Interview with Marie Digby - Singer Songwriter

Singer-songwriter Marie Digby rose from obscurity to Internet sensation with her music videos on YouTube, receiving over 5 million views for her cover of Rihanna’s hit “Umbrella”. She just released her debut album on Hollywood Records and in her exclusive interview with Scott for Episode 3 of The :90 Music Show, she shares insights on attaining notoriety so quickly and the perils that come with.

Visit Marie Digby on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/mariedigby 

Watch Scott’s extended interview with Marie Digby in the video below.

90 Second Music Show Episode 3

The :90 Music Show with Scott Austin, Episode 3 features Music Connection Magazine’s “News You Can Use”, an exclusive interview with Singer / Songwriter Marie Digby, and emerging artist The Trade. Read more

Moby Giving Music to Filmmakers for Free

Multiplatinum artist Moby, out promoting his new dance-music album, says he has a website set up exclusively to give his music to filmmakers. “I started www.mobygratis.com, which very simply gives away free music to indie filmmakers, nonprofit filmmakers and experimental filmmakers. Right now I’ve got about 70 pieces of music up, and any filmmaker can go there and download the music and use it in their film.” Check the site for complete details.

The Trade

Hailing from Southern California The TRADE are on a mission to share their music with the masses.

Drawing from influences such as U2, New Order and The Cure, the resulting sound is a seamless blend of electronica and rock that will make even die-hard 80’s fans happy.

The band has been featured on LA’s influential KROQ radio station and continues to build a loyal legion of supporters through touring and international press.


For more information visit http://myspace.com/thetrademusic.

Axe Shop Looking for CDs From Bands

The Axe Shop, your neighborhood guitar pro shop, is looking to add CDs from Los Angeles guitar-based bands of all genres to their current offerings, which include boutique amplifiers, custom guitars, effect pedals, pedal boards, professional repair and accessories for electric, acoustic and bass guitar. For consideration, drop you CD off to The Axe Shop, 10962 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA 91604 or call 818-755-9851.

Linkin Park Remix Contest Offers Cash

Verizon Wireless and Linkin Park are challenging artists and fans to remix the band’s hits for a “Remix2Win with Linkin Park Contest.” Additionally, colleges have a chance to compete for a free Linkin Park concert - right on campus. The twenty colleges with the most submissions will become finalists vying for a private Linkin Park concert in the fall; and the individual with the most popular submission will be awarded a cash prize. Artists can enter the contest by going to www.lpconcerts.com and following the contest rules outlined on the “Remix2Win” link. The top 20 individual remixes that receive the most props will be selected as finalists. The band will select the person with the best remix, and award him/her $4,000. This contest runs through Aug. 31st.

uMusico.com Available to Artists

uMusico.com (Ultimate Music Online) is a fresh digital download store that will allow artist and record labels to sell music. uMusico is filled with a number of features such as: hacker proof Secure Downloads- Each and every download is fully secure. Each Download is unique to each purchase. Fast Page Loading- You will be able to surf web pages without the hastle of waiting for the page to reload. Track Previews- Listen to 30-45 second samples of each song that is listed on uMusico. For more information, visit www.uMusico.com.

Gretsch Contest

Beginning May 1st, The Gretsch Company is sponsoring an online search for the best unsigned and independent bands in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan, Spain, Germany and France. Ten finalists will be selected by popular online voting at www.gretsch125th.com/contest in June and July. Then, the finalists will be judged by an expert panel who will select the grand, first and second prize winners. The grand prize winner will receive $15,000+ in Gretsch drums, guitars and amps and a spot playing at the Gretsch 125th anniversary concert with legendary Gretsch Greats this November in New York City.

B-52’s Remix Contest

ACIDplanet.com one of the internet’s premier sites for user-generated music, video content, computer-based recording and remixing tools, has launched a new remix contest for the B-52s first album of the 21st Century, Funplex. Contestants will be able to download assets from the Sony Creative Software ACIDplanet website to rescore and remix the Funplex title track to create their own version of the song. The B-52s will be among the judges for the contest. For more information and complete contest rules, please visit www.acidplanet.com.