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Pray for Love THE INTERNATIONAL distribution firm BMG has signed a contract to distribute the single Pray for Love. The song, which was conceptualised by Oney Cotton and Alva Ferron and based on a popular Christopher Cross song about New York, features Shinehead, Freddie McGregor, Mikey Spice, and Noch of Born Jamericans among others. The CD is scheduled to be on sale by the end of November. Michael Brown and Michael McKenzie are the independent distributors for the project in the West Indies. Pray for Love is a Jamaican response to the September 11 crisis in New York. A four-track CD will be released by BMG, while a five-track version (which includes a dancehall track) will be distributed locally. An album of the same title will also be released later this year. The album should feature contributions by all of the artistes who performed on the single, as well as Kymani-mani Marley. There are also plans to create stage shows under the same theme, featuring the artistes on the album along with other performers. These shows will take place locally and in the United States. The producers are presently in negotiations with the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), which is said to be very interested in becoming the sponsor of the local show. Mr. Brown and Mr. McKenzie point out that the Pray for Love project is about more than money. Both men contend that the major feature of the project is its promotion of the need for greater love and understanding in the world. For this reason, they think that it is very relevant to the Jamaican situation. In keeping with this sentiment, partial proceeds from the sales of the single will go to charity. Twenty-five per cent of the sales made in the United States will be donated to the Red Cross' relief fund and a yet undetermined sum of the local sales will be given to a local charity. Mr. Brown and Mr. McKenzie say that they have received support from all the local companies they have approached to support the venture and in general, feedback for the single has been very good.
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