| CD Baby DIY Musician Podcast |
 Dec. 14,
2008
Ep.41 : What's Your Story?
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| There is still hope for independents, here is a Cd Baby Artist Success Story |
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2008 NEW MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
by Entertainment Desk
October 03, 2008
Los Angeles - New Music Weekly magazine has announced the
list of nominations for the 2008l New Music Awards. Leona
Lewis, Kenny Chesney & Duffy join independent favorites Jill
Criscoulo & Alyson among the many recording artists set to be
honored November 22nd. The New Music Awareds will pay
tribute to major and independent recording artists, radio
stations, program and music directors, record labels and
industry professionals. The Avalon Theatre in Hollywood,
California will play host for show that is set to sell out in record
time. The entire radio and music industry will play a role in the
fate of the final winners.
Cast your vote now at
http://www.newmusicweekly.com/nmwawards.php?d=y
Tickets & sponsorships are now available by going to
www.newmusicawards.com
The New Music Awards known as "New Music's Biggest Night"
brings the radio and music industry together for one night.
Celebrating artists and bands as well record labels, and radio
stations and its programmers. The New Music Awards is proud to
be the first and only award show not weighted down with the
politics and corruption of the corporate world, but an award
show showing the true talent which exists in the music industry
today.
In 1964, The Beatles had their first West Coast performance.
Born as the Hollywood Playhouse, the building opened as one of
Los Angeles' first and most lavish legitimate theatres on January
24, 1927 with a production of "Alias The Deacon," starring
1920s matinee idol Burton Churchill. Many theatrical
productions followed, including the West Coast premiere of
Ibsen's "An Enemy Of The People."
The advent of radio brought many CBS Radio Network programs
to its stage, including the infamous Fanny Brice with her "Baby
Snooks" show and Lucille Ball's "My Favorite Husband." With the
dawning of the '40s came a new name and spirit. Now called the
El Capitan Theatre, the building opened with "Ken Murray's
Blackouts," a live variety/burlesque show which played 3,844
performances--a record that has remained unbroken since
1949.
In 1963, the building was again renamed, dubbed The Jerry
Lewis Theatre to house the comedian's weekly ABC-TV variety
series. When the program failed, ABC raised a more classic title
onto the marquee, The Hollywood Palace, and launched its hit
"Hollywood Palace" series with a kaleidoscope of show business
greats--from Judy Garland to Louis Armstrong. Through seven
successful years three things remained constant: season
premieres hosted by Bing Crosby, a weekly all-star line-up
unrivaled by any television presentation before or since, and
ratings that made Nielsen history.
The Hollywood Palace also continued to feature music concerts,
among them The Beatles' noted performance (over the years,
each ex-Beatle would also take the stage as a solo artist). !"
Though the "Hollywood Palace" series was canceled in 1970, the
name and the theatre lived on as an ABC studio where variety
shows were produced featuring Fred Astaire, Jimmy Durante and
Pearl Bailey. Subsequently, Merv Griffin would settle in with his
popular talk show.
Rebuilt as a multimedia facility, The Palace became the
consummate concert venue and nightclub in town. As a five-
night-a-week mega dance club featuring the largest light and
sound system in Los Angeles, The Palace was the West Coast
version of New York's infamous Studio 54.
Prince, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and others regularly came
to party at The Palace. (Olivia Newton John even had her wedding
reception there.)
Some bands, like The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tina Turner, and
Oingo Boingo performed there just because it was The Palace.
New Music Weekly, has graced the pages of Billboard, R&R,
Gavin, Friday Morning Quarterback, Music Connection, Inside
Connection and most recently Soap Digest has found great
success with their charting system which includes Top40, Adult
Contemporary, Country, College, Americana, and Rock radio
stations. Most recently Backstage Entertainment's newly
developed Spins Tracking System (STS) has already impacted
thousands of radio stations since the beginning of 2005.
New Music Weekly has also been honored as "Magazine Of the
Year" at the Los Angeles Music Awards. The weekly music trade
magazine which has fast become the top chart breaking
publication for new music and artists scored top honors during
the event held in Hollywood, California.
The magazine which is heading towards its ninth year of
publication boasting over 500 reporting radio stations in the
genres of Top40, Adult Contemporary, Country, College, Jazz
and Alternative/Rock.
NMW has also found success with its Future Hits compilation
CDs. This multi-format music sampler enables recording artists
to get their music to the hands of radio station program
directors that will support new artists regardless of label
affiliation. In addition, New Music Weekly operates the New
Music Radio Network which services its syndicated radio specials
to hundreds of Country and Mainstream radio stations with its
specialty shows.
STS (Spins Tracking System) has revolutionized the way radio
and record executives look at charts. A technology used to
deliver the most highly accurate chart information available. STS
is the industry leading weekly provider of information that
covers music played at commercial and non-commercial radio.
STS delivers a wide variety of airplay charts that track releases in
Top40, Adult Contemporary, Country, AAA, College, Jazz, World,
RPM, Hip Hop, Loud Rock and Alternative genres. STS is a service
of Backstage Entertainment.
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