PHASE ONE OF VOTING FOR THE 2009 DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS HAS BEGUN AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FEBRUARY 18TH!

OUR NEW WEBSITE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUT WE ARE READY TO TAKE SUBMISSIONS AND REGISTER NEW MEMBERS TO VOTE!

PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES BELOW AND THEN GO TO OUR NEW WEBSITE

www.detroitmusicawards.net to submit candidates for the 2009 AWARDS SHOW – TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH AT THE FILLMORE DETROIT!!!

The submission phase is designed to build a list of choices to assist current (or newly registered) Detroit Music Awards voters when filling out the online Nomination Ballot during PHASE II of the online voting process. Anyone can enter the names of all eligible recordings, artists, bands, etc. to be considered as possible choices within a field when using the online Nomination Ballot during PHASE II. These submissions will be available as suggestions during nominations, but in no way will voters choices be limited to submitted names.

Registration is not required to add names and recordings during the Submission Phase; you are allowed to enter as many names and recordings as you like at any time during the Submission Phase.

Submitting names or recordings during this phase does NOT nominate the Artist, Group or Recording for the Final Ballot.

Names eligible to be considered as choices must have a connection, or perform a body of work, primarily in the Detroit metro area, which, for our purposes, stretches as far north as Flint, as far west as metropolitan Ann Arbor, as far south as the Ohio border, and as far east as the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair.

Recordings eligible for the 2009 Detroit Music Awards to be considered as choices must have been released between December 1, 2007 and November 30, 2008. Recordings need to be available for purchase to the public via gigs, internet sales and record stores between those dates.
Please go to the new site and submit names and recordings and pass this email along to your mailing list of people in the Detroit music family. The more people involved in the submission and voting stages, the more inclusive the process will be. Remember, the Detroit Music Awards exist to promote all Detroit musicians, whether well established or up and coming. We need your help!

Thanks and see you at the show!

HH

Howard Hertz

President, Detroit Music Awards

Hertz Schram PC
1760 South Telegraph Road, #300
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
248-335-5000
248-335-3346 fax

http://www.hertzschram.com

Soon Loud Feed will be creating an “Artist Marketplace” to help music people connect with video people and others, who have skills that musicians need for their business team to be successful.

What’s really cool about this is the single signon feature. Many of your visitors will not have to register to login, if for example they are already registered with Google, Yahoo, AIM, or OpenID (which works with WordPress and many other services).

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Ani DiFranco Interview + Panel Discussion About Advertising

You can watch two clips I put into a “Think Tank” in MyFora.TV account. Unfortunately they do not offer an embed video option. I suppose it would be too complicated to pass through all the interactive features they offer on their site. The “Think Tank” option lets you grab segments from longer videos and combine them to host discussions about your video collection.

The second clip is a panel discussion – Sep. 17, 2007 – Commonwealth Club

The Future of Music Part II: Copy Rights and Wrongs with discussants Chris Castle, Tim Westergren and Eion Harrington. Richard French moderates.

What do artist rights and creative license mean in the rapidly evolving world of entertainment? What’s really wrong with the music industry, and how can new technologies and business models help change that? What does an ideal world of both consumer and artist needs look like, and who will be in charge? Representatives from all sides of these questions wrestle with the future of music and digital rights for creators, consumers and corporations.