Amy Speace Says It's "A Huge Honor" To Open For Nanci Griffith On Upcoming Northeast Shows

This October, Amy Speace can add a new highlight to her ever-growing list of accomplishments this year: a string of dates with legendary songstress Nanci Griffith.

"Of the many artists that I look up to Nanci Griffith surely is high up on my list of influences," says Speace, "and it will be a huge honor to share the stage with her on these shows. Nanci paved the way for the rest of us trying to bridge the gap between folk and roots and country music."

Delivering a perfectly matched opening for Griffith, Speace will play songs from her new album 'The Killer In Me,' "an edgy brew of roots rock, folk and pop" (Arizona Republic, 8.11.09) out now on Judy Collins' Wildflower Records. On stage and on her album, Speace knows how to "rock just right" (Washington Post, 6.12.09), sharing stories between her narrative songs with support from the "deft musicianship of her band, the Tearjerks" (Arizona Republic).

Catch Speace opening for Nanci Griffith on the following dates:

October 22 - Ridgefield, CT - The Ridgefield Playhouse
October 23 - New York, NY - Town Hall
October 24 - North Hampton, MA - The Calvin Theatre

Speace has earned glowing reviews for 'The Killer In Me,' an "effortlessly intimate" album where "the seduction in Speace's voice and the smooth sound of background horns and organs make you feel exposed and susceptible" (CMT.com, 7.6.09). She'll be backed by the Tearjerks at her showcase at the Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville on September 16.

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Exotic Erotic Ball Celebrates 30th Halloween With Great Deals On Travel

Exotic Erotic Ball Celebrates 30th Halloween with Great Deals on Travel

Famous Freedom-Fest takes over Radisson, Offers $669 Package, Announces Amazing Entertainment Line-up

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Ball, the legendary San Francisco event which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary October 23 and 24 at the Cow Palace Arena, has announced the best travel values in its history.

The Radisson Hotel Bay Front in Brisbane - only a few short miles from the venue, and featuring a heated indoor pool and an award-winning restaurant on premises - has blocked entire floors for Exotic Erotic Ball guests at discounted rates of $109. But the real value is in the package: For a package price of $669, two guests can get three nights at the Radisson (double occupancy, including all taxes), a meet and greet session, free shuttle to and from the airport, free shuttle to and from the event both days, unlimited entry for the Expo on Friday and Saturday afternoon, two VIP tickets to the Ball ($300 value), and in honor of the 30th Anniversary - $30.00 in "Ball Bills", per person, to spend on any item(s) of their choice from any vendor at the show.

"The party starts at the Radisson and ends at the Ball," remarks Ball founder Perry Mann. "If you're looking for a sexy and memorable vacation in a great city at a great price - you can't do better than this!" Mann also announced that the 30th Annual Exotic Erotic Ball will bring back The Blue Room, a couples-only room with extra-erotic activities and ambience, perfect for lifestyle encounters.

Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Ball has been called "The World's #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party" by E! Entertainment TV, the "#1 Adult Festival in the World," by AskMen.com, "The #1 Party Event on the Planet" by HDTV, and "The Greatest Costume Party of All Time" by KTLA. Over three decades of history, "The Ball" has regaled half a million attendees, featured a thousand live performances, and received 50 awards.

Live performances confirmed for next month's Anniversary show include DJ Skribble, Missing Persons, The Frail, CR Gruve, LZ Love, Super Geek League, and the return of the Impotent Sea Snakes. Reality show superstar Tila Tequila will celebrate her birthday at the show, and judge the costume contests along with Danny Bonaduce and a mystery third judge. Over $10,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded.

The Exotic Erotic Ball fills six acres of space, hosts 65 performances, features erotic artists, exotic dancers, and wild circus sideshows, plus fantasy themed halls, BDSM demos, fetish fashions, all sorts of sexy shenanigans, and the tantalizingly offbeat. The event draws a plethora of adult stars and celebrity guests, and contains over 100 exhibits showcasing the latest and newest in exotic, erotic, and adult goods and services. Despite all this, it's the Halloween costumes and outfits worn by the 20,000+ attendees - colorful, creative, and captivating - that make the show truly unrivaled.

The Festival Hotline is: 1-415-567-BALL (2255). The website is http://www.exoticeroticball.com Consumers can visit the Travel and Hotels page, http://www.exoticeroticball.com/travel-hotel.htm or contact the event's official travel trollop at lori@prodigy.net

Release Single Houston Day And Hong Kong Cafe

An array of innovative melodies drifting over various continents and cultures. Each title releases its own emotional force and takes us into "another world", where atmospheres are created by remarkable instrumental arrangements of astonishing chords that are ideal for conveying emotion and sensitivity.

Robert Lauri makes us discover the range and diversity of the creative force of a tunesmith who deserves to be discovered by the general public. Robert Lauri offers us strong and astonishing musical atmospheres. Each title takes us into another musical world with various musical genres and rhythms, such as country, meditative, and classical styles mixed with pop, electro pop, soul, and so on and so forth.

Certain melodies also evoke some captivating pieces of film music; others open up a haven of peace and meditation.

Still others invite us to move. But even if the compositions float in their own magic, a common theme is guiding the weft of these creations: dream and relaxation. When listening to the instrumentals, you leave the ground to glide in your own world of emotions and imagination.

To listen to the single and an extract of the album in pre-release, entitled partir: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/1805894

Sylvia Ganancia has created the artwork for the album and the single. Her talent could be synthesized as follows:
The progression of the artist, Sylvia Ganancia, is born of charm, humanity and feminine sensuality... All culture makes her deeply sensitive and it is customary to admire in her work the faces and expressions of women because, as she says: "by the woman are traditions perpetuated", and thus offers us, through her art, a world tour of different culture.

Robert Lauri has been an author, a composer, a tunesmith and a performer since his tenderest years. His musical career has been punctuated, for more than thirty years, by several records and a successful international career - both in the United States and in Europe - with the Alef Group.

In 2009, the artiste launched his MyConcert2009 programme (Concert ΰ la Carte), which also contains a part allowing the public to participate in the production, and some sponsorship.

For further information on Robert Lauri, visit his official website at: http://www.robert-lauri.com and his page on Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/robertlauri

Music Reports Announces Distribution Of More Than $5 Million In Mechanical Royalties On Behalf Of Digital Music Service Clients

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Music Reports Inc. ("MRI"), the leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States, today announced that it has distributed more than $5,000,000 in statutory mechanical royalties on behalf of its digital music service clients. These royalties have been calculated at the rates applicable to on-demand streams and limited downloads, as determined by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board in 2008. Statutory mechanical licenses from MRI now cover more than 1 billion plays of digital music per month.

"Publishers are reaping great financial benefits from our statutory mechanical licensing program for digital music services," said Douglas J. Brainin, President and CEO of Music Reports. "This program continues to be a critical component of any licensing strategy for digital music services."

MRI now pays statutory mechanical royalties to more than 12,000 music publishing administrators, representing over 50,000 individual music publishers. MRI clients use the statutory mechanical license to obtain rights from the tens of thousands of independent music publishers who do not license through the Harry Fox Agency.

About Music Reports
Music Reports, Inc. (www.musicreports.com) is the leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States. The company's proprietary systems and applications set the standard for technology in the music industry. MRI also maintains the largest database of music copyright information in the world, the Songdex® database. The company offers a full spectrum of music rights administration services, including: copyright research; music clearance; sales data consolidation; music usage reporting; royalty accounting; and royalty payment. MRI clients include the world's largest television and radio broadcasters, digital music services, background music services, record labels, mobile carriers, and consumer products companies. MRI is a portfolio company of ABRY Partners, one of North America's leading private equity investment firms, which is focused on media and information services.
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The Boom Boom Dance Video Rises To #1 On MTVMusic.com Top 100 In First Week

TheVine Records/Indie Extreme group, Chitlins, are celebrating their first week on MTVmusic.com with a meteric rise to #1 on the Top 100. The video heralding the new dance craze, The Boom Boom, debuted in the Top 100 on Saturday, Sept 5 at #91, jumped to #10 by Sunday morning, shot to #2 by Monday, sliding into the #1 spot on Tuesday morning.

“It’s been like Christmas every time we wake up, the momentum is incredible!” said Chitlins, “We are happy to see that people are embracing the song, the sound and the new what’s happenin’!”

The buzz-generating band is fronted by innovative New York-based artist Excite, a multi-talented player who draws upon both his rich musical history and dramatic acting chops to inject energetic creativity to the mesmerizing mix of The Boom Boom Dance. Various associations led him to a fateful meeting with well-respected, gold record-scoring producer Lee Stone (Pharoahe Monch, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, Method Man), and creative fusion occurred in the best possible way. The mighty twosome did well-received work for esteemed Blue Note Records with jazz great and Grammy nominated Ronny Jordan, thrilling crowds at BET Jazz fests across the country. As Excite continued to develop his own voice he eventually began to post his own material on Myspace, where the buzz quickly grew for the new artist with the irresistible groove.

That buzz drew the attention of TheVine Records president Mario Costabile, founder of New Jersey-based Vine Music Publishing, an influential new company whose catalogue spans the spectrum from Pop and Rock to R&B, Jazz and Latin to Gospel. Their 25 years of experience in video and audio production, Costabile brings his practiced skill-set to the video production of The Boom Boom Dance, and it shows in the film’s crystal-like clarity and rock-solid production values.

The urban groove and Excite’s soulful delivery kicks things into a 21st century feel, even as the bouncy lyrics reference popular dances of the past, including the Jerk, the Monkey, and even the Macaroni. It’s all good in The Boom Boom, and if you’re not up on your feet in the first 60 seconds, check for a heartbeat. Look for The Boom Boom to make its presence known in a big way in the months ahead at clubs, parties, and weddings, as its interactive element takes the country by storm.

Indie Extreme, which is based in Nashville, Tenn., represents musical acts ranging from folk legend Judy Collins to hit CCM artist Matt Brouwer. The firm partners with Universal Music Christian Group/Fontana for distribution and retail marketing, along with providing various label services to independent labels.

For more information about Chitlins, visit http://www.myspace.com/chitlinsmusic. For more information about The Vine Records, visit http://www.thevinemusic.com/thevinerecords. To learn more about Indie Extreme or our labels, visit http://www.indieextreme.com, call (615) 309-1718 or (281) 890-5034, send an e-mail to Lisa@indieextreme.com or kathyd@indieextreme.com, or write the company at 1507 16th Ave S., Nashville, TN. 37212.

Giovanni Allevi Will Perform At Carnegie Hall - Zankell Hall On October 9th

The Allevi's performance in NY come after the big success he obtained in Arena in Verona - Italy (more than 10.000 people) with the Orchestra project "Evolution". The concert at the Carnegie Hall is part of another tour: “Allevilive 09” in piano solo. The "AlleviLive" international tour, started in London on March 27th at Islington’s Union Chapel, reveals his intimate and personal relationship he has with the piano presenting his virtuous and melodical original compositions. The tour have touched down the most important cities in Italy, as well as Vienna, Salzburg, Oslo, Athens, Madrid, Seoul, Tokyo. After this concert in New York at Carnegie Hall he will go to San Francisco and Moscow.

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Video: Joy Tour World Première
Joy Tour World Première

"Consolation" Has Been Released, And Receives Unanimous Praise

After the release of his first album in 2008, Marc Béziat completed in mid 2009 his second work : "Consolation".

The album, ranging from instrumental compositions to full choral and orchestral pieces, has begun to win remarkable critical acclaim.

Some excerpts from the independent press reviews :

"Consolation is an uplifting experience for the ears. This is the sound of hope"
Kenn Deaton

"it is very easy to get lost in the overwhelming neo-baroque beauty"
Julian Gorman

"Consolation is a coherent works that flows from one movement to the next like a river of sound that was born of the earth rather than created at the hand of man"
Wildy Haskell

"It is precisely this yin/yang counterpoint that creates the magic of the music [...] the album overall evokes a wide range of feelings from serene and comforting to dramatic and powerful"
Michael Diamond

Album page :
http://marcbeziat.net/consolation_en.htm

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Award

Recently, "the Free Movement", one of the album tracks, has won the Song of the Year July 2009 contest in the Instrumental / World category.

Song of the Year results page :
http://www.songoftheyear.com/winners/2009/072009.htm

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Biographical elements

Marc Béziat's musical biography is quite unordinary, and steps out of the typical music career path.

Marc was born at Aix en Provence, in southern France, and worked for the IT field in a former part of his course.

He began his musical journey at the age of 28.

Concurrently to his professional activity, he started learning as a self-taught during one year. After that, he joined a music composition school for more than two years.

Towards the latter part of 2007, he undertook a sabbatical, and could finally dedicate his full time to music. He then began the writing of his first album, that he carried since the beginning of his musical path, and that he could, at last, express in a fair way.

This first album, "Victory of the Spirit", was released in 2008.

In 2009, he releases his second album : "Consolation".

More information can be found at : http://marcbeziat.net

SirLady Records To Release Kirsten Dehaan's EP "Thorns On A Crown" Through Oseao Media Group

Indie label SirLady Records announces its partnership with digital music distributor and licensing company Oseao Media Group for an October 6th digital release of alternative rock singer-songwriter Kirsten DeHaan's "Thorns On A Crown." DeHaan's new EP encompasses the sweetness of Liz Phair, a soft, airy quality like that of Sia, and the rich alto of Fiona Apple.

"We're very excited at Oseao to have the privelage of working with Kirsten and Musicdish," said OSEAO General Manager Jon Lemmon. "This is one of the most exciting partnerships and projects we've come across in some time, and we're thrilled to help push and promote the new EP."

Oseao Media Group will be working closely with major digital retailers, including iTunes, Amazon and eMusic to support and promote the EP release. The release will also be supported by a full internet marketing campaign managed by MusicDish Network, including PR/brand development, netradio marketing, viral campaigns, industry outreach, social media networking and fanbuilding.

"I've been following Kirsten career for several years, having booked her to our 'Listen Liberally' showcase in 2006," said MusicDish founder Eric de Fontenay. "It's a real pleasure to work with not just such a talented songwriter and performer, but a true music entrepreneur."

"My intention for 'Thorns on Crown' is to put it in the best hands possible so that it can do its job and flourish," Kirsten DeHaan SirLady Records. "Those set of hands without question are MusicDish and Oseao."

Click on any of the sites below to connect with Kirsten Dehaan and listen to tracks from "Thorns On A Crown" http://www.kdlocal.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kirsten-DeHaan/116463804779 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=139540643759 http://www.reverbnation.com/kirstendehaan http://twitter.com/KDLocal http://www.last.fm/music/Kirsten+DeHaan http://www.imeem.com/kirstendehaan http://superfan.com/fave/Kirsten_DeHaan

The songs on her five-track EP extend over a range of toe-tapping to somber. In the current music world of soulless musicians singing to beats generated by machines, it is refreshingly evident to have DeHaan whole-heartedly fulfill a responsibility of realness and truth, a responsibility that only a genuine musician could touch. She may be considered a newcomer to the music industry, but there is enough passion, talent, and promise on Thorns On A Crown to imagine what the future will bring if Kirsten DeHaan pushes forward in being the driving force behind her music.

Kirsten DeHaan is a true jack of all musical trades. Not only is she a talented singer/songwriter and guitarist, she promotes her music via her label SirLady Records, does various philanthropic work for American soldiers in the Middle East, and is a big proponent of the New York indie music scene. DeHaan stomped onto the indie music scene in 2004 when she released her first album "Conform." Reviewers compared her music to that of Nirvana, U2, and Belly. Her music has been downloaded over 1 million times via various peer-to-peer sites and featured on hit reality shows Made and My Super Sweet Sixteen. Declaring "Conform" one of the most popular records next to the Killers and Ashlee Simpson by FreshFarmMusic.com, Kirsten was one of five artists chosen for Men's Vogue/Hennessey Flaunt Your Taste Critics Choice Awards. Her latest offering, a five song EP dubbed "Thorns On A Crown" is by far her most mature work to date.

For CD or mp3 tracks as well as interview request, contact: Eric de Fontenay MusicDish http://kirstendehaan.musicdish.net kistendehaan@musicdish.net +1 718 278 0662

MusicDishTV: onseeker music's iPhone App Connects Fans, Artists & Venues

Houston-based start-up announces onseeker music is now available - free to consumers at the iPhone App Store. The new iPhone app connects fans, artists, and venues in ways never experienced before. onseeker music is the 'how' to the 'who, what, when, and where' for music and entertainment. Using the mobile platform, onseeker music provides the unique benefit of real-time interaction between fans, artists, and venues using full multimedia profiles, status updates, location-based content, and more.

Create a profile or learn more about it at www.onseekermusic.com

Williamson Set To Release Homework

San Jose based artist Williamson is set to release "Homework", his second full length album. A impeccably produced collection of thirteen songs, "Homework" is a testament to painstaking sound design. Catchy yet experimental, spacey yet truly intimate; Homework is a wonderfully nuanced album that will appeal to fans of Boards of Canada, Postal Service, Orbital and Four Tet.

Capturing a sound all his own, Williamson has blended indie rock, pop, experimental electronica and post rock to create a heady brew of songs that the listener can immediately lose themselves in. The product of many a long night, Homework is an aptly named exercise in creativity and concentration. In the artists words:

"Homework is an album that I have put together over the period of several years in the few hours I have to spend on music after my day-job. This after-hours (or homework) approach to music sometimes makes it hard to work on a project for the consecutive hours that it needs and can in some ways be really frustrating. However, on the positive side, this approach has let me develop a sort of extreme patience in my music. Over the years I have learned to appreciate being a truly independent artist that makes music every day just for myself and my own sanity and without any influence or pressure from labels, deadlines and commercial concerns. If a particular song takes 3 years of recording, reworking, rewriting, remixing, then tearing it all up a doing it again before its done, then so be it (several songs on the album fit this bill). I think that in most cases, this has had a really positive impact on the songs when they are finally done, and in short I am quite happy with the songs that have finally made it onto the album and the overall development of my sound. I hope that you enjoy the music."

Sparse beauty, inviting soundscapes, and emotive melodies define Homework. The music must be heard, defying all attempts at description. It is a fresh breeze, a sunset over the mountains, a dimly lit Sunday evening; at times tender, manic, melancholic and finally triumphant, Homework is best summarized as a piece of art. Learn more about Wade Williamson here:

http://www.williamsonsound.com