September 18, 2014
This is a Public Announcement: In Regards to Trumpet X Records
It is out of great humility and disappoint that I must address the serious nature concerning Trumpet X Records, the music artist who were apart of that label, my hope to help heal the lives and hearts of those affected, and to help set a peaceful course for all who are involved.
I am a man who has great respect music artist and and the good business that goes into their development and growth and I also have respect for myself, and our mission. As you know, I do not readily submit to public talks like this, nor am I frequently seen at events; for I am not before you of myself, nor do I do what I do to be seen of men or women.
Therefore, I have never tried to abuse, or misuse anyone to seek advantage for myself, or any other. So, in calling your attention to this, because of the serious nature of this Announcement that I am about to make; an Announcement on which hangs the future of music artists in particular to Trumpet X Records, and those who support them out of love and compassion.
“It is written in the book of Ezekiel, “When I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
“Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”
As of today September 18, 2014. I have resigned from my appointed position of President of Trumpet X Records and Sr. Vice President of Anaheim Sportswear LLC. This is a judgement call that I believe is perfectly correct, well needed and right on TIME. As well as a humbly attempt to remove the blood off of my hands to not only deliver my soul, but to help deliver the souls of others.
I never liked the idea of titles. Perhaps this is why it has taken me so long to address this matter. Because I did not really understand how much power came with those particular titles and positions I mentioned. It was and still is my deep hope to help music artist enjoy a full and complete freedom of expression through beautiful sounds that families can use to help create peaceful lives and environments.
“The More Than A Vision Volume 1 Album” compilation released by Trumpet X Records on September 17, 2013 featured Milo Sheff, Amora,Kewi, Beyond Excellence, G Nice, Juspin Jones, Dj 12 Tribe, D’ROK. anda bonus track called “Not What U Lookin Fo” by Problem 13. Although I believe personally that these combinations of styles and songs presented acceptable and clean music. The business operations behind it and above my level where absolutely self centered, vile, unethical, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory,vicious, and completely unlike what all should expect and what I expected.
I believe that most of the agreement by and between Trumpet X Records and the music artist involved was very good and could have worked if everyone just stuck to the script as it was written, worked in unity and separated from normal music industry business that we know of which really degrades the perfection of; good music and conduct. I never like the payout per song download. That was not my idea. I wanted a fair compensation for all, that we would grow and develop bigger things together. I wanted all of us to be as “creative as our own nature is”.
This was not my company. I was called into this company by David Clark. who studied me for over a period of TIME. and appointed me into the position of President of Trumpet X Records. With the task of creating this so called record label, recruiting talent, building the brand, and soon after he fired the Marketing Vice President. I was left with the burden of Marketing all of this being very unqualified, and no budget in place.
All of the design from Trumpet X Records to Anaheim Sports Wear came from me and my 25 years of experience in music of which I still have yet to be compensated for. How ever, because I believed this could work to help build good business, improve lives and community development. I embrace this task and tried to move forward until now.
You may say what has changed? Thats a very good question. On NOVEMBER 7, 2013
I was ordered by the Chairmen of the board of directors for Trumpet X Entertainment,LL which governs Trumpet X Records (DBA) to send out a Termination Letter to all the music artist mentioned above. Which was also something I did not want to do.
“Dear Musician/Artist Currently on Trumpet X Records,
As Instructed by The CEO/Chairman of the Board of Directors for Trumpet X Entertainment, LLC which governs all aspects of Trumpet X Records your current Record Label. And enforced and construed according to the laws of the State of Nevada.
It is my duty as The President of Trumpet X Records to inform you of our intent to Terminate you from being a Trumpet X Records Music artist unless you comply and remedy the reasons stated hereafter within 30 days of this notice, upon which we will move forward and absolutely finalize this termination.
As stated in our work for hire agreement with you, With reasonable cause, Trumpet X Records reserves the right to cancel this Agreement without obligation by giving written notice to the Musicians/Artists of the intent to terminate. This is your written notice.
1. CONTRIBUTION BY Musicians/Artists . Musicians/Artists agrees to fully cooperate with Trumpet X Records, in good faith.
- Full Cooperation means to totally and completely work or act together toward a common end or purpose.The common end or purpose as defined in our Work For Hire Agreement with you was WHEREAS, the Parties both intend for Trumpet X Records to be considered the administrator of the Work for the purposes of sales, distribution and marketing all copyright and intellectual property issues, and for Trumpet X Records to be the sole and exclusive owner of this Album by permission of the artist who shall reserve all rights to music works with the understanding that as a Trumpet X Records Musicians/Artists you are only entitled to what is held in this agreement.
You were asked several times by the administrators of Trumpet X Records to help share the links to where The More Than A Vision Album is being sold on www.trumpetxrecords.com, you were asked to use social media to expand your fan base, And as of November 11, 2013 You still refuse to cooperate with the efforts set before you by the administration of Trumpet X Records. It is very unfortunate that you and or some of you by your own admissions have decided not to work as a team in order to reach the contractual goals as written in the Work For Hire agreement.
At this time, Trumpet X Records reserves our rights not to disclose any other information to you or any other third party until we receive a written notification from you of your intent to resolve this matter by way of making the appropriate amendments which should be in your best interest. Or to continue as is and we will proceed accordingly.”
These are actual facts of what took place. And shortly after this fall out. I realised that that sooner or later I would have to distance myself from this type of poor leadership, and misconduct. Well, today is that day. And this is a much needed and deserved “New Beginning” for not just myself. But for each one of those artist and more. As My last act as President of Trumpet X Records and to help bring healing and secure justice for all who have suffered from this. I am invoking my right to make a heavy judgement call according to this written policy for Trumpet X Records:
“ Article 18. TERMINATION/General Information: Musicians/Artists may not cancel this agreement at anytime. This agreement constitutes the entire understanding and contract between the parties and supersedes any and all prior oral or written agreements. Any modifications to this agreement must be in writing and signed only by The Vice-President of Music, The President and C.E.O. or authorized officer of Trumpet X Records. All representations not in writing are null and void.”
It is under the entitlement of the current President of Trumpet X Records which is a (DBA) of Trumpet X Entertainment, LLC in conjunction with Anaheim SportsWear,LLC. Based on 7260 W. Azure Dr. Ste 140-212 in Las Vegas, NV 89130. That I invoke my powers as President of Trumpet X Records squarely based on article 18 above to modify the previous written music artist agreement by and between Trumpet X Records and the music artist mentioned above in order to resolve a dispute permanently for the sake of all involved herein.
Some may be saying, can he do that? Is this real? You damn right I can and this is an Executive Order that will stand true from my current position as of today September 18, 2014. That Executive Order is as follows:
Executive Order
BY THE CURRENT POSITION OF POWER TO MODIFY AS IT WAS WRITTEN IN ARTICLE 18 AND LAST ACT AS PRESIDENT OF TRUMPET X RECORDS A (DBA) OF TRUMPET X ENTERTAINMENT,LLC IT HEREBY EXERCISE THAT RIGHT IN THIS ORDER:
- All written agreements by and between Trumpet X Records and all the music artist involved in all the music album/or song releases in the year 2013 are voided.
- All compensations and non payments will be charged to TRUMPET X ENTERTAINMENT, LLC AND IT’S OWNERS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
- Anyone who has not been compensated accordingly should address this concern directly to David Clark from this day forward (702)466-7575 who should comply. In a timely manner.
- All confidential information in my possession will be destroyed.
- No retaliation from Trumpet X Entertainment,LLC it’s owners or anyone associated with them will occur. And if so done the owners of Trumpet X Entertainment, LLC will be held liable for no less than $50,000 per person not to exceed more than $125,000 per person under all laws and judicial areas governed by The United States of America. This includes threats, any and all expressions of intentions to inflict evil, injury, or damage against any music artist mentioned above or persons including my family and myself, via social media or otherwise.
- THE “MORE THAN A VISION VOLUME 1 ALBUM” AND “NOT WHAT U LOOKIN FO” SINGLE WILL BE CANCELED AND DEACTIVATED as of friday September 19, 2014 and this action is Non-REVERSIBLE. Once canceled, this album and single cannot be reactivated. If you choose to release this album or single again, a NEW BARCODE and submission will be required. When the cancellation request goes through, there will be a issued removal requests to any digital distribution partner that were selected to also deactivate digital sales.Once issued, the removals can take up to 30 days to process.The release page on the Trumpet X Records site, if canceled, will be deactivated within 1 business day of cancellation.
- All promotional material used to promote any of the artist from the above mentioned MUST BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AT ONCE.
- EVERY ARTIST MENTIONED ABOVE NOW HAS THE RIGHT TO USE THEIR SONG AS THEY CHOOSE.
- ALL SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES CONTAINING ANY OF THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SHUT DOWN IF APPLICABLE.
- All defamation and slander MUST be removed IMMEDIATELY from social media or otherwise.
- THERE SHALL BE NO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ME BY ANY MEMBER OF TRUMPET X ENTERTAINMENT, LLC BY ANY LAWYER OR THIRD PARTY UNLESS WILLING TO OFFER AND PRESENT ALL COMPENSATIONS THAT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED. If so done, this will be viewed as HARASSMENT and subject to this law as follows:
2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 53a-183. Harassment in the second degree: Class C misdemeanor.
Sec. 53a-183. Harassment in the second degree: Class C misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when: (1) By telephone, he addresses another in or uses indecent or obscene language; or (2) with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person, he communicates with a person by telegraph or mail, by electronically transmitting a facsimile through connection with a telephone network, by computer network, as defined in section 53a-250, or by any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm; or (3) with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person, he makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm.
(b) For purposes of this section such offense may be deemed to have been committed either at the place where the telephone call was made, or at the place where it was received.
(c) The court may order any person convicted under this section to be examined by one or more psychiatrists.
(d) Harassment in the second degree is a class C misdemeanor.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 185; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 44; P.A. 89-103, S. 2; P.A. 90-282, S. 2; P.A. 95-143, S. 2.)
History: 1971 act substituted "telegraph" for "telephone" in Subsec. (a) (2); P.A. 89-103 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to include communicating by electronically transmitting a facsimile through connection with a telephone network; P.A. 90-282 changed name of offense to harassment in the second degree; P.A. 95-143 amended Subsec. (a) to include in Subdiv. (2) communication by computer network.
Annotation to former section 53-183:
Conversation sought to be introduced to show bias of witness properly excluded as hearsay. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 60.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 204 C. 4, 6. Cited. 209 C. 52, 53.
Cited. 4 CA 520, 523. Cited. 5 CA 79, 80. Cited. 8 CA 598, 599. Cited. 43 CA 527. Cited. 44 CA 84.
Cited. 39 CS 428, 429. Cited. 43 CS 46, 52. Internet service provider has federal immunity from tort liability for damages related to e-mail sent via provider's service. 46 CS 406.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (3) cited. 223 C. 731, 733.
Subdiv. (3): Harassment and threatening are separate and distinct crimes and this case harassment is not a lesser included offense of threatening. 1 CA 647, 649. Subdiv. (2) cited. 4 CA 520, 525, 526. Subdiv. (3) cited. 5 CA 79, 83, 84. Subdiv. (3) cited. 25 CA 503, 505. Subdiv. (2): Section does not require state to prove defendant engaged in a direct communication with the person whom he intended to harass. 40 CA 544-546, 549-553. Subdiv. (3) cited. 41 CA 847, 848. Subdiv. (3) cited. 43 CA 527. Subdiv. (3): Is not unconstitutionally vague either on its face or as applied to defendant's conduct. 46 CA 661. Subdiv. (2): Not unconstitutionally overbroad or vague. 49 CA 617. Subdiv. (3): Statute is not unconstitutionally overbroad; statute prohibits purposeful telephone harassment and does not involve first amendment concerns since it proscribes conduct and not the content of calls. 55 CA 475. Subdiv. (3): Section is not unconstitutionally vague as applied to defendant's conduct. Id. Criminal violation of a protective order pursuant to Sec. 53a-110b and harassment in the second degree pursuant to Subdiv. (3) constitute separate offenses for double jeopardy purposes. 61 CA 118.
Subdiv. (3): Freedom of speech subject to reasonable regulation of place and manner of exercise. Not necessary to limit application of statute to "fighting words". The prohibition is against purposeful harassment by means of device readily susceptible of abuse; trespasser upon our privacy. 34 CS 689, 690, 695, 696, 698. Subdiv. (3) cited. 43 CS 46, 71. Cited. Id., 46, 74.
Sec. 53a-182b. Harassment in the first degree: Class D felony. (a) A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when, with the intent to harass, annoy, alarm or terrorize another person, he threatens to kill or physically injure that person or any other person, and communicates such threat by telephone, or by telegraph, mail, computer network, as defined in section 53a-250, or any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm and has been convicted of a capital felony, a class A felony, a class B felony, except a conviction under section 53a-86 or 53a-122, a class C felony, except a conviction under section 53a-87, 53a-152 or 53a-153, or a class D felony under sections 53a-60 to 53a-60c, inclusive, 53a-72a, 53a-72b, 53a-95, 53a-103, 53a-103a, 53a-114, 53a-136 or 53a-216. For the purposes of this section, "convicted" means having a judgment of conviction entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) For purposes of this section, such offense may be deemed to have been committed either at the place where the telephone call was made or where it was received.
(c) The court may order any person convicted under this section to be examined by one or more psychiatrists.
(d) Harassment in the first degree is a class D felony.
Romans 2:12 ASV
American Standard Version
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;
Romans 2:12 BBE
Bible in Basic English
All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;
Romans 2:12 NIRV
New International Reader's Version
Some people do not know God's law when they sin. They will not be judged by the law when they die. Others do know God's law when they sin. They will be judged by the law.
Galatians 3:10
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
Galatians 3:19
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
By the power vested in me, as the current President of Trumpet X Records, I HEREBY DECLARE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SONGS FROM TRUMPET X RECORDS according to the terms above, signatures below, and UNDER EVERY LAW CONCERNED IN THIS MATTER UNDER THE UNITED STATES, JURISDICTION AND COUNTY.
I pray that Allah (God) we be pleased with me And that all who read this will live in peace love and happiness. Go forth and use your talents and gifts to help change the conditions of all who are suffering. Forgive me if I have error and forgive those who have error against you and myself. We are the people of Allah (God) who should be turning towards him that he may hear our cry and heal our lives and our land. If I never get to speak to you again. Know that I have always tried to be your brother and a good friend. Know that none of our mistreatment was by my own design. And give a pardon to yourselves and each other. As I must beg the pardon of Allah (God0 for myself and my own family. I pray that I have approach this correctly in the spirit of truth and atonement. Lets heal from our suffering and afflictions.
IT IS ORDERED, that this agreement shall stand true from September 18,2014 and from this day forth.
I am your Brother and friend
Chris Muhammad
Former President of Trumpet X Records as of the date above
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