Saturday, October 29, 2011

Competition winner anouncement

 

Competition Winner

A couple of weeks ago the competition to win the signed CD Block Your Ears / Shield Your Eyes by Pink Narcissus and now we have a winner.

There were plenty of entires to choose and lots of people got the right answer.

To refresh - What was the title of Pink Narcissus first video? The answer -

Disinfectant.

The Winner was 

Russ Davies from Manchester in the UK.

Thanks to everyone who entered and I will try to make this a more regular feature of the news-letter.
 

Updates

I am now back to full speed with writing so keep your eyes on the website for new bands, releases and gig reviews.

Speaking of which, if anyone would like to turn their had to writing reviews of gigs, no matter where you are in the world, please drop me an email.

Look forward to hearing from you and have a great week.



Tim

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Friday, October 28, 2011

8th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) Deadline Approaching

IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards)

8th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) Deadline Approaching

David Francey, IAMA Top WinnerArtists of the Month
The 8th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) is now accepting entries. IAMA promotes excellence in Acoustic Music Performance and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Participating sponsors include D'Addario Strings, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, AirplayAccess.com, Tanager Music Software (Songframe), SongU, Acoustic Cafe Radio Program, Reverbnation, Sonicbids and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.�IAMA is open to all independent artists and labels. Unlike other music industry competitions, IAMA focuses on developing new markets for Acoustic artists, labels and with or without CD releases.
Past years' winners include David Francey (Canada), Liz Longley, The Refugees (USA), Kate Lush (Australia), Wayne Southards (USA), Larry Pattis (USA), Omega (Uganda), El McMeen, etc.
Win prizes in 8 different categories: Folk/Americana/Roots, AAA/Alternative, Instrumental, Open, Bluegrass, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group/Duo. There will also be an Overall Grand Prize winner awarded to the top winner worth over US$11,000, which includes radio promotion to over 250 radio stations in US and Canada. �Winning songs will be heard on radio! Winners and runner-ups will be featured on our CD compilation. Also, we feature up to 10 different artists get featured and promoted on IAMA website every month, which provides a review, ratings, CD information and more. The sooner, you enter, the sooner you get featured!
Judging is based on excellence in music performance, songwriting/composition/song choice, Music Production and originality. (Please note that IAMA is a different competition from USA Songwriting Competition).
***Deadline to enter: Nov 9, 2011, Hurry! Enter:
*Or enter online here with your MP3 or Youtube URL:


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Friday, October 21, 2011

12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music

Indie-Music.com: Where Serious Musicians Surf

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