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Added by nenita cruz on March 13, 2010 at 1:14pm — No Comments
MusicDish Presents: IN5 By Sekrett Scilensce
Sekrett Scilensce Associates has released the first single, "IN5," from the album The Rapman's Attire. This track has a catchy, thumping beat that is sure to be bouncing around in your head long after the song has finished. The song starts out filled with energy and enthusiasm and manages to transition effortlessly into a more subtle, lai
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Adult Contemporary Singer Susan Barth Confirms March 23rd Release For Latest CD
Website: http://www.susanbarth.com
Music: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Susan-Barth/248506735080
Adult Contemporary singer-songwriter Susan Barth has confirmed the March 23rd rel
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J.P. DeLaire "In My Life" Music Video
J.P. DeLaire "In My Life" Music Video
This is a video JP DeLaire released in 2008, inspired by Barack Obama's leadership, with the intent to support his race to the White House. Just two years later, the video now has even more significance, detailing all of the things that have changed and all that remains to be done. As a member of "The Peterson Family", Mi
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Rachel McDonald Releases Debut Album, "The Return Of Soul"
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/RACHEL-McDONALDthe-quickhotness/162[...]
Music: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rachel-mcdonald/id330992019
Added by MusicDish on March 8, 2010 at 4:55pm — No Comments
MusicGorilla Partners With MusicDish For Live Showcase Series Opportunity
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Added by MusicDish on March 3, 2010 at 8:27pm — No Comments
Seven Mistakes To Avoid When Writing A Press Release
By Michele Wilson-Morris
If you've taken the time to write a press release, then you obviously have news that you want to convey. It can be information about an EP or CD release, an upcoming performance, a tour announcement, a promotion within the company, or a variety of other things. Working with
Added by MusicDish on March 1, 2010 at 8:05pm — No Comments
Brown Bullying the Chinese Way
You have to hand it to the Chinese they made the bullying story this week so much fun...
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Rachel McDonald: Bringing Back The Soul
Added by MusicDish on February 24, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments
2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism - Architecture Finale Concert
by Eric de Fontenay, MusicDish*China (http://china.musicdish.com)
On February 27th, the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism - Architecture: 'Bring Your Own Biennale' (BYOB) will be closing their project with music
Added by MusicDish on February 23, 2010 at 9:59pm — No Comments
Music Dealers: Live Nation - House Of Blues, Coming Showcase Results
Website: http://www.musicdealers.com/
Music Dealers is happy to announce that Live Nation has listened to all submissions and has picked the Top Ten Finalists to play in their exclusive February 25th showcase at the House of Blues!
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MusicDish presents: "Hours Without Mercy" by John Revitte
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Singer/Songwriter John Revitte has one of the most unique voices of today's new music. Paired with his guitar, he has a natural ability to construct tunes of folk, rock, and blues that are simple yet gripping. One of Revitte's most popular songs,
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Bustin' Out - New Wave To New: Beat The Post Punk Era
Website: http://www.yearzeromusic.com
The music termed post punk is well represented here in many of its diverse strains by some of its prime movers. This multi-hued set, the first in the New Wave To New Beat series, encompasses anything from Gary Numan's austere electronic pop on 'Replicas'
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MusicDish presents: "Lenny Dee: Hard Electronic" Demo, by ProducerLoops.com
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"Lenny Dee: Hard Electronic"
Website: http://www.producerloops.com/
The demo track for "Lenny Dee: Hard Electronic" does an excellent job of showcasing all the possibilities available with this product. From aggressive techno dance rhythms to an ecl
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Oseao Media Group Announces New Label Sign Up Special For Digital Distribution Through End Of March 2010
Website: http://oseao.com
Oseao Media Group released details about its New Label Signup Special, which begins today and extends through March 31st. There are two different packages from which you may choose:
* All Stores Exclusive: With a two year contract where you receive 85%
Added by MusicDish on February 18, 2010 at 8:29pm — No Comments
MusicDishTV presents: "Clarity" by Kava Kava
Watch the video online on MusicDishTV: Kava Kava - Clarity
Kava Kava is a group with a lot of experience behind them. They often play at internationally renowned festivals and their biography is a compilation of successes, partnerships and important collaborations. Their latest album, Forwards, was released on the New York City based label Midnight Swimming i
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SoulSpill, Storming Colorado's Alternative Rock And Grunge Scene
By Jon Peritz
SoulSpill, a new band hailing from Colorado is poised to storm onto the alternative rock and grunge scene with their debut LP. This five piece group includes Kevin McKinnie singing lead, Eric Taysom playing rhythm guitar and signing backup, Jesse Howard on lead guitar, Josh
Added by MusicDish on February 16, 2010 at 10:53pm — No Comments
MusicDishTV presents: Ivory Tower Project "My Name"
Watch the video on MusicDishTV: Ivory Tower Project - My Name
The Ivory Tower Project offers an excellent classic rock, infused with many important social issues such as alienation and escapism but also simple feelings like love. The anthem of the group but also the true meaning of their name, is to go beyond the every day's reality that makes us alienated
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Will Mako Transform Beijing's Live Music Scene?
"by Eric de Fontenay, MusicDish*China (http://china.musicdish.com)"
The growth of Beijing's indie scene has coincided with that of the venues that have acted as showcases for local talent that might otherwise not be heard. Now a new venue called Mako h
Added by MusicDish on February 15, 2010 at 3:33am — No Comments
Comedy At Gonzalez Y Gonzalez Returns On Wednesday, February 24th With Erik Rivera, Peaches Rodriguez, Ricardo Aleman, Gina Brillon And Andrew Kennedy
Website: http://comedy-at-gonzalez.ettend.com
Music: http://www.gonzaleznyc.com
A monthly showcase of Latino comedians brought to you by Gonzalez y Gonzalez and Comix Comedy Club
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Watch this Space Issue 44!!
Poor ABCs for Regional PressThe most recent six-monthly ABC figures were releasedrecently. Covering the back half of 2009, the numbers provide further evidence of the continued decline in circulation across nearly all local press titles. Among daily, weekly, paid and free titles the trend was overwhelmingly negative, which will put further strain on cashflow as newspaper sales and advertising revenues suffer. The Liverpool Echo suffered a 9.5% year on year decline, dropping below the 90,000 copies mark with its figure of 88,519. Business title the Yorkshire Post misplaced 5.7% of its sales as it slipped to 43,095, while the Glasgow Evening Times’ circulation dropped by 13.2%, to 59,365.
Commentators describe the decline as the inevitable outcome of a trend begun in the early noughties, wherein readers began to turn away from print media, finding instead their news, events listings and classified advertising online. The continued success of the Metro is also seen as contributing to the decline, while the impact of the recession has only exacerbated the situation.
Captain Kickback says: “The story stays the same here, but the numbers keep getting smaller, particularly in large cities where the commuter is king, people surf the web al desko and the Metro is thriving. It’s worth noting that one of the few titles to do well, the Dorset Echo, is not only a more rural title, but one which switched from evening to morning publication shortly before the period in question. Despite a brace of innovations and shrewd ideas like the shift of titles such as the Echo and the Birmingham Mail from evening to morning distribution, the paid/free model adopted by the MEN, or the Bath Chronicle’s move from daily to weekly distribution, it would be a brave media pundit who could offer more than an apologetic grimace to the regional publishing industry. Over a long enough timeline, the printed word will surely return to nought, as will we all.”
London Evening Standard Raking in the Readers
Another among those brace of press innovations that I mentioned earlier, the Evening Standard’s move to free distribution and huge increase in print saw dividends in the most recent National Readership Survey results. The number of people reading the average issue rose by 133% year on year, to a fairly impressive 1.39m: a figure well above the readership of the smaller national titles (step forward The Guardian, we know you’re there. And you FT, and bring the Indie with you).
As Russian oligarch (an alarmingly difficult word to type) Alexander Lebedev crosses the t's and dots the i’s, j’s and umlauts on his deal to buy the Independent, word is that a similar free model will be adopted there. Given the slow and lingering death being suffered by the beleaguered national lefty title, many there might find some significant solace in the turnaround achieved at Evening Standard towers.
Captain Kickback says: “Does the Cyrillic alphabet even use umlauts? Wouldn’t the contracts be written in English anyway? What on earth was I thinking? Does it really matter? Probably not. We’ll gloss over that and move on. Nobody noticed. It’s fine.”
Congleton Chronicle, How Appt
Another of those new innovations in the press marketplace. The Congleton Chronicle has come over all technical and released its very own free app for the iPhone. The downloadable widget allows the user to browse an e-version of the first seven pages of the newspaper. The rest of the paper is available to people who opt to pay a subscription of £2.39 per month.
Captain Kickback says: “The Chron is the first newspaper to have its own branded app which gives access to the full version of the newspaper. The numbers are likely to be very small at first, but this is at least a move in the right direction. It’s also probably an idea to start demanding a position in the first seven pages if you use this title regularly!”
Technophiles One & All
The 2010 award for not entirely surprising statistic goes to a recent Microsoft funded survey, which found that young men are the heaviest users of the internet. Most use it everyday and describe it as the piece of technology they are most attached to. 99% of young men go online either everyday or nearly everyday, half of them using their mobile phones to do so.
25% of young men (‘young’ is defined as 18-44, I’m sure some of you will be pleased to know) claimed to check their emails before they get out of bed, while 18% look at social networking sites on their mobile phones first thing. 60% of this group visit a social networking site at least once each day, and 94% use email everyday. The strength of video on demand among this demograph is worthy of note: 73% of them watch VoD at least once per week.
Captain Kickback says: “Computers have made the move out of the spare bedroom and into the living room (or, it would seem, the bed). 25% of men aged 18-44 watch VoD in the living room while their partners watch television. We can buy video advertising on pre-roll networks, at a surprisingly cheap rate.”
We’re All For The High Jump
...if left-leaning thinktank Compass get their way. The quango philosphiserists recently proposed a total ban on all advertising in public spaces, all advertising aimed at the under 12s and restrictions on shopfront promotions. These musings have found resonance with recent pronouncements made by David Cameron about what he perceives as the sexualisation of children and the destruction of the family, brought about by the declining standards of the media.
Captain Kickback says: “It’s at most unlikely that anybody’s going to systematically dismantle a worldwide industry worth nearly £300bn, but in the race to say sensible things ahead of the general election, it’s probably inevitable that the finger of neo-Victorianism will get wagged at all and sundry.”
Did You Know…
The government’s Central Office of Information is the UK’s largest advertiser with commercial radio. During the run up to a general election, the moratorium on all forms of broadcast advertising by government agencies means that radio networks have a glut of airtime to shift. This can only be terrific news for you the advertiser as rates fall and the chances of free over-delivery increase drastically.
That's your lot for another issue. If you'd like any more information on any of these stories, you can either reply to this email or contact your Space and Time team.
See you next time!!
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