I started writing this one Sunday, finished on Monday night, late
night, like 2am or so. Thinking of that Rev. Gary Davis tune and also
maybe The Stones "Beast of Burden" somewhere in the mix. Dedicated to
the late and great Adam Mewherter. Thanks for all your kind words and
brief friendship, Adam. I wish I'd gotten to know you a little better,
amigo. Ciao for now. Grace, mercy and peace to you and yours. Fly on.
Url: http://www.inacoustic.com 
The 6th Annual IAMA's deadline is fast approaching. There is less than 2 weeks left to enter. 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), Sonicbids.com, Broadjam.com, Acoustic Cafe Radio Show and XM Sirius Satellite Radio.
Win awards 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).
All entries must be entered by November 9 or earlier. Ways to enter:
** For the regular entry form, please go to:
http://www.inacoustic.com/entryform.html
** Or enter online:
http://www.broadjam.com/contests/details/contest/index.php?contest_id=1493
** Or enter online via Sonicbids:
http://www.sonicbids.com/iama2009
Url: http://www.jdmanagement.com
JOE D'AMBROSIO MANAGEMENT - Roster In The Studio - October 2009.
Tony Visconti producing Lucy Woodward (Verve),
Hugh Padgham producing indie UK rockers, Lo-Star at Sofa Sound Studios, London,
Mick Guzauski mixed Boyz II Men (Decca) upcoming CD and Andrea Bocelli’s “God Bless Us Everyone” lead single from his latest Sony CD,
Joe Zook mixed the upcoming albums by Dashboard Confessional and OneRepublic and is currently mixing the debut release for Tamar Kaprelian (Interscope) as well as Kate Voegele's next single, "Inside Out",
Jay Newland is producing Sly Johnson’s debut (Universal France) after producing/mixing Maurane’s upcoming CD and Eddy Mitchell’s upcoming release,
Rich Travali is mixing the upcoming Robin Thicke (Interscope) CD and several singles for Toni Braxton (Atlantic),
Thom Monahan is in Northern California producing the debut by Leopold and his Fiction and the upcoming release by Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie. Most recently, he’s produced and mixed releases by Vetiverand Au Revoir Simone,
Larry Gold just completed writing arrangements for Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, Angelique Kidjo, Cheryl Cole and Kat Deluna. He’s in now with T-Pain,
Vic Florencia, Juno-winning Best Engineer mixed Five For Fighting’supcoming Slice (Columbia/Aware) and is currently mixing Justin Nozuka’s upcoming album (Glassnote) from Concrete Jungle Studio in Toronto,
Dru Castro remixed Michael Franti’s “Say Hey (I Love You)” single for Urban radio at his Atlanta studio and celebrates his co-production and mix of K’Jon’s “On The Ocean”, a five-week Billboard #1 Urban A/C single. He’s in now remixing Anjulie’s “Rain” (Concord),
Lawrence Manchester recorded and mixed Danny Elfman’s score for Ang Lee’s film Taking Woodstock and produced music for Michael Moore's latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story. He is currently working with Elliot Goldenthal on original music for his upcoming film, The Tempest,
Thom Cadley is mixing Third Eye Blind Acoustic Live NYC project in 5.1 surround sound,
Mario McNulty just got off the road doing live recording for the final dates of the Nine Inch Nails tour and is in mixing the upcoming release for Laurie Anderson (Verve)
Rob Mounsey scored the film, Citizen Jane, for The Hallmark Channel, arranged the single, "Maybe Tomorrow," from Michael Jackson's Remix Suite III EP (Universal/Republic), arranged Trisha Yearwood's contribution to an upcoming tribute to George Gershwin and is currently in his studio producing Yvette Rovira,
Ryan Shore, acclaimed film composer, has five projects being released in the final Quarter of 2009 and starts work on his original score for the film,The Shrine.
For more information on that roster, including availability, please contact JD Management via their website:
www.jdmanagement.com
Or via email: Info@jdmanagement.com
All media enquiries, including interview requests, images etc - to Kevin Fetterplace at Mojo Working International
Kevin@Mojoworking.com
Url: http://kirstendehaan.musicdish.net
Sound: http://www.facebook.com/kdlocal
Artist: Kirsten DeHaan
Title: Thorns On A Crown EP
Website: http://www.kdlocal.com
Style: Alt Rock/ Singer Songwriter
Label: SirLady Records
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
By C.W. Ross
http://cwsplace.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/kirsten-dehaan-thorns-on-a-crown/
Thorns On A Crown is the latest release from Kirsten DeHaan and on it you'll find 5 tracks of music that offer up a variety of styles.
Things get started with the track, "1984," a song that offers up a 60's alt. rock feel thanks to the retro-guitar parts that are found on it.
Track-2, "Double or Nothing," is a lively track that mixes just a touch of a folk edge in to its light rock beats.
Track-3, "The Night Shift," starts out as a melodic acoustic guitar song until the 2:20 mark when the drum beats instantly speed up changing the song's tempo.
Thorns On A Crown ends on a very high note with the songs, "I'm Coming Home," and "Ms. Daisy."
Track-4, "I'm Coming Home," is a harmonica filled track that gives off a folk-rock vibe. For me this song also worked best to showcase DeHaan's vocals.
Track-5, "Ms. Daisy" finishes things up nicely with its melodious sound that also highlights DeHaan's vocals.
Kirsten DeHaan has nice vocals that are very pleasant sounding and match well with the songs found on her latest release, Thorns On A Crown.
]]>Url: http://www.myspace.com/riverdies 
Rio de Janeiro - What before was seen like a bias, today is the reality. Some Brazilian artists of the new generation prefer to use the English to do their songs. This change at the market can be proved at the VMB (Video Music Brazil), an awards of the MTV Brazil, that elects the principal names of music. This year, some categories like Artist of the Year, Best Video clip and Revelation had musicians singing in English.
Actually, a new generation of musicians pretends to enter this list, the difference is that before travel around the world, they want to attract the Brazilian fans. Mallu Magalhães, Black Drawing Chalks, Holger e Mickey Gang sings in English and were indicated to the VMB. Most of them started at the independent market showing their sound at YouTube and My Space. The producer of VMH Studio, Eden, believes that the bands from the 80s until now had a bigger recognition at other countries, to later be known at Brazil. Today, the process is different: “The musicians sing in English here, than use alternative media to be known at their own country”.
Another band that is getting prepared to be part of this market is the Riverdies. The musicians writes their lyrics naturally in English, they say that is because they already feel familiar with the sound of the idiom. Besides that, the group has influences of international artists like Pearl Jam, Silverchair and Stone Temple Pilots. The decision to choose other language helped them to receive invitations to play at Europe and at the U.S.A, but the group don`t stop to play at Brazil.
]]>Email: info@mymusicsuccess.com 
Url: http://www.mymusicsuccess.com
Independent UK rock musician Mark Emmins has been
announced today as the winner of the MyMusicSuccess.Com Gibson Guitar competition, and wins himself a fabulous Heritage Cherry Red Gibson SG Standard Guitar.
The excited winner Mark Emmins (pictured with his prize) told MyMusicSuccess.Com "I am so shocked! I have never won anything before in my life, and this is beyond my wildest dreams. This guitar will be cherished and will be my studio guitar, I'll be using it on all my recordings in the future. The Gibson SG is gorgeous, looks stunning and plays so nicely, I am absolutely overjoyed with it."
Mark, a former lead vocalist with UK Rock Band Blackreign, is currently concentrating on his independent solo career and was recently nominated for 2 awards in the Exposure Music Awards held in April 2009. Details of Mark's latest album 'Growing Old Disgracefully' and his extensive touring schedule can be found at http://www.markemmins.com
Simon Adams, Co-Founder of MyMusicSuccess.Com said that it was a great pleasure to be able to run the competition and help independent artists, "Thanks to the support of Gibson Guitars with this competition we've been able to let thousands of independent artists know about our free eBook download 'The Secrets Of Independent Music Success' which gives them a great grounding on how to navigate the new music business."
]]>Session 606 is the solo project of 21 year old singer/songwriter/guitarist/musical genius, Anthony Masington
Hailing from Feasterville Trevose, Pennsylvania - Ant Mas spent the first half of 2009 where the music lead him - Kingston, NY. There is where he began to record his debut. He found himself working with David "Wavis" Parker (original live Coheed and Cambria keyboard player + Weerd Science collaborator + producer) and inevitably ran into session drummer (and original Coheed and Cambria drummer) Josh Eppard. The three of them meshed so well, they ended up forming Mours. Currently that project is on the backburner while Ant is continuing to work on his record (unfortunately the files with Josh drumming on the Session 606 material has been absorbed in the ethers of small town hell) and while Josh is pursuing his sophomore Weerd Science release, Sick Kids. They continue to work together with Ant performing guitar live with Weerd Science.
Here's a bunch of the Session 606 demos:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ykzntmnkmoz/Session 606 demos.zip
and some videos: