Local Boston Poet Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo Wins Big with Tina Turner On Boston.com Original Video Contest

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 14, 2008 -
In the wake of an exciting selection of a new President Elect, Barak Obama and an upswing of performance opportunities in both poetry and music in 2009, Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo and producer Francis Phan couldn't be happier as winners of Boston.com's first original music video contest.

On Nov. 17th Amway Global Presents Tina Turner LIVE in concert at the TD Banknorth Garden.  Boston.com accepted original music video submissions from artists looking to showcase their talents for a chance to win tickets to see Tina Turner.   Iyeoka's video entitled "Revolution" abridged was selected by Boston.com staff as among the most unique videos.  As finalists, Boston.com readers then had an opportunity to vote for five winners.

Tina Turner has been acknowledged as one of the world's most popular and biggest-selling music artists of all time and is the most successful female rock artist of all time with record sales exceeding 180 million.

"The bonus prize in this entire scenario, says Francis Phan, music producer for "Revolution",   is that when we submitted, we knew that if selected it would be featured on the Boston.com website which we were thrilled about, but we had no idea people were going to be asked to vote. So the win feels that much more special since the viewers have spoken giving us a thumbs up on the work we're doing with spoken word and music."

Iyeoka feels like this win is  another step in the right direction for Spoken Word Music and the result of listeners recognizing the combination as a viable medium of expression.  She states, "Tina Turner's spirit, story and music has empowered me for a very long time.  I'm looking forward to experiencing Tina LIVE for the first time which I'm sure will translate to more poems and more songs."

To listen to the unabridged version of "Revolution" visit Facebook Music Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iyeoka-The-Rock-by-Funk-Tr ...

To view the winning video:
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/packages/turner_contest_v ...