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Drive Music Places Wicker Into "Douchebag" The Movie
Drive Music would like to congratulate Wicker for landing a key placement in the new indie comedy "Douchebag." This film is being featured in the Sundance Film Festival and will definitely garner much attention for the band.
Be on the lookout for "Electro Indie Hop" by Wicker!!!
"So Long Lonesome" uses 5 Drive Music Artists!!!
Congratulations to Drive Music Artists for getting placed into "So Long Lonesome."
The artists chosen were:
Aiden Moore
Night Beds (song also used in the Trailer)
The Aviation Orange
The World
Goddamn Electric Bill
"The Crypt" Opens In Theatres With Multiple Drive Artists On The Soundtrack!!!
Congratulations to the Artists we have placed into the film "The Crypt!"
Sunflower River Blues- Paul Finley
Afterglow- Chad Overman
Bobby Werner- Out Of This World
Project Citizen- Prelude To Heartbreak
Nathan Morris- Just Me Just You
Wake Me Up- Goddamn Electric Bill
Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the "Great Depression" only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. After being trapped in this dark maze of crypts the group ties to escape alive...
Tainted Touch picks up MULTIPLE Drive Artists!!!
Congratulations to our artists who got picked up for the "Tainted Touch."
Sunflower River Blues- Paul Finley
Afterglow- Chad Overman
Bobby Werner- Out Of This World
Project Citizen- Prelude To Heartbreak
Nathan Morris- Just Me Just You
Wake Me Up- Goddamn Electric Bill
In this Drama/Romance, the mistakes of the past are exposed during the last moments of a couple's relationship, pushing them to a painful present and an inevitable remorseful future that will change their lives forever.
Drive Music in Germany!!!
Germany is currrently one of the top 5 music markets so it was just a matter of time for Drive Music to submit to opportunities out there.
We are proud to announce that we are currently submitting our artists for consideration to Radio, Web and local media in Germany. The main genres we are taking for consideration are: Electronic, Techno, Metal (all types), Punk, Goth and Hip Hop.
"The Outside" Selects 2 Songs From Nothing Ever Stays!!!
Nothing Ever Stays places "The Burn" and "We Said Goodby" into new feature "The Outside." This feature length surf drama was Written and Directed by Ari Davis, produced by Raja Collins.
Drive music was able to get these tracks into this movie. Be sure to check it out!!!
Jay Hoad Band Track "Digiwhat" Selected
The Jay Hoad Band had their track "Digiwhat" selected for a short film featuring pro surfers Eli Mirandon and Chad Richmond.
The band has an interesting sound incorporating the didjeridoo into the instrumentation. Hailing from Australia, they are constantly performing and playing.
The Ripple Effect Feature Film Chooses Drive Music Artist
The Ripple Effect has just picked up Drive Music Artist The Elevaters. They chose "Row Your Boat" and "Grandma's Hands" to be in their film and everyone is extremely excited.
The Ripple Effect is a feature film starring Mason Ho, Aaron Cormican, Ben Bourgeois, Gaby Escudero, Brian Toth, Zach Plopper, Nick Jiampa, Josh Buran, Jensen Callaway, Travis Beckmann, Cory Lopez and and many more…
Blood Moon Rising Choses Two Drive Music Artists For Their Film
Blood Moon Rising chose Tocayo's "Visions" and Friday Night Gunfight's "Just A Dream" to be used in their new movie.
Blood Moon Rising is a Horror/Comedy Horromedy or Zomcom. The movie is like Evil Dead meets Dazed and Confused. Set in 1969 with flashbacks to the 1800's the story incorporates Cowboys, Werewolves, Bikers, Zombies, Hippies, Vampires, a Comic Book Hero and more including a cameo from Ron Jeremy as the slimy movie producer. Peace, Love, Despair, Great Music, Grind house look, and gallons of blood.
Multiple Drive Music Artists Are Placed On To Paste and American Airlines!!!
Drive Music Group had placed 6 artists into a show on American Airlines!
"The Paste Beat" is a two hour block of new music that plays on endless loop. The December episode featured a 20-minute block of music from selected Drive Music members. Additionally, each performer had their name, song and photo appear on the 2nd page of PASTE.
Congratulations to: Nathan Morris, Black Market Corp, Patrick Leonard, Kevin Lint, Nothing Ever Stays and Avowed on this placement!
Here's an equation for all the visual learners out there: 4.2 million AA passengers a month x 3 million PASTE readers = EXPOSURE!!!
Drive Artist Takes Distribution Deal
Drive Music Artist Patrick Leonard has been on a roll this year with his placements. He was just picked to be distributed worldwide through Kool Kat Music. This will definitely help him market and sell his physical units worldwide.
Kool Kat specializes in the sales and marketing of independently released power pop related and alternative country related music to collectors, distributors and retailers worldwide.
Got Radio Adds and Plays David Boone And Jason Heath!!!
Gotradio.com is an online radio network on demand internet radio stations, featuring multiple genres of free internet radio stations, with the best in online radio and steaming audio music entertainment.
David Boone and Jason Heath have just been picked up and played by the station. This of course started with Drive Music submitting their music.
Drive Music in the United Kingdom
Drive Music artists are currently being submitted to media outlets in the United Kingdom. This is great news for our artists considering the industry has actually had a growth of 4.7% from 2007!!!
Currently, Drive Music is submitting to:
*Radio
*Podcasts
*Webzines
*Magazines
*Festivals
KUAT Adds Drive Music Artist Stacey Knights!
KUAT Radio in Arizona recently added Jazz artist Stacey Knights. KUAT also broadcasts to the following frequencies:
* 88.9 FM Bisbee-Douglas, AZ
* 89.5 FM Safford, AZ
* 89.7 FM Tucson, AZ
* 89.7 FM Sierra Vista, AZ
* 91.7 FM Nogales, AZ
Be sure to listen to this amazing saxaphonist's album "Changing Midstream"
Hussieskunk Radio Picks Drive Music Artists To Put Into HEAVY ROTATION!!!
Hussieskunk Radio is an Internet Radio station reaching 25,000 listeners.
They have recently added the following artists into HEAVY ROTATION:
* Jonny Manak and the Depressives
* Etched In Red
* Novus Dae
* Candygram For Mongo
* Fools And Horses
Their platform also broadcasts on Wii, PSP and Xbox.
Vimby.com Chooses Poorly Built Parachute for Tyler Reid and Chad Richmond Surf Video
VIMBY (Video In My Backyard) is a video content site devoted to capturing young lifestyle and culture all over the nation. They create programming that uncovers what is happening in the streets where you live. Each week, we will deliver original, first-run programming for a generation that traditional media struggles to reach. They have shows devoted to action sports, cars, music, dating, shopping, nightlife, alternative subculture, travel, and more.
Poorly Built Parachute was featured in one of their videos after being submitted by Drive Music. Their song "Slaughtering Of The Vampires" played behind the surf profile of Tyler Reid and Chad Richmond.
WMUH in PA Spins Multiple Drive Music Artists
WMUH a rock/ alternative station in Pennsylvania has put a few Drive Music artists into rotation. Congratulations to:
* Non Human Intellegence
* Chad Overman
* Rigby
* Fools and Horses
Lots of adds to come...
Dee Dee OMalley Gets Picked Up By WFCF Radio!!!
Congratulations Dee Dee!!!
Dee Dee OMalley just signed on with Drive Music and already has a radio placement! WFCF Radio, a 10,000+ watt station in Florida, has put Dee Dee into rotation for a few weeks now and we look forward to her getting other songs into rotation soon.
Intreprid Demise track "Cyberpunk" used for GSN
"Cyberpunk" by Intrepid Demise was used for a GSN viral placement. This track was submitted by Drive Music and resulted in a placement to a very promising internet campaign. 20 Questions is a game on the GSN homepage.
Jon Davidson Offered Publishing Deals For 3 Songs!!!
Drive Music Artist Jon Davidson was offered publishing for three of his songs. "It Won't Be Long," "What Can I Say," and "Sunrise" were all chosen by a publisher based out of Los Angeles. This publisher specialty is Film and TV and has an amazing track record for placing songs.
Congratulations Jon!!!
KMXT Adds and Spins Multiple Drive Music Artists!
KMXT Radio has recently added and is currently playing multiple Drive Music Artists. Congratulations to:
* Chad Overman
* David Boone
* Patrick Leonard
Get your music to Drive Music and get played on Radio!!!
Publishing Deal Offered to Elevaters for "LA ZOO"
The Elevaters have a publishing offer on the table for one of their songs "LA Zoo." This deal was put together by Drive Music and comes from a respected publishing company in the industry that has recently placed music into MTV, CBS, and WB.
Ashley Alexander Chosen As Artist of the Week For LiveJive Radio!!!
Ashley Alexander has been chosen as artist of the week by LiveJive Radio. This Radio station is known worldwide and is an official iTunes station as well as a Windows Media Player Radio station. Ashley was submitted by Drive Music and was featured within just a few days!!!
Ashley has recently opened for Willie Nelson and Chuck Wicks.
Castle Rock Radio Features Novus Dae's Complete CD In A One Hour Segment!!!
Castle Rock Radio, a station out of Colorado is currently featuring Drive Music Artist Novus Dae. They have been playing the whole Novus Dae album as well as doing radio interviews. The feature began as a Drive Music submission to the station, and evolved into an hour long placement for the band on a weekly basis.
Castle Rock Radio plays in over 100 countries. This is the first of many future placements to come for the very talented Novus Dae.
Artists Are Placed Wth The "Filter In Flight" Show On American Airlines!!!
Artists were submitted and chosen for the "Filter in Flight" show on American Airlines. The show plays to an audience of 4.2 million travelers both domestic and international on AA. The artists were also featured on the second page on the "Filter Good Music Guide" that is free of charge at concerts and stores like Diesel, Urban Outfitters and Landmark Theatres.
This is a great vehicle for exposure in that the artist's music was played to a captive audience on the flight, with the show repeating every 2 hours.
Congratulations to: Astronauts of Antiquity, Black Market Corp, Jacqueline Rose and Not An Airplane for being chosen for this opportunity.
Drive Music in Japan!!!
Drive Music Artists are now being submitted to Japan for Radio, Podcasts, Magazines and Webzines. Japan continues to rank 2nd in overall album sales and single sales.
Drive Music looks forward to placing our artists onto the airwaves, online and into magazines.
Nothing Ever Stays Placed into feature film "The Outside"
Drive Music has placed Nothing Ever Stays into a new feature by Almont Films. "The Outside" has chosen two songs, "Difficulty" and "We Say Goodbye" for this feature film.
NOTHING EVER STAYS hails from San Luis Obispo, CA. In March of 2006, with producer Jeff Schnewies (Number One Gun Tooth & Nail Records), they recorded our first EP entitled "Progression." Originally a 5 song EP, they recorded two additional acoustic songs "Leave this all behind" and "The Revenge of Holden Caulfield" that they released on Regular Music (Ace Enders label). They are now completely independent and looking to take on the music industry themselves. We just released our new acoustic EP/DVD that we recorded with Brian Wallace (Rockwell Sounds). Look out for it!!!
Letecia Wolf Signs Publishing Deal!
New Artist Leticia Wolf earned a publishing deal for her new single "Dig" her music is strong and commands presence as a female lead singer she is trying to break the mold as a female front (wo)man. She is presently working with people that have placed music into "Queer Eye for the White Guy" And "One Tree Hill" Best of luck to her in all of her ventures.
Fools And Horses offered Publishing Deal!!!
A forward from Drive Music Group has put a deal on the table for Fools and Horses for their song "Selfish." Their CD is gaining real momentum in the indie market. This publishing company has placed music into Multiple MTV shows such as "MADE" and "Pimp my Ride" and "Real World: Las Vegas". Keep your Ears open for Get Back Loretta they are definitely a driving force in the indie market.
Steven Baggs chosen for "But, Everybody Lies" for Publishing Deal
Recently was offered a publishing deal for the single "But, Everybody Lies" which is a hard driving rock tune that will catch your ear and not let it go. Steven will have the opportunity with working with the same people that placed music in "One Tree Hill", "Punk'd" and has placed in "Toyota" and "Volvo" commercials. Best of Luck to you Steven.
Nathan Morris Signs Publishing Deal!!!
Up and coming artist Nathan Morris got his music placed with a publishing company that has placed music onto "Made" and "Pimp My Ride" on MTV and in "Cathouse" the movie on HBO.
Nathan Morris's new album "A Gentleman's Closure" is starting to gain real momentum in the indie music market with his Beatle like sound he commands presence keep your ears open Nathan Morris is coming.
Patrick Leonard gets multiple placements!!!
Congratulations to Patrick Leonard who was recently landed a distribution deal for his music to be purchased online.
Patrick was also placed with a content provider that will be expanding to independent coffee shops nationwide.
Patrick's CD "Begin The Beginning" is starting to gain momentum and we look forward to his continued Success.
Jake Holman Gets A Publishing Deal!!!
Congratulations to Jake Holman for getting his song "Everything is Not Alright" into the hands of a smaller indie record label, he will now be in consideration for many opportunities Good Luck to Him. This company was responsible for getting music into "Rock and Rolla", MTV's "Bad Girls Club" "My Super Sweet Sixteen, "Real World: Brooklyn" Various TV commercials for "Geico" and "Volvo" and "Toyota".
Drive Music in Australia
Drive Music is proud to announce that we are now submitting to radio stations and podcasts in Australia!!!
Drive Music members from all over the world can submit their music simply by our website.
Pro Longboarding Association
The Professional Longboarding Association recently requested and used multiple Drive artists for their new video.
Congratulations for this recent placement to:
Black Market "Move on," and "That Feeling"
Elavaters "Grandma's Hands," and "Row Your Boat"
Get Back Loretta "Ketamine"
Friday Night Gunfight "Just A Dream"
Nathan Morris "Listening For A Whisper"
Drive Music in Canada
Drive Music has been submitting our artists to TV, Radio and Film in Canada for years, but now we are adding another service!
We are officially adding venues to our Artist Toolbox so that our Canadian Artists and US artists can set up tours and dates to play or Tour!!!
Model Pilots Sign Record Deal!!!
Congratulations to Model Pilots who just signed with an Indie Record Label out of Los Angeles. The label will be paying for full production costs of at least two EPs with the option to do an LP. They will also be representing Model Pilots on the publishing end as well and will be doing promotions and marketing for the band.
ENTER THE RAT
Drive Music is proud to announce our new partnership with the legendary Stephen Pearcy, former lead singer of seminal 80's glam metal band Ratt. We will be working with Pearcy in assisting with the promotion and distribution of Pearcy's solo material through his record label, Top Fuel Records.
The multi-platinum, award-winning songwriter recently released his third solo effort titled Under My Skin. The album comes after a number of successful reunion shows with Ratt. Pearcy founded Top Fuel Records in 1995 and Top Fuel World, a larger, multi-faceted entertainment group, in 2006.