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Soul Oasis present The K.Joy "I Am Woman" Charity Remix Project (CyberJamz Records CD Promo)
** Exclusive Preview ** This is a special project (full name: Soul Oasis present The K.Joy "I Am Woman" Charity Remix Project featuring Collective Men & Women United for the Women's Cancer Network) for both CyberJamz and the artists involved, as all the proceeds go towards the Women's Cancer Network. In fact, its the biggest project for CyberJamz so far, as Soul Oasis (Sammy Rock) and K.Joy team up with vocalists Martha Wash, Libby Jones, K.Joy, Raiyn, Flora Cruz, Carolyn Harding, Screamin' Rachel, Trizonna McClendon and Dajae to present "I am woman", a production that is all about the powerful lyrics masterly performed by the involved artists. The mixes let you choose between a fiercely stompin' yet soulful affair featuring warm melodic keys and chords, a powered up version with 80's styled synth-pop melodies perfect for peak time play, and finally a marvelous remix by Rob Temple who gives the song a resistless broken beat touch. Please support this project.
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Soul Oasis pres: The K.Joy "I Am Woman" Charity Remix Project featuring Collective Men & Women United for the Women's Cancer Network (Incl. Chazz, Ricardo Miranda & Solid Noize Mixes)
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K.Joy #CJ0034 CYBERJAMZ RECORDS 2009
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"I AM WOMAN" DESIGNATION FUND HONOREE LIST:
1. LISA BYERS
2. JACKIE SALTER
3. ROBBIE GUNN
4. DORIS SANTIAGO
5. SHIRLEY TEMPLE
6. IDA WARD
7. ANA GARCIA
8. ELMETRICA NELSON
9. JUNE LANG
10. LYDIA WILLIAMS
11. LYNN FERREIRA
12. ALISON MORTON
13. MILDRED JACKSON
14. OLIVIA YOUNG
15. REBECCA ANN COLEMAN
16. DEBBIE BARNETT SMITH
17. BETTY L. ARMSTRONG
18. MARCIA WASHINGTON
19. ARVELLA CAROLYN CARTER
20. AMANDA J. BASKINS
21. HAZEL MARIE TAYLOR
22. DORETHA H. BROWNFIELD
23. OLLIE BONNER
24. ETHIOPIA PTAH
25. AMANDA REED
26. CAROLINE RAMSAY
27. GERTRUDE EUBANKS
28. RENEE' ASHMORE
29. AMBROSIA GAINOUS
30. BRENDA HARRELL
31. BARBARA JOHNSON
32. BARBARA SMITH
33. YVONNE WALKER
34. BLANCA ESTHER MIRANDA-PEREIRA
35. YVONNE RODRIGUEZ
36. LEE ABAZAR
PLEASE HONOR ANY WOMEN YOU KNOW WHO HAVE EVER HAD CANCER: K.Joy is encouraging other family members, friends, musicians, entertainment industry colleagues, fans and all who share her story to add a name in honor or memory of a woman who is currently battling, who triumphed over, or who has lost her battle to ANY FORM OF CANCER.
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF NAMES THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED BY ANY ONE PERSON!!
PLEASE EMAIL THE FULL NAME TO: kjoy.iamwoman@gmail.com.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
DUE TO UNFORESEEABLE TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE DONATION PROCESS, THE METHODS OF DONATION HAD TO BE CHANGED COMPLETELY TO REFLECT WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE BELOW. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION OR DIFFICULTIES SURROUNDING DONATING THAT THIS DELAYED REVISION HAS CAUSED, AND WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS WILL NOT DETER YOU FROM ATTEMPTING TO DONATE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND PARTICIPATION!
DONATION STATISTICS: Total Money Raised as of 10/5/09 - $458.43
PROJECT RELEASE DATE:
JULY 20, 2009 (LISA BYERS' BIRTHDAY)
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
ORIGIN OF "I AM WOMAN" -
Cyberjamz Records' & K.Joy's "I Am Woman" Charity Remix Project, featuring Collective Men & Women United for the Women's Cancer Network, was born out of K.Joy's original unreleased Cyberjamz EP entitled "I Am Woman", featuring her younger sister Raiyn. The original song was written about their mother, Beverly C. Calloway, for a milestone birthday. K.Joy wanted to write a song where every word personified the essence of her mother's strength, perseverance, and overall...her completely phenomenal existence as a woman. Yet, she did not want the song to be so personal that it referred to only her mother, despite her mother being the subject of the lyrics. So, the solution became to create a song that was specific in describing character and quality, while general and powerful enough for ANY WOMAN to be able to relate and embrace the totality of the track. Because it was a birthday gift from child to mother, it only made sense to include her mother's only other child, her sister Raiyn (whose birth name is Mary C. Calloway), and make it a joint gift. What a stunning idea! Raiyn's hypnotically smooth and youthful voice coupled with the mature, soothing vocals of K.Joy's, over Chazz' mesmerizing South African Big Room sound, was EXACTLY what the track needed to make it the next sure-fire anthem for women all over the world!
CREATION OF CHARITY PROJECT TO HONOR LISA BYERS -
Later, K.Joy wanted to somehow honor the memory of their late God-sister, Lisa Byers, who passed away from cancer 4 days before Christmas in 2006 at the age of only 41. To K.Joy, it seemed fitting that a proper way to honor Lisa and the struggle with cancer (which she valiantly and gracefully fought without complaint), would be to dedicate a song to Lisa by giving all of the song's profits to a women's cancer charity. She came up with the idea to add a third verse, which spoke to the strength her God-sister displayed in the face of pain, suffering and death, to the song originally dedicated to her mother. This made more sense than starting all over and writing a completely new song where the entire content was about a topic that is somber in nature, which could have resulted in more of a tearjerker instead of the uplifting anthem that we have today. Although the cancer which snatched Lisa from her loved ones began with breast cancer several years previous to her death, and ended with a different form of cancer, K.Joy wanted to donate the revenue from the remix to a charity that focused on women and the cancers that target their sex (i.e. gynecologic cancers). In her research, ironically she found a charity that not only did exactly that, but also happened to be based out of Chicago, where she and Lisa were both from! Once the Women's Cancer Network of the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation was picked and they approved, the combined effort began with Soul Oasis (owner of Cyberjamz Re
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