Antonio "A&R" Richardson releases Let Life Be Like Music

Antonio "A&R" Richardson has not released new music in over two years, leading some to assume that he had given up on hip-hop. However, in a time when artists turn out single after single and albums are scarce, Richardson has been devoted to his craft working on a complete album. For the past three years Richardson has been working on all aspects of his music, from the production to the writing, he poured his soul into his music. This past week Richardson quietly released his project the to world.

This summer Richardson struck inspiration and everything fell into place. "Even though I've been quietly working on this album for a while, the majority of the songs were completed this summer, " says Richardson, "I made tons of songs, but nothing felt complete, and then the past few months everything just came together on it's own."

"Let Life Be Like Music is a very detailed collection of my life for the past couple of years. This was an extreme therapy session, as I've been going through a lot personally," Richardson recalls, "This album was a way for me to endure it all and stay positive." Richardson touches on the very real struggles facing society today with this new album. The album explores racism, gay marriage, religion, homelessness, happiness, fatherhood, relationships, working towards goals, and hope for the people in a very straightforward manner. The songs are meant to start conversations, because Richardson believes our struggles cannot be resolved without conversation and understanding. Richardson hopes his lyrics will bring perspective so we can move to a place of understanding and resolve some of the issues we face in the world today. "Music is a universal language so this is the best way to start the conversation," Richardson says.

Let Life Be Like Music is available for streaming and download on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and Tidal.

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IQzic Music Discovery And Funding Platform Announces January 26th Launch

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IQzic, innovators of music discovery and connecting the music world, has announced the launch of their Phase I music discovery platform, IQzic, to be set for January 26th, 2015. In Phase I, the IQzic platform allows members to competitively discover music videos across 40 genres, and recognizes those members that best predict music success.

“We know that music discovery is personal, but the desire to share it and be recognized for discovering something great is nearly universal,” said Jim Hodson, Founder of IQzic. “With tens of thousands of recordings released each month, it is extremely inefficient to organically discover the best emerging music, so hype and gimmicks tend to dominate. With IQzic, we’ve uniquely provided the ecosystem to incentivize all music lovers to collectively enable the best music to rise to the top –while taking pride in doing so.”

Phase II of IQzic will use additional incentives and allow listeners to support artists early in the creation process and directly fund demo versions of recording artists’ materials, significantly reducing the financial risks artists and labels encounter when producing mastered versions. “When creating IQzic, we focused on finding mutually beneficial ways to connect the artist and fan, and then position them to succeed together,” said Hodson.

IQzic plans to release Phase II later this year. Registration is now open to sign up for free for the Phase 1 launch at http://iqzic.com

42 Million Plays On Spotify - Independent Artist Nomy Releases New Album "Verity, Denial And Remorse"

Verity, denial and Remorse is the latest Nomy album to leave his home studio and be thrust into the ears of hungry fans. Available exclusively on Spotify from 13th June, the message on this album is personal and aggressive and with a stamp of “Parental advisory” on it. The title is based on true events and real relationships. It’s about people’s selfishness and how easy they betray the ones closest to them.

In this album Nomy continues to explore the darker sides of human nature drawing on a wide range of musical influences yet still maintaining the trademark Nomy sound.

“My new album will probably reduce friends but gain fans”
-Nomy

About Nomy

Nomy is one of the foremost success stories in the digital music age – demonstrating how the internet has leveled the playing field and enabled savvy artists to create a global platform for their music. From his home studio he has recorded and self-released music which has taken the world by storm.

Having peaked the Spotify world toplist he has to date received over 42 million plays on Spotify, while consistently selling albums from download services and his own website. His fan base is growing stronger every day – his music having an increasingly global appeal.

In 2011 he was nominated for a Grammy award. Nomy has consistently turned down major Record Labels and chosen to maintain full control over his music and career.

Nomy: The Record Label's Worst Nightmare

Website: http://www.nomy.nu
Music: http://www.nomy.nu/Nomy - World in fire.mp3

Nomy is the name of the Swedish artist who has singlehandedly taken his music from a little bedroom in Jönköping to the world stage via the Internet. His hit song "Cocaine" spread like wildfire and today is downloaded and streamed in Scandinavia, Europe and large parts of USA and Canada.

- Like most artists, I wanted others to bond with my music. But I wanted to do it my own way and in my own pace. I discovered early on how music had the opportunity to grow on the internet and vice versa. With my modest home recording set up worth 15,000SEK ($2200) I create everything by myself. When Guitar, drums, bass, vocals and song are fed into my computer it becomes my music, my sound, shaped in my way, says Nomy.

Over 8 million plays on Spotify

Nomy was quickly placed on top lists, both small and more established. For example, the song "cocaine" played almost 2 million times on YouTube and he dominated the chart on www.allears.se with 10 different songs. Most notable to date is the placing of "Song or Suicide" as the 50th most played album on Spotify, where since July 2009 has long with all his other songs collected over 8 million plays, with 2 million of these in January alone.

- The major breakthrough was the combination of social media, such as my own website, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace as well as the digital distribution service Record Union who continue to make sure my music is available on all of the world’s major music services. My drive was to give the fans what they wanted, without conditions, continues Nomy.

- The song "Cocaine" for which I feel and still do feel an overwhelming pride, was the first song I sent up to the various music websites. The amount of downloads gradually increased and the fans began to gather at my official website www.nomy.nu. There I collected all my work for visitors to download - for free of course, explains Nomy.

Cont;
The latest album is named "Disconnected" and is released exclusively on Spotify Premium

Nomy's melodic influences spring from Skate, Metal and bands like Bad Religion, Danko Jones, In Flames and HIM among others. "Disconnected" contains songs with an acoustic feel with strong influences from country. It is an album with depth, power and striving.

The album is released on Spotify Premium on the 15th March, 2010.

For more information, please contact:

Email: press@nomy.nu
Tel: +46 (0) 736 79 1051

For press photos, see following link: www.nomy.nu/pic.rar

Nomy links:

Official homepage - www.nomy.nu
Youtube - www.youtube.com/user/therealnomy
MySpace - www.myspace.com/nomy1
Record Union - www.recordunion.com/Profile/123
7 Digital - www.7digital.com/artists/nomy
Last FM - www.lastfm.se/music/nomy?ac=nomy

Discography:

Disconnected - 2010
Welcome To My Freakshow - 2009
Song Or Suicide - 2008
Atonic Atrocity - 2007
Clownen Ler Inte - 2006
My Darkest Hour - 2003
Random Old Songs - 1996-2005