April 2009
Well it is finally Spring in the DC area. We had the worst Winter ever, over 60 inches of snow since December. To celebrate the arrival of Spring, we are featuring our Russian Jazz Artist Vladimir Galaktionov, this month.
December 2009
HQ Records wishes everyone a happy holiday season. Our Jazz Group and featured artist James Bazen kicks off the month with a live performance on December 2, 2009 at Laporta's located at 1600 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA at 8pm. For information please call 703-663-6313
November 2009
Our Jazz Group C. Furer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is our featured artist of the month.
September 2009
Our Jazz Group COLOURS is the featured artist of the month.
May 2009
Our Jazz Group C. Furer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is our featured artist of the month.
March 2009
Our Jazz Group COLOURS is the featured artist of the month.
October 2008
Our Jazz Artist Vladimir Galaktionov is our featured artist of the month.
June 2008
It is finally summer and to kick off the summer fun, our Reggae Artist, The Venerable Fitz is our featured artist of the month.
April 2008
Our R&B artist, Ty Stephens is our featured artist of the month.
March 2008
We currently have MP3 downloades available at CDBaby.com for the following artists:
SCOTT BONI: Mumphrey's Bounce
http://cdbaby.com/cd/boniscottGOTTA: I've Got To Be Free
http://cdbaby.com/cd/gottaSOUL QUEST: How We Livin
http://cdbaby.com/cd/soulqTHE VENERABLE FITZ: Took The Risk
http://cdbaby.com/cd/venerablefitzOur Reggae Artist, The Venerable Fitz, is our featured artist of the month.
January 2008
HQ Records wishes everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. Our House Music artist, GOTTA, is our featured artist of the month.
November 2007
Our Jazz artist, Vladimir Galaktionov is our featured artist of the month.
October 2007
Our Jazz artist James Bazen will be performing on October 6, 2007 at 2pm at The St. Elmo/Old Georgetown Roads Stage at Taste of Bethesda. For information, please call 301-215-6660.
September 2007
Wow, hard to believe that the summer has come and gone, but alas it has. Hope you had a great summer. As we move into fall, this month we are featuing our jazz artist from Argentina, C. Furer and Karen Dem.
July 2007
Our Jazz Group Colours is our featured artist of the month.
May 2007
Our Reggae artist, The Venerable Fitz, is our featured artist of the month.
April 2007
Soctt Boni's CD, Mumphrey's Bounce is now available for download at Greatindie.com
March 2007
James Bazen is our featured artist of the month.
January 2007
Happy New Year. James Bazen is perfomring January 2nd at 7:30pm at
Ristorante Felicita 51 Monroe Street Rockville, MD 20850. Please call 301-315-2100 for information.
December 2006
HQ Records wishes everyone a Happy Holiday Season. James Bazen is performing Tuesday December 19th at 7:30pm at
Ristorante Felicita 51 Monroe Street Rockville, MD 20850. Please call 301-315-2100 for information.
November 2006
Our Jazz Artist, C. Fuerer is our artist of the month.
September
2006
Our Jazz Artist, COLOURS is
our featured artist of the month.
June
2006
Our Reggae artist The Venerable Fitz is being featured on DigiFreg Music.
Our House Music artist, GOTTA, is our featured artist of the month.
April
2006
Ty Stephens will be performing on April 13, 2006, at Dillon's Restaurant, located at 245 W 54th Street in New York City, from 6pm - 9pm. For information, please call 212-307-9797.
Our Reggae Artist, The Venerable Fitz is our Featured Artist of the Month.
February
2006
Scott Boni, our Jazz Artist, is the featured artist of the month. His CD, "Mumphrey's Bounce, is going for adds on WBGO-88.3FM, WPFW-89.3 FM and other jazz stations across the country.
January
2006
HQ Records wishes everyone a Happy New Year.
July
2005
Mikki Kornegay, our gospel artist, isour featured artist of the month.
May
2005
Our Reggae Artist, The Venerable Fitz is our Featured Artist of the Month.
April
2005
Our R&B artist ?E? will be
performing on
March
2005
Our R&B artist ?E? will be
performing on
Our House Music artist, GOTTA, is our new artist of the month.
January
2005
Happy New Year! Our jazz group COLOURS is our featured artist of the month.
December
2004
Headquarters Records wishes everyone a joyous, healthy and happy Holiday Season. Peace and Blessings.
November
2004
Our jazz artist, C. Furer, from
James Bazer is
performing on
October
2004
Our R&B artist E is performing
at the
September
2004
Our Reggae artist, The Venerable Fitz is our Featured Artist of the month.
July
2004
Our house music artist, GOTTA, is our featured artist of the month. GOTTA is also being featured on the internet radio station WVOF 88.5FM-Fairfield, CT.
May
2004
Our gospel artist, Mikki Kornegay is our featured artist of the month.
April
2004
The R&B artist E is being featured at Urban Scene.com
March
2004
James Bazen is our featured artist of the month.
February
2004
The R&B artist E?s performance
at
January
2004
Happy New Year to one and all from the HQ Records family. Vladimir Galaktionov is our featured artist of the month.
December
2003
R&B artist E will be
performing on
HQ Records wishes everyone a joyous and peaceful Holiday Season and best wishes for the New Year.
November
2003
GOTTA is currently being featured on the maximum rotation website.
The Scott Boni New Jazz Quartet is our featured artist of the month.
October
2003
Ty
Stephens will be appearing at OLICA located at
GOTTA has received another positive review on his debut CD, ?I?ve Got To Be Free? at Slendid.com. Check it out here.
September
2003
The R&B artist E is now
managed by
The Venerable Fitz is our featured artist of the month.
August
2003
GOTTA is currently being
featured at Maximum
Rotation.com.
July 2003
Ty
Stephens is our featured artist of the month, having just returned
from a month long tour of
June
2003
GOTTA has received a great review from Rikk of Rikk?s Review, on his CD, ?I?ve Got To Be Free?.
May
2003
HQ Records is pleased to announce the release of the debut House CD by GOTTA, entitled, "I've Got To Be Free ". GOTTA is the featured artist of the month.
E will be performing live at the Cada Vez, located at 1438 U Street on May 20th, at 8 pm. E's debut CD will be released Summer 2003.
April 2003
James Bazen appears April 4, 2003 at 8pm at Portico Bar & Restaurant 1914 9th Street NW Washington, DC. For information call 202-234-2279
Aaron Bernard Brim is our featured artist of the month with his jazz CD "It's About A Groove"
March
2003
James Bazen is appearing at Portico located at 1914 9th Street, NW Washington, DC on Fridays, beginning on 3/21/03. He will be performing with Tom Newman, guitar; Dan LaMaestra, keys; Michael Bowie, bass; and Francis Thompson, drums. For information call 202-234-2279 or 202-399-1800.
Mikki Kornegay is our featured artist of the month.
January
2003
Scott Boni's jazz CD "Mumphrey's Bounce" has debuted at #2 on radio station KAFM.
Ty Stephens song "Something
Strange" has just won the R&B/Blues Category of the International
Songwriting Contest for 2002. Join Ty and his group as they record his new live
CD and celebrate his birthday on January 29, 2003 at Soul Cafe located at 444
West 44th Street, New York City, NY at 9:30pm and 10:45pm. (212) 244-7685
Reservations
$10.00 Cover (w/1 entree per-person at tables).
Happy New Year. Our first featured artist of the New Year is C. Furer and Karin Dem of Argentina.
December
2002
HQ Records wishes everyone a joyous and healthy holiday season and best wishes for a Happy New Year in 2003. Thanks for the support of our artists in 2002 and we look forward to bringing some new and exciting music out in 2003.
November
2002
The Jazz Group Colours CD, Rebel Heart has been added to the play list on CIMRadio.com. Specifically the tracks ?She Stands Alone? and ?Like There?s No Tomorrow? are in current rotation. According to Peter Su, Program Director at Smooth Jazz CIMRAdio.com, ?this is a very nice CD, and has a lot of Pat Methaney influences.
James Bazen is our
featured artist of the month and will be performing at Cada Vez on
October
2002
Vladimir Galaktionov is our featured artist of the month.
September
2002
HQ Records wishes to extend its prays and thoughts to the families of the victims on this the first anniversary of September 11.
James Bazen performs on September 12, 2002 at Cada Vez, located at 1488 U Street, NW Washington, DC, from 8-11 pm. He also performs at Cada Vez on September 28, 2002 from 8-11 pm. James also performs on September 12, 2002 at 2pm at Jefferson Plaza, Arlington, VA.
August
2002
Ty Stephens track "Love
Planet" from his Deeper in Fantasy CD, was featured on the August 27th weekly
playlist at Radio KLFM 96.5FM - Jazz With Soul Program, hosted by Phil Knipe, in
Victoria, Austrailia.
It is August and it is hot, and this month we are heating things up with our featured artist, Reggae vocalist, The Venerable Fitz. Check out his blazin track :?Hypnotize?, from his debut CD entitled, ?Took The Risk?.
July
2002
Ty Stephens track "All Kinds Of Love" from his Deeper in
Fantasy CD, was featured on the weekly playlist at Radio KLFM 96.5FM - Jazz With
Soul Program, hosted by Phil Knipe, in Victoria, Austrailia.
HQ Records is
currently finishing the CD project by GOTTA , from
June 2002
Mikki Kornegay has been featured as
the New Artist of the Month at www.Gospelcrib.8m.com.
May 2002
Mikki Kornegay has been named the
Featured Artist of the month at En Sound
Entertainment.
April 2002
HQ Records is pleased to announce that Aaron Bernard Brim,
Colours and Ty Stephens are in current rotation on the Jazz With Soul program on
KLFM 96.5 FM, Victoria, Australia
Ty Stephens is our artist of the month for
April 2002.
February 2002
Ty Stephens performs at the Soul Cafe located at 444 W. 42nd
St. NYC on 2-15 thru 2-16-02 at 10pm and 11:30pm. For information call
212-244-7685.
Mikki Kornegay has been names the Underground artist for the
month at The Gospel Zone.com .
Check out the review for Mikki Kornegay's CD entitled "Give Me A Sign", by
Mish Mash
Music Reviews.
January 2002
Check out the review for the group Colours CD entitled "Rebel
Heart" as featured on Jazz
News.com.
HQ Records is pleased to announce the release of The Scott Boni New Jazz
Quartet CD entitled "Mumphrey's Bounce"
Headquarters Records wishes
everyone a healthy and happy new year.
December 2001
HQ Records is pleased to announce the signing of the Scott
Boni Jazz Quartet to the label. Their debut Cd entitled "Mumphrey's Bounce",
will be released in January 2002.
November 2001
HQ Records is proud to announce the release of Mikki Kornegay's debut gospel CD
entitled "Give Me A Sign" and the R&B/Funk band, Without A Clue's
debut CD entitled "2 Sweet".
October 2001
HQ Records is pleased to announce the release of Aaron Bernard
Brim's gospel CD entitled "The Hem of His
Garment".
September 2001
HQ Records would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the families and the victims that were affected by the events of this week.
The Venerable Fitz and The Viscous Fross are hard at work in the studio, recording new tracks for the Headquarters Records Compilation - Volume I, due out later this year.
August 2001
Headquarters Records is pleased to announce the signing of the dance group GOTTA, from France. Their first single is entitled "I've got to be free", from their debut CD of the same name, due in November 2001.
July 2001
We have been in the studios with E on the R&B groove and Agcee on the House tip. Check out E's latest song called " No Business". Agcee's new house jam is called "Ok".
June 2001
HQ Records is proud to announce its advertising relationship with The Dainty Crew.com , the UK's premier web site for Reggae, R&B, and Soul music.
April 2001
Ty Stephens is our artist of the month and he will be
performing in New York City at Metronome at 915 Broadway@21st Street on Thursday
April 26th, 2001 from 7 -11pm (212) 505-5529. He will also be performing at
Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar on Monday April 30th, 2001, located at 254 W
72nd Street from 8:30 - 10:30pm (212) 579-0222
March 2001
HQ Records is please to announce the signing of the James Bazen Big Band
to the label. He currently has two CDs out "Tonight He's Mine" and Strange
Things. James is a welcome addition to our Jazz Division.
February 2001
HQ Records is currently working with Curtis at Icon Studios to complete the HQ Records Compilation CD due in early summer.
January 2001
Headquarters Records wises you and yours a Happy New Year!
December 2000
Check out the review of Vladimir Galaktionov's CD entitled "Russian Project" by Ben Ohmart at http://www.atnzone.com/musiczone/indiereviews.html
November 2000
We have a
newly designed web site by Digi
Frog Media Services!
Contact mailto:info@digifrog.com for information
about having a new web site for your business, your organization or
yourself!
October 2000
The Viscous Fross will be performing at The Bohemian Caverns on
See the video for
Hypnotize, as performed by the Venerable Fitz and LJ, live in
Check out the latest single from
The Venerable Fitz's CD, entitled "Hypnotize" , a blazin
dancehall track produced by Dubwise.
Headquarters Records is pleased to
announce the signing of R&B and Jazz singer Ty Stephens to
the label. His current CD entitled " Deeper In Fantasy" is tearing up the charts
in New York and the UK. The first single from the CD is entitled "He Cannot Find
His Way To Love".
SEPTEMBER 2000
Check out
the latest photos in our gallery, featuring the live
The R&B artist E's first single
entitled Miss You is in the final stages of productions. Here
is a sneak preview, due winter 2000 .
We are pleased to announced that
we have reached a production agreement with Mad Mike of Chicago . Mad Mike has
done numerous tracks for various artists including R. Kelley. He has diverse
skills in creating tracks in R&B, Rap and House. Look for Mad Mike to lay
down tracks for The Rap Lord, Wrecky and up and coming artists, E and DK, in late
2000.
AUGUST 2000
The
Venerable Fitz's CD, "Took The Risk", is now in rotation by DJ Rob, at WFCW , in
Headquarters Records presents the
We are pleased to announce that
the DC area based Rap artist, DK has been signed to the label. Look for his CD
to be released in the fall of 2000.
JULY
2000
Soul Quest
has received a great review on their CD "How We Livin", by CD Debut.com
Soul Quest's
video "Get Ready" has been selected to be featured on Now-TV in
We have reached an agreement with
Validpay.com to
now accept Checks.
Headquarters Records is pleased to
anounce that our catologue of artists is now available for sale at DCCD in Washington, DC
.
Soul Quest and
The Venerable Fitz will be performing on July 22, 2000 in Alliance, Ohio at The
Elks Club at 9pm.
JUNE
2000
Check out the review on Soul Quest's CD- How We Livin by Miss Mention of Black Hole.com as well as her review of The Venerable Fitz's CD - Took The Risk.
Soul Quest's video "Get Ready" is now being featured on the cable TV show Music Underground on these cable stations:
PG.
County, MD, Comcast Cable - Wednesday at 8pm on channels
26A and 31A
Loudon County, VA.
Cable -
Saturday's at 12 Noon on channels 59 and 60
Montgomery Cable - Arlington, VA - Wednesday's at 11pm channel 71
Time Warner Cable - Stark County, Ohio and Summit County, Youngstown, Ohio - Saturday's 12 Noon.
The Venerable Fitz is currently in rotation on radio station KUGS 89.3 FM -
Headquarters Records is pleased to
announce the signing of a new jazz artist to the label, Aaron Bernard
Brim . His debut CD is entitled "Its All About A Groove and features Alyson
Williams.
On
Saturday June 3, Soul Quest and The Venerable Fitz performed at The Summer Carnival in
MAY 2000
We have
just returned from a promotional trip to Miami, Florida for upcoming shows for
our artists. The
Venerable Fitz will be performing live at
APRIL 2000
Headquarters Records is pleased to
announce our association with LaStreetPromotions, for the promotion of the new Venerable Fitz
single entitled, We No Scared.
Check out the review on the
critically acclaimed CD by the Venerable Fitz,
entitled Took The Risk, by
www.reggae-vibes.com .
We are
pleased to announce the signing of a new jazz artist to the label, Vladimir Galaktionov from
MARCH 2000
Headquarters Records attended the
New York Internet Expo Conference in New York City and established new internet
marketing partners.
The Soul Quest video "Get Ready"
is now being featured at http://www.52media.com/
FEBRUARY 2000
We are pleased to finally present the long awaited debut release of the Venerable Fitz's reggae CD entitled "Took The Risk"
Headquarters Records is pleased to
present the release of the debut CD from
Agcee is hard at work in the studio producing a new track entitled " Miss You". He is working with a new production team called Park Place Entertainment. Look for this track in the spring of 2000.
JANUARY 2000
Headquarters Records has just
returned from
Headquarters Records, Inc. is
proud to announce the signing of C.Furer, a smooth jazz artist from
AC Rob has
been hired as our new Director of A&R. We look forward to him making an
important contribution to the growth of the label.
DECEMBER 1999
Headquarters Records, Inc. is
proud to announce the signing of The Love
& Truth Choir, a gospel group from
November 1999
We have set up a new message board that is a part of the independent music community. Please go and share your thoughts. Click here.
Agcee has
been in the kitchen cooking up some new beats. First up is the single "Darkness" , along with the House track, Agcee's Groove
Next is the Darkness-Remix.
The new single "Divided City", featuring Wrecky Stevenson, The Rap Lord Big Skip and City King, will be featured in an upcoming film of the same name, slated for release in Spring 2000.
Soul Quest's music video, "Get Ready" will begin airing on the TV show Music Underground, hosted by Davon Hall of Fame City Productions.
The Venerable Fitz's album is in the final stages of production and is now slated to be released in December 1999.
Headquarters Records, has reach
tentative agreement for the US distribution of the Toronto, CA based Rap
Group, Trupaz.
October 1999
The Venerable Fitz, will be performing live at a fashion show sponsored by the Carribbean Students Association of the University of Maryland on October 28, 1999 from 7-9 pm.
Ace of Blue began work on her upcoming release which is due in early December.
September 1999
Soul Quest performs live at their CD release party on September 23, 1999 at the Crossroads.
August 1999
Headquarters Records, Inc. wants to thanks all of the fans of Soul Quest, that came out to support us during the video shoot on August 28, 1999.
Check out the new remix for Get Ready , by Soul Quest.
Check out
the new music review for Soul Quest's album, How We Livin, at
http://www.earbuzz.com/Soulquest . Check out the music review
for Spiceman's album, The Spice of Life, at www.earBuzz.com
On August 28, 1999 join us as we film the Video to the new single by Soul Quest, entitled, "Get Ready".
We are also featuring the first single, Like There's No Tomorrow from the upcoming Jazz CD, entitled, Rebel Heart, by COLOURS, a smooth jazz quartet from Belgium.
Check out
the new single from The Rap Lord Big Skip, entitled
On my mind, in real audio.
We are currently enjoying the debut releases of our rap group Soul Quest's CD - entitled How We Livin, our jazz artist, Spiceman's CD, entitled The Spice of Life and the new reggae single called We No Scared, by The Venerable Fitz.
Coming up, look for new tracks by The Venerable Fitz, that will be featured on his upcoming album, due in the fall of 1999.
On the Jazz scene, look for new artists being added to the label, from Belgium, Buenos Aires and Washington, D.C. Headquarters Records is rapidly expanding its musical repoirtore.
On the
House music scene, look for a compilation by Agcee, entitled House Nation 2000,
featuring several artists in the Headquarters possee.