Promo Only MPE Announces 'Record' Numbers Orlando, FL (LCO/ Levine Communications Office) - Promo Only MPE (www.promoonlympe.com) today announced that it has achieved a number of milestones in servicing 18,000 songs (more than four times its nearest competitor) to over 450 labels and tabulating 8,000 registered users installed to its industry ...
| Burned Media Ltd. Appoints Music Industry Veteran to Chairman Position BAY CITY, MI. (Burned Media Ltd.) - Burned Media, a Digital Music and Media company focused upon helping tier A retailers deliver digital music, ringtunes and in store digital advertising to their consumers, has recently appointed Len Friedman as Chairman and Senior Vice President, Business Development. ...
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Multi award winning Hip Hop filmmaker Tim Green will speak on how to break into the film business at The Hollywood Renaissanc Hollywood, CA (www.Gaffers.org) - The public is invited to attend the Gaffers Art and Film Festival going on Saturday June 17th 2006 from 1pm to 8pm at The Hollywood Renaissance Hotel located at 1755 N. Highland Ave. The California Multi-Cultural Media Consortium puts on the event. CMMC is a not-for-profit ...
| Allofmp3.com: setting the record straight LONDON, UK (By Alex Jacob/ IFPI) - Allofmp3.com is not a legal service either in Russia or anywhere else. It is distributing music without any permission from the artists or copyright holders. Unlike all the legitimate sites, it does not pay artists or copyright holders so it is effectively stealing ...
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Liberty State Park Celebrates 30th Anniversary with the LibertyJAM Concert Jersey City, NJ (THEMIS COMMUNICATIONS) - Cheap Trick, set to release the new studio album Rockford on June 6, will be joined by George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Patti Smith, Los Lobos, The Fab Faux and other artists to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Liberty State Park at an historic outdoor ...
| Last Day For Submissions To Showcase At NEMO Music Festival!!! (NEMO Music Festival) - June 1st marks the last day NEMO Music Festival is accepting submissions for spots to showcase at the Boston festival in September! With 300+ bands, 1000's of fans and industry execs, and over 30 venues throughout the city, the festival can be a huge catalyst for emerging artists. ...
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Warner Music Group Corp. Completes Acquisition of Ryko Corporation NEW YORK, NY (By Will Tanous/ Warner Music Group) - Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Ryko Corporation, a leading independent, integrated music and entertainment company. The agreement to acquire Ryko from an investment group led by JPMorgan Partners ...
| Guitar World Magazine Honors Peavey HP Special With Platinum Award Meridian, MS. (www.peavey.com) - Guitar World magazine awarded the new Peavey HP Special guitar with the Platinum Award for Quality & Design, its highest honor for musical products, in its August 2006 issue. Reviewer Eric Kirkland hailed the HP Special CT as a "true high-end guitar [with] one of the ...
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MySpace Presents The Bside Roadshow: A Touring Independent Film & Music Festival LOS ANGELES (www.MySpace.com) - With the goal of bringing quality independent entertainment and programming to live audiences nationwide, MySpace has teamed with specialty independent film distributor Bside Entertainment and leading festival consultants Right Angle Studios to present the "Bside Roadshow." ...
| UNSIGNED And INgrooves Announce 'Fan Your Band To Fame Contest' Atlanta, GA. (www.unsignedmusicmag.com) - The "Fan Your Band to Fame Contest" is an international contest founded by UNSIGNED Music Magazine - The largest magazine dedicated to indie music and INgrooves a leading digital media publisher and technology company that provides distribution, marketing, licensing ...
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iS3 Moves CD Manufacturing and Fulfillment from In-House to SwiftCD ATLANTA, GA (SwiftCD) - SwiftCD (www.SwiftCD.com), the leader in on-demand CD and DVD manufacturing and fulfillment, announced today that iS3 (www.is3.com), creators of the best-selling STOPzilla software, has awarded the company its on-demand CD manufacturing and fulfillment business. Integrating ...
| Ghostly International Celebrates 7 Years Ann Arbor, MI. (www.ghostly.com) - As Ghostly International commemorates its seventh year this summer, the long-awaited sophomore LP from DABRYE (Two/Three, June 13) and the debut from BODYCODE (The Conservation of Electric Charge, July 11) will lead the label and its offshoot Spectral Sound into their ...
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New York Summer Music Festival (NYSMF) to Present Free Summer Concerts Featuring Yamaha's Silent Electric String Quartet Oneonta, NY (NYSMF/NEW YORK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL) - The New York Summer Music Festival (NYSMF) in Oneonta, New York, will showcase performances of the Yamaha Silent Electric String Quartet during their premiere season this June 25 - August 5, 2006. All NYSMF performances are open to the public and ...
| 10th Annual All Good Music Festival Finalizes Lineup to Complete Biggest, Most Eclectic Array Of Performers In History Of Mid-Atlantic's Premier Music Camping Event Masontown, WV (RANDEX COMMUNICATIONS) - The power-packed lineup for this year's 10th Annual ALL GOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL has been finalized, with John Medeski & The Itch Featuring Eric Krasno of Soulive and Adam Deitch, plus DJ Logic and Gary Jules completing the biggest, most eclectic array of performers ...
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The Dixie Chicks, Dean Koontz, and Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges Headline World Premiere Of 'Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher' This Thursday, June 1, 2006 SEATTLE, WA. (www.amazon.com/pr) - Amazon's Original Weekly Program Sponsored by UPS Premieres on Amazon.com Homepage Thursday at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET. Amazon.com today announced that the Dixie Chicks, Dean Koontz and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges are scheduled to appear as guests on the premiere episode ...
| Germany launches biggest legal action against 3500 eDonkey users Cologne, Germany (IFPI) - The biggest single action against illegal file-sharing internationally took place in Germany today as 3,500 illegal music file-sharers faced criminal prosecution for uploading large amounts of copyrighted material on peer-to-peer networks. Investigators identified individual ...
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Noteborn Music Company Gives Indie Artists Opportunities Ann Arbor, MI (Noteborn Music Company) - The road for independent artists becomes more challenging every day and the competition for drawing attention to your music is a daunting task indeed. The independent music business has many resources, so many now it can be overwhelming. In the process of sorting ...
| KOCH Records Announces Three New Urban Deals NEW YORK, NY (By Giovanna Melchiorre/ KOCH Records) - KOCH Records, America's No 1 independent label, continues to grow in the world of hip hop and R&B. Following successes with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones, The Diplomats, and D-Block, KOCH Records announces three new deals that will bring ...
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RCA Chooses Musicrypt to Deliver 'American Idol' Winner Taylor Hicks to Radio Across North America TORONTO, Canada (By Sarah Miller and Megan Schwartz/ Axis Marketing & PR) - Musicrypt Inc., the industry's leading and most secure digital media distribution company, today announced that RCA Music Group selected Musicrypt's Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) to deliver the winning song from the ...
| Sunset Records Group (SRG) Posts Another Quarterly Earnings Increase LOS ANGELES (SUNSET RECORDS GROUP) - Sunset Records Group (SRG) has just posted an earnings increase during its first quarter, thanks largely to a boost in its digital sales and more notably, its live download revenues. With only its third full quarter of operations since the company started distributing ...
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