Rock Festival to be held on June 24, 2007
ANAHEIM, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Phoenix Club) - A benefit concert in the name of original Iron Butterfly bass player Lee Dorman will be held Sunday June 24th at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, next to the Honda Center. Iron Butterfly shook the music world in 1968 with the release of the monumental LP, In-A-Gadda-a-Vida, ...
| Making Dollars And Making Sense Panel Discussion
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ National Alliance of Market Developers) - The National Alliance of Market Developers is hosting a panel discussion of music industry experts featuring Mr. Chuck Gamble, Vice President of TSOP/Gamble-Huff records and other music, TV and film personalities. Multi award winning ...
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Fuego Entertainment Executes Exclusive Agreements With Nine World Famous Latin Artists, and Enters the Christian Music Market
MIAMI, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Fuego Entertainment) - Fuego Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: FUGO) today announces the acquisition of the entire music and video catalog from Tauri Records, one of Europe's leading Latin music record labels. Tauri is responsible for the releases of the world famous Latin music ...
| Nashville Records Update on 'The USS New York'
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Nashville Records) - Nashville Records, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NSHV) announced last week that the Company received a Letter of Commitment from the Department of Defense to provide original songs for the christening and commencement of the U.S.S. New York. The ship will be added ...
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Stax Records To Offer Digital-Only Reissues Exclusively Through Itunes
BEVERLY HILLS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Stax Records) - Stax Records, the classic soul label that has been reactivated this year by Concord Music Group on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, has announced plans to offer gems from its catalog for digital download exclusively through iTunes in North America ...
| Veteran Manager Tim Bernett Launches New Firm, Deep Blue Arts, In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ By Cary Baker/ www.conqueroo.com) - Longtime manager Tim Bernett has established Deep Blue Arts, a new company devoted to artist management, film music supervision and consultation. The initial management roster features Richard Thompson, Jill Sobule and Catie Curtis. ...
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John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Invited by Multi-Platinum Grammy Award Winner Fergie to Join the Fergie Verizon VIP Tour
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Jag Entertainment) - The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, on which Fergie recorded Fergalicious and several other cuts from her current CD, will join the Fergie Verizon VIP Tour. The Bus will host VIPs and contest winners for meet 'n greets, tours of the unique studio environment, ...
| PayPlay.FM Starts Selling 1,300,000 Tracks of DRM-Free Music
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ PayPlay.FM) - PayPlay.FM, a division of PayPlay LLC, today started selling its 1,300,000-track catalog in unprotected MP3 format at the price of 88 cents per song. The move continues PayPlay's strategy for uniform support of Mac and UNIX platforms, iPod, Zune and other portable ...
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Justin Timberlake Launches Tennman Records, Joint Venture With Interscope Records and Will Serve as Chairman and CEO
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Publicity) - Multi-platinum four time Grammy Award-winning recording artist Justin Timberlake has launched Tennman Records, a joint venture with Interscope Records, it was announced today by Jimmy Iovine, Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M. Mr. Timberlake will ...
| CD Baby Adopts voeveo as Mobile Music Outlet
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Top40 Charts/ CD Baby PR/ Voeveo) - The largest seller of independent music on the web, CD Baby, has partnered with the specialist mobile content trading site voeveo.com to distribute its material globally to rising numbers of wireless device users. Founder and president ...
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Nashville Records Selected for 'The USS New York'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Top40 Charts/ Nashville Records) - Nashville Records, Inc. has been selected to provide original songs for the christening and commencement of the USS New York. The Company has received a Letter of Commitment from the Department of Defense. The ship will be added to the Naval fleet ...
| Sony Delivers Big Sound in Micro Home Theater System
SAN DIEGO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Electronics) - Delivering big sound in a small package, Sony today introduced the DAV-IS10 micro home theater system. The 5.1 channel home-theater-in-a-box system features five tiny speakers - each about the size of a golf ball. The system, matched with a compact, ...
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Acquamedia and Platinum Blue Announce Strategic Partnership and Investment Agreement
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Acquamedia Technologies) - Acquamedia Technologies, S.L. has chosen Platinum Blue to provide music search, recommendation and discovery technology to enhance Acquamedia's flagship AllTheLatest (TodoLo?ltimo) mobile shops. The recommendation technology will be available ...
| Musicians Institute - Musicians Foundation Receives Scholarship Check From The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation At The Women of Distinction Awards Gala at the Globe
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Luck Media & Marketing) - The Musicians Foundation of Hollywood's Musicians Institute (MI) received a scholarship check from The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation at the Women of Distinction Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 15th. The Universal Studios Globe ...
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64% of Respondents Still Buy Music CD's Says Greenfield Online Survey, While 41% Like to Download Music from the Internet
WILTON, CN. (Top40 Charts/ Greenfield Online) -According to a recent Greenfield Online Fact of the Week survey of approximately 1,000 Internet respondents, 64% of total respondents still get their music the old fashioned way: purchasing CD's from a store. Additionally, 41% of respondents download music ...
| The 19th International Folk Alliance Conference was Well Attended and Well Received
Memphis, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Cash Edwards, Music Services) - The 19th International Folk Alliance Conference came to Memphis this past February introducing Memphis to the North American organization with a boon to the city's economy reported at over 1.2 million dollars. From all over the map (a good ...
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RockYou! Rocks Out to New Partnerships With SNOCAP, Fliptrack, Nettwerk Records and Pump Audio
SAN MATEO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ RockYou/ SNOCAP) - RockYou!, the leading provider of widgets on the web, today announced that the company has partnered with several of the most cutting edge music companies including SNOCAP, Fliptrack, Pump Audio and Nettwerk Records. RockYou! provides a unique way to ...
| Record Label Supports Public Radio Through Sale of Matt Burt CDs at the Texamericana Internet Store
Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Broken Oak Records) - Texamericana is a non-profit internet record store that donates between $1 and $5 from every CD sold to a public radio station of the purchaser's choice. It was formed by a group of artists who have gotten together to give back to public radio, which ...
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Nashville Records Secures Joint Venture to Own Anti-Piracy Technology
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Nashville Records) - Nashville Records, Inc. is proud to announce the signing of ownership of a newly trademarked anti-piracy system. The technology can be licensed to labels, artists and movie companies. Industry analysts indicate there has never been technology that could ...
| SanDisk Applauds Amazon.com and EMI Music on Launch of MP3 Music Download Store
MILPITAS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SanDisk Corporation) - SanDisk Corporation, the second largest seller of MP3 players in the United States, today released the following statement by Daniel Schreiber, senior vice president and general manager of the audio and video business unit at SanDisk: 'We at SanDisk ...
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