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Life in the Fader: Multimedia in a Multiple-Media World

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on December 22, 2015 1

By Alex Paramo

I have written several times about the importance of exposing and teaching all of our children to use current technologies. Children from all backgrounds need to have hands-on experience Multimedia Bookwith the learning tools of today and tomorrow. Contrary to the trending meme about limiting your child’s exposure to “screens and monitors” I encourage the use of technology by children.

People seem to conflate, confuse and associate technology and video-games. The purpose of this article is not to bash video games (I do not endorse violence-based games/media) but rather to promote the use of technology to promote literacy/learning and support/endorse collaborative local arts. Let us all remember that the medium is not the message. A book printed with terrible messages, like those found in Mein Kampf, is no better because those messages are on paper as opposed to a tablet/screen. Our brains are constantly evolving and changing to suit the changes in our environment. Our preoccupation should be with promoting positive message rather than on the medium messages are promoted on.

Collaboration

Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves

Multimedia Books allow for artists of all mediums to collaborate in the at of story-making. For my book, Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves, we brought together an illustrator (Audrey McNamara), talented musicians (Matias ProfessionalismPizarro, Juan Ramirez, Christian Orellana), Voice Actresses (Jackie Zamora, Sofia Zamora and Marisol Paramo) and an author (Me). We also utilized the talents of Audio Engineers to help tell our story.

For my latest Multimedia Book writing endeavor, the Grand Fantastic Life of DJ Flo Fader, I am collaborating with Alex Lopez (Photographer), DJ Flo Fader (Music), and an armada of local artists such as Xian Bass and Hakim Bellamy and legendary figures from the music business such as Masta Ace and J-Live. Here is a track from the forthcoming project called appropriately enough, Elevate Your Mind (by DJ Flo Fader).

 Multiple-Media

multiple-mediaToday our children are being bombarded with messages from multiple-media outlets: TV, Videos, Games, Books, Multimedia Book, eBooks, Blogs, Radio, Internet-Radio etc. Unlike yesterday where the “traditional” Book/Radio/TV industry was monopolized by a few and we had no alternatives, today we have the power to create our own content. Content that promotes our true values, and embraces our collaborative vision for tomorrow.

Those of us who have access to these new learning tools have a responsibility to share them with those that do not. We need to like, comment and share in order to create the world we have been longing for: a just and equitable world where we can all flourish individually and prosper as a whole.

*DJ Flo Fader produced the music for our 3rd multimedia children’s book Samuel’s Story. Available in print and digital formats get yours today! 

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Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

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BlogBomb: La Bomba Superior

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on December 21, 2015 Respond

La Bomba Superior by Nick Furious Meyers

Another explosive edition of BlogBomb. Exposing blips on the radar and unveiling that there is so much more than meets the eye.

On the BookshelfA huge bonus to being plugged into the creative scene in Albuquerque is that one gets to experience things and how they come together from an insider’s perspective. Being in the giant loop of talent that exists can sometimes lead to fortuitous and mind expanding collaborations with fellow artists. That is the truth attached to my latest endeavor.

It has been a pleasure for myself and FuriouStylz Entertainment Studio to work with Community Publishing on numerous projects such as Fiona the Funkadelic Freckle Fairy.

BlogBomb: La Bomba SuperiorI was excited to discover that I would be a part of their latest endeavor, a multimedia project called Samuel’s Story. What a treat it has been working with Community Publishing to create this very heartfelt project written by fellow artist, friend and brother Hakim Bellamy. Hakim, a man who has achieved great accolades in academia and in music, has proven he is worth his weight in gold as an educator and esteemed poet. Samuel’s Story is a magnificent multi layered enactment of his genius. 

However this process has been about more than jus the artist and the publisher it also includes friend, brother and visual artist Melvin Mayes aka Jungle, whom I have known and respected since my introduction into the hip hop world in the late 1990s. Melvin is the illustrator and contributes some amazing artwork that furthers the story. 

Just when you think it cannot get any more exciting then you add in another artist who I admire greatly. A man who is a very prominent figure in the music and art scene in New Mexico. He is, none other than, DJ Flo Fader or Roscoe Floyd. Flo, and no he is not from progressive, is a very progressive producer and contributed the musical components to the project. As this is a multimedia experience the music is imperative in creating the rich BlogBomb: La Bomba Superiortapestry and vibe of the story.

When given the opportunity to unite all of these great artists with amazing qualities into one book written by  Hakim Bellamy I accepted the challenge at once.. What an honor it has been to be a part of the creative process and to use my studio engineering knowledge and know how to contribute to the final result. Working together with this talented pool and being given the opportunity to be the glue that brings it all together is an awesome and humbling feeling. I am excited by what is to come for the team moving forward.

Find out more about this multimedia project and get a sneak preview by visiting http://www.communitypublishing.org/samuels-story/

For more info on FuriouStylz Entertainment visit:
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https://www.facebook.com/FurioustylzEntertainment/?fref=ts

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La Bomba Superior

Photo: Wes Naman

Nick “Furious” Meyers is a longtime veteran of the New Mexico Music scene. Nick has worked with Community Publishing in the past, having served as the Audio Engineer on the multimedia children’s book, Fiona the Funkadelic Freckile Fairy. Nick is currently working working as the Audio Engineer on the Animated multimedia book, Bella the Caterpillar (written by 7yr old Marisol Paramo) to be published in the late Fall by Community Publishing: From the Community For the Community!

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia books (available in digital and print) while promoting literacy in our communities.
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Collection of Human Noise: Music is Boundless

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on December 17, 2015 Respond

Music is Boundless by Ana Romero Sanchez

Music is Boundless

It seems it should be a simple task to answer why music is so important, but it’s rare that we actually stop to think about how it really fills our lives. Since ancient times the sounds around which we’ve gathered in the name of community, spirituality, ritual, and celebration, is music. It is the evocation of emotion, power, and drama in many areas of life; triumphant or melancholic, music brings the world and human emotion to life in ways that no other human creation can.

 Plato said “ music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”

Musical Inspiration

Music is BoundlessPowerful as it is, music is not esoteric but part of existence for the joy and inspiration of all. Large segments of our society are beginning to lose sight of the importance of music in every day life and instead relegating it to pop culture. Children, on the other hand, understand music instinctively. Whether it be a toddler moving his head in perfect rhythm, a young child beating on a makeshift drum, or a group of young people singing without fear of being heard, they possess a natural rhythm, a dance choreographed by the heart alone, that adults have difficulty recreating, but by which they are absolutely delighted.

A child’s channels of comprehension are untainted and wide open, and as they grow we slowly lead them to close these channels and instead utilize only those that allow for logic and pragmatism. The arts are not a priority and  are whittled away by legislation year after year. Music and creativity, in terms of imagination, awaken not only our creative selves, but also our mathematical and scientific selves.

Music is BoundlessEinstein said: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

As music and arts programs become less accessible to kids, a greater need for grass roots programs exists. Our education system does not value the power music has to help children learn and become confident students, and private instruction and camps are out of reach for many families. We want music to be attainable to all children in the community, and it’s for this reason that we’ve created the New Mexico Academy of Rock and Blues (NMARB).

At NMARB, our mission is to create a program for creativity that is affordable to all families. This is why we put together fundraisers; it’s our community effort to create a space that doesn’t exclude anyone merely based on finances.

Instructional Diversity

Our instructors are not only Albuquerque Public Schools educators but also some of the Southwest’s most talented musicians, like Reviva’s Glenn “Buddha” Benavidez and Singer/Songwriter Keith Sanchez. We also bring in New Mexico’s renowned poets, such as Albuquerque Poet Laureate Jessica Helen Lopez, Swimming With Elephants Publisher and educator Katrina Guarascio, and nationally published poet Zachary Kluckman.

We know that music is not just about the sounds created, but the creative expression they shape. Be it though lyrical execution, composition, or instrumental mastery, we want kids to express their true selves as they build their musical ability, their self-esteem, their ability to work as a team, and their confidence.
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This article was originally published on January 8, 2015 in the Music Corner page found on the NMARB website. Community Publishing will be re-publishing this collection of articles by Keith and Ana Sanchez.
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Sanchez FamilyAna Romero Sanchez and Keith Sanchez are the founders of the New Mexico Academy of Rock & Blues, which is dedicated to granting equal access to the arts for children from all walks of life. Please contribute whatever you can by visiting: http://nmarb.org/

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Sebastian Pais: Desert Wisdom

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 14, 2015 Respond

Desert Wisdom by Sebastian Pais

For a long time now, Alex has been telling me that I should share with Community Publishing a “little something” and finally here I go. The delay was not due to lack of ideas. In this last 3 years since I departed from Albuquerque I have been gathering thoughts, images, memories, sounds, and points view.

I have been pulling the trigger of my pen so slowly that I have forgotten I was doing it, so slowly the piece of paper was able to escape without marks. All of the sudden, as predicted, I can´t stop writing many things at once. I find myself pouring all out on the screen. I have to hit enter and find new room in this virtual paper. Wow, it is fun. I will read it later, gotta keep the flow.
But wait a sec, I was going to start somewhere. Yes, I was going to start right at the end.

OriginsLooking back, now. Looking at me looking back through the glass of a window inside this bus taking my south to the border. The border that separated one chapter from the next, yet at that moment unknown.

Me, looking back, waving at my brother at a gas station. Breathing and having one thought in each in and out. I was on a bus taking me to move back to Argentina after ten years living in Albuquerque. The Albuquerque in New Mexico, not the one on T.V.. Ten years in each blow of air.

2003 Albuquerque Destiny

Really want to know my story?: – mother fell in love with gringo. Then, moved to Cali but he got a job at the University of New Mexico (yes, it could have been Oklahoma or Tennessee, or Indiana or…). Things didn’t work out but a few years later she was working at the university and a big crisis hit Argentina. I was 19 years old and like many Argentineans wanted to destroy the political class. About 30% unemployment and many sad things forced us to take a decision. Go to Spain with our dad and Originslike him hope for the best, stay in an out-of-control Argentina by myself, or move to ALBUQUERQUE (I was the only person I knew at that time that even knew of this city).

Yes you guess, I moved to Albuquerque. I would learn some basic English and then, in about 2 years go back to Argentina or in the worst case scenario, go to Spain. Basically, I just wanted to be in my home, in La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with my high school friends and my projects after high school.

2 years became almost ten. Soon became surrounded by a capoeira school filled with great people that despite the language barrier help my brother and I fill as at home as possible. Interestingly, all of us where practicing an art form that was foreign. A Brazilian art form practiced by gringos, Argentineans, Mexicans in Albuquerque, New Mexico that doesn’t look even close to Rio de Janeiro or Bahia. But there, we were doing our very best to make any Coming Homecapoerista proud. Hell we trained hard and tried to learn everything about the subculture of capoeira. If you don’t know anything about it, I recommend you look it up, there are some videos online ☺

Well, that was home, going from the house to capoeira as much as possible. Trying to communicate and play birimbau at sunset on a summer afternoon right on route 66. There it was this young guy from the bottom of the continent, learning English, using his funny accent as a weapon to attract ladies (thank God for giving me a foreign accent!!), and playing capoeira while thinking of home.

Went to college. American girlfriend, Colombian, Mexican, American, Colombian, Brazilian. Mmm great times… Oh, that was the time I really learned English. First, lunch time. God I just wanted a sandwich. “I say tomato you say…” yes, it took me a really long time to get a sub. Sometimes after a few tries the guy would start talking back to me in Spanish (and I got upset and no, it is not funny). 😉

Then the parties – check back next week!

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Sebastian_Pais_smallSebastian Pais was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a professional translator, musician, radio personality and actor. In April, 2014 he was named Director for Latin American & Bilingual Initiatives at Community Publishing. 

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Kids: The Future is Now!

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 8, 2015 Respond

It has been said that, “children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get” (H. Jackson Brown). When it comes to kids too many folks spend their time planning for tomorrow rather than attending to today. A child lives in the present, they are the ultimate receptors and have a natural inclination for stimulation.

At the Rail Yards Market, they are committed to building the future by appreciating the present moments with our kids. Therefore we have plenty of exciting, stimulating activities and entertainment planned for you on Kids Day at the RYM!

Kids Powered STEAM

Kids Day

In the Kids Zone will feature the fine folks from the Fractal Foundation. They will be teaching kids (and adults) about what fractals are, what they are used for, and how they are made. Come on down and make your very own fractal!

Albuquerque HerbalismIn the Arts Zone they will feature Dara Saville who is the founder and primary instructor of the Albuquerque Herbalism bioregional herbal studies program.  She is also the founder and director of the Yerba Mansa Project focusing on restoring native plants to the Bosque and providing educational outreach about the Bosque’s ecological importance to native plants and animals. She has an MS in Geography of the Southwest and is a graduate of Dr. Tierona Low Dog’s Foundations of Herbal Medicine Program. Find out more at www.albuquerqueherbalism.com.

Entertainment

Sweet sounds will be emanating from the Main Stage of the Rail Yards Market featuring the multi-talented Educator/Artist/Writer/Musician Seth Hoffman. Community Publishing will be publishing Seth’s bilingual multimedia book titled Janie & the Hummingbird (click link for more info). The book will feature music, art and literature from Seth’s imagination! Seth’s eclectic sounds and positive vibe is appropriate for kids of all ages: take a listen!

For the Rail Yards Market complete entertainment schedule please click here and use the calendar to navigate. 

“What day is it?”
It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
— A.A. Milne

Be present, be there with your kids in the trenches of their messy bedrooms, playing with them as they sift through their limitless imaginations. They are our best chance to truly change the future in a positive way! See You Sunday!

*Winnie the Pooh image is the property of A. A. Milne via the Disney Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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Alex Paramo Summer SolsticeAlex Paramo is a native New Yorker of Colombian descent. He is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. He currently resides in Albuquerque, NM. Read More about him here.

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Challenges of a Road Wizard: Mission Launch

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on July 22, 2015 Respond

Mission Launch by Rev LeReve Tsolwizar


It’s hard to say whether or not the decision was right.  Nevertheless, it was the one I made, and now I was in a pickle, and must simply deal with what was unfolding.  I had left Albuquerque feeling excited about finally heading out on the road, but also feeling rather unprepared for the journey I was setting out on.  There were so many loose ends dangling about on this project, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it would all come unraveled at any moment. I was nervous and apprehensive about the whole project from the very start, but I was determined to carry it out, nonetheless.  And now, there I was in a park in the middle of San Diego, having barely slept the nighty before because I was concerned about the safety, and legality, of where I had pitched my tent.  It was Sunday morning and I was desperately searching for my wallet.  I couldn’t believe this was happening.  Had those kids, who passed by several times during the night, stolen my wallet?  Or, had it fallen out, unnoticed, when I was searching for spots to pitch my tent?

Mission Launch

Like any good, high level game, my little adventure started off with a doozie of a challenge, and the challenges have continued to show up at every turn.  The biggest challenge, has been related to one very specific thing, generating revenue.  I am, after all, out here for the very purpose of creating Rev anew – that would be me transforming myself into a financially successful professional artist.  This has proven to be a tough endeavor for me, even under the best of circumstances.  I have been working toward this goal for 20 years now, and have yet to get there.  Admittedly, I have rather odd methods and approaches to this goal.  And, this journey is no different.

I set this mission up to be a sink or swim operation, a do-or-die kind of scenario, one that would propel me out of my comfort zone, into unfamiliar territory, where I would be forced to engage in rapid development of my show, myself as an entertainer, and my skills at getting strangers to give me money for the presentation of my art.  This has proven to be a quite effective training program.  I have had to experiment and explore, live and direct, in front of masses of people, most of whom aren’t really paying much attention to me, unless I provide some hook to draw them in.  And, once I have their attention, I have the added challenge of inspiring them to open up their wallets and give me some of their money. So far, I have performed this task far below the level of expectation I had set for myself.

Mission Launch

I made the decision to engage in the mission of going on the road with the skeletal elements of my newly created pop-up dragon didgeridoo show (rather impressive skeletal elements, but skeletal elements no less), and nothing more than a vague plan to find appropriate places to present, and develop, my act, mostly through the medium of street performance (aka Busking). The reason I chose this mission, and set it up in such a way that would require me to succeed in order for the journey to be completed, is because it is my route to the next level. Time to up my game.

I am now sitting in a coffee shop on Sunset Boulevard staring out the window – “HOLLYWOOD” looms on the mountainside directly in front of me.  Across the street a homeless man, head bowed, sitting on a stoop, picks at his shirt.  The next table over an older gentleman is discussing homelessness with his friend.  Everywhere I go in LA, homelessness abounds.

My buddy tells me that the homeless population in LA is equivalent to the entire population of Santa Fe.  I am taken back for a moment to the home of my childhood, where the HOLLYWOOD sign appeared regularly before my eyes through the glow of a TV screen.  Hollywood was the home of the rich and famous, a place that represented fame and fortune, a place I never imagined myself spending any amount  of time in.  And now, here I am, staying at my buddy’s in Hollywood, sitting at a Starbucks on Sunset Boulevard, and providing entertainment on the boardwalk of Venice Beach.  In relation to the entertainment industry, for which this place is so well known, I am the homeless man, begging for change on the street corner, with my  cute little pop up show.  And yet, my fortune, even if I fail at this mission, is far greater than the actual homeless man I see across the street.  I have a home to return to, whether I fail or succeed.

Successful Rebounds

Mission LaunchI have the resources to rebound from failure, if it occurs.  If this project does come unravelled, I know there are people who’ve got my back. But, this was not always the case.  The last time I was at Venice Beach, 20 years ago, I was a broken, wandering fool, living out of a 1969 VW microbus, with no idea of what I had to offer the world, and no community to support me through my struggles.  Today I am a Wizard, and by that I mean a one-of-a-kind artist with a special blend of magic, and I’m out there on the boardwalk of Venice Beach learning how to share that magic with the world, and discovering how to go about being financially rewarded for doing so.

My journey will take me north, along the pacific coast, soon.  I know that I will have made significant improvement in my presentation and revenue generation wizardry by the time I leave LA.  Venice Beach has been a very good training ground and a terrific work environment.  I love that it has been my “office”, for this brief moment.  Truth is, I’ve always been a bit of a beach bum, with the unfortunate fate of being born, raised, and living most of my life in the desert.  Don’t get me wrong, I do love my desert home.  But, there has always been a longing deep inside of me to live by the ocean.  DigereedooThankfully, I’m getting a little taste of that now.

The challenges that have come my way on this journey have truly strengthened me and taught me things I would not have learned otherwise.  I am grateful for then all.  I am, however, quite ready for a break through in the area of Rev-e-nue generation.  May it come soon!  Regardless of when, or if, that breakthrough arrives I shall press forward with all the determination of a Wizard who knows his role and the mission set before him.  And, I shall wield my magic with all of the finesse and grace that has become mine through the many challenges and struggles I have been through thus far.

I shall also continue to report here, each week, on the progress and developments of this journey, and to offer insights and musings, with the hope of inspiring others to follow their own magic, and make it happen.

I never found my wallet.

Mission LaunchThe one & only ~ Rev LeReve Tsolwizar

Footnote:  After having dinner with my buddy, Roo, we passed by the homeless man I had seen while at Starbucks.  Roo asked the man, “Do you smoke?’  The man replied, “yes”.  Roo then handed him half a dozen cigarettes, and I handed him the fortune cookie I was holding and said to him, “I know it’s not much brother, but may good fortune come your way!”  He graciously accepted the gifts and said, “And, good fortune to the both of you too, sir!”

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Mission LaunchRev Lereve Tsolwizar is an artist, musician, performance artist and wizard. He is based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more about him here.

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Rail Yards Market 2015

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on April 9, 2015 Respond

 

By Alex ParamoRYMheader_2015

Authors Note:
My involvement with the Rail Yards Market began early last year when my publishing company, Community Publishing, was called upon to program the Kids Zone at the RYM. Along with co-founder Yvette Sandoval, artist Vanessa Martinez and artist/educator Stephanie Galloway, we were able to provide educational programming for the first months of the 2014 season. 

The RYM is more than just a farmers market, arts/artisan market or a venue for entertainers or educators. The RYM has the potential to serve as a sanctuary where folks from the community can come enjoy and/or participate in a paradigm shift. A shift that includes the belief that we as a community of people are empowered to change our city, our society a just, equitable place that puts the interests of the people ahead of profit. If we bond together in mutual support we can take the power out of the few and give it back to the many for the benefit of all of us.
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The Rail Yards Market (RYM) is excited to announce that we are back and better than ever! The 2015 market opens on May 3rd and will run most Sundays from 9AM-1PM through October. We aim to continue and improve upon this community-powered movement to stimulate local economic growth in Albuquerque and expose the community to local artists and educators.

Highlights of the 2014 Season

The Albuquerque community really made our inaugural season a rousing success. Due to your support we:

  • Welcomed over 120,000 folks through our doors in 2014
  • Generated over $500,000 in local business revenues
  • Amassed over 16,236 volunteer hours
  • Provided a platform for 730+ vendors & artists
  • Amassed over 11,000 fans on Facebook

Additionally we featured dancers, poets, fortune tellers, bike valet, a FUSION Theatre production of Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves, high-wire acts, and information from various community health care organizations.

Diversity

NIF

National Institute of Flamenco

Diversity is of paramount importance to us at the RYM. Therefore this season we will be welcoming more vendors on the day of the market and more vendors in total. Artisans and Artist will be rotating to allow for us to give more opportunities to our talented community members. In addition, our Educational Zones will include more community organizations and will be focused toward a specific theme.

While we will be bringing back some favorites from last season like morning exercises, poets, and flamenco dancers, we will also be diversifying our entertainment options. Musically we plan on mixing up the lineups we have to include traditional New Mexican music, Latino and African American music artists, Native American acts as well as music offerings from all around our local community and our international community.

With an eye toward expanding our culinary offerings, we are reaching out to our Asian American restaurateurs. Continuing with the theme of reaching deeper into our community, the RYM is hiring a Community Outreach Coordinator who will be tasked with forging connections and creating alliances with neighborhood groups around the vicinity of the RYM and beyond. Their duties will also include fundraising and the disbursement of our RYM tokens throughout Albuquerque.

3 Things to Look Forward to in 2015

1. More Vendors: we have increased our vendor numbers to roughly 100 every Sunday.
2. WIC & SNAP: we will start accepting WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Food Program) as well as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) funding. Participants can use their SNAP “double up food bucks” at the RYM to buy double the produce for half the price.
3. Monthly Newsletter: we will publishing a monthly newsletter that will contain information and discounts. Be on the lookout for signups shortly!

Participate

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The Rail Yards Market is focused on building a resilient, sustainable local economy that we all love to work and play in. Through food, art, and music, we hope to bring our community together in an atmosphere of fun, learning, and creativity.

We are a community-run, volunteer-powered organization and we always welcome your participation. We are holding Community Forums open to the public where we welcome your input. To volunteer, partner, sponsor or for more info please visit http://railyardsmarket.org today!

This article originally ran in the City of Albuquerque’s AVCB’s website ABQ365.
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Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

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Free Art Friday: The Night Before Free Art

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on March 26, 2015 Respond

By Stephanie Galloway

It’s is the night before Free Art Friday and this artist is stirring up the paint! Friday’s always give me something to look forward too because I get to go out on some art adventures leaving a trail of art along the way! No matter what the rest of my week was like I can always take comfort in process that making art for giving on Friday brings. I see it as a loving commitment to myself and the community I live in to bring more art into the world.

Night Before Free ArtFrom writing out tags, to put out the work, to thinking about where I will put the art I love every part of the process of preparing for Free Art Friday! In our everyday lives we often encounter many things made by machines and often forget the beauty in things made by hand. How special the gift of art is because it someone invested their heart and time into creating it.

So I really appreciate it when anyone actively participates in Free Art Friday Albuquerque. I also enjoy hearing stories from people who find the art. So please consider giving your art and adventure and share it with others. Happy Free Art Friday!
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Unmatched Fire

Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.
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ReBlog: Delectably Eclectic

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on December 16, 2014 Respond

This article originally ran on May 16, 2014

By Alex Paramo

Remember when it seemed like people only liked one type of music genre? People would be labeled according to what music they liked: Metal Heads, Punks, Goths, Hip Hop Heads and the like. Well increasingly and partially due to technology, folks are swimming through different genres and no one more so than DJ Flo Fader.

Southern Man

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Born in the South, DJ Flo Fader aka Roscoe Floyd was influenced by the diverse musical tastes of his mom and step-dad who was in a Funk/Rock/Blues band. He and his family moved to the NYC/NJ area where he was exposed to DJing and Hip Hop Culture. In the combination of songs in his professional sets to the combination of sounds when he is producing beats, a myriad of sounds that create storms of pulsating energy in your head.

Diverse World

Countries, including our own, are becoming more diverse and eclectic. Sounds from all corners of the earth can be found a click away thanks to the inter-webs. DJ Flo Fader has traveled the world professionally working with legends J-live,  Masta Ace and the whole EMC crew.

Grand Fantastic Life of DJ Flo Fader

By combining the talents of DJ Flo Fader (music), Alex Lopez (photographer) with a little bit of “wordsmithing” by yours truly: throw in some guest musicians like Albuquerque’s Inaugural Poet Laureate Hakim Bellamy, Xian Bass and tracks by Masta Ace and J-live among others and a sonic recipe of sight and sound will be delivered! Community Publishing’s forthcoming multimedia eBook, the Grand Fantastic Life of DJ Flo Fader, is bringing a multi-sensory experience to typically disparate audiences. Below I interview him in regards to this project.

Life In the Fader

Follow Life in the Fader, to keep up with this multidimensional persona and his quest to discovers new frontiers and crush them up, season them and combine them with all of his other ingredients of musical genius. Forever at the cutting edge, DJ Flo Fader is also Video DJ Flo Fader. He is dedicated to his community, having taught DJing 101 at several public schools in NYC and Albuquerque. One of the most likable, down to earth people you will ever meet, check out his blog Life in the Fader, this coming Saturday, May 31 right here!

**Big Shout-Out to Kent Black and HighDefEntertainment | AffinityMusicGroup

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings Alex Paramo Summer Solsticelocal artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital programmer at Rail Yards Market.
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Stoic Frame Reunion: Keith Sanchez

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on November 11, 2014 Respond

Keith Sanchez, a career musician from Belen, New Mexico, has traveled the world as a performing artist. He was the lead singer, song writer, lyricist and guitarist for Stoic Frame, boasting a #1 single on the R&R national charts, music featured on major network television such as The Shield, Fuse Network and BET, and videos in rotation on MTV International. As a writer, Keith has garnered international distribution and publication. Keith currently heads the incredibly popular Keith Sanchez and the Moonthieves.

Keith Sanchez is dedicated his community. He and his wife Ana Romero Sanchez founded and operate a summer music camp for kids ages 7-17, the New Mexico Academy of Rock and Blues (NMARB). The NMARB mission is to create a program for creativity that is affordable to all families, with the ultimate goal for students to attend on a scholarship basis making it entirely free to all participants. The NMARB relies on fundraisers to create a space that doesn’t exclude anyone based on finances. Keith’s original band, Stoic Frame, will be playing a second reunion show on Sunday, November 16. All proceeds from the show will go to NMARB scholarship fund. Tickets are $12 for benefit show (including refreshments) and can be purchased by visiting: http://www.liveatthecell.com/

Stoic Frame Reunion

Keith and Buddha with Kids at NMARB Summer Camp

Keith Sanchez is also a proud dad, devoted husband,  loyal brother and son. Keith currently teaches music and guitar at RFK Charter School in Albuquerque’s South Valley. Keith has also led seminars in music and lyric writing for programs in the Bay Area, California and at the University of New Mexico.

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STOIC FRAME REUNION

Saturday, November 15
The Launchpad
618 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM –
9:00pm, 21+ $10, w/ !Reviva! and Concepto Tambor

Sunday, November 16
Benefit Show for NMARB
The Cell Theatre – Special Intimate Performance with limited seating
700 1st St ,NW
Albuquerque, NM
Starting Time 2pm
All ages, $12 includes refreshments
w/ special guests from Concepto Tambor, Reviva, Keith Sanchez and the Moonthieves, and others
For Tickets visit: LiveAtTheCell.com or 505.766.9412

PRESS INFO
For more information contact:

Alex Paramo / Community Publishing
505-304-8584
alex@communitypublishing.org

Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves

Keith Sanchez was the Composer of FUSION Theatre’s Production of Community Publishing‘s first multimedia children’s book release: Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves. Keith Sanchez is the Music Director on the sequel, Princess Marisol & the Portal to be released in the Spring of 2015. 

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.
We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
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