“It’s a new day for our company, DRUM! itself, and the drumming community,” says editor in chief, Andy Doerschuk. “Over the lifespan of DRUM!, we’ve always tried to be open to change in terms of content, design, and now distribution. DRUM! Digital carries on our editorial philosophy and will make it possible for us to extend our worldwide readership.”

The first issue of DRUM! Digital features stories from the magazine’s special Urban Music October issue, featuring The Roots’ Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson on the cover. It includes all of the features from that special issue. In addition, there are multimedia extras that make this version of the magazine more useful to an online audience.

As with all of Enter Music Publishing’s print magazines, DRUM! Digital is diverse and loaded with innovative, content-rich material. “There are ten embedded videos in the issue,” says publisher Phil Hood. “And most of the ads are linked, so an online user can visit the advertiser’s web sites, view instructional videos and interviews, or zoom in and read the stories.”

DRUM! Digital is produced using technology developed by iDigital Editions, a Temecula, California-based software company. iDigital’s technology made it possible to publish DRUM! Digital to look just like the print version with the editorial advantage of being viewed by anyone, anywhere, anytime over the Internet. “We looked at many software solutions but felt that iDigital provided a better reading experience than competing solutions, as well as superior marketing and advertising opportunities for our clients,” says Hood.

The iDigital Edition digital magazine does not require users to download and install additional client reader software. They can access it through their current Internet browser and the standard flash plug-in already present in nearly every Internet-enabled computer today!

DRUM! Digital versions of the magazine will be available approximately 45 days after subscribers receive their print copies. Plans call for print subscribers to get early notification as to when an issue is available and, eventually, exclusive access to certain DRUM! Digital features.

“I don’t see the digital magazine as a replacement for print or for the web site,” says Hood. “In many ways, it’s completely separate, offering the great writing of print along with some of the interactivity of the web. As we post more issues, readers will have an easier time finding archived features. Also, advertisers will have a chance for their ads to keep pulling response, long after the print edition has been removed from newsstand shelves.”

With the launch of DRUM! Digital, Enter Music Publishing is well positioned to capitalize on the growing drum industry. According to figures from the American Music Conference and Music Trades magazine, the drum industry has annual global sales of approximately $1.25 billion, and the United States accounts for up to 45 percent of that total.

About Enter Music Publishing
Founded in San Jose, CA in 1992, Enter Music Publishing, Inc. is a leading publisher of drum/percussion magazines, with distribution in 40 countries. DRUM! is the flagship publication of Enter Music Publishing, Inc. and continues to set the industry standard for editorial quality and innovation. In addition to DRUM! And DRUM! Digital, the company publishes TRAPS and HOW TO PLAY DRUMS. Additional information about the company can be found at:

drummagazine.com
trapsmagazine.com

drumdigital.com

Musicians, bands, artists, music publicists, record companies, music fans and more have been submitting blog entries to Band Weblogs for free, for online distribution. All Guest Music Blogger entries are reviewed before publication and whether the entries are formal press releases about bands and their music or laid back music blog entries written by musicians, most submissions get published.

In today’s music climate, it’s important for bands to find unique ways to get their music heard. I’ve been a firm believer in musicians taking matters into their own hands when it comes to online promotion. Of course, the more help a band can get, the better, and adding music blog entries to Band Weblogs is just one more way to help spread the word about up and coming bands, new releases, reviews, music videos, music blogs and more.

Not only are the entries published on Band Weblogs, but some blog entries submitted by Guest Music Bloggers have been featured on quality news websites like Reuters, USA Today and Austin American Statesman. The more people that read the music blog entries equals more free promotion for bands!

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By: Jenny May

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 Gonzales, is an entertainment industry based initiative created to encourage high school and college students to go to school, graduate, and be successful by exposing them to careers in the music business. The company endeavors to provide young people with information, education, industry networking and internship opportunities essential to minimizing the barriers-to-entry and attaining a successful entrance into the business of entertainment. For more information about Jr Music Executive, please visit www.jrmusicexec.com.

When asked about the sponsorship, Aisha Winfield noted, “This conference provides one of a kind opportunities for our students to get involved, network, and learn. The quality of the information provided at the conference and the passion of the IMC organizers was a perfect match for Jr Music Executive. Students often want to know how to make money in the music business, the IMC is offering 3 full days of answers.”

InterMixx.com is the parent company that presents the Independent Music Conference (IMC’07), the online independent music store IndieGate.com and is the publisher of InterMixx independent music magazine, one of the first independent music magazines since 1988. The IMC evolved from a desire to build a trustworthy network for artists within the indie community along with raising awareness, support and value for independent music. The first IMC took place in 2003 and IMC ‘07 will be the sixth conference that InterMixx has presented. Other IMC events are also planned for Dallas, Los Angeles and Charleston, WV.

IMC President and founder, Noel Ramos has helped to create and establish credibility for the indie community in his nearly twenty year publishing career. In addition to printing InterMixx, one of the oldest national magazines devoted to indie music, in the early 90’s Ramos developed the IndieList, the first independent music discussion group online, long before MySpace became a household name. For more information, please visit IMC ‘07: www.imc07.com

In 1985, Toronto’s label, Solid Gold Records, went into receivership which forced the band into splitting up. Two of the members, Holly Woods and Scott Kreyer, regrouped and continued on to a studio in Atlanta to record new tracks however, before the sessions were complete their producer, Sonny Limbo, also died suddenly. The album was shopped around but labels shied away fearing repercussions from Solid Gold. It would have appeared that fate was against them and the material would never see the light of day. The tapes were shelved for over twenty years in a climate controlled warehouse.

Just recently, Cyclone Records acquired the rights to the “lost” master and is now releasing it as an 8 song album entitled “Holly Woods-Live It Up!” in Spring 2007.

You can access tracks on the Podsafe Music Network page here.

You can also find more information on the band here:

Holly Woods on CycloneRecords.ca
Holly Woods on MySpace
Holly Woods on Podsafe Music Network
Holly Woods on Wikipedia.org
Toronto on Wikipedia.org

A quick sum up of what a music blog is: a blog about bands and music.

Comments are welcome if you have additional ideas and thoughts.

Okay, let’s get started:

1. Promotion
Music blogs are amazing promotional tools for bands. They are their own mini buzz machines. If the blogger likes the band they’re writing about great, if not they’ll still probably link to the band for readers to check out for themselves and at that point, readers and potential fans can make their own minds up.

2. Links
As the population on the internet continues to grow, it becomes more difficult for new up and coming bands and artists and their music to be ‘found’ by potential fans. When a music blogger adds links to bands either in a blog entry or on their sidebar, this helps expose the band more to the public eye.

3. Music
Music bloggers writing about music on a daily basis will most likely be linking to the band website and/or adding mp3s for readers to hear first hand what the blogger is writing about. If they are adding mp3s to their blogs, hopefully they’re getting permission from bands to do so.

4. Videos
For bands with videos, websites like Myspace and YouTube have made it easy for bloggers to embed video codes onto blogs. Videos are excellent on music blogs as the reader not only gets to read about the band, but can also hear the band and watch their video.

5. Fans
If a particular band is being written about favorably by influential, popular and/or trusted bloggers then there is a great chance that new fans will be made from readers of music blogs. As mentioned before, even if what the blogger is writing isn’t favorable, then there is the chance the reader simply won’t agree.
6. Community
There are quite a few music bloggers out there who dedicate blogs to specific bands and music styles ranging from jazz, blues, rnb, country, folk, punk, rock and more as well as blogs with various music topics. This can create a community of dedicated readers, subscribers and commenters who visit the blogs frequently.

7. Sales
Numbers 1-6 above could all lead to sales of music for bands and artists. Whether music blogs have direct links to artist downloads and online CD stores or if a reader decides to go out to a music shop to buy a CD after learning about a new band or album/single release after reading about it on a blog, then the music blog was indeed influential to the sale!

8. Live Show Dates
Fans are always interested to know when their favorite band will be playing live in their hometown. Music blogs help to keep the reader informed and reminded of tour dates, shows, gigs and live music events.

9. Opinion
Music blogs are great places to go for readers to find out what other people are thinking of a certain band, musician, singer. A blog search in Google or Technorati for “music blogs” can result in hundreds of current conversations taking place.

10. Easy Access
It’s so easy to find music blogs by doing a search on Google or to go to blog directories and browse their music categories. Music blogs also tend to link to and recommend other blogs on their sidebars.

Bonus:

11. Free
For now, most music blogs are free (hopefully it stays that way). The information about bands, opinions, music, videos and podcasts are free for music lovers to devour!

Bands who want to request a review from a music blogger can usually get in touch by contacting them via an email address provided on the blog or a contact page.

BandWeblogs.com adds a twist to all that is written above. Bands and artists can come here to promote themselves, in their own words as Guest Music Bloggers. PR companies, record companies and management companies can also send in formal press releases and reviews of bands for publication on Band Weblogs. I also like to write about bands and music here, from a singer/musician point of view.

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By: Jenny May

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 extravaganza that always takes place during the week of Memorial Day Weekend. The first WE Fest was co-founded by Wilmington resident and underground punk Kenyata Sullivan in 1996 in an effort to expose underground talent and build community within the independent scene. Only indie-label and unsigned bands are allowed to play. W.E. Fest has garnered a reputation for discovering new talent, finding a larger percentage of winners than any other event in the country, including South by Southwest, CMJ New Music Festival, the annual NEMO festival in Boston, and PMC. Since then, indie bands of all shapes, sizes, colors, and sounds have played this Fest, made friends, and gone home to network, share gigs, keep in touch, and make WE Fest part of their lives.

This year the festival will make a return to its roots by also featuring films, zines, comics and other DIY arts projects.

Past participants include The Dismemberment Plan, Dufus, The Mooney Suzuki, Discount (Alison Mosshart before The Kills), The Selzers (Ryan Gentles before The Strokes), ASG, The Damn Personals (Anthony Rossomando before Dirty Pretty Things), The Waking Hours, Mayflies USA, and many others, all when they were still unsigned.

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

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 of his native island with funky guitar sounds and heavy bass, in a unique blend called Afro Groove. MusicDish founder Eric de Fontenay and Karlex, who had first met in September 2006, struck the deal in the Press Club of the Palais des Festivals on the closing day of MIDEM 2007 in Cannes, France.

MusicDish will provide full online management support, including brand development and marketing, as well as seeking licensing and business opportunities for his album “Ghetto Fabulous”. Released in France in September 2006, “Ghetto Fabulous” will be released in Benelux in February 2007, followed by a six city tour in the Netherlands in April. He is also currently seeking distribution in the North American market.

The album has been making waves from the start, having been selected by “Arte TV” as an October Event and by “Radio Africa No 1″ as Album Of The Week leading up to the release. Karlex was invited by Phillipe Lefait on France 2’s ‘Live Acoustic’ to play his song “I’ve Got News For You…”, while the album’s first music video “Farewell Angel” has been receiving regular play on the “Europe 2″ cable channel.

In his teens, Karlex moved New York City from Haiti, where he played with different bands with influences as diverse as Rock, Pop and World. In the 90’s, he returned to Haiti where the ambient mysticism, the people’s sufferings, the history (past & present) brought a radical change in his sounds and inspiration. Karlex reminisced, “I was reborn. The calling of the drums in the night filled me with a longing to get back to the true essence of liberty and freedom that my ancestors fought for. And nothing translated that better for me than a certain sound reminiscent of the 60’s and 70’s fused with actual urban music and Haitian soul.”

For more information on Karlex, visit http://www.myspace.com/karlex or http://www.sonicbids.com/karlex

Karlex joins an eclectic roster of artists and companies on the MusicDish Network’s marketing/artist development program, including electro-groove artist Polarity/1; Your Guitarist, the Internet-based developer of custom guitar tracks; folk-country singer/songwriter Amy Speace; MusicWorld3D, the virtual environment for live entertainment; and RockPoP Gallery, showcasing the masters of music artwork.

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MusicDish, LLC (http://www.musicdish.com) has been at the forefront of the digital music sector, publishing some of the industry’s leading music magazine, including MusicDish.com and Mi2N.com. Through the MusicDish Network (http://www.musicdish.net), it supports the development of artists and labels through saturated marketing and online brand development, whether online street teams or p2p viral distribution.

As a Hendrix fan I’ll have to look into this Acoustic Ladyland band with their upcoming release “Cuts and Lies” out on February 12th (March 5th?). Of course Jimi Hendrix released his album Electric Ladyland back in 1968 and it seems Acoustic Ladyland may be fans as well.

After his short stint in the UK Celebrity Big Brother house, Donny Tourette and his Towers of London are set to release their single, “I’m a Rat” also out on the 12th. They’re a fun band – a good healthy punk and rock mix of Sex Pistols, New York Dolls and Motley Crue.

There’s always a lot to take in with upcoming releases and I’m looking forward to hearing more new bands and their singles. From UKMix.org following are the upcoming UK singles releases for February 2007:

Dates could change! Please refer to the bands and artists official websites for the latest release dates and information.

5th Feb

2Pac feat Ashanti & TI – Pac’s Life
Amanda Ghost and Boy George – Time Machine
Baby Pink Star Vs Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Clinic – If You Could Read Your Mind
Cooper – Dias De Cine
Cute Is What We Aim For – Newport Living
Damien Rice – Rootless Tree
Data Select Party – This Charm Is Charmless
Dave’s Radio – Kids
Dead World Leaders – The Start Of The End Begins
Dennis Ferrer feat Daniele – Church Lady
DT8 Project – Hold Me Til The End
Duke Special – Freewheel
Eight Legs – Tell Me What Went Wrong
Erick E – The Beat Is Rockin’
Errors – Salut! France (7”)
FHM High Street Honeys – I Touch Myself
Findlay Brown – Come Home
Fionn Regan – Be Good Or Be Gone (7”)
Frisco Vs Ice MC – Think About The Way
Goose – Low Mode (7”)
The Hot Puppies – How Come You Don’t Hold Me No More?
Jamie Pearce – More Than Enough
Jessica Simpson – A Public Affair
Kate Nash – Caroline’s A Victim / Birds [Limited]
Lior – This Old Love
Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
Low vs Diamond – Life After Love (EP)
Mark Ronson – Toxic / God Put A Smile On Your Face (10”) [Limited]
Oddur – Early Daze
OneTwo – Cloud 9
Plans & Apologies – Spiderz In The Bar
Public Domain feat Lucia Holm – I Feel Love
Sadie Ama – Fallin’ (12”)
Seth Lakeman – King And Country
Shakin’ Stevens – Now Listen
Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On
Webstar & Young B – Chicken Noodle Soup

12th Feb

+44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating
Acoustic Ladyland – Cuts And Lies (March 5th?)
Akon feat Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Love U
Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5.55
Cherish – Unappreciated
Ch!pz – Cowboy
Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Like To
Dance Nation – Move Your Love
Danity Kane – Showstopper
Emma Bunton – All I Need To Know
The Enemy – It’s Not OK
The Energies – Life Begins
Fear Of Music – We Are Not The Enemy (EP)
The Feeling – Rosé
Forward Russia! – Don’t Be A Doctor (10”) [Limited]
Gym Class Heroes – Cupid’s Chokehold (7”)
HUBB – I Love Ya, I Don’t Even Know Ya
IV Thieves – Take This Heart
Jack Savoretti – Dreamers
Jesse Malin – Dont Let Them Take You Down (7”)[Limited]
Joe Buhdha presents Klashnekoff – My Life
Lavender Diamond – The Cavalry Of Light (EP)
Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family – She Painted Pictures
Loney Dear – I Am John
Ludacris – Runaway Love
Marissa Nadler – Diamond Heart
Mark Morrison – Dance 4 Me
Metric – Empty (7”)[Limited]
Mules – We’re Good People
My Federation – Honey Bee
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Desecration Smile
Revelations – If I Called You On The Telephone (7”) [Limited]
Royseven – I’m Revived
Simon Webbe – My Soul Pleads For You
Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes
Stefy – Chelsea
The Sugars – Monsters [Limited]
Thrills – Nothing Changes Round Here
Towers Of London – I’m A Rat
Vibekingz – She’s Like The Wind

19th Feb

4 Hero – Morning Child / Bed Of Roses
30 Seconds To Mars – Attack
Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
Au Revoir Simone – Fallen Snow
Badly Drawn Boy – Journey From A To B
Beyonce – Listen
Billy Talent – Fallen Leaves (7”)
Bluetones – Surrendered
Captain – Keep An Open Mind
Cat Power – The Greatest
Cinematics – Keep Forgetting
Cushh – Do It 2 Me (To)
Dragonette – Jesus Doesn’t Love Me Any more
The Early Years – The Great Awakening (EP)
Envy Corps – Story Problem (EP)
The Fray – How To Save A Life
Grinderman – No Pussy Blues
Hanson – Go
Harrisons – Monday’s Arms
Iain Archer – Minus Ten
Junior Jack – Dare Me (Stupidisco)
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Kelis feat Cee-Lo – Lil Star
The Knife – Marble House
Kreeps – Everyone I Went To School With Is Dead
Lil’ Chris – Figure It Out
Los Campesinos – We Throw Parties You Throw Knives
M Ward – To Go Home (EP)
Magic Numbers – This Is A Song
Mr Hudson & The Library – Too Late Too Late
Mumm-Ra – What Would Steve Do?
Murder By Death – Brother
Nathan – Do Without My Love
Omarion – Ice Box
Passenger – Wicked Man’s Rest
Plan B – No Good
Ripps – Loco
The Secret Show – Lovers
Sophie Ellis Bextor – Catch You
Stacie Orrico – So Simple
Unkle Bob – Put A Record On
Violets – Foreo
Willy Mason – Save Myself

26th Feb

All Saints – Chick Fit
Big Brovaz – Big Bro Thang
Big Strides – Always Together
Brakes – Cease And Desist
Capdown – Surviving The Death Of A Genre
Cascada – Miracle
Charlotte Hatherley – I Want You To Know
CSS – Off The Hook
Gwen Stefani feat Akon – The Sweet Escape
Herman Dune – I Wish That I Could See You Soon
The Horrors – Gloves
Howling Bells – Low Happening
Idlewild – No Emotion
John Legend – P.D.A. (We Just Don’t Care)
Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around
Kelly Llorenna – I Will Love Again
Killers – Read My Mind
Kubichek – Nightjoy
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Maccabees – About Your Dress
McFly – Transylvania
Meat Loaf – Blind As A Bat
Misha Williams – Unexpectedly
The Pigeon Detectives – Romantic Type
Richard Swift – Kisses For The Misses
Rogue Traders – Way To Go
Shameless feat Plan B – No Hats No Trainers
Strandbeat – I Luv U (Oh Yes)
Sunshine Underground – Borders
Take That – Shine
Tenacious D – tba
Tracey Thorn – It’s All True
Unklejam – Love Ya
Wi-Fi feat Melanie M – Be Without You
*Go to Bands and Artists Official Websites for the latest news and information. Dates could change!

By: Jenny May

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Recently Noteborn Music Company expanded its offerings to artists. The opportunity for every artist to enjoy increased and effortless exposure through his or her very own webpage is now available on the site. The Noteborn Music Store will allow artists to enter information about their style of music, upcoming events and most importantly, begin their own online music store. All you need to do is complete the online registration and send your CDs to sell and you are ready to go. You can also select an easy-to-remember web address that you can use to promote and sell your CDs.

In addition to selling your CDs, your site can include your biography, calendar of events, and pictures to help promote you and your music. The ability to update your own content by logging into the artist-login area of the site is especially attractive to those that want complete artistic freedom and control of their work. This particular section of the site contains easy-to-use tools for managing your content, uploading pictures, adding CDs, and sample songs.

The online music affiliate of Noteborn Music Company is Subway Records. Subway Records will process all customer orders, securely process customer credit cards (SSL), and fulfill and ship all orders, notify you of all orders, and keep you updated on your CD inventory levels. The best part of this entire process is that there are no contracts, unreasonable obligations, or setup fees.

Noteborn Music Company has been very busy creating opportunities for new and independent artists. Noteborn has increased the odds in one the most competitive markets in modern day business. If you are a recording artist, you need every inch of advantage you can find so this is definitely worth looking into.

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WikiMusicGuide will also be picking up small to medium music sites to be posted on the WMG’s homepage to help and give them the extra exposure they need. Music sites will be chosen in accordance to the worthiness of their contents and dedication and that have a significant impact in the growth of the online music community.

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With Christmas just around the corner the record companies are rubbing their hands in anticipation for the upcoming singles releases to see which of their artists will make it to the top of the charts. It’s always fun to see who has what in store for us consumers and music lovers during the holiday music season.

The following is a list that I found at UKmix.org. There’s a lot to digest here so you might want to get yourself a cup of tea while you peruse this list of the upcoming Nov/Dec 2006 UK single releases and Christmas time treats:

SINGLES

13th Nov 2006

365 – One Touch
Akon feat Eminem – Smack That
Alterkicks – On A Holiday
Armin Van Buuren feat Racoon – Love You More
Betty Curse – Girl With Yellow Hair
Bonnie Prince Billy – Cold & Wet
Boy Kill Boy – Shoot Me Down
Captain – Frontline
Charlatans – You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty (Version ‘06)
Christina Aguilera – Hurt
Circulus – Song Of Our Despair
Colours – Aurora Borealis
Cyann & Ben – Words (7”) [Limited]
Daniel O’Donnell – Can You Feel The Love
David Potts – I’m The Greatest
Dirty Old Ann – Turn Me On
Dogs – Soldier On
Fireflies feat Alexandra Prince – I Can’t Get Enough
Flaming Lips – It Overtakes Me (EP)
Fortune Drive – Recent Advances Vol II
Forward Russia – Nineteen
Helena Paparizou – Mambo
Helloween – Light The Universe
The Hours – Ali In The Jungle
John Zealey – Dave? Funny Name For A Girl
Justin Timberlake – My Love
Ladyfuzz – Kerfuffle (EP) (7”)
Less Than Jake – PS Shock The World (7”)
Little Man Tate – Man I Hate Your Band
Maccabees · First Love
Misty’s Big Adventure – Fashion Parade (EP) (7”)
Natalie Williams – This Girl
Oasis – Stop The Clocks (EP)
Orson – Already Over
Paris Avenue – In My Mind
Paul Simon – Outrageous
The Race – When It Falls
Rivers – Got Something On Me
Robbie Williams – Lovelight
Saltpeter – Back To Mine
Sandira – Hanging On The Wire
Snow Patrol feat Martha Wainwright – Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Sucioperro – The Drop
Sybil – Its Too Late
Taking Back Sunday – Liar (Takes One To Know One)
To My Boy – The Grid
Tunng – It’s Because…We’ve Got Hair (7”)
Ty – Closer (12”)
Underdog – Sunny Estate (EP)
White Magic – Katie Cruel
Winnebago Deal – Reeper (7”) [Limited]
The Wombats – Moving To New York (7”)
Young Offenders Institute – Stitched Up By The Acid Man

20th Nov 2006

1990s – You Were Supposed To Be My Friend
Alexisonfire – This Could Be Anywhere (7”)
Antiproduct – Good Vibrations
Art Brut – Nag Nag Nag Nag
Be Be See – You K Gold
Blood Red Shoes – You Bring Me Down (7”)[Limited]
Chamillionaire – Grown And Sexy
Eagles Of Death Metal – I Got A Feelin (Just Nineteen) (7”)
Eliot Lipp – Steele Street Scraps
Emma Bunton – Downtown
Faithless – Bombs
The Feel – Change
The Feeling – Love It When You Call
Fields – If You Fail We All Fail
Freshly Ground – Doo Be Doo
Geyster – Under The Fuse Of Love
Ginger – Yeah Yeah Yeah
Hayseed Dixie – Monster Mash
Incubus – Anna Molly
Jet – Bring It On Back
Juliette & The Licks – Sticky Honey
Karen Dalton – Something On Your Mind (7”)
Katherine Jenkins – The Green Green Grass Of Home
Lemar – Someone Should Tell You
Lo Rider feat Cumberbatch – Skinny
Marie Miller – Fast Lane
Marly – Saturday
Mentalists – Don’t Know What To Do With You
Noisettes – Don’t Give Up
Our Lunar Activities – It Comes In Waves
Paul Carrack – Love Will Keep Us Alive
Pink – Nobody Knows
Puressence – Palisades / Moonbeam
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh)
Ronan Keating – This I Promise You
The Rumble Strips – Cardboard Coloured Dreams (EP)
The Shins – Phantom Limb
Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disko (7”)
Slayer – Eyes Of The Insane
Subtle – The Mercury Craze
Take That – Patience
Tilly & The Wall – Sing Songs Along (7”)
Tiny Dancers – Lions & Tigers & Lions (EP)
Towers Of London – I’m A Rat
Underground Heroes – Stella the Mistress (7”)
Wild Beasts – Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants
Wolfmother – Joker & The Thief

27th Nov 2006

Albert Hammond Jr – 101
Bif Naked – Everyday
Booty Luv – Boogie 2Nite
Britt Black – Jet Black Heart
Cold War Kids – We Used To Vacation (EP)
Damien Rice – Nine Crimes
Dykeenies – Waiting For Go
ET2K – Freedom
Fergie – Fergalicious
Fish Go Deep feat Tracey K – The Cure & The Cause
Fratellis – Whistle For The Choir
Future Funk Squad – Towards The Sun
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – War Of The Worlds
Greenwich Resident – I Hid My Heroes
Heights – Bad News (EP) [Limited]
High School Musical – We’re All In This Together
I Was A Cub Scout – Pink Squares
Idlewild – If It Takes You Home (7”)
Jakazid & Barry Scott – Cillit Bang
Janet Jackson feat Khia – So Excited
Jyrojets – Dead On Arrival
KBC – Test The Water
Kelly Joe Phelps – Big Shaky
The Killers – Bones
The Little Ones – Lovers Who Uncover
Lostprophets – Can’t Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won’t Save You This Time)
Lupe Fiasco – I Gotcha
Mastodon – The Wolf Is Loose
Matchsticks – Duvet
Micky Modelle v Jessy – Over You
Muse – Knights Of Cydonia
Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come To An End) / No Hay Igual
Peven Everett – Can’t Do Without
The Rapture – Whoo! Alright-Yeah…Uh Huh
Robyn – Rakamonie (EP)
Saints Of Eden – Shameless (EP)
Sandi Thom – Lonely Girl
Soul Seekerz – Party For The Weekend
Vincent Black Shadow – Broken
Zutons – It’s the Little Things We Do

4th Dec 2006

Babyshambles – The Blinding (EP)
Baxter Dury – Love In The Garden (7”) [Limited]
Blondie vs Edison – Heart Of Glass
Bluetones – Head On A Spike
Buzzcocks – Reconciliation
Cascada – Miracle
Cascada – Truly Madly Deeply
Daniel O’Donnell – Wherever You Are
DJ Jose – Stepping To The Beat
Embrace – I Can’t Come Down
Enya – It’s In The Rain / Adeste Fideles
Evanescence – Lithium
The Fat Cowboy – Do Dat Diddly Ding Dang
GoodBooks – Leni
Gruff Rhys – Candylion
Holly Golightly – Christmas Tree’s On Fire (7”)
Jamelia – Beware Of The Dog
Jay-Z – Show Me What You Got
Jeremy Warmsley – Dirty Blue Jeans (7”) [Limited]
Kubichek! – Outwards
Lifelike & Chris Menace – Discopolis
Lil’ Chris – Getting Enough
Mark Morrison – Dance 4 Me
Matinee Club – Discotheque Francaise
Matt Willis – Don’t Let It Go To Waste
Michael Franti – See You in the Light
Morrissey – I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
OK Go – Maybe This Time
Outwork feat Mr Gee – Electro
Paolo Nutini – Rewind
Polytechnic – Man Overboard (7″)
Primal Scream – Sometimes I Feel So Lonely
Pussycat Dolls – Wait A Minute
Richard Ashcroft – Why Not Nothing? / Sweet Brother Malcolm (7”)
Scissor Sisters – Land Of A Thousand Words
Shakira – Illegal
Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
Snoop Dogg – That’s That
Trash Fashion – Rave Dave
White Rose Movement – Love Is A Number

11th Dec 2006

Andy Abraham & Michael Underwood – December Brings Me Back To You
Big Bass vs Michelle Narine – What You Do (Playing With Knives)
Cliff Richard – 21st Century Christmas Song / Move It (feat Brian May)
Crazy Frog – – Last Christmas tba
Dannii Minogue – He’s The Greatest Dancer
Darren Styles – Save Me
El Chombo – Chacarron
Elton John – Tinderbox
Eminem – You Don’t Know
Guillemots – Of The Night (EP)
Gwen Stefani – Wind It Up
The Isles – Summer Loans
John Legend – Heaven
Katie Price & Peter Andre– A Whole New World
Lily Allen – Littlest Things
P Diddy feat Christina Aguilera – Tell Me
Scott Matthews – Dream Song

18th Dec 2006

All Angels – Angels / Silent Night
Girls Aloud – I Think We’re Alone Now
James Morrison – Pieces Don’t Fit Anymore
Mary J Blige – We Ride
McFly – Friday Night / Sorry’s Not Good Enough
Paul Carrack – What A Wonderful World
Queen vs The Miami Project – Another One Bites the Dust
Razorlight – Before I Fall To Pieces
Tony Christie – God Only Knows
X Factor Winner – tba

This singles release list could come in handy for Christmas shopping and gift ideas! I know I see some good ones coming out soon. Looking forward to the videos as well.

“The first edition was a photocopied spiral bound book with a plain white cover,” reminisced David Wimble, Publisher. “Even though its appearance was unimpressive, the feedback was amazing! Now in its 8th Edition, The Indie Bible continues to grow! It still remains as the only resource totally dedicated to those artists that have recorded a CD or demo.”

The Indie Bible has 330 pages of valuable contacts and informative articles:
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- 3500 Radio Stations that will PLAY your songs!
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* Listings with email, web url and physical address, phone and fax
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David Wimble is a Singer/Songwriter from Ottawa, Canada. His band, Big Meteor, put out their first CD in 2000. The CD, titled “Wild River,” received rave reviews from around the world. “Wild River” features a wide blend of music ranging from Acoustic Rock to Blues to Old Time Country. To date, songs from the “Wild River” CD have been used in one made-for-TV movie and 50 television shows on networks such as NBC, A&E, MTV and VH1. For more information on Big Meteor, visit http://www.bigmeteor.com/bmr or listen to clips of their songs on their CD Baby webpage http://cdbaby.com/cd/bigmeteor

Many artists put in their mission statement, simply that they want a record deal, thinking that is all they need to succeed for career in music. Most don’t have a clue what it takes to get that deal, let alone maintain that career. Artist development is a huge area overlooked by far too many artists and bands. Let’s explore the question, “What is artist development”?

A record label A&R rep once “discovered” fresh new faces in clubs, bars or word of mouth and would then support them, cultivate their creativeness, build up their fan base, and guide their direction with the intent of turning them into superstars. All of this of course, was with the intent of selling those 45’s, LPs, cassette’s and CDs. Gradually, many labels moved more into product development, which meant they are focused more on the immediacy of sales of the latest CD (product) released, and not bringing the artist up to that point. And more often than not, naive artists were at the labels mercy.

In this Internet age, it is more the artist or band themselves that must build the quality sound that is ready as a commercially viable product. On top of that, they need to have an already established fan base, basic music business skills, perhaps even the early music sales of a well produced CD. Labels are looking for pre-packaged, very talented musicians that are already showing their value. A music career is a charted path to follow. Artist development involves all the issues surrounding and arising from that charted path, and crosses into knowledge of product development – the ultimate sale of the music. Checklist on what artist and product development necessitate:

• Exceptional vocals, musicianship and/or songwriting skills
• Continued education and enhancement of musical skills
• Quality equipment
• Performance ability
• Image creation and maintenance
• Plan of action, goal setting
• Exceptional promotion materials, including photographs, press releases and artwork
• Business management skills
• Marketing, publicity, and promotion knowledge, online and offline
• Professional management
• Basic knowledge of recording, producing, engineering, and mastering
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing, distribution, and sales online, brick and mortar and air-play
• Good choices in members, staff and advisors
• Physical and mental preparedness
• Basic knowledge of finances, accounting
• Law and legal issues: publishing, copyrighting, trademarks, and an attorney
• Alternative career options – even athletes need to have other options!

Tending to all areas of your music career may make the difference between a one hit wonder and longevity in this business. It’s been said, “If you think this is a piece of cake, you better go bake one.” The music business, again, is a business. Businesses need to make money. That’s worth repeating – the music business is a BUSINESS. Take the time to find out all you can about each of these steps in your journey. That being said, an up and coming artist must begin somewhere…and if a career in the music business is the goal, then any naiveté must be addressed immediately! Knowledge is power. Power gives you leverage. And who knows…that entrepreneurial artist may just find they don’t need that particular record deal after all.

Author Bio
Artistopia – The Ultimate Artist Development Resource http://www.artistopia.com is an artist development and community on the web providing music artists, songwriters and bands all the tools needed for displaying their talent, music business collaboration, marketing and networking. Online since 2003, Artistopia develops advanced technology solutions that leverage the Internet to both the music artist and music companies respective advantage.