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School of Dance in New York City. During 1999, she took
screenwriting, acting, and modeling classes at Santa Monica
College, and she also studied acting at the Ivana Chubbek Studios
For Acting.
Petitioner and Melissa began Cool G Records in 1999. During
1999, Melissa composed music, performed her music in Los Angeles
area clubs, and distributed publicity materials (including her
sheet music) at the clubs where she performed as a singer.
Melissa did not receive compensation for those performances, as
the goal was to build her reputation as a singer and composer,
and to do that she needed exposure. She also made contacts with
people (e.g., record company executives) who were in a position
to further her career as a performer and recording artist. Since
1999, she has made a CD and has been featured on a television
show, which appeared repeatedly over a 3-month period on the
music television channel VH1. The show portrayed Melissa’s
efforts to become a rock star. Melissa’s goal is to become “big
enough on my own” to be able to use Cool G Records (since 1999,
renamed Worldwide Records) to produce her recordings, and not
“have to go to anyone else anymore.”
Petitioner’s role in furthering Melissa’s music career and,
with it, Cool G Records has always been to provide financial
support for Melissa’s activities. Melissa has had sole
responsibility for making the necessary music industry contacts,
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