Frank MacKay

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CLAYTON MACKAY, SON OF FRANK MACKAY, MAKES TELEVISION DEBUT ON MARTIN SCORSESE'S "BOARDWALK EMPIRE"

Clayton Mackay, the 8-year old son of Independence Party Chairman Frank Mackay, recently made his TV-debut on the critically acclaimed Martin Scorsese HBO series "Boardwalk Empire."

Here is a news piece from the September 26th, 2010 issue of the New York newspaper Newsday, just prior to the airing.

..Show biz: Indie chief's kid does his part in 'Boardwalk Empire'..

By Rick Brand
The son of state Independence Party chairman Frank MacKay is making his debut this Sunday the HBO TV mini series “Boardwalk Empire.”

Clayton MacKay, 8, has a non-speaking part as a boy who appears in a key scene with several actors including Michael Shannon, who plays the FBI agent.

His father, who was present at the filming, said his son broke up the entire cast at one point. Director Tim Van Patten, told him after repeated takes to focus on looking at Mike. When Clayton looked backward instead, the director halted the scene and asked the boy why he wasn’t looking at the actor.

“I’d love to,” he said, “But I don’t know who Mike is.”

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FRANK MACKAY RADIO SHOW "THE VOICE OF INDEPENDENCE" PREPARES TO PREMIERE

Frank MacKay has partnered with JVC Broadcasting to host a brand-new upcoming national radio show, "The Voice of Independence."

The show will feature big name guests who will be discussing their lives and success stories. Guests include musicians, politicians, and more.

And YOU can be a potential guest on this new radio and TV show. Guests must be of national relevance, and topics of interest will include entertainment, pop culture, authors, politics, etc., all with interesting stories to tell. Frank is most interesting in exploring with guests the process that led to success or personal achievement in their field.

All serious inquiries to be a guest on the show can be made to the email address of voiceofindependence@gmail.com. And look for more show info very soon!

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FRANK MACKAY LANDS THE NO. 13 SPOT ON THE ANNUAL 'POWER LIST' OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LONG ISLANDERS

The Long Island Press has just released their annual Power List of "The 50 Most Influential Long Islanders" and Frank Mackay lands at 13. The accompanying text from Frank's entry:

13. Frank MacKay

Independence Party of Suffolk County, New York State and the National Independence Party of America Chairman

Who would have known that when political alchemist MacKay isn’t shaking things up in the world of sausage-making as chairman of the national, state and Suffolk County Independence parties, he’s rocking out in the musical world? MacKay is a longtime music business professional and musician, who has not only managed such artists as CJ Ramone (of punk legends The Ramones), but has interviewed, booked and supported countless bands through several decades as a concert promoter, nightclub owner and co-founder of music newspaper Network—its namesake something he has mastered the art of. Nowadays, he’s got the ear of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and billionaire Steve Forbes. As the head of the nation’s independent voters, MacKay has the power to decide elections. Topple kings. Change the country’s course. Watch out.

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FRANK MACKAY BOOK RELEASE PARTY AT OHEKA CASTLE A HUGE SUCCESS

Huntington, NY - Oct.17, 2009 - Independence Party of America Chairman Frank MacKay celebrated the release of his first book, "The Network Interviews," in grand style at the world-renowned Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York this past Tuesday.

Approximately one thousand people attended the gala event, hosted by MacKay and his co-authors Gordon MacKay and Steven Fallon. Dignitaries from the entertainment industry, business and political fields enjoyed the festivities at this exclusive invitation-only celebration, which lasted until late evening.

"The Network Interviews" is a compilation of interviews Frank MacKay and his brother Gordon did in the late 1980's when they published a New York City/Long Island area music newspaper called Network. The 300-page book contains 40 interviews with such legendary bands as Guns 'N Roses, Bon Jovi, KISS, Metallica and many more. These interviews have not been seen since their original run in Network between the years 1986-1989. The newspaper then became a monthly national publication popularized in specialty record shops across the nation.

"We were young guys, but already very active in managing, booking, and promoting bands," says Frank MacKay. "We couldn't even legally enter the clubs we booked bands in. We started the original Network paper in 1986 to help promote the bands we managed, and it just took off."

Oheka Castle provided a spectacular backdrop for the cast of VIPs attending. The historic Castle was recently the subject of a WE Network television special where it was named the world's 1 wedding venue. It has appeared in many television shows and movies including the classic "Citizen Kane."

Frank MacKay has an extensive music history past, including managing such high-profile performers as C.J. Ramone of the legendary Ramones, and the world's most popular magician, Criss Angel. MacKay even produced Angel's very first music demos. MacKay still is a major supporter of independent music.

"People are calling this new book the definitive account of the 80's hard rock scene," says Steven Fallon, one of the co-authors. "It's like a time capsule that takes you right back in the era."

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POWER LUNCHES AT OHEKA CASTLE

Oct. 19, 2009 - By Karen Whitson

When Washington’s politicians, lobbyists and reporters seek to rub elbows, they head to lunch at the venerable Morton’s steakhouse just a few blocks from the White House; but when New York’s most influential converge to “power lunch”, they head to Oheka Castle, a historic landmark tucked away on the North Shore of Long Island’s famous Gold Coast.

Every week for the past year and a half eight movers and shakers are invited to lunch with castle-owner Gary Melius and Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay. Recent guests have represented a diverse cross section of business people, entertainers and politicians.

“The lunch table is always buzzing. Mixing up the guests always leads to interesting conversation and great networking. We both enjoy bringing people together,” stated MacKay.

Guests receive the royal treatment too. Lunch is served in the Castle’s Chaplin Room, a dark and inviting space dedicated to the American performer and reminiscent of the elegance of the 1920’s. Let’s just say that this fine dining experience is for those that believe a power lunch is about more than just the “power” principle.

“I want people to feel at home at Oheka Castle. I want my guests to enjoy the food, great conversation and of course, the atmosphere,” stated Melius.

Oheka Castle was recently voted the world’s number one wedding venue by the WE Network. The castle was also used as the setting for the classic film, Citizen Kane.

An aerial view of Oheka Castle.

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..NEW APPOINTMENT June 10, 2009 news release..

News from NYS Independence Party

State Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay Named to Touro Law Center Board of Governors

ISLANDIA, NY (06/05/2009; 0957)(readMedia)-- The Independence Party of New York is pleased to announce that State Chairman Frank MacKay was appointed to the Board of Governors of the Touro Law Center in Central Islip, NY.

Touro was recently named one of the nation's most innovative law programs for its two on-campus courthouses and student participation in public advocacy and pro-bono legal assistance.

"I am excited about being part of the Board of Governors of Touro, and eager to do whatever I can to be helpful to the organization," stated Chairman Frank MacKay.

MacKay joined the forty-five member Board on April 23, 2009. He was appointed along with Jeffrey Starr, Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel for Capital One, N.A. The Board of Governors is chaired by Howard M. Stein, a partner at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP.

The Touro Law Center has a student body of approximately 750 students, and 5000 alumni.

MacKay was elected State Chairman of the Independence Party in the year 2000, and has since been re-elected six times. He resides in Rocky Point with his wife, Kristin, and their four children. MacKay also spent one year on the Five Towns Music College board, and a year and a half on the Briar Cliff College Board of Trustees. He is a graduate of Stony Brook University's Masters Program.

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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release
Saturday May 17th, 2008

MacKay Receives Honorary Doctorate

Today, Five Towns Music College of Long Island, New York, gave the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) to Frank MacKay. MacKay, who is the Chairman of the Independence Party of America and Reform Party USA, received the honorary doctorate for over 25 years of hard work and dedication in the music and entertainment business. MacKay, who has a never-ending passion for independent and unsigned talent, graciously accepted this prestigious doctorate in front of an enthusiastic audience of 1500.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized by this wonderful institution,” he said. “It was great to be in the presence of so many talented entertainers. I urge everyone to support independent and unsigned talent."

This is MacKay’s second honorary degree from a music college. MacKay, who has owned various nightclubs with his business partner Bill Bogardt, also served for one year on the Five Towns board of Trustees, and was also responsible for getting over fifty record contracts signed for new bands. He also has managed C.J. Ramone of the legendary punk band The Ramones, and world-renowned magician Criss Angel.

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..NEW MUSIC BIZ ARTICLE:.. Below is a new article on Frank MacKay appearing in various weekly publications this month and next (April/May 2008) about Frank's presence in the music business and networking. Here is this enlightening article below...

MacKay Still Networks With the Best of Them
Appearing in various weekly publications in May and June 2008.

By Steven Gallo

Independence Party of America Chairman Frank MacKay is revisiting his music business roots.

MacKay, who has made incredible inroads the past decade as an independent political leader, is also a longtime music business professional.

Having started out as a guitar teacher in his early teens (with a clientele of over 50), he later evolved to booking bands (often in clubs he was not allowed to enter due to his young age), promoting concerts, owning nightclubs and shopping record deals for bands.

Along with brother Gordon MacKay, Frank also entered the managing field. Among the many artists he has managed include CJ Ramone, formerly of punk legends The Ramones and world-renowned magician Criss Angel.

In his early twenties, MacKay specialized in producing punk, hardcore and heavy metal records, and had production on more than a dozen releases on various record labels. While managing Criss Angel, Frank produced the demos that resulted in Angel’s first development deal with Mercury Records.

In all these aspects of the music business, MacKay had mastered the art of “networking,” defined by Marion-Webster as “the exchange of information or services among individuals, groups, or institutions.” In fact, in the 80’s, he and brother Gordon MacKay entered the publishing business by starting a New York City-based entertainment newspaper called Network, long before the word became a popular “buzz word.”

Network was the perfect name for their publication, as networking was the secret to its success. Containing original interviews by the biggest music stars in the world such as Bon Jovi, Metallica, and Guns and Roses, Network soon became the area’s 1 entertainment and music publication. Over 50 of the original interviews from the paper, not seen in over 20 years, have been compiled for an upcoming book titled The Network Interviews. No less than New York cult legend Joe Franklin, who has conducted almost a half million interviews spanning six decades, has written the forward.

After many years of accomplishments in the music business, MacKay eventually left that behind by turning to independent politics, and has reached the pinnacle in that field, recently being elected as both the Chairman of the Independence Party of America and Reform Party USA. However, MacKay of late has found himself comfortably back in the midst of the music business, and still strongly puts his networking skills to use.

Networking has been vital to MacKay’s successes in every field he has been in. Constantly looking to meet people vital to his goals and establishing contacts and relationships with such people such as Michael Bloomberg, Donald Trump, and many others prominent in business, sports, and entertainment, MacKay has utilized his networking skills into a long line of successes and is poised for many more.

MacKay especially prides himself on being a deal maker, particularly on record deals and contracts, and is considered a master networker amongst musicians and music business pros for his ability to put people together. And in keeping up with the ever-changing times, he has successfully utilized what is now one of the main networking tools in the world, myspace.

One of the most popular networking tools today, myspace has evolved from an online meeting site for mostly teenagers, into an international networking phenomenon with almost a quarter-billion member profiles. You gather “friends” on your myspace page (by your request or theirs) and interact, although one doesn’t have to be on your friends list to communicate with you. Today, if you are in any field where networking is crucial, having a myspace page is a vital necessity. There is nary a band, actor, comedian, filmmaker, writer, or any kind of artist without one.

MacKay’s myspace page, while reporting on his political activities, is a “musician” myspace profile with songs he has recently recorded that visitors can listen to, for free. The songs are jazzy and Spanish-oriented, and were improvised in the studio in just one or two takes. Reflecting the “get it done” attitude he always lived by, MacKay didn’t even want the songs polished and produced, he simply put them up on his page for all to listen to in their raw glory. “I tell bands, you’re painting a barn, not a Rembrandt,” he says. “Just get it done. Start networking. Get the ball rolling.”

In one year’s time, MacKay’s myspace page has become one of the most popular on the site. It has become a hub for all kinds of artists, professional or not, to meet and network online. His page currently boasts over 150,000 friends, an astonishing number very few outside of the most popular names in entertainment seem to approach.

Among the musicians who have networked through MacKay’s myspace page are jazz musician David Becker, who has recently signed to MacKay’s brother Gordon’s record label, Straw House Records, based in Boston. Becker is preparing to release his tenth album on the label.

But it’s the up-and-comers that are particularly attracted to the page, seeking out others in their field to reach out to. MacKay often searches for new talent himself.

MacKay has been referred to as an unsigned band’s best friend. He is constantly listening to bands on myspace, seeking out potential new artists to either work with, or recommend to someone. His biggest enemy is time itself. “Other than spending time with my family,” he says, “I am always listening to independent music, watching independent films, watching comedians. It’s an entire world of incredible talent right at your fingertips.”

While the networking on myspace is clearly a success, MacKay offers no guarantees. “I can only put people together, but I can’t make it work out,” he says. “I am proud though that my page has brought so many together. I receive appreciative emails all the time.”

Of course, he isn’t leaving his political life behind. Despite a commitment to establish a new major party, MacKay is not without his detractors. Many have accused him of being “fast and loose” with the political system. Many feel the creation of another major party could create a constitutional crisis and disrupt the status quo. None of this seems to bother Mackay at all, who merely parlayed his independent ways into his political career. “The two-party system is simply too exclusive,” he says. “There are independents out there that need to be heard. We need to build towards 2012.”

But now that he is back in the music business, there is more networking than ever to be done.

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..NATIONAL CHAIRMAN:.. On Sunday, September 23rd, Frank MacKay was voted National Chairman of the Independence Party of America in a historic unanimous vote at a meeting in White Plains, New York. Hundreds of Party officials, members and fans watched delegates representing the fifty United States vote MacKay into this esteemed position. This major political party is destined to create history in the times ahead. Find out more at The Independence Party of America today!

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..BRAND NEW MACKAY/BLOOMBERG ARTICLE:.. Columnist Rick Brand of New York's Newsday, one of the nation's largest newspapers, has written a new column on Frank and Bloomberg's potential Presidential run. It appears in Newsday, January 27th, 2008. Here is this enlightening article below...

MacKay lays groundwork for Bloomberg bid by Rick Brand Fueling the presidential fever, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lately has crisscrossed the country in high-profile stops, among them pitching public works projects with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

While Bloomberg is jetting about, Suffolk and State Independence Party chairman Frank MacKay, complete with his rattail coif and earring, is also on the road, but to far less notice.

Since September, MacKay says he has driven to 35 states and dropped 35 pounds along the way. His mission is to stitch together a patchwork of ragtag reform, independent and enviro-third parties to try to clear the way to the ballot for a potential Bloomberg presidential run.

While Ross Perot's former campaign manager Clay Mulford last week in Texas warned Bloomberg of the "terrible impediments" to getting on the ballot, MacKay has no doubt about the mayor's prospects.

"I guarantee you if he runs, he will be on the ballot in all 50 states," said MacKay. "What we're doing is laying the groundwork and we'll get him three-quarters of the way there with volunteers."

"Bloomberg would be our ideal candidate," said MacKay. "We're about giving the public another major choice who can speak directly with the public."

MacKay added he "doesn't give a damn about social issues" like school prayer and abortion because they have skewed the public debate. "The right wing and left wing have interfered so heavily with the candidates, you don't know where the real person is any more."

Within New York, MacKay has made himself a force by the relentless strategizing that he freely imparts to all sides, from Gov. Eliot Spitzer to Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. Statewide, his party has 344,000 registered voters, though party officials admit many have no idea they belong to an organized party.

Locally, MacKay first made a mark helping Thomas Spota win his Suffolk district attorney's job and still exerts influence that far exceeds his party's numbers.

"No one should ever underestimate Frank," said Edward Walsh, Suffolk Conservative chairman. "If you look at his rattail and earring one minute, the next thing you know he's five steps ahead of you."

MacKay has also made missteps - his largest was failing to back Suffolk's Democratic County Executive Steve Levy in 2003. His bid to float Donald Trump's name for president also sunk like a stone.

Undeterred, MacKay last September went national, forming the Independence Party of America and making himself chairman. It's a vehicle he hopes Bloomberg will use in a potential run. MacKay, however, emphasizes that he is working separately from the mayor, though he admits frequent contact with top Bloomberg operative Kevin Sheekey.

MacKay has also become executive director of the Reform Party of America, another remnant of Perot's presidential runs in 1992 and 1996, which will give MacKay's new party instant ballot access in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Kansas.

Just last week, MacKay also drove cross country, holding meetings in seven states on his way to Minnesota, where the state Independence Party elected professional wrestler Jesse Ventura governor in 1999. That party voted at a state convention yesterday to join MacKay's new organization.

At first, Diane Goldman, a Minnesota party vice chairwoman, said she thought MacKay was "a Don Quixote chasing windmills." But now, she has come around: "He's a real go-getter, a salesman and very capable."

While billionaire Bloomberg may still have to finance massive petition-gathering operations in states including California, Texas and North Carolina, MacKay's efforts, backers say, will assure not only far easier ballot access, but better positions on November's ballot.

"In Florida, it's the difference between having the fourth spot on the ballot or the 26th," said Thomas Connolly, the new party's director for ballot access. "If you're that far down, you're only going to be elected mayor of Munchkinland."

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..MACKAY/BLOOMBERG ARTICLE:.. Frank MacKay was interviewed for the following article by The New York Observer, January 11th, 2008. The topic was Michael Bloomberg's possible run for President as an Independent...

The Bloomberg Primary: Unity08 Loses, Independence (Party) Wins

“I was in 26 states in the last 76 days,” Frank MacKay, chairman of the Independence Party of America, said in a phone interview at 11 p.m. last night while driving through Alabama. “Every single state that I’ve been in, we’re talking ballot access.”

MacKay’s travels highlight why he won a major victory yesterday against the star-studded Unity08 in the below-the-radar contest to see which budding political organization would be in the best position to offer their nomination to Michael Bloomberg if the mayor decides to run for president.

Yesterday, officials of Unity08 announced they were suspending their ballot access operation—which was successful only in Florida and Mississippi so far - and losing two of their founding members, Doug Bailey and Jerry Rafshoon.

In a public letter, the board of directors of Unity08 blamed their stunted growth on a Federal Elections Commission decision limiting their contributions to $5,000, instead of the $25,000 allowed for the Republican and Democratic Parties.

“We were caught in a peculiar catch-22,” the Unity08 directors Bob Bingham, Angus King, Peter Ackerman, Zach Clayton and Lindsey Ullman wrote. “’We wanted to break the dependence on big money by getting lots of small contributions from millions of members, but needed some up-front big money to help generate the millions of members to make the small contributions. And the FEC (in effect, an arm of the parties) didn’t let that happen.”

The letter went on to acknowledge that there is no room for more than one third-party candidate in the race this year. “Mayor Bloomberg seems poised to run on his own (and the fact is that two independent candidacies wouldn’t work) if the parties leave the sensible center open,” wrote the Unity08 directors in what was, in essence, their concession speech.

MacKay agrees.

“If he decides to run, I don’t care if God comes out of the sky, we’re going with Bloomberg,” he said.

Departing Unity08 founders Baily and Rafshoon agree too. The Unity08 directors said the pair were heading to a “a committee forming to draft Mayor Bloomberg should the circumstances seem right.”

While Unity08 was collapsing, MacKay was building his nationwide campaign.

The Virginia Independent Greens announced yesterday they agreed to become an affiliate of the Independence of Party of America (IPOA), making them the second statewide group in the country to do so. The Pennsylvania Reform Party affiliated with the IPOA earlier this year, and the Independence Party in Minnesota - which elected a governor there in 1998 - will vote on whether to affiliate on January 26.

MacKay said his job isn’t to find a candidate, but rather, to see how a third-party presidential candidate can get on the ballot nationwide.

“Every state has different laws,“ MacKay said. “Unity08 was trying to start from scratch. What I’m doing is I’m doing is taking people that have already done it locally, and weeding through.”

While both parties, Unity08 and the IPOA, prefer Bloomberg as their candidate, the two groups would have been trying to achieve different goals with the billionaire mayor’s candidacy.

Unity08 hoped its open nominating process - held online - would attract voters left out of the hyper-partisan primary process and lead to a fusion ticket of one Democrat and one Republican. “The past year has taught us that it’s tough to rally millions to a process, as opposed to a candidate or an issue,” Unity08 directors acknowledged.

The IPOA wanted to establish a permanent third party entity in as many states as possible, coalescing around the principles of voter reform, and led by a serious White House contender. MacKay said many states grant permanent ballot access to parties on whose line a certain number of votes are cast. So, while an IPOA candidate may not get enough support in a given state to win any electoral college votes there, that candidate could garner enough votes to establish an IPOA Party in that state.

“In Minnesota, they need a statewide candidate in every four-year span to get 5 percent of the vote. That’s what their threshold is” MacKay said. In Virginia, the threshold is 10 percent, he said.

“We’re hitting on all cylinders right now,” MacKay said. “All we need is a candidate.”

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..NAMED REFORM PARTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:.. Frank MacKay has been named the Executive Director of The Reform Party. From The New York Daily News, December 28th, 2007:

Frank MacKay, head of the New York Independence Party and Independence Party of America, has been elected executive director of the Reform Party USA and is headed to Sacremento, CA to address Reform Party members at their annual conference.

“Our goal is to unify a movement and develop another major party in the country; 2008 looks like the golden age for independent politics and we want to get ahead of the curve,” MacKay said when I caught him via cell phone at JFK.

Why is this news?

MacKay is one of the biggest champions of the Bloomberg for President movement, which (if it materializes) would be an independent campaign. Getting onto the ballot in all 50 states is a time-consuming and pricey endeavor for any independent candidate, even if he’s ready to spend upwards of $1 billion of his own money.

Having the Reform Party on his side would make life a lot easier for Bloomberg.

The Reform Party, started by another deep-pocketed independent, Ross Perot, has automatic ballot access in four states: Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kansas. Together, they represent 15 percent of the signatures a presidential candidate has to collect to get onto the ballot nationwide.

They also account for 89 electoral votes (it takes 270 to win).

The Reform Party has affiliates in 27 states, all told. In states where the party doesn’t have a ballot line, members have been petitioning their candidates onto the ballot. An independent presidential candidate could tap into these grassroots organizations to get help with his (or her) petition effort.

Interestingly, the state Independence Party used to be affiliated with the Reform Party, but severed ties in 2000 with the latter picked Pat Buchanan to carry its banner in the presidential race.

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Upcoming: Coming soon is a brand new book named The Network Interviews by Frank MacKay, Gordon MacKay, and Steven Fallon. This unique collection gathers the best of the rock and roll interviews from The Network, the New York City tristate area's number one music entertainment interview newspaper started by Frank and Gordon MacKay in the late 80's. These interviews are very rare and haven't been seen by anyone in over twenty years, and include such music legends as Bon Jovi, KISS, Guns 'N Roses, Metallica, Poison, Iron Maiden and many more. There will be more news about this upcoming book in the very near future!

Contribute: You can be a part of the new upcoming book The Network Interviews as described above. If you were a part of the 80's and early 90's metal scene, send in your stories, recollections and quotes and we just may use your submission for the book in a special section about the fans that made it all possible. Just include your name (first or first/last), where you are from, and even if you want, your myspace URL so the readers can see who you are. Send them in fast because it's almost time for this new book to hit the stores!

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New article: The New York Sun, one of New York City's major newspapers, has a new article on Frank MacKay today, October 5th 2007. Read this new article: Independence Party Chief Hits Road To Enable Bloomberg Run

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Article: The New York Daily News, Tuesday September 25th, has a new article on Bloomberg's possible Presidential run, with Frank MacKay included. Read the article: Mayor Bloomberg flirts further with idea of presidency

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New article: The New York Daily News, one of New York City's largest newspapers, has a new article featuring Frank MacKay today, September 17th, 2007, right here... NY Daily News September 17, 2007

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New label: Frank's brother, Gordon MacKay, has announced a brand new record label, Straw House Records. Straw House is a music and film company that deals in CDs, DVDs and films. Independent-minded musicians and bands, filmmakers, and the like are encouraged to network and present yourself!

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Global: On Saturday May 26th, Frank MacKay presented the award for Best Actor in a Comedic Role at the Bollywood Awards at Nassau Coliseum. With 10,000+ plus in attendance at the Coliseum, it was the largest crowd Frank has ever spoken to live in person. And with a worldwide television audience of over one billion people, it was easily MacKay's most-viewed television appearance.

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Announcement: the general public is invited on the last Monday each month to attend the 3rd Party Club gathering at the Blue Catering Hall, 7 Montauk Hwy (Rt. 27a), Bluepoint, Long Island NY. It is at the corner of Nichols Road and Montauk Hwy, and the phone number is 631-363-6666. It begins at 7pm, and Frank MacKay is your emcee and host. Admission is free, and there is a free buffet as well. You will hear various special guests speak, and then you can mingle and network with anyone and everyone. Hope to see you there!

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Known internationally as a political leader, Frank MacKay is the New York State Chairman of the Independence Party, and the Reform Party USA Chairman as well. However, it is unknown to many that MacKay has a history in music as well, as both a musician and industry professional.

Excelling at guitar at an early age, when MacKay was 16 he recorded his first album, and was also giving guitar lessons to adults at the time, building up an array of more than fifty students. Still in his teens, he (along with brother Gordon) started Network, a music newspaper that evolved into a national magazine, and featured exclusive interviews with such rock and roll heavyweights as Bon Jovi, KISS, The Ramones, Guns and Roses, Whitesnake and countless others.

MacKay also started booking and promoting local acts and clubs. Mackay, along with partner Bill Bogardt, even opened up a series of nightclubs on their own named Dr. Shay's, all featuring original music talent. He has promoted countless tours for many name bands such as Testament and Forbidden, and among the major entertainment names he has acted as manager for include CJ Ramone of punk rock legends The Ramones, and world-renowned "Mind Freak" magician Criss Angel.

MacKay has also owned independent record labels and is responsible for the negotiation of almost 50 record contracts. He is currently in the studio doing extensive production work for a group of projects.

Frank MacKay has certainly been no stranger to the media. He has made more than 150 TV appearances, and he has been featured, quoted or mentioned in over 1000 press articles.

The reach of MacKay even stretches out to India's film industry, otherwise known as "Bollywood," as he has been named on the Bollywood Board of Directors. MacKay was a presenter of a Bollywood award on stage at the massive Nassau Coliseum on May 26, an event that was seen by 10,000+ at the venue, and by a television audience consisting of over a billion people around the globe.

Frank MacKay is also a dedicated family man, being happily married with four children. The New York City Mayor at the time, Rudy Giuliani, performed the marriage ceremony for Frank and his bride. One of his kids, his 14-year old son, is a monster guitarist in his own right.

MacKay has also worked hard for a vast education, with four degrees. He recently received his Masters from Stony Brook University, was appointed to the Board of Trustees at Briar Cliff College, and spent a year on the Board of trustees at Five Towns Music College.

In 2009, MacKay continues to lead the Independence Party to new heights.

Member Since:

April 09, 2007

Members:

Frank MacKay has vast music industry experience, including managing such people as CJ Ramone of the legendary Ramones, and Criss Angel (even producing the demos that got Angel his Mercury Records development deal), and negotiating almost 100 record contracts.

In a new informative video series, Frank discusses the music business, and gives advice to unsigned and independent musicians and bands. The first two installments are below, with more to follow soon. These vids were done impromptu on a windy day so please forgive any audio quality issues.

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Frank MacKay is a traveling man in every sense of the word, and not only "fraternally." Frank has visited all 50 of the United States, and no less than 29 countries. A February '07 excursion to Antarctica was postponed, but MacKay vows to visit there in the near future. Antarctica remains the only continent MacKay has yet to visit.

One of Frank's major interests is observing a wide variety of wildlife, as he dedicates a good deal of his travel time to the observation and study of Earth's creatures. Frank is a master naturalist, even having received a Master's Naturalist Certificate from the Cornell University cooperate program.

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