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JANUARY 2013 NEWSLETTER
Grammy Award Winning – The Flamingos Starring Terry Johnson Romancing Airwaves Across the Globe with their New CD: The Diamond Anniversary Tour 2013
Grammy Award Winning The Flamingos Starring Terry Johnson, aka the “Ambassadors for Romance”- herald the return of passion to radio airwaves worldwide as Musik Radio and Musik and Film Inc. launch into airplay “The Diamond Anniversary Tour 2013“ CD.
With a fresh new sound Hollywood, FL based Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famers The Flamingos debut their latest CD to worldwide radio through the promotions of Musik Radio ™ in association with Musik and Film Inc. Radio launch is scheduled to commence January 23, 2013.
When Cupid aimed his quiver of arrows at the music world, he inherently struck the hearts and voices of Terry Johnson and the newest members of The Flamingos. As unerring as the flight of those arrows, is the steady, rich flow of the music of love and romance from The Flamingos, Cupid’s “Ambassadors for Romance”. Proof the cherubic archer hit his mark, is the latest album, produced by Terry Johnson and Theresa Trigg.
Falling in love can start with a shared melody that one day becomes “our song.” The music of love and romance so evocatively delivered by this new album from The Flamingos has exactly that kind of power and persuasion. Released by Hot Fun Records, Musik Radio will be promoting the new CD to over 27,000 radio stations and 40,000 with syndication worldwide. From the opening track, written and performed by Grammy Hall of Fame Award honoree Terry Johnson, the listener is transported to a place and time separate from the daily details of ordinary life. Captivated by the richness of harmony interwoven into a musical tapestry you lose yourself. Dreamily sighing, one finds a hum tickling the back of your throat as you notice you are smiling and singing along hypnotized into an altered state. You’ve been romanced into the mood so aptly perfected by this impeccably produced new CD. In addition to being a gifted singer and performer, Johnson is a highly acclaimed producer. He was Musical and Vocal Arranger for The Flamingos during the magical time of the Grammy award win for their song,”I Only Have Eyes For You”. Starling Newsome and Stan Prinston join Terry on vocals presenting the listener with an audible example of the beauty of unity.
If, as some fear, romance has been “evicted” from much of today’s music, The Flamingos offer the recipe for reclamation: mix four parts smooth, mellow voices, fold in superb production, add sophisticated musical arrangements blend with keyboard and the guitar styling’s of award winning musicians, then sprinkle in familiar classics such as, “I Only Have Eyes For You,” and “When I Fall In Love,” and create The Diamond Anniversary Tour 2013 album. Send that recording into the world, taking it in concert and radio far and wide, to remind all of us that romance, and the love that a wonderful romance ignites, is ever near, if we just look and listen with open hearts.
“If you’re ever in the dog house, play this record and it gets you out fast.” – Bruno Mars in a Rolling Stone
Interview referencing The Flamingos, “I Only Have Eyes For You”
The Flamingos are currently on tour, traveling the world to present the romantic music of their Diamond
Anniversary Tour 2013 Album. For current tour dates and to purchase the new CD visit
www.theflamingos.com.
Theresa Trigg
TJ Entertainment Agency
http://www.theflamingos.com
(954) 579-9123
Thieving and Streaming? Spotify Paid Gaga Just $167 for a Million Spins of “Poker Face”
If you want to know where all of your download revenue has gone you might want to read this article. You need to be very careful when you sign a distribution deal because you may just be giving all of your music away…
Spotify, the Swedish-owned music streaming service that took Europe by storm before recently landing in America, is being heralded on Twitter and music blogs as a wonderful addition to any music fan’s life. But it turns out it might be a different story for the musicians themselves.
In the past week alone, two independent music labels, Century Media Records and Mode Records, have decided to pull their music from Spotify, claiming that the streaming service is paying them far too little to make the deal fair (about a third of a penny per song). In a blog postexplaining why he ended his relationship with Spotify, Brian Brandt, owner of Mode, wrote that Spotify has “the promise to squeeze smaller labels out of the picture.”
On a typical CD sold through a distributor (yes, still the bulk of our sales are wholesale), we may make a profit of $3-4 a unit. Already that is not much considering the total sales of a typical niche CD. Sales through iTunes or similar service can yield a similar profit. But this all gets turned on its head with the Spotify model. For example, in June 2011, Mode had a total of 11,335 streams through Spotify; our income was a whopping $36.98!
According to a similar 2010 claim by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, which represents about 2,000 different songwriters, Spotify pays paltry amounts even for songs from major labels. For instance, BASCA alleged that though Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” was streamed a million times over a five-month period last year, the artist earned only $167 in revenue from the track.
At the time, BASCA chairman Patrick Rackow said the real problem is that Spotify is extremely secretive about the deals it strikes with record labels and music publishers. “At the moment, the amounts of money that are actually being received are tiny,” he told the BBC. “That might be because there is no money there. But there is no clear trail that can be established so that the songwriter can trace back what they ought to have got. These things are behind a blanket of secrecy, and that is extremely worrying.”
Despite Brandt and BASCA’s worrying, a February report (PDF) from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry noted that Spotify is the second-largest source of digital music revenue for European labels, behind only iTunes. So while the service isn’t outright stealing from artists, it is stuck trying to figure out how to balance royalty fees with the fact that most of its users are not going to pay the $10 a month fee for a “premium subscription.”
In the meantime, Gaga should probably not rely on Spotify to pad her ever-dwindling wig budget.
photo via (cc) Flickr user petercruise
Cletus Romp Out Now on Musik and Film
CLETUS ROMP SELL SOME SNAKE OIL
By definition, snake oil is any number of various substances or mixtures sold as medicine (as by a traveling medicine show) usually without regard to their medical worth or properties. The men of Cletus Romp are carrying the phrase into the modern times, taking their tunes out of the back of a wheeled wagon and shilling what is good for what ails you on their debut, Snake Oil.
Cletus Romp are caregivers. Their regard for the music delivered on Snake Oil assures and gives good Alt Country and Roots’ bedside manner. Where the band slides into the dictionary description of their album title is the mixing pot of music used to concoct audio potions. The sound on Snake Oil borrows liberally from classic rock, rock and soul, swamp grooves and back porch jams echoing the shimmies, slides, and shakes of a million guitar-driven groups, present and past. The band proudly wear their love of Creedence, Motorhead, Drive-By Truckers, Tom Waits, and Motown.
Cincinnati, Ohio is where Cletus Romp calls home. Their traveling show foregoes setting up in the town square, but they nonetheless bear the form and feel of torch-lit tents and soul-saving gospel. Derek Stinson (slide guitar, piano) and Tim Golliher (guitar, banjo) share vocal duties. Mark Karapondo (bass) and Adam Brokamp (drums) anchor the rhythm, while Ryan Moore keeps it real by adding assorted junkyard percussion.
Snake Oil slides into action with the album’s opener, “Tin Roof”. And here is where Cletus Romp show their hand immediately. “Tin Roof” features dual vocals, and a constant and ever-present slide guitar, complemented by a cacophony of banging and beating on percussion. It sets a pace that the band carries well. “Coming Home” moves in like riverbank fog as it leads you along highway roads back to your own bed; “Wicked Left Hand” is a guttural groove fest; “Farmyard” slides along for a tale of the past, and “Floater” stays true to its rhythm-only arrangement as banjo notes keep the beat allowing a variety of percussion to have their sway. The band mellows into a steamy crawl for the appropriately titled “Lullaby”. The vocals add a tender touch as a jangly guitar rides a steady dream beat.
Styles and manner of deliverance aside, Cletus Romp offer an honest brand of Alt Country that keeps artists like Mojo Nixon and Jimbo Mathus on the dashboard for saintly inspiration. They will get under your skin…maybe there is something to that medicine after all. Danny McCloskey/RA
World Radio Network
Musik and Film are thrilled to now be in partnership with World radio network to look out for good music pouring all over the airwaves!
The Matthew Davidson Band
The Matthew Davidson Band – “Rock and Roll Christmas” by George Thorogood – Natchitoches, LA
“Wonder kid Matthew Davidson may only be 14 but he definitely knows a little something about the blues. After recently releasing his EP album, Step Up, a four track blues-rock album including an electric cover of Jimmy Eat World’s early 2000s pop classic hit, “The Middle,” Davidson has become something of a name worth talking about. His unprecedented knack for music along with the mentorship and influence of renowned veteran musician Joe Osborn has helped him put his guitar/musical skills on full throttle. Davidson is only in the first stages, chalking out his path to blues-pop, rock stardom. After less than a decade of playing, Davidson has become an award-winning guitarist and vocalist. He has been planting his name all over the airwaves from being the chosen guitarist of Kidd Kraddick’s “Rock Band Camp” to accepting the 2011 Robert Johnson Blues Foundation New Generation Award. Stage hopping around the Southern states, the Shreveport, La. native and his four-piece band, The Matthew Davidson Project, has an ever growing list of festival performances including: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Natchitoches Jazz/R & B Festival, The T-Bone Walker Blues Fest in Linden, Texas and headlining the 2011 Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson, Miss. Step Up is only a taste of what is to come for Matthew. His mature funk’d out guitar skills are inevitably demonstrative of this kids natural talent and devotion to music. You’ll never hear another 14-year-old hone that Louisiana Southern blues-funk rhythm the way that Davidson has.” -Kimmie Tubre ( “Step Up” Review in Where Y’at Magazine – New Orleans, LA – Dec. 19th, 2012)
Musik and Film Artists in top 100 tracks of 2012!
The NBT Music Radio’s Top 100 Tracks/Singles of 2012
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#18 TERRANOVACAIN – An Odd Place To Be #46 TERRANOVACAIN – Put It In My Mind |
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#38 BABBLE – The Divine Discontent |
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#59 BEAULIEU PORCH – Navy Blue |
As Always you can find ALL these songs on the 24 hour stream that is the NBTMusicRadio
http://nbtmusicradio.playtheradio.com/
View the article and entire 100 at this link:
Australian 18 year old “next superstar” arrives in US!
Tamika Kaspar Signs Exclusive Record Deal with US Label Musik and Film.
Talented 18 year old Tamika has signed an exclusive three year production, distribution and promotion deal with US based Musik and Film, Inc. Tamika’s first EP will feature original songs composed by Tamika or written for her by Musik and Film’s multi-talented production team of Stephen Wrench, Jon Wilkes and Terry Nails.
The 5 track EP will be released digitally by the Orchard with 7000 retail outlets in 243 countries. World-wide physical distribution will be done by The Orchard/Sony. Musik and Film plans to push all five songs from the EP to over 15,000 radio stations in 60 countries through their exclusive in house Musik Radio Promotions.
Production is slated to begin in December of 2012. The EP will be released to the world in Jan of 2013. Jon Wilkes of red Jump Suit Apparatus says, “I recently finished the Warped Tour and know if Tamika was on this tour she would have been overwhelmingly received. Tamika has a great voice and delivery and is sure to become an international success!”
To learn more about this exciting new artist visit: http://www.facebook.com/MikaMusicOfficial
David Cooler: Featured Video Spotlight
Two Time Award Winner for “Country Male Artist of the Year for the states of SC and NC David Cooler! Check out the video spotlight of our great Country artist here: http://youtu.be/qnUioUwdS8Y. You’ll laugh, howl, kick your feet and slap your thighs to this fantastic Country artist! Visit www.DavidCoolerMusic.com for more music and booking information.
Radio Promotions Wall of Success Updates!
Wall of Success
Our promotions program has been a great success! Just look what Musik and Radio Promotions is doing for our artists! The below station count includes syndicated stations and networks. This includes FM, AM, College and Internet airplay around the world
Adrianna Freeman, has charted in Europe’s top 100! She is nearing the 11,000 station mark!
7 Horses “You know I’m Gonna Miss You” in the Americana and adult contemporary genre is up to 541 stations.
Rock group Rone Kaos (Australia) are up to 438 station mark! That’s almost double from last week!
Freddie Stone formerly of Sly and the Family Stone is out to Christian stations around the world 372 to be exact!
Blues artist RB Stone is up to 521 stations!
Country artists Hangin with Stogie have broken the 1000 station mark!
Singer/Songwriter KC Hurt in his second week of promotion has exceeded 356 stations all over the world.
Jazz Legend Dave Appell & Friends with 359 radio stations!
Blue grass award winning Fiddler Tim Smith is at 653 stations!
Sam McClain – is playing on 367 stations.
JJ Crowne – Up to 676 stations worldwide!
Stephen Foster and Howler with 2200 radio stations!
World renowned Gwyn Ashton with at 367 stations.
UK Artist Amy Sinha with 347 stations!
Australian Pop Star Nicole Taylor playing 1280 stations!
Spearmint Fur with 331 stations.
Country Christmas single by Christina Reese with 426 stations.
Southern Rock group Cletus Romp with 363 stations.
Alternative Rock band The Carnival Kids playing on 321 stations.
Rock group Push with 376 stations.