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Musicrypt Signs New Indie Record Label
Mogol Music To Release Single "MySpace Girl" to Radio in US and Canada Via DMDS. 2006-10-11

Billboard and Vocus to Launch Music and Entertainment SEO Press Release Service   Billboard Publicity Wire to Deliver Affordable Publicity and Online Visibility to Customers of All Sizes 2006-10-05

Mobile Streams Champions the Mobile Hip Hop Market with ‘Nexxt Mobile’
Nexxt Mobile features over 30 up and coming hip hop stars. 2006-09-15

TagWorld.Com: A Day with Papa Roach Exclusive Interview
TagWorld’s Director of Music, Patricia Dao met up with lead singer Jacoby Shaddix and bassist Tobin Esperance at the Bel Age Hotel in Hollywood, CA and spent the day with them talking about the band, their rise to fame, recording the Paramour Sessions, the internet, and advice to unsigned bands trying to make it. 2006-09-15

Atlanta-Based Ringtone Company Partners with Local Hip-hop Talent to Rival Billboard Chart-Toppers; Leads Charge with Two-time Platinum Rap Artist, Young Jeezy   Atlanta-based ringtone company, Hi-Fli Tones, has launched its new, state-of-the-art website (www.hi-flitones.com) and begins a campaign to take on the $700M ringtone download industry. Artists being featured include Young Jeezy, Shawty-Lo, BHI, Slick Pulla and Yola the Great. 2006-09-14

Jazz Vocalist Russ Lorenson Releases New Holiday CD
RL Productions and LML Music announce the release of jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson’s new holiday CD, “What I Want For Christmas,” beginning today, September 12, 2006. 2006-09-12

Boston Music Travels Across the World with DJ Laura's Debut Show on BreakThru Radio
BreakThru Radio (BTR), the Internet’s voice of the World’s Best Independent Music understands how important a local scene is. To further introduce it’s 4+ million listeners a week to music from across the country, BTR will debut a specialty show dedicated to artists in the Boston area with local expert DJ Laura. 2006-09-11

Gloria Estefan: Record Company Execs were 'Idiots' at the Onset of Internet Age
Legendary pop star Gloria Estefan tells "The Strip" podcast that record industry executives were “idiots” to try to halt the downloading of music on the Internet and that that a lack of foresight “has taken the music industry down.” 2006-09-11

Left-handed Author/Guitarist, John Engel Produces 2-Volume Book Examining the Role of Historic Guitarists in Popular and Rock Music   John Engel charts the leading role of left-handed guitar players in all the world’s rock music and popular music with150 in-depth artist profiles and hundreds of inspired interviews. 2006-09-06

Earnest Pugh Received 'Male Vocalist of The Year' Nod Debut CD Continues to Climb Billboard Chart at #35
Recording artist Earnest Pugh received "Male Vocalist of the Year" nod at the 1st Annual En Sound Music Awards on Saturday, August 19, 2006 as his album continues to climb the Billboard® chart this week, positioning himself at #35 and #20 on Praise & Worship chart. The event that was hosted by comedian RodZ and drew a large crowd, took place at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown Newark, New Jersey hailed as one of the best gospel music events to have taken place so far this year. 2006-09-04

Music World Entertainment Presents "COUNTDOWN TO B'DAY” in Houston to Celebrate Beyoncé's New Album Release on Her Birthday Monday, September 4, 2006
The star-studded celebration will include celebrities, VIP's, athletes and Houston City officials. 2006-09-03

HAA to Honor Audio Guru of the Year at CEDIA EXPO 2006
Home Acoustics Alliance to announce the Audio Guru of the Year and Component Engineering Excellence Award winners at an informal reception at CEDIA EXPO 2006; Dr Floyd Toole will be the guest speaker. 2006-09-02

epiTUNES Launches Web 2.0 Music Discovery Service Bringing Fans and Artists Together
– epiTUNES recently launched their next generation music discovery site. Employing a variety of Web 2.0 features, including podcasts, blogs, RSS feeds, mashups, tagging, user generated reviews and rankings, epiTUNES provides multiple pathways for music fans to discover new music and stay up to date with their favorite artists. 2006-08-31

'The Chain' Breaks Top 20 as it Charts at #18 With 800+ Spins Weekly, Is a Hit With Hot AC Radio & Fans (FMQB)
“The Chain” from JAK PARIS quickly climbs to the number #18 spot on FMQB Hot AC. “The Chain” is now on over 40 radio stations nationally with 800 + spins weekly and continues climbing the charts. 2006-08-30

Full Sail Graduate Hits #3 on Billboard Charts
Full Sail Recording Arts graduate, Andrew Coleman, successfully engineered the album "In My Mind" from top producer, Pharrell Williams, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts in July 2006. 2006-08-30

Save Country Music Ribbon Campaign Launched
"This is a very poignant way to get the word out that we want our country music back. There is a huge devoted and passionate audience for this genre," states Karen Oliver. 2006-08-30

Toronto Indie Band Uncle Seth Set to Invade Boston Podcast Meeting
The "official band of Canadian podcasting" takes their show to PodCamp. 2006-08-28

Major Radio Personality's Life Shattered
Saban Brown is a non violent registered sex offender and former radio personality (yanta Love) who admits he had consensual sex with a 15 year old girl in 1998 who admittedly lied about her age. 2006-07-17

PRWeb Declares June 27 'Nacho Libre Day,' Closes Office   PRWeb employees will take afternoon off to watch movie, roll with laughter. 2006-06-27

Toronto Indie Band Uncle Seth Finds New Audience through Podcasting
High energy pop-rock-roots artists Uncle Seth gain international exposure from the growing podcast community. After being featured on popular podcasts from Adam Curry and others, the Toronto band have recently launched their very own podcast. 2006-04-28

"B.E.T. Uncut Video Kings": The Rap Group "2 Sense" of the Record Label "No Loot Records" were Rated #1 for the 2005 Season
"B.E.T. Uncut Video Kings" the rap group "2 Sense" of the record label "No Loot Records" were the most requested and rated #1 for the 2005 season on B.E.T. Uncut Videos, with well over 300 video spins upon their music video "Making Money". 2006-01-18

St. Louis Rap Group 'Hot 50 Productions' Without Radio Air Play Has Managed To Move 1,000s of Units
'Hot 50 Productions' has managed to move units without air play; nothing against radio, most of our music is non air play friendly. 2005-12-13

St. Louis Rap Group 'Hot 50 Productions' Strikes Platinum
St. Louis Rap Group 'Hot 50 Productions' strikes platinum with digital music distributors. The title of the cd: 'Respect It Cause You Ain't Gon Check It.' 2005-10-28