Posts Tagged ‘2009’
May 21st, 2011
Phoenix – “Lisztomania” Throw Me The Statue – “Hi-Fi Goon” Cosmo Jarvis – “She’s Got You” Matt & Kim – “Lessons Learned” Peter Bjorn and John – “Nothing to Worry About” Tegan and Sara – “Alligator” Master Shortie – “Bringin it Back” The Features – “Lions” The Limousines – “Very Busy People” Windmill – “Big Boom” Yeasayer – “Ambling Alp” Pomplamoose – “Beat the Horse” Don Diablo – “Hooligans”
April 30th, 2011
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February 10th, 2011
NME’s weekly roundup of all the latest music news. For loads more videos check out: www.nme.com
January 18th, 2011
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October 21st, 2010
David Crowder Band – Forever and Ever Live @ EO- Jongerendag 2009
September 18th, 2010
SellaBand (www.sellaband.com), the online music company where bands crowdfund investment, today announces New York based rock band BulletProof Messenger as the first wildcard band to perform at ArenaFest 2009. ArenaFest comprises 91 interactive concerts during the summer of 2009 that include: live music, sports, gaming, dating and competitions. During each live concert, two up-and-coming SellaBand bands will support a major headline act.
BulletProof Messenger was the 12th band to crowdsource investment on SellaBand and released its SellaBand album \’Arm Yourself\’ in January 2009, featuring 11 original compositions. Previously, BulletProof Messenger performed with Incubus and Collective Soul for their earlier release \’The Crucial Line\’ and was selected by XM Satellite Radio as one to the top unsigned acts in the USA. They have also established themselves as an exciting live act since winning a Clear Channel radio sponsored battle of the bands.
\”Writing \’Arm Yourself\’ was no easy process, especially with one member of the band miles away serving in the US Army. It presented us with a unique challenge and we literally wrote the entire album online by emailing demos back and forth. We are extremely pleased with all the songs on the album and excited to be performing them at ArenaFest,\” said Matt Litwin, DJ and electronics, BulletProof Messenger. \”ArenaFest is a great opportunity for BulletProof Messenger to fulfil one of our dreams.\”
\”With the support of fans and music lovers from around the world, anyone with musical talent and a dream can tour major US arenas. ArenaFest gives emerging bands the opportunity to share the stage with some of today\’s biggest music acts, all expenses paid,\” said Johan Vosmeijer, CEO SellaBand. \”BulletProof Messenger is a young, talented rock band that will provide the audiences of ArenaFest with great live performances.\”
Announced arenas include: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas; The Place, Detroit, Michigan; US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona; Toyota Center, Cleveland, Ohio and the Honda Center, Anaheim, California. Further arenas and wildcard bands will be announced in the coming weeks.
SellaBand is continuing to seek bands to perform at ArenaFest. To sign up bands from Europe and North America should visit arenafest.sellaband.com and register. On SellaBand artists and bands can crowdsource funding, record a professional album, utilise its worldwide distribution network and now perform live to thousands of people.
Press Release Highlights
* BulletProof Messenger is the first confirmed SellaBand band to play ArenaFest
* ArenaFest is a series of interactive concerts during the summer of 2009 that include: live music, sports, gaming, dating and competitions
* BulletProof Messenger is a New York based rock band
* BulletProof Messenger was the 12th band to crowdsource $50,000 on SellaBand and release their album \’Arm Yourself\’ later this year
* Further arena and wildcard bands will be announced
* Up and coming bands can still register for ArenaFest
About SellaBand
SellaBand is an innovative online music platform based in Amsterdam, the creative capital of Europe. SellaBand unites Artists and Fans in an independent movement that aims to level the playing field in the global music industry. For the first time in history, a direct relationship is established between artists and fans; artists try to raise funds for a professional recording, fans can invest in unsigned bands and decide who gets signed to SellaBand. Since its launch in August 2006, SellaBand has welcomed 29 Recording Artists who had their albums funded by their fans. Close to $3,000,000 has been invested in unsigned bands on http://www.sellaband.com.
About ArenaWorks Entertainment
Based in Los Angeles California, ArenaWorks Entertainment, inc. is an innovator of interactive entertainment technology and the leader of Live Social Networking™. In addition to technology and event promotion, Arena Works initiatives include investment and development of; professional sports programs, music technologies, promotion of musical talent and a various charities including the Gift Music™ Foundation.
About BulletProof Messenger
BulletProof Messenger is a New York based rock band. They joined SellaBand in April 2007 and by December 2007 became the 13th band to crowdscouced $50,000 worth of investment, thanks to 1,171 Believers (investors). The band comprises of Matt Litwin, DJ and electronics; Voley Martin, guitar; Scott Martin, guitar; Jesse Downing, bass; Alex Straiter, drums and Marcus Klavan, vocals. For more information on BulletProof Messenger, visit http://www.sellaband.com/bulletproofmessenger or http://www.myspace.com/bulletproofmessenger
August 14th, 2010
David Crowder Band – No One Like You Live @ EO- Jongeredag 2009
March 17th, 2010
The One Mic Nite Open Talent Showcase (OneMicNite@gmail.com), happening every Monday night in New York’s East Village, is a combination of of indie music or dance, theatre, poetry, art, and informal networking, in an open mic acoustic style setting. Latin Alternative Music Conference opens in New York July 7-11, and is geared towards the marketing of Spanish-language alternative music while striving for maximum exposure for Latin artists and repertoire in the U.S. marketplace. The Los Angeles Post Production Group (LAPPG) is a member driven organization for anyone with an interest or passion for film finishing and the post-production process, and will be meeting July 8 featuring Robert Mellette from ‘Dances With Films’ as well as A.J. Tesler and Jenny Stames from Independent TV Festival. Several panels are held during the first weekend of the Long Island International Film Expo – usually consisting of a distribution panel, a scriptwriting panel, legal music panel and a filmmaker panel and breakfast, running July 9-19 in New York. The Fourth meeting of The Lacuna (Net)works Film and Tv Networking happens on July 10 in London, and is suited for film makers, crew, actors, models, writers, photographers to do some networking, talk about premieres, meet new people and contacts, get business cards exchanged.
The 17th International Animation Festival, Anima Mundi 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, July 10-19, will present competition screenings, special programs, retrospectives, international guests and professional workshops, particularly one called, Open Studio, that allows the spectator to become the creator and exercise their imagination in seven different visualization techniques. Bryan Bertino, a writer/director who made his feature film debut with The Strangers. will speak at the July 11 Alameda Writers Group Meeting, July 11 in Glendale, about breaking into Hollywood, the struggles of directing your own work, and how he’s built his career. The Urban Individualists, a multicultural network of collaborating individualists working under the direction of Helene Ruiz (ruizhelene@aol.com), will be present at a July 17 public reception in Williamsburg, Brooklyn featuring music and poetry, opening an exhibition of works that will “dissect and examine aspects concerning the heart, from the banal to the complex.” The Sacramento Film and Music Festival, running July 17-26 in Sacramento, likes to point to a track record of picking films that go on to win major awards and/or achieve distribution beyond the festival circuit. But they also puts on “Sac Music Seen”, an original program for the Festival that pairs local filmmakers and musicians to make music videos, where bands submit their music and filmmakers provide the images.
Casual Games Association holds its annual agenda of events for the casual games industry, July 22-25, Casual Connect Seattle, bringing together talented and knowledgeable experts in the field for essential learning and networking. Actress Scarlett Johansson will open LA Shorts Fest July 23-31, a festival accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, and that reportedly attracts more than 10,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment professionals looking for new talent. The Fourth International Conference on the Arts in Society, in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, happening in Venezia, July 28-31, addresses a range of issues and themes relating to the arts in society, and is a conference for any person with an interest in and a concern for art practice, public art, art theory, research and policy, curatorial and museum studies, and art education in any of its forms. The Independent Television Festival is a festival for independently produced, original and innovative television pilots and webseries in West Hollywood, July 31 to August 6, and with the support of institutions like Comcast, Current TV, Brightcove and FX and the talent of pilotmakers from all over the world, ITVFest facilitates independent production beyond the silver screen as a viable platform in which directors, writers and producers can showcase their original visions for the small screen.
The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog. Follow the posting of the news summary on Twitter at: twitter.com/actorschecklist. This month on the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film and music. These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but without the audio news narration. The Actor’s Checklist is proud announce the return of the photo gallery which you can visit to upload valuable head shots or other photos of your choice, create profiles, and use your pictures or others found on the gallery as ecards which you can email to friends and associates with messages.
September 4th, 2009
An Awards Special of NME’s Music News, featuring many of the winners from the Shockwaves NME Awards 2009. For loads more videos, check out: www.nme.com