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Shades of Grace iPod Touch Contest Rules

Apple iPod Touch (4^th GEN) Regular 8G Giveaway

Red Baron is giving away an Apple iPod Touch in association with the release of "Shades of Grace." Enter for your chance to win!

Red Baron is giving away a free iPod Touch in association with the release of his sophomore album Shades of Grace!  Red Baron will simply ask his family, friends and supporters five questions related to the album.  Those who answer the questions correctly are automatically eligible to win the iPod Touch.  You may find the five questions, contest entry and official rules below.

Contest Entry Form

Apple iPod Touch (4^th GEN) Regular 8G Giveaway Contest Entry Form

General Information:

Full Name: _______________________________________________________________________________

Preferred Name (if different): _____________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________________

City: _____________________            State: ____________________            Zip: ________________

Telephone Number:            (            )______________________________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth: ________________________

What is the best means to contact you? _______________________________________________

Are you on Red Baron’s mailing list?  If not, would you like to be added?

__Yes                        ____No

How did you hear about Shades of Grace?

Shades of Grace Questionnaire

Note: The Shades of Grace Questionnaire has two questions which refer to Red Baron’s debut album Paint the Town Red.  You may access Paint the Town Red on iTunes, CDBaby and Great Indie Downloads.

1. In his song entitled Southern Comfort (Hue I Am) feat. Lisa McClendon, Red Baron says he was, “[B]orn by the river/In a land where the vehicle of choice was a ‘Lac or Chevy pickup . . . In a city where blue was the hue that would color your mood.” In the same song, he also refers to the same city as, “The city that slayed the king that daydreamed.” In the next song, he later states the name of that city.  What is the name of the city, and in what song does he say its name?

2. In his song entitled The Way, Red Baron describes religious debates he had with two of his classmates while in college.  He states in the second verse, “And one scholar he, said he had possibly read the anthologies of Kemetic philosophies/The Crito and The Apology by Plato and Socrates/He was the one who had paid his college fees and felt like he had gotten deep.”  These lines are an allusion to a song on Red Baron’s debut album, Paint the Town Red.  What is the name of the song to which Red Baron alludes?

3. On which song does Red Baron compare the search for the truth to the search to find Osama bin Laden?

4. Red Baron begins the final verse of A Black and White Affair by saying, “There’s no escaping it, ‘One ever feels this two-ness’/Two souls, two thoughts beneath this human.”  This is an allusion to an acclaimed writing of a famous 20^th Century African American scholar, historian, sociologist and civil rights activist.  Who is this person, and what is the name of the work to which Red Baron alludes?

5. Red Baron has been blessed to collaborate with a number of artists throughout his career.  Nevertheless, there is only one artist who he has collaborated with on both his 2005 debut (Paint the Town Red) and his latest release (Shades of Grace).  Who is this artist?

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

How to Enter

The Shades of Grace Apple iPod Touch Giveaway contest will begin Tuesday April 19, 2011 at 12:01am and end on Friday May 20, 2011 at 11:59pm.

To participate in the contest, you may enter via the following method: Entries will be accepted twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week during the contest period.  To submit:

(1) Visit: www.paintedred.net, click on the Design (News) Tab and complete the submission form, along with the corresponding questionnaire;

(2) E-mail your completed contest entry form and questionnaire to contact@paintedred.net

1. Only one e-mail entry per e-mail address will be accepted.
2. Participants must provide a valid means of contact with their submission.

All submissions gathered with completely correct answers to the questionnaire are eligible to win. One iPod will be given away to an eligible contest participant.  Peradventure no contestant answers all the questions in the questionnaire correctly, Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG will deem participants eligible who answered the most questions correctly.  Contest winner will be selected at the close of the contest after all final submissions are gathered.

Eligibility Restrictions

(1) The Shades of Grace Apple iPod Touch Giveaway contest is open to all listeners of Shades of Grace.  Employees of Sanctifly Music Group, LLC (“SMG”), its licensee, its subsidiaries, affiliates, its advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners and members of their immediate families are ineligible to participate or win.  Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

(2) Only one grand-prize winner will be awarded the Apple iPod Touch.

(3) SMG reserves the right to broadcast the winner’s name and likeness for promotional purposes.  Winner is to sign a liability release form and release SMG, clients and subsidiaries involved of any liability, claims, actions of any kind due to injuries, damage or loss, to persons or property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt of the prize listed below.

Grand-Prize

(1) At the end of the contest, Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG will select one eligible contest participate to receive one Apple iPod Touch (4^th GEN) Regular 8G valued at $229.00.

(2) The grand-prize winner must claim his/her prize within ten business days of notification.  The grand-prize winner will forfeit the prize if he/she fails to claim within ten business days of first notification, and Red Baron or an authorized agent of SMG shall give the grand-prize to an alternate contestant.  Grand-prize winner may claim his/her prize by contacting Red Baron or an authorized agent of SMG and furnishing him with a valid mailing address. Red Baron or an authorized agent of SMG will mail the prize by certified US mail to a mailing address provided by the grand-prize winner, at no cost to the grand-prize winner. Red Baron or an authorized agent of SMG shall provide the grand-prize winner with all pertinent tracking information for the grand-prize.  If the grand-prize winner resides within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, or within a reasonable driving distance, the grand-prize winner may elect to pick up the grand-prize from Sanctifly Music Group, LLC located at 2424 E York Road Suite 325 Philadelphia, PA 19125.  The grand-prize winner must notify Red Baron or an authorized agent of SMG in writing if the grand-prize winner elects to pick up the grand-prize. Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG shall arrange for a mutually convenient time for the grand-prize winner and Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG to deliver the grand-prize.

(3) There is no substitution, transfer or cash equivalent for the grand-prize, except SMG, may, at its sole discretion, substitute the grand prize of comparable value or cash.  The grand prize is expressly limited to the item listed above and does not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Other restrictions may apply.

(4) Grand-prize winner shall hold Red Baron, SMG, its authorized its licensee, its subsidiaries, affiliates harmless in the event the grand-prize is lost, stolen or damaged while in transit.

Winner Selection and Notification

(1) Decisions of Red Baron and SMG and/or its authorized agents with respect to the contest are final.

(2) The winner, and one alternate (peradventure the winner forfeits the grand-prize), will be hand drawn after the conclusion of the contest on or before Monday May 23, 2011 at noon.

(3) Odds of winning are dependent upon the number of entries received for the drawing.  Eligible participants must correctly answer each question in the Shades of Grace Questionnaire.  Peradventure no contestant answers each question correctly, Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG will draw names of contestants who answered the most questions correctly.

(4) Immediately following the drawing, the grand-prize winner will be contacted via the means the grand-prize winner provided.

(5) The grand-prize winner will be announced after Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG receives confirmation that the grand-prize winner received the prize.

Conditions

(1) By participating in the Shades of Grace Apple iPod Touch Giveaway contest, the grand-prize winner agrees to have his/her name, voice or likeness used in any advertising or broadcast material relating to the contest without additional financial or other compensation, and, where legal, to sign publicity release confirming consent prior to acceptance of the prize.

(2) Prior to the awarding the grand-prize, Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG, in its sole discretion, may require the grand-prize contest winner to sign a liability release, agreeing to hold Red Baron and SMG, its authorized agents, its licensee, its subsidiaries, affiliates harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the Shades of Grace Apple iPod Touch Giveaway contest.

(3) Red Baron, SMG its authorized its licensee, its subsidiaries, affiliates reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the contest, which will become effective upon announcement.  “If due to circumstances beyond the control of Red Baron, SMG its authorized its licensee, its subsidiaries, affiliates, any portion of the competition or prize-related event is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, Red Baron, SMG its authorized its licensee, its subsidiaries, affiliates reserves the right, but not the obligation, to cancel or modify the Shades of Grace Apple iPod Touch Giveaway contest.

(4) Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in an entrant’s disqualification solely at the discretion of Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG.

(5) Red Baron and/or an authorized agent of SMG are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the display or printing of the Shades of Grace Apple iPod Touch Giveaway contest or the announcement of the grand prize.

(6) Contest of the written contest rules and announcement of the grand-prize winner (when selected) will be available during regular business hours at:

Sanctifly Music Group, LLC

2424 E York Street

Suite 325

Philadelphia, PA 19125

(4) An electronic copy may be provided upon request.

Shades of Grace Visa Giftcard Giveaway

In January, Red Baron hosted a $50 VISA Giftcard giveaway in ancitipation of the release of Shades of Grace

In January of this year, Red Baron hosted a $50 VISA Giftcard Giveaway in anticipation of  the release of his sophomore album Shades of Grace!  The Giveaway was an enormous success, and Joshua Sheppard was its Grand Prize Winner.  Congratulations Josh!

Have Plenty feat. Tomeka Carroll was selected as the Session 1 Grand Prize Winner in Hip-Hop!

Red Baron’s song Have Plenty feat. Tomeka Carroll was selected as the Session 1 Grand Prize Winner in the Hip-Hop Category of the 2010 John Lennon Songwriting Contest! The Lord is blessing. Red Baron will receive some nifty prizes (including studio equipment and instruments from Roland, gift certificates from Musician’s Friend, etc.), and is entered as a finalist in the Lennon Hip-Hop Song of the Year. The Lennon Hip-Hop Song of the Year will compete against the other Lennon Award winners for Song of the Year.  The Grand Prize winner for John Lennon Song of the Year will receive $20,000. You may find more information by clicking here. If for some odd reason you have not heard, Have Plenty, you may do so by visiting here.  You may also find it on iTunes. Tell a friend, and keep praying for your favorite red rapper’s success.

Red Baron will receive an album review in an upcoming edition of IAE Magazine. Stay tuned for details.

Red Baron has a featured interview in the latest issue of Vents Magazine! You may read it by clicking the following link: http://ventsinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/red-baron.html Vents Magazine is a free monthly online music and entertainment magazine mostly dedicated to spreading new music to the scene. The magazine has received around 10,000 views in total and more than 80,000 unique page views. Their readership consists of 3600 readers worldwide according to Facebook and Twitter numbers.

Red Baron was selected as the finalist/winner of Timeless Music Ent.’s 50 TopMics Next to Blow Music Industry Showcase in Richmond, VA on Sunday October 17, 2010! As a result, Red Baron will be featured in XXL Magazine, The Source Magazine’s S.I.H.H.N., have his song sent to 30,000 djs across the country and is scheduled to compete in the TopMics New York Finals on November 7, 2010.

Red Baron is a featured artist on Power 105.1FM Dj Whutevva’s Empire State Mixtape Vol.2. The mixtape is scheduled for release today (October 20, 2010) at 10:20pm, and is also the world’s first iPhone app for a mixtape series. It will include previously unreleased material from your favorite red rapper, along with exclusive material from prominent hip-hop artists such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Will.I.Am, Swizz Beatz, Lil’ Wayne, T.I., Usher, Diddy, Neyo, Drake, Nikki Minaj, Birdman, Rick Ross, Fabolous, Chris Brown, B.O.B., Trey Songz, Jim Jones, J.Cole, etal.

Red Baron is featured in the “Unsigned Hype” portion of Hip-Hop Stardom 101′s October 2010 issue! You may read it by clicking this link: http://issuu.com/hiphopstardom101mag/docs/qua_lupage?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=000000&showFlipBtn=true&proShowMenu=true&proShowSidebar=true

Red Baron is scheduled to appear in the December/January issue of XXL Magazine!