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<description><![CDATA[Even before Darren Howard entered the NFL, the defensive end had dreams of being in the music business. He was a DJ in high school and by the time he was in college, he'd created a "rag-tag" recording studio in the basement of his residence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nekesa Mumbi Moody]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nekesa Mumbi Moody]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10562468-nfl-gives-guidance-to-its-music-hopefuls</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10562468-nfl-gives-guidance-to-its-music-hopefuls</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>nfl</category><category>music</category><category>darren-howard</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:33:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0fa779f5-1db5-4272-918d-e318b3d29eb1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0fa779f5-1db5-4272-918d-e318b3d29eb1.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, former NFL football player Darren Howard takes part in the first-ever NFL Business of Music Boot Camp at New York Universityís Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York. This week, the league offered an assist to current and former players like Howard who are trying to find their footing in a business that can be just as brutal and unforgiving as football. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d5b898a-2077-4ccb-ba3b-e6b7c36a57a3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d5b898a-2077-4ccb-ba3b-e6b7c36a57a3.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, musician Ryan Leslie, left, meets with former NFL football player Darren Howard at the first-ever NFL Business of Music Boot Camp at New York Universitys Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York. This week, the league offered an assist to current and former players like Howard who are trying to find their footing in a business that can be just as brutal and unforgiving as football. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9635aff-56b2-451e-8fce-711c9c93b826.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9635aff-56b2-451e-8fce-711c9c93b826.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, former NFL football player Darren Howard, center, takes part in the first-ever NFL Business of Music Boot Camp at New York Universitys Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York. This week, the league offered an assist to current and former players like Howard who are trying to find their footing in a business that can be just as brutal and unforgiving as football. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>