Last.fm Group Journal: Independent Artists

World5 To Release Global Experience May 1st 2012

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:59:59 +0000

Collaborating between five band members spanning four countries with a 4-time Grammy winning producer in a Houston recording studio, and having recently received two number-one slots on prominent internet charts and a Gold Award for their promotional single and video, the band World5 will be releasing their debut album titled "Global Experience" later this spring.

"I think the album is a cool blend of different styles." states 4-time Grammy winning producer Randy Miller. "The songs have the common thread of the individual members of the group bringing their own artistic visions to bring about the globally diverse sound of World 5 . It was a great experience to mix and master this album using technology to overcome time and space to bring all of our musical ideas together. I think the album turned out the way we all hoped it would....very cool!"

"You And I", which is about a positive relationship between a young couple about to be engaged has been well received by a number of folks having reached top 5 slots at such internet stations as the Independent Music Network hosted by Michael Damien, number one on All Access' Songdish and the internet radio show "Radio Gets Wild" gave the single their "Gold Award" among other positive responses from internet outlets on a worldwide level. The video to the single has also garnered much attention as a feel-good story that has gotten over 20,000 views on YouTube, Vimeo and other outlets.

"We already had such a great response from the song but when we released the video the song has gotten so much more attention" states drummer/ percussionist Raimund Breitfeld. "People from all around the world can easily identify themselves with this storyline in the video."

"We were very excited when we heard that "You And I" had hit #1 on a couple of charts and #4 on another," states vocalist Don Bruner as the bands first single from their upcoming album was such a success in a short period. "One of the things that we were hoping for was that our music would not only be appreciated in our home countries but have an appeal to everyone, everywhere."

World5 is managed by Black Mountain Productions Inc. and released through Island Def Jam Digital Distribution.

Email: maelstrompr@gmail.com
Website: http://www.world5music.com
Music: http://world5music.com/files/You_and_I.mp3

99 Anonymous Mixtape 3

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:33:38 +0000

Third release of a series of mixtapes raising awareness to the Anonymous, #antisec, Wikileaks and Occupy Wall Street movements. Organized in colaboration with xDA hackerspace, this release is part of Enough Records social and political activist sub-label Anonymous Archives and has it's own minipage. Mixed by Ricardo Webbens.

Tracklist:
01) unknown artist - dreams
02) Mystified - The Shock Of Coming Days (Kinetic Remix)
03) M-PeX - Navimort
04) ps - Wake up! Your democracy is dead
05) Sci-Fi Industries - GOP Item
06) .crk - SQL Slammer (Anonymous Version)
07) YTCracker - #antisec
08) Amitron_7 - Zuccotti Park
09) Virgilio Oliveira feat. a poem by divinity33372 - Opression
10) Ricardo Webbens - port 21
11) OCP - Presevere

download link

Venzo Digital Launches iTunes & iPhone Service

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:07:32 +0000

Venzo Digital, a new technology platform for the iTunes Store, has officially launches its services with Venzo Digital 2.0. Through its flagship services Venzo Music & Venzo Mobile, artists are able to sell music, music videos, and ringtones on iTunes. Artists can also create and build their own iPhone & iPad app to be made available on the iTunes App Store.

Venzo Music enables artists, record labels, distributors, and publishers to sell unlimited music on iTunes without any upfront fees in exchange for 20% of all revenue generated from the music. Artists are then paid out 80% of all their sales every month and are able to view detailed sales statistics for their music.

Venzo Mobile enables just about anyone to create, build, and distribute mobile apps for the iPhone with Android services coming soon. Users are able to build apps without any upfront fees in exchange for 50% of all sales generated from paid apps. Users also have the ability to sell their mobile apps or offer their apps for free!

What's even more compelling of these services is the technology behind it. Venzo Digital introduces their proprietary technology called INTRANET. With INTRANET, both services are able to fully automate and streamline their process, making the service more easy to use. Artists are able to upload their music using exclusive encoding software dubbed: INTRANET Prime. Currently, Prime is available only on Windows and Linux with a native Mac OS X version coming soon.

"Venzo Digital has been distributing music in private beta for sometime. Our customers have been extremely happy with our improvements and we're extremely excited to finally introduce to the world a more powerful alternative for music distribution and music consumption. With our technology, users are able to get the service they want at the most competitive price. All without sacrificing their budget," says Kevin Rivers, Founder & CEO of Venzo Digital.

http://www.venzodigital.com/

About Venzo Digital

Venzo Digital is a digital delivery platform for Apple iTunes. Venzo enables artists, record labels, distributors, and publishers to sell their music products on iTunes all over the world. Venzo Digital leverage a streamlined process of delivering music assets on iTunes through two unique brands: Venzo Music (iTunes Distribution) & Venzo Mobile (iPhone Apps).

Contact: Kevin Rivers kevinrivers@xeinge.com248-914-0980

Up Up Up - The Other Colors / Rockfort / David McKenna

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:13:07 +0000

Up Up Up / Rockfort :
http://www.rockfort.info/content.aspx?cid=384

Rockfort started life as a French music radio show on Resonance 104.4FM, London. The Rockfort French music programme began in 2005, presented by Ludovic Merle (FR) and David McKenna (GB), with the aim of highlighting the flowering of talent in France since the 90s French Touch explosion, while also looking back at classics from the 50s onwards.

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UP UP UP
The Other Colors
LAC Records

Vitam: Nuevo album de Vate

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:04:40 +0000

After 4 years of intermittent releases and participations on some compilations, Vate returns with a new full-lenght album: Vitam.

Después de 4 años de lanzamientos intermitentes y participaciones en varias recopilaciones, Vate regresa con un álbum nuevo: Vitam.

Vate - Vitam

Escape Club Exposes Naked Truth in Celebrity, New CD

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:08:27 +0000

Indie label Whipped Cream Records based in Monterey, California announces the release of Escape Club's new CD titled 'Celebrity' featuring 11 new songs through Redeye Distribution of Haw River, North Carolina. Escape Club has five previous Top 100 songs on Billboard, including #1 "Wild Wild West."

Escape Club, founded by lead singer Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday in the U.K., are known as a Rock band that has sampled Deep Purple in the past. Against that stereotype, Trevor and John wrote a beautiful ballad for a grieving widow, titled "I'll Be There." The song soared to #8 on Billboard and has been updated for the new album as track 11, "I'll Be There (The Sequel)." The rest of the album rocks with tracks such as "Say Hello," "Celebrity," and "God's Own Radio" featuring great guitar and cool lyrics for the second decade of the new millennium.

The new Escape Club album is available February 7 online at iTunes, Amazon, and Best Buy, as well as at the best Indie Record stores in your neighborhood. Redeye Distribution can be contacted at http://www.redeyeusa.com/ (1 877 REDEYE 1).

Escape Club is expected to support the release with a U.S. tour in the summer. The band looks forward to performing again, as "Playing live was always one of our strengths," Trevor says, "All those years ago it's what got us started in the London clubs and it's something we've missed very much."

The new album 'Celebrity' was sent to Adult Alternative rock stations in the U.S., and the single, "God's Own Radio" was arranged to be delivered via the 'A Taste Of Triple A' radio sampler. The sampler is sent to 260 key radio programmers and features the Escape Club single as Track 1, Disc 1, as well as on the CD cover.

Promotion for the new 'Celebrity' album also includes online media with viral videos produced by the band introducing new songs, concert performances, and behind the scenes moments. The album's title track was leaked on YouTube as the soundtrack in a world premiere celebrity satire which can be found at http://youtu.be/tGHn7sGA12Q.

The band will utilize Facebook, Twitter, and their own website at http://theescapeclub.net for communicating with fans.

For review copies of Escape Club 'Celebrity' contact J.P. Mosoff at Artist Airplay Advisors in Monterey, 831-238-7425.
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10th Nashville SongWriters Fest on Music Row: Come Play!

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:00:05 +0000

The 10th Annual Nashville SongWriters Festival is several music happenings in one! Find your place in the mix. It’s part live original music festival, part music conference, part networking opportunity and part gathering of old friends held June 1-3, 2012. The live performances, education and Open House are concurrently running events. Attendees can take in all or parts and “Play it by ear!”

It’s 3 Days of Live Original Music from all genres on multiple stages, classes, Open House held at the top of Music Row in Nashville, TN representing the past, present and future of songwriting.

Songwriters of all genres share their music on multiple stages and open sing rings. The fest is open to all forms of songwriting, from the novice to the professional. There are no pre qualifications to play or attend. Everyone is encouraged to come as they are. All attendees will have the opportunity to share their words or music and find their place in the mix.

While at the fest, writers can also get the information they want, about the business topics they want, when they want. Attend the Speciality Music Rooms on over 18 Industry Topics, Critiques, Recording, Publishing, Plugging, Legal, Records, Duplication, Distribution, Radio, Video, Broadcasting, Shop, Management, Promotions, Productions and more. Q & A sessions and gather other personal tid bits, all about the craft and business of music.

An Open House is held by participating recording studios, publishers, song pluggers and other music related businesses where writers can drop by without an appointment to ask questions, exchange samples or discuss what part they play in the business of Music. Register your music-related business for the Open House or if you’re a festival attendee, stop by and check out some of the industry.

For registered and non performing writers there will be a “Writer’s Area” provided by the Fest near the Info Booth. At the display table attendees can deposit their CDs and the fest staff will take inquiries or make sales for participants. Also drop off a copy of your songs in the Fest Drop Box where your materials can be checked out by the fest or forwarded to others.

Performing and Non performing songwriters, music related business, volunteers and the public wishing to participate in the June 1-3, 2012 activities can visit http://www.SongWritersFestival.org or call 615-424-1491.

Music: http://www.songwritersfestival.com/musicdownloads/fair_sintownfinal.mp3
Email: popcorn@songwritersfestival.org

Avis de tempête

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:20:59 +0000

UP UP UP / Marie Möör & The Other Colors

UP UP UP / Marie Möör & The Other Colors

LAC Records

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The Remus Tucker Band Takes On The World

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:11:20 +0000

Based out of Denver Colorado, The Remus Tucker Band is a fast moving bit of Southern Fried Rock. Their mix of good ole Southern Rock and Blues keeps the feet a stomping and the butts a moving. They are a bunch of fellas and one "lady", that keeps things lively while stomping to the beat of their own brand and a bit of the favorites remade as only The Remus Tucker Band can. Rockin!

They have played with the likes of Firefall and John Lee Hooker Jr. and have always left to standing ovations.

Their influences are many, with deep roots in the South, like any good southern rock band should be. The show is high powered and ready to knock your socks off.. Their remakes of Marshall Tucker's “Cant Ya See”, to Led Zeppelin's “What Is and What Should Never Be” have thrilled audiences and gained a reputation as a band that is unique and in their own vein.

Their new EP “The Remus Tucker Band, What she said” is set for release in 2012 and sure to be a hit with the old fans as well as the new. Come out and catch them, cuz it is a feat of sight and sound that will keep you running back for more.

At this time The Remus Tucker Band is seeking representation to assist in expanding their fan base by entering the festival circuit as well as performing at other music venues commensurate with their genre.

With their new EP, “The Remus Tucker Band, What she said”, and shortly following album, they are prepared to hit the ground running. They have tested their material digitally on outlets such as Jango.com, and YouTube, as well as playing live and have received many accolades from the press and public.

Their focus is to fill their schedule with dates across the US as well as abroad and bring their brand of Southern Rock and Blues to a wider audience.

Band Member Bios:

Remus Tucker - Lead Vocals - The Mountain Man of Southern Rock, and the voice of the band. Remus is no stranger to fun. Whether it's chasing bears through the mountains or throwing back a bit of old Lightning, he is all about laughing and having a good time. His trademark hat and long hair lets ya spot him from far off. Sorta gives ya a chance to decide to buy him a drink or quickly make yer exit.

He is lover of old time blues and Southern Rock and this colors his style in most things. You can usually find him banging out some tune he just pulled out of his .. um.. "made up", or singing some Ole Time Southern Rock. His soulful renderings touch ya in a way that you start thinking "Maybe hippies aren't all bad."

Uncle Otis – The Other Guitarist - One of the lynch pins of the band. Otis brings his mix of Southern Rock flair and "super slide" twangs to the flavor of this old timey dish. He keeps Remus on track and has a taste for good tequila. So if ya see him out and about, buy this man a shot.

Francesca Deletroix – Backing Vocals - Providing backing vocals for Remus and the band. She is a sultry and mysterious woman that came from parts unknown.. She won't tell us about her past, and we don't really want to know. All I can say is that she has the dulcet tones of a dove and carries a razor in her stocking.

Jefferson Alligator Garfish Guard – Drums - Gator, as he is known in certain circles, has been bashing the living hell out of drums for most of his life. Whether its flying over the bayou in a swamp boat, or busting out beats in high, and low, class clubs. This man keeps the rhythm and drives the night.

Cousin Moze – Lead Guitar - He is the lead banger in this here shindig. His style of jazzy, bluesy, leads push the sound of the band to incredible heights. He's a quiet one, until ya give him his gitfiddle. Then WATCH OUT!

Professor Cletis “Underfoot” Norwood Tucker (no relation) - Bass Guitar - The professor hails from the bustling borough of Red's Junction Colorado, home of Red's Cat House. No one knows where he was born because baby Cletis was found in a basket at the back door of RCH. The sign that was attached to him said simply, "will work for food." The employees at the Cat House, having no children of their own, adopted the baby professor and raised him as a village does. From his early days of playing rattle in the cat house band, Cletis showed an aptitude for rhythmic invention. Because xylophone and squeaky toy seemed too rudimentary for such a gifted infant, the professor moved on to guitar. Pleased with the melodic possibilities of this new instrument but unsatisfied with the low expectations for rhythmic accuracy, Cletis quickly and wisely shifted to bass guitar. The professor had found the love of his life.

http://www.remustucker.com
http://www.artistpr.com/theremustuckerband

KISMET Magazine:18th Issue 2012

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:09:19 +0000

Our 18th issue is now online "FIERCE" http://www.kismetmagazine.com/