Hey everyone.. I know I haven't been posting much lately but trust and believe you all are always on my mind and I still love you :). I've been busy planning, plotting, and all that jazz and in turn it has taken time away from talking to you all. But oh... I miss you all as much as I know you miss me. LOL...
Anyway, just to fill you in, I will be performing in a benefit concert for homeless women and children (as stated in the blog below) at Harlem Lanes on December 18, 2008 a Street Music Entertainment Production. Please, if you would like to come try and bring in a toy (or a few) for these families. We're trying to give them a very happy holiday in spite of their situation.
Saturday, November 8th. HeavyHitter.org is throwing their First (of many to come) FIGHT NIGHTS!!! This first event is going to be featuring Roy Jones vs Joe Calzaghe. It's going to be a night of fun, friends, food(all you can eat), and the fight!!! I will most definitely be in the building. For more info on this event please contact myself or Katrina Walters at. http://www.heavyhitter.org/.
November 10th I will be attending the Grits "Reiterate" album release party in NYC. Very excited about that!!! :)
Jenise LaVonne introduces The Proverbs 31 S.I.S. Women's Organization. I am soooo thoroughly excited about this! God has been dealing with me for a while about beginning a women's ministry and now it is finally coming to fruition. To God Be all the Glory!!! More info will be released in the weeks to come.
Rehearsal Schedule:
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
All rehearsals will begin at 7pm sharp. If there are any questions please hit me up!!!
So as you all can see, I am going to be a very busy woman. So please do not hold it against me if I'm not updating you as fast as before.
Love Love love you all
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Toy Drive and Concert at Harlem Lanes
On December 18, 2008 at 8pm, Street Music Entertainment will bring together New York City's Top Independent artists in the genres of Hip Hop, R&B and Gospel to benefit the homeless children of the New York City Covenant House.At this time there are approximately 100 young mothers with small children who live in the shelter and many others who regularly seek help at the various outreach centers who would not celebrate Christmas this year if it were not for the out pour of support from these outstanding music artists.
Harlem Lanes located at 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Jr. will host the event. All who wish to attend are encouraged bring a gift suitable for new borne children to the age of ten. If bringing a toy for children under the age of five, be mindful of small removable parts that may be a choking hazard. All gifts will be given to the Covenant House for distribution.
Street Music Entertainment an entertainment company consisting of an independent record label and DJ / Sound company (Special Teams Entertainment). CEO Tariq Nelson is a professional Audio Visual Technician, Recording Engineer, DJ and former A&R. Tariq’s mission is to utilize the talents of young artists and teach other young people who may feel discouraged, that there is a way to be successful without selling drugs and gang banging.
Thank You to our sponsors DJ Craig Nice & Special Teams Entertainment and HARLEM LANES.
I will be performing at this event. If you would like to attend and donate to the children please contact me via e-mail: lovejeniselavonne@yahoo.com and let me know in advance and I'll give you more details.
Love yall always
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Harlem Lanes located at 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Jr. will host the event. All who wish to attend are encouraged bring a gift suitable for new borne children to the age of ten. If bringing a toy for children under the age of five, be mindful of small removable parts that may be a choking hazard. All gifts will be given to the Covenant House for distribution.
Street Music Entertainment an entertainment company consisting of an independent record label and DJ / Sound company (Special Teams Entertainment). CEO Tariq Nelson is a professional Audio Visual Technician, Recording Engineer, DJ and former A&R. Tariq’s mission is to utilize the talents of young artists and teach other young people who may feel discouraged, that there is a way to be successful without selling drugs and gang banging.
Thank You to our sponsors DJ Craig Nice & Special Teams Entertainment and HARLEM LANES.
I will be performing at this event. If you would like to attend and donate to the children please contact me via e-mail: lovejeniselavonne@yahoo.com and let me know in advance and I'll give you more details.
Love yall always
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Rehearsal Rescheduled/ The Vocal Workout with Ilana Martin
Alright folks, rehearsal this week has been canceled and will be rescheduled. The date is to TBD so make sure you all check back for that updated info.
The Vocal Work Out
I started my vocal classes back up and this time I am working with Ms. Ilana Martin and her incredible "Vocal Workout" technique. My first class was this past Wednesday and though it was the first class I could already feel a difference!!!! I feel very great about working with Ms. Martin and I am so excited to see what the Lord has in store for our future classes!!!! GLORY!!!!
Keep me in your prayers!!!
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
The Vocal Work Out
I started my vocal classes back up and this time I am working with Ms. Ilana Martin and her incredible "Vocal Workout" technique. My first class was this past Wednesday and though it was the first class I could already feel a difference!!!! I feel very great about working with Ms. Martin and I am so excited to see what the Lord has in store for our future classes!!!! GLORY!!!!
Keep me in your prayers!!!
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Schedule
Rehearsal/Shows/Booking
Hey everyone, just as a notice the next rehearsal will be October 18th. That is next Saturday at 7:30 pm. This upcoming rehearsal will be in a different location which I will have posted by next Wednesday. If you guys don't know how to get there you can meet me at my house and we'll go together. Please be on time, excited and ready to Sing to the Glory of God!!!! Love yall.. Holla at me for any concerns, comments, or if you just feel like talking.
This Sunday I will be singing out in Jamaica, NY. the location is not yet available but I will have it up as soon as I can get it. I am also working on a couple of upcoming engagements so there will be postings of more rehearsals.
BOOKINGS and OTHER INQUIRIES!!!!
If you'd like to book me for an event, guest appearence, or interview feel free to contact me via e-mail lovejeniselavonne@yahoo.com including:
Name:
Tel/e-mail:
Event Type:
Event Venue:
Date/Time:
Love Love Love yall :)
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Hey everyone, just as a notice the next rehearsal will be October 18th. That is next Saturday at 7:30 pm. This upcoming rehearsal will be in a different location which I will have posted by next Wednesday. If you guys don't know how to get there you can meet me at my house and we'll go together. Please be on time, excited and ready to Sing to the Glory of God!!!! Love yall.. Holla at me for any concerns, comments, or if you just feel like talking.
This Sunday I will be singing out in Jamaica, NY. the location is not yet available but I will have it up as soon as I can get it. I am also working on a couple of upcoming engagements so there will be postings of more rehearsals.
BOOKINGS and OTHER INQUIRIES!!!!
If you'd like to book me for an event, guest appearence, or interview feel free to contact me via e-mail lovejeniselavonne@yahoo.com including:
Name:
Tel/e-mail:
Event Type:
Event Venue:
Date/Time:
Love Love Love yall :)
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Great Forfeit!!!!
This past Saturday I made my way down to the gym like usual, but this time I made it a point to stop and go get a CD I'd been wanting for a while. I was soo excited about this CD. You know how you hear a song on the radio and you say "Oh no, I have to get that CD, I know it's gonna be off the chain!!!" Well I got the CD and Boy was I right!!! Everysong was great!! The lyrics, vocal arragnement, production, everything was just great on it. Through all of my excitement, I had to stop because as excited as I was there was a feeling of diasppointment. In the middle of what was stamped as a "GOSPEL" CD were R&B tracks and inspirational tracks. Now I don't have a personal vendetta against R&B or inspirational music (I actually like and listen to some of it), but I do have a vendetta against the fact that while I'm listening to a so called "Gospel" CD I end up listening to R&B or inspirational music. If I wanted to listen to that, I'd go and buy that. I have a serious problem when my soul is desiring to be fed through music and the only way to get it is to endure a little something else first. What in tha mess is that about??? So as I ran on the treadmill I heard the Spirit of the Lord say "Forfeit, that is where gospel artists forfeit the wholeness of what is promised to them." My Lord!!!!
Why is it that gospel artists bend? Why do we slide in a little somethin somethin here and there? Why do we compromise?? Secular artists stay true to who they are by any means... why don't we do the same when we are suppost to be the salt of the Earth? I am so sick of gospel artists feeling like they've made God cool by turning their hats around or sagging their pants or by becoming the "Gospel Beyonce". GOD DOES NOT NEED OUR ASSISTANCE!!!!!! WE NEED HIM!!! I don't see any gain for Jesus when artists do this, all I see is notoriety for that artist and more money. Ain't that some mess... the more you sell out God, the more wealth and fame you gain!!! And if you're thinking well as artists we have to shape our sound to what's attractive to what's going on today, my response to that is I don't think so. The word says Love and Kindness have I drawn thee, and also the word of God is the same today, yesterday, and forevermore!!! Jesus didn't change His word to fit what we think will sell. So what'll it be folks..... Heavenly or Wordly Gain??? Holla at me yall!!!!
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Why is it that gospel artists bend? Why do we slide in a little somethin somethin here and there? Why do we compromise?? Secular artists stay true to who they are by any means... why don't we do the same when we are suppost to be the salt of the Earth? I am so sick of gospel artists feeling like they've made God cool by turning their hats around or sagging their pants or by becoming the "Gospel Beyonce". GOD DOES NOT NEED OUR ASSISTANCE!!!!!! WE NEED HIM!!! I don't see any gain for Jesus when artists do this, all I see is notoriety for that artist and more money. Ain't that some mess... the more you sell out God, the more wealth and fame you gain!!! And if you're thinking well as artists we have to shape our sound to what's attractive to what's going on today, my response to that is I don't think so. The word says Love and Kindness have I drawn thee, and also the word of God is the same today, yesterday, and forevermore!!! Jesus didn't change His word to fit what we think will sell. So what'll it be folks..... Heavenly or Wordly Gain??? Holla at me yall!!!!
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
Friday, October 3, 2008
Ambassadors for Christ... Fred Hammond CD of the Month
Ephesians 6:19-20
19. And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.
20. For which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
This a a portion of a scripture I read daily. Eph. 6:10-24 is it in it's entirety.
I was talking to my mother the other day before I went into the gym and we were talking about my music and career and things of that nature. I was telling her about my experience singing this past Sunday. I felt like God was definitely pleased. I was asked to sing a solo and I had no idea as to what i was going to sing, so He dropped a song in my spirit that I'd been dying to sing and I really feel like He was glorified. While talking to my mother she said to me, "Jen, you are not a singer.. you are an ambassador for Jesus; and you will not be successful unless you remain Holy before God and walk in His will. You have a divine assignment for an appointed time." I received her words and meditated on one in particular. I looked up the word Ambassador in my bible concordance and the meaning of it there was a messenger. I looked it up on dictionary.com and this is what it said.
/æmˈbæsədər, -ˌdɔr/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[am-bas-uh-der, -dawr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative (ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary).
2.
a diplomatic official of the highest rank sent by a government to represent it on a temporary mission, as for negotiating a treaty.
3.
a diplomatic official serving as permanent head of a country's mission to the United Nations or some other international organization.
4.
an authorized messenger or representative. Abbreviation: Amb., amb.
Looking at the dictionary definition and the Bible concordance gave me a whole new outlook as to who I am and this gifting God has given me.
Lord, I am not worthy but I gratefully accept who you have called me to be. Lead me and guide me in your way, because without you I WILL fail.
In keeping it real, I'll be honest with you guys. I've been feeling a little down about my career. It seems like every time I get things rolling it seems like things crash and burn. The devil is a liar!!!!! I know that God has called me to this... and I know that it is going to be a fight... but in the words of an independent gospel artist, Mookstar " I won't give up on God's Will, It shall come to and fulfill, I won't give up on God's will and it shall come to pass!!!!" And in the words of an angel sent from Heaven, "What the servant asketh, that shall he be given, knock and the door shall be opened." This is not it for me or the music God has ordained for me to sing...... don't blink because it's coming at you!!!!
In the spirit of Ambassadors for Christ, I've chosen Fred Hammond's Pages of Life CD as the CD of the Month. Fred Hammond is the MAN!!!! and Truly an Ambassador for Christ!!!! His ministry has been a blessing to my life and I'm sure many of yours. Pages of Life is a 2 disc CD (studio and Live) that is truly remarkable!!! Contemporary gospel infusing the traditional that we all know and LOVE!!!! Go get it if you don't have it... YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!!!! I remember when I was about 12 I was under a spiritual attack and I was laying in the living room of my house; my dad came home from work and he said that the Spirit of the Lord came to him and told him to play "No Way, No Way you won't loose" from the CD. The spirit of depression was over me heavy and as the lyrics ministered to me it was literally lifted!!! Thank you Jesus and God Bless you Fred for allowing Him to use you!!!!
Pages of Life yall... a Must have in your collection of Gospel Music!
That's all for now.. But you know I'll be back, keeping yall posted on the latest on the Journey of Jenise LaVonne! :)
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
19. And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.
20. For which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
This a a portion of a scripture I read daily. Eph. 6:10-24 is it in it's entirety.
I was talking to my mother the other day before I went into the gym and we were talking about my music and career and things of that nature. I was telling her about my experience singing this past Sunday. I felt like God was definitely pleased. I was asked to sing a solo and I had no idea as to what i was going to sing, so He dropped a song in my spirit that I'd been dying to sing and I really feel like He was glorified. While talking to my mother she said to me, "Jen, you are not a singer.. you are an ambassador for Jesus; and you will not be successful unless you remain Holy before God and walk in His will. You have a divine assignment for an appointed time." I received her words and meditated on one in particular. I looked up the word Ambassador in my bible concordance and the meaning of it there was a messenger. I looked it up on dictionary.com and this is what it said.
/æmˈbæsədər, -ˌdɔr/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[am-bas-uh-der, -dawr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative (ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary).
2.
a diplomatic official of the highest rank sent by a government to represent it on a temporary mission, as for negotiating a treaty.
3.
a diplomatic official serving as permanent head of a country's mission to the United Nations or some other international organization.
4.
an authorized messenger or representative. Abbreviation: Amb., amb.
Looking at the dictionary definition and the Bible concordance gave me a whole new outlook as to who I am and this gifting God has given me.
Lord, I am not worthy but I gratefully accept who you have called me to be. Lead me and guide me in your way, because without you I WILL fail.
In keeping it real, I'll be honest with you guys. I've been feeling a little down about my career. It seems like every time I get things rolling it seems like things crash and burn. The devil is a liar!!!!! I know that God has called me to this... and I know that it is going to be a fight... but in the words of an independent gospel artist, Mookstar " I won't give up on God's Will, It shall come to and fulfill, I won't give up on God's will and it shall come to pass!!!!" And in the words of an angel sent from Heaven, "What the servant asketh, that shall he be given, knock and the door shall be opened." This is not it for me or the music God has ordained for me to sing...... don't blink because it's coming at you!!!!
In the spirit of Ambassadors for Christ, I've chosen Fred Hammond's Pages of Life CD as the CD of the Month. Fred Hammond is the MAN!!!! and Truly an Ambassador for Christ!!!! His ministry has been a blessing to my life and I'm sure many of yours. Pages of Life is a 2 disc CD (studio and Live) that is truly remarkable!!! Contemporary gospel infusing the traditional that we all know and LOVE!!!! Go get it if you don't have it... YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!!!! I remember when I was about 12 I was under a spiritual attack and I was laying in the living room of my house; my dad came home from work and he said that the Spirit of the Lord came to him and told him to play "No Way, No Way you won't loose" from the CD. The spirit of depression was over me heavy and as the lyrics ministered to me it was literally lifted!!! Thank you Jesus and God Bless you Fred for allowing Him to use you!!!!
Pages of Life yall... a Must have in your collection of Gospel Music!
That's all for now.. But you know I'll be back, keeping yall posted on the latest on the Journey of Jenise LaVonne! :)
Love,
Jenise LaVonne
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