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The Best Bars in DC DC City Blog Provides a list of the top 10 Washington, DC Bars to visit in 2008 - 2008-02-28

WiFi Film Conference Announces The Official 2008 Line-Up We Have No Life Productions, presenters of the WiFi Film Conference, announces the official line-up of featured guest speakers from Los Angeles, New York, Tennessee and North Carolina. - 2008-02-26

Valencia Vas Gives Listening Advice and Wine Menus to her Music Fans Providence Records releases 'Valencia Vas Vitamins,' interactive music supplements to accompany the soprano's debut album. The first two features are 'The Beginner's Listening Guide' and 'The Wine Song Pairing.' - 2008-02-18

Bug/Windswept Congratulates Our Grammy Winners 2007 Bug/Windswept is very proud to congratulate our Grammy Winners from Sunday's presentation of the 50th Grammy Awards. - 2008-02-15

1 Attachment The CD is Dead - Flash Drive Direct Offers Strong Alternative Paradigm to Revive Limp Retail Music Sales. Bare Naked Ladies, White Stripes first to take the leap. The CD is dead and the industry is facing the prospect of a download only era. Music industry mavens know that this business strategy is not suited to the labels. The free file sharing Peer to Peer genie is out of the bottle and already in the hands of the public. The ability for the labels to stake their claim in the download arena and successfully compete with LimeWire, MySpace and other free services is doomed. Flash drive designer and manufacturer Flash Drive Direct has penned a treatise that describes a new and viable replacement for the CD that will appeal to the download demographic and offer a richer media intense delivery system. - 2008-02-14

Unsigned Band The Majestic Twelve Land in the National Top Ten on MTVu's Countdown The video for the single "Cry" from the hit underground record "Schizophrenology," by Wilmington, NC rock band The Majestic Twelve, is currently #7 on MTVu's Dean's List. "As an independent band, all we've ever wanted was the chance to compete," comments front man Kenyata Sullivan. "In this new era of the music business, things like this prove that a band like us who don't want a record label can still get out there and play ball with the big boys. That's exciting." - 2008-02-13

Time Life Presents 'It All Started With Doo Wop' 10 Disc Boxed Set Snap your fingers to the unforgettable sounds of your favorite Doo Wop classics of the '50s and '60s. Time Life's newly released 'It All Started With Doo Wop' 10 Disc Boxed Set, which includes a Bonus DVD, features Dion & The Belmonts, The Platters, The Drifters,The Supremes and many more, totaling 147 songs in all. - 2008-02-12

Naxos' Recording of Joan Tower's Made In America Wins Three Grammy® Awards: Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition Artists from Naxos of America Family of Distributed Labels also Honored with Three Grammy® Awards - 2008-02-12

Apes Schedule February and March 2008 Tour Dates to Coincide with Release of New Album WDC Album Release Party: Friday, February 29 @ Black Cat - 2008-02-09

International Vocalist Michael Paige, The New Voice Of Romance, Launches Worldwide Record Campaign Michael Paige's journey as the New Voice of Romance has just begun. The assortment of Michael's self-titled debut album encompasses love ballads and dance music crossing over to a blend of continental flavors. Michael's style and hands-on approach makes him multi-talented in all aspects of music; writing and publishing his own music, singing in six languages and playing the piano. - 2008-02-05

Front Gate Solutions to Debut Dealio™ Web-Based Talent Buyer Software at Concert Industry Consortium Front Gate Solutions today announced that it will debut Dealio: Talent Buyer™ at the 2008 Concert Industry Consortium in Los Angeles this week. Dealio: Talent Buyer™ is a web-based offer management application that allows talent buyers to easily create and send offers to agents while storing all data so that it is easily accessible and searchable from any PC or Mac computer with Internet connection. Dealio: Booking Agent™ will launch in the coming months. - 2008-02-04

Big Fuss Records Welcomes Miss Kristin's 'The Runner' to the New Age of Singles Evidence is showing the trend now returning toward the recorded single. Never one to wait, Miss Kristin of Big Fuss Records is one of the first out of the gate with the new music delivery methods releasing singles from "The Runner" prior to the full album release. - 2008-02-04

VideoPoke Now Available on Facebook New widget from Singing Fool puts music back into Valentine's Day. - 2008-01-31

Latest DVD Release from Call Box Teaches Multi-Format High Definition Editing with Apple's Final Cut Pro Created by Apple Certified Pro instructor and film industry writer Noah Kadner, this DVD provides instruction for digital video professionals on high definition post-production using Apple's Final Cut Pro with cameras from Sony, JVC, Panasonic and Canon. - 2008-01-30

The Tubes and The Persuasions Sign Distribution Agreements with Wolfgang's Vault Wolfgang's Vault, the online destination for live music, announced today agreement with veteran recording artists The Tubes and The Persuasions to distribute archival concert recordings for download at www.WolfgangsVault.com. - 2008-01-29

In Ticketing Announces the Appointment of CEO & Founder Steve Weisz to Advisory Board of Trees for the Future In Ticketing, the premiere global technology company providing ticketing and e-commerce solutions for music, film festivals, venues, and bands, today announced the appointment of CEO & Founder Steve Weisz to the advisory board of Trees for the Future. Since 1989, Trees for the Future has been helping communities around the world plant trees. Through seed distribution, agroforestry training, and in-country programs, they have empowered rural groups to restore tree cover to their lands. Planting trees protects the environment and helps to preserve traditional livelihoods and cultures for generations. Since 2001, In Ticketing has partnered with Trees for the Future and in 2007, In Ticketing created a program to plant one tree for each ticket sold. - 2008-01-29

Lime Studios Launches Lime Music Sound Santa Monica, CA-based Lime Studios announces the launch of a new music composition and sound design division, Lime Music Sound, featuring DJs from the International electronic dance world. - 2008-01-23

FameCast's Artist Discovery Engine Revs Up for New Season: Season 4 Launches with $120,000 Prize Pool and Awards from Top Entertainment Industry Movers and Shakers -- A Record 6,500 Artists Registered for the Online Talent Competition's Biggest Season Yet Acts Have until Jan. 21-Feb. 2 to Upload Submission Videos to FameCast.com FameCast, hot on the heels of a previous season full of dynamic young artists, lucrative cash prizes and artists receiving once-in-a-lifetime career opportunities, is set to launch its record-breaking Season 4. Thanks to its successful first three seasons of competition, the Web's leading talent competition and fan entertainment community is now being utilized by the entertainment industry as an online artist discovery engine that collects, ranks and serves up the world's best emerging talent. FameCast's online platform (www.FameCast.com) continues to not only connect independent artists directly with new fans worldwide daily, but provides entertainment business tastemakers access to tomorrow's stars right from their laptops today. - 2008-01-21

Wolfgang's Vault Invests In Daytrotter Wolfgang's Vault, the online home for live music, announced today a substantial investment in online indie music destination, Daytrotter. This partnership will enable Daytrotter to grow its audience for unique recordings from undiscovered indie rock artists, and continue offering the existing and new archive additions of recordings as free mp3 downloads. - 2008-01-17

Introducing Blue Comet Cafe: The Premiere Virtual Music Venue New virtual showcase venue offers exposure opportunities for emerging musicians and singer-songwriters. - 2008-01-17

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