Adam Blackstone

The Man Behind the Music

VH1’s “Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms”

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VH1’s Annual Mother’s Day Special, “Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms”, featured some of the most heart-warming moments between some of today’s top celebrities and their mothers!

Jhene Aiko performed a beautiful song “Sing To Me” with her daughter Namiko Love, Teyana Taylor and Bobby Brown performed his 90’s hit “Every Little Step” and the Queen of Soul Patti LaBelle performed her heart-warming ballad “You Are My Friend”. NFL player Colin Kaepernick also honors his mother and discussed how she had such an impact on his childhood.

BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was musical director along with his All-Star BBE band!! Check out a few clips of the performances below!!!

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2018

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Coachella 2018 is in the history books!! With special performances by Cardi B, Miguel, Migos, and, Queen Bey herself, Beyonce, this year’s festival will arguably go down as the best yet!!

CEO of BASSic Black Entertainment, Adam Blackstone, was Musical Director for Eminem’s performance that closed out both weekends of the nearly 20 year old festival!! Dr. Dre made a surprise appearance and the two performed “Still Dre“. Other surprise guests included 50 Cent and Skylar Grey, and Bebe Rexha!

Check out the video of the performance below!

“March For Our Lives” Rally

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Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the streets of Washington, DC to have their voices HEARD!! The survivors of the recent mass shooting at Marjorie Stone Douglass High School in Parkland, FL organized “March For Our Lives” to protest against our country’s current gun laws and call for stricter gun control!!

The day’s event included moving speeches from children who were effected by the recent school shootings, gun control advocates, and celebrities. There were also performances by some of the top hip hop artists today including Jennifer Hudson, Common, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, and Ariana Grande!

BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was musical director for the event and coordinate all the music for these moving performances.
Check out a few clips below!

BRIT Awards 2018

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From the moment Justin Timberlake took to social media to announce his performance on this year’s BRIT Awards, fans were anxiously awaiting to see what JT & The Tennessee Kids have cooked up!
Just coming off of an amazing Super Bowl half time performance, JT & The Tennessee Kids were excited to perform new music for the great people of London!

Adam Blackstone, CEO of BASSic Black Entertainment, was Musical Director for this performance!

Check out the video of the performance below!

NBA All-Star Game 2018

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Every year, basketball fans all over the world await for NBA All-Star Weekend! This year was no exception! Actor/Comedian Kevin Hart introduced the line-up for the 2018 All-Star Game!

Musical Director Adam Blackstone, CEO of BASSic Black Entertainment, produced the music and score for the Introduction of players!

Check out the video below!

Justin Timberlake Performs For The Super Bowl LII Pepsi Half Time Show

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Super Bowl LII was definitely one for the BOOKS!! Not only did the underdog team, the Philadelphia Eagles, win their first Super Bowl Championship title, but Justin Timberlake, Musical Director Adam Blackstone, and The Tennessee Kids completely shut DOWN the Pepsi Half Time Show!!

JT reached back into his extensive musical catalog and pulled out some of his greatest hits for this performance including “Senorita” and “Cry Me A River”!! He opened the show with“Filthy”, his first single off the newly-released album “Man Of The Woods”. What a way to kick off his world tour scheduled to start in March 2018!!!

Adam Blackstone, CEO of BASSic Black Entertainment, was at the helm for this jaw-dropping performance that included a tribute to the one and only Artist formerly know as Prince. Adam, along with the Tennessee Kids, brought high-energy and electricity to the 50-yard line!!!

A VERY Special Shout Out to our Sponsors for this Performance!!

Black Diamond Strings Co // Gallien Krueger
Fender // Korg USA
Akai Pro // Lewitt Audio
OWC Solutions // Think NS
Quilter Labs // 64 Audio
EBS Pedals // Klotz Cables
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Check out a few behind the scenes pics and footage and video of JT & The Tennessee Kids Pepsi Half-Time Performance!!

 

“The Greatest Showman” Soundtrack

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The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American period musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey, written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon and starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya. The film is inspired by the story of how P. T. Barnum started the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the lives of its attractions.

“The Greatest Showman”, in theaters December 20, 2017, has been nominated for 3 Golden Globe awards including “Best Original Song – Motion Picture”  BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was Band Leader & Bassist for the movie’s soundtrack.

Check out a few pics from the recording sessions and the movie’s official trailer below!

Young Jeezy Debuts New Single on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Young Jeezy stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform music off of his newly released album “Pressure”.  The new single “Like Them” featuring Tory Lanez was a hit with the “Late Show” audience.

BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, was musical director for the performance and supplied the #BBE band to keep the crowd on their feet!

Check out a clip of the performance below!

Eminem Performs Live on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”

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Continuing on his promo run for his new single “Walk on Water”, Eminem stopped by the Saturday Night Live stage with Skylar Grey as the show’s special Musical Guest!

Adam Blackstone, CEO of BASSic Black Entertainment, was on hand as Musical Director for the performance with full BBE band!

Check out a clip of their performance below!

“A California Christmas at The Grove”

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BASSic Black Entertainment CEO, Adam Blackstone, coordinated yet another stellar concert with the BBE All-Star band! “A California Christmas At The Grove” hosted by Derek Hough featured performances by American Idol alums Jordin Sparks, Reuben Studdard and more!

Derek Hough hosted the christmas show led by musical director Adam Blackstone & The BBE All-Star band performances by Band of Merrymakers, Jordan Fisher, Jordin Sparks, In Real Life, Preacher Lawson, Agnez Mo, Ruben Studdard and the “Dancing With the Stars”Professional Dancers. The event had renditions of classic Christmas music by special guests, Santa Claus’ arrival at The Grove, lighting of Christmas tree, The season’s first snowfall and the fireworks grand finale.

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