AirPlay Direct Announces A Strategic Partnership With The Hollywood Music Awards
AIRPLAY DIRECT ANNOUNCES A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOLLYWOOD MUSIC AWARDS
AirPlay Direct announced today a strategic partnership with the Hollywood Music Awards. As part of this partnership, AirPlay Direct will offer three sponsorship prize packages totaling $2,250 ($750 per package) awarded to three category winners in the Alternative, Americana/Roots, and Country genres.
“We are proud to be supporting the Hollywood Music Awards,” said Robert Weingartz, CEO of AirPlay Direct. “They are a like-minded organization that support quality music regardless of the origin: independent or major label.” The main event will take place on November 20th, 2008 at the Hollywood Highlands in the world-famous Kodak Theatre Complex (Hollywood, California) featuring live music performances, award presentations, celebrities, a VIP reception and dinner banquet catered by Wolfgang Puck, Inc. The Hollywood Music Awards (HMA) is the first red carpet event of its kind that celebrates music of mainstream and independent artists in popular and new visual mediums.
Contemporary artists and composers whose music is used in film, television, video games, commercial advertisements, movie trailers, web-based videos and other new visual media will be honored. Additionally, the professionals who are responsible for choosing, placing and licensing music in visual mediums will be recognized and lauded, including music supervisors, publishers and producers. In addition to the visual medium categories, separate categories will honor a variety of music styles from independent artists around the world for original works. A “Lifetime Achievement Award” and an “Outstanding Career Achievement Award” will be presented to iconic individuals for outstanding musical contributions to art of music in film, televisions and other forms of media. There will also be special honors for “Outstanding Music Supervisor” in film and video games. A diverse line up of live performances and celebrity appearances will highlight this star-studded gala.
With this unique awards format, the HMA will blur the lines between signed and unsigned artists. Many of the award categories will only recognize music as it relates to a particular visual art form, whether the artist is well known or not.
New technology will also be recognized for innovation and creativity. However, it is independent music artists and composers that will dominate the award categories and benefit the most. Submissions from around the world, for nearly every music genre, are accepted and evaluated for nomination consideration. Being nominated and possibly winning an award at the HMA event could be a career defining moment for an emerging talent!
The HMA Advisory Board and Selections Committee are comprised of some the most prominent and influential professionals in the industry. One of the main goals of the HMA is to introduce new music to those responsible for placing and licensing music in visual mediums. Executive Producer Brent Harvey explains “By having big time music supervisors, licensors, publishers and producers involved, we feel significant opportunities will occur for emerging talent that otherwise might never be realized.” Harvey adds “Who wouldn’t want their song in ‘Grand Theft Auto V’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy” or the next ‘Iron Man” movie?
Limited tickets are available online now. Visit the HMA web site for more ticket information.
AirPlay Direct is an easy to use digital file transfer system that was developed to streamline radio / artist promotion activities for today’s music industry. AirPlay Direct’s FREE services replace the unnecessary time and expense of putting together and sending out costly traditional artist packages and press kits via snail mail.
For more information about AirPlay Direct please visit www.AirPlayDirect.com
For more information about the Hollywood Music Awards please visit www.hollywoodmusicawards.org
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