Getting paid for your gigs just became easier and safer with Gigpay.Com

Everyone who has ever played a live circuit of any kind has probably encountered the odd promoter that never pays up after the performance.

One of the main focuses in running a band as a going concern is that although you can have great fun getting out onstage and performing, if you are serious about keeping the band on the road and putting petrol in the tour van ( is everyone still using the ubiquitous transit van?) then you have to make sure you get paid.

If you've had a situation where promoters are wary of paying you as a new band upfront, and you're not sure if the venue will pay up after the gig, check out a great new financial service that solves this very problem.

GigPay.Com is a brand new service based in the UK, but available to many countries worldwide. and operates in six currencies, including the Japanese Yen. They offer bands and promoters a secure online 'escrow' style service to safeguard both parties.

For those who are not familiar with the term escrow, basically it is a term for a neutral third party holding money for two parties in the period whilst a deal or transaction is being made.

So in the case of GigPay.Com when you get booked for a gig, the promoter can lodge a payment with GigPay, safe in the knowledge that if you dont keep your side of the deal and show up he gets his money back. When you do show up and play that killer gig are guaranteed to get paid by GigPay after delivery. GigPay release all funds when both parties agree that the services have been delivered.

Agreeing with a promoter to use the Gigpay system takes any financial mistrust out of the equation and shows that the promoter is fully committed to working with you, and also displays a professional image from the band, showing that they are treating themselves as a serious music business. It's also more secure than locking your hundred dollar gig fee in the glove compartment, only to find your van broken into after the event and the nights spoils have disappeared

Having a GigPay account also gives you an online financial record of all your live work, so you'll spend less time trying to work out how much you actually made from your gigs, its all accounted for in one place in neat and tidy transactions.

Another useful service provided by GigPay is live performance contracts. You can avoid expensive legal costs and use their service to obtain agreements that cover items such as performer/hirer event insurance, sound systems and lighting, event merchandising, liability and much more.

It's always important to address these issues before you agree to a gig, so you don't end up with the venue suing you if your bass player's guitar strap breaks mid set and ends up bouncing onto the in house engineers mixing desk, taking a few channel strips with it (odd as it may seem I've actually seen that happen..)

GigPay are charging just $1.40 on a per contract fee (yes one dollar forty cents) and even if you have a legal representative already, you could save some money and time by using GigPay's standard contracts as a starting basis for a custom contract with a music lawyer.

It's free to sign up to the GigPay service, so you can sign up for an account, have a look around the service without any commitment and get a feel for their services.

Gigpay's fee structure is also very reasonable, starting at around 4% on transactions up to £200 GBP to just around 0.6% if you are in a slightly larger league and getting paid £45,000 GBP per gig. Given you are getting cost effective contract advice, increasing the security of your payments, and effectively getting online accounting for your live work this seems a pretty good deal. their fee structure is transparently documented on their website so there really are no hidden surprises with this company.

Importantly it also means as a 'pay as you go' service it fits in perfectly with the business model of your 'micro music business'; you only pay for services when you get paid. A perfect service to ensure you actually make a profit on your musical endeavors.

If you are on the road at any level, from a 20 buck deal in your local bar to a well paid festival headline, I'd recommend you take a look at the GigPay service to safeguard and streamline your revenue stream from live performances.

Check out full details at their website http://www.gigpay.com.

Keep your CD production costs low with the new Watunes Amazon CD On Demand Service & Amazon MP3

We received news today from online digital aggregator Watunes that they have just partnered with Amazon to provide CD on Demand for artists using their service.

The service provides an excellent opportunity for artists to sell physical CDs through Amazon directly to the public, without any upfront pressing costs. Only when the customer buys the product is the CD produced and shipped directly to the customer, removing the need for artists to invest in CD stock themselves.

Customers who are using the Watunes free digital distribution service will be able to access the CD on Demand for a one time $10 sign up fee per album, but Watunes VIP members will be able to access the service for free. Seeing how it only costs thirty dollars a year to sign up to the VIP service, if you are expecting to deliver three releases or more to online stores it would probably make sense to join the VIP program.

By using the CD on Demand service, you'll also have your releases placed into the Amazon MP3 store, so you'll have a complete prescence to millions of Amazon customers instantly. Finally the Watunes / Amazon link up will offer free proof copies of your CD on Demand forever, which also helps artists lower the cost of entry into CD manafacture.

So why even bother with physical CD when download sales are booming?

Well quite a lot of people still actually like to own the product they are buying. You can create your own cover art with Watunes CD on Demand, so there is an opportunity to add value if you can offer superb cover art on your product. Also as you have little or no cost of entry into this service, it makes sense to maximise the income streams from every source, let the customers decide how they want to buy your music, CD or download - now your customers can have a choice.

Many artists are currently using CD companies like CDBaby to deliver physical stock to customers, and whilst there is no doubt that over the last 5 to 6 years CDBaby has been a market leader in independent CD distribution, their service is looking a little out of date. At $35 per album, thats a big chunk of money for the average independent artist, and it can take sometime to recoup that investment for small bands.

Whilst you can use their discmakers service to produce stock for the CDBaby store, you still have to pay upfront to press the stock. As a micro business it just doesnt make sense for most independent artists to invest upfront. Businesses big or small all work on the basis of keeping costs low and profits high, and as an independent artist, that should be your priority too to make sure you actually make some money from your music at the end of the day.

I know artists who have invested hundreds of dollars in pressing up a few hundred CDs and still have stock sitting in their basement. It's money that could be in their pocket right now, especially in the current economic climate.

The Watunes CD On Demand service pays you 40% of each CD sold, and that may seem a huge chunk that is paid for using the service, but looking at the reality, if you had to press the CD upfront you may save some money in the long term, but it's your cash at risk if the CD doesnt sell. It's economies of scale, individual CDs cost more to print up per unit than 1000, however if you think of it this way, if you sell no CDs theres no loss to be incurred, if you do sell a CD, you get 40% of a sale you would have otherwise never made. Really it's a no brainer, and in the long run will bring a better return than investing in stock.

If you want to put out physical CDs of your music with no investment or upfront fees, I can't think of a better risk free method than using this new service from Watunes.

Visit their website at http://www.watunes.com for more information.

Independent Artists - The New Music Business - Its Your Business

As the new world of independent music progresses, artists are quickly realising operating on their own without the support of a record company means that they are having to learn, implement, or hire in a whole range of new specialist skills to get their music off the starting block.

Releasing a track, whether it’s on your own website or through a digital distributor is very easy now, but can also be fraught with pitfalls if you haven’t approached it from a business perspective.

My first advice to any artist who wants to succeed on their own is treat your music as your own start up business from the word go, and operate everything as your own music production company. If you want to sustain a long term independent career in music, this is the single most important piece of advice you will ever read.

When record labels sign a track, they will generally deal with things like registering your track with royalty collection agencies, clearing samples you may have used in your track, tracking down publishers to make sure any cover versions are attributed to the right songwriter, prepare marketing for the track, getting press and publicity, and promoting it to radio and DJs to name just a few things.

Artist now have the power to bypass the record label and release tracks themselves, however the one thing that is absolutely critical to your success as an indie is also having the knowledge of the business areas of the music industry in some depth so you can avoid legal pitfalls.

The repercussions of putting out a track with an un-cleared sample, or not registering the publisher of a cover song, even for promotional purposes, and yes, even on your MySpace page, could wipe out your track for good. Rights owners and record labels will and do go after independent labels and regularly ask sites like iTunes, MySpace and YouTube to take down copyright infringements, and not only are you fighting a battle, you may also be sued for the infringement you have already carried out, and no they won’t take ignorance as a defence. As it’s your business the risk sits wholly with you, no one else.

Personally I don’t think that it’s a productive tactic for the rights owners, they could certainly do better by offering partnerships with talented independent artists that use their material, instead of going straight for litigation but that’s a whole other article in itself…

To support your music, educate yourself on the areas of the music business you feel you are weakest in, whether it’s legal, financial, or marketing, and make sure you get good advice and partnerships for your new ‘record business’.

If there is something that no matter how many books and articles you read on the subject you still find baffling or downright boring, then outsource it. Yes it will cost you money to pay someone to do it for you, but the investment will pay off in the long term, and you’ll get better results by contracting someone in who is passionate about their specialist skills. In the world of virtual working, you can also choose your supplier carefully to get the most cost effective partner.

By taking on board that by releasing your music independently you are in fact starting a business, you’ll set yourself a firm footing for it’s success, and by taking the decision to fully commit to treating your music as a professional product, you’ll find that making it a success will be a much more painless and easier process.

Onyero Spices Up The Dance Floor With His New Blend Of RnB and Dance

Onyero

Dance / Hip Hop / RnB, London, England, Europe

Artist Homepage: http://www.onyero-online.com
Onyero In Japan: http://onyero.musicsugoi.jp
Social Networks: Facebook Myspace Reverbnation

Artist Downloads: iTunes eMusic Shockhound Amazon
Review by: Oliver Springate: MyMusicSuccess.Com

An artist who claims to specialize in dance, RnB and hip hop must have a lot of practicing to do, but none quite so much as Onyero, who combines those genres with his influences from the Far East, Asia, Africa and South America. This talented artist quite literally blends music from all corners of the globe.

The way his songs sound, and his unusual voice, make Onyero sounds similar to French rapper Mc Solaar, but once you listen to his songs you’ll see that there is as much to separate them as there is connecting them. Onyero’s sound really is unique, and that’s become a bit of a cliché in music, but in this case it’s true.

His first single has just been released, and true to form, Onyero has produced a track that is hip hop, sounds RnB, and has a Latin style beat. Sounds a strange combination, but the song is becoming a real hit. It’s had great critical reviews, and is becoming really popular across Europe. And it’s no wonder it’s doing well. Despite Onyero being an upcoming and relatively unknown artist, he worked on the single with former Sony producer Paul Sapiera.

The single goes by the name ‘Your Porno Star’. Not the best thing to buy for your grandmother this Christmas, but the stand-out title has almost certainly been partly responsible for helping this song get heard. It’s been released in three versions, the original mix, the dance mix, and the funky house mix. It’s fair to say that the remixes aren’t quite up to the standard of the original mix, but that’s no bad thing, as Your Porno Star is a really catchy song.

It’s one of those tunes you think is alright first time you hear it, and it grows on you, sounding better each time. I expect that for Onyero, it’s a taste of things to come.

On the stage, his audiences say that he really comes alive, bringing his music to the crowd with an energetic display of his unique style. With more and more revenue in music coming from live shows, this skill will be invaluable for this upcoming performer.

If you like RnB, hip hop or dance music, Onyero is definitely one to watch. If you haven’t heard Your Porno Star before, brace yourself for the explicit lyrics, and get yourself a copy.

Japan Music Market News: International Repetoire 20% of domestic product, downloads up 20%

Figures released yesterday by the RIAJ (Recording Industry Association Of Japan) shows that the international CD albums form 20% of the japanese music market. Link: http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/monthly/2009/200906.html

Although the total overall sales of physical product is declining, a trend across the music industry worldwide, it is encouraging to see that year on year music downloads are up 20% in the Japanese market. The biggest market for downloads in Japan is through mobile handsets. Link: http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/download/2009.html

If you are looking to access the Japanese music market with your international release, visit our Japan Music Promotion Services page at http://www.musicsugoi.jp

MyMusicSuccess Becomes An Official Mi2N Industry Newswire

MyMusicSuccess.Com today became an official newswire of leading music industry press agency Mi2N.com

The announcement forges a strong music press & publicity partnership between the two sites, enabling MyMusicSuccess clients to expand the reach of their news stories to more media outlets through the extensive worldwide coverage of Mi2N media partners , as well as bringing up to the minute breaking news on all the latest music industry developments including band news, latest releases, music technology updates, radio and video news, music business announcements, and much more to the MyMusicSuccess.Com network.

Mi2N (Music Industry News Network) is the largest online daily newswire serving the music industry. Since 1998, Mi2N has kept professionals worlwide informed on the latest developments shaping their sector by covering nearly every facet of the industry, from new business models and technological innovations to up-&-coming artists and emerging trends. Simulatneously, it has become a leading PR resource for major and independent music companies around the world

MyMusicSuccess.Com co-founder Simon Adams said today "This is a great partnership, and we are proud to be linking up with the Music PR industry leader, Mi2N CEO Eric de Fontenay and his team really know how to work the PR circuit for independent artists, and the newswire is going to add immense value to the artists who use our promotional services."

You can keep up to date with all the latest breaking music industry news at http://mymusicsuccess.mi2n.com/. Dont forget to subscribe to the RSS feeds, and you'll never miss a music industry announcement again.

Star in the next music video from Kandystand at their newly launched VIP Experiences Store.

The Kandystand VIP Experiences Store Is Open! Book Your Place To Star In their Next Music Video at their website.

Celebrating 5 years producing the hottest dance music, Kandystand are now offering our fans the opportunity to book a place to star in the next music video for Open Your Heart at the Kandystand VIP Experiences store.

The video is to be shot in Paris, France. They have also put together some very special box sets and limited edition packs of their music, these are strictly on a first come first served basis, there will never be any produced again so once they are gone they are gone!

Also at midnight BST (UK Time) 20th July 2009 the latest Kandystand single OYH (Open Your Heart) will be released on Junodownload.com marking the band's 7th release over 5 years. Check out the Juno site to get your copy of this hot hot single...

Alan Lauris 'Second Life' Remix by DJ Alodis

Recently reviewed artist Alan Lauris teamed up recently with leading dance music producer DJ Alodis to put a new spin on his new single 'Second Life'.

DJ Alodis has produced an electro dance mix of the singer / songwriters original track, taken from his album 'Different Frequency'.

Alan has made this track the free download of the month for July, so if you feel like shaking your booty to this you still have a few days to head on over to alanlauris.com and grab your free copy...

Get Free Music Review Content On Your Website From MyMusicSuccess.Com

If you are looking for great new free independent music review content for your website or blog, it's now available in the form of a brand new 'Artist Review' widget from MyMusicSuccess.Com.

By copying and pasting the widget code on your site, you'll receive fresh content automatically from top review writers, who cover the latest and best bands in Pop, Rock, Country, Dance, Jazz, and many more genres.

Every time a new artist review appears on the MyMusicSuccess site the widget will be updated automatically on every site it appears on out on the internet, and users will be able to simply click on the artist's picture to be taken to the MyMusicSuccess artist feature, where the viewer will be able to read about the music and click through to digital download stores to buy the tracks.

Artists are rotated randomly in the main window, with every artist featured in the Thumbnail bar, so users can scroll through all artists and view more.

Look out for the MyMusicSuccess featured artist widget coming to a music site near you soon!

The Common Denominator Of Success

In a great essay by E.M. Gray titled "The Common Denominator Of Success", he contends that one common denominator of all succesful people is not hard work, good luck, or great communications skills, though those are all important.

The one habit that transcends all others is discipline.

Successful people do what the average person doesn't like to do. They probably dont like to do these tasks either, but their purpose and goals drive them on. They exercise their most valuable muscle called discipline.

Gary Player, one of golf's greatest atheletes, is a great role model for the discipline necessary to build resilience and achieve musical success..

Once when being interviewed, Player said, "Throughout my career, people have said to me, 'I'd give anything to hit a golf ball like you'". Gary, who has always been known for being polite and dignified, said that on one particularly tough day, his politeness failed him when a spectator repeated that statement. Gary said he lost his cool and responded, "No you wouldn't! You would love to hit a golf ball like me if it was easy! Do you know what you have to go through to hit a golf ball the way I do? You've got to get up every morning at five o'clock, go out to the range, and hit 1,000 balls. Your hands start bleeding; then you walk back to the clubhouse, wash the blood off, slap on bandages, and then go out and hit another 1000 balls. That's what it takes to hit a golf ball the way I do."

Gary player was resilient enough to endure hardship day after day, because his courage and discipline formed an attitude that would not quit.

Maxmus: Nu Jazz Project Brings Artists Together From Across The Globe

Max Makin : Maxmus

Nu Jazz / Instrumental Luzern, Switzerland, Europe

Artist Homepage: http://www.maxmus.ch Reverbnation
Artist Downloads:iTunes

Sounds Like: Elektrotwist, St. Germain,

Review by: Tara Isabella Burton - MyMusicSuccess.Com

Guitars echo, the sound growing and vanishing much like ripples in a pond. Drums hint at their presence in the background. Shrieks, whispers, and scratching disks all appear and then disappear.

The soundscapes created by Maxmus, the Luzern-based collective music group headed by guitarist Max Makin are extraordinary in the way they manage to combine ambient sound - the sort of chill-out music you might hear in a particularly trendy Parisian lounge bar - with a slightly eerie, even otherwordly vibe and even a bit of straightforward, accomplished jazz.

Maxmus's instrumentals are multi-layered, complex, but at the same time utterly listenable; this is not the screeching and crackling of Aphex Twin or other similar electronic bands. Rather, Maxmus's music is more akin to the work of Elektrotwist and the classic St. Germain, two European bands that manage to combine instrumental electronica with a classic Paris-jazz sound.

Of the songs sampled in the review, "Hexagon" is by far the more accessible. Featuring the wailing of a tenor saxophone, played by David Angel, "Hexagon" wordlessly evokes 1920 synthesized into 2010 - as the dominant sax appears to have passed through many stages of reverb and flange and whistles and scratches threaten the simplicity of the sound in the background.

"Deadline" is also listenable, with a sleek and sexy sound combining keyboard, drums (Andy Mejuto, thanked in the liner notes as "music personified" is behind the programming and keys on ths one) and various sampling with a slightly exotic melody reminiscent of something further East. Neither is exactly danceable, but both seem to inspire at the least a gentle swaying in line for a cocktail at the bar.

Less straightforward is the more experimental soundscape series, entitled "Elements." Combining various sampling created by Verena Sollinger and featuring singers Estella Benedetti and Mary Wunderlin and the bass clarinet talents of Christoph Erb.

Slower and more fragmented than the other pieces, "Elements" is something of a Proustian mix: moments of sound that appear briefly, and vanish, and then are echoed again - memory "flashbacks" of sound. Whether it's entirely successful is debatable.

It's interesting on an intellectual level, and certainly haunting, but certainly less "listenable." That said, Max cites his arrangement as a nod to his "own momentary perception of it." If capturing such momentary fragments is indeed his goal, then Maxmus succeeds admirably.

Watunes delivers daily iTunes trending reports, a first for an independent digital distributor.

One of the biggest problems independent artist face with digital distribution is gaining feedback from the online stores about how their releases are selling.

Normally it can take up to 3 months for some distributors to feedback their reports, but not any longer...

Leading online digital distributor Watunes, announced today that they will be making a new daily iTunes trending report service available to all their customers.

It was announced by Watunes CEO Kevin Rivers on the company's blog today.

"Wow what a day! Been creating and developing here and there for WaTunes New Experience, it's becoming a handful...No I'm just kidding. Anyways, we got some very great announcements.

As of today, WaTunes is among the first offer iTunes Daily Trending Reports to both Free Users and VIPs for just $1.99 per report. Now you'll be able to see how your sales are doing on a day-to-day basis. No longer do you have to wait a week or even a month to see your sales.

So how do you get started?

Simple. Login to your WaTunes account at http://www.watunes.com click on our new 'Sales/Trend Report' page which will take you to the sales page. Finally submit your $1.99 fee and request to receive your iTunes Daily Trending Report from up to 7 days. So for example, today is July 17th, you can request your Trending Report from as early as July 10th. So why wait? Request your daily reports and see how your sales are doing on a day-to-day today!"

Jafeezie Hits The Japanese Domestic Market With MyMusicSuccess.Com

Jafeezie, the US Rap artist from Cedar Hill, Texas is the latest artist to target the Japanese domestic market through the Japanese music promotional services of MyMusicSuccess.Com.

Visit can visit Jafeezie's Japanese web and mobile site at the following URL http://jafeezie.musicsugoi.jp/

Jafeezie's CD 'Hustle Or Die' can now be downloaded by Japanese consumers from their computer or mobile phone directly from their localised digital stores. Translation of the web page means that Japanese consumers will feel more comfortable finding out about the artists music as it is much more targeted to their needs than an english language website

According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan over 90% of music fans in the region use their mobile phones to download single tracks from the digital online music services.

The number of digital music sales is increasing at the rate of over 200% a year, thanks mainly to the easy accesibility of technology in the asian region.

MyMusicSuccess recently launched it's MusicSugoi (Awesome Music!) Japanese Promotion service, which includes a japanese language mobile website with links to your iTune and other digital stores where Japanese fans can buy your music.

If you are not in the rapidly expanding Japanese music market, the MusicSugoi service can get your music direct to Japanese consumers. For more information check out http://www.musicsugoi.jp

An Interview With Simon Adams - Founder Of MyMusicSuccess.Com

As we reach our 21st post on the MyMusicSuccess blog, we wanted to mark the occasion by bringing you the story behind the company.

MyMusicSuccess was founded by Simon Adams, a music producer with over 25 years of experience in the music industry.

As a musician, producer, promoter and entrepreneur he has experienced 3 decades of change in the music industry, and with it he has seen the empowerment that technology and new media can bring to independent artists worldwide.

His passion and vision for independent artists bring an infectious inspiration to clients of MyMusicSuccess resulting in amazing new paths to achieving their goals.

Here Simon outlines just some of his experiences through the last 3 decades of music.

You won’t find many people that can say they can appreciate Country, Pop, Rock, & Dance all at the same time, but I’ve experienced an amazing array of musical styles in my career.

Artists & musicians can be summed up by two things, the people who provide the passion (usually borne out of a life of pain, whatever the story) and the songs (almost always borne out of the same pain).

It’s a universal thing in music, whatever the genre. Out of that passion, pain and song writing mix comes something magical. When I see that magic all I want to do is share it with people feeling similar pain. I believe that music has an amazing effect on people because a song holds energy which can get transferred to millions of people.

I am sure that everyone has felt the hairs stand up on the back of their neck when they hear a song that touches their lives; it never ceases to inspire and amaze me what music can do.

What I have seen over the years is that artists, whatever the genre, who are feeling the pain, writing the songs, and pouring their hearts out at gigs, find it really difficult to become objective at harnessing the power of their music, and sharing the gift effectively. Sometimes you can be too close to the music, sometimes it can be a confidence thing, or just the way you have been programmed by those around you. So many gifted and talented people have stopped nurturing their gift because of the fear of others opinions.

It all started in the UK with my first gig promotion at 8 years old, when I took a battered old guitar stood up in front of 300 kids at my school and did a bluegrass country rendition of ‘Bright Eyes’ from the film Watership Down. I organised some of the best kids from the music class together, approached the music tutor and asked to put on the cream of his pupils at the next Monday morning assembly, of course I booked myself as the headliner!

For the next 5 years I dedicated myself to learning how the great musicians and artists crafted their trade. I studied people like Mark Knopfler, John Williams & Sky, Eric Clapton and some of the other guitar heroes of the time.

Through my teenage years I not only managed and fronted the punk / pop band Volume III, but also spent a lot of time on the festival scene learning how bands worked the circuit and got exposure. Alongside the lavish major label extravagances of the 80’s (which created some amazing legacies, Simple Minds, U2, Dire Straits to name a few) there was another underground culture of independent music evolving, and in many ways the 80’s could be described as the start of independent music, where we saw many small labels tread new ground. But I feel it was two decades before its time.

I’d love to have seen where we were at now if the internet had been around in the 80s.

After my band Volume III split in the mid 80’s and music technology started infiltrating the music production scene, I became enthralled by the self empowerment that was happening stateside. The Chicago house scene was exploding, the 808 drum machine was being brought into the DJ scene, and electronic music was being born out of this innovation.

Kevin Saunderson, DJ Pierre, and many others were influencing people like the Pet Shop Boys and underground music was being taken into the mainstream. Suddenly I found myself setting up a studio with 8 track recorders, synthesisers, Roland guitar synths and drum machines and a stack of equipment that would have cost an oil emirates inheritance to buy just a few years before.

I quickly got to work developing tracks, looking for ways to work them through local clubs, but back then if you wanted to make any impact on the music scene, you still needed some sort of label support and major investment to reach a lot of people.

Through the 90’s I continued my musical passion, but being a born communicator got frustrated at how difficult it was to make your music heard. For a while I stopped making music, and went off to journalism college to start studying to become a radio reporter. In the late 90’s I set up a community radio network in London, hosted radio shows covering country, pop and dance and interviewed many upcoming artists that I could see were all going through what I had experienced. Getting your music heard seemed to be a struggle for independent artists. There had to be some way to make this easier.

It was whilst managing one of the radio stations I had set up that I met fellow entertainer and radio host Katy D. a friend had lent me a computer and some music equipment at the time, and I asked her to sing on a demo I was producing. Suddenly that unique magic I was talking about earlier reared its head, and unbeknown to me at the time the new dance music project ‘Kandystand’ was born. I gave up radio and went back to making music, and never looked back.

Fast forwarding to 2004, Under the pseudonym 'DJ Alodis' I started producing Hi-Nrg dance music and launched the first Kandystand single, a dance cover of ‘Alone’ by the rock band ‘Heart’ (I was always a sucker for power ballads, the pain and passion in them virtually guaranteed the song’s success).

By now the internet had started creeping into peoples lives, and those who were inquisitive enough would avidly wait while our 56k modems did their little dial tone performance and eventually connected to the world wide web. Suddenly the world became a smaller place and every man and his dog had their music on CD Baby.

Of course with the advent of the internet and its power of mass communication we saw the quick progression of not only people chatting and emailing each other, but suddenly they were able to share files, and of course music. People ripped CD’s, put them on websites in any format they could (whatever happened to Real Player remember them?). The music industry didn’t see this one coming that’s for sure.

Did I see the same story as the majors back in 2004 when I put out the first Kandystand single. Not in a million years.

This is what I had been waiting 20 years for. Finally I could let millions of people hear the music I had been making, I could get in touch with people that economics stopped me contacting before. I could set up a storefront on the web; I felt the same thing I felt when music technology started changing how music was made in the 80’s. This was a revolution.

I made sure that I was in touch with every technology, researching what it could do, how you could take the best out of what I had learnt in the last 20 years and combine it with the tools that were coming out of the internet age to make an impact in the independent music sector.

I set up a new media company Team Hayward Media with the sole intention of researching and tracking these changes, utilising my experience of radio, music, journalism, and promotion I could see a vision where artists really could have what the major labels had only previously enjoyed.

For the next 5 years I used my project ‘Kandystand’ as the guinea pig, getting a team of people together across a number of countries, graphic artists, promotion specialists, writers, music champions, remixers and many more. Kandystand’s music started selling like hotcakes in places we could never have imagined. We were getting orders from California, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Australia, and in places I didn’t even know existed. I needed to find out why this was happening, so I could replicate it every time we released a single.

When I delved into the depths of my website stats, and the internet as a whole, I couldn’t believe how far and wide Kandystand’s music had spread. Mostly on illegal file sharing networks, and at first I felt like my soul had been spread across the web for free. I quickly realised though that what I had found is a global street team that I had been searching for all these years. Millions of promoters who liked the music, recommended it to their friends, a lot of which sought it out online legally and bought the tracks.

This was good and we wanted more, so spent some time analysing how we could use more tools like this and fully utilise the power of the internet. We went to blogs, the new music press, where everyone who wanted to get the latest music news was hanging out, and took out advertising on the blogs. Sales continued to rise. We went to podcasts, forums, online radio, college and local radio (who by now were also harnessing the internet to gain listenership and raise their profile). We got airplay in Europe, USA and Australia. We also got promotion in Japan who loved our style of European pop.

So here we are in 2009, and I’ve moved the team at Team Hayward Media into our new project ‘MyMusicSuccess’. With 25 years experience of the music and media industry behind us, we felt its time to share my music success with others so it can become their music success.

All this time later I’m still producing for Kandystand under the name 'DJ Alodis', and still listening to so many new genres of music, including of course country, rock, pop and dance. Some things clearly never change….

Country Review: Rick Wicker - A Journeyman Through Time

Rick Wicker has explored his world, inside and out, through music since his childhood in the late 1950’s.

He’s worked hard, explored what he can, and had a full life. His words and songs grab you in a unique way. His foot-tapping, sing along country songs get you excited just thinking about the good times.

Today, country musicians are everywhere and they all seem to sing about love, loss, life, and the good times. But words only go so far.

Rick Wicker paints a vivid picture in the minds of his listeners of his own life; his triumphs and defeats. He describes “Life’s Road” in his own words as, “those were interesting years of exploring the world around me and self within me. These songs reflect that sense of questioning and reaching.”

Wicker’s sound is unique but certain songs bring out reminiscence of some of the greats over the years. The Stream (This Dream), from the album “Life’s Road”, has a very mellow feel like Simon & Garfunkel’s The Only Living Boy in New York and The Sound of Silence. As you sink your teeth into “Life’s Road”, you can’t help but be reminded of greats like The Band and Willie Nelson. Wicker’s music appeals to older generations because he is a part of an older generation. His work reflects the themes of the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s (although thankfully not as much the ‘80s as the other three decades.

However, his music is not beyond the younger generations. Mr. & Mrs. Happily Everafter for the album “Sweet Country Life” immediately reminded me of a down-home version of Ben Folds’ ever-popular, Zak and Sara. A song about unlikely love, it enchants you instantly. Some of Wicker’s songs, including Mr. & Mrs. Happily Everafter, may remind Christian music fans of Jeremy Casella’s lyrical melodies in his songs Lazarus, 10,000 Angels, and She Told Me.

Besides his great country and acoustic stylings, no doubt highly enriched by his 19 years spent in Nashville, TN, he also presents an anthology collection entitled “Meditating Nude” in which he experiments a bit with some new age instrumental tunes. At the heart of his six albums, is one life, enriched by music and lived to the full. He describes his work as “an Anthology of sorts” because it was written and recorded over a span of so many years, now coming together as a tale of the ages.

If good music and a good life is something you’re looking for, look no further than Rick Wicker.

Drop by http://www.rickwickersongs.com/ and sample the Sweet Country Life for yourself.

Review by Grant Fitzgerald - MyMusicSuccess.Com

Mass Moonwalk Shows How Twitter Can Make Events Happen

If ever there is a good example of how social media can empower a group of people to make something happen, check out the set up of the 'Mass Moonwalk' being set up by twitter user @yiannopoulos today at Liverpool Street station in the United Kingdom, in memory of the King of Pop.

In the first 20 minutes he's managed to get hundreds of people to attend, E! TV and Kerrang magazine to cover the event, and the pledge of an after party venue.

A great way to start the celebration of the life of Michael Jackson, and a testament to the power of social media to gather people together to create an event to share this piece of history.

The Mass Moonwalk
http://yiannopoulos.net/2009/06/mass-moonwalk-6pm-liverpool-street-station/

The Mass Moonwalk Event Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=95380486558

Update @ 14:58 CET - Europe follows suit http://www.super-fi.eu/2009/06/26/moonwalk/

The King Of Pop Michael Jackson Dies Age 50

Today brings the sad news of the passing on of Michael Jackson aged just 50 years. Whatever your thoughts of Michael Jackson as a person there is no denying that he was a musical legend of his time and the legacy of his music will live on forever.

The death of high profile figures always brings home the stark fact that we are all mere mortals on this planet and that our time on earth is a limited gift.

Out of this sad news comes something we should all take to heart - that we are all put here to add value to the world, and that if you are putting off doing something great till tomorrow, do it today. If you have a goal or dream that you have been neglecting, why not turn this sad event around and make it a wake up call to take action now and ‘Get It Done Before You Die’. The world will be a better place because you did.

To quote from one of my favourite authors Steve Chandler in his book '100 Ways To Motivate Yourself":

‘Pretending you aren't going to die is detrimental to your enjoyment of life. It is detrimental in the same way it would be detrimental for a basketball player to pretend there was no end to the game he was playing. That player would reduce his intensity, adopt a lazy playing style and of course end up not having any fun at all.

Without an end there is no game. Without being conscious of death, you can't be fully aware of the gift of life.

Many of us keep pretending that our life's game will have no end. We keep planning to do great things some day when we feel like it. We assign our goals and dreams to that imaginary island that Denis Waitley calls "Someday Isle". We find ourselves saying "Someday I'll do this," and "Someday I'll do that."

Confronting our own death doesn't have to wait until we run out of life. In fact, being able to vividly imagine our last hours on our deathbed creates a paradoxical sensation: The feeling of being born all over again - the first step to fearless motivation. "People living deeply," wrote poet and diarist Anais Nin, "Have no fear of death."

And as Bob Dylan has sung, "He who is not busy being born is busy dying"’

Michael Jackson 1958-2009, may he rest in peace.

Michael Masnick shows good examples of indie artist success at Narm 09

NARM 2009 State Of The Industry: Michael Masnick from NARM on Vimeo.

An inspiring presentation by Michael Masnick from this years NARM conference, reinforcing the opportunities presented to independent musicians right now, and offering an insight into the new business models of the music industry. A must see for every indie artist...

Open your own music storefront on your website and social networks

This week we have discovered a great new way to set up your own online music shop and sell your music directly from your website.

A brand new service from WebsiteMusicPlayer.com takes the music widget culture one step further and offers a flash based digital storefront for your music that you can paste anywhere your fans drop in, whether its your MySpace, Facebook, or Web Page.

One of the key factors in getting people to buy your music when they are listening to it is 'capturing the moment'. If the customer wants to buy your track there and then, it is critical you make it as easy as possible for the listener to 'click and buy' instantly.

Using WebsiteMusicPlayer the purchase process is very simple and quick, customers play the song, if they like what they hear they tick a box next to the song title they wish to buy, click order, pay with paypal and get the track. A typical transaction can take just a couple of clicks and your done.

We make a big thing at MyMusicSuccess about making your music available from your homepage. If visitors to your website can't hear your music when they arrive at your homepage, they'll move on very quickly. It's one of the biggest faux pas of independent music artist's websites.

What WebsiteMusicPlayer gives you is not only the ability to integrate a great flash based music player into your homepage very simply but builds in an instant checkout option too. Very clever.

To maximise your sales, we'd recommend putting the WebsiteMusicPlayer widget on all your social network sites. In fact anywhere you have a prescence paste your player and you'll instantly have multiple retail outlets for your music on the web.

One of the biggest problems MyMusicSuccess has heard from artists is that they would like better reporting systems for their download sales, and we're pleased to say that WebsiteMusicPlayer works well on this score.

Each time one of your songs is played or purchased, the system logs this data for you and reports it to your in real time. No more waiting months for your distribution channels to report and pay, you can withdraw your earnings at any time via paypal.

The stats also tell you which songs are performing well, by working out the ratio of sales against plays. The system will even log the purchasers email address, offering you the ability to easily build a customer list to inform previous purchasers of new releases.

What is also clever about this application is that your fanbase can help you sell more music too.

Built in to the WebsiteMusicPlayer system is an affiliate scheme, that allows your fans to host the player and receive a commission every time a track is sold through the player on their site.

This is a great way to expand your retail outlets and reward your fans for their support. You can choose the percentages you wish to offer affiliates through the WebsiteMusicPlayer control panel in your members area.

You can even have multiple players with different playlists. This works well if you want to promote different songs in different regions. For example if you are a dance music artist with different mixes of your tracks, some mixes may be more popular in Europe, so you can playlist for that region, maybe some mixes work better in the US, simple give your US affiliates a different playlist. Smart.

The whole system is very well thought out and offers the independent artist an excellent route to market for their music.

Whether you have other digital distribution channels in place or not, it makes sense to monetise your music at every opportunity to maximise its earning potential and with the WebsiteMusicPlayer system you get complete control over the music sales process.

Head over to http://www.websitemusicplayer.com/ to get your hands on this great new music sales toolset.

Kandystand previews new single 'OYH (Open Your Heart)'

Monday 22nd of June sees the preview of Kandystand's new single 'Open Your Heart' going live on the band's Reverbnation pages.

The new single is a cover of the classic Madonna track from the 80's brought up to date in an electro tinged style.

Open Your Heart is scheduled for digital release worldwide on the 20th July.

MyMusicSuccess is building a promotional campaign for the band up to the release date by streaming new mixes on a regular basis from the band's Reverbnation profile.

We're also building the buzz through our network of online media contacts, and radio programmers. Visit the Kandystand Reverbnation pages here

The value of regular communication with your fans and the media

One of the most important things you can do to keep your music in the spotlight over the long term is to ensure you have regular contact with your fans and the press.

A direct relationship exists between regular communications and interest in your band and it's twofold. Above you can see the Reverbnation equity graph and website visitor graph from one of our artists.

Peaks are evident where we have sent out communications, and tail off usually after around one week. However over the long term the band has also seen a steady increase in music sales and new fan signups generated by these regular communications.

You need to nurture your relationship with your fans and the media, so that it's not a new learning curve for them when you announce a big event like an album release or a gig.

Once you have a working mailing list, you'll need to create interesting content on a regular basis, and it can sometimes be a challenge to know what to put in your newsletters and blog.

There are the obvious stories such as keeping your fans updated with the latest news and pictures from your gigs, regular updates on the progress of the recording of your new album etc.

But there are always hidden stories you probably hadn't even considered. How about letting your fans and the media know one of your band members ran a marathon for charity last weekend, or how you discovered amazing new influences for your music on a recent trip abroad.

You get the idea, there are many relevant hidden stories to put in your communications that you hadn't even thought of before. This sort of spin on your newsletter builds a human connection, and will keep you in the spotlight even when you don't have major events to announce.

It's not always easy to see these hidden stories when you are close to the event, as it's sometimes a challenge to spot the relevance of the story to your music.

If you need assistance with uncovering new sources of content for your band's communications, drop us a line at info@mymusicsuccess.com we're always pleased to help you write or edit your stories in a way that will continually interest your fans and the media.

Deliver your music video to iTunes, Mobile & PS3 Vidzone with Watunes

Our digital distribution partner Watunes have launched a new Music Video Distribution service. The service is currently in BETA, and Watunes VIP subscribers will have the ability to deliver unlimited Music Videos whenever they want.

Your videos will be distributed to the iTunes stores and exciting news is that Watunes have also established a deal to deliver your Music Videos to mobile services including AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, and the new Vidzone music video streaming service available on the Sony Playstation 3 console.

MyMusicSuccess can help you access this amazing video distribution service, if you’d like us to help you get your content into the WaTunes VIP distribution stream then drop us a line at our email address: info@mymusicsuccess.com

The PS3 vidzone service is currently only available in Europe, with rollout to the Americas soon.

Win A Gibson SG Guitar At MyMusicSuccess.Com

MyMusicSuccess.Com link up with Gibson Guitars for Summer Competition

We're excited to announce today that we have launched our new revised music promotion eBook 'The Secrets Of Independent Music Success' in partnership with leading guitar manufacturer Gibson.

Everyone who downloads a copy of the eBook and subscribes to the monthly MyMusicSuccess indie music pr newsletter before 30th September will be entered into a draw to a fantastic Gibson SG Standard electric lead guitar.

We've also got some great new independent music promotion packages for everyone, whether you are just starting to look for ways to promote your music, or whether you are building on existing coverage.

Drop by the website and celebrate the start of the summer season with us at http://www.mymusicsuccess.com/

SweetJuice: 24/7 Single Review

SweetJuice: 24/7
Indie Rock Portland Oregon USA
http://www.sweetjuice.com
CDBaby

Sounds Like:
Elvis Costello, Fleetwood Mac, Rickie Lee Jones

A sweet and salty taste is what you can expect from the Portland-based trio, SweetJuice. Adam East and Kris Deelane of the indie rock group Adam + Kris are joined by bass guitarist & drummer, Daisy, to deliver this audio tasting sensation. “24 / 7” is one of ten tracks on the band’s recently released album, “Swim”, available through CDbaby.com.

The arrangement of guitars and drums in this relaxed tempo tune begin with a bit of 70’s rock resemblance not far off from a fluteless Marshall Tucker attempt. The exchange of male / female vocals moving from lead to back-up is most effective in attracting and sustaining the listeners attention throughout the song.

It is almost as if Elvis Costello collaborated with the light and dreamy tones of Karen Carpenter or Julee Cruise or maybe even KT Tunstall. Male / female rock bands maintain a presence in the industry but are unarguably a rarity. This is a sound that has been evolving over the 14 years of Adam and Kris’ playing, recording and touring all over the U.S. and Canada.

“24 / 7” clearly contributes color to the break-up album painted by Sweetjuice. A theme a Lucinda Williams fan might find comforting and familiar. The song unfolds a message about the time invested in a relationship told from a first person, end of the rope point-of-view. Moreover, it involves peeling back layers, exposing weaknesses and removing the masked face, as the chorus line goes. Kris’ sweetly confesses mixed emotions “24 hours a day, I wear you in my locket….. I am tearing up this picture of you I carry in my pocket” The tug of a past devotion gone bad is raw and engaging. Weaving common threads for nearly any listener to appreciate is exactly what they have done with the lyrics.

It is without a doubt why Adam + Kris have been recognized for their keen sense of song crafting and powerhouse performances for over a decade.

All in all, the salty combination of electrical and acoustic instrumentation plus drums pairs well with a sweet, magnetic vocal exchange. It may well be a new favorite for indie rock playlists to come.

Review by: Kelly Willenborg - MyMusicSuccess.Com

Independent Music Artist Development: Recommended Read Of The Week

One of our core values at MyMusicSuccess is the commitment to help independent artists improve every aspect of their life and career in music. Coaching and Mentorship is an integral part of the commitment to the artists we serve.

On a regular basis, we'll be recommending some great books that many independent artists haven't thought of reading, but could help them align to a way of thinking that can bring even greater success to their music careers.

Today's recommended read is '100 Ways To Motivate Yourself' by Steve Chandler and we believe every independent music artist should own this book.

The book features 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act, in short sharp easy to digest chapters (most of them just a couple of pages but immensely effective), helping you break through the negative barriers and banish the pessimistic thoughts that could be preventing you from fulfilling your lifelong goals and dreams in the music industry.

For most independent artists and musicians it's still easy to get stuck in the daily routines of life, fantasizing about what could have been. Steve Chandler helps you turn that way of thinking around and make what could have been into what can and will be

Our pick of the 100 methods in the book is 'Play The Circle Game'.

After waking up in the morning, wiping the sleep from your eyes, sit down with a notepad and draw four circles.

These are your own 'Planets'. Label the first circle "Lifelong Goal". This might be to tour the world, earn a million dollars from your music releases, or just get your first opus recorded and released. Whatever it is write it down in the 'Lifelong Goal' Circle and set a timescale on when you want to complete it. Let's set the bar high and say 5 years!

Label your second circle 'My Year'. List the things you would have to complete this year to move 20% towards your lifelong goal. If a timescale of 5 years proves too much to handle right now, then make it 10% and set your lifelong goal target at 10 years, but make sure you fix a time and yearly percentage now and stick to it.

Now you have your first two circles filled in, move to the third circle and label it "My Month" write in this circle the things you would have to complete this month to complete your 'My Year' circle targets.

Now go to your final circle, label it "My Day" and write down all the things you need to do to complete your 'My Month' circle targets.

If you complete everything in the "My Day" circle every day then you cannot fail to achieve your lifelong ambitions.

Do this every single day until you have reached your goal. It takes time and commitment but it works. Try it yourself you really will be amazed what happens.

This is a great book that you can pick up on a regular basis when you need that 'pick me up' nugget of information that motivates you into action. We have several copies in the MyMusicSuccess office and encourage everyone here to pick it up and read one of the pages every day.

The essence of Chandler's book is that success is not about opinions, whether they are your own or come from others. Success is about having great ideas, putting those thoughts into action with a passion, and experiencing the amazing results.

Steve Chandler's '100 Ways To Motivate Yourself' is available from Amazon.Com and other good online book retailers worldwide.

New Japan Music Promotion Service For Western Artists & DJ's

With legal music downloads up 200% in Japan and 90% of these made with mobile phones, independent bands can now access the second biggest music market in the world with a new Japanese domestic market publicity service from MyMusicSuccess.Com

The service is called 'MusicSugoi' ('Awesome Music' in Japanese) and offers a cost effective way for independent artists and DJ’s to bring their music to a huge untapped fan base in Japan and increase their download sales in this hard to reach market. The service is available at http://www.musicsugoi.jp/

MusicSugoi.jp provides artists with their own Japanese domain name and a Japanese language web and mobile artist page. Both the web and mobile pages includes links to iTunes Japan, Amazon Japan and other download stores making it simple for Japanese consumers to 'Click & Buy' direct from their phones and digital devices.

ReverbNation widgets are cleverly integrated into the artist’s Japanese language site, and a unique QR code is provided (QR barcodes are for scanning by a mobile phone camera and take you straight to the artist’s mobile site – this technology is huge in Japan right now).

Advertising is also provided in the MusicSugoi package to promote the artist, with a 1 month featured placement put in rotation on a top music site in Japan. Live show listings are promoted if the artist is gigging or DJ’ing in Japan.

Artist’s videos and tracks also receive airplay on one of Japan's top Net TV & Radio channels, and artists can utilize a translated Japanese one sheet to send to the Japanese press and media.

An information pack is also available with resources on contacting booking agencies and music industry licensing contacts to help artist’s get gigs and licensing deals with Japanese music companies.

Head over to http://www.musicsugoi.jp/ to book your package today and start enjoying new fans and download sales from the Japanese domestic market.

MyMusicSuccess dance promotion team push Kandystand to #15 on West Coast Dance Charts.

Independent dance music act Kandystand spend a 14th week on the US Soundworks DJ chart with their hit single 'Love Invasion'.

The track rises to #15 this week thanks to the promotional efforts of Team Hayward Media, the company behind MyMusicSuccess.Com.


This is mainly down to huge club play received across the US and in particular the west coast since the single was released in February.

Lead singer Katy Dee said today 'It's incredible how our promotional team and their contacts at Team Hayward and MyMusicSuccess are working our tracks, and thanks to all the DJ's who are supporting the record'

The full chart is published below:




Soundworks Pool Top 50 Chart
compiled 20 May- 2009

TC/LC/WoC
1---3---10---Lady Gaga * Love Game Dave Aude Remix * Interscope
2---1---8----The Killers * Spaceman Remixes * Island
3---2---12---Gathania * Blame It On You Remix * Hard2Beat
4---6---12---Deborah Cox * Beautiful U R Remixes * Deco
5---9---10---Depeche Mode * Wrong Remixes * Mute
6---11--10---Flo Rida * Right Round * Atlantic
7---8---12---Anjulie * Boom Remix * Hear Music
8---4---12---Pet Shop Boys * Love Etc. Remixes * EMI
9---7---10---Beyonce * Halo Remixes * Columbia
10--18--10---Lady Sovereign * I Got You Dancing * Midget Records
11--14--10---Utada * Come Back To Me * Island
12--15--6----Emma Deigman * Tell You Mama Stonebridge Remix * Storm
13--NEW ----U2* Magnificent Remixes * Island
14--41--4----Black Eyed Peas * Boom Boom Pow * Interscope
15--16--14---Kandystand * Love Invasion Remixes * Team Hayward
16--5---16---Lily Allen * The Fear * Capitol
17--12--10---Kat Deluna * Unstoppable * Universal
18--22--6----India.Arie * Therapy * Soul Bird
19--24--4----Bill Bennett ft. Pepper Mashay * Manhunt * Big Rhythm/West End Studios
20--26--10---Nadia Ali * Love Story Remixes * Direxion Ent
21--19--8----Robin S * Luv 4 Luv * Champion
22--23--4----Tina Sugandh * You Without Me * Hollywood
23--32--10---Pitbull * I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) * TVT
24--21--14---Jennifer Hudson * If It Isn't Love Stonebridge Remix * Arista
25--NEW-----Livvi Franc * Now I'm That Bitch * Jive
26--31--4----AnnaGrace * Let The Feelings Go * Robbins
27--33--8----Andrew Spencer vs Lazard * Here Without You * Capp
28--NEW-----Sharam ft. Kid Cudi * She Came Along * Ultra
29--40--4----Junior Boys * Hazel Remixes * Nettwerk
30--44--6----Madcon * Beggin' Remix * RCA
31--50--4----David Guetta ft. Kelly Roland * When Love Takes Over * Astralwerks
32--NEW-----The Juan MacLean * Happy House * DFA
33--38--6----Yuksek * Tonight * Interscope
34--35--4----Craig David * Insomnia * Warner Bros
35--47--4----Keane * Better Than This * Island
36--34--6----Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna * If I Never See you Face Again Oakenfold Remix * A&M
37--NEW-----Cyndee * I Want To Know (What You're Feeling) * Kult
38--NEW-----Chico Del Mar & DJ Base * Caribbean Queen * Andorfine
39--NEW-----Ono * I'm Not Getting Enough * Astrawerks
40--46--4----Ashley Tisdale * It's Alright, It's OK * Warner Bros
41--36--12---An-ya * Nightlife Remixes * Papa Joe
42--NEW----Flo Rida * Sugar Disco Fries Remix * Atlantic
43--37--8----The 2 Live Crew * Boom * Lil Joe
44--45--4----Jody Wately * Candlelight * Avitone
45--49--4----Chris Cornell * Part Of Me * Interscope
46--NEW-----Offer Nissim ft. Maya * Hook Up * Star 69
47--NEW-----Daisy * Everytime * Robbins
48--NEW-----Randell & Schippers * Love Jam * Music Ave.
49--NEW-----Jesse Saunders * Body Music * Broken Records
50--NEW-----Groove State * Do You Want My Love * Play Lab

The track is available from the Kandystand website at http://www.kandystand.com and all major online download stores.

Well done to the team!

Simon Adams
Co-Founder
MyMusicSuccess.Com