health of women and children. Current partners are:  American Express (U.K. only), Apple, Converse, Gap, Emporio Armani, Hallmark, Dell, Windows and Starbucks.  Since its launch in the spring of 2006, more than $115 million has been generated by (RED) for the Global Fund.  (RED) money is at work in Swaziland, Rwanda, Ghana and Lesotho.  For more information, visit www.joinred.com.

• Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the dominant financer of programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with approved funding of US$15 billion for programs in 139 countries.  The Global Fund supports programs based on agreed performance targets and disburses money in response to proven results.  So far, programs supported by the Global Fund have averted more than 2.5 million deaths by providing AIDS treatment for 1.75 million people, TB treatment for 3.9 million people, and by the distribution of 59 million insecticide-treated bed nets for the prevention of malaria worldwide.

• (RED)™ is the Global Fund's largest private sector contributor.  For more information, please visit www.theglobalfund.org.

• Overall, MSN, Windows Live and Microsoft.com attract more than 550 million unique users worldwide per month with localized versions available globally in 42 markets and 21 languages.

It's encouraging to read about all that is being accomplished with the (RED) campaign, as well as the influential people and organizations with vast resources who are affiliated with it. 

And, since I am so in alignment with their mission, it is especially heartening and exciting to know that the possibility exists for us to collaborate in new ways I have now begun to contemplate to raise at least a billion dollars from sales of the compilation CD I am creating with a song from each musician I have interviewed on Alive with Clive who ends up in The Alive with Clive Top 20 on the day voting ends.

Stay tuned for more exciting developments that are likely to have me and you seeing (RED) for a long time to come!

Another news item I noticed just over a week ago is that Madonna's documentary, "I Am Because We Are," about AIDS in Malawi, an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS, was shown on the Sundance Channel last Monday at 9 p.m.

It's clear, therefore, that much more attention is now being paid to the AIDS crisis in Africa, so all the efforts that are being made to create the Alive with Clive compilation CD are in accord with a need that influential people in the world are realizing must and can be addressed now in innovative ways.

With all these powerful potential influential partners already taking major steps to eliminate AIDS in the world, I'd say if you're a musician eligible for a slot in The Alive with Clive Top 20, it makes a whole lot of sense to put your heart and soul into doing whatever it takes to secure a slot in the The Alive with Clive Top 20 before it's too late!  And there is still time to make major progress even if you  have been languishing in the bottom half of the Chart or are on the outside looking in.

To vote for a musician or band to be in The Alive with Clive Top 20, click here now or copy and paste the following link into your Web browser: 

http://alivewithclive.tv/awctop20.html

2.  More Evidence of Enthusiasm for Synergistic Philanthrocapitalism^TM!

I received a couple of uplifting emails within the past ten days about synergistic philanthrocapitalism^TM from a lady who will be appearing on Alive with Clive on Friday, December 19.  Her name is Pamela Moss, she is the founder of InnerVisionPortraits and her Web site, which I highly recommend you visit, is at www.innervisionportraits.com.

In her email to me on Sunday, November 30, Pamela said:

Thought you might be interested to know I'm applying this concept [synergistic philanthrocapitalism^TM] in my work -- I'm painting a "possibility portrait" of [Barack] Obama and auctioning it off for charity over the Internet around the time of the Inauguration. 

[T]his will be a gift that keeps on giving -- the charities and retailers and I will also sell high quality Giclee prints of the portrait, with a portion of all proceeds going to the charities (and a portion going to me and the retailers) for years.

It's so much fun to think of creative "synergistic philanthrocapitalism^TM" projects!

Looking forward to talking about this and much more on your show,

Pamela

Inner Vision Portraits

Remember who you are, celebrate what matters

http://www.innervisionportraits.com

In response to an email I sent her to acknowledge her email and ask if I could share her email with you, this is what she wrote:

Thanks Clive!  Yes, you can share my email with your list and site.  

The Obama project is actually going forward now -- it's evolved into a  collaborative "synergistic philanthrocapitalism^TM" effort -- and I welcome your support in getting the word out:

I'm inviting artists from all over, both emerging artists and famous ones, to contribute images of Barack Obama for a big "Visions of Obama Charity Art Auction" which will be held online (and perhaps also in an actual auction house like Sotheby's) in late January after the Inauguration. 

This Inauguration is a celebration of all the hope and inspiration and transformation that Obama represents -- so it's a fitting time to honor Obama with our original art, ride the wave of Obamamania, and use the power of both Obama and art to inspire and transform in support of a charity that does the same thing.

The charity the Obama images will benefit is one that Obama himself supports, "Kids in Distressed Situations Inc." (K.I.D.S.).  It's a global charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and families who are ill, live in poverty, or are victims of natural disasters. 

Obama has said of the charity, “It is time for a sense of empathy to infuse our politics in America…  K.I.D.S. has spent over 20 years making this a reality.  Now it is time for the rest of us to catch up.  I look forward to making that happen.”

I'm not sure yet if we'll have 100% of the proceeds go to K.I.D.S., or 80% (with 20% to the artists).  In addition to auctioning off the original artworks, we might also auction off Giclee prints of the images, or have K.I.D.S. and the artists sell these on their websites -- with a percentage of each poster going to K.I.D.S. ongoingly (and a percentage to the artists).  

This is an opportunity for our artwork to make a real difference for children around the world, and also to be seen by the media, art lovers, Obama supporters, and philanthropists from all over...  Plus it's a chance to network with some pretty amazing people as we put this together. 

I would love it if you would forward my invitation to your list and site, and ask interested artists to contact me with their questions -- or just to say "I'm in!" They should email me at this address: pamela@innervisionportraits.com

Thanks,

Pamela

Inner Vision Portraits

Remember who you are, celebrate what matters

http://www.innervisionportraits.com

So, first, Pamela, what you are creating is fabulous.  CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Second, what I love is how you are expanding upon your original idea and that it is now taking on a life of it’s own and having an impact that is far greater than the one you originally contemplated.

Third, it is providing inspiration to us to begin to think of ways to implement synergistic philanthrocapitalism^TM into our thinking, and then to notice all the benefits that result!

So, thank you Pamela.  I’m looking forward to discussing your inner vision, your ideas and your portraits on Alive with Clive on Friday, December 19.

3.  What's Happening in The Alive with Clive Top 20!

Anthony Melillo continues to reign supreme at the top of The Alive with Clive Top 20 Chart with 1,275 votes, followed by Irena Makarchuk with 1,082 votes and Joe Venice with 491 votes. 

Two shifts occurred in the rankings over the past few days:

Joe Travers has moved ahead of Joséphine Ancelle to claim the twelfth spot on the Chart with 67 votes, and Markeisha Ensley has overtaken Diana Page to claim the eighteenth spot with 29 votes.

4.  News About The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube

Since the previous issue of The Alive with Clive TV Show MagEzine, I've added three more video clips to The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube.  Now they are being posted based on each musician's current rank in The Alive with Clive Top 20.

If you'd like to watch one or more of these videos from all the videos that are available for you to see on The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube, click here now or copy and paste the following link into your Web browser:

http://www.youtube.com/high5clive

Different video clips are getting different numbers of viewers.  So, another way to gauge the degree of attention being paid to each musician is to note the number of views his or her video clip is receiving in The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube.

I have listed below the number of views each video clip has received so far to the right of the name of the song of the musician whose video clip is available for viewing on The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube. 

When you read this list, bear in mind that some video clips have been available for several weeks, while others have been available for only the last few days. 

1.  Anthony Melillo -- Kiss Me Sweetly -- 33

2.  Irena Makarchuk -- Heartstrings -- 83

3.  Joe Venice -- Fall Apart -- 23

4.  Cassandra Kubinski -- Cradle The Moon -- 38

5.  Jeneen Terrana -- My Creation -- 72

6.  John Taglieri -- Starring Role -- 14

7.  Kylie Edmond -- Oh No No -- 13

8.  Alex P. Taylor -- Window -- 9

9.  Dan Sheehan -- Comatose -- 59

10.  Josephine Ancelle -- I Think Of You -- 77

If you'd like to watch one or more of these videos from all the videos that are available for you to see on The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube, click here now or copy and paste the following link into your Web browser:

http://www.youtube.com/high5clive

Note also that the video of Anthony Melillo, with his brothers Joe and Nick, singing That's My Son -- the song I believe every son wants his parents to hear, on Alive with Clive, currently has 1,554 views on YouTube.  

To see that video, click here now or copy and paste the following link into your Web browser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzOsZ3s7SeM

Remember, when you watch these video clips, you're seeing the best songs these amazing musicians have to offer.  The lyrics from most of the songs are bound to strike a chord within you and you'll probably want to watch the videos and listen to the songs you especially like over and over again.  I personally like some of the songs and ideas expressed in them so much that I've committed their lyrics to memory.  And best of all, as you know, you can see all these videos F*R*E*E! 

After you watch one or more of these videos, if you want to vote for a musician whose song you like, all you have to do is click here now or copy and paste the following link into your Web browser and vote:

http://alivewithclive.tv/awctop20.html

Now that I'm adding video clips to The Alive with Clive TV Channel on YouTube at a faster rate in the order in which musicians are currently placed in The Alive with Clive Top 20, if you want to see a video clip of a musician who is in the bottom half of The Alive with Clive Top 20 or on the outside looking in, simply create a way to generate votes for that musician (or yourself, if you're the musician in question).  Hint:  Find out what the top vote getters are doing, and copy them or implement methods to get votes they are not yet using.  The rewards are likely to be out of all proportion to the minor effort required!

The link to the voting page for you to put on your Web site, My Space page or in emails is: 

http://alivewithclive.tv/awctop20.html

5.  Clive's Favorite Quote For The Week

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore.  Dream.  Discover." -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, American author and humorist (November 30, 1835 to April 21, 1910).

6.  My Space Links to Musicians in The Alive with Clive Top 12

Here are links to musicians who are in The Alive with Clive Top 12, in the order in which they currently appear on the Chart:

1. Anthony Melillo -- www.myspace.com/melillomusicpro
2. Irena Makarchuk -- www.myspace.com/bermudaroad
3. Joe Venice -- www.myspace.com/joevenicenow
4. Cassandra Kubinski -- www.myspace.com/cassandrakubinski
5. Jeneen Terrana -- www.myspace.com/jeneenterrana
6. John Taglieri -- www.myspace.com/johntaglierimusic
7. Kylie Edmond -- www.myspace.com/kylieedmond
8. Alex P. Taylor -- www.myspace.com/alexptaylor
9. Dan Sheehan -- www.myspace.com/dansheehan
10. Jessica Labus -- www.myspace.com/jessicalabus
11. Lisa Redford -- www.myspace.com/lisaredford
12. Joe Travers -- www.myspace.com/joetravers

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That's all for now, folks!

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Have a magnificent week!

Best regards.

Clive

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