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Attention Musicadium Artists: A music supervisor in Los Angeles is placing songs in an MTV show called ‘High School Reunion’.

The supervisor is looking for songs. The songs should be pop oriented and youthful.

While the offer is for $200 only for worldwide rights - it’s great exposure for upcoming independents. Also, don’t the exposure this opportunity will afford you and the potential for increased performance income on the backend.  Artists who have contributed music in the past include Lior and Katie Michaelson.

To submit your interest, email us - family at musicadium dot come - with a myspace link we’ll forward it on!

If you’re a little bit White Stripes, Postal Service, Elliott Smith or Bright Eyes with strong hooks, a variety of tempo and emotion - then get on yer bike and get in contact!

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Tony Moore’s album ‘My Melbourne’ is reaching tens of thousands of Victorian commuters on a daily basis as it is promoted on all the City Circle Trams in Melbourne. Tony has also licensed his City Circle Tram song to Yarra Trams for their promotional DVD and in return there are poster ads and flyers appearing in every tram, along with the wonderfully patriotic album that Tony has recorded.

These trams carry 10,000 people every day, over half of which are tourists, so Tony is getting exposure for his music to over 300,000 people every month. The DVD goes into all Melbourne hotels as well as the major tourist attractions such as the infamous Museums, the Aquarium and the Eureka Skydeck.

Musicadium congratulates Tony on this staggering success - and really, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke!

Have a look at Tony’s website for some more info on Melbourne - including a list of Tony’s ‘Top Ten Things To Do In Melbourne’ including my favourite place for Italian food short of Italy itself - Lygon Street.

http://www.mymelbourne.net.au/My_Melbourne/Home.html

Also check out ‘My Melbourne’ at the iTunes store.

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TSSNHT have been handpicked by the highly regarded MAGIC DIRT to open their Coolangatta Hotel show on Friday 22 August. They are continuing to demo new songs, with an eye to start recording their debut album later in the year.

Musicadium proudly distributes their debut EP and can’t wait to hear their next offering.

Here are what some other musical folk had to say about this up-and-coming instrumental act.

In reviewing a show at The Zoo Brisbane on May 15, Time Off’s Matt O’Neill described TSSNHT as “a beautifully captivating mélange of post-rock, electronic flourishes and angular riffs, as well as one of Brisbane’s (sic) most promising bands… Tracks like “Fluid” and “Theme From An Airless Room” shimmer with post-apocalyptic melody and wide-screen melancholia and the duo’s ability to govern such gigantic tracks in a live environment will always remain impressive…”

GCMIA’s Josie Cooper braved a chilly night in early June at Fisherman’s Wharf to review the official launch party of “TRACES” and was “blown away by the sound that comes from this duo and echoes out across the water. The word ‘big’ just doesn’t cut it… It’s the type of music that’s perfect to listen to with your eyes shut or in a dark room while imagining victorious movie scenes being played out in your head… It has urgency that captures your attention and absorbs you in the sound of the moment as it has done this evening. You could almost lose track of time…”

Catch them on Aug 22nd at the Coolangatta Hotel, onstage at 8.30pm

For a preview head to www.myspace.com/theseashallnothavethem or check them out at itunes:

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We want your news - what has been happening to you lately? Have you won awards? Toured? Won over new fans? Got a government grant? Found a great new website? We have more than 750 subscribers and we want to share your independent music success stories around! Drop us a line and let us know what you’ve been up to….

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We had a particularly moving email from one of our fantastic country artists Billy Bridge . Billy’s been getting some great reviews lately too. One of Billy’s fans has had an extremely tough life and a number of deaths in his immediate family. He took the time to write to Billy and say that Billy’s music had been an inspiration for him turning his life around. We say good on you Billy Bridge for making a difference with your music.

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One of our awesome Newcastle bands - Here Come The Birds - just won Toohey’s Extra Dry UncharTED competition and then, to top it all off, we got them Single of the Week on iTunes!

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Sydney singer-songwriter Bryce Wilson’s new single release “Slippin’ Away” is making early headway with community and commercial radio across Australia. The track (a colder, darker version of the 1976 Max Merritt classic) is produced by veteran UK mix engineer Paul Gomersall (Kate Bush, George Michael, Paul Weller, Blur). After only 2 weeks, radio delivery service Musicpoint reports that the track has been selected and downloaded for airplay by no less than 20 programmers, including the Rebel commercial radio network in Queensland and the Caralis commercial network in New South Wales.

Bryce told Musicadium: “Its always a big ask getting any independent release heard on commercial radio - the majors do seem to have a stranglehold on access to mainstream media - so these early results are very encouraging.”

For more information about this artist, visit his myspace www.myspace.com/bryceanthonywilson or test drive the track, available exclusively for download on iTunes.

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Musicadium was thrilled to see ‘Here Come The Australians’ the Olympic-themed anthem by A Voice In The Crowd figure prominently in the iTunes Staff Picks and Recommended section on the iTunes homepage lately.

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Check out awesome new Brisbane band Ellington performing live at The Hive and some exclusive interviews Ellington performing live at The Hive and some exclusive interviews here , here and here . This is a great example of a Musicadium band using YouTube to great effect.

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Australian Music Business Declining According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers study Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook Australia’s recorded music market is expected to decline 6.8% to $795 million at the end of 2008. This comes off the back of a 10.6% fall in 2007. Again - the finger is pointed at digital and ringtones. Apparently their rise hasn’t made up for plummeting physical CD sales. The moral of the story? Buy more music on iTunes.

Study: The Leading Digital Music Retailers in the USA are…

iTunes and Amazon. This is according to the most recent surveys by NPD. Read about it here .

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