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Seabird Captures Artist Of The Year
Credential recording artist Seabird basks in its win for "Artist of the Year" at the 2008 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards presented on Sunday, Nov. 23 at Emery Theatre. The hometown heroes have also received much national attention recently, with song placements in fall episodes of "Numb3rs" and "Grey's Anatomy."
Check them out at:
myspace.com/seabird




Kevin Max Releases New EP
Kevin Max returns December 9th with his latest recording, CRASHING GATES – an all-new 7-song studio recording that brings Max back to the passionate rock sounds that his fans have come to expect. This will be Max’s first release on the dPulse Recordings label. "This is where THE IMPOSTER left off,” says Max about the new project. “I view this EP as a more focused collection of songs about the Apocalypse." Joining with his frequent guitarists Erick Cole and Cary Barlow (of Luna Halo), and producer Jonathan Smith, Max recorded CRASHING GATES during a week of late-night sessions at X Marks the Spot Studios in the Green Hills area of Nashville. “The process was interesting, more like a band than any other effort I have done, to date,” says Max. “We cut the songs, playing together, and sometimes found ourselves jamming into 10 minute long vamp sections.” Max and his band will be touring the USA and Europe in support of CRASHING GATES, including upcoming dates in San Antonio, Dallas, Little Rock, Nashville, Bakersfield and Ballymena, Northern Ireland. "Rock and roll has always been the most interesting music to me, because it is simple and yet undeniably emotional at the same time,” summarizes Max. “I am excited to see how this project connects."
For more info on the upcoming EP, visit:
kevinmax.com




The Awakening News
The Awakening have confirmed not one but two new releases for 2009! Following a 3 year hiatus since "Razor Burn", the band are revitalized and ready to make the new year one to remember! An all new website will be launched at awakening.co.za on 2 January 2009.
Check out their myspace:
myspace.com/theawakeningband




DecembeRadio Releases Digital EP
Slanted Records’ recording artists DecembeRadio are bringing in the Christmas season with a new three-song digital EP entitled Comfort & Joy, which is available now. The release includes a unique rendition of the classic “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” which has been serviced to Christian AC and CHR radio, as well as a cover of the rollicking “Run Run Rudolph,” made popular originally by the legendary Chuck Berry. “Run Run Rudolph” has been serviced to Christian CHR and rock formats. “We hit the road pretty much ongoing the year round,” stated lead guitarist Brian Bunn. "But we take off much of December to be with our families, which is a very special time for us. Getting this time to be at home and rest in the Lord just adds to our Christmas celebration. We enjoyed celebrating it this year in song as a band and hope fans will enjoy these Christmas classics.” Bunn added with a laugh, “We really wanted to record ‘What Child Is This?’ but MercyMe did it recently, so we figured we’d better pick something else!” Christianity Today, known for their detailed Christian music reviews, has just released their Best of Christian Albums of 2008 list which honors DecembeRadio's Satisfied release coming in at #10. "This is a rock lover's album clearly descended from Southern-flavored bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Black Crowes, as well as the classic pop-metal of Petra,” stated the reviewers. “Time together on the road has only tightened their rhythm section and blistering guitars, and it's refreshing to hear unadorned rock instrumentation without flashy effects or studio enhancement. There's also something to be said for a band such as this being so forthright with their beliefs. Regardless of which DecembeRadio album you prefer, this one lives up to its title, if not more so.” DecembeRadio’s current CHR single, “Believer,” from their latest acclaimed release Satisfied, has just hit the Top 20 R&R chart this week, garnering four new adds and over 172,000 impressions. The first rock single from the new release, “Better Man,” received the #2 most increased plays this week nationwide and was #1 on the New & Active chart for the week. “Better Man” has been on the New & Active chart for seven weeks. "’Better Man’ is a great song - one of the better rocking tracks this year,” stated Bob Felberg, music director/program director of New Creation Radio in Myrtle Beach, SC, "It stampedes out of the speakers with a message of encouragement and strength!” DecembeRadio is currently headlining a tour that also features bands Ruth (Tooth & Nail Records) and Sevenglory (7 Spin Music) as well as speaker Billy Wayne. The tour runs through North Carolina, New York, Maine, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and South Carolina.




TobyMac Releases New Digital Remixes
From what has become his biggest solo project to-date, "PORTABLE SOUNDS," GRAMMY and DOVE Award winning artist TOBYMAC recently released brand new remixes of songs "Boomin'" and "Ignition". Available exclusively via all digital download sites, fans can also purchase PORTABLE SOUNDS re-bundled with the two new remixes added in for free, or for .99 each. TOBYMAC's current radio hit, "Lose My Soul" (currently #2 on AC Monitored/#3 AC Indicator/#2 CHR Indicator), which features Kirk Franklin and Mandisa, will soon be made into a music video. Endeavor Media (Anberlin/UMG;Jet Black Stare/Island Def Jam; Bayside/Victory Records) will direct the shoot this December in Nashville. TOBYMAC currently out on his Winter Wonder Slam Tour , and playing to some awesome crowds, including pre-selling over 8,000 tix in Nashville and over 10,000 in Houston. He won't slow down too long over the holidays, as he'll hit the road to headline the Winter Jam 2009 tour January through March.
Check out his website here:
tobymac.com




Glass Hammer Releases New DVD
Glass Hammer has just announced its third DVD entitled "Live at the Tivoli" which features the songs Eiger Dreams, The Morning She Woke, Lirazel, South Side of the Sky – along with 150 voices of the Lee University Choir. Carl Groves (Salem Hill) returns to front the band as do all the regulars. Filmed at the historic, Victorian theater – The Tivoli, in the band’s home town of Chattanooga, TN.
For more information on Glass Hammer, please visit:
glasshammer.com




Paul Colman Releases Second Solo Album
Former frontman of Grammy nominated, Dove Award-winning group Paul Colman Trio and current guitarist for legendary band newsboys, singer/songwriter Paul Colman will offer his second solo project, History, on Jan. 27, 2009. The album showcases the best of Colman's career, including two previously unreleased tracks and new recordings of popular songs by best-selling artists including Toby Keith & Delirious. Among the History collection are Paul Colman Trio radio hits "Turn," "Run" and "Fill My Cup" in addition to remakes of the Delirious hit "History Maker," Toby Keith's "If I Was Jesus," and "Sweet Sweet Song of Salvation" by Larry Norman. Also on the album are cuts from Colman's 2005 solo debut, Let It Go, as well as the never before released "All You Need" and "The Killing Tree." "I have been blessed throughout my career with many unique experiences and opportunities to perform both as a solo artist and as part of a band," says Colman. "This project is a great representation of my best work, past and present, and I'm grateful for the gift of music that God gave me." In addition to the forthcoming record, Inpop Records will introduce two digital EPs containing both brand new songs and cover tunes by Colman. The first of these companion pieces, "If I Was Jesus," will drop simultaneously with History on Jan. 27, 2009. "All My Life," the second digital EP, will follow later next year. The debut radio single from History, "If I Was Jesus" will be vying for adds at Christian Adult Contemporary radio beginning Dec. 5, 2008. Among contemporary Christian music's most dynamic performers, Paul Colman is a Grammy nominated artist with numerous hit singles, awards, and hundreds of thousands in record sales to his credit. Colman currently resides in Nashville, Tenn., where he plays guitar for multi-platinum selling band newsboys. The band's current hit single "Something Beautiful" was Colman's first co-write after joining newsboys in 2005.
paulcolman.com




New Christian Humor Website Launches
Digital Publishing Corp. today announced the launch of NewChristianVoices.com, a new and unique online destination for Christian humor, inspiration and opinion. The non-denominational Christian humor and lifestyle Web site offers insightful and amusing commentary on a variety of topics from some of today's most well-know Christian comedians, as well as some of publishing's best up-and-coming writers. The new site features weekly columns that cross the entire spectrum of Christian perspectives, from staunchly conservative comedian Brad Stine to liberal comic Teresa Roberts Logan, plus Emmy-winning humorist and "Last Comic Standing" contestant Taylor Mason, Emmy- and Dove-nominated author Martha Bolton, and up-and-coming humor writer and confessed "Bad Mom" Caron Guillo. New Christian Voices is dedicated to taking a lighter, joyous, humorous look at life and spirituality, reaching beyond the typical conservative fare to offer material that lets readers both laugh and stretch outside their comfort zones as they consider their Christian faith in everyday life. Largely written by Christians for Christians, the site is also intended to be amusing and thought-provoking to readers of all faiths and perspectives. "We want our readers to know that Christians can be both fun and funny," said Digital Publishing's editor-in-chief, Rob Garretson. "We hope Christians will find the site a safe and entertaining place to visit daily, but we also want those outside of the faith to visit and be amused, inspired and potentially gain new understanding of who Christians are and what we're all about." In addition to the weekly columns, visitors will also find a continually refreshed assortment of humorous essays and articles on Faith, Relationships, Society and Humor, as well as reviews of current movies, books and other Entertainment from a Christian perspective. Among them, Taylor Mason's weekly "Jokes for the Folks" offers a non-stop gag fest, poking fun at the week's news stories, from sports and politics to pop culture.




Iona Releases Live CD
Iona's December 2004 concert in London, originally released on DVD only, is now available on a 2 CD album. You can order it from Iona's store located here. IONA - LIVE IN LONDON (cd version) includes some great photos and artwork from Tim Martindale and, for those of you who didn't get the DVD version, a set list that includes great versions of many Iona favorites. Get your orders in now for Christmas!




Drummer For Blueprints Of The Heart Passes Away
Blue Duck records announces the passing of Carlos "Shorty" Montes de Oca, the drummer for Blueprints of the Heart:
We at Blue Duck are mourning the loss of Shorty, drummer of Blueprints of the Heart. Shorty went to be with the Lord early Sunday morning after a fatal car accident. To know Shorty was to love him. He brought excitement and energy everywhere he went. He always made you feel welcome and important. He was naturally good at everything he did, from playing drums, gymnastics, breakdancing...you name it, he could probably do it. It is so hard to understand why God would take someone so young, talented, and well liked so early in his life. "My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,' says the Lord.
'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9 Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Montes de Oca family and to Blueprints of the Heart. We know Shorty is in a better place and there is a good chance that right now he is teaching the angels how to breakdance. Information for the Wake and Funeral (Westfield, MA area) will be posted on BlueDuckRecords.com as soon as it is available.




LA Symphony's Flynn Adam Releases New Singles
In keeping with their boutique approach to finding and nurturing musical talent, Gotee Records has signed a deal with Flynn Adam, with his first two singles “Such a Time” and “Just Don’t Get It” being given the finishing touches for a January 27th, 2008 release via ITunes. A music video for “Such a Time” and remix version of the song will also accompany the singles for the New Year launch. The Flynn Adam songs will be marketed by Gotee Records in an A/B side single format with the music video included as well. “Such a Time” will be the first single to be promoted to radio, video, digital, TV, and Para church organizations. Gotee plans to release three of these dual singles digitally over the next six to eight months time. All of the total six songs will be available as an EP exclusively at Flynn Adam live shows in 2009. "We're all so frustrated right now about how this music business is not giving us the same results it use to, but we're not changing how we approach the consumer, and its clear they're telling us they want something different,” said Gotee label president Joey Elwood. “When I heard Flynn Adam’s new music I knew he was the right artist for us to launch our ‘content’ deal with. For years the labels have been focused on coupling 10-12 songs together for whatever configuration the consumer was demanding based on the most current technology. I'm now convinced that as labels we need to collect content and then decide on a configuration once we understand what the consumer is demanding for that particular artist. We don't like what the consumer is asking of us because it doesn't match our business model, but if customer service is the #1 priority of any business, we need to adapt and serve. This new deal with Flynn Adam is Gotee’s attempt at servicing the new music consumer." With this newest to-be-titled solo effort in progress song-by-song, Flynn Adam gets ready to serve up more of what fans have come to expect from him over the years with a guitar-anchored conflation of hip-hop, alternative, and new-wave sensibilities in the vein of Gnarls Barkley, Beck, and TV on the Radio, plus a healthy dose of Flynn Adam’s own idiosyncratic lyrics and hooks. The music video for the song “Such a Time” was also recently shot with director Daniel Chestnut (Hurley Entertainment). Chestnut just recently wrapped the new Norma Jean video “Robots 3, Humans 0". As one of the founding members of the highly renowned Dove- nominated L.A. Symphony crew, and also as an accomplished solo artist and producer Flynn Adam has worked with artists including the Black Eyed Peas, Will I Am, Mario C. (Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson), Posdnuos (De La Soul), Madlib (Madvillain, Jaylib), Evidence (Dilated Peoples), LA Jay (the Pharcyde), Benny Cassette, KJ-52, John Reuben, Mars Ill, Soup The Chemist, Royal Ruckus, Phonetic Composition, The Tunnelrats, Joey the Jerk, Tonex, Cookbook & Uno Mas, Deux Process, The Procussions and Murs. While with L.A. Symphony, Flynn Adam also shared the stage world-wide with the likes of the Clipse, P.O.D., The Black Eyed Peas, Jurassic 5, Talib Kweli, Xzibit, Public Enemy, EPMD, Pax 217, Stavesacre, the Visionaries, Busdriver, Relient K, Suicidal Tendencies, Good Charlotte, the Living Legends, Zion I, Atmosphere, Dr. Oop, and Sage Francis. Flynn Adam, a prolific producer, songwriter and mix engineer, founded his own record label, Eartube Empire in 1996 under which he successfully released his first two albums "Louder" and "Burntout", as well as L.A. Symphony's highly sought-after marquee independent album "Composition No. 1" and partnering with Illect on his third release "In Like Flynn".




World Music Links Connects Music Pros & Talent
As featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and The Trophy Kids Grow Up (WSJ Press) by NY-Times Best-Selling author Ron Alsop- href="http://www.WorldMusicLink.com" target="blank">WorldMusicLink.com is the premier music industry portal that connects music pros + talent from around the globe and provides tools to help expedite business operations critical to today's evolving music business. Simply stated, WorldMusicLink democratizes access while enhancing relationships, expedites new talent recruitment, increases global brand promotion, and helps new and aspiring music talent better manage their careers.






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