The New Music Seminar It‘s a new year, a new decade. Shouldn‘t you have a new plan for success? Part Two of Two...

"No matter what type of music you are into, rock, hip-hop, dance or polka, whether you play, sing, rap or spin, the New Music Seminar is where you'll learn how to turn your passion into success."

Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy Records/New Music Seminar

"We are at a crossroads in the music business," says Jim Robinson, director Promo Only. "Artists, managers, producers, and labels of every level of success are desperately looking for direction. For many, it's a question of survival." "This is a hard time for the industry," agrees Tom Silverman, founder of legendary Tommy Boy Records and architect of the New Music Seminar. "Album sales are down 50% since 2000. Radio is breaking less new music than at any previous time in history. Record companies are signing fewer and fewer new artists and artist development budgets continue to shrink."

"On the upside, artists have never had so much power to control their own careers. Instead of just spinning, you can make a few tracks and sell them on Beatport – that's a new revenue center for DJs who can produce their own tracks. You can go to TuneCore or Beatport and make your music available worldwide. It costs very little to do that. Anyone can create their own label and potentially reach millions."

"The downside is that a greater percentage of dance and electronic music is illegally downloaded than any other genre of music. But there are guys out there dropping a track a week or offering online mixtapes for free to expand their brand, and when their brand expands to a certain point, they get name recognition and they can gig off of that. They've built buzz for themselves; they've developed a fan-base that can be monetized."

"This may well prove to be the golden age for new artists -- if you know all the secrets."

The New Music Seminar is a low-cost one day event that will give you the tools you need to build the career you've always wanted.

Event highlights include:

• How to turn your music dreams into reality
• The secret to rising above the noise floor generated by Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.
• An insider's view of the music business that will give you opportunities you never knew existed
• Simple strategies to build your touring business
• The newest technologies and techniques to market yourself and manage your business

Promo Only subscribers will receive a two-for-one discount on New Music Seminar passes. For details, call us at 407-331-3600 or email us at customerservice@promoonly.

For further information regarding the New Music Seminar, click here or email info@newmusicseminar.biz

New Music Seminar
February 2, 2010
Los Angeles
www.newmusicseminar.com

NEW on DVD!

Alternative Dance 80-83 Volume 2 Alternative Dance 80-83 V2 brings to light 41 previously unavailable videos from one of music's most unique and exciting eras. You'll be hard pressed to find a more essential collection of dance-pop, glam-rock and New Wave classics anywhere… Tracklistings include: I Ran (So Far Away), Flock of Seagulls; Too Shy, Kajagoogoo; (Keep Feeling) Fascination, Human League; Red Skies, The Fixx; Talk Talk, Talk Talk; Never Say Never, Romeo Void; Girls On Film, Duran Duran; and Destination Unknown, Missing Persons and more! NOTE: Available as DVD and DFF (digital file format)

But Wait – there‘s more… The Rane SL3 kicks interface butt with more of what you need

Like its predecessor, the renowned SL1, the new SL3 pro-DJ interface connects one or two standard vinyl or CD turntables to your computer and mixer and allows you to seamlessly scratch and mix files from your Mac or PC to your heart‘s desire.

That‘s where the similarities end…

For starters, plug your mixer into the SL3‘s input and you‘re going to get better, more robust sound, thanks to the 20-plus years of experience audio titan Rane brings to the table. The SL3 runs on USB 2.0, delivering 24-bit audio processing operating at 48k, so the dynamic range is huge, which translates to a surprisingly warm, punchy sound. By offering some 3 volts of power -- more than enough to drive the biggest of house systems – the SL3 also provides horsepower to spare. You may not always need the added juice, but it‘s nice to know it‘s under the hood.

For all their tongue-in-cheek bluster -- this is an act that bills itself as the Greatest Band in the Universe and cites The Monkees, Milli Vanilli, The Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, New Kids On The Block, Menudo, and all manufactured rockstars as their influences -- The Angry Kids just might be the greatest DJ/remixing team you‘ve never heard of.

That‘s about to change…

Born of an unlikely long-distance alliance between bi-coastal Canadians Ryan (ry2k) Wilok, Tommy (Tom Da Domb) Causevski and Jeff (Beckstein) Beck, The Angry Kids are neither kids nor angry, much. They are, in fact, seasoned industry pros with a penchant for bombast whose sample-based bad-ass remixes (most notably Mr. Brown, the duo‘s much-spun spin on the Bob Marley‘s classic) have been spreading like wildfire among Canadian club DJs.

"Jeff and I, we live on opposite ends of the country," says Wilok. "We do everything by telephone and internet. We‘ve only been in the same room maybe three or four times."

"Yeah, something like that," concurs Beck. "We couldn‘t do what we do without the technology that‘s available."

What this trio does amounts to a new breed of sample-based composing that positions them as front-line remixers. Case in point: their new take on Portland-based alt-rockers The Lives of Famous Men‘s Annie Taylor.

"Our first real single was the Marley record," says Ryan. "It was sample based, a song most people know. Annie Taylor is virtually an unknown song, but the song is just so good. Initially we were supposed to remix the record but in talking with the guys in the band they admitted they wouldn‘t know what to do with a remix. So I flipped it back to them and said why don‘t you license the sample, and let us do what we do with it."

The results are as stunning as they are infectious – a unique blend of haunting house and angst-ridden rock that redefines what it is to remix and bodes well for the The Angry Kids – and your dance floor.

You could wait for Annie Taylor to debut on iTunes North America January 26th. Or you could check it out now courtesy of our January 2010 Alternative Club and February Mainstream Club issues.

For more info on The Angry Kids catalog of remixes and/or upcoming live shows, visit their MySpace page or email doug@lastgangmanagement.com.

To hear more about the great music to be found on our Alternative Club and Mainstream Club selections, give us a shout at 407-331-3600.

Introducing Amidio's new Touch DJ for iPhone

The only real knock we have is that there's currently no way to get music directly from your iTunes library into the program; instead, you'll have to reload your tracks into the app's own MP3 library. Still, for those looking to ditch the hard case and waltz in with a pocketful of boogie, this ain't a half-bad option.

Check out the demo video above or visit the Amidio website for more info… [ Priced at $19.99 ]