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Musically brilliant!
Musically brilliant!
May 5, 2006
We didn't say it, but a reviewer at NYC's publication about independent music did. Here's what RACHEL ROKICKI (from The Deli Magazine) had to say about AñaVañA's new CD R*U*B: "Sophisticated and musically brilliant… a magnetic hybrid of music… a refreshing 2nd full length record… a distinct sound-from shy to outright strident." Wow! She's good. You can check out all of AñaVañA's releases at www.anavana.com A quick heads up: Someone we know was recently presented with a contract from a publishing company offering to sign several of their compositions. This company wanted the songwriter to sign an exclusive deal with them, and sign over %75 of the copyright to those songs. Luckily, under the advice of their lawyer, they turned the deal down. According to their lawyer some companies build up their song catalog by signing everything they can get their hands on, then turn around and sell the company. I'm not sure how many times we've said this, but please have a lawyer look at every contract you are offered. We are still seeing people get taken advantage of, and although some people shouldn't be involved in the music business they are, and will done anything they can to scam people. Enough blabbing you get the point. Hopefully! On with some website recommendations (we apologize if any of these were included in our previous newsletters). Not all of these are free, but they're worth checking out anyway. www.jukeboxalive.com (streaming audio and video for artists) www.americanidolunderground.com (it does cost to do some things, but you can earn free upload credits) www.indie911.com (list your music for placement in different kinds of media) www.musicsubmit.com (they submit your press releases , music,etc... to different types of media online and off - they do charge, but they are offering a complementery trial for the time being, so it's worth trying) We want to hear from you, so email us and let us know what you're up to: sdmprecords@yahoo.com We enjoy checking out artists we're not familiar with, and letting others know about them, so please feel free to send a links to your website or wherever we can find your music. What is SDMP up to these days? We'll we're glad you asked. Right now we are finishing up the music for a short film starring Taimak (from "The Last Dragon") check out his site: www.taimak.tv to see what he's been up to. We're also working on two CDs for release by the end of the year (we hope). Two other CDs that are not on our label, but we were involved in, will be released over the next couple of months, so we'll definitely keep you posted. Happy Trails, The Whole Gang at SDMP! PS - One of the tracks from AñaVañA's R*U*B CD has been used in a short film by director Christopher Rogers called "This Letterbox Life". You can view it on his Myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/rogman19 (it's video #3). Enjoy!
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