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| In Memoriam |
| RECENT SUCCESSES Liz's new E-book, "Fundamentals of DIY Radio Promotion", is finished! To purchase, click here The Brontosaur (Grand Caravan) debut #25 this 4th of July!!! Sky Parade (self-released) debut Top 10 this week with their new EP, "High on Desire"!!! Letters vs Numbers (self-released) debut #11 this May and remain Top 15 one week later!!! Voxhaul Broadcast (Retone) debut #8 this May!!! The Crash That Took Me (Idol Records) debut Top 15 on the ALBUMS chart this April!!! Glasvegas have JUST signed to Columbia after a lot of grassroots efforts and charting Top 10 in the March issue of Q!!! Soundpool (Aloft) debuts Top 15 this March with their new single "Do What You Love" and were a featured band on Pitchfork!!! Red Cavalry (self-released) debuts #23 on the first chart of February!!! Philpot (Toucan Cove) debut Top 10 then rock into the Top 5 then stay Top 15 on the first charts of 2008!!! Ken Hyland (self-released) debuts #12 on the last reporting week of the year with his gritty, "Kiss in the Middle"!!! Digby (Toucan Cove/Label X) debut Top 10 this November with their new EP, "What's Not Plastic?"!!! Countess of Persia (Parrot on a Porch) debut #10 November 2007 with their infectious, "I Count the Miles"!!! Caveman (self-released) debut #11 with their unique, "Sinners Grove"!!! Mexico 70 (Toucan Cove) debuts #5 then remains Top 5 with "Hello Hello" then rallies again 2 weeks later in the Top 15!!! What great October!!! Crash Encore (self-released) debuts #11 this September with their infectious, "Catastrophe"!!!Charmparticles (Terrestrial Records) debuts #20 one week before the impact date with their gorgeous, "Gold Plated Shot"!!Amy Cooper (Retone/Leftwing) debuted Top 15 with her single, "Back Together"!!Kill the Alarm (G$makr Music) debut #15 with "Fire Away"!!! Lovemakers (Fuzz) debut #13 with their undeniably catchy, "Whine & Dine"!!! Sky Parade (self-release) debuts Top 5 then stays Top 10 with their stunning track, "I Feel Surreal"!!! Adam Franklin (Hi-Speed Soul) debuts then remains Top 10 with "Seize the Day", then cracks the Top 5!!! Foolproof (Retone Records) debut Top 10 this May with their powerful tune, "Burning Me Over"!!! Maldroid (Fuzz Records) debut Top 10, stay Top 20 then shoot back up to Top 10 on BOTH the singles & albums chart, then back down to Top 20 single this week, led by their hooky-as-hell tune, "He Said, She Said"!!! Adam Franklin/Toshack Highway (self-released) was just signed to Hi-Speed Soul Music!!! Congrats, Adam!!! Shade (Lovely Recordings) appear for 3 weeks in the Top 15 with their new album "Arms Raised on Rooftops" and single "Wide -Eyed"!!! Locksley (Feature Records) remain in the Top 20 for a solid month with their album & single "Don't Make Me Wait"!!! Monsters Are Waiting (Retone Records) debut Top 10 with "Last Goodbye"!!! Van Gunn (Retone Records) debut Top 20 then hit the Top 10 on the first Specialty charts of 2007 with their rock-n-roll, "Pull the Trigger"!!! Goat (Engine Room) went as high as #21 on the R&R Commercial AAA chart with his new single, "Two Sides to Love"!!! The Strange (self-released) debut at #25 on FMQB with their track "Texas"!!! The Distants (Blue Cave) debut #11 on FMQB with their track, "The Moth Song"!!! The Singles (Sound Artifacts Music) debut #20 this week with their new single, "Hypnotized"!!! The Fags (Idol Records) debut Top 10 and stay there for two weeks with their new album "Light Em Up" this week!!! The Adicts (SOS Records) debut #3 with their new single, "Do It To Me"!!! Then remained in the Top 10 this October!!! The Receiver (Stunning Models on Display) crash the Top 10 this September!!! Trash Wednesday (Vesta) hit #11 on the FMQB Albums chart this August!!! Toshack Highway (self-released) hit the Top 10 on influential web station 3wk!!! Sky Parade (self-release) debut Top 10 then cruise into the Top 3 with their haunting track, "Losing Control"!!! Goat (Lightyear) goes #1 at KMMS/The Moose in Bozeman, MT with "Great Life"!!!Black Tie Dynasty (Idol Records) debut Top 30...then cruise into the Top 20 & end up TOP 10 with their epic-sounding, "Tender"!!! Margot & the Nuclear So & So's (Artemis Records) debut in the Top 25 then climb into the Top 5 this March with their soon to be re-released album "The Dust of Retreat"!!! The Ropes (SinLo) debut Top 10 with their track, "Kill Her Off" this March!!! The Toy Dolls (SOS Records) hit the Top 30 for the second time in a month this March with their new release, "Our Last Album?"!!! Masters
of the Lunaverse (self-released) debut in the Top 20 with their
track "Anonymous" this February...and garned HUGE
phones at KUPD/Phoenix!!! Nous Non Plus (Aeronaut) crash the Top 10 at #6 with their faux-French style on "Lawnmower Boy", they remained in the Top 20 for the past 2 weeks as well...congrats!!! Andy Guthrie (self-release) is selected as CD of the Month by WYSO, Yellow Springs, OH. CD will be featured premium for funddrive and receive TONS of airplay & web exposure!!! On the first chart of 2006, Arthur Yoria scores a Top 10, Aces Over Kings a Top 15 and 20goto10 a Top 20. Congrats to all of these self-released bands!!! Bang Sugar Bang (SoS Records) break into the Top 10 for the last chart of the year after charting in the 20s the weeks after Thanksgiving!!! Margot & the Nuclear So & So's have JUST signed to NYC-based Artemis Records from Indianapolis-based Standard Recording Company. CONGRATS guys!!! Sponge (Idol Records) debut in the Top 20 this October with their new single & album of the same name, "The Man"!!! Instant Camera (Wall to Wall Records) also tied for Top 20 in October during an especially brutal promo period. Congrats guys! Satisfaction (unsigned) hit the Top 20 this September with their HIT "Nothing, Oh Nothing"!!! Summer Lawns (Stunning Models on Display) debut #9 and remained in the Top 10, getting as high as #6 week of release (7/19)!!! Congrats!!! the black watch (Pink Hedgehog) debut in the Top 25@ MediaGuide, #9 with Tripwire this week, congrats!!! Chalk Outline Party (unsigned) debuted at #25 with their track, "Cobra Youth House" then climbed to #12 THEN INTO THE TOP 10!!! Congrats!!! Jonathan Coulton (unsigned) debuts Top 10 this June and stays in the Top 16 the following week with his track "Ikea"!!! Jonathan received inquiries from publishing companies as a result...congrats Jonathan! The
Discontent (Sha-La Music) debut in the Top 20, then climbed
into the Top 15...then the Top 10 this April!! Watershed
(Idol Records) hit the Top 15 for THREE WEEKS with their obvious
radio Hit, "Obvious"!!! Mommy
and Daddy (Kanine) rock the Top 20 three weeks straight with
their track "Confection"!!! Lenny (Absolute Records) debut in the Top 15 this week with their track, "Blinded By the Sun"!!! They Walk In Line (Rock Ridge) debuted Top 15 week of release (2/8) with their track "Heart Attack at 5AM", congrats guys!!! Seedy Gonzales (Gigantic Music) debut in the Top 10 on the first and second Specialty charts of 2005!!! Aerovox (unsigned) debuts at #12 on the first Specialty chart of 2005 and remain in the Top 15 for the second week!!! They Walk in Line have signed with Indie Label Rock Ridge/Sixthman after TWO years of undying Specialty support!!! Shade (unsigned) received a blurb in December's Spin magazine (the one with U2 on the cover) that reads, "Shade scrape away at their Pittsburgh hometown's rusty veneer, welding synth-heavy hooks with an abrasive guitar shards straight out of the shoegazer handbook." CONGRATS!!! Squint (unsigned) have recently been accepted for BOTH the Indie movie soundtrack for the film, "Arc" as well as being #2 on an upcoming Sonicbids compilation, beating out 21,000+ other bands, kudos Dane! Harsh Krieger (Tabula Rasa) crack the Top 15 on the last chart of the year with their track, "Home"! Hot Lava Monster (unsigned) hit the Top 30 with their rock & roll album "Way of the Dinosaur"!!! They have also been receiving Top 3 phones at KACV, Amarillo for their track "Undertow"!!! Arthur Yoria (self-release) recently beat out a bajillion other entries in the "Enter the Mix: The OC" contest hosted by the Fox show! His track, "Call Me" will be featured in this season's debut!!! [DARYL] (Idol Records) hit the Top 20 at Specialty this October/November with their amazing album "Ohio"!!! Ten Heads High (unsigned) won the Best New Talent award in Los Angeles over Halloween weekend. They were chosen from hundreds of Unsigned acts across the country, which was narrowed down to 15 finalists. Congrats!!! squint (unsigned) recently made history as the first band EVER to be sponsored by a microphone STAND company. Chosen for their rampant destruction of the mic stand during their live show, it was an easy choice for Atlas Sound. Congrats, guys!!! Ike Reilly Assassination (Rock Ridge) hit the Top 10 at Specialty this October!!! Flickerstick (Idol Records) debuted in the Top 30 @ Specialty & have climbed as high as the TOP 10 with their track, "Teenage Dope Fiend"!!! Pleasure Technicians (unsigned) were in the Top 30 @ Specialty for three weeks in Sept/Oct with the track "Sly Move"!!! Skeemin' No Goods (Idol Records) hit the Top 20 @ Specialty with their timely track "Politicians"!!! The Fags (Idol Records) have signed to Sire Records by the legendary Seymour Stein. The band said that it was their #1 at Specialty that put them over the top! CONGRATS!!! Arthur Yoria (self-release) got ADDED into REGULAR ROTATION at KACV/Amarillo, Radioio Rock, WOXY.com and KEXP/Seattle. Arthur was Top 10 at Specialty for TWO WEEKS this July!!! Arthur was also chosen as one of five unsigned finalists competing for a slot on the upcoming "OC Soundtrack: Part 2" this week (September 7, 2004)!!! American Popular (self-release) scored a Top 40 @ Specialty this July! Unsigned UK act The Rodents cracked the Top 25 this June! Echobelly (Takeout Records) hit the Top 20 this May! 10 Heads High (unsigned) hit the Top 50 this May with lead track "Evolution Queen". They tied in spins for #14!!! Local H (Studio E Records) were #1 @ Specialty for ONE WHOLE MONTH with their track, "California Songs"!!! They also got added onto WUBZ/State College & the Waitt Radio Networks/Syndicated!! Ness (unsigned) hit the Top 15 this week with their track, "Where the People Kick It"!!! Sponge (Idol Records) hit Top 5 at Specialty this March, most stations playing lead track, "Treat Me Wrong"!!! BigFastCar (unsigned) have received label inquiries as a result of Specialty airplay on KUPD, Phoenix & KROQ, Los Angeles! 383 Stroker (unsigned) have been ADDED into regular rotation on KACV, Amarillo & have charted in the Top 30 @ Specialty in February with most stations spinning lead track, "Novocaine"!!! Endochine (unsigned) cracked the Top 10 in February, are in HEAVY on Radioio.com & XM-Unsigned, medium rotation on KACV, Amarillo & have been the featured cd in BOTH FMQB & R&R!!! Squint (unsigned) debuted in the Top 20 in February after only one week of airplay & received Top 5 phones on KPNT St Louis' show "New Music Sunday"! Scott Murray (unsigned) was just ADDED into regular Rotation on WBJB, Lincroft, NJ!!! They Walk in Line (unsigned) debuted at #3 on the R&R chart, #3 album, #7 single on the first FMQB chart of 2004, are in HEAVY rotation on Radioio.com, XM-Unsigned, are in TEST rotation on WOXY & have just been added to Launch.com!!! Transcendence (TMG) are in the Top 30 for the last chart of the year!!! Shade
(unsigned) are in regular rotation on XM's Unsigned channel & Loretta (Benchmark Records) hit #1 @ Specialty this November!!! Lordz of Brooklyn (Tunnel Vizion/High Times) have charted in the Top 20 with a cover of Run-DMC's "Sucka MC" (feat Everlast) !! The Apparitions (unsigned) have been added into REGULAR ROTATION at KACV, Amarillo & have found a management consultant! The Fags (Idol Records) ROCKED #1 @ Specialty this September!!! Small Town Sleeper (unsigned) had Top 5 phones for a solid month on KPNT St Louis' Specialty Show "New Music Sunday"! Nutonic (eastcentralfour) charted @ #21 at the Network Mags! Tyler Read (unsigned) recently got added to DemoDiaries.com from which they have found management!! Green Rode Shotgun (unsigned) hit the Top 20 @ Specialty. ohGr (Spitfire Records) hits the Top 20!!! Alastor (unsigned) hit the Top 20 @ Uncle, FMQB & Album Network! Zac Maloy (unsigned) reached as high at #7 Specialty & has seen GREAT response from airplay on KACV, Amarillo. The Cure (Eagle Vision) reach the Top 20 with their 3-song, exclusive Live EP containing tracks from their recent DVD release. The Pieces (Benchmark Records) slammed the Top 10 @ Specialty! Firetrucs (unsigned) hit the Top 10 at Specialty! As a result, the band has received several inquiries from labels & has been able to set up a showcase in NYC. Stay tuned! They Walk in Line (unsigned) have recently charted in the Top 10 at New Music/Specialty & have received several inquiries from record labels & have begun some regional touring. Johnny Socko (unsigned) track "Something Better" have also hit the Top 20 at R&R, The Top 25 @ Album Network! The Suggestions (Mr Duck Records) hit Specialty at #12 single with "Be True" & #15 album at FMQB!! Paranoid Social Club (Uncle Dealer) have been added into regular rotation at Portland's WCYY, Albany's WEQX & Hanover's WFRD!!! The Levellers (Eagle Rock) charted as high as Top 5 on the Specialty charts. The Waking Hours (unsigned) hit the Hits Specialty chart at #19! tvfordogs (Wampus Records) have recently charted in the Top 10 @ Specialty & are looking to come over for their first US Tour this Summer! Modulator (unsigned) have been approached by a few different record labels due to airplay on WOXY, Oxford, OH & XM Satellite Radio.
Here is a list of other artists that I have recently worked with.
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