NSDTCM:RYAN BINGHAM
LABEL:LOST HIGHWAY
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FRESH NEW TALENT FOR 2008 !!!

LOSTHIGHWAY INTRODUCE

RYAN BINGHAM

"A series of torn pages, broken people and those just holding their breath hoping to get out alive... Compelling listening" - AmericanSongwriter.com

Lost Highway release the label debut album from Texas singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham.

Released in the US and already receiving radio play in the UK from the likes of Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris on Radio 2, the critically acclaimed CD contains 14 self-penned songs and follows in the tradition of great Texas songwriters.

Mescalito was produced by former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford, who also plays on the album. Bingham's music, as well as his live performances have already made fans of acclaimed artists such as Patty Griffin and Texas legends Joe Ely and Terry Allen.

At 25, the bumpy course of Bingham's life has already surpassed that of many twice his age. From his bordertown upbringing to his years on the Southwestern rodeo circuit, Bingham's poignant songs, sung through his whiskey-soaked voice, reflect his experiences and the wisdom he has gained from them. His songs are raw, honest and born out of a genuine soul.

From the opening track "Southside of Heaven" to the bluesy slide of "Bread & Water" to the Mexican-flavoured "Boracho Station", Bingham's songs come straight from the heart. His influences blend seamlessly with his own style creating a traditional sound that also sounds fresh and original.

RYAN BINGHAM- LIVE IN THE UK

Ryan brings his captivating live show to the UK this month. Don't miss out on the chance to see him play at two intimate venues:

January 13th - King Tuts,
Glasgow
January 14th - Borderline, London

During his trip to the UK, Ryan will be recording live sessions for Bob Harris' (Radio 2 show) and Bryan Burnett (BBC Radio Scotland). These will be aired during the week of 14th January.

SOURCE:LOSTHIGHWAY RECORDS

SOURCE:AMERICAN SONGWRITER.COM

SOURCE: BINGHAM MUSIC

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NSDTCM:BAND: CLOCKS
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COUNTRY: UK
LABEL: UNIVERSAL / ISLAND
PRE-ORDER

Universal Island Records

Profile:	Handles the releases on the Universal, MCA, Island & Motown labels
Sublabel:	Fallout Recordings MySpace
Parent Label:	Universal Music (UK)
Contact Info:	Universal Island Records 136-144 New Kings Road, London SW6 Tel: 020 8910 3333 Fax: 020 8748 1998
URLs:	http://www.umusic.co.uk

SOURCE:DISCOGS.COM
SOURCE:MYSPACE
SOURCE:ISLAND RECORDS
SOURCE:UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK

NSDTCM:DJ NEWS:MINISTRY OF SOUND
BLOG REVIEW:SUNBURN FESTIVAL

2008 is being welcomed in with a mighty cold blast here in the UK, which is of course one reason why our DJs love to play the big festivals that happen at this time of year in Australia and other suitably summery parts of the world.

Goa has a long tradition as a New Year’s hangout, with its history of wild trance parties on the beach.

And at the weekend it saw India’s first ever major 2-day electronic music event in the shape of the Sunburn Festival. (We previewed the appearance of Above & Beyond hosting their own Anjunabeach stage there a while back).

Obviously this sponsored event, put on by MTV India star Nikhil with a whole host of top notch international guests is a big step for electronic music in India.

The party was aimed at an enthusiastic Indian audience who seem to be really getting into dance music these days so it was an important milestone.

FULL REVIEW: MINISTRY OF SOUND BLOG PAGE
PHOTO: GOOGLE/WIKIMEDIA/WIKIPEDIA
SOURCE:SUNBURN FESTIVAL
PHOTOS SUNBURN FESTIVAL: FLICKR
SOURCE:MTV INDIA
SOURCE: ABOVE AND BEYOND

NSDTCM: MAROON 5
LABEL: A&M RECORDS/OCTONE
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PHOTO: MYSPACE

NSDTCM: R.E.M.
LABEL:WARNER BROS. RECORDS

R.E.M. Announces 14th Studio Album


R.E.M. have released details of their 14th studio album, titled Accelerate. The album, produced by Jacknife Lee – who also produced recent albums by Snow Patrol, Bloc Party and U2 – will be released by Warner Bros. on April 1st.

Accelerate will be the band’s first studio album since 2004’s Around The Sun and will follow 2007’s R.E.M. Live album – recorded during their stint at Dublin’s Point Theatre in 2005.

SOURCE:FILTER-MAG.COM NEWSLETTER
SOURCE:WARNER BROS. RECORDS
SOURCE: R.E.M. WEB PAGE
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA (PROFILE)
PHOTO:ABOUT.COM

NSDTCM: COMPANY: PUMP AUDIO
SOURCE:PUMP AUDIO

ABOUT PUMP AUDIO

Founded in 2001, Pump Audio is a new kind of agent for independent musicians, digitally connecting them with buyers in the mainstream media. With Pump Audio, artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while TV and advertising producers can discover new music ready for use.

With a growing catalog of tens of thousands of songs, all by independent artists from around the world, customers access music through Pump's innovative search software and delivery services, the Soundtrack Service online, and the PumpBox™, which is currently on the desktops of thousands of creative professionals worldwide.

Pump Audio is based in New York's Hudson Valley

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Having spent the 90's trying to make a living from music, and having gone through both independent and major labels, The Simpletons had run their course. Steve Ellis was the songwriter, Rob Tourtelot was the guitar player, Steve Askew was the producer and Bob Opatrny was the attorney. Time to find a way to pay the bills....

Chance meetings and the licensing of a Simpletons song into a commercial brought along an idea.

There's a lot of great indie music out there, and there's a lot of TV. Perhaps there's a way to make a living without having to wait around for salvation from labels. Perhaps there's a market that doesn't care if you are young or old, handsome or not.

Perhaps there's a market that just needs a lot of good music, in every style, all the time—a market that pays to use that music.

How about a company that succeeds and grows along with its artists? If we get results, you get results. If we don't, you lose nothing and we gain nothing. No promises—just a hard-working approach to developing a real marketplace.

The Pump system for artists was designed so that we as artists would agree to be part of it. The Pump service for customers is designed so that producers can access great independent music quickly and easily.

Pump Audio was created to develop a market that didn't exist before, and that's what we've done.

We license more independent music to production than anyone else we know of. And we give our clients what they need—real music, by real artists. It's a real business that's growing fast.

SOURCE:PUMP AUDIO

PHOTO LOGO: EIRIKSO.COM

NSDTCM: THE JONAS BROTHERS
LABEL: HOLLYWOOD RECORDS
PHOTO: FLICKR JONAS BROTHERS

Jonas Brothers sign $120 million-touring deal

Tween rockers will play more than 140 arena dates for Live Nation

LOS ANGELES - Concert touring company Live Nation on Thursday said it reached a two-year, multimillion dollar, worldwide touring deal with tween rockers Jonas Brothers.

Live Nation caused a stir in October when it lured pop star Madonna from her long-term music label Warner Brothers with an estimated $120 million multi-album, touring and merchandising global partnership.

The Los Angeles-based company said the deal calls for the band, comprised of three siblings from New Jersey, to play more than 140 theatres and arenas around the world.

PHOTO SOURCE: FLICKR

SOURCE:WMG

SOURCE:OFFICIAL SITE MADONNA

SOURCE:MSNBC

SOURCE:REUTERS

SOURCE: MYSPACE

SOURCE: LIVE NATION

NSDTCM:VARIETY MUSIC NEWS

WMG, Amazon pact on MP3 offer

Deal will offer over 2.9 million DRM-free songs

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) today announced that DRM-free music audio downloads from Warner Music Group are now available to customers on Amazon MP3, Amazon’s a la carte MP3 digital music store where every song and album is playable on virtually any personal digital music capable device. Beginning today, songs from WMG’s digital audio catalog will be available for purchase and download from Amazon MP3. In addition, Amazon and WMG will make available to consumers digital music products such as album bundles containing exclusive tracks.

“Our customers are delighted with our DRM-free MP3 service. We have received thousands of emails from our customers since our September launch thanking us for offering the biggest selection of high-quality, MP3 audio downloads which play on virtually any music device they own today or will own in the future,” said Bill Carr, Amazon.com Vice President of Digital Music. “With the addition of great Warner Music Group content, our customers will discover even more of the music they love on Amazon MP3.”

About Amazon MP3
Launched in September 2007, Amazon MP3

• Offers Earth’s biggest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads with more than 2.9 million songs from over 33,000 record labels.

• Every song and album in the Amazon.com digital music store is available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM) software. Amazon’s DRM-freeMP3 format enables customers to play their music on virtually any personal digital music capable device—including PCs, Macs™, iPods™, iPhones™, Zunes™, Zens™—and to burn songs to CDs for these customers’ personal use.
• Most songs available on Amazon MP3 are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents, with more than 1 million of the over 2.9 million songs priced at 89 cents. The top 100 best-selling songs are 89 cents, unless marked otherwise. Most albums are priced from $5.99 to $9.99. The top 100 best-selling albums are $8.99 or less, unless marked otherwise.*
• Every song on Amazon MP3 is encoded at 256 kilobits per second, which gives customers high audio quality at a manageable file size.
• Buying and downloading MP3s from Amazon MP3 is easy. Customers can purchase downloads using Amazon 1-Click® shopping, and with the Amazon MP3 Downloader, seamlessly add their MP3s to their iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries.

*Taxes may apply in certain jurisdictions

Digital rights management (DRM)

Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to access controlcopyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. It may also refer to restrictions associated with specific instances of digital works or devices.
technologies used by publishers and to some extent, DRM overlaps with copy protection, but DRM is usually applied to creative media (music, films, etc.) whereas copy protection typically refers to software.

The use of digital rights management has been controversial.

Advocates argue it is necessary for copyright holders to prevent unauthorized duplication of their work to ensure continued revenue streams.^[1] Opponents, such as The Free Software Foundation, maintain that the use of the word "rights" is misleading and suggest that people instead use the term digital restrictions management.^[2]

Their position is essentially that copyright holders are attempting to restrict use of copyrighted material in ways not included in the statutory, common law, or Constitutional grant of exclusive commercial use to them. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and other opponents, also consider DRM schemes to be anti-competitive practices.^[3]

SOURCE:VARIETY
SOURCE:WMG
SOURCE:AMAZON
SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA
PHOTOS: WMG AND PRINTACTION.COM

NSDTCM:BEGGARS GROUP USA
VIDEO: SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
WEBSITE: SUPERFURRY
MYSPACE
SOURCE: YOUTUBE
PHOTO: IMEEM ICONS
LINK: IMEEM

NSDTCM:LABEL:ISLAND MUSIC GROUP
SOURCE:ISLAND MUSIC GROUP UK
LINK:ISLAND DEFJAM
LINK: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
WEB DESIGNER OF ISLAND MUSIC GROUP´S PAGE:HOLLER (UK)

NSDTCM:LABEL:MERCURY RECORDS

Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the US, its name and logo were only used on its back catalogue, country releases, and re-issues, until recently.

SOURCE: MERCURY RECORDS UK

SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA

PHOTO:MERCURY RECORDS

NSDTCM:LABEL:DEF JAM
ARTIST: JAY Z MYSPACE
LABEL LINK: ROC-A-FELLA RECORDS
PHOTO:CONDOMAIN.COM

Jay-Z leaves post as Def Jam topper

Artist will continue recording for label

By PHIL GALLO

Shawn Carter, the rapper known as Jay-Z, will ankle his position as president of Def Jam Records at the end of the year.

He has been president of the Universal Music Group-owned label since the beginning of 2005.

Carter, whose contract expires at the end of the year, will continue recording for Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam.

“Now it’s time for me to take on new challenges,” he said in a statement. “I am pleased to have had the opportunity to build upon the Def Jam legacy.”

There has been no announcement of a replacement or even if there will be one.

FULL STORY ON: VARIETY.COM

SOURCE: DEF JAM

SOURCE:MYSPACE

SOURCE:ROCAFELLA RECORDS

SOURCE: VARIETY

SOURCE:UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

NSDTCM:NEW SINGER: KATE FLETCHER
MYSPACE
BEBO´S PAGE (UK)
STATUS:UNSIGNED

NSDTCM:

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM wishes all the best for the holidays and for the next year...2008!!!!

Thank you to all my sources...really... I mean it!!!

DANIEL FURLONG
B.A. in COMMUNICATIONS
(A&R , Marketing,new media,journalism,pr, internet, labels and DJ!!!...yes I DJ...AND IT'S FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC !!!)

U2 3D

NSDTCM:U2
SOURCE:U2.COM

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:U2

'U2 3D', which premieres next month, now has a dedicated website.

LABEL:UNIVERSAL MUSIC
SOURCE:UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK
PHOTO:U2 .COM/GALLERY

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NSDTCM:THE FEELING
MYSPACE
LABEL:UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK
SOURCE: UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK

NSDTCM:COMPANY:LIVE NATION
LIVE NATION MEDIA BROWSE
SOURCE: LIVE NATION

NSDTCM:GRAMMY HALL OF FAME

Grammy Hall of Fame names entries

A cult classic, Love's "Forever Changes," and a pair of megahits, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Pink Floyd's "The Wall," are among the 70 new entries in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

SOURCE : VARIETY.COM
SOURCE:GRAMMY.COM
SOURCE: OFFICIAL PINKFLOYD SITE

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM: P.O.D.
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Merry Christmas Warriors!
We know everyone is getting ready for Christmas, but we just had a couple things we want to get out to you. A lot of things are going on right now, we just finished a photo shoot for the new album.

SOURCE: P.O.D. (podinfoman@gmail.com)