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2012/1

Contents
APRIL 2012 | EDITION 1 | FEVER MAGAZINE

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Music Movies and More HOW TO: Start a Blog Hot Gadets: iPad 3, Kindle Fire, iPhone 4s

Featured
P10 P16 P20 P24 Cover Model: lMarie Blanchard Cover Story: Official Hot Mess UK Report: Simmy Wilson FL Studio Mobile for iPad
Cover Model | P10

Other editorial
P26 P30 Up & Coming: Maria Shiferaw & Leon Dawes Hotness: Lorena Amore Game Reviews P36 Ghost Recoan Liesure Section P10 P11 Wine & Dine Best Travel Destinations for 2012

OHM Exclusive | P16

UK REPORT: Simmy Wilson | P20

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | P36

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MESSAGE FROM

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EDITOR: Darrell Green EMAIL: editor@fevermagazine.com Its official, the world has become gadget happy. While this isnt exactly breaking news, the state of digital format magazines is continually changing, and the prospect of reading on electronic devices has become more and more plausible for people. Even for those who swear by paper. Obviously, weve seen the decline of newspapers in favor of online news sources. Then ereaders came out and eventually evolved to share properties with paper that greatly reduced or eliminated the computer glare factor. Then came the iPad and the various other me too tablets along with color and multimedia versions of the ereaders. While there are some hold outs for paper, they are a dying breed. News, and particularly entertainment is becoming far too interactive to keep still on paper, even if it does have a glossy cover like the magazines do. Of course, not everyone has a tablet or color ereader, but we can use digital book trends to see where digital magazine availability might be going. When the first ereaders came out, in order to read an eBook one had to own a device. Soon the leaders in ereaders dis-

Not everyone has a tablet or color ereader, but we can use digital book trends to see where digital magazine availability might be going.
covered that in order to sell people on digital editions of books, they would have to have the opportunity to experience reading a digital copy without buying a device. Soon people were reading on their phones and PCs and as device prices dropped, more and more made the investment of an ereader or tablet. Right now, a growing number of magazines are available with a digital subscription option, most are available exclusively on tablets and possibly Nook Color or Kindle Fire. Some are available on PC or Mac computers as well. One of these is Cosmopolitan, which is the leader in print magazines and have just announced reaching the 100,000 paid digital subscriber threshold. With top print subscription reaching the millions, digitals still have a ways to go. Its clear, as more and more people carry around electronic tablets, the stronger digital subscriptions will get. Perhaps you still love getting your paper magazines in the mail, or you dont have a tablet, but digital formats are here to stay. If the eBook market has taught us anything, its to never say never.

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COVER GIRL

Haitian Bombshell
PHOTOS BY: BARRY SMITH

marie Blandchard

UK REPORT

Simm

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mY WilSOn
Now I couldnt rap properly, so I started doing a 2Pac rap. They said, We like your voice, but you sound American, something thats haunted me to this day but that is my style. Im from Manchester, not London. I grew up listening to American hip hop. first video shot in Egypt, Shake, with no budget but my creative ability shined through. I believe that is what music is all about not about40k budget music videos. Its about raw talent which I think lacks in this day and age. The soul is not in the music, its in the money. Since being 22, Ive been to New York 14 times and lived there for almost 3 years in total so Im influenced by the culture. Ive even co-produced a beat in Miami with Slip-n-Slide Records so Ive recorded with American artists and been around American lifestyle for years. I would say my inspiration to become a model started from Voice Newspaper. After being in a few studios, I saw it was male dominated. So thats when I went to college. I feel my life is a journey. Ive been through so much joy and pain but I know the sunshine is soon to stay. At one point, you took a long break from music. What avenues did you pursue to pass the time away? Yes, it was about 6 years. I just focused on me, still entered competitions and did a bit of modeling but I was with my first serious boyfriend for 6 years which was not a good time of my life. He brought me down a lot and told me Im too old to try and make it. It was just a dark period of my life but at least Im out of it now so in 2008 I just moved to London with nothing and embarked on the second chapter. I thought Ill give it one more shot because Im talented and we will see where it goes. I started doing music videos and became the #1 UK Video Girl of 2009. That was my plan. Then in 2011, I saw my comeback in the music game and there more bombs to drop! Ive directed my Your music is quickly spreading over the Internet. How soon do you foresee your music entering the US airwaves? Pretty soon! I know it has hit Jamaicamany people tweet me from Jamaica saying Hot Boi was amazing. I was talking to Damien Marley when I saw him live in concert and he even had seen my video! I was like wow! I met Nas, another big influence of mine. I was just like, This is so surreal! America are about to feel the dragon soon. Im sure you learned a lot during your long multi-industry career. Can you give others some words of inspiration that you live by? Ive learned so much but my #1 rule is Dont let anyone affect you with horrible and negative things! People say Im very fiery and many people know that about me but my advice would be dont rise to them. If I could learn to do that, I think that would be my biggest achievement to date but I guess I am who I am. Im not a bad personIm just not a push over! Being a female in the business, Im thick-skinnedyou have to be or you would crumble! Be your own inspiration, first by believing in your dreams! If you put your mind to anything, it is achievable. Just dont let anyone sway you into not believing in your vision and the power of believing. When you give up on dreams, your dream dissolves. The power of imagination makes us infinite!

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Soft Spot

Ghost Recon: FutuRe soldieR

nyone familiar with gaming knows that the market is flooded with shooters. The Call of Duty crowd and the Battlefield Bad Company crew are all as diehard as they come, but even many of them are tired of the same old first person shooter experience. Enter Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The Ghost Recon series has been hit or miss at best, having had both crowning successes and miserable failures. The franchise gained a foothold in the PlayStation 2 era, but quickly lost its footing with the next generation of systems like the Xbox 360.

screaming demon or barbarian has become the norm for other shooters like Gears of War and Call of Duty, and Ghost Recon will seek to alleviate that with their advanced cover system and recon abilities. Cover is nothing new, but Ghost Recon adds advanced cover systems and the new drones that are available to plan attacks with squad mates and avoid having to respawn because of reckless gameplay. With all of the new features, and focus on immersion and strategy, Ghost Recon looks to appeal to the many gamers that have stepped away from shooters and those that are looking for more depth and strategy from their gaming experience.

The developers at Ubisoft have refined their approach with future soldier and are back to the heart of the series: recon and realism. The Ghost Recon team combined with former Navy SEALS and Delta Force founder Charles Alvin Charlie Beckwith to bring the tactics and methods used by real Special Forces members. The SEALS were used to capture the real essence of real movements and actions and the aim was to bring absolute realism to the new installment of Ghost Recon. Ghost Recon will be a third person shooter, and the intent behind that is to provide better immersion and awareness of the players surroundings. It is no easy task to simulate the advanced training and skills of a real Special Forces member, and having the ability to see things a first person view simply cannot provide is one step towards doing that. In addition to the third person view, Ghost Recon is providing unprecedented depth to the amount of tools and weapons at the players disposal. Rushing into battle like a

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