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2 Attachment Legendary Session Players Join The Friend of Africa Song Project The Friend of Africa, a World Music influenced Pop-Rock song co-written by award winning Biographer, Kevin Belmonte and Boston-based performing Songwriter Steve Kercher, will feature the participation of legendary bassist Abe Laboriel and popular session drummer John Robinson. The recording session is set for July 30 in Los Angeles. The song is scheduled for a September 2007 release through Kercher's Cartwheel Galaxy label. Song will benefit Africa aid organizations. - 2007-07-23

8 Attachment William Morris to Represent Celebrity SuperGroup 'Scrap Metal' The William Morris Agency announces it has signed celebrity rock supergroup 'Scrap Metal'. WMA will represent the successful all-star band made up of #1 hitmakers including Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger, Eric Martin of Mr. Big, Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson of Nelson, and Mark Slaughter of Slaughter. - 2007-07-19

Trackbacks Available Mandy Moore Announces Co-Headlining Tour with Paula Cole Mandy Moore To Tour, With Select Solo Performances, in Support of New, Critically Acclaimed Release, Wild Hope. Tickets On Sale Saturday, July 21 - 2007-07-18

Pop/rock Band Jag Star Wins 'Next Big Hit' Competition -- Now Featured Artist on iTunes Music Store Pop/rock band Jag Star was just named the winner of the "Next Big Hit" competition. As a result, the band is now occupying the coveted front page feature on iTunes music store, where their winning song "Missed Out" is available for download. "This is priceless!" says lead singer and songwriter Sarah Lewis. "We are thrilled to get this kind of exposure and we've definitely worked our butts off to get here!" The band has racked up many accolades and television placements on their own, and have toured 15 countries including overseas for the U.S. Troops. - 2007-07-17

4 Attachment ISPs Now Have A Cost-Effective Solution To Eliminate P2P Piracy and Reduce Bandwidth Consumption SafeMedia provides the only solution on the market guaranteed by a hold harmless agreement from any lawsuits related to copyright infringement on a network where their products are properly installed," said Pasquale Giordano, President & COO, SafeMedia Corp., Boca Raton, Fl. - 2007-07-17

Nine New Artists Signed to Date Through Billboard Underground Showcase Performances Providing the opportunity for unsigned artists to debut in front of music moguls, tastemakers, and influential press, Billboard Underground leverages new talent for a possible contract with top industry labels. Proving highly successful, Billboard Underground's 40-plus shows to date have landed nine new artists with record deals. The shows are held on a quarterly basis with the next to take place in September 2007. - 2007-07-16

2 Attachment Crooner Brian Evans Performs on 'So You Think You Can Dance' on Fox Crooner Brian Evans' version of the song "It Had To Be You" will be featured on the hit show "So You Think You Can Dance" this Wednesday, July 18th, to millions of viewers. - 2007-07-16

1720 Entertainment Joins Forces With Black Coral, Inc. For The Global Launch Of The Caribbean's Original "Queen of Soca" Alison Hinds' Smash Anthem "Roll It Gal" Atlanta-based 1720 Entertainment is proud to announce its partnership with Black Coral, Inc. for the global launch of the Caribbean's one and only, original "Queen of Soca" - Alison Hinds' smash hit single, "Roll It Gal." Her debut album entitled, Soca Queen, will be released this fall. - 2007-07-11

ON Networks Introduces New Comedy Lineup, with All-New Shows Sure to Make Viewers Double over with Laughter Sketch comedy zaniness, stand-up instruction and game show-style cooking share a virtual stage at ONnetworks.com. The newly launched comedy line-up boasts quirky, original shows that offer something for everyone -- from satire enthusiasts looking for fresh desktop distractions to wannabe comedians eager to be the next Kathy Griffin or Jerry Seinfeld. - 2007-07-10

Independent Label MusicandVideo.tv Announces The Global Release of New Music from Kansas' Steve Walsh Two Songs, previously released on MusicandVideo.tv, now available globally on Apple iTunes featuring Steve Walsh and David Ragsdale of Kansas, Joel Kosche of Collective Soul and Joe Franco. - 2007-07-05

1 Attachment Hoodiny Entertainment Group and Billboard Form Strategic Alliance To Expand Digital Services to the Latin Music Industry Hoodiny to Leverage Nielsen Sales Organization and Billboard Content to Strengthen Online Music Destination and Develop Ad-supported Communities for Music Labels - 2007-06-28

Front Gate Solutions Launches Online Store Business; The Industry's First Truly Integrated Online Ticketing and Merchandise Platform is Born Front Gate Solutions of Austin, TX today announced the launch of MerchManager™, a web-based e-commerce application that has been designed specifically for the entertainment industry. The solution enables artists, bands, festivals, film studios, sports teams and other event producers to sell t-shirts, hats, CDs and more from a privately branded online store. Organizations can either license the software to run their own operations or outsource store management and fulfillment operations to Front Gate Solutions' full service agency, Front Gate Tickets. - 2007-06-27

2 Attachment Andy Milne & Gregoire Maret Duo Debut Album Scenarios Releases June 26, 2007 in USA Cinematic piano/harmonica duets prove Milne and Maret are among today's most notable jazz musicians "These two musicians are seminal representatives of today's jazz" - Toots Thielemans - 2007-06-26

International Drum Legend, Ignacio Berroa Walks Home with '07 Award for 'Best International Jazz Album of the Year' for 'CODES' With eight intimate tracks, Codes is not only an International winner at the Danish Music Awards 2007, it also celebrates an experiential masterpiece. - 2007-06-22

VDC To Add Varsity TV to Growing Channel Line-Up: Partnership Will Provide Clean and Safe Teen Oriented Content to Internet Users Across U.S. Varsity Media Group, Inc. ("VMG"), the leading multi-media company dedicated to teenagers worldwide, today announced an agreement with VDC Corporation ("VDC") which will add Varsity TV to VDC's programming line-up. The partnership between VDC and VMG will enable Varsity TV to be viewed through any Internet connected web browser and illustrates the synergy of new media technology and distribution to define a new era of television. - 2007-06-21

3 Attachment Pop Singer Seven Silvasy And Former Miss Pennsylvania Teen Returns To Perform and Join Judges Panel Silvasy to Participate in the Miss Pennsylvania Teen Pageant to be held June 22-24th at Radisson Hotel and Convention Center, Harrisburg, PA. - 2007-06-21

Gamma Blast Debuts New, Leading Edge Service for North American Market Gamma Blast, a leader in the field of digital post production, recently announced its new service of providing high-definition (HD) closed captioning services to producers and broadcasters whose programming is in the HD format. This is a significant development for the television industry because only a handful of companies in North America are equipped to provide this service with most of the few offering the service in Los Angeles or New York. Furthermore, 2008 is predicted to be the year that many networks "officially" move away from Standard Definition broadcasting and begin to broadcast exclusively in HD. - 2007-06-20

T.I - Featured Artist of the Month in July on Music Choice Thirteen videos from T.I.'s catalog of music, along with exclusive programming that introduces viewers to both the personal and professional sides of T.I., will be featured on Music Choice's free video-on-demand music service, the most-popular video-on-demand service in the country, throughout the month of July. - 2007-06-19

1 Attachment Lisa Houston to Launch Her Highly Anticipated Debut Album "Spread the Love" Album includes thirteen tracks most of which were written by Lisa Houston & Producer Jimmy Mac, it also includes trademark songs of her career and award winning Christian musicians. - 2007-06-19

5 Attachment Brickyard Pro Has Released Two Albums to the World This Week Brickyard Pro's Albums are sure to be big sellers in the music industry this week. - 2007-06-17

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