WHAT'S UP, Inc. Artist Profile

LISA A. DeRENARD: Executive producer of Enter Connectedness CD, songwriter, arranger, keyboard, vocals. Benton, KY;
EARNEST "GUITAR" ROY, Jr.: songwriter, guitarist, vocals,, Clarksdale, MS.
SOLOMON McDANIEL, Sr.: Co-producer, keyboardist, organist, arranger, band leader for "The King Beez"; performer Beale Street, Memphis, TN..
JAMES "SLIM" JACKSON: Co-producer, songwriter, bassist, arranger; bassist and co-band leader for "The King Beez"; performer Beale Street, Memphis, TN.
MONTY BRADFORD: drummer, studio musician, Adams, TN.
Guest vocalsists: "Z'da (Rosita Still); Jonah Ellis ( 2X BMI Urban Music awards); Lacy Reed; "Droppa Joy" Glaspie high background end of Pedestrian Requiem.
Other featured guest musicians: Tom Clary (horns and strings arrangements); Kirk Smothers (horns); Charles Campbell (sax on Trump Card); David Bowen (guitar pickin on Amazing); Percy T. Friends (reggae guitar on Pedestrian and solo onTrump Card); Steve Holzhouser (organ Trump Card).

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What's Up, Inc. "Enter Connectedness" CD is now available for sale on this site and at www.cdbaby.com effective December 2005. From that album Lisa A. DeRenard has three songs that have advanced in the International Songwriting Competition: "For the Sake of the Work (Get All the People); "Lifeline" (Mix II w/ Z'da on vocals); "I Have Overcome the World" (Mix II with Jonah Ellis on vocals). Three other songs on the CD were selected as finalists for the 2004 VH-1 Song of the year Contest.