Canadian folk-pop songwriter Carmel Mikol releases her long anticipated debut release titled In My Bones on March 30th. The 10 track album has been grabbing a few ears as it was recently featured as “Pick of the Week” in Halifax’s Chronicle Herald and it’s first single, “Blaming Myself” has been climbing the charts on East Coast Countdown heard worldwide. Carmel is regular guest on CBC radio and will be recording a live in studio concert for the national broadcaster later this month.
Learn more about Carmel and order a copy of the CD at carmelmikol.com. Here’s a video intro to the new record…
With a new album recorded with the help of the likes of Joel Plaskett and Old Man Luedecke due for release this year, it might be hard for Kim Wempe to remember her last recording was released less than a year ago. But in that short time, the project that started out as a Digital EP has delivered an East Coast Music Award, Nova Scotia Music Award, and a semi-final’s berth in the 2009 International Songwriting Competition.
More on Kim, her music and her successes over at kimwempe.com.
Here’s a clip of Oh Heart performed live at Halifax, Nova Scotia’s “In The Dead of Winter” Festival in January 2009.
Canadian pop/punk rockers The Fed Pennies have had a pumped up winter thanks to the placement of “Buzzing In My Head” from their new record Brain Disaster in SEGA’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Video Game. Slide on over to thefedpennies.com to hear the song and get a free download of another track from the new album. You snooze, you luge…
Cullen Hendrix tells you exactly how NOT to write your band’s bio in this post I stumbled across when looking for resources about putting the story of your music online. If you’re not ready to hire a pro to do the work, take a minute to consider your approach. Continue Reading
There are a lot of social networks online and more are created each and every day to compete in niches such as dating, pet owners, and sports fans. Knowing which ones will provide you with the resources and interaction you need to market your music is hard.
To help you get started in that process, here are ten of the best music oriented social networks currently on the Internet (that are not MySpace). If you are in a band, these are absolute must use sites for the promotion process. You should have accounts on as many as possible, at least to explore and test out their features. Continue Reading
