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Tupac Still Breathin Tour Promoter Seeking Dates & Lawz Launch New Video Highlighting International Shows & Performances with Pac Featuring Young Buck and The Outlawz-Tupac Still Breathin Tour promoter is reaching out to domestic and international talent bookers & Lawz launch new video promoting New We Want In LP - 2008-07-18

Wanted Humanitarian Efforts Bring Positive Light Through New Reggae Release Black Wolf Records' recording artist Wanted has established a new voice in the reggae music scene with tracks produced out of the legendary Marley family owned Tuff Gong studios, with proceeds going to hungry children in the town of Jacmel, Haiti. - 2008-07-15

Hollywood Biographer Releases Rock CD Hollywood biographer and university literature professor builds upon his experience as a Memphis musician in the 60's and releases a classic rock CD. - 2008-07-07

New 2-CD Set by Jeffrey Fisher presents The Bhagavad Gita Suite and The River; the Composer and Artist Revives Ancient Sanskrit Tale and Explores War/Spirituality with dynamic Ocean of Consciousness. Eclectic musician Jeffrey Fisher announces the release of his ambitious new 2-CD set that explores the subjects of war and spirituality in relation to the ancient Sanskrit text of 'The Bhagavad Gita'. This important text is among the most widely read in the world, and Fisher translates it both literally and personally with 'Ocean of Consciousness' two discs, 'The Bhagavad Gita Suite' and 'The River'. The fine art for the CD cover is provided by renowned Taos, NM-based artist and painter Charles Collins of the Charles Collins Gallery. Fisher will support this instrumental new age and world music CD with a Western regional concert, lecture and media tour in June/July 2008. 10% of CD profits earmarked for charities that protect sacred sites and benefit the arts. Early CD reviews are very positive. - 2008-06-17

Digital Media Wire Announces Speakers and Agenda for Digital Media Conference at the Ritz Carlton in Tyson's Corner, Virginia on June 26 Fox Interactive Media SVP & GM Ron Berryman and AOL EVP Lynda Clarizio among Speakers at Annual Industry Summit - 2008-06-11

Mission House Music-iWitness Records Set to Ship Amy Douglas' "Hero at Home" to Radio CCM newcomer Amy Douglas gets set to come into the hearts and minds of Americans with her soon to be Hit debut single "Hero at Home." - 2008-06-03

2 Attachment Napster Launches World's Largest MP3 Store Featuring 6 Million Tracks : Songs Purchased at Napster Now Compatible With iPod and iPhone Napster (Nasdaq:NAPS), the pioneer of digital music, today announced the launch of the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store at www.napster.com/store. - 2008-05-19

3 Attachment iStockphoto Seeks Submissions for New Microstock Audio Offering : World's Stock Imagery Sales Leader Will Offer Industry's Easiest Way to Purchase all Types of Multimedia Under One Account Today, iStockphoto, the company that revolutionized the stock photography market by offering images online for prices as low as $1, announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September 2008. In so doing, iStockphoto will become the first company to offer stock imagery, video footage, vector illustrations, Flash files and audio for purchase under one payment model, on one convenient site. - 2008-05-14

Indie Hip Hop Label Re-Issues Unique Tupac Tribute Project With all the talk about hip hop being dead, indie hip hop labell Thug Life Army Records sets forth a project that proves hip hop is alive and well: outside the boundary of corporate 'boardroom' hip hop. Artist from all across the country including California, New York, Georgia, Texas, St. Louis as well as Canada have contributed to this project set in the mindset of Tupac Shakur (2Pac). - 2008-05-05

"Fashion and Music Collide During BK Fashion Weekend" Brooklyn's own Sadiiya Rock to Perform Sadiiya Rock set to close out Brooklyn Fashion Weekend's Fifth Season - 2008-03-23

Lloyd's Latest Shows 'How We Do It' with Guest Star Ludacris: Rhythmic/Crossover and Urban Radio Piling On; Lloyd's Second The Inc. Records/Universal Motown Album 'LESSONS IN LOVE' In-Stores July 15, 2008 One of music's golden young voices just got a heavy new shine, as The Inc./Universal Motown hip-hop singer/songwriter LLOYD's new single, "How We Do It" featuring special guest LUDACRIS, conquers two radio formats in its first week of release. - 2008-03-21

Miss Kristin Assists In Instigating Change And Awakening With New Heart Healthy Music Release, "The Runner" Available Via Amazon MP3 And iTunes April 1. Eckhart Tolle with his best selling new book, "A New Earth" (Oprahs book of the month club), is not alone in instigating change and "Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" through media. Big Fuss Records, Miss Kristin has proudly released a brave new heart healthy collection titled "The Runner", via Amazon MP3 and iTunes available April 1 with awakening the soul in mind through music and song. - 2008-03-18

New Music CD MIDDLE PATH features Seven Didjeridoos: 4 male, 3 female, and all Totally Chill Didjeridoo music master Paradiso announces a new performance schedule in support of his seventh album - MIDDLE PATH - releasing on March 15, 2008. This Electronic/New Age/World crossover album features Paradiso on a full range of didjeridoos, complemented with exotic instruments such as drums, bells, Tibetan bowls, vocals, keyboards, percussion and electronic instruments. - 2008-03-13

Composer Torben Thoger Of Denmark Teams with Only New Age Music, Inc. for his Music Catalog's U.S. Release Danish composer Torben Thoger has commissioned U.S.-based new age music expert Suzanne Doucet of Only New Age Music to oversee the first-time release of his catalog to the U.S. market. - 2008-03-12

Digital Media Wire and PassAlong Networks Publish Second Edition of "Project Millennials" Sourcebook Book Distributed at Canadian Music Week Millennials Event and Available Online at www.dmwmedia.com - 2008-03-07

Nerf Herder Set To Return With New CD "IV" On Oglio Records. A New Hope For Punk Pop Nerd Rock Fun Begins Nerd Rock favorites Nerf Herder will be releasing their fourth album entitled "IV" via their new deal with Oglio Records, a Fontana/Universal distributed label. "IV" includes odes to cassettes, orange backpacks, golf shirts, manatees, the awesomeness of Led Zeppelin, Santa Barbara, and high school all mixed with perhaps the album's greatest secret ingredient, unrequited love. - 2008-02-28

Pop Your Panties With Paris, Nicole and Lindsey Music Parody Opens NY Film Fest Music parody 'Pop Your Panties with Paris, Nicole and Lindsey' debuts at the New York Film Festival this week. 'Pop Your Panties' is produced by Itsi Atkins and Lisa Nusbaum from Parody 4 Charity Productions, who have dedicated themselves to generate public awareness for Media 4 Humanity. - 2008-02-26

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

Natasha James May Have Made One or Two "Bad Judgements" Throughout Her Life - Recently Releasing Her Debut Album Is Certainly Not One of Them Natasha James May Have Made One or Two "Bad Judgements" Throughout Her Life; Recently Releasing Her Debut Album Featuring the Hit Single, The Restless Kind Is Certainly Not One of Them - 2008-02-14

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

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