Music Awards Winners  2007 Fred Newsome Award for “Best a’cappella Group of the Year"   2010 Nominees at the Independent Music Song Award   2nd Place in the 2009 Security Square Mall Choir & Quartet Competition in Baltimore, MD   2010 Black Essence Music Award Winners 2010 Fred Newsome Award "Gospel Group of the Year" Award  ...

Website: http://www.mi2n.com/services/mi2n_IMB.php3 New York and Ft. Lauderdale (July 19, 2010) - Musicians are always looking for ways to increase their fan base. With MySpace's popularity teetering out and Facebook becoming overcrowded and cost-prohibitive on which to advertise, email marketing remains an effective and economical way for both artists and labels to reach a targeted group of p...

Website: http://china.musicdish.com I am a serious music-head, so I'm always looking to quench my thirst for new and fresh music. I have been living here in Beijing for a while and have heard many rumors about Beijing having a thriving underground music scene. With this in mind, I took it upon myself to see what this scene had to offer. So armed with my digital recorder and notebook, I decided ...

Digital Music NY, a monthly music business networking event series, is proud to be partnering with Women in Music to present 'Leading Ladies in the Music Biz' on July 27th at Gonzalez y Gonzalez. Women in Music is a dynamic group of music industry professionals working together to support, nurture, empower, and recognize the talents of women in our field. The event will feature an impressive pane...

Website: http://china.musicdish.comMusic: http://www.undergroundhk.com/v2/ Through MusicDish*China's partnership with The Underground HK, we're a sponsor of Danish visual rock/jazz/electro artist Prins Nitram's only show in Hong Kong on July 17 during his China tour. Equal parts Elvis and Beck, His Royal Oddness employs a tropical mix of barbershop, rock 'n' roll, jazz, reggae, quirky folk an...

It’s possible to write a creative, meaningful song that is also a commercial hit song, but there is a delicate balance that only a small number of songwriters achieve.  All songwriting involves skill, generally developed over time. While some young songwriter/singers have found success on their first try, these situations are rare.   Songwriters at all levels of financial su...

 Get Busy Living. Start Making Music   Sometimes we postpone our passions to such a degree that life passes us by without us following our dreams and desires. Days go by, weeks go by, months go by, and years go by. Are we living the life we want to live? Are we making music the way we want to? Or too busy doing minor things and not focus on our real passions which drives us from within...

      For decades, hopeful people have asked about the best way to go about songwriting so that success would be a definite possibility (if not a sure thing). Most of the advice about “good” writing focuses on the hook, then on such ingredients as melody and lyrics.   But first and foremost, a songwriter must have self-confidence. Some creative and talented peo...

 Are You An Inspired Musician?      Writing songs is much like writing good short stories or a fine novel. As Truman Capote once said, it’s 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. When you want to make your living in music, you have to work at it. The same is true for song writing. You may have a great idea, a classic line of lyrics or a fantastic title, bu...

I blog about world music, movies, and comedy in my blog at http://www.myspace.com/luvasiagal.  I prlmote up and coming artists as well as well known artists.  Stop on by and make friends.