Indie Artist Trish Standley In the Spotlight

(May 12, 2012) Indie gospel artist, Trish Standley, is in the spotlight this month in AIRPLAY 360. Trish shared more insight into her musical history and how it has influenced her life and ministry. Read the story on Pages 28-29 of the May/June 2012 issue.

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Indie Music Powerhouse CD Baby Partners with Alliance Entertainment to Expand Distribution

(May 10, 2012) CD Baby, the world’s largest online distributor of independent music, is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Alliance Entertainment, the largest wholesale distributor of home entertainment audio, video, and software in the United States. CD Baby’s catalog of almost 400k titles from over a quarter million artists around the world will now be available for purchase at all online and brick & mortar retail outlets affiliated with Alliance. Alliance has a market-share leading account base that includes Independent Retailers, Big Box Retailers, .com sites, and Vendor Managed accounts in the US.

“The past 10 years has seen an explosion in music discovery options,” says CD Baby president Brian Felsen. “It’s more important than ever that an artist’s music be made available through every possible channel— social sharing, download, streaming, direct fulfillment, and physical retail; you just never know how a new fan will first encounter your music, or how they prefer to purchase music. That’s why CD Baby’s partnership with Alliance will be incredibly helpful for independent artists. Distribution to the mega retailers was the last piece in the puzzle for CD Baby to ensure our artists’ music is available everywhere.” 

Alliance president Mike Davis adds, "CD Baby's excellent services and customer support have helped them build a huge amount of trust with the artist community; Alliance strives to forge online and brick & mortar retail partnerships with companies that exhibit this level of service and trust. We're extremely happy to partner with CD Baby on what will be a quality end-to-end experience-- from the artist selling the music, right through to retail discovery, purchase, and ownership of recorded media."

CD Baby is the largest digital distributor of independent music in the world. CD Baby distributes over 4 million tracks to dozens of music retailers including iTunes, Amazon, Google Music, Rhapsody, and Spotify, and pays artists weekly for their product sales. From their Portland, OR headquarters, CD Baby warehouses and ships over 360,000 independent CD titles to a customer base that spans the entire globe. The company also offers other services to musicians such as the ability to accept credit cards at shows, web hosting through their sister company HostBaby, and eBook distribution through BookBaby.

Kevin Breuner
CD Baby

* Source: PRWeb

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Stellar Awards Now Accepting Submissions for 2013, June 30 Deadline for Online Entries

(May 1, 2012) Stellar Awards is now accepting your music or artist submissions for 2013. According to the awards website, eligibility submissions can be done online now through June 30. For artists submitting by mail, your form must be postmarked by July 1.

In order to be eligible, your project must be released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Your project must also have charted in the top 50 on Nielsen Billboard and SoundScan charts. For 2013 Stellar Awards forms click here. 

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Official Movie Trailer: Deitrick Haddon's "Beautiful Soul"

(April 22, 2012) The official movie trailer for Deitrick Haddon's "Beautiful Soul" movie has been released. The movie is in selected AMC theatres May 4.

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43rd Annual Dove Awards Returns to Atlanta

Mandisa and Ruben Studdard

ATLANTA - April 19, 2012 - The 43rd Annual Dove Awards will be held tonight at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta for the second straight year. After a successful event last year, apparently the Gospel Music Association (GMA) who produces the Dove Awards decided to return to the A-town. American Idol winner Ruben Studdard and AI finalist Mandisa are scheduled to perform. Also scheduled to perform is Yolanda Adams, Natalie Grant, Lecrae, Jamie Grace, The Issacs and Donnie McClurkin. The show will be hosted by David Mann of Tyler Perry's "Meet The Browns" and Christian comedienne Chonda Pierce. GMC, formerly Gospel Music Channel, will air the Dove Awards on April 24.

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Bishop T.D. Jakes Appears on Oprah's Next Chapter: VIDEO

by OWN Network

(April 9, 2012) Bishop T.D. Jakes appeared on 'Oprah's Next Chapter' on her OWN television network Sunday, April 8. For the special one hour program, Oprah Winfrey along with best friend Gayle King, TV/movie mogul Tyler Perry and actor Terrance Howard, attended one of Jakes' Sunday morning services at The Potter's House, in Dallas, Texas. There were several striking moments during the interview including Winfrey and Perry's emotional response to Jakes' sermon. And, Jakes wasn't short on wisdom when he formally sat down with Winfrey after the three hour service to answer a questions about everything from his humble beginnings, to his critics view of his wealth, to homosexuality. In the video below, Jakes talks about his responsibility as pastor. The interview concluded with Jakes' wife, Serita, joining the conversation. For more information on 'Oprah's Next Chapter' visit oprah.com/own.

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