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This month's newsletter features the listings that were submitted to me this past month. The contacts listed are sorted into FIVE sections. 1. Publications that will REVIEW your music |
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2. SITES/PUBLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR MUSIC REVIEWED Raven Entertainment Promotions 5019 Villanova Rd. Kissimmee, FL 34746 PH: 407-346-8875 Heather Burke heather@ravenentertainmentpromotions.com www.ravenentertainmentpromotions.com Offers several services such as CD & concert reviews, interviews and much more! American Songwriter 1303 16th Ave. S. 2nd Fl. Nashville, TN 37212 PH: 615-321-6096 FX: 615-321-6097 info@americansongwriter.com www.americansongwriter.com Interviews, writing tips, industry news, reviews, lyric contests and more. BandAttack 125 E. Merritt Isl. Cswy. #209PMB128, Merritt Island, FL 32952 PH: 315-727-9918 rock@bandattack.com www.bandattack.com Please visit our contact page if your band or label is interested in submitting. The ChickenFish Speaks PO Box 292168, Dayton, OH 45429-0168 PH: 937-609-9913 Grog Grog@theChickenFishSpeaks.com www.theChickenFishSpeaks.com All of our reviewers have eclectic tastes in music ...so send anything and everything!!! Garage Radio Magazine John "RoadRash" Foxworthy roadrash@garageradio.com www.garageradio.com From event and CD reviews to interviews and industry news, GR Magazine features all the best new music from the people that make it happen. Indie-Music.com PO Box 3339, Cary, NC 27519-3339 Jennifer Layton writers@indie-music.com www.indie-music.com/reviewpolicy.php You can request a certain writer or you can simply submit your package and it will be distributed among our current pool of reviewers.
Gator Broadcasting 6101 Metrowest Blvd. Orlando, FL 32835 PH: 813-695-5976 FX: 407-292-2049 Scott Beaty infor@gatorbroadcasting.com www.gatorbroadcasting.com An online radio station dedicated to the very best unsigned and indie artists. WorldRock Radio PH: 580-371-2101 CSC worldrockradio2@gmail.com www.worldrockradio.com An internet radio station that plays Rock & Indie Rock 24 hours a day. Radio Rietveld Frederik Roeskestraat 96, 1076 ED Amsterdam, The Netherlands PH: 003120-5711600 FX: 003120-5711654 Hans Kuiper/ Gijs Muller radiorietveld@gmail.com www.radiorietveld.nl We feature independent music, originally produced programs, soundscapes, radio plays, interviews and art specials. We are connected to the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam. KDTN Radio One Network 23 Williamsburg Ct. #100, Glassboro, NJ 08028-1668 PH: 856-430-8997 FX: 641-453-3769 Kenny Smith sdcinternetics@msn.com www.live365.com/stations/kdtn Playing independent R&B since 1997! SongVault.fm 2260 Rutherford Rd. #111, Carlsbad, CA 92008 PH: 714-403-7497 FX: 760-438-1954 Paul John paul@songvault.fm www.SongVault.fm Artists upload 3 songs for free to have listeners filter out the best of the best in order to get permanent radio airplay and featured on one of our daily podcast shows. Please do NOT send CDs to our address! The Corner Church Indie Music Podcast Rick Massey masseysmusic@podOmatic.com masseysmusic.podomatic.com This Podcast is in protest of the music industry and tries to give the "up and coming" Christian artists a voice. Radio Crystal Blue 3655 Shore Pkwy. #1F, Brooklyn, NY 11235 PH: 718-646-0158 Dan Herman cblue456@optonline.net www.radiocrystalblue.com Featuring the best of the independents. Send your latest CD to the above address. Moozikoo Radio PO Box 50322, Nashville, TN 37205-0322 Anthony Bates anthony@moozikoo.com www.moozikooradio.com Our goal is to bring you the best music from today's independent artists. We focus on music in the Americana, Alt. Rock, Bluegrass, Blues, and Alt. Country genres. eoRadio PH: 303-808-8140 Ryan Smith webmaster@eoradio.com http://www.eoradio.com The best free music from unsigned artists from around the globe. We require all artists to register online and sign a release form before submitting. Visit online for details.
4. SERVICES/VENDORS/LABELS THAT WILL HELP SELL YOUR MUSIC XIIE PO Box 935, Angleton, TX 77516 PH: 979-849-1279 FX: 979-849-1278 John McNerney john@xiie.net www.xiie.net Offers original music by original artists via the web - selling around the world 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Huge pay outs. OnlineRock 2033 Ralston Ave. #50 Belmont, CA 94002 PH: 650-649-2304 Steve info@onlinerock.com www.onlinerock.com We offer CD reviews which are perfect for your press kit and website. All types of music accepted. Please note that we take submissions via our website and you must send in two copies of your CD. Nina Denny Public Relations PO Box 1248, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 PH: 315-323-1058 FX: 877-349-0225 Nina ndenny@ninadenny.com www.ninadenny.com PR with a personal touch, affordable rates and music expertise. MusicSUBMIT 650 Pennsylvania #25, Miami Beach, FL 33139 PH: 888-476-8745 FX: 303-444-9122 Michael support@musicsubmit.com www.MusicSUBMIT.com Promotes your music to the decision makers at Internet radio stations, music blogs, online music magazines and more, AND we give you a full report of everything we do for you! BONXO 150 Delmar Rd. Rochester, NY 14616 PH: 585-314-2826 FX: 585-458-9611 Dan Regna dan@bonxo.com www.bonxo.com An alternative avenue for artists to get their music heard. Our goal is to create a sub-culture of music that is not tainted by the giant corporate spinning wheel. Feature CD sales and MP3 "album" downloads, no singles. The goal is to give artists complete control over their music. Blue Canoe Records 17 Timberlake Cove, Cartersville, GA 30121-5200 bluecanoerecords@mac.com www.bluecanoerecords.com If your music is Jazz, Jam Band, Progressive, Fusion, Avant-garde or fits under the "umbrella of Jazz", you should consider submitting your music to us. We only accept CDs from our staff producers and through our partnership with www.SonicBids.com Silverdome Entertainment Goethestr. 56 - 69214 Eppelheim, Germany PH: +49-06221/4304142 FX: +49-06221/4304142 Constantin Voujouklidis chief-manager@silverdome-rock.com www.silverdome-rock.com Artist promotion for live performing, record deals and distribution deals. Volare Star Entertainment PO Box 46451, Plymouth, MN 55441 PH: 612-462-9004 LeeAnn Mnichowski info@volarestar.com http://www.volarestar.com Committed to creating and maintaining band awareness among the entertainment community. We provide booking, promotion, management and design services. NOTE: I had a technical issue last month in which several e-mails were deleted on my server. If you contacted me and I didn't get back to you, please resend your e-mail. Southbound Records 103 E. Main St., Willow, OK 73673 PH: 580-287-3589 FX: 580-287-3590 southboundrecordsusa@yahoo.com www.southboundrecordsusa.com Label featuring Southern music. Kacey Jones Consulting PO Box 121253, Nashville, TN 37212 PH: 888-999-9975 FX: 615-321-2244 Kacey Jones kacey@kaceyjonesconsulting.com www.kaceyjonesconsulting.com Professional advice from a music industry veteran with 30 years experience. Record deals, promotion, publishing, radio and distribution. Affinity Music 3200 West End Ave. Ste. 500, Nashville, TN 37203 PH: 615-216-0589 Don Reed don@affinitymusic.com www.affinitymusic.com We produce and promote artists to the music industry worldwide. We also submit to executives in the music industry (i.e. radio and television talk shows like The Tonight Show, Oprah etc.) Ova Tha Top Entertainment Label & Marketing Company PO Box 1017, Wadesboro, NC 28170 Cedric Brooks info@ovathatopentertainment.com www.ovathatopentertainment.com We market and promote R&B artists in North and South Carolina. If we like your music, we will contact you.
5. SITES WHERE YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR BAND'S MP3s OR VIDEOS BONXO 150 Delmar Rd. Rochester, NY 14616 PH: 585-314-2826 FX: 585-458-9611 Dan Regna dan@bonxo.com www.bonxo.com An alternative avenue for artists to get their music heard. Our goal is to create a sub-culture of music that is not tainted by the giant corporate spinning wheel. Feature CD sales and MP3 "album" downloads, no singles. The goal is to give artists complete control over their music. Music Gorilla 12407 Mopac Expressway N. 100-312, Austin, TX 78758 PH: 512-918-8978 FX: 212-258-6394 Alexia info@musicgorilla.com www.musicgorilla.com Exposure to major labels, indie labels, film studios and publishers. MyMusicStream Andrew Drake andrew.drake@mymusicstream.com www.mymusicstream.com Streaming internet radio and music video site for bands, solo artists and music fans! Whitebeetle.com - Royalty Free Music Glanrafon, Corris, Machynlleth, Powys UK PH: +442078710069 John Milner john.milner@whitebeetle.com www.whitebeetle.com We sell royalty free music online and encourage musicians to contribute their music to make money on each sale. The Christian Jukebox 9900-E Greenbelt Rd. #208, Lanham, MD 20706 PH: 301-332-9239 Simone Henry info@thechristianjukebox.com www.thechristianjukebox.com A digital download store that is committed to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ through great independent music! JukeBoxAlive 311 Montford Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 PH: 828-232-0016 Will Cumberland cumberland@jukeboxalive.com www.jukeboxalive.com Our Advanced Jukebox Player protects your music from being digitally downloaded, yet allows fans to hear your music online. This creates exciting possibilities for you to present yourself to new audiences without being ripped off.
6. HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR YOUR BAND IndabaMusic.com info@indabamusic.com www.indabamusic.com An online networking and collaboration platform for musicians, engineers, producers, and all music professionals. Site members can connect with others in our international community and create online music projects - editing and mixing tracks recorded in different parts of the world using a custom online digital audio workstation. Join for free today to create your profile and host audio and unlimited photos. Music Network USA 2118 Wilshire Blvd. #368, Santa Monica, CA 90403 www.mnusa.com Your gateway to music industry resources! the worlds largest free music classifieds. music business newswire with hourly updates. Directory of recording studios, music publishers, talent agencies, musicians unions, transportation services, artist itineraries, record manufacturers, musical instruments and services for all your production needs. FANBRIDGE.COM - FREE email & mobile list management PH: 845-306-9370 FX: 610-200-2700 Noah contact@FanBridge.com www.FanBridge.com FanBridge gives bands the tools and resources needed to easily build their email and mobile fan lists and create/send highly customizable and targeted campaigns and newsletters via email and text messaging, all from one account! - Create custom signup forms for your website, Myspace, Purevolume etc. - Have all your fan info in a single searchable database - Schedule campaigns/newsletters/text messages to be sent in the future - Geo-target campaigns/newsletter to specific areas along your tour route - And much more! Rock Star Promotions PO Box 5867, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310 PH: 954-739-9205 FX: 801-740-6554 Aaron Schimmel servicedesk@rockstarpromos.com www.rockstarpromos.com Dedicated to helping everyone live like a rock star, even if you can't play a note! SongMastering.com PO Box 217, Loveland, OH 45140-0217 PH: 513-833-9025 Jim Mason jimmason@songmastering.com www.songmastering.com I see songmastering.com as the final step in the recording process, it is a way to give yourself that extra bit of confidence before you post your tune on the net. I see my service as an audio Jiffy Lube, where you can get your song fine tuned for public consumption. I am an independent artist like you and know how important it can be to have the best sounding recordings possible. nobucks dot net 945 S. Glaspie St., Oxford, MI 48371 PH: 877-662-8257 www.nobucks.net Our goal is to provide you with fast service and error-free duplications. Don't let our low prices fool you. We're able to keep our overhead low so we can get you the high quality you want at a price you can afford. Tape & Disc Services 7570 Springhill Ct. Gladstone, OR 97027 PH: 888-655-2272 FX: 503-656-4742 Steve Zielger info@tapeanddisc.com www.tapeanddisc.com A full-service CD duplication and replication company that also specializes in DVD replication and duplication. Seatthole Shirts PO Box 3137, Bellingham, WA 98227 PH: 360-733-2154 Django Bohren info@seatthole.com www.seatthole.com High-quality custom t-shirt screen printing and Rock n' Roll promotional items for your high-, medium-, low- or no-budget project. Evolvor 1205 Woolen Way, Newark, DE 19711 PH: 856-498-9945 Eric Hebert eric@evolvor.com www.evolvor.com Music marketing and internet promotion for business, music and art. Our blog is updated regularly with tips and tricks on promoting yourself online. Book Live Music 14226 State Rte. 2, Snohomish, WA 98290 PH: 425-350-1109 Bartly Betts bartly@booklivemusic.com www.booklivemusic.com Provides entertainers with one-page listings that include descriptions, photos and audio samples. The high-speed search service is free to website visitors and is available throughout the US and Canada. The Christian MySpace 304 Main Ave. #270, Norwalk, CT 06851 PH: 203-994-6458 Manuel Ramos info@24hrchristianspace.com www.24hrchristianspace.com A Christian MySpace alternative. We promote Christian bands for free! Sound Bites Dog Mastering PH: 310-621-1896 Hans DeKline hdekline@gmail.com www.SoundBitesDog.com Los Angeles based mastering engineer Hans DeKline is now offering high-quality and affordable mastering via the internet with minimal lead-time and great customer service. Whatever your needs, we are a reliable second pair of ears and a budget-friendly mastering solution. Contact us for a free test master and more info. IamAnArtist.com PH: 732-873-2086 Janvi blogger@iamanartist.com www.IamAnArtist.com A networking site designed for members in the arts and entertainment industry. Our site brings together a variety of resources for actors, singers, models, directors and agents of all kind. Northwest Bands Dot Com 4020 Aurora Ave. N. Ste. 406, Seattle, WA 98103 PH: 360-420-0218 Jacquee Swindle Jacquee.Swindle@gmail.com www.northwestbands.com A NW music promotion and marketing company. Specializing in booking, management, viral online marketing and press for Indie, Rock, Alternative, Acoustic, Folk, Rock and Electro bands. CDstands.com 30 Compton Way, Hamilton Sq. NJ 08690 PH: 609-689-1711 Scott Clark info@cdreview.com www.cdstands.com We manufacture our own line of CD boxes for artists to sell their music at shows or in stores. Bandit A&R Newsletter 68-70 Lugley St., Newport, PO30 5ET UK PH: +44-1983-524110 John bandit@banditnewsletter.com http://www.banditnewsletter.com Helping ambitious bands target their demos to labels, publishers etc. Odds On Recording 14B Sunset Way, Henderson, NV 89014 PH: 877-633-7661 FX: 702-697-5341 support@oddsonrecording.com www.oddsonrecording.com For the best in replication, mastering & recording! Odds On is a full service facility with an impressive customer list from major corporations to independent labels.
7.INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC LICENSING by Brent McCrossen, Audiosocket © 2007 All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Most of my career I've seen the great aversion bands and musicians have toward "Music Licensing". It would appear that many of them find the subject too complicated to grasp. It's not. They only need to spend the necessary time developing their knowledge of this amazing tool. It will push the exposure of their art and drive revenue from the music they make. It's impossible to cover the entirety of the subject in this article. However, this will dispel some of the fears and act as a quick tutorial. You've seen the drastic changes that have happened in the music business over the past few years, right? People are buying less and less music. File sharing has impacted artist's ability to make a single dime off of their work. We're not here to debate the good and the bad of that. We're here to discuss a remaining channel of revenue and one that can really blow your band's profile into the mainstream. That channel is music licensing. In following shows like The O.C, Grey's Anatomy, The Sopranos and Entourage it's easy to see the impact they've had on emerging artists. With commercial radio's reputation on the decline people are seeking new avenues to discover cutting edge, quality music. More often people are finding that new band while watching TV or hearing some killer track on a web site. It's the new way. It presents great opportunity for the artists that know how to meet it. With the price of gas being what it is, touring is expensive. Still worth while but costly. IF you've got a record deal, in most cases, you need to sell enough records to "recoup" the cost in making and promoting that record. Then, and ONLY then, do you get 10-12% of the records sale price. At that rate you could sell 100,000 records and only make 0-$8,000. Now imagine this. You own the rights to your music, or have a good publishing deal and a TV show wants to license your hit song. They can pay a lot of money for this. For example, let's say they make you an offer of $25,000 to use your song in the background during a car chase on CSI Miami, most of that $25,000 is going straight into your pocket. IF you're an indie artist that owns the rights to the music and has no agent, 100% of that money is going in your pocket. How much would you have to tour to make that? How many records would you have to sell? Consider this equation. 1. You wrote a great song that gets licensed 2. You get paid for it 3. There is no three. There is no maze for you to traverse between you and the cash. It's not necessarily that simple but it really isn't that hard. Let me explain a few more details. Every show, commercial, website, DVD or video game that has a song or melody in it required a license to use it for that specific production. The process to secure the license is called "Music Clearance". This license allows that user to feature the music in their project for a certain amount of time, in a certain area and for a certain feature. This is called the "Use". The type of use often helps determine the price of the license. If your music is in the background and barely heard it won't make as much as say being in the opening credits. Music Supervisors are the people in charge of selecting music for any one project. These experts work closely with the producer and director to make sure that every scene requiring music is enhanced by its presence. To date music supervisors are becoming the tastemakers for today's audience. They can't be underestimated. In many cases they have more influence over a bands growing popularity then the DJ's of yesterday. One placement on a popular TV show, while paying potentially over $50,000, can help bring your music to the limelight and slam you through the door of success. Music supervisors are one of the gatekeepers. There are a number of technical terms that one needs to know about music licensing. The most crucial components pertain to the licenses themselves. In order for music to be cleared music supervisors needs to secure two separate licenses, the "Master" and "Synchronization". A Master License pertains to the actual recording of a song. It doesn't manner who wrote it, this license applies to the recording of the track. The Synchronization License or "sync" license allows the user to reproduce a musical composition "in connection with" or "in timed relation with" a visual image, e.g., motion picture, video, advertising commercial. Read it again. Let it "sync" in. You'll get it. There is a lot to know about music licensing but that shouldn't shy you away from the education. If you've got some great songs, trust me, people need them. There are 100's of 1,000's of films, TV shows, video games and websites in production everyday. One reliable way to gain access to this opportunity is to work with a Licensing agent. Licensing Agents represent bands, musicians and composers for placement in film, TV, Video games and all media. There are a number of licensing agents like me out there. Take the time to do the research and see if you can turn the head of one or two of them. A good licensing agent is another gatekeeper. Their alliance and contacts with the nations top music supervisors can provide a lot of benefits. In most cases they take a % of the licensing fee for their work. Others take a % of the royalties you receive when your song airs on a show etc. It's still wise to arm yourself with information so you know when you have a "good" agent. The more you know the more likely you are to succeed. Keep writing great songs, studying the industry and playing music. With a little effort and knowledge you're sure to succeed. Sync Up, Be Heard!
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