Fund Raiser CD For Kids With Cancer - Need Music! Open call to bands of all genres!

(PRESS RELEASE) StreetBlast.com is working with StompOutCancer.com to help them search for music for their upcoming CD “Stomp Out Cancer Volume 2: Hope.” All proceeds from the sale of this CD goes to research for Ewing’s Sarcoma, a type of cancer that attacks children and young adults.

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Airplay Direct Contest For Bands With a Girl Who Rocks

Throughout the month of August, AirPlay Direct will be running a free “All Things Digital Girls Rule, Girls Rock” artist contest. The Grand Prize package will include up to three live performance slots on the “Girls Rule, Girls Rock” fall 2008 tour, a Daisy Rock Guitar, a goody bag from Sam Ash, D’Addario, SHURE, and more (a $10,000 value), a full production HD music video shoot (a $75,000 value) and much more, all valued at upwards of $116,000. To enter you must be an AirPlay Direct artist/label member (free), fall into the indie, punk, alternative, hardcore, metal or similar categories, have a “kick ass rock chick,” and have submitted your DPK to office@airplaydirect.com by Aug. 25th. For more visit airplaydirect.com.

MakeRockHistory.com with Mötley Crüe and Guitar Center

GUITAR CENTER ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH MÖTLEY CRÜE AND THE LAUNCH OF “GUITAR CENTER ON-STAGE”
One up-and-coming band will win the chance to open for Mötley Crüe

Continuing its commitment to the support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center and Mötley Crüe announced today the launch of Guitar Center On-Stage – Your Chance To Make Rock History. Guitar Center On-Stage and the world’s most notorious rock band will provide one up-and-coming band the chance to open Mötley’s 2009 tour.

Starting today, through September 21 2008, bands across the United States are invited to submit their music at www.makerockhistory.com for a chance to win a prize package that includes an opening slot on Mötley Crüe’s 2009 U.S. tour (dates to be announced at a later date), $25,000 cash, $20,000 in exclusive new gear from Gibson Guitar, management from Tenth St. Entertainment, and a recording deal from Eleven Seven Music, Mötley’s management and record label.

Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars notes, “Our partnership with Guitar Center gives us the opportunity to help an up-and-coming band by giving them every element needed to succeed. Like Ozzy did for us when he took an unknown band called Mötley Crüe on the road, we too are looking for the next generation’s great rock band.”

For additional details, rules, and regulations and to enter for your chance to make rock history please visit: www.MakeRockHistory.com

Starfire Radio Supports Indie Artists

(PRESS RELEASE) We support Indie artists! If you are an independent artist solely looking for exposure and airplay for your music compositions, send mp3 tracks or a CD to us along with a written description of your work. Because of the large volume of material we receive, we cannot return your submissions. If your music is compatible to the artists we air on the station, we will contact you.

Due to increased radio broadcasting costs, we do NOT pay royalties of any kind. A release form must be signed/returned before your music may be aired on STARFIRE RADIO.

http://www.myspace.com/starfireradio

Prominent Southern Cal Rock Club FM Station Reopens

FM Station, a rock club that held prominence until it closed in 1995, has reopened with a mission to give a happening home to rock bands The club reopened its doors on July 14th at it’s original location on the corner of Lankershim & Victory in North Hollywood, CA. The club is booking both national and local rock bands. For upcoming shows and booking, go to www.myspace.com/fmstationrocks or call the HOTLINE at (805) 526-1852.

Win A Chance To Play The Treasure Island Music Festival!

imeem, the leading social media network, has launched Mutiny and Mayhem, a nationwide search for two talented acts to perform at the second annual Treasure Island Music Festival. imeem’s Mutiny and Mayhem contest will select a band to open the Tunnel Stage each day of the festival, which takes place on September 20th and 21st in San Francisco. The act selected for Saturday’s opening slot will join an impressive bill of electronic, dance and hip hop acts. The act selected to play Sunday’s opening slot will kick off a stellar lineup of indie rock artists.

Individual artists and bands who are interested in performing at the Treasure Island festival can enter the contest by submitting their original performances via the festival’s official imeem page: www.imeem.com/treasureislandfestival. Following the July 28th submission deadline, a panel of judges representing imeem, Another Planet Entertainment, Noise Pop, and San Francisco music venue The Independent will select 10 finalists for each day of the festival. imeem users will then have the chance to vote for their favorite artists among the finalists through August 17th. The two Mutiny and Mayhem winners will be announced on Monday, August 18th. The Mutiny and Mayhem competition is open to both signed and unsigned artists. Acts must be registered with imeem to enter and must submit performances for consideration via the official Treasure Island Music Festival imeem page: www.imeem.com/treasureislandfestival. The page includes a full list of official rules governing the Mutiny and Mayhem competition.

JanSport Sets The Stage For An Online Battle Of The Bands Competition

(Press Release) JanSport, the original outdoor gear Brand that equips people globally with quality backpacks, travel gear and collegiate apparel, today announced its partnership with The Forecastle Festival, the largest gathering of musicians, artists, and environmentalists in the Midwest, to create an online "Battle of the Bands" competition.

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Wanna Be a Rock Star? Rock Label Seeking Unsigned/New Bands for ‘Anthem

(Press Release) U.S.-based hard rock label with national distribution seeking original compositions from new or up and coming millennium rock/metal acts, as well as any other rockers who have an anthematic rocker which
salutes the Rock & Metal genres for surviving as long as they have! The compilation will additionally feature name players from well-known rock/metal acts, and will hit stores in the late spring of 2009, and each participating band will receive promos upon release of the cd, as well as pic/bio in the cd booklet. Interested bands should submit a myspace (or other web link) with the specific tune they have in mind to anthemrock2008@yahoo.com

Discovering Unsigned Bands - DiscoverUnsigned.Com and Underground Musix

If you are an even casual reader of The Rock and Roll Report you will know that we are passionate about discovering, promoting and playing unsigned rock and roll bands and artists. It is what we are all about. But we are not the only ones who care about promoting unsigned bands, not by a long shot. Two sites I have come across share the same passion and you should check them out if you care about all the great music that is being made but that people don’t get the chance to hear.

The first site is called DiscoverUnsigned.Com. According to site co-founder Tom Ross, DiscoverUnsigned.Com passionately promotes the best unsigned bands, and provides awesome content such as interviews, backstage videos and even a monthly album that any band can apply to be a part of. The monthly album pays out generous royalties to artists and is completely free for them to join. They have just released the details of their first monthly release and I highly recommend you check them out.

The second site is called Underground Musix. This site is aimed at all genres of unsigned music and features a wide array of French-language artists and bands. You have to become a member but that allows you to set up a profile and engage in the more social aspects of the site.

Spend some time on both these pages and I am sure you will find something you will like. Music has become so boring because all we hear is what commercial media wants us to hear. With sites like these, you can call the shots for a change.

Later.

Mark