Band Weblogs » Buzz http://bandweblogs.com/blog Music news, music reviews, interviews, band press, commentary, new releases and more Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Starcode singles added to Buzz rotation at RadioIO http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/05/18/starcode-singles-added-to-buzz-rotation-at-radioio/ http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/05/18/starcode-singles-added-to-buzz-rotation-at-radioio/#comments Fri, 18 May 2007 20:36:17 +0000 Guest Blogger http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/05/18/starcode-singles-added-to-buzz-rotation-at-radioio/ The singles “Another Day” and “More Time” off of Starcode’s debut self-release ‘Hum’ were recently added to “Buzz” rotation at RadioIO’s rock station.

RadioIO is a user-generated, commercial-free Internet radio network community that generates their playlists from user and listener feedback and consumer derived airplay.

These indie pop anti-hipsters released ‘Hum’ in February after introducing the album to over 100 college radio stations throughout North America. With help from stations such as WEXP-FM in Philadelphia, KZFR-FM in Chico, CA and KZOW-FM in Forest City, Iowa, popular tracks like “Another Day” and “Crash” have been in heavy rotation on DJ’s playlists throughout the Spring.

‘Hum’ is produced by Dale Penner (Nickelback, Matthew Good) and mastered by Adam Ayan (Nirvana, A Perfect Circle) at Gateway studios. It is available for purchase on iTunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo! and many others. For more information on Starcode and their upcoming shows, please visit Starcode Official Website: www.starcode.com.

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It’s very interesting to see that Sony BMG has jumped on to the Music Blog Wagon. Here at BandWeblogs.com we’ve known how important band blogs are and have been promoting bands and musicians’ blogs since January 2005!

But I’m not here to toot my own horn. As far as I’m concerned, Sony BMG – you’re preachin’ to the choir. Band Weblogs started out as a Band Blog and Music Blog directory and now Guest Music Bloggers have been contributing their band press, music reviews, band stories and music links for greater exposure.

The more free places on the internet that bands and musicians can go to get exposure the better and as I’ve mentioned recently, band blogs are great marketing tools. The bands that do create a blog at Vox hoping to get discovered by a Sony A&R rep should realize that there will be many more benefits to writing in the blog than just for those particular record labels. The band blogs at Vox are available to anyone who might want to read them which means that they’re also great marketing tools for other possibilities and discoveries.

I’ve created a blog and profile for my band The Babylon Cowboys at Vox which you can find here: http://thebabyloncowboys.vox.com/. I’ll be updating the blog with our music and various random thoughts. You never know!

The A&R reps, who also have their own Vox blogs, will be looking for bands that have great music, positive comments, good ratings, lots of friends – basically a lot of buzz and I’m sure that Sony BMG, Columbia Records or RCA Records will be announcing their first Vox blog signing soon.

Chairman and CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, UK & Ireland, Ged Doherty even has a blog at Vox. He’s written some interesting blog entries there if you want to read what Ged has to say about the new Sony BMG blog initiative, his experiences with bands and his various thoughts.

Ged Doherty Sony BMG Blog

Bands can sign up for a Vox blog here:

Columbia Demos
RCA Demos

For more information about Sony go to Sony BMG Music UK

Once you have created your Vox blog and have some songs and entries up, why not come back here to Band Weblogs and tell us all about it!

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By: Jenny May

]]> http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/04/03/band-blogs-at-vox-for-sony-bmg-columbia-and-rca-records/feed/ 1 Wiki Music Fan Site Created For Music Lovers, By Music Lovers Is Now Online http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2006/10/02/wiki-music-fan-site-created-for-music-lovers-by-music-lovers-is-now-online/ http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2006/10/02/wiki-music-fan-site-created-for-music-lovers-by-music-lovers-is-now-online/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:06:23 +0000 bandweblogs http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2006/10/02/wiki-music-fan-site-created-for-music-lovers-by-music-lovers-is-now-online/ WikiWebGuide LLC launches the newest and most comprehensive Wiki of mainstream and independent musical artists and their works. The website can be found at http://www.wikimusicguide.com. The online community gives pages regular updates designed to promote artists and musicians all over the world.

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