Radio Programmers Newsletter: December 1, 2006
Each edition of this newsletter will bring you AirPlay Direct radio news, radio programmer contests and featured AirPlay Direct artists.
AirPlay Direct is pleased to announce a new sponsor for our radio newsletter. Our sponsor for the month of December is GoMusic1.com. GoMusic1 is an innovative music scheduling software that schedules songs with absolute precision. It schedules your play list in the exact rotation you want; and schedules jingles, liners, voice tracks, promos and programs.
Throughout the month of December, AirPlay Direct and GoMusic1 will be running a contest for our radio station / programmer members. We will be awarding three prize packages in 3 different categories; 1 for terrestrial / commercial radio, 1 for webcasters and 1 for an open category web and terrestrial combined. The prize package in each category is a free 1 year license for use of the GoMusic1 station programming software. Each license is valued at $1,000.
If you are an AirPlay Direct radio member, your name has already been entered into this contest. If you are not already a member, just visit www.AirPlayDirect.com to register and start using our free digital “broadcast-quality” music delivery service, and have your name entered into the contest. You can gain more opportunities to have your name entered in to the contest multiple times by doing the following:
• For every artist who registers with AirPlay Direct and indicates that they were referred by you, your name gets entered an additional time.
• For every radio station that registers with AirPlay Direct and indicates that they were referred by you, your name gets entered an additional two times.
• Every time a label registers with a roster of 5 or more artists and indicates that they were referred by you, your name will be entered an additional five times.
Keep in mind, our digital delivery and electronic press kit services are free to artists and record labels. Random drawings will determine the 3 winners. The more referrals you have the better your chances are… good luck!
For more information on GoMusic1 please visit www.gomusic1.com
Some Folks Still Believe in the Power of Music: Artists Give Back to Listener Sponsored Radio
Radio has long supported music and has been a major force in breaking new artists. Now a group of artists have gotten together to give back to radio by launching Texamericana - a non-profit internet record store that generates a $1 to $5 donation from every CD sold for a public radio station of the purchaser’s choice. The effort has been lead by Barbara Kooyman, who was nominated for a Grammy in 1986 with her band Timbuk3 for the song “The Future’s So Bright I
Gotta Wear Shades.”
On the Fourth of July, 2006, Texamericana opened its internet doors. (www.texamericana.org). Already the Asylum Street Spankers, Ponty Bone, The Cornell Hurd Band, Johnny Degollado y Su Conjunto, Big Frank Gomez, Greezy Wheels, Sara Hickman, Kieran Kane Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin, Barbara Kooyman, Lightning Red, Lost Country, Willie Nelson, Slim Richey, Calvin Russell and Michelle Shocked have already consigned recordings for Texamericana to sell.
Artists and Labels are paid a wholesale price of their own choosing for consigned CDs with $1 to $5 in proceeds above wholesale being donated to the non-profit radio station of the purchaser’s choice anywhere around the country. This enables Recording Artists to help create funding for any non-profit radio station through the simple act of consigning CDs and designating a portion of the sale as a donation therefrom.
Ask not what Radio can do for you, ask what YOU can do for Radio.
AirPlay Direct proudly supports Texamericana by providing free digital delivery services to radio for the organization and their participating artists and record labels.
AirPlay Direct Featured Artists
Pedernales Records releases Farther Along: The Gospel Collection. This disc features personal gospel favorites performed by Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie Nelson. On “Farther Along”, Bobbie and Willie Nelson hark back to their spiritual and musical roots by bringing to you 18 of their favorite Gospel songs. Such songs as Lily Of The Valley, I’ll Fly Away, Old Time Religion, Swing Low Sweet Chariot and 14 other comforting and comfortable classics heard here reflect the background they come from - the Down-to-Earth, Salt-of-the-Earth, Hard-Working country - just like so many of the good people that have enjoyed Willie Nelson’s music for all these years. Farther Along is compassionately distributed by www.texamericana.org. Find out more about how Texamericana.org is helping public radio by visiting their site.
Listen to and download “broadcast-quality” tracks at www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/11753/
Quiet Riot, whose 1983 success of their debut release “Metal Health” contributed to launching the 80′S LA metal scene, are ranked at number 100 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”.
It is now the year 2006, and the interest in Quiet Riot is still astonishing and continues to grow. Quiet Riot is a staple of numerous VH1 rock and metal shows, in which Kevin DuBrow and Frankie Banali have been featured guests. More importantly, Quiet Riot has recorded one of the most definitive releases in their career; entitled Rehab.
Listen to and download “broadcast-quality” tracks at www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/2668/
The Pigs Promote Peace with XMAS Download of “I’ve Got Santa Claus”
For those who want a little more edge with their Christmas, alt. rockers, THE PIGS, offer their tongue-in-cheek “I’ve Got Santa Claus,” the tale of Santa hiding out until we can figure out a way to attain Peace on Earth! The track is available as a free download, or for $.99 as a donation toward world peace with net proceeds going to UnitedForPeace.org at www.PeaceForXmas.com As a further incentive, all those making a donation by December 25 have a chance of winning an iPod Nano.
PeaceForXmas was created as a forum where concerned people can contribute their ideas of how to accomplish World Peace. Getting your listeners involved would be a good thing!
Listen to and download “broadcast-quality” tracks at www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/834/
Luna Chica Records has combined high-tech ingenuity with timeless roots music to build excitement for DISCIPLES OF THE TRUTH, the latest CD release from flagship group Burrito Deluxe. The label has partnered with digital music company 1617 Virtual, LLC to create a multi-tiered online campaign to radio utilizing AirPlay Direct. The goal to familiarize
radio programmers with Burrito Deluxe’s hearty blend of seasoned musicianship, great songs, and stellar performances is on course. Fans of country music, and fans of other performers like Tom Petty and forefathers the Flying Burrito Brothers, the Byrds and The Band, are sure to be won over. Their acceptance has been enthusiastically demonstrated during Burrito Deluxe’s summer tour of Europe and the U.K. , where singles from the album have already met with chart success and critical acclaim.
Listen to and download “broadcast-quality” tracks at www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/2966/
Last week CHAVIS RECORDS/DA RECORDS reported that HYDROGYN made it onto the BILLBOARD charts. BILLBOARD has released the current chart positions. HYDROGYN - Bombshell charted at the following positions: #3 Top Heatseekers (Northeast) Chart, #19 Top Heatseekers Chart & #46 Top Internet Album Chart.
Hydrogyn’s producer Michael Wagener had this to say, “Hydrogyn is going to be big, very big…” Michael Wagener has produced acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row and Alice Cooper.
Listen to and download “broadcast-quality” tracks at www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/2665/