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Independent Music Fest / Nashville Oct. 4-7 Come Learn & Play!

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Performing artists, songwriters, and industry will visit Nashville’s Music Row from Oct. 4-7 (Thursday eve -Sunday) for the Independent Music Fest. Performers and songwriters will take to indoor stage locations along Demonbreun and Division streets from noon-midnight Friday-Sunday at entertainment venues such as Red Rooster and the Music Row Best Western Lounge with scheduled and open mic play opportunities.

The Best Western also will host music industry information tables, networking areas, and training sessions from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Attendees can receive hands-on advice, critiques and training in the Music Specialty Info Areas on topics such as Career Critique, Products Critique, Recording, Publishing, Plugging, Legal, Records, Duplication, Distribution, Radio, Video, Broadcasting, Shop, Management, Promotions, Publicity. Productions… Indie Connect and the Tennessee Songwriters Assoc will also be on hand to answer your music biz questions. The education portion of the event is hosted by the Independent Music Association.

The annual “Indie Music Masquerade Gala” will feature costumed dancing from 7 p.m.-midnight on Oct. 6 (Saturday) in the Music Row Best Western Lounge. Also there is a pre fest opening mixer with live entertainment Thursday, October 4 from 5pm till midnight.

“The ‘Independent Music Fest’ is a wonderful networking mixer and career-building opportunity for artists and songwriters at all levels,” said Cornelius “Popcorn” Robertson, founder and coordinator of the festival. “More than 100 community industry/ volunteers will donate their time and resources to make this possible. Shows are open to the public.”

To name a few of some special musical performers and guest appearances will include Billy Arr, Lisa Aschmann, Jerry Foster, Bobby Keel, Bobby Pizzaz w Radio Free Nashville, Denny Sroakin, and Tony Stampley, Ron Eckerman, Bobby Keel, Fred Vail, David Wray Esq. to name a few…

At our Music Specialty Info Areas, get the info you want, when ya want, about what you want. You control the learning.” Fill in your day between jam sessions with whatever topics that interest you for all three days. You ask, we answer. Music industry mentors, exhibitors and sponsors include Kim Copeland Productions, Crowe Entertainment, Indie Connect, Musik and Film, National Media Group, Out of the Box Records, SAE Institute, Tennessee Songwriters Association, Top Notch Entertainment, Treasure Isle Recording, Tri Star Entertainment, Whiting Publicity & Promotions and more… These mentors will be available to answer your questions and speak one on one.

All festival badge holders are automatically registered to participate in the various music specialty needs areas, perform if desired, attend all parties and other fest functions. Do one or all at your own pace! Festival registration is $150 for three days, $110 for two days, and $60 for one day. The general public can enjoy three days of live music with a $20 armband. Monthly plans available.

To register or for more information about the “Independent Music Fest”, visit www.IndependentMusicfest.org, send an email inquiry to Popcorn@IndependentMusicFest.org , or call (615) 424-1491.

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Yoga Midi Festival 2012 Will Be Held In August In Huaxi, Guiyang

Saturday, July 21st, 2012

Midi Music Festival announced their first foray into southwest China with the Yoga Midi Festival 2012 being held from August 23rd to 26th in Huaxi Park, Gui Yang province. “Yoga” is a slang used by local residents to express comfort and refreshment, and Yoga Midi Festival will bring you the very same feeling through music!

As one of the most major parts of the 2012 Huaxi Summer Arts Festival, Yoga Midi Festival will be a platform for musicians from all around the world on three stages: “Tang,” “Huaxi” and “Yuan.” The lineup includes not only three generations of Chinese rock musicians, but also famous foreign bands, with a diverse mix of music genres, including punk, metal, rock, indie, folk, electronic and many other! Even some traditional Chinese music bands and local Guizhou bands will perform at the festival.

As the forerunner of outdoor music festival in China, Midi is always actively exploring Chinese music market and attempting to bring in new music elements. Midi is looking for the perfect combination of music and local culture, and Yoga Midi Festival is a result of this effort.

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Shanren To Perform At Canadian Music Week, Tour East Coast In March

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Beijing-based indie folk band Shanren (literally “Mountain Men”) announce their selection to perform at Slacker Canadian Music Week, part of the 30th Canadian Music Week 2012 (CMW), held in Toronto, Ontario. Taking over more than 60 venues in the city’s entertainment district, the festival will draw in more than 4,500 musicians – from local to international acts representing more than 40 countries – playing to 100,000 music fans.


Shanren’s CMW showcase is part of their inaugural North American tour with performances along the East coast, including New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. To help finance the tour, Shanren is lauhcning a crowd-funding campaign through RocketHub, a launch pad and community for independent artists and entrepreneurs. Through the crowd-funding campaign, the band hopes to introduce new audiences to the rich culture of China’s southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, a region that has been known largely through myth and inspired the Shangri-La of Hilton’s classic novel, Lost Horizon.


“This is an amazing opportunity for the band’s introduction to North American music lovers. Being accepted to do a showcase at Canadian Music Week is impressive in itself, but when you add the fact that it’s the 30th Anniversary of Canadian Music Week, that makes it even more special. Only bands with the caliber of talent and unique sound that Shanren has are selected for such an honor. But they’ve earned it and will certainly prove that to be the case during the showcase and tour.” – Sam Debell, Shanren manager


One of the most innovative bands to emerge from China’s vibrant “new Folk” scene, Shanren seek to present a modern interpretation of the traditional folk music of Yunnan’s many ethnic minority tribes with an energetic dose of rock, ska and reggae thrown in. Since forming in 2000, they’ve performed at Barcelona Festival Asia in 2010, MIDEM in Cannes in 2011, and Liverpool Sound City in the UK in 2011—but this North American Tour is their most ambitious outing yet!


For more information, please contact Jennifer Conrad (North America) at jenniferannconrad@gmail.com and +1-347-564-8137 or Sam Debell (Asia) at unitysam@gmail.com and +86 152-1027-0868. High-res photos and Chinese-language materials available.


Shanren Links:

Facebook

Myspace

Douban


Press Quotes:


“…known for its eclectic style—songs move fluidly from electronica to reggae to metal—and arrangements inspired by traditional music from the country’s ethnically diverse southwest, a mélange of loose falsetto harmonies and twangy pentatonic lutes.” –The New York Times


“Although the ethnic sounds of Yunnan are at the core of their music, their membership stretches out to Kunming and Guizhou, covers three ethnic minority groups, and incorporates a polyglot of world music and modern rock influences—Afro and Caribbean sounds, rock proper, reggae, even some death metal, ’cause why not.” –Smart Shanghai


“These south-western boys, whose name means ‘mountain men’, mix minority instruments and perky plucking with a hippie-jam band feel.” –Time Out Beijing

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Trash A Go-Go Presents: Dead Elvis, Live in Shanghai, Dec. 10

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

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<p align=”left”>Trash A Go-Go Presents:<BR>

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The indescribably ghoul…<BR>

He just wants to be your deadly scare…<BR>

Straight from Disgrace Land…<BR>

Brother of Messy, Unfair, and Deadly…<BR>

That rigor-mortis can’t stop that twitching lip….<BR>

The hunka-hunka burning flesh of…<BR>

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Dead Elvis and His One Man Grave<BR>

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Who: Dead Elvis and His One Man Grave, (http://www.hisonemangrave.com/main.htm), Next Year Love (http://site.douban.com/nyl/), The Macaronians, DJ B.O<BR>

Where: Yuyintang<BR>

When: Saturday, December 10, 2011 AD<BR>

Price: 40 RMB, 30 for students<BR>

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Sponsored by MusicDish*China – http://china.musicdish.com/music/<BR>

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The ladies still scream for Elvis…but this time, in terror! Dead Elvis and His One  Man Grave is a one-man band that combines the white jumpsuit iconic imagery of Elvis Presley with the caveman-stomp rock ‘n’ rock of Hasil Adkins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasil_Adkins<BR>

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The last Dead Elvis show (also presented by Trash A Go-Go, November 20, 2010) is now legendary, akin to the classic Louisiana Hayride and “Aloha from Hawaii” performances of the (formerly) alive one. Dead E. decimated the audience, with few still standing by the end of his epic performance. Much of what went down is still hazy, lost in the mist of post-dramatic stress and Jack Daniels. There were tumbles to the ground; there was fire-water; various body-parts fell astray. In other words, it was a Trash A Go-Go performance of the lowest highest standards. And now baby, he’s back.<BR>

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DJ B.O will be there, and everything you need to know about him can be surmised by the fact that he’s made actual Elvis pilgrimages, including viewings of the “maybe Elvis toenail” and the “Elvis wart” – 100% true.<BR>

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The 3rd Annual MIDI Awards Live

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 
Hosted by Beijing MiDi Music School, the Midi Awards brings together some of China's best musicians. The Midi Appraisal Committee, tasked with annually selecting China's most outstanding rock bands and music, is composed of various industry professionals, including musicians, music producers, tour agent, record labels and other relating organizations.

In order to encourage more musicians to get involved in music making, the MiDi Appraisal Committee has added the Best Folk Music category to the 12 other awards this year. The 3rd Annual Midi Awards Live will take a place at the 3rd floor of Beijing Tango on 10th December 2011.

List of MiDi Awards:
1: Album of the year
2: Song of the year
3: Best Rock Performance by Group with Vocals
4: Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
5: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
6: Best Hard Rock Performance
7: Best Metal Performance
8: Best Rock Instrumental Performance
9: Best Live Performance
10: Best New Artist
11: Best Album Art
12: Best Folk Music
13: Contribution to China Rock

Award Hosting Organization: Midi Appraisal Committee & Beijing MiDi Music School
Time: 10th December 2011, 15:00-22:00
Place: Beijing Yonghegong Tango 3rd Floor
Price: 180 Yuan on the date
100 Yuan early order
Order ticket online: http://www.damai.cn/ticket_31634.html
Or by call: 400-610-3721

Winners from the two prior Midi Awards reads like a who's who of China's rock scene. The band Tong Yang had won the Best Rock Performance by Group with Vocals two years in a row, with Xie Tianxiao winning the Best Live Performance and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in the first two Midi Award. The Best Female Rock Vocal Performance has gone to both Feng Haining and Fu Han. The Song Of The Year was awarded to "An Yang"and "Sheng Kai" from the band Tong Yang, while Album Of The Year went to "Don't stop my music" also from Tong Yang as well as "Shi Ni" by Fan Guang Jing. Other winners have included Tong Yang and Twisted (Best Hard Rock Performance), AK47 and Ye Cha (Best Metal Performance), Perdel and Nanwu (Best New Artist Reward).

Source: http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=13048

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Where Is Jazz At? 2011 JZ Music Festival Shanghai

Monday, October 31st, 2011

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<p>The seventh <a href=”http://www.jzfestival.com/en/” target=”_blank”>JZ Music Festival Shanghai</a> Green Note just ended last weekend in the Expo Garden Park. Nearly 70 groups of artists joined the festival, including both globally renowned jazz masters and smashing young artists of various genres of music. The musicians gave great performance on five distinctive stages. By the river and the bridge, with boats passing through, thousands of music fans enjoyed two days’ of jazz in the coziest weather of Shanghai.

<p align=”center”><a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/JackPrior.JPG” alt=”" width=”480″ border=”0″><br><i>More JZ Music Fest Pics</i></a>

<p>The first day started with <a href=”http://site.douban.com/jackprior/” target=”_blank”>Jack Prior</a>, a British folk singer, on the Blue Grass stage. His warm voice, fluid guitar, and improvised lyrics gathered quite a few people together. During the show, he taught the audience to sing a simply happy song called ‘Love Love Love is Calling Your Name’ with him, which was so impressive that even after two whole days’ of the festival, the lyrics and melody of that song were still hovering in many people’s mind.

<p align=”center”><a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/LaurentdeWilde.JPG” alt=”" width=”480″ border=”0″><br><i>More JZ Music Fest Pics</i></a>

<p>On the River Side stage, the French jazz musician <a href=”http://www.laurentdewilde.com” target=”_blank”>Laurent de Wilde</a> played some top classic jazz for us. Beginning with several tributes to Duke Ellington, the three musicians held appeals to all real jazz fans. Followed by them were the new jazz group J3, featuring three excellent young artists. Besides the enthralling saxophone, keyboard, and drum, they also put in some funky vocal sound to their music. J3 finished their last song with the audience participating in the vocal melody part.

<p align=”center”><a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/TiaandKnutz3.JPG” alt=”" width=”480″ border=”0″><br><i>More JZ Music Fest Pics</i></a>

<p>The popular soul and R&B singer <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/tia.rayray” target=”_blank”>Tia</a> from Beijing appeared on the River Side stage with her multi-national band Tha Knutz. Their music blends hip-hop, funk, R&B with jazz and soul, displayed by sexy and sweet voice of Tia, drawing lots of people to the stage and swing with the music.

<p align=”center”><a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/Longshendao3.JPG” alt=”" width=”480″ border=”0″><br><i>More JZ Music Fest Pics</i></a>

<p>On the second day, <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E9%BE%8D%E7%A5%9E%E9%81%93%E5%AE%98%E6%96%B9facebook%E9%A0%81-Long-Shen-Dao-Official-Facebook-Page/138609372821952″ target=”_blank”>Long Shen Dao</a>, the king of Chinese reggae, put on the first show at the Green Note stage. Their reggae music is characterized by abundant Chinese elements, especially the fantastic use of Guzheng, an ancient Chinese string instrument, which makes them so conspicuous among all other reggae bands. According to the vocal, they hope that the listeners could recognize them at once as a Chinese band, and thus bring Chinese music to the world.

<p align=”center”><a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/Hanggai2.JPG” alt=”" width=”480″ border=”0″><br><i>More JZ Music Fest Pics</i></a>

<p>The well-received Mongolian band <a href=”http://hanggai.bandcamp.com” target=”_blank”>Hanggai</a> returned to the stage of Shanghai after the Black Rabbit Music Festival, with hundreds of fans craving for their performance. Their perfect mixture of Mongolian tune and rock again aroused people’s emotion, and the fans gathered round dancing to the drinking song as the tempo went faster and faster.

<p align=”center”><a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/DJGaryWangplayingonearthlounge.JPG” alt=”" width=”480″ border=”0″><br><i>More JZ Music Fest Pics</i></a>

<p>On the stage of the Earth Lounge, various DJs played their groovy remixes without interval. <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/GaryShelter” target=”_blank”>DJ Gary Wang</a> brought some really cool funk music, leading to people, including quite a few kids, swaying and jiving freely. <a href=”http://www.myspace.com/djyoudai” target=”_blank”>DJ Youdai</a> did remix versions of several classic hits, such as ‘Smell Like Teen Spirit’ by Nirvana and ‘Axel F’ by Crazy Frog, which were appealing to people of any country or age.

<p><img src=”http://musicdish.com/china/photo/JZ2011/images/artofdigginginexpopark.JPG” alt=”" width=”300″ align=”right”>Moreover, the amazing views of the Expo Garden Park were also a plus to the jazz music festival. Several abstract sculptures made up of steel were presented around the Bao Steel Stage, while the River Side stage was set up by the Tadiao Café, which was comprised of two large cranes. From every stage, both artists and the audience can see the largest river and the symbolic bridge of Shanghai, with big boats steaming along. Environmental protection was another distinguishing feature of the festival. Not only were there environmental booths and reusable bags were distributed, but also people could get free water if they brought their own water bottle.

<p>Comfortable weather, beautiful scenery, abundant food and entertainment, remarkable music, what more can you expect from a music festival? And that’s what 2011 Jazz Shanghai Music Festival provided for all music lovers.

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<br>Source: <a href=”http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=13016″ target=”_blank”>MusicDish*China</a>

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Driven Music Conference Returns To Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Continuing the success of last year’s Driven Music Conference in Florida, the event will return to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida January 27 - 29, 2012. The Driven Music Conference connects artists and music fans with the most accomplished professionals in the music world. Artists, solo artists and duos of all genres will be in the position for a chance to advance their careers at panel discussions led by AP Magazine and AP Tour CEO & Founder Mike Shea, Atlantic Records VP of A&R Steve “Stevo” Robertson, top producers, top agents and more. Panel discussions will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ballroom by day while the industry pros and music fans will enjoy the best of emerging artists at night on the Center Court Stage at Seminole Paradise, also on the Hard Rock grounds.

Hollywood, Florida, October 25th, 2012 — Driven Entertainment Group, Inc. is proud to present the return of the Driven Music Conference to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida January 27 - 29, 2012. A direct-connect to music industry professionals, the Driven Music Conference includes discussions, Q&A and meet & greets in a “talk show style” format with those that are in the position to offer music career advancement.

Featuring top major record label and independent record label executives, a top music media and tour producer, songwriters, producers and music marketing professionals, so many have the opportunity to benefit from attending the Driven Music Conference. It’s a fit for anyone interested in music. It’s for artists seeking the chance for advancement and the chance to showcase for music industry professionals, fans of live music, those studying music, anyone interested in the business side of music and those already active in the field looking to make new contacts.

The Driven Music Conference has become a magnet for talent as hundreds of artists from all over the U.S. as well as oversees have submitted their music for a chance to be selected as a Driven Music Conference Showcase Performer.

For music fans, the Driven Music Conference offers a chance to learn from those advanced and active on the inside of the business, as well as to enjoy live performances from the best in emerging artists.

Visit www.drivenflorida.com for additional info, artist submission and discount advance tickets.

“Alternative Press Magazine and the AP Tour are both highly recognized by artists and fans”, says Dominick J. Centi, CEO of Driven Entertainment Group, Inc., the company producing the Driven Music Conference, “A chance to connect with Mike Shea, the man behind the AP brand, along with many other Featured Panelists, will add to the energy both artists and music fans will bring to the return of the Driven Music Conference to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida”.

The Driven Music Conference will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, Florida.

Visit www.drivenflorida.com for complete details. Text drivenflo to 96362 to receive news and offers first.

About Driven Entertainment Group, Inc.: Driven Entertainment Group, Inc. is a South Florida based company that produces both the Driven Music Conference and the Driven Road Tour as well as manages artists.

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Contact: Dominick J. Centi, CEO
Driven Entertainment Group, Inc. | 954.591.8503 | www.drivenflorida.com | text drivenflo to 96362

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Festival Awards Europe Announce Longlists And Public Voting Begins

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Voting in the Festival Awards Europe has opened, with the longlists unveiled and fans flocking to support their favourite events and artists.



The third edition of the awards looks set to be bigger and better with a 15% increase in the number of festivals taking part and entries from 32 different countries. This is further strong growth considering it is only Year 3 and reinforces the ever-growing strength and diversity of the pan-European music festival marketplace.



See Video Highlights from 2012 here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpzB-eFQa9Q



James Drury, MD of Festival Awards Ltd, which organises the Awards said: “The response from festivals has been phenomenal. The Awards are all about recognising the hard work which goes into producing Europe’s diverse and vibrant festival industry and having chance to celebrate the achievements of the past 12 months. Not only do they give the fans chance to tell festival organisers how much they enjoyed the events they went to, but we have a number of industry-focussed awards, decided by panels of experts who will highlight those crucial behind-the-scenes elements which the public doesn’t usually consider.”



Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, these Awards are the only pan-European body solely dedicated to recognising the contributions and achievements of the event organisers and performing artists that generate billions of Euros for local economies and brighten up the summer for tens of millions of festival-goers each year.



Public voting runs from 24th October - 6th December Vote online http://eu.festivalawards.com/



Presented as a partnership between Festival Awards Ltd, YOUROPE and Eurosonic Noorderslag, the Festival Awards Europe will take place on Wednesday, 11th January 2012 at Groningen’s De Oosterpoort in The Netherlands, on the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag. Winners will be announced on the night with live acts and aftershow party.



YOUROPE Chairman Christof Huber commented: “We have seen the Festival Awards Europe grow massively since the launch in 2009. More festivals are taking part in the awards, the number of votes has increased drastically and we feel much more support and interest from bands, sponsors and media in the awards. We are proud to be involved in it and we look forward to a next big step forward “



EuroSonic Noorderslag Creative Director Peter Smidt concluded: “Starting Eurosonic Noorderslag on Wednesday 12th January with the European festival Awards and under the same roof the European Border Breakers Awards feels like the ideal opening night were both the best European festivals and artists are awarded.”



This year’s Award Categories are as follows:



1. Best Major European Festival

2. Best Medium-Sized European Festival

3. Best Small European Festival

4. Best New European Festival

5. Best Indoor Festival

6. Best European Festival Line-Up

7. YOUROPE Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year

8. Artist’s Favourite European Festival

9. Best Newcomer

10. Best Headliner

11. Festival Anthem of the Year

12. Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year

13. YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award



Last year, more than 350,000 public votes saw festivals as diverse as Poland’s Heineken Open’er, Ireland’s Electric Picnic and Germany’s Melt! pick up awards, while Roskilde legend Leif Skov was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Quotes from last years winners:



Stuart Gaibraith, Kilimanjaro and Sonisphere co-founder “It’s great to win an award and I think it’s brilliant for the European Festival awards to take place because it recognises all the effort that everyone in our industry puts in each year and to have fans vote for it. ”



Damien O’Donohoe, Oxegen Festival “We’ve just won the best line up which is probably the best honour any festival can get. It’s really important to have to have these awards and to recognise all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes and also the artists, the management the agents who are all responsible for making Oxygen so special. “



Mikolaj Ziolkowski, Heineken Open’er Festival “We just won the best major festival for a second time in a row. It’s really exciting and the most important because it’s a public vote, so maybe we are not the best festival, maybe we are not the most beautiful festival, but what is the most important is that we’ve got the most involved audience. When the people feel that this is their festival, they want to participate and be involved and they want to vote for us second time in a row.”



Stefan Lehmkuhl, Melt Festival “It was a really big pleasure and a honour for me to win the artist favourite festival as we didn’t expect it as the competition was against Roskilde and all the big major festivals so obviously we did something right and we appreciate the guys who come not only fore the money to our lovely festival but we have a really nice atmosphere and there is a special kind of melt! Vibe going on.”



Contact:

For more info on the awards, last years winners, photos and press accreditation’s contact nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk


http://eu.festivalawards.com/

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Cold Days In NashHell - Anti Fest In Music City USA

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

3 Days of Music Hell! Come Play, Nightly parties: Pajama & Polar Bear Party with Tommy Barnes Gong Show! Education, Mentoring, Map Hunts, Ouija Board co writing, Garage Sale & more. Come have a near music death experience! Bring your Ex to make it especially hellish! Free Snowballs in NashHell throughout the event. February 3, 4 & 5, 2012. Friday-Sunday 10:30am-Till? on the 1st & 2nd floors of the Music Row Best Western.


Come play scheduled on a Stage or at the all night Guillotine Sing Ring. Can you cut it? Nightly parties include the Zombie Pajama Party, Polar Bear Party and Tommy Barnes Gong & Bong Show! The will be education and mentoring by those that have been thru NashHell so you don’t have to. Between Puzzle Map Hunts for music charms and spells to escape NashHell, Ouija Board co writing sessions and a Music Row Garage Sale you will have a devilish good time.


Why go to NashHell before it freezes over? Well, being negative isn’t necessarily a bad thing there. NashHell is full of moaning. You complain, we answer. Let’s hear your personal observations and get you motivated toward positive solutions. We’ll listen, give you a reason why and possible work a round’s to keep you out of NashHell. We help solve problems one on one. So, whether it is to learn, find out consumer habits in the market or how to change with the industry, we can help guide you into the light.


Parties every nite! Gather Saturday evening for the Zombie Pajama Party. Snack and dance to the music. Hot Cocoa and BYOB. Get your pajamas on and come looking like a Zombie from NashHell! Or attend the Polar Bear Party Friday night and freeze to death waiting for a record deal! Gather by the shark tank near the pool side area of the Best Western and Bob for apples or participate in other cold weather dares. Or become the devils advocate Sunday eve as Tommy Barnes host his Gong & Bong Show. Participants will perform and either be sent abruptly to purgatory or pass on into paradise.


Come meet other music minions from the past, present and future of NashHell! Talk to people who are stuck here for eternity and share ideas on over 25 topics! Follow our music Spirit Guides one on one in the specialty rooms & group classes. Bring your careers and overall works to be reviewed and evaluated. Go to other individual areas like Recording, Publishing, Plugging, Legal, Records, Duplication, Distribution, Radio/Video Broadcasting, Shop, Management, Promotions and Productions for all three days! Have your music future foretold as Oracles pour over the strengths and weaknesses of your vision. Also attend group classes Saturday and Sunday held in the great pit. Group instruction for Saturday includes Guitar Workshops, How to Navigate the Maze of Music, How To Start & Maintain A Publishing Company, the Politics of Getting a Song Cut and 1000 Songwriting Ideas!


Join in the Puzzle Map Hunt for music charms, keys and spells to use in surviving NashHell. Follow the clues and win prizes! Given a map you must collect charms and spells placed in the abyss. Follow the hints and gain power to survive NashHell. Collect a certain level of protection and to earn prizes. It’s musically educational as well as entertaining. Participate at your leisure through the festival.


At our Music Row Garage Sale you can bring your organs or other music related items to sell. Anything musically related can be placed up for sale. Items will be added and subtracted throughout the weekend as Fest goers arrive and buy or place new products. IndieMusicAssociation.org, a Tennessee not for profit, will monitor your deals in exchange for a contribution of sales.


There will be Ouija Board co writing areas. Come contact writers in NashHell to learn their secrets or spell out a great hook at the Co writers Corner. Connect with the Co writer from Hell with your blood curdling ideas. Drop your CD’s off at the Publisher Room where your music could be pronounced, “Dead On Arrival!”


Badge holders automatically step into the light of the Independent Music Association. Utilizing the spirit of ingenuity, the IMA inspires, motivates & increases productivity from whatever level you may come from. Creating opportunity with the tools each of us has, doing the best with what you’ve got, all working within the conditions each of us lives. So sharpen your sword.


Registration is Open. Join NashHell’s Black List. Badges are all inclusive to participate in ALL performance opportunities, parties, specialty music rooms, group classes and IMA membership. Look into the precipice and visit www.NashHell.com for more info. Call 615-424-1491 or email Popcorn@NashHell.com for more details.


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