NEW YORK (Wind-up Records/ www.seether.com/ www.winduprecords.com) - Wind-up Records has announced a digital promotion making
Seether videos, performance footage, and interviews compatible with the Playstation Portable (PSP) device.
Seether content can be found via IGN.com, UGO.com, and Seether.com to give fans and gamers a look at a special performance of "
Remedy" from the ONE COLD NIGHT live acoustic concert CD/DVD specially formatted for the PSP, as well as the music videos "
The Gift" and "
Truth" from the gold-certified KARMA & EFFECT. A special behind-the-scenes video showcasing some of the highlights from the ONE COLD NIGHT release will also be made available.
Additionally, Wind-up is building a promotional network among gaming and PSP fan sites to cross-link and cross-promote video availability and drive fans to a sweepstakes, where consumers will have the opportunity to enter to win numerous prizes. Participating sites include https://www.qj.net, https://www.psp-hacks.com/, pspcrazy.com/, https://www.pspworld.com/, https://www.themepsp.com/, https://www.pgrevolution.com, pspon2.blogspot.com, insanecentral.com/news.php, realworldbenchmarks.com/, https://www.xtremepsp.com/, https://www.sonypspinfo.com/, https://www.pspdrive.com/v1.0/, and https://www.net4psp.com/. One Grand Prize winner could win a package featuring a custom PSP pre-loaded by Wind-up with Seether content, the band's catalog of recorded music and a chance to meet the band. Four second prize winners may receive a custom PSP pre-loaded by Wind-up with Seether content and an autographed copy of the upcoming release ONE COLD NIGHT. Ten third prize winners will be eligible to receive an autographed copy of ONE COLD NIGHT.
Wind-up Records, a long-term leader and innovator in the digital space, has designed this promotion to support the enormous number of Seether fans in the gaming community. This initiative displays the company's proactive efforts in embracing emerging digital platforms, and utilizing them to take the music to the fan. "The gaming community has been long term supporters of Seether and their music, said Wind-up Records Executive Vice President of Marketing Andrew Schneider, "and we are thrilled to be in a position to give back to the community by recognizing their interest and passion for gaming platforms." In taking this promotion to the PSP fan sites and supporting the community with a syndicated sweepstakes that organically can be linked from dozens of sites, a network of grassroots gaming sites will be created for the first time with the initiative of distributing musical content on a widespread level.
ONE COLD NIGHT, a two disc CD/DVD package to be released July 11, 2006 was recorded at Philadelphia's Grape Street on February 22, 2006. The live acoustic show features hits from the band's gold certified debut albums Disclaimer and Disclaimer II and their current release, the gold certified Karma & Effect. Included on the CD are Seether's smash hits "Remedy" and "Broken." The final track listing also showcases some of the band's most hard-rocking anthems including "Gasoline" and "Truth" in a fresh, intimate setting that provides a unique experience for both new and long time fans. ONE COLD NIGHT highlights Shaun Morgan's heartfelt vocals and his intensity as a performer, as well as the band's superior musicianship.
