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REAL NEWS ABOUT AIRPLAY
ON SEATTLE'S BEST RADIO STATION

Realizing that many of our readers, listeners, friends and fans also are making indpendent original music like AMBIII and Real News Network, today's blog will be all about how to get your songs played on the best radio station on the planet: KEXP.

Part of Paul Allen's dreamworld of music, the Experience Music Project, its museum and vast collection of artifacts, KEXP broadcasts locally to anyone who cares anything about REAL music in Seattle, and it is on the Web and broadcast digitally all across the world. EMP and KEXP host great special shows, feature independent artists, have a vast library at their beck and call, and they are just great folks.

Here's a bulletin sent from the KEXP AudioasisMySpace friends, and something any aspiring artist might want to consider.

Stay Real, stay tuned.

Interested In Submitting Your Music For Airplay?

1- There are multiple hosts for the Audioasis program. To be exact there are 5 of us. We all have different taste so your best bet for airplay is to submit music to everyone. Here are the names of your friends:

John Richards (Producer): loserboy@kexp.org

Sharlese Metcalf (Asst. Producer, Fill-In Audioasis DJ): sharlese@kexp.org

Lisa Wood (Host): lisa@kexp.org

Abe Beeson (Host): sonic@kexp.org

Hannah Levin (Host): hannah@kexp.org

Here is the address to the station:

KEXP 90.3FM
113 Dexter Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
c/o Audioasis (Or specific host that you want to submit your music to)

2- Most of us don't have time the time to sit on myspace and listen to your music. Submitting a CD is the best way.

3- Always feel free to contact us about what we think about your CD. Actually don't hesitate!

4- This myspace is checked regularly. Any questions that you want to ask, please do so! All messages are answered personally!

We all hope this helps and look forward to hearing the masterpieces of the northwest!

Sincerely,

Audioasis

NEW ON ANGELO'S LIST: We have updated our main global music page, www.angeloslist.org, and this week feature these new bands who have connected with Real News Network off our MySpace profile page. If you would like to have your music included or even write and review your favorite independent artists for us on a regular basis, please drop us a line off our message board. Feel free to use our free services to promote great music anytime you feel the urge. All we ask is that you click on a few of our sponsors or download a tune every now and then from some of our friends. Peace and harmony, AMBIII

MARVEL HILL: Simply the best rock music I have ever heard come out of Spain, like REM meets Pearl Jam, and then again fusing something totally enlightening and unique from the band’s stated vision of “four guys set on creating original material, inspired by eclectic modern and alternative rock of the last 30 years. “ Masterly marvelous.

SARAH BETTENS: A lovely addition and a wonderful surprise friend request from a truly great talent. This enthralling international alt-rocker is currently releasing her second solo album, Shine, which was produced by Brad Wood (Sunnyday Real Estate, Placebo, Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Lee). This highly anticipated new release is the follow up to her hugely successful debut solo effort Scream, which earned her the 2006 European Border Breakers Award for Best New Artist. You can check out her great voice and music here.

ZERO TO LAUNCH: From Delaware, this hard rocking band formed in January of 2007 with a sonic sound that harkens to the heart of bands like Soundgarden. The kind of music that makes you stand up and take notice from start to finish.

CARDiAK: Poignant rap/hip hop production from Philadelphia, CARDiAK has risen from a mix master to an original voice with his second CD of amazing material. Check out his great commentary on the music business, “The Show Must Go On.” Awesome, like the “Radio, Radio” of its time and place.

FAT DOG HEAVY: A rockabilly rollicking ride from our friends from Seattle. Showing an amazing diversity in influences and proving once again that our hometown is some mighty fertile soil for creative rock n’ roll bands of all persuasions.

REZOUND: These Christian rockers from Mesa, Arizona have a very listenable rocking sound that reminds a bit of Live, and proves once again that rock touches all sorts of lives in ways we can barely begin to comprehend. Wonder what Keith Moon would think?

MICHELLE SHAPROW: Soulful and sensual, Michelle Shaprow has a unique style that touches on 60s soul, 70s Disco, 80s funk, electronica, hip hop, rock, jazz, the full package. Great to dance to, great to listen to, great to drive to, don’t miss Michelle now before she really takes off to new horizions.

REAL NEWS BATTLE OF BANDS TITLE: VIDEO OF THE WINNING PERFORMANCES FROM AMBIII AND THE JOA BAND:





REAL NEWS ABOUT SEATTLE P-I BATTLE OF THE BANDS: AMBIII joined forces with Joint Operating Agreement Saturday night to win the Seattle P-I's second annual Battle of the Bands at the Skylark Café, doing a set that included two original songs and a cover of "Because the Night" by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. We are just now posting photos of the performance, with live video to come in the next several days. You can watch last year's performance and check out some of our newest songs now up on the ReverbNation media player. Thanks for all your support and for all those who turned out to make Saturday truly a special and remarkable performance. Special thanks to the JOA band members: Monica Guzman, Bill Miller, Lino Fernandez, Casey McNerthney and Amy Rolph. Stay tuned for lots more music to come. Peace and harmony, AMBIIII
REAL NEWS ABOUT . . . THE DEMISE OF SEATTLE MUSIC




EDITOR’S NOTE: What an honor and a privilege tonight to be given the task of editing the words of one of the holiest men on this earth, the Dalai Lama. As AMBIII’s real editing job is for a real newspaper covering the Dalai in Seattle this week, tonight’s assignment was to edit and even paraphrase some of the direct question and answer interviews our reporter and others but to the great spiritual leader. You can read the full interview at www.seattlepi.com.





Dear Dominique,

From the days when we were much younger and danced upon the city of Seattle with some regularity, I am now happy to report that the previous national media stories about the death of the Seattle music scene are sadly mistaken.

In fact, Seattle music is now just beginning to come alive like never before, and I am a witness to the new movement as sure as we once wandered through the gates of the Soundgarden into the Nirvana of our days, just as Mother Love Bone gave death and birth to Pearl Jam, so to has a new music full of life and soul and essential spirit begun to rise from the city once again.

I only wish you were here to enjoy it with me, so I will take you on a virtual reality tour of my Friday Night out with a band of Real News Network correspondents and our technical crew.

KRISTI NELSON: First up, Jake, Paul, Ann, Casey and I all met up in Shoreline to hear Kristi Nelson perform before a small crowd at the Hotwire Coffee Shop. Now every time I take someone new to hear Kristi or introduce them to her music, it is like a rapture occurs, a transformation of the heart. Everyone who hears her wants to spread the word like it is the long-lost gospel of love.

There is so much I can say about Kristi, and I was lucky enough to get to meet her father, a holistic healer and teacher and author, who arrived just as her hour and a half set was ending. Her dad is so full of life and exudes a vibrancy that resonated deep within me the moment I shook his hand and he thanked me for trying to help Kristi realize her musical dreams and visions and turn them into reality.

After all, that’s what Real News is all about. And the real news about Kristi is that when she was a teenager, she wrote the amazing song, “Mama Will Hold Me Now,” which was one of the more chilling 9/11 tribute songs ever written – from a daughter’s perspective upon losing her father in the terrorist attacks -- and a song that if you Google or check out on YouTube, has already touched more lives in a positive way than any song AMBIII has ever conceived of in dreams, visions or reality!!! She is truly blessed and we are all blessed to have her as our friend.

REAL NEWS FRIDAY INTERLUDE: After her show, Paul and Jake and Ann and I all went for Chinese Food and no one could talk about anything else but the songs and the performance they had just witnessed like it was a landmark or a watershed of music they would never forget. I just know Kristi will make so much more music that people will never forget , and it is a true honor -- like being able to edit the Dalai Lama’s words – to be able to help her in any way possible. With the night being young, we then rejoined Casey to see some friends of his in a band known as Massy Ferguson, featuring a lead singer and songwriter who used to be a P-I sports stringer, just like Casey. Casey plays bass and guitar in Real News Network, and also is a technical wiz with the camera. He also used to hang around the Bellingham music scene for several years, even performing with a band and others doing open-mic shows with the likes of a young Brandi Carlile, Laura Veirs and the Decemberists – all now national recording acts. He was so smitten with Kristi, he told how he had watched Brandi and Laura in their early days and “Kristi is way better than either one of them right now. And that cover of Tori Amos’ Winter that she did is way better than even Tori’s version. I went home and listened to them both side by side and Kristi’s kicks ass over the Tori Amos original!”


MASSY FERGUSON: Casey was already stoked inside the Sunset and Massy Ferguson couldn’t have been better, with a wonderful following and happy spirits all around with their upcoming CD release party (May 10) at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard coming up. The band reminds me of the BoDeans or the Wallflowers, some of The Replacements, even Wilco, and the songwriting is something that even harkens back to the great songs of The Band. They have a truly rooted sense about their rock n’ roll and a great energy live that only now is starting to really show in their recordings, which you can find on their MySpace page --http://www.myspace.com/massyferguson -- along with a calendar of their upcoming performances, should you want to put your dancing shoes on again some day.

Now I don’t know many other cities, and I have been to most of them in this country, where you can spend a grand total of $7 on some of the best original music being made anywhere on earth at this very moment, and then spend the rest of the night talking to the very people who made the music to begin with, even visit with their parents and close friends.

The conversation rises with the music and the world in Seattle just seems right with the Dalai Lama and all. People preaching demise and decay and dislocation are truly false prophets of doom and denial. This music is more uplifting than anything I have ever heard, anywhere, at any time. And I am just a lucky man to have Real News Network to spread the word. Keep on rocking. I hope you will join me on this new road some day, too. There is far more ahead and the sounds and sights are better than ever!!! Peace and harmony, AMBIII

REAL NEWS ABOUT OUR NEWEST FRIEND: Real News Network is proud to present Kristi Nelson, an amazing singer/songwriter of incredible life, beauty and spirit, who blew into Seattle recently and parked her bus in the Northwest to bless us all with her totally unique songs and soul. Kristi will be playing town twice this week, Tuesday at the Hotwire Coffee Shop in Shoreline, and Friday night at the Columbia City Cabaret. You should see her live if you are in the area because her talent is something not to be missed. You can visit her music at kristi-nelson.com, or at http://www.myspace.com/kristinelson.

REAL NEWS BLOG, THE REAL STORY: For the next several weeks, we will be featuring segments of our other artistic project, the real-time literary blog, The Real Story, which will be rolling through the daily course of our main blog site: www.therealbigblog.com.

REAL NEW MUSIC: For the newest music and our reviews and links to our favorite MySpace bands, singers, songwriters, musicians, studios, record companies, and independent music business connections, please visit www.angeloslist.org. If you would like to link up to the page, promote your band or your art or your music there, please drop us a line through the contact forms on our main home page. www.realnewsnet.net.

And please click on some of the ads of our sponsors. It’s what keeps Real News free for everyone!!! Stay real. Stay tuned.
REAL NEWS ABOUT NEW CONNECTIONS: Real News Network, AMBIII and Angelo's List are now happy to join forces with a unique new Seattle Web site, CultureMob.com -- which operator and manager Shilo Urban explains below. Shilo has created a real-time place to keep track of all your favorite music, events, art, places and people making great creativity possible for the masses from Seattle, the spirit and soul of the Internet universe. It's wonderful to have more folks writing and creating and linking to our network, and we hope you welcome Shilo and CultureMob by checking out some of his sites and reviews.

Our city is on fire: just read the reviews of the recent Bassnectar show at Neumo's or the Harvey Danger performance at The Triple Door. The arts community in Seattle is passionate and talented, and we want to create a forum for dialogue for lovers of all entertainment.

At CultureMob.com you can check the next showtimes for your favorite local punk band, discover the new exhibit on the Seattle Art Museum on Roman Art from the Louvre, plan a trip to the aquarium with the kids AND find a sunny outdoor theater to take your sweetie to. We all have a diverse range of interests when it comes to entertainment and the arts, and CultureMob is where you can find all of your Seattle artists on one website.

From movies to music to family events to power tool races, CultureMob has information about great events that you can attend in your community. Our powerful, predictive recommendation system will suggest events to you that best fit your interests. Our goal is to provide a combination of rich content and interactive features that will make finding, attending and sharing events intuitive and fun.

CultureMob is the next big thing in network communication; we want to bring people together to share their interests and get the most out of the thriving Seattle arts scene. Bringing people together through their passion for music, theatre, dance, and the arts creates greater understanding in the world, and that is what CultureMob is all about.

Check our great events and rich content, then sign up and watch CultureMob do its magic and track your interests for you. Seattle is YOUR city; get involved, go out, have a new experience and share in the artistic expression that is blazing all around you.

CHECK OUT THESE LINKS TO RECORD COMPANIES, STUDIOS AND OTHER COOL PLACES FROM THE ARCHIVES:


Barsuk Records: Our favorite local independent record factory, with great
artists like John Vanderslice, featured earlier on our list.

BayCityMusic.com: Club listings, venues, musician support services,
dedicated to independent music from Bay City, Michigan.

Bird Call Productions: Very creative full-service production company specializing in hip-
hop R&B, rap, rock, pop and even some reggae. Out of Los Angeles.

BUMBERSHOOT: Seattle's annual Labor Day music festival, featuring three days of great
music.

Dew Process Recordings: Awesome independent recording group with
some voices and songs here that will having you dancing and singing all
day long.

Discorporate Records: Formed in 2006, this German collective of amazing
independent artists spans the universe of musical forms, with a window to
the world on total creativity. A maze of magic awaits here.

Gallus Music: Exquisite power pop and indi rock, band management and
cool sounds from Glasgow, Scotland.

Jack Endino: The renegade superstar wizard behind the sound that became Nirvana and
Grunge and spawned a generation of imitation. Still creating great original music of his own,
too.

Hall A Fame Records: One of our favorite hip hop/rap/R&B sites, with cool,
sophisticated sounds coming from the heat of Las Vegas.

Hell's Kitchen: The best live music venue in Tacoma, our sister city to the south and the
home of AMBIII's recording roots.

KEXP Audioasis: The long-running music show from the live and online radio home of
the Experience Project Museum and all that entails. Seattle is damn lucky to have it.
A true oasis after years and years of nothing but scorched-earth radio.

NYC: Web-based music promotion effort from NYC, with many cool videos
and links to other artists.

PlayRadioUK: Billed as the hottest independent radio station on the
Internet out of the UK. An awesome addition to Real News Network.

Poison Tree Records: Bringing the world better, independent rock music from Los
Angeles. Prepare to move your soul and shake your spirit.

Real Industrial Radio: In the spirit of Real News Network comes this great
Web-based radio service with podcasts and forums and places to
promote your music, etc.

Rhino Records: Re-issue record label, with some of the greatest voices of our era, where
you can get everything from Van Halen "Jump" ringtones to Gram Parsons rare photos.

Seattle Sound: We'd also like to welcome Seattle Sound magazine and give the folks there
special props for maintaining a fine, slick product and keeping the music scene in our
Emerald City up to date with some very high quality work. Nice web page here, too.

Second Nature Recordings: This Kansas City record company features some
great indi rock and many fine surprises. Look for bigger things from some of
these artists.

200 Orchard: 200 Orchard was opened in February 2007 in the space that
was the legendary Orchard Bar. Specializing in all things electronic and
alternative Rock & Roll, it has hosted bands such as The Greenskeepers,
Dead Combo, Shy Child, Revlon 9, Silver Rockets and The Glass to name
but a few.

Sinousure Records: From Temp, Ariz., more electronic music to wile away
the day.

Studio 303B: Tracking, mixing and marketing fine music from Nashville,
sepcializing in acoustic, Americana and Folk Rock.

Sub Pop: Started out as just a couple of local guys who were tired of the
same old shit still played on the radio. Created a magic that allowed great
music to flourish, became huge, and stayed true, always, to their roots. Still
just a place where great music is made for great people who truly care
about great music and artistic freedom. This is why Seattle is so special!!

Sun Thunder Records: Great original music, just take a listen to Rebel Grave. You’ll think
you stepped into the middle of a spaghetti western saga.

Vera Seattle: The Vera Project (Vera) is a volunteer-based, non-profit
venue that produces live music and arts performances in Seattle as
educational and community building opportunities. Vera blends the
expertise of some of Seattle's most experienced all-ages music and arts
producers and community leaders with the ambition, talent, energy, and
resourcefulness of Vera volunteers. Vera provides an opportunity for young
people to see live music in a safe, alcohol-free environment, and a chance
for young people to gain valuable skills in event production and community
organizing.

Cheryl Waters: Extraordinary KEXP host and wonderful woman of this
Emerald City. A friend to great music everywhere and we're happy she's
our neighbor in Seattle.
REAL NEWS ABOUT RECORDING YOUR SONGS:

AMBIII and Real News Network began first and foremost as a home recording project – I used to call it Closet Rock – where the goal was to complete demos of the 75 or so songs I have written over the past two decades of my life.

Having a steady REAL job as a newspaper reporter/editor/blogger, etc., I realized that the true way to reach and build an audience for my music was through the Internet, a fully worldwide web of awaiting music fans and friends that has grown with each step I have taken to improve the sound and production of the music.

As a journalist, I see clearly that it is possible to reach as many people with my music now in one day as I can reach with the stories I edit each night, only the message has distinctly different audiences and entirely opposite intents and purposes. Truly, if I toured the country playing every dive bar on earth, I could not reach more creative friends and fans than I can in one week with connections on the Web.

By trial and error, experience and humble stumbling, I have found several keys to making great music, or at least passable Blog Rock, on my sites, RealNewsNet.Net, AngelosList.org, TheRealBlog, our Yahoo 360 site, our MySpace site, and now Facebook, too.

In the next several weeks I'd love to hear from others who have been doing their own recording and posting on the Web. What works for you, what doesn't?

First, I have found, you need a great place to store and present your music. For my money, which is not much, I have gone with ReverbNation, which I believe has the best artist showcase features and the most dependable media players out there. The Tune widgets give you several amazing choices to set up your songs, the downloading is easy, it manages all the stats on exposure, plays, and you can create banners or links to all the other great artists on the site.

We are thinking about updating our own look and features on the site now and would appreciate any advice or suggestions with how to make it better.

Lately, you can visit our home at ReverbNation and hear some of the new demos we're working on, including more of a roots-rocking sound with lyrics that truly have a bit of a bite to them. Technically, we have moved up to recording some live takes along with our digital studio recordings, and have been fiddling with a new M-Audio FastTrack Pro-Audio setup that has yet to have all the bugs worked out.

Sometimes it seems in the computer recording world, simple gear makes recording so much easier to accomplish, especially when the sole purpose is to truly present the soul and spirit of the song.

Simply put, the main thing I have learned in computer recording is just that – never let it take away from the soul and the spirit with which a song is born and blessed with from the beginning.

Hope you enjoy our latest tunes and then hop over to Angelo's List and visit some of the friends making great independent music around the Globe. Have a rockin' fine weekend; Peace and harmony, AMBIII