Check out where Reed will be this coming month, he will be opening with Hall & Oates… don’t miss him and check out his website for more details!

Reed Waddle here, hoping that this change of seasons is a welcomed one. I hope the pollen isn’t bothering you! Despite allergy issues, I’ve got some good things cooking.

First and foremost, I want to thank all of you that came out to the Celebration of Taylor last week. It was truly one of the great nights of my life celebrating Taylor’s life with his family and community. The All American Rejects were truly gracious, playing for thousands for free and opening for them was both and honor and a treat.

It’s hard to top evenings like that, but as they say, when one wave crashes another one begins. A few days ago, I got an email from my buddy John Oates. He invited me to open up for his legendary band Hall and Oates! The concert will be at the Pensacola Civic Center next Sunday April 5Th. I hope that some of you can make it out. It’s been a long time since Hall and Oates has toured and made it to Northwest Florida, so get your tickets now! With over 60 million albums sold, it should be a real treat. I’m so excited for this opportunity.

Please visit www.hallandoates.com for more details.

I’ll also be hitting the road in April, with stops in Louisville, KY, Atlanta, Nashville, New York City, and Boston. Please visit my website www.reedwaddle.com for tour dates and local gigs. I thank you all for your love and support. I hope to see some of you very soon!!

Sincerely,

RW

We’ve set up a new AAC stream here at NAB. Simply go to the Listen NOW link at the top of the blog here.

If you don’t have it installed we recommend installing Winamp from the link provided on the listening screen. It has the required codecs included. Winamp will play most any audio and video format, certainly a lot more than Windows Media Player!

Check it out, and you’ll get to hear some music you didn’t even know you liked!

A very good alternative is VLC

It works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It will play practically anything you throw at it, both video and audio, in most any format.

Here’s a post from StrangeA – they’ve really come a long way and we are proud to be part of their “awesomeness” Check them out they’re a great band and bunch of talented musicians!

Effigy Results & more…
Category: Music

Hello Beautiful People,

Firstly, a HUGE thanks goes to everyone who voted for us in the Fame Games Effigy Awards. Through sites like Myspace, Facebook & Twitter, our fan-base is steadily growing, and we more than surpassed last year’s results.

StrangeA were finalists in 23 different categories, including:

• Best Group
• Best Production
• Best Song Writing
• Best Overall Song
• Best Overall Artist
• Best Overall Vocal
• Best Female Vocal
• Most Popular Song
• Most Popular Band
• Most Popular Artist
• Best Fame Games Profile

The bar is set very high, so this is an excellent achievement for StrangeA, something we are very proud of.

MORE NEWS

The all-new Fame Games GLOBAL BREAKTHROUGH CHART will begin airing at the end of January, and this is where we need to resume voting for ‘Why Don’t You.’

It will be THE ultimate launching pad for the very best independent artists and songs,  providing unsigned or independent artists with unprecedented opportunities and… even record deals!

It will be syndicated across the USA on ABC Radio Networks, with a potential audience of 105 million listeners.

VOTES = AIRPLAY!
You need to log your votes NOW. Just go to our Fame Games Profile and vote for your favourite song(s). Please use the following banner for a direct link – then use the ‘Vote’ link below our profile picture (highlighted in yellow) – please also leave a comment, as this will be counted as fan-mail, which may be aired on the radio.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

‘Making it’ in the music business is infamously difficult. Fame Games tries to help address this challenge by giving independent artists access to network radio. It’s already an incredibly powerful A&R platform, bringing together record labels, publishers and managers from around the world to support independent music.

Presently, there is NO OTHER initiative like this in the world!

Fame Games is now in the process of building an Artist Development company which will help artists get organized in a big way – at no cost!

The team is working hard on introducing a new music business model which will bring fairness and new life to this whole game, and the artists will be the primary beneficiaries! Building a FAIR bridge between the independent community and the major labels! This will include management, press & promotion + song licensing with publishing and label contacts across the States and Britain!

THANK YOU!

Fame Games Motto – “Out to save the world from bad music.”

Special thanks goes to NAB Radio and Head Case Radio for promoting the Effigy Awards in their blog & newsletter, respectively.
We do truly appreciate your support!!

And here’s another piece of tremendous news – ‘Climb A Tree’ was No.2 on the countdown of the most requested tracks on Head Case Radio in 2008 – FANTASTIC!

Take care and thank you, in advance, for voting.Much love to everyone,

Howdy folks,

Voting for the Second Annual Fame Games Effigy Awards is open and underway!! The Effigy Awards is THE ONLY NETWORK RADIO INDIE AWARDS SHOW in the world!

Anyone and Everyone can vote, and public voting is open until January 11th.
Please use the banner below – choose a category (Best Artist Categories/Best Song Categories etc), search for & click on StrangeA, and VOTE! We have 3 songs on Fame Games: Heart of Stone, Climb a Tree & Why Don’t You.

The Effigy Awards

After public voting has closed, expert reviewers will select the winners from the nomination short list. This could lead to bigger audience and industry exposure.

Last year we were finalists in the following categories:

Best Artist in Style – General Rock
Most Popular Artist
Most Popular Band
Best Female Vocal

This year, we’d like to do even better.
It’s simple, the most-voted-for, high-scoring songs get the best airplay, so PLEASE VOTE for StrangeA.

THANK YOU!

Lots of love,

StrangeA

StrangeA’s Fame Games Profile

ABC Radio Networks

Lowvee Cole & The Fairy On The Stairs – coming soon!

Remember that you can hear Lowvee Cole on NAB Radio!

Here’s a peak on some of the song titles straight from the artist herself:

1. Hidden
2. Liar Liar
3. Barely Breathing
4. Alias
5. I am
6. Dance with Me
7. Bitter Pill
8. 4 on the floor

All songs were written and produced by myself and my producer Marty Mellinger

So you need to tune in to NAB Radio – as we will be airing the new CD before anyone gets their hand on them! Send any request/comments to: feedback@nabradio.us – if you would like to get an advance copy please send it to the above email address and will let the artist know of your interest.

LOWVEE COLE and her FAIRY ON THE STAIRS album…

Neal Fox has just released his sixth pop-rock CD “Now It’s Personal”. He’s been in the business since he was 20, and he’s a pop musician trained in classical and jazz.

He’s composed music for hundreds of commercials and also TV themes, including Eye to Eye, CBS Saturday Morning, and the CBS evening news with Dan Rather.

He’s written two full length musicals, co-created a series of multi-ethnic children’s books (narrated by actor Robert Guillaume), and released five CDs on his own label, Wire Duck Records.

You’ll soon be able to hear tracks from “Now It’s Personal” his latest CD release. Remember, keep it locked on NAB Radio!

Please help this community, they are trying to raise some money by having to have friends like you and I… check out their site Children’s Cancer Community and add them as your friends….let’s help them achieve their goal!

Be sure to keep listening to NAB Radio – we are working on something new for all our artist/bands for your enjoyment, so keep tuning in to NAB RADIO – Great Music, True Variety!

We are constantly receiving new music from new artist/bands, so if you like a particular band or artist, do let us know so that we can pass on to them. Send your comments to Marketing Director.

Until till, keep on rocking with NAB RADIO!! )

Well, here’s what everyone been waiting on…Lowvee’s CD is finally here and you can purchase it here.  See details on how to….

 Lowvee Cole™

“You can purchase a Lowvee Cole CD directly from me through Paypal for now until I set up my accounts with other merchants. The cost is $12.99 per CD and includes a handwritten thank you note from me as well as an autographed 8×10 headshot of me. If you would like your CD autographed as well, you will need to contact me and let me know. The CD has 13 tracks of my original material!”

Shipping cost is $3.95 first class mail for the US and Airmail for the rest of the World )

Click here to purchase!!!!!LOWVEE COLE MERCHANDISE PURCHASES

Keep tuning in to NAB Radio – we will be debut her new CD!!

From Guardian Unlimited

A live music boom driven by bands ranging from the newest guitar acts to reformed rock dinosaurs will lead to the reopening of former concert halls across Britain next year.

Academy Music Group, the UK’s biggest owner of live venues, will today unveil plans for three new ones with capacities of more than 2,000 in 2008, including the refurbishment of legendary names like the Roxy in Sheffield and the Town & Country Club in Leeds.

Both played host to a string of famous acts before being converted into nightclubs. While both cities have experienced a musical revival with the likes of Arctic Monkeys and the Pigeon Detectives, neither has a large concert hall.

AMG chief executive John Northcote also that confirmed Brighton Hippodrome, a grand music hall that played host to the Beatles and the Stones in the 60s before becoming a bingo venue, was on course to reopen in April 2008.

The company is also in negotiations to buy one other venue next year and four more in 2009.

The Sheffield Roxy hosted David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and concerts by the Jam and the Clash in the 70s before becoming a nightclub. It was threatened with demolition throughout the 90s and Northcote said he had been chasing the “iconic” building for four years.

The Grade I-listed Leeds site was built in 1885 and went through various incarnations as a theatre, a cinema, a bingo hall and a television studio. In the 90s, it was home to the Town & Country club before also becoming a nightclub.

Industry experts put the surge in popularity for live music down to a wider demographic going to gigs, better facilities and a resurgence of interest in live bands kickstarted by the Libertines and sustained by Arctic Monkeys.

Yesterday, the Police’s global reunion tour was named the most profitable of 2007 by Billboard, the US industry magazine. The trio have so far grossed more than £83.8m from 53 shows seen by more than 1.5 million people.

From younger crowds recruited through MySpace to re-formed 90s acts like the Verve catering for thirty-somethings, live music is more popular than ever. An increasingly fragmented media culture, with unfettered access to music online, has led fans to crave the one-off communal experience provided by concerts and festivals. “To be one of 5,000 people at Brixton Academy, all there because they love the band – you are in an exclusive club,” said Northcote.

He also gives credit to a more unlikely source. “A big influence was the success of bands like the Spice Girls and Westlife. The thing about those pop acts is that they played massive tours to a new generation of concertgoers who were 10 then and will be 20 now,” he said.

Older gig-goers are also a common sight. “People would reach the age of 25 and spend the rest of their lives harking back to the music they loved then. But now people seem to stay interested in new music for longer,” said Bob Angus, managing director of concert promoter Metropolis, a shareholder in AMG along with rivals SJM and US giant Live Nation. The latter recently signed a 10-year deal with Madonna worth $120m, encompassing everything from records to concerts and films. While AMG concentrates on medium-sized venues, a nationwide network of smaller Barfly venues, owned by the Channelfly Group, is also thriving.

At the other end of the scale, Wembley stadium has reopened and AEG has succeeded in laying to rest the ghost of the Millennium Dome with a string of sold-out concerts by the likes of Prince and the Spice Girls at the O2 arena.

Hot rocks

£743m Value of live music industry in the UK, up 8% on 2006, says Mintel

£83,000 Paid for last pair of Led Zeppelin tickets at O2 in London. They were auctioned for Children in Need

1m-plus Applications for Led Zeppelin tickets at £125 each

£83.8m Grossed so far by the Police reunion tour

3.25m Attendance at Academy venues in 2006

21 nights Sold out by Prince at the O2