Band Weblogs

by Anne Freeman,

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Once you’ve established your myspace site, selected a terrific photo or graphic that accurately signals your primary artistic sensibility to casual surfers, and your band name or label name signal the same (hopefully), a few practical strategies can be employed to help you maximize your marketing efforts. These basics are […]

New Music Weekly magazine has nomimated singer/songwriter Miko Marks as “Best New Country Artist 2006″ for the 2006 New Music Weekly Awards being held on November 18th in Hollywood. Miko recently released the third single and first music video “Mama” (featuring Grammy winning Erykah Badu in the title role) from her full-length album “Freeway […]

Los Angeles cult rock band Bluebeard has reformed and released it’s first album of new material in over 25 years, “Deluxe With Reverb.” Produced and published by new independent music label Shelter From the Storm Records, “Deluxe With Reverb” features a selection of new material, re-recorded and re-mastered songs from the band’s […]

As many of you know by now, Google has bought YouTube for an extraordinary amount of money. We’re talking over 1 billion dollars (in stocks) and since we’re such YouTube addicts here at Band Weblogs we’re hoping things continue to run the way they have been over there. In otherwords - we’re hoping that […]

The band Camp Freddy was on Jay Leno on October 5th and finally a video of the performance has been added to Billy Morrison’s blog. It’s always good to see the guys out and about playing live and this time they played a cover of Cheap Trick’s ‘Surrender’. Their version of the song is in […]

Eleven years is very long time between albums but some people can get away with it and pick up where they left off, like Bob Seger.
Face The Promise is a fantastic new album from Seger. This is the deluxe set with a DVD. What I learned about Bob in the DVD, besides watching some choice […]

New York, NY–Sept 25, 2006– Wabi Sabi Productions, a non-profit organization that produces shows, videos, events, and performances dealing with social, health and political community issues, have focused on the ongoing tragedies of hurricane Katrina.
Producer, writer, and director, Emmitt Thrower and Hip Hop Artist/Activist “Shakka” have teamed up to undertake the psychological and emotional […]

As you visit the hundreds of music podcast and MP3 blog sites you’ll notice that most them feature something called PODSAFE MUSIC. For this article I have gathered information from various internet sites in order to help clarify what podsafe music is and how it can become another helpful tool to place into your marketing […]

ALBERTA, Canada (Cyclone Records) - Inner Surge’s politically charged music video for “Retribution Song” has been rapidly spreading around the internet, and has now been launched at Google Video, where it is available for stream and download. The video can also be viewed at Youtube.com and Myspace.com, where it is gaining popularity.
The video was partially […]

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Los Angeles, CA–September 7, 2006– Alice In Chains – Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney- have joined forces with music industry veteran Toni Profera of Full Circle to handle their publishing placement. While Sony BMG has control of the Alice In Chains masters, Profera and her team will be working […]

We’re getting closer to the Mercury Music Prize Awards which will be televised live on September 5th on BBC 4 at 9:00pm BST, hosted by Joe Wiley and Jools Holland. I’m really looking forward to watching the show with a nice bottle of wine as we cross our fingers and hope that the Guillemots win! […]

New York, NY, August 30, 2006 - MusicDish, an Internet music magazine publisher and artist marketing/ development firm, along with Manhattan-based radio promotion and PR company Organic Entertainment are proud to announce the launch of a monthly showcase series called Listen Liberally. Supported by the NYC chapter of Drinking Liberally, the series will […]

The Reading and Leeds music festival took place over the weekend and luckily quite a few acts were televised this year, including the band The Subways. I’ve been hearing about them for awhile now, but hadn’t really paid much attention until I saw them performing at Reading.
The three-piece band puts on a great live show, […]

The Raconteurs are set to go on tour with Bob Dylan. This announcement shouldn’t have come as too much of a surprise at all. As I’ve mentioned before, I am a fan of The Raconteurs and this pairing does make sense - have you seen their dress style?
No seriously, two great musicians who have […]

Mirrome Records recording artist, Miko Marks has won the local level of the Colgate Country Showdown in her home state of California. She went on to compete at the state level on August 13 at the San Mateo County Fair.
This was the 25th Anniversary of the Colgate Country Showdown, which has grown into the […]

MusicDish, an Internet music magazine publisher and artist marketing development firm, announced the addition of Massachusetts-based electronica act Mashed Buddha to the MusicDish Network roster. A mixture of downtempo grooves, hypnotic electronica melodies, and jungle beats, Mashed Buddha’s drum&bass debut “Subdue Your Mind” is an unexpected foray for creator & keyboard player John Corda who […]

I can’t even begin to explain how happy I am to see Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Are You Experienced?’ covered by Devo with their version, ‘RU Experienced?’ on YouTube.
We have the Devo Double Feature dvd here and when we first bought it I was pretty disgusted when I read the reason on the back cover as to […]

Nick Oliveri, bass player from Queens Of The Stone Age has formed a new band, Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator. They’re coming to a town near you in support of their debut single, ‘I Never Sleep’, and album ‘Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails’.
The tour schedule for their upcoming shows in the UK and Europe is […]