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Electronic Artist Rob Astor Creates Stunning Beauty on Christmas Album
Rob Astor’s Shine a Little Light Christmas Collection Packed with Holiday Rarities - November 17, 2006 - Rob Astor
Electronic Artist Rob Astor Weaves a Neo-Classical Fantasy on His New Double CD Xenophobia
Rob Astor’s Newest Collection is Light-Years Beyond His Previous Music - November 17, 2006 - Rob Astor
Snoozester Gift Certificates Featured in Latin GRAMMY® Gift Baskets
Snoozester Gift Certificates were featured in gift baskets given to presenters and performers at the 7th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards - November 16, 2006 - Snoozester Inc
Custom CD Store Duplicates Joy with Every CD Purchase
Kids Media World Announces New Charitable Program - November 15, 2006 - Kids Media World
Getthedoit.com and What People Think
Becoming one of the most rapidly growing music websites on the internet, getthedoit.com (created by Audible Spectrum Records) has been receiving over 1,000,000 hits per week and growing. So what are people saying? - November 15, 2006 - Audible Spectrum Records, LLC.
MP3Musicgrams.com Recent Featured MP3’s Showcase Artists from Rock to Rap
Music Fans can Choose from “Change Your Mind” (Rock) by Bill Vivino, or “ERRBBODY GET UP” (Rap) by LOST SOLZ - November 15, 2006 - Munch Music Inc.
Combining the Sound of Rap Plus Rock Equals LX: Living in X-Zile
Sounds like? No, DC artist, producer and founder LX is like no other. The many styles, tones and tempos exhibited in his songwriting are like jambalaya for your ears. Whether your flavor is rap, rock, or hip-hop, he brings an eclectic sound never heard before that pours from his life, joy and sorrow. - November 15, 2006 - LX: Living in X-Zile
“Home” for the Holidays - O'Neill Brothers Release New Christmas Album
The O'Neill Brothers have released a new album of popular Christmas music in their relaxing, signature piano style. - November 15, 2006 - The O'Neill Brothers
Opuzz Royalty Free Music Library Launches 2 New Dramatic Vocal CDs
Opuzz.com, the award-winning royalty free music library, has launched two New CDs as part of its Collection of Drama Music CDs, showcasing the finest dramatic music tracks from its online royalty free music library. Looking for quality royalty free music with orchestration and vocal layers? Check out these 2 new CD releases. - November 14, 2006 - Opuzz Royalty Free Music Library
mpGreek and Lampsi 92.3 FM Unveil LampsiMusic.gr
mpGreek, the largest Digital Music Services provider for Music Downloads, and Lampsi 92.3 FM, the Number One radio station in Athens, today unveiled LampsiMusic.gr digital music service. LampsiMusic.gr will offer all the current Greek music hits as well as a plethora of genres and categories to... - November 14, 2006 - Greased Networks Inc
WikiMusicGuide Picks Artist and Music Site of the Week
WikimusicGuide will pick new upcoming artist, band or independent artist and small to medium music site to be featured on its homepage every week. Everyone is invited to vote for their favorites. Votes will be tallied prior to posting. - November 14, 2006 - WikiWebGuide LLC
Tammy Simister Robinson Brings Sheet Music to LDSMusicNow.com
Pearl Award Winning Artist, Tammy Simister Robinson's Music Now Available on LDSMusicNow.com - November 14, 2006 - LDSMusicNow
Mike Rayburn Brings Comedic Songs and Amazing Guitar Creations to the Country Music Hall of Fame
Mike Rayburn will be taping his promotional DVD November 30, 2006 at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. The taping is free and open to the public. - November 13, 2006 - Mike Rayburn
5 Year Old Piano Prodigy to Perform at Bank Atlantic Center. Sunrise, FL
Ethan Bortnick - A 5 Year Old Piano prodigy will be performing at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL. Event Date: November 11, 2006. Time of Performance: 1.30PM. This is an incredible talent, not to be missed. He is a Local Floridian that has already performed in many venues. The... - November 11, 2006 - Ethan Bortnick
Skylark Takes Flight After Tragic Fire
Gigi MacKenzie, daughter of famous television and recording artist Gisele MacKenzie, releases debut CD on Morpheus Music label after tragic fire. - November 10, 2006 - Morpheus Music
Distinguished Young Composer Brings Rock-Classical Fusion to DC
World premiere of startling new composition blending baroque, classical music with rock and roll. - November 10, 2006 - DJ Sparr
DJ EJ the King Drops a New Mixtape - 2 Sides 2 a King & Queen with Riskay
DJ EJ, coming straight from Cordele, Ga., is the name to familiarize yourself with if you love dirty-south hip-hop. Fresh working hard on a mixtape with Queen of the Ghetto, Riskay "The Drama Queen," he is fully focused and ready to drop some of the hottest dirty south mixtapes this winter. - November 10, 2006 - Kreative Mindz Media
Dya Singh’s Latest Two-CD Album ‘Asa di var’ Available at EthnicIsland.com
EthnicIsland.com announces availability of a new album, ‘Asa Di Var” from world-renowned ethnic music artist Dya Singh. The new album includes two hours of morning Sikh prayer in a unique traditional style format. - November 09, 2006 - EthnicIsland.com
Russ Lorenson Celebrates CD Release at Jazz at Pearl’s in San Francisco
RL Productions and LML Music celebrate the release of Russ Lorenson’s holiday CD, What I Want For Christmas, with a CD Release Event at Jazz at Pearl’s, 256 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133 on December 14, 2006. Showtimes are 8:00 and 10:00 pm. - November 03, 2006 - RL Productions
Mouth to Mouth Adds Keyboardist Greg Zema to Line-Up
Mouth to Mouth - the dynamic San Francisco Bay Area rock band - has rounded out its roster with the addition of keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Greg Zema. Zema, 25, is a native of Walnut Creek, CA, and has performed as a professional musician since the age of 16. In that time, he’s been a... - November 03, 2006 - Mouth To Mouth
Kabir Suman Forum Introduces Premium Membership
With the intention of further enhancing your experience, Kabir Suman Forum has introduced Premium Memberships, which simply further expand members' account feature list and givethem access to a few nifty off-site features. - November 01, 2006 - kabirsuman.org
PollPub.com Free Polls Announces the Release of MP3 Audio Polling
New Feature Makes it Easy for Recording Artists and Music Lovers to Create, Distribute and Integrate MP3 Audio Content in Opinion Polls. PollPub’s MP3 Audio polling gives music lovers the ability to compare, rate and gather public feedback on music audio tracks from their blogs, websites and personal MySpace profiles. - October 31, 2006 - PollPub.com
Nevels Sisters Win Gospel F.O.C.U.S. National Talent Search and Land Deal with Gospocentric Records
The Nevels Sisters recently won a national talent search where the Grand Prize was a record deal with major record label Gospocentric Records and a production deal with PAJAM, one of the most sought-after production teams in the music industry today. - October 31, 2006 - Nevels Sisters
TheBizStation, Inc. Teams up with Vehnee Saturno for its Creative Services
TheBizStation, Inc., (TBSI) welcomes multi-awarded composer, record producer and musical director, Vehnee Saturno as part of its dynamic team of professionals. - October 31, 2006 - TheBizStation, Inc.
Zune-Online.com - Zune News, User Forum and More
Zune-Online.com is a brand new website dedicated to the Zune player and its community. It is based on near-real time News inclusion but also the social philosophy of the Zune itself. The power of Zune-Online.com is the fast news updates and their categorization as facts, rumors or opinions. For... - October 31, 2006 - Zune-Online.com
Audible Spectrum Records Announces Nov 3 Launch of GetTheDoIt.com
Launching November 3, 2006 - After over six months of development Audible Spectrum Records announces the November 3, 2006 launch of getthedoit.com. Getthedoit.com is an online rating site for artists of all genres to post their music and have it rated by other musicians and patrons from all over... - October 30, 2006 - Audible Spectrum Records, LLC.
In the Chair Goes Web2.0
In the Chair, Music Performance Software selected to present at the exclusive Web 2.0 conference. - October 30, 2006 - In the Chair
Life and Death is in the Power of the Tongue - Hip Hop and the Prophetic
A Prophetic Generation joins forces with Hip Hop heavy-hitters to examine the connection between Hip Hop and the Prophetic. The organization is working to educate this generation in the prophetic - the power of the spoken word - and equipping them to use it in every area of their lives -... - October 30, 2006 - A Prophetic Generation
Carnatic Doyen Smt. Sudha Raghunathan to Perform Sahasra Jyothir Linga Archana
Legendary Carnatic Music Doyen Sudha Raghunathan to perform at the Sahasra Jyothir Linga Archana conducted by Devipura Peethadhipathy Srila Sri Kompella Subba Rao. [Sahasra Jyothir Linga Archana is formation and worship of Shiva Linga with 1116 lamps.] This classical extravaganza will... - October 30, 2006 - South Asian Performing Arts Society Of North America
MP3Musicgrams.com Announces Contest Winner for Week Oct 16 - Oct 22 Hip Hop Artist Spotrusha, with MP3 “Mary Warner”
Featured MP3Musicgram this week: Alternative Rock Artist, Gentry Morris with “Rene” - October 26, 2006 - Munch Music Inc.
Grafted Finally Makes It... To The Web, That Is
Grafted releases new web site - graftedband.com. - October 25, 2006 - Grafted
Children of the Horn Announces the Release of their Debut CD
Children of the Horn is a new funk band from Raleigh, NC. They will host a CD release party at Raleigh Music Hall on November 17, 2006. - October 25, 2006 - COTH Records
The 5th Annual Midatlantic Music Conference Announces its Official Schedule
The 5th annual Midatlantic Music Conference, one of the premier music networking events in the region, has officially announced its artist lineup as well as the official panels and music industry executives. Official Weekend Schedule Friday, November 3rd 1:00pm – 4:00pm ... - October 24, 2006 - Wholeteam Enterprises, LLC
Richly Romantic String Seduction
New England String Ensemble principal players beguile with Rossini, Kodaly, Dvorak. - October 19, 2006 - New England String Ensemble
First Kabir Suman Community Forum Launched
The Official Community Forum on Kabir Suman has been launched in Kolkata. Kabir Sumanis a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet. He shot to fame in the 1990s with albums such as Tomake Chai (I Want You). - October 18, 2006 - kabirsuman.org
Root Skankadelic Playing October 28 Reggae Halloween Costume Party at Club Kilimanjahro in Bisbee, AZ
Halloween Costume Party Set for Saturday, October 28 at Club Kilimanjahro in Bisbee, AZ - Root Skankadelic Returning from Silver City, NM to Play Original Conscious High-Energy Dance Reggae. Clear your calendar to party hard in Bisbee the weekend before halloween. The southwest's hottest and most anticipated costume party is happening at Club Kilimanjahro the night of Saturday, October 28. - October 18, 2006 - Root Skankadelic Reggae Earth School
Philly's Hottest Big Band to Honor Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson Oct. 25th
Join the Jump City Jazz Orchestra and special guest Matt Gallagher on Wed. October 25 for a tribute to the late Maynard Ferguson at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, PA. Tickets are available at the door. $8 for adults and $5 for students - October 18, 2006 - Jump City Music Inc
Fiesta de la Luna at Wildwood: End of Summer Wilderness Music Festival is a Success Thanks to Strong Silver City Community Support
The organizers of the 2nd annual Fiesta de la Luna Music Festival want to thank everyone in the community who supported the September 8-10 held at Wildwood Hot Springs near the Cliff Dwellings. There were over 300 in attendance for the 3-day outdoor event, and the weather was perfect for a... - October 18, 2006 - Root Skankadelic Reggae Earth School
Image Chicago Magazine Raises the Bar for Chicago Publications Featuring Janet Jackson as their Cover Model
The October issue of Image Chicago Magazine has raised the bar for Chicago entertainment and fashion magazines by featuring the legendary Janet Jackson as their cover model. - October 17, 2006 - Image Chicago Magazine
November 15 Deadline Approaches for 2006 SongDoor Songwriting Competition
The SongDoor 2006 International Songwriting Competition entry deadline is November 15. Entrants can complete the entire entry process, including song and lyric uploads, through the SongDoor website or mail entries in. “We’ve had entries from Birmingham to Berlin to Bosnia,”... - October 17, 2006 - SongDoor
New Music Mastering Blog Carving a Niche in the Music Scene
The internet is transforming muscians awareness about music mastering - and, as a result, beginning the flip the music industry on its head with better quality music that stands the test of time. - October 15, 2006 - Mastering Central
DiskFaktory.com and MakeAStar.com Join Forces and Announce the "Best Song Contest" on SizzleFizzle.com
DiskFaktory.com, a leader in the CD and DVD duplication industry and MakeAStar.com, a premiere provider of online contests are pleased to present an exciting online promotional contest for emerging musical talent. The contest winners will receive over $5000 in cash and prizes distributed among... - October 14, 2006 - DiskFaktory.com
2006 Music Has Power Awards Featuring Performance by Rob Thomas, Honoring Acclaimed Neurologist & Author Dr. Oliver Sacks
2006 Music Has Power Awards to be held on Monday, November 6th, honoring Dr. Oliver Sacks, featuring appearances by Rob Thomas, Jordan Urbach, and other distinguished performers. - October 13, 2006 - Beth Abraham Family of Health Services
Paris’ DJ Just Dizle to Jump off International Mix-tape Series – Providence: The Second Coming
Paris’ DJ Just Dizle to Jump off International Mix-tape Series – Providence: The Second Coming, Vol. 1: New Jeruz Rapture, During Planet Hip Hop 3, November 9-12th, NJPAC. - October 13, 2006 - DJ Just Dizle
Financial Planner Rocks Out for Charity
Financial planner, Rich Winer and his celebrity bandmates Hugh Laurie, James Denton, Greg Grunberg, Bonnie Somerville and Bob Guiney are donating their time and musical talents to raise millions of dollars for charity as members of the celebrity rock group Band From TV. - October 12, 2006 - Winer Wealth Management, Inc.
MP3Musicgrams.com Enters into Partnership with MusicGorilla.com to Mutually Help New Indie Artists and Bands Promote their Music Online
MP3Musicgrams.com, a free music promotion site featuring MP3 music uploads and Musicgrams, has entered into an online artist promotion and revenue sharing partnership with MusicGorilla.com. Both sites offer unique services for new unsigned artists to promote their music. MP3MusicGrams.com artists... - October 12, 2006 - Munch Music Inc.
A Beatle Invades Liverpool - NY, USA
Original Beatles drummer Pete Best, from Liverpool, England, will be visiting Liverpool, NY (suburb of Syracuse NY) on Sat. Oct. 21st. This is the first time any Beatle has set foot in the official American 'sister city'. A short tour to Liverpool NY landmarks precedes a fundraiser for the Liverpool Fire Department, and a performance from The Pete Best Band at 8pm at Hooligan's of Liverpool. - October 12, 2006 - The Fab Five
PR.com Interviews Brooke Hogan and Covers Her Album, “Undiscovered,” Her Reality Show, “Hogan Knows Best,” and Teenage Fame
Brooke Hogan, daughter of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, opens up to PR.com’s Allison Kugel about her budding music career, her famous father and her love life. - October 10, 2006 - PR.com
Composer Burns, Fans Happy to Lounge Around
Prince of Israel joins Godmother of Hip Hop, Godfather of Soul, Brother of R&B-Pop, King of Rock-n-Roll and American idol in digital entertainment distribution endeavor: Burnlounge. - October 10, 2006 - PrimaVista Records
Raleigh Couple Chair John Locke Foundation Holiday Event
Kieran and Tina Shanahan Host “A Little Night Music” in December - October 10, 2006 - Shanahan Law Group