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Who Needs a Record Label in the Modern Age? HyperDiy are the worlds first 'Record label replacement service' allowing bands access to facilities traditionally associated with having a record deal, but for fixed, modest fees and taking not one % in royalties from the artist. Aimed at artists, bands and small labels. HyperDiy can handle anything from simple online distribution to a full campaign including Videos and radio plugging and a number of ever expending territories around the world. - 2008-08-07

BFM Digital Releases "Jamtse: Love And Compassion" A Benefit Album in Support for The Tibet Fund BFM Digital announces the album release of "Jamtse: Love and Compassion - An Offering to The Tibet Fund". Proceeds from the digital sale of Jamtse will benefit the full range of outreach, assistance and educational services The Tibet Fund provides. - 2008-08-06

Parry Gripp From Nerf Herder Asks "Do You Like Waffles?", Millions Agree! Parry Gripp's YouTube phenomenon "Do You Like Waffles?" hits the big time with it's very own album, a collection of 24 deliciously mad and 100% kid friendly jingles on Oglio Records, A Fontana/Universal distributed label. The video for "Do You Like Waffles" (animated by Nathan Mazur) has become one of this year's true YouTube viral sensations. - 2008-07-31

BIgBang Set to go 'From Acid To Zen' on their First U.S. Release for Grand Sport/Oglio Records BigBang cross the Atlantic from Norway for their first ever official Stateside full album release, "From Acid to Zen", through their own label,Grand Sport, in conjunction with Oglio Records, a Fontana/Universal distributed label. - 2008-07-30

Electronic Music Pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey Is Still Recording And Rocking At Age 80 Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman release their new CD, "Destination Space" for Oglio Records., during September, 2008. "Destination Space" features Perrey's trademark crazy tape loops and Moog-filled melody lines, featured in 17 brand-new tunes. - 2008-07-30

Emerging Singer-Songwriter WAZ To Release "The Secret" EP On July 28th, 2008 LA-based singer-songwriter WAZ will be independently releasing "The Secret" EP exclusively on iTunes on July 28th, 2008. "The Secret" EP was mixed by Jamie Candiloro (REM, Ryan Adams) & produced by Will Golden (Gary Jules, Meiko, Jay Brannan, Joe Purdy). - 2008-07-22

Tupac Still Breathin Tour Promoter Seeking Dates & Lawz Launch New Video Highlighting International Shows & Performances with Pac Featuring Young Buck and The Outlawz-Tupac Still Breathin Tour promoter is reaching out to domestic and international talent bookers & Lawz launch new video promoting New We Want In LP - 2008-07-18

The Black Man Clay Show Wins ACM Music Video Award The Alliance for Community Media presented their Hometown Video Awards (the Emmy of public access channels) for 2008 July 9th in Washington, DC at the ACM annual conference. Advocates for grassroots media for over thirty years, the ACM promotes excellence in local broadcasting and maximum public access to the airwaves. Winning an award in the music video category was the 30-minute The Black Man Clay Show, produced in Tucson, Arizona by Eric Heithaus. "The Black Man Clay Show" is currently being broadcast in the Metropolitan New York and other areas around the country. - 2008-07-17

Wanted Humanitarian Efforts Bring Positive Light Through New Reggae Release Black Wolf Records' recording artist Wanted has established a new voice in the reggae music scene with tracks produced out of the legendary Marley family owned Tuff Gong studios, with proceeds going to hungry children in the town of Jacmel, Haiti. - 2008-07-15

GAS 0095: What Does a $460 Album Sound Like…? On 14th July, experimental label Microscopics officially re-releases the seminal, ambient electronic album, 'Gas 0095', digitally re-mastered with the original, collectable artwork. With copies of the original 'Gas 0095' release currently selling for up to $460 on eBay, the time is right to revisit and appreciate an album widely acknowledged as a masterpiece. - 2008-07-10

Hollywood Biographer Releases Rock CD Hollywood biographer and university literature professor builds upon his experience as a Memphis musician in the 60's and releases a classic rock CD. - 2008-07-07

ObliqSound Signs Vocalist Gretchen Parlato American vocalist is the first female vocalist on six-year-old independent label. - 2008-07-04

Latin Rapper Caliber From 'The Suspects' Set to Release Debut Solo Album 'Enter My City' on The Fontana/Universal Distributed Label DMAFT Records The sensational Caliber is set to release his solo debut entitled "Enter My City" on DMAFT Records, a Fontana/Universal distributed label. Caliber is joined by his fellow The Suspects group members Lefty Knuckles and Kayottic, the entire roster of their Most High Records movement and the incredible LaLa. - 2008-06-29

Squeak Ru Signs With Fontana/Universal Distributed DMAFT Records To Release Solo Debut And Digital Exclusives Inglewood California hero Squeak Ru has signed with the Fontana/Universal distributed DMAFT Records, a part of the Oglio Entertainment Group, to release his solo debut "FatWorld" and the companion iTunes exclusive "Digital FatWorld 2". Squeak Ru's releases includes appearances from Ice Cube, MC Eiht, G-Luv, Damani from Snoop Dogg's new group Westurn Union, Treach from Naughty By Nature and The Reputables. - 2008-06-29

Showtime Hit "American Drug War" Comes to DVD 35 years after Nixon started the War on Drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. Thought by many experts to be the precursor to the current War on Terror, the drug war has now cost trillions of dollars and will certainly be brought front and center in the coming elections. After premiering in March on Showtime, the award-winning documentary "American Drug War" now comes to DVD hoping to ignite a long-overdue debate. - 2008-06-24

Healing Instrument Design and Revolutionary Treatment Methodology Based on Pythagorean Principles is basis for New Music CD called Golden Ratios; new music CD by Dr. James Hopkins Ushers in New Era for Harmonic Healing New Leaf Distributing will feature the former chiropractor's new healing CD Golden Ratios in their exhibition booth (#541) at the International New Age Trade Show®-West (INATS® West) June 28 - 30th; CD release date set for June 24, 2008. - 2008-06-24

Local Metal Band CHAINDRIVEN Wins the Los Angeles' 95.5 KLOS Mark and Brian Show's "Webstock: Battle of the Fans Contest" CHAINDRIVEN to Open for Lynyrd Skynyrd & Hank Williams, Jr. at the Rowdy Frynds Tour - 2008-06-21

New SingingFool.com Launches New Recommendation Engine Makes Site Unique - 2008-06-19

New 2-CD Set by Jeffrey Fisher presents The Bhagavad Gita Suite and The River; the Composer and Artist Revives Ancient Sanskrit Tale and Explores War/Spirituality with dynamic Ocean of Consciousness. Eclectic musician Jeffrey Fisher announces the release of his ambitious new 2-CD set that explores the subjects of war and spirituality in relation to the ancient Sanskrit text of 'The Bhagavad Gita'. This important text is among the most widely read in the world, and Fisher translates it both literally and personally with 'Ocean of Consciousness' two discs, 'The Bhagavad Gita Suite' and 'The River'. The fine art for the CD cover is provided by renowned Taos, NM-based artist and painter Charles Collins of the Charles Collins Gallery. Fisher will support this instrumental new age and world music CD with a Western regional concert, lecture and media tour in June/July 2008. 10% of CD profits earmarked for charities that protect sacred sites and benefit the arts. Early CD reviews are very positive. - 2008-06-17

Release of Tim Hockenberry's Back In Your Arms is Celebrated with a Live Video Shoot and Appearance at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco June 16th Tim Hockenberry's stunning solo debut recording, Back In Your Arms (About Records/Artist Garage/Fontana/UMD), was released on June 3, 2008. On Monday, June 16th the music will be the focus of a live video shoot for digital streaming at San Francisco's Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko. - 2008-06-16

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