2008/11/11 - The Best New Rock Band in the World Contest Contact: REDUX BEVERAGES AND COCAINE ENERGY DRINK The World�s Most Awesome Undiscovered and Unsigned Band Will Get A Chance To Tour With A World Famous Rock Band LAS VEGAS, NV. November 5, 2008 – Redux Beverages and its popular energy drink, Cocaine, today announced that it is hosting a major new online band competition “Cocaine Rocks” on the energy drink’s social websitehttp://drinkcocaine.ning.com/. The competition is an online contest where up-and-coming bands can upload their three (3) best songs, along with band photos and information to the site and have members of the Cocaine Energy drink social site vote for the top band with the winner receiving great prizes including a chance to tour with a major rock band, an opportunity to record at Temple Studios in Los Angeles and more. Bands can begin submitting their songs today and beginning on January 1st, 2009 through February 28th, 2009, registered members of the Cocaine Social Network will be given the opportunity to vote for their favorite band. Redux Beverages will then announce the top ten (10) voted bands on their website as the Contest semi-finalists. Each Semi-finalist will be judged by a panel of music industry experts. Semi-finalists will be judged according to the following equally weighted factors: Creativity, Originality, Quality of Work, and Overall Composition. During the judging period, from March 1, 2009 until March 15th, 2009, Redux Beverages will feature the semi-finalists on the Cocaine website and MySpace. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on March 20th, 2009. “There is a tremendous amount of undiscovered musical talent out there that deserves to be experienced and discovered,” said Raymond Herrera, Partner and Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Redux Beverages. “We know it is difficult for up and coming bands to find a way to get visibility so this is a great opportunity to offer them a chance to record in a state of the art recording studio, tour with a major band, win prizes and gain new fans.” The Grand Prize winner will receive a recording contract from XonXon Media and an all-expense paid trip to record at Temple Studios, LLC in Los Angeles, CA (owned by Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory/Arkaea and B-Real of Cypress Hill) as well as free gear and music equipment and a chance to tour with a world famous rock band (soon to be announced). Each entrant for the contest will also receive a free T-shirt. For more information on the contest and rules visithttp://drinkcocaine.ning.com/ “The internet is a great way to get music out to new fans and we are excited to partner with XonXon and Temple Studios to support and foster young talent that might not otherwise be discovered,” said Hannah Kirby, CEO of Redux Beverages. “Through our globally active social site, this contest will expose new bands to hundreds of thousands of fans of Cocaine Energy.” “At http://drinkcocaine.ning.com/ users can upload user created content, communicate with other people who love Cocaine Energy, view videos and blogs and more.” For more information about the band contest or to order the drink visithttp://www.drinkcocaine.com/. ### About Redux Beverages
About Temple Studios About Xonxon 2008/07/22 KOCH EXPANDS AUDIO DISTRIBUTION ROSTER “We’re excited that KOCH remains top-pick for physical and digital distribution by both new and veteran labels alike,” said Michael Rosenberg, President of KOCH Entertainment Distribution. “We look forward to working with these new labels and welcome them to our diverse and expanding roster.” STONY PLAIN is Canada’s foremost roots and blues label and is now in its 32nd year. Artists include Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Maria Muldaur, Corb Lund, Ian Tyson and Jeff Healey. Newest signings include Rory Block and Joe Louis Walker both currently in production. Scheduled for May release are ‘A Swinging Session with Duke Robillard’, Amos Garrett’s ‘Get Way Back’ A Tribute To Percy Mayfield and coming in June, New Guitar Summit’s ‘Shivers’ – which includes Jay Geils, Duke Robillard, Gerry Beaudoin and guest Randy Bachman. Ronnie Earl’s first DVD is also in the final stages of production. Stony Plain has been nominated for four Grammy Awards in the last few years and has an international reputation for quality and long term relations with artists. The already thriving music scene in Las Vegas is getting even hotter with the launch of ODDS ON RECORDS, a full-service independent label and state-of the-art recording facility launched by several prominent music industry veterans. Odds On Records is working with all types of artists from various genres. Currently, Odds On is releasing music CDs, live concert DVDs, and developing new talent as well as specific heritage artist releases. The company’s innovative approach is to provide ‘a la carte’ label, distribution, marketing, and development services tailored to both new and established artists. The label’s objective is to derive revenue from all aspects of the music industry without sacrificing the varied business needs of their creative clientele. Artists working with Odds On Records will have the benefit of using the company’s full-scale production facility and state-of-the-art recording studios. The company also owns and operates its own CD and DVD replication plant. MILK & HONEY PRODUCTIONS, LLC. (MHP) is a Houston, TX based record label founded in 2003 by CEO, J. Joseph also known as Yunek (Unique), a self-contained, multi-talented artist, writer, audio engineer, and producer. MHP has a complete experienced staff comprised of in house radio promotions, production studio, A&R department, national and regional marketing management, an accountant, national and regional publicists. The first release on MHP will be Yunek’s, Exodus Three: Seventeen “Out of Affliction Into The Promised Land” set to hit stores June 24, 2008. JJR ENTERTAINMENT is the exciting new label venture founded and headed by Jackie Rice, wife of legendary NFL superstar wide receiver Jerry Rice. Self proclaimed as “the artist-friendly label”, JJR aspires to be an independent urban music force where their goal is to bring back “good wholesome music” to the industry. JJR’s artists and releases are hot and fresh-yet at the same time inspirational and uplifting. First out the gate is the debut release from Pop/R&B’s next young accomplished megastar, the undeniably beautiful and talented QUI. Set to be a role model for young people worldwide, QUI is an amazing force of unique talent and energy. With an extremely hot single burning up the airwaves, (“Rev It Up” featuring rap mega star David Banner), QUI is set to launch JJR Entertainment as a true destination spot for established artists as well as new up and coming artists. QUI’s album, “Luv ‘N Life”, is due in stores Summer 2008. ANODYNE RECORDS was founded in 1997 in Kansas City by John Hulston marking its coming-out with the now eponymous live “Making Love EP” from seminal Kansas City indie rockers, Shiner. Over the intervening years, releases from The String and Return, Dirtnap, Overstep, The Hearers and the Pornhuskers helped cement the Anodyne reputation locally as the go-to label for landmark Kansas City bands. Starting in 2005, Anodyne Records began growing; signing bands such as The Architects, Roman Numerals, The Valley Arena & the legendary Meat Puppets. In 2008, Anodyne Records began working on new releases from Open Hand, The BellRays, Sirhan Sirhan and The Vox Jaguars in a continuing commitment to aiding unique artists to make killer albums. Xon Xon MEDIA is a record label specializing in video game soundtracks, electronic/techno/dance releases, remix records and tribute records, with plans to start signing new artists in 2009. The label is co-owned by Raymond Herrera the legendary drummer of Fear Factory, who by many is considered to be the pioneer in music video game licensing since he started doing it back in the mid 90’s. Along with being a record label, Xon Xon media is also a production company that heads audio for video game companies, everything from voiceovers to sound effects to music. Xon Xon media also co-own their own state-of-the-art recording studio, in a partnership with Audio Hustlers (B Real of Cypress Hill). The overall focus of the record label is to not only be able to put out product at their own discretion, but because of the skills and know-how of the parties involved, it will also be high quality in musicianship and sound quality. KOCH Entertainment, founded in 1987, is the leading and fastest-growing independent music company in the U.S. KOCH’s operations encompass record and video labels as well as distribution companies in the U.S. and Canada. KOCH Entertainment is the market leader among independent labels and distributors in both the U.S. and Canada and its record label KOCH Records had the largest number of Billboard charting albums among independents for six years in a row (2001 – 2007). KOCH Entertainment is owned by Entertainment One Ltd. which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market (ticker symbol “ETO”). www.kochent.com For more information, please contact James Scileppi at (516) 484-1000 ext. 243 or email james.scileppi@kochent.com. |
2008/11/10 - Find Fear Factory’s Tour Bus!? You can win a free shipment of Cocaine! Find the Fear Factory/Cocaine tour bus and send a photo or video toInfo@DrinkCocaine.com. Visit http://www.DrinkCocaine.com for more details. One of our winners…
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