OOWE's mission is to provide support and sisterhood to women in the entertainment and arts industry. Because our members have many talents and connections, we can also provide many networking opportunities. OOWE is not a clique or gang. We only desire members that are interested in making positive moves. Drama-free is our preference. :)
Currently, OOWE has over 50 registered members in MD, DC, VA, NC, TX, CA, and IL, in addition to countless supporters and friends. Below are the current Active Members. These lovely and talented ladies personify OOWE's cause.
OOWE's ACTIVE Members
Co-founder of OOWE; Writer/journalist
Since 2002, Jaye has written freelance work for various publications including Baltimore's City Paper, Music Monthly, and the former BaltimoreHipHop.com. Currently, she is a staff contributing writer for the Manhattan based, Chocolate Brides Magazine.
http://www.myspace.com/jayehunnie - Article archives on profile
Co-founder of OOWE; Journalist/Photographer
Kelly Connelly is a journalist for Music Monthly Magazine and freelance photographer. Her monthly "Street Beat" column covers most Hip Hop events and releases in the area. She also put together and hosts the monthly event, Hip Hop Karokee.
http://www.myspace.com/ohbaltimore
Services offered by Amotion and Deep Flow Studios:
-Studio time and music production
-Video production
-TV air play
-Internet radio airplay, exposure and weekly shows
-‘Rock Da Mic Wednesdays (host and promoter)
-Internet exposure
Deep Flow Studios
3725 S. Hanover St.
Brooklyn/Baltimore, MD. 21225
410.354.3456
DeepFlowStudios.com
"Bio of Amotion
Amotion is multi-talented member of the hip hop community. From rapping to producing, building, engineering, and managing her own studio, she produces music, videos, an internet radio station and a TV show. Deep Flow Entertainment has become an all-in hip hop entrepreneurship like no other.
Amotion began her entertainment career DJing in 1999 and after perfecting her rapping skills bean performing in DC and eventually Baltimore, her own city. From Venues such as Latin Palace, Aqua Lounge, Settings Nightclub, Fletchers, MoJo’s, Ottobar, Black Out, Ascot Lounge, BarNun, 5 Seasons and more. In February 2004, Amotion auditioned and won KZ’z Talent search opening for WKYS’s 93.9 Winter Jam performing with big acts such as Memphis Bleek, Rah Digga & Young Bloods at Dulles Expo Center in VA.
In August of 2003 her second compilation (the follow up to 2001’s Hidden Talent Straight off the streets) and first professional project was released, ‘Deep Flow Studios presents…Multiple Personalities’. After the release of the album, much radio play and nominations from Urscene Indie music awards (www.ursecene.com). Amotion has had live interviews and or radio play on WPGC 95.5, WEAA 88.9, and 92Q. She released a DVD ‘The Best of Deep Flow Shows’ and two more mix tapes ‘2003 Rap-Up’ and DeepFLowRadio.com mixtape in 2005. Since then, dozens of projects have been produced and released from various artists in Deep Flow Studios and Amotion has been featured on a handful of them.
Amotion has been featured on many mix tapes including Rane of WPGC 95.5 and Cha of Why? Entertainment’s ’She Flipped it†vol. 2: All female mix tape. Also Big Grands Mix tape ‘MD, VA, DA Where You at?’, Darkroom Productions’ Hamsterdam, Kojo’s ‘I did it in a day’, TestMe’s, ‘TestMe Talk’, Phat 2 Deaths ‘Nobody’s Phatter than Phat’ and U.A. MoBB/Kumiti’s ‘Just Us vol. 1’ , T DOT G’s ‘Outside Looking in’ and Kojo’s ‘I’m serious mixtape to name a few.
Mo has done freelance writing for Streetz Magazine and has been featured in various publications from Rolling Stone to Music Monthly, Baltimore City Paper, The Baltimore Sun, Bmore Vibe, Axess Magazine, RythmPlaza.com, Jameazy Ent ‘Be Exposed’, and Governmentnames.com to name a few.
With the tremendous help of an assistant Rashaad, Deep Flow Radio, a successful internet radio station was launched in 2005 on DeepFlowRadio.com. The station broadcasts across the globe and also locally out of the Brooklyn Baltimore store front.Music and video production had been a self-taught hobby growing up but when given the opportunity in 2001, she attended and graduated from Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Arlington, VA. In November of 2005, Amotion began moonlighting part time at WMAL Talk Radio 630 out of Washington DC running the boards for shows like Paul Harvey, Rush Limbough and Shawn Hannity.
After editing video for Elements TV, Baltimore City Schools, and a million dollar energy company, by 2006 her own hip hop reality TV show Deep Flow TV premiered on cable in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County. The show was soon picked up by international TV network www.Mixcast.tv.
Deep Flow ENT has now partnered with Team Fifty and Raw DOC to put on a weekly showcase ‘Rock Da Mic Wednesdays’ at Club Taste in the Brooklyn area which involves open mics every Wednesday with the final championship on the last Wednesday of every month and monthly coverage of the event on TV.
Amotion has now got involved in Chesapeake Center for Youth Development’s after school program ‘Changz’, teaching kids how to rap, make beats and produce songs and video and is now on a mission to move the business to an even more large and efficient building in the same area. The main goal at hand is getting Deep Flow TV exposure in film festivals and distribution throughout the country or world to bring the attention to Baltimore hip hop and help expand this movement." - Amotion
http://www.myspace.com/amotionsmusic
Hip Hop Artist/Entrepreneur
B-FLY is a solo artist in addition to being a member of the group Brown F.I.S.H. She also owns a popular art gallery/framing shop in the area.
http://www.myspace.com/therealbfly -Song samples and info on profile.
Promoter organizer Singer/Songwriter
"Chin-yer is the lead vocalist of the soul & rock band NATURAL REMEDY and a behind the scenes organizer/promoter and photographer on the Underground Bmore Scene. She also performs acoustic sets that feature her poetic and heart bearing songwriting and soothing and soulful voice"
- Chin-yer
http://www.myspace.com/legacysong - Song samples and info. on profile.
Radio personality/Filmmaker
"I'm an Radio Personality for Delawares Kiss 101.7 check me out Sundays 12-6pm if you not in Delaware stream it through Kiss 1017.com. Documentarien currently I'm Producing my first documentary "Even a Man Can do This" a documentary on the female hip hop scene in Baltimore, Maryland. Dropping The summer 2007!!!! Any thing else you want to know just ask me...I'm the coolest chick you will ever know!" - Civil Jones
http://www.myspace.com/urbanvoices
Hip Hop Artists
"Best Female Rap Group: A hot Baltimore hip-hop group is rare enough, but a hot all-women local hip-hop group is practically unheard of. Golden Seal--ReflectSon and JaAlah-Ai, aka Jahli--rock microphones together, but their ability to spit individually makes the group unique. The passionate, touching solo track "ReflectSon's Ambition" expresses the wisdom and goals of a strong mother. In "Cicadas," Jahli delivers such fly, swaggering rhymes that you can't help but bounce to it. Lately, the Golden Seal ladies have branched out and embraced club music with the track "Work That Thing," which was produced by their DJ and club hitmaker Booman. From gracing the stage at the African American Heritage Festival to multiple music videos, Golden Seal is yet more proof that hip-hop from local women is thriving. Like their underground hit boasts, Golden Seal are two "Sistas Pimpin'." - From City Paper's Best of Baltimore 2006
http://www.myspace.com/gsfresh -Songs samples and info. on profile
Poet
Keybe is working on a spoken word poetry CD over tracks produced by Ms. Tris Beats.
Music producer
One of the area's most respected Hip Hop producers, Ms. Tris Beats is sought after by many artists to produce tracks for their albums and mixtapes.
http://www.myspace.com/mstrisbeats2 - Music samples and info. on profile
Hip Hop Artist/Poet/Writer
"I bring the truth, sometimes the truth brings pain and usually when theres pain, there be my name Mzery When people ask me where Im from my usual response is, My mother. Although I was born in Springfield, Massachusetts I do not consider myself a native. I only lived there for three months and soon after that I moved to Hawaii for seven years. Seven years in Hawaii was probably the longest I ever lived in any one place. As a family we moved around a lot, partly due to the military and partly because of job opportunities. None the less Ive lived most of my life here and there in the state of Maryland. Its hard for me to pinpoint the exact time that I fell in love with hip-hop but I must of fell in love with music as a whole, at birth or at the time of conception. My father used to D.J from time to time, mostly for family affairs but this still played an important role in my development. Among other talents he taught himself to play the piano and the guitar. I grew up listening to such influences as Pink Floyd, The Gap Band, Sade, Bonnie Rait, The Supremes, Frankie Beverly, and so on. I guess you can say my musical influences are between far and wide. When you move around as much as I did and youre always the new girl at school you learn to observe and analyze your surroundings first before anything else. Always the bystander, I witnessed so such much that there was really nothing left to do but write about it. I always had this strong desire to unleash these feelings I had about life and people and different situations, it just so happened that it leaked out through poetry. And so the wheel begins! My poems eventually turned to writing rhymes and eventually a M.C was born. I new I had a talent but this was something that I kept to myself for a long time. I remember practicing my rhymes in front of the mirror only to be embarrassed when someone would barge in my room unannounced. I also remember waiting with two tape recorders for the beat to break on Queen Latifahs album so that I could record it over and over again, in order to rap over it. (Nobody knew that I was interested in HipHop so it wasnt like I was networking with anyone who made beats!) I remember sitting in my room writing battle rhymes against Roxanne Shante because we had the same name. I remember my grandma used to think I was talking to myself but in all actuality I was rapping. At times I got discouraged and I would stop writing but as I said in one of my rhymes, I got a magnet in my heart, Im attracted to microphones. Music is my life! I sometimes wonder what life would be like without music. If there is one thing I am sure of its the fact that I will always be involved with HipHop in one way or the other. I dont care if I never make it to some big time celebrity status I just want to be respected as an artist!" - Mzery
http://www.myspace.com/mzery - Song samples and info. on profile
Entertainment Manager
Ro manages many musicians in the DC area as well as Persia from VH1's "White Rapper Show".
"The Bubblelistic Management Company,, [BBL] is a multi-faceted enterprise that specializes in the planning and execution of successful careers for professionals in the music business. With talented artists on the roster such as The Roll Wit Us All-Stars , BBL is well on its way to spearheading a movement of music that the world has yet to experience. Using a sincere passion for good music as it's core driving force, the company has also effortlessly expanded into entertainment marketing as well as promotions. Consequently, Bubblelistic Management has become the premiere go-to promotional tool for the Washington, DC tri-state area." -Ro
http://www.myspace.com/bubblelistic
Writer/Entertainment Manager
Sherida is a contributing writer for FLY GIRL magazine. She is the Founder/CEO of S&M Management and has experience with managing various musicians.
"I love people! Sometimes anyway! LOL! I need to work on my jokes, huh!! I am a faithful member of Empowerment Temple. I am the Founder and CEO of S&M Management, however I have decided to take a break to work on my Law Degree, JD/MPA to be exact! Seriously, I would like to see the dreams of others come to pass however I was not in a position to do that without helping fulfill my own first! I love giving back to my community! I want to see my people blessed with success.I LOVE to read! I am an UNDERCOVER NERD!!! A PRETTY DARN HOT ONE TOO!I am also a freelance writer, Life Skills coach and mentor. I advise anyone reading this to log onto www.thesecret.tv and order the DVD! For real!!! I'm a proud mother of two very bright black men. I want to run for office one day; I think I need a husband just in case I'm asked to run for president! He will be called "The First Man"(Only the Grown & Sexy need to apply )! I graduated from an HBCU that I am very proud of!! Coppin State University. I'm currently at University of Baltimore! I love it! Ok enough about me Tell me something about U!" - Sherida
http://www.myspace.com/sandmdirect
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Members of OOWE are featured in the City Paper's Big Music Issue 2007!!!
View the full article at: http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=13862
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OOWE members also support and participate in community based/non-for-profit events and organizations, such as Ketchmore Kids and Jewel House, Inc.
Ketchmore Kids
Ketchmore Kids is a young based organization in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founder Chanell Ketchmore believes that urban and hip hop music can be used to positively influence today's youth.
Jewel House, Inc.
Jewel House, Inc. was founded by Marlene Johnson. This Baltimore City based organization's focus is on empowering and bettering the lives of teen parents. Jewel House, Inc. helps young moms and dads to obtain educational/career training, parental skills, health treatment and other forms of help and encouragement.
For more information please visit the organizations' websites by clicking the links below:
Ketchmore Kids
Jewel House, Inc.
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