NASHVILLE |DT: NOVEMBER 16, 2010
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/TODD BRODGINSKI/MITCH SCHNEIDER/MSO
HELLO MUSIC
LAUNCHES “BEST UNSIGNED BAND IN SOCAL” CAMPAIGN
Teams with 95.5. KLOS, Southern California’s Best Rock Station, to Find the Best Local Talent
Los Angeles, CA — November 16, 2010 — Online music company HELLO MUSIC continues to provide excellent/exciting opportunities for its artist community and today announced the launch of a new campaign with Los Angeles radio partner 95.5 KLOS, looking for the “BEST UNSIGNED BAND IN SOCAL.” Starting now, new and existing artists to HELLO MUSIC can enter for their chance to be named “the best unsigned band in Southern California” atwww.hellomusic.com.
Over the next four weeks, HELLO MUSIC will pick a winner each week to be featured on 95.5 KLOS FM’s website. The four finalists will perform at the Viper Room on Thursday, December 9, with the winner to be determined by the HELLO MUSIC A&R team. The overall winner will be announced at the KLOS Mark & Brian Christmas show at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, December 16 and will be placed in rotation on Yahoo! Radio as well as on Delta Airlines in-flight programming. Log on to www.hellomusic.com or http://www.955klos.com/article.asp?id=2000901 for more information.
“We are fiercely committed to providing value and opportunity to all independent artists, and are determined to find the best unsigned band in Southern California,” said John Boyle, President, HELLO MUSIC. “KLOS is such a classic Los Angeles radio station, playing only the greatest bands in the history of rock, with a deep listenership in all of Southern California which made them a perfect partner for this campaign.”
HELLO MUSIC invites all independent artists to sign up for free. The HELLO MUSIC team listens to every band that submits, and will provide them with a free, detailed Music Feedback Report, as well as potential opportunities with the company's array of partners.
About HELLO MUSIC
Launched in January 2010, Hello Music is an online music company that combines technology resources with the art of A&R to identify talented musicians and connect them with career opportunities. Independent musicians can upload their music at www.hellomusic.com for free, to be reviewed by the evaluation team, who will then determine if the music is appropriate for any of Hello Music’s many partner opportunities. A sampling of partners include TuneCore, Yahoo! Music, Slacker, Delta Airlines, Topspin, AudioMicro, Getty Images, GigMaven, LyricFind, MediaNet, Next Big Sound, PlayNetwork, The Record Shop Studios, Spiders Studios, Tesla Studios, Gravity Studios, Wind-Up Studios, Chainsaw Productions, Root Music and Balcony TV. Hello Music was conceived and incubated by Wilshire Media Group, a digital music product design and development firm founded by Zack Zalon and Brendon Cassidy, and additional $4 million in private equity funding was provided by KVG Partners. John Boyle is the company’s President. www.hellomusic.com
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HELLO MUSIC TO PICK "BEST UNSIGNED BAND IN SOCAL"
