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David Park’s “Swedish Country” style hits the airwaves with Musik Radio Promotions

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November 13, 2013

Deep from the Swedish midlands Valleys a new genre of music developed. It´s a unique crossover between Hard Rock and Country. It resembles a meeting of bands like Foo Fighters, Entombed and Lynyrd Skynyrd jamming with artists like Bill Monroe and Flatts n’ Scruggs.

This new genre is called Swedish Country and the pioneer is life long musician David Park.

Parks, signed with Billberg Entertainment, has parterned with Musik Radio Promotions to release his music to worldwide radio airplay.

David originally grown up on a farm in the small village called Djura, outside the hockey town Leksand. The influence of working on the fields, driving tractors from early age and helping out handling the cattle has inspired to come up with titles like David Brown and Hardcore Trucking. The farming chores were alternated with long sessions of Heavy Metal drumming, playing along to Iron Maidens Nick McBrain and Slayers Dave Lombardo.

In his teens, David and his family moved to Japan for a three year stint at the Swedish School on the Japanese country side, where his parents worked as teachers. This quite unusual life experience had a profound effect on developing this special sound and style.
The Japanese town planning forced him to develop his guitar skills, since it´s impossible for a Heavy Metal drummer to practice his double bass drums without seriously challenging his neighbors.

The music on this album has evolved over a long time but kick started when David wanted to develop the Billy Gibbons play style, using finger picks while playing groovy riffs.
At a Magical Meeting with a Deeringer Banjo in a music store the unique crossover sound was about to take shape.

David has been a musician all his life, playing various instruments with different bands such as Drums with Borlänge glam rockers Space Age Baby Jane, guitar with the Racing rock band Jug McKenzie and even his Industry Electro Pop sister Karin Park. However its in this project he is showing his true self fronting the band handling the Banjo and Lead Vocals.

This is a Great band an a mindblowing live act where David is backed up by no others then Dan McKenzie (ex-Mustash), super guitarists Conrad Boqvist and Magnus Josefsson, and by Martin Willhelmsson on upright bass.

NZ’s pop artist, Renee Therese releases ‘Please Go Home’

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November 5, 2013

Renee Therese, an adult contemporary pop artist from Palmerston North, New Zealand, recently finished recording a new EP. The release, “Please Go Home” was with the help of the Musik and Film production team team. Musik Radio Promotions has since released to a worldwide radio campaign to 150,000+ stations in 104 countries with the single immediately being picked up by the BBC and many others.

Therese is also making headway on the local front, with Stu Frith of SeaBreezeFM exclaiming, ” Fantastic Local artist looking good that’s for sure… “

Therese is an experienced performer who has been singing in front of an audience for the past 20 years, getting her start at a local Country Music Club at the age of twelve. Since then, Renee has had many great singing opportunities including four television performances on popular New Zealand shows. Her career highlight was singing her original music LIVE on The Good Morning Show (NZ) in 2012. That was until recently, when she began working with Musik and Film Records.

Musik and Film Records believe, ‘Please Go Home’ is the first of many more great songs by Renee Therese.

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Laurel Moore releases ‘The Christmas Song’ with Musik Radio Promotions

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November 5, 2013

Laurel Moore’s beautiful rendition of ‘The Christmas Song’ has been released to worldwide radio campaign and immediately snapped up by the BBC for airplay.

‘The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) features vocals, Tenor Saxophone, and Arrangement by Laurel Moore as OneLadyJazz

After ONE week of release Moore was offered a US TV/Film Publishing Deal , by ‘Music Of The Sea’ who said:

”Beautiful Song! I think it’s a nice fit for many films/tv/ads in many different directions. Romantic comedies, dramatic scenes and car commercials, espn, etc. It’s a very sync-able track. I think your music will do especially well in Japan” E.Sea.

One Lady Jazz, whose first promotion with Musik and Film was ‘Easy to Love’ has been approached with numerous publishing and media opportunities:

Moore has signed 6 US TV/FILM Publishing Deals on her songs with a variety of Publishing Companies and have had US TV/Film publishing offers made on all 12 of my songs, which include covers like ‘God Bless The Child’ and originals like ‘My New Beginning’.

Moore’s new original song ‘Wherever The Weather’ (co-written with my Canadian writing partner Steve Parisien) is set to play to 100 million listeners worldwide PER DAY. Inside 280+ Brands like Starbucks, M Casino and Trump Towers, Hotels, BCBG, Joey Restaurants and many more brand names.One Lady Jazz was featured artist on front page of PopVulture Magazine with a readership of 650K. Laurel says, “I was approached to do a feature by this magazine after they heard my previous radio release with musikandfilm.com ‘Easy To Love’. Thanks for your on-going support and efforts on my behalf.”Musik and Film promotions division is proud to be able to successfully present talented indie artists such as Laurel Moore to world radio.

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Is The Dream of a Major Label Deal Just a Dream?

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October 23, 2013

Once upon a time an artist could dream they would be the lucky one–that a major record deal would appear under their pillow. They would wake up and go into a studio and record an album with a top-notch producer. Once the album was complete the major label would hire publicists, radio promoters and put them on tour with another major artist. Soon thereafter they would be a star. Nice dream. Unfortunately, that was once upon a time.

Today is a new day. Major labels still exist but on a different level. The days of discovering talent are over. EMI and all its subsidiaries went bankrupt and their catalog was sold for exploitation. There are no more development deals of which we know.. There are no more major record deals for the unknown artists. There are no more free development or PR or radio promotion. There is no one left to pick up the tab but the artist themselves.

Artists around the world can thank the digital age for this shift. Free downloads, free streaming — No more record stores, only a handful here and there. So how can a major label recoup their investment into developing a new artist? They can’t , that’s why those days are over.

Artists need to realize if they are going to make it — it is going to be up to them to hire the studios, the producers, the publicist and the radio promoter. They are going to have to be very savvy and educated on what’s happening in the industry today. They are going to have to work their social media, publicity and radio promotions.

I quote “. Commercial radio airplay remains the number one outlet for discovery” Here are the 12 strategies for success as an indie artist. .http://indieconnect.com/12-strategies-long-term-success-indie-artist/

Again I quote “Treat your career like a business – because it IS! “

As an artist you are the only one who can help you get to where you want to go in your career. So grab hold, educate yourself to the business today. Formulate a solid business plan. Associate yourself wisely and most of all create great music because its what you do best.

For a free consultation to formulate YOUR business plan email us at promotions@musikandfilm.com

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_music http://futureofmusic.org/blog/2013/02/15/can-indie-artist-break-through-glass-ceiling

Stephen Wrench, President, Musik and Film Records

Wrench has been in the music business for over 40 years as singer/songwriter, producer and record label executive for RCA in Nashville. He nows runs a successful indie label and radio promotions company under the Musik and Film label. For more information on Stephen Wrench, go to www.musikandfilm.com/producers

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Skye explodes on world radio with ‘Lions Heart’

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October 22, 2013

Musik Radio Promotions has just released the single ‘Lion’s Heart’ , by Musik and Film Records artist, Skye, in a worldwide campaign. It was immediately picked up for airplay by BBC2 and hundreds of stations around the world.

‘Lions Heart’ is the first song to begin a series of collaborations between Skye and Stephen Wrench. Earlier this year, Skye signed a development and promotions deal with Stephen Wrench and Musik and Film Records.

Wrench has been in the music business for over 40 years as singer/songwriter, producer and record company executive for a major label .Wrench says of Skye, “I have worked with some major artists over the years. Every once in a great while you come across an artist with a unique, distinctive voice; one with a quality that makes you want to listen to them sing. Skye is just that kind of a artist. Her voice has a softness that draws you in as she sings from the soul.”

Wrench, who is now President of Musik and Film Records, has taken on Skye as a “pet” project. Wrench had been searching for that one special artist with the potential to produce hit songs. Not only does Skye have a unique voice, but she has a unique way of crafting a song. As they write together, the combination of the two is the perfect recipe for this blend of melodic music , unique lyrics and alluring vocals.

Stay tuned for much more to come!

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Bryce Wastney

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October 21, 2013

New Zealand artist, Bryce Wastney’s, first single “Dead Man Walking” is currently # 2 in New Zealand charts, and on iTunes, and picking up stations all over the world. Bryce falls into the Mumford and Sons genre and has already been picked up by over 10,000 stations worldwide.

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NZ’s rock band, Lee Gray and The Beat’s,’Million Lights’ released to worldwide airplay

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October 18, 2013

Musik Radio Promotions is proud to announce the radio airplay campaign to 104 countries for ‘Million Lights’ is being well received by PD’s all over the world. The campaign only just recently began and is picking up airplay daily.

Since forming at the end of 2011, Lee Gray & The Beat have been regulars on the New
Zealand music circuit; their high energy, well-crafted live performances giving them an ever
increasing fan base together with a fast growing reputation. The pair, Lee Gragy (UK) and
legendary drummer Pete Warren (NZ), have just finished recording their first project with
ex-Pretenders bass player Malcolm Foster at his ‘Blue Octopus’ studio in Whangaparaoa.
Come On Down, a 5-track EP which melds Lee’s ‘singer/songwriter’ vocals and acoustic
guitar with a mixture of Pete’s dance grooves is a record setting itself apart from typical
pop/dance music.
“We wanted to make dance music that we could play on acoustic guitar and drums.”
The Duo recently finished 2nd out of hundreds of bands in New Zealand’s acknowledged
launching pad ‘Battle of the Bands’ National Championship, receiving great feedback from
the judges for their live performances and song writing. They represented the competition
on TV One’s Good Morning show at the end of May, playing the track Million Lights to rave
reviews.

There will be much more heard from Lee Gray & The Beat!

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Chris Weaver, Billboard’s “Artist to watch”, partners with Musik Radio Promotions

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October 17, 2013

Country artist, Chris Weaver, was recently reviewed by Billboard as “one of ten artists to watch in Nashville”.

Following on this trend, Weaver recently partnered with Musik Radio Promotions for an international radio campaign. ‘Standing in Line’ and ‘Raise the Dead’ are being promoted worldwide. Weaver’s music was quickly picked up by the BBC network, the largest network of radio stations in the world, and many other major radio networks.

Weaver is going beyond expectations as written in a recent review for Music News Nashville, Chuck Dauphin wrote, “Chris Weaver is a star in the making… an out-and-out singer – with a Capital S.