Archive for May, 2010
Artists Promising NewcomersPublished May 31, 2010 at 21:02 No Comments
Introducing yet another promising newcomer – he plays his music from the bottom of his heart … and you can hear it. Scott Brunger raises funds to bring pure and true Country music back to its homeland.
Artists InterviewPublished May 27, 2010 at 21:40 1 Comment
One and a half year after Sylvain Zebo joined SellaBand he reached his target of 25,000 $ on May 15th this year. He is the fifth artist from France who made it on SellaBand, a little surprise with regard to the strong competitor in the field of French-speaking artists – aka Music.
50K MUSIC Squad Featured ArtistsPublished May 26, 2010 at 21:22 3 Comments
I just had the idea to start something new on 50K MUSIC – the 50K MUSIC Squad. There are already the Dream Team and Wolfman’s Pack for supporting and promoting artists in- and outside of SAB. I’ve thought about starting another team of artists who get my special support and superior promotion on 50K MUSIC.
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Artists On Stage with...Published May 23, 2010 at 12:07 No Comments
For all who haven’t heard the news yet: BPM is going to support Drowning Pool next Tuesday at Northern Lights. That’s absolutely awesome and I asked Jesse from BPM how it comes that they get this chance, what they expect from this gig and if there will be more of these gigs maybe. And here
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Music BusinessPublished May 22, 2010 at 00:13 No Comments
SellaBand filed for bankruptcy in February this year, ForMyBand, a German competitor, is in liquidation since 1st January 2010. Is this the end of the fan funding hype? Wired named a few reasons why it went wrong for SellaBand: the reliance on CD and album, the lack of promoting and marketing the music, no effectiveness
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Artists New AlbumsPublished May 19, 2010 at 22:32 No Comments
John C Fraser has launched his new website. As he states on Facebook it’s made in the style of his new album which will be released soon as he announced lately in his 50K MUSIC interview.
Artists Featured ArtistsPublished May 17, 2010 at 23:22 2 Comments
On a sunny day in spring this year I was on my way from the village we spent our holidays to Ried in Upper Austria. It was March 30th when I was going to meet Stefan, the singer of meanwhile well-known cross over band Kontrust. We met there at a pub located centrally at Ried’s
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Artists NewsPublished May 16, 2010 at 22:38 No Comments
Firstly, I’m very happy to report that the new album is now musically complete. The last phase was the mastering which was done by Ted Jensen in NYC. Ted did a stellar job in creating a beautiful ‘gloss and shine’ for the tunes and we feel confident that we have created something that fulfils the
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Artists Featured ArtistsPublished May 15, 2010 at 21:09 1 Comment
Matt Springfield wants to bring the spirit of the 80′s into the 21st century. And he is very successful doing this. He has already funded his single “Things I’ve Said” on akamusic. And … he is one of the members of Dream Team. 50K MUSIC: For all those who don’t know you yet, please tell
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Artists NewsPublished May 14, 2010 at 23:11 1 Comment
I’m not sure if I get this review of “Woodditton Wives Club” completely right – because I don’t speak one word Dutch. But Eric van Domburg Scipio, chief editor of Dutch music magazine “Heaven” (“the music mag that pricks up its ears”), commends Alex Highton’s music as wonderful popfolk performed with great talent. Eric is
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Artists NewsPublished May 13, 2010 at 21:49 1 Comment
“Break Me” was shot over 3 days in Alexx Calise’s home Sherman Oaks, CA and at a friend’s home in Studio City, CA. It was filmed and directed by videographer/director Ricardo Moreno (who has worked with the likes of Salma Hayek, Juan Gabriel and Sean Paul). The video features the singer, guitarist and songwriter as
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Artists New AlbumsPublished May 13, 2010 at 21:24 1 Comment
Mount Fabric will be releasing their debut EP “The Crow” on May 17th. That’s what J.A.Marczak announced today. The EP will be available from iTunes and all the usual places, as well as on all the best streaming websites, but if you are on the mailing list of Mount Fabric you get these tracks for
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ArtistsPublished May 13, 2010 at 21:06 1 Comment
Support Aprylle Gilbert by voting for her song “Speak” on Ourstage.com. And here are Aprylle’s instruction for supporting her: “I am so completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of responses I have received from my message about voting for me in the regional Lilith fair competition. I am literally moved to tears. So I have decided
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Artists On Stage with...Published May 11, 2010 at 23:05 No Comments
Lily Vasquez is going to play Le Femme Rock together with another Columbian singer, Adriana Diez, in New York this Saturday. I asked her about this new collaboration. “Le Femme Rock is a project Adriana Diez from the band Vinilo and myself started with the purpose of promoting women fronted Latin Rock bands. We’re uniting
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Artists On Stage with...Published May 10, 2010 at 21:52 1 Comment
SUNSET RIOT are touring Southeast Australia at the moment. Del, singer of the band, is summing up their previous gigs: “So far our tour is going quite well, exhausting but exhilarating and daunting at the same time. We’re never quite sure what to expect when we take the stage in a new city but so far
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Artists NewsPublished May 8, 2010 at 22:41 1 Comment
As nu.nl reports Hind works on her new album at the moment. The album production was funded through her SellaBand believers in just about 11 days in November last year. The 25 year old singer is polishing the new songs now and is going to fly to London next week. Hind will commute between the
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Competitions NewsPublished May 7, 2010 at 23:38 No Comments
Apply for the “post” of 50K MUSIC Summer Festival Reporter. The only thing you have to do is visit a festival in summer this year where at least one of the featured artists (see tags) is on stage, write a review* of the festival and the artist’s gig and you’ll get a ticket for another
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Artists Featured ArtistsPublished May 7, 2010 at 22:24 1 Comment
Epyllion reached their target on SellaBand at the end of January. And now they already deliver their album “Chance Encounters” to their fans. That’s what I call a fast production. But seriously, you can listen to the album on several music platforms and on Epyllion’s Facebook profile. And it’s really worth a listen. I talked
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ArtistsPublished May 6, 2010 at 09:49 No Comments
(by Inge M) I have just finished recording the vocals to my songs. The music was already recorded at FendalSound studio, and it sounded great. Recording the vocals was a great experience. I have been in the studio for four days. My producers were there, the engineer, and Des’ray, singer from 2 brothers on the
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Artists News On Stage with...Published May 5, 2010 at 12:44 No Comments
Ihr seid eine Band aus Köln oder dem Rest von NRW? Ihr wollt am 14.05.2010 im Kölner MTC als Vorgruppe von KONTRUST, den “Bomba”-Rockern aus Österreich, spielen? Dann mal keine Zeit verlieren und sofort bewerben! Schreibt KONTRUST eine Mail und sagt, wofür ihr “On The Run” seid! www.ontherunfor.com www. kontrust.info Stay tuned for more …
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