So many tools out there… so many ways to get the word out about YOUR MUSIC!
We’re always on the lookout for new and exciting apps and services to work with in our Media Specialties Promotion.
Anything we can do to get YOUR MUSIC HEARD!
Nicole Taylor, with almost 2000 fans and nearly 7000 views is causing quite the stir on Reverbnation. Working with Musik Radio Promotions she has hit the 500 station mark including syndications! Nicole also utilizes our Media Specialites Promotions campaign to get her noticed and to gain fan following and increase record sales! Congratulations Nicole! The team at Musik and Film are delighted with your success and look forward to achieving so much more in the future! Follow Nicole Taylor at: Facebook or Twitter or Reverbnation!
Fans can tune in and talk with Adrianna November 14, 2012 on Twisted South Radio!
This is a LIVE call in show and they’d love to hear from you on the air and to see you in the chat room as well. You can call in to talk with Adrianna Freeman OR The Chad Wesley Band, host Mars and New Orleans native/co-host Harry Hoerner at 917.388.4498 OR you can click this link right here to listen:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
The majority of Never A Hero’s photographs present us with dark clothes, leather straps and psychotic masks. However, once you look past what appears to be some mysterious bondage shoot, you realise you’re actually faced with five extraordinarily talented musicians.
After 2009’s critically acclaimed Socially Awkward EP, the lads set to work on their debut album with the aim to make it rise above the already sky-high bar they had set for themselves. At fourteen tracks long, Bleed Between The Lies has the potential to prove the band name wrong and help Never A Hero become musical…well…heroes.
Opener, Read Between The Lines, eases you into the album with a simple and playful electro rhythm yet the heavy riffs of Burning Skies soon burst this bubble plunging the listener out of the safety zone. The vocalists of Never A Hero are also forced out of their comfort zone as they experiment with brutal screaming and power-driven clean vocals.
Roses Are Dead sees Never A Hero revert back to their older and more familiar style yet the sound is now finely-tuned to the standard you would expect from a band with a few more years of experience tucked away under their belts. The Call proceeds to showcase the entirety of the band’s skills: old and new.
The guitar riffs in Screams Of Silence (quite the oxymoron) take you back to a time when big hair and muscles ruled over the pansies that plague today’s UK charts. By the time you reach track six, Days of Patience, the introductions to each song begin to sound all too familiar with their slow and haunting electronic feel. However, this trend is soon thrown off course by Vogue which demonstrates rock at it’s best throughout the whole three minutes and eighteen seconds.
The second half of Bleed Between The Lies throws us some real stunners ranging from the tranquil, easy-going samples of Between through to the diverse vocal skills demonstrated in Dreamcatcher. Never A Hero jump on the dubstep bandwagon for Hollow yet thankfully, they pull it off in small quantities.
Sunbeam and Stalked have elements comparable to those of Linkin Park and Never A Hero jump to claim the empty spot where Linkin Park resided when they were actually good (yes kids, a long time ago they were half decent).
The album is closed rather unusually with title track, Bleed Between The Lies. Classical piano and strings shine through in this track to calm your mind after the album has thrown you head on through the twists and turns of an epic electro-rock journey.
Although it has taken a little while to set the ball rolling since their formation, the guys have pushed the limits with their debut album and certainly pulled it off. If Never A Hero aren’t widely recognised within the next year or so, there is something seriously wrong with the music scene. Keep an eye on these guys; they’re going to be big.
Legendary, iconic and famed are only a few of the adjectives used to describe outstanding Fiddler Tim Smith, but amazing works just as well. Some fiddlers have tone, others speed, still others touch and a sparse few, grace and style. Then there is Tim who performs with a true combination of all the above.
Smith’s new album “Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends”, has an impressive “Who’s-Who” list of backing musician with most of the songs written by the fiddler himself: a difficult task in the Bluegrass genre, where supposedly everything worth playing has long since been played many times over. The overall coloring of the album is provided by Tim’s fiddle, as it should be.
The album will be released through the Musik and Film Records label and is being promoted heavily by Musik Radio Promotions. The single, Broadway Limited, has already been picked up in a week by over 300 stations worldwide.
Musik Radio Promotions has a database of 13,000 radio stations in 60 countries for airplay. These are FM, AM, and Internet stations. We cover many chart reporting stations plus thousands of other stations. Many of these radio contacts are built on decades of personal experience working with world renowned groups and touring!
The album is, in a word, stunning. Tim takes chances, as he has all through his career, and goes beyond “Bluegrass”, delving into Blues, Jazz and Folk, to create a Bluegrass fusion of music that stretches the boundaries on conventional sounds and rhythms.
This first single being released is “Broadway Limited”. It speaks for itself. Smith is stepping out, with stellar performances by all supporting musicians, including Wayne Benson, Eric Ellis, David Guthrie, David Holt, Jeff Huffman, Clyde Mattocks, Will McIntyre, Zak McLamb, Wyatt Rice and Andrew Smith. Check out more information and
The fiddler extraordinaire was born on May 29th, 1955 in Havre de Grace, Maryland. In 1968 the family moved to Sparta, North Carolina. Tim has been playing and learning fiddle tunes since age 7. From ages 9 to 13 he studied classical music and played in the school orchestras in the state of Maryland. All the while, he continued his study and passion for fiddling, playing music with family and friends. His father played good rhythm guitar and would accompany him on the fiddle tunes during the early years. His mom and dad were always encouraging and supportive of all his musical explorations.
Tim has a rich musical heritage of fiddling. His Grandfather Kilby Reeves, of Sparta, NC, was an Appalachian style fiddler, reminiscent of the late fiddler Tommy Jarrell. Uncles Tom and Bert Reeves, both Bluegrass fiddlers, have also been a great source of encouragement as well as mentors to Smith. Reeves, an early Galax, VA fiddlers convention champion and sought after square dance fiddler, has been credited with teaching the legendary fiddler Art Wooten, also from Sparta, NC, to play the fiddle.
After relocating to Sparta, Tim was sought after to play shows, dances, churches and fiddle contests. He played locally with several fine musicians, to name a few, such as Fred Roupe, Bill Joines, The Country Five (a country band featuring Roger Evans and the Wyatt brothers–James, Joe and Jackie).
Shortly following his graduation from Allegheny High School in 1973, Tim won Lester Flatt’s fiddle contest in Pinnacle, NC. The first place prize was a guest appearance with Lester Flatt and The Nashville Grass on The Grand Ole Opry and which he did, in early 1974. That great honor led Tim to a professional career in the music business. Since then, Tim has been awarded various prestigious fiddle prizes including “The North Carolina State Championship” 1st place fiddle prize in 1976, 1st place fiddle prize at the world famous “Galax Fiddlers Convention” in 1977, and “The World Championship” fiddle prize at the internationally renowned “Union Grove Fiddlers Convention” in 1978, to name a few.
Tim has performed and recorded with many notable musicians through the years. From 1979 to 1982, he performed and recorded with the “Bluegrass Cardinals”. Tim performed, as a Bluegrass Boy, with “Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys”. He has performed with Lester Flatt and The Nashville Grass, Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys, The Country Gentlemen, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Roy Acuff, Del McCoury, Tony Rice, Country Gazette, David Holt and many others.
Currently, there are six “Tim Smith” CD releases; “1978 World Champion Fiddler”, “Favorite Pastimes”, “Straight From The Heart”, “Plain and Simple”, “The Lonesome Blueridge” and the latest 2012 release, “Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends presented by Musik and Film Records.
Tim lives in Kernersville, NC with his wife, Anita, with whom he shares two children, Melissa and Andrew.
Website: http://fiddlertimsmith.com
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Announced today was the collaborative partnership between Blame Records owner and singer-songwriter Brent Orndorff and Musik and Film. Orndorff’s vast accomplishments as a singer-songwriter/musician have earned him respect from within the music business and garnered him high profile insider relationships with some of the Recording Industry’s top players. Orndorff’s blues rock band The Blue News, along with a new indie rock band James The Lesser (JTL), have been gaining ground quickly in the very crowded world of Indie Music. President Stephen Wrench and the Musik and Film company roster have an impressive resume. Some of the most notable associations include; Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ozzie Osbourne, Red Jump Suit Apparatus, Tommy Tutone, Slash, Bad Company, ABBA, Motorhead and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Stephen Wrench, President of Musik and Film said of his decision to sign the two bands, ”These bands represent the quality of artists that we are interested in working with promoting and getting their music heard. We are delighted to have these two exceptional groups as part of our stable of talent!” It’s clear that Orndorff shares Wrench’s enthusiasm and kind regard and speaking of their new partnership, Orndorff says, “We were really fortunate to have Stephen become a fan of our music. It all started when Stephen liked some music we posted online and things developed over a couple of years. Finally, the planets aligned and it became obvious that we should work together. After getting to know Stephen, he’s one of the nicest guys you’ll find in the music business and that’s rare.”
Musik and Film has been cited as one of the top Indie Labels in the United States. Musik and Film’s digital distribution is the best in the business; facilitated through their highly coveted relationship with Sony Records and The Orchard. The Orchard is a pioneering music and video distribution company operating in more than 20 global markets. With industry-leading technology and operations, The Orchard amplifies an artists reach and revenue across hundreds of digital and mobile outlets around the world, as well as physical retailers in North America and Europe.
This deal marks a considerable step forward for the future of both bands and this partnership will be key to their continued success. Musik and Film will be promoting both The Blue News and James The Lesser to over 12500+ radio stations in 60 countries for airplay. This kind of global exposure will introduce Orndorff and his bands’ music to audiences unreachable until now.
In addition to the label deal, exciting upcoming events for both The Blue News and James The Lesser include a new series of live streaming video webcasts starting on November 9, 2012. The webcasts featuring Q&A sessions and live music performances will allow fans, new and old, to experience the music in new ways and increase the bands growing fan base. Orndorff said of his vision and hopes for the immediate future of both bands, “I don’t want to give too much away but we’ve been talking about a lot of cool possibilities and new ways to interact with our fans. We’re still hammering out what our next steps should be, but a lot of what the future holds will be up to the fans. With this new collaboration the music will definitely get new levels of exposure.”
To learn more about the bands The Blue News and James the Lesser visit:
www.thebluenews.net and www.jamesthelesser.com
In 1966 the Lovin’ Spoonfull brought us a great chart entry with a song called ‘Nashville Cats’.
One of the lines in the song related ‘There are Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Two Pickers in Nashville’…. years on of course there are many more all wanting a step on the fame ladder.
Many never make it and just add to that Nashville pickers list.
Others are told “No you’re not right for country music”, “There’s no way we can put money behind an artist with unproven ‘marketing strategy’”, and “Country audiences won’t buy a black female country album”.
These were some of the thoughts and words of record company moguls when Adrianna Freeman was pitching her musical career.
She is now about to prove them wrong as under the direction and production talents of Teddy Gentry from the award winning Alabama group she has just produced her first album.
It is sheer class from the opening track ‘I Will Not Be Your Tennessee’ (released as the first single from the album) through to the fading refrain of ‘There’s Gonna Be A Rainbow’.
The last track could be a fitting omen for Adrianna as the album contains an eclectic mix of light and shade of mid tempo and gentle songs which shows off her vocal range and quality, sometimes , smokey and gentle, but always meaningfull and believable.
Production is brilliant, complimented by great musicianship throughout with a across the board song selection.
Diversity of music is perhaps to the fore with ‘The Price’ featuring Duck 13 who offers a rap injection.
If you fancy being one of the first in years to come, to be able to say you bought her very first album, then treat yourself to a future country star in the making.
Her debut album is released on the Musik and Film record label (musikandfilm.com) and is available from this week on her own site www.adriannafreeman.com.
Apparently her grandfather had dreamed of being a country artist as had her father Ed, the dream has now been passed on to Adrianna and I think it’s about to come true.
She’s one less picker to be counted in Nashville if ever the Lovin’ Spoonfull re-record their song.
Join me from Saturday on the American Connection Show on www.euvue.co.uk for a taster as I’ll be playing three tracks as she features in our Album Of The Week spot.
(UPDATE: May 17, 2013: Although, Adrianna left Musik and Film Records to head to Nashville, Musik Radio Promotions successfully brought ‘Either You Do or You Don’t’ to airplay on 100,000 + stations across the world with major aiplay in Europe. Singles off the CD have shown up on various charts such as Roots and Cashbox, and consistently made the top 5.)
PONTE VEDRA, FL, September 16, 2012
Country Music PR News
Musik and Film Inc, is proud to announce the exclusive signing of Adrianna Freeman to Musik and Film Records and Musik Radio Promotions.
“Stephen I just want to thank you and Rhonda-I have worked for 11 years, playing second fiddle to everyone else. Being looked over and passed over for other artists. It feels so good to be with people who believe in me and my music. For so long I felt like it was just me, my family, a notebook , and some songs. I have been promised so many things by so many people in the music industry that I thought I would never be able to trust anyone else in this business again. BUT- I trust you and Ms. Rhonda! I am so thankful that God lead my family to you, I really can’t thank you guys enough for helping to renew my faith in this business once again. With God’s help- I am starting to really believe that we can go all the way!!!!” – Adrianna Freeman
Adrianna Freeman is a Country singer. Reared in the South on a plantation property passed down through her family’s three generations of farmers. Adrianna began sharing her song when she was just a little girl. All dolled up in her yellow dress, with matching ribbons in her hair and her best Sunday shoes she would sing on the back of her daddy’s flatbed truck at the local farmers markets where the family sold their latest crops. Her Grandfather and her father planted the love of Country music in her heart before she was born
As a teen, Adrianna worked overseas with the missionary organization Teen Mania. It was there that she realized the healing and joy her voice could bring to others. Inspired and determined she set out to make music in the big world of Nashville. The realities of the music industry are a harsh reckoning to even the most seasoned and accomplished professional.
With the tenacity and drive that only a true country heart can propel, Adrianna’s song would not be caged. After endless rejections, a first victory came through, winning the attention of Teddy Gentry of the super-group “ALABAMA”. In 2007, Teddy generously offered his talents as producer to Adrianna’s project. In May of 2009, Adrianna was hand-picked by Mr. Gentry to be one of twelve artists for his “Teddy Gentry’s Best New Nashville”, a project sponsored by Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores. However following this break, her career stalled.
Finally in the summer of 2012, Adrianna met with Stephen Wrench, President of Musik and Film. Stephen was blown away by Adrianna’s voice. He recalls, “It gave me chills. Adrianna brought to my attention that there has never been a black female country artist. I seriously questioned why? Country music is country music. it only matters that when a listener hears your music does it move them? Adrianna has moved me and I know she will move anyone who hears her.”
Her Debut album, Either You Do or You Don’t has been released through Musik and Film Records. The single, “Will Not Be Your Tennessee” was released to radio by Musik and Film’s radio promotion division, Musik Radio Promotions and is gaining traction fast! “Adrianna has received a great deal of attention from radio; especially in the UK, Europe and Australia.
Adrianna Freeman’s music speaks for itself. Her music makes it easy for Musik and Film to try and break her as the first female African American Country artist. With her soft Southern lilt, clear crystalline tone and sunny sweet delivery, Adrianna Freeman stands on the edge of the gilded cage, the door is open and she’s ready to fly!
Adrianna reflected that, “Ten and a half years ago my family and I embarked on a journey that has transcended across three generations. Before I was even thought of, my grandfather, Walter Freeman, dreamed about becoming a Country Music singer, and he passed his dream down to my father, Ed Freeman. My father passed the dream down to me, and I have been dreaming ever since.”
It’s time for Adrianna’s dream to come true!
Musik Radio Promotions is a major radio promotions company, 250,000 +stations with syndication+ – 95% FM radio in 180 countries , which is available to Indie artists and labels. Many artists have charted and being played all over the world by the BBC and many other affiliates