Band Weblogs

Enter Music Publishing, publishers of worldwide, hip percussion magazines including DRUM! and TRAPS Magazines, today announced the launch of DRUM! Digital (drumdigital.com). DRUM! Digital is a free, online multimedia version of the magazine that is available to drummers internationally in an on-screen, flip-page format …

I’ve been excited about all of the press releases, reviews and Guest Music Blogger entries that have been coming our way, here at Band Weblogs. It’s great to be able to keep up with music news in one place and the best thing - it’s free. I would like to thank everyone who has been […]

The Philadelphia based Junior Music Executive Program will sponsor the upcoming fifth annual Independent Music Conference, taking place this year in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend.
IMC Founder and Chair, Noel Ramos says, “I’m ecstatic to have this wonderful group participate in our community and vision.”
Jr Music Executive, founded by industry entrepreneurs Aisha Winfield and Shani […]

We are extremely excited about a new upcoming project featuring Holly Woods, formerly of the 80’s rock band, Toronto. Toronto released 5 Gold and Platinum albums in the late 70’s/early 80’s that sold 660,000 units in Canada and resulted in seven Top 40 hits in Canada and the US.
In 1985, Toronto’s label, Solid Gold […]

I could talk all night about music, blogs, bands and musicians. Rather than chew your ear out, instead, to save time I thought I would add a condensed version of my thoughts about music blogs. I’ve written before about band blogs and promotion, but now feel that this is a good time to bring up […]

The 10th Annual Wilmington Exchange Festival (WE Fest), taking place from May 24-May 28th, in and around Wilmington, NC proper, is now accepting submissions from band and artists interested in participating.
To be considered, please visit www.myspace.com/wefestallstars. Send a message with the words “2007 submission” in the title.
WE Fest is a multi-day, totally DIY, volunteer-run […]

Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK has announced that their Columbia Records and RCA Records labels will no longer be accepting physical demos sent in by bands and artists. Instead, they’ve decided to go the blog route and are now officially asking bands to create blogs to promote themselves by using the Vox blogging platform to […]

MusicDish to combine artist development and marketing campaign in support of Karlex album “Ghetto Fabulous”
MusicDish, LLC, a music magazine publisher and artist marketing/ development firm, announced the addition of Haitian American singer/ songwriter Karlex to its MusicDish Network roster. Karlex, who is currently based in the south of France, soulfully fuses the vibes […]

There are many familiar and not so familiar bands and artists with singles ready for their February 2007 release here in the UK. It’s interesting to see Boy George on the list - singing with Amanda Ghost on their new single “Time Machine” set for release on February 5th. I had seen them perform on […]

PianoTricks.com is the collaboration of Jon Broderick, webmaster, and Christopher Schlegel, piano instructor. Jon and Christopher work in a successful partnership on the popular guitar instruction site guitartricks.com. They decided to expand their reach into cyberspace in 2006 by offering an innovative online piano lesson resource with modern video lessons. Because of the popularity of […]

With over 20 years in the music industry, Noteborn Music Company is an international publishing company that hand picks quality artists and music for use in movies, TV shows, advertising campaigns, and for music producers. This groundbreaking company values independent and signed artists of all styles and genres. If selected your recordings are entered into […]

After the recent success of its website launching, WikiWebGuide LLC now picks independent or upcoming artists and music sites to be featured on the WikiMusicGuide’s front page every week at www.wikimusicguide.com. User nominations are welcome and votes will be tallied before posting.
The WikiMusicGuide site consists of factual information about artists, bands, songs and pages of […]

This is the time of year most people have Christmas on the mind whether they like it or not. You can’t help it. Here in the UK Christmas is already creeping onto the TV screens with ads for toys, barbies and tree decorations with the accompaniment of musical sounds of Christmas in the background.
With Christmas […]

David Wimble, musician and founder of The Indie Bible, announced the release of the 2007 edition of the ever-popular music industry resource. Listing over 4200 publications that will review artists’ music and 3500 radio stations that will play their songs, the 8th edition of The Indie Bible has become an indispensable tool for recording […]

Artist development in the music industry has evolved over time, leaving most of the early progress to the artist themselves. For the most part, the days are gone when a record label developed up and coming talent. The question continuously arises for those young artists, “where do I start”? With the advent of the Internet, […]