BandFreaks News for Today: July 26, 2005

Today's Indie Music Headlines
+++ The HitClick Independent Music Network (hitclick.net) to Become BandFreaks.Com
+++ Jewish World Radio, The First Bilingual Internet Radio Station for Jews
+++ Mickael Maddison "Free" CD Release
+++ The Ultimate Source for Movie, Music, and Video Game Clubs Opens its Online Doors at Media-Clubs.com
+++ Whitney Wolanin Original Song Good from the Album Funkology XIII is the #4 Most Added Song at Radio Stations

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The HitClick Independent Music Network (hitclick.net) to Become BandFreaks.Com

The HitClick Independent Music Network is slated to change name to BandFreaks.Com later this week. This transition comes complete with a new updated look and improved functionality for its renowned"Band Finder".

Tucson, Arizona - PRWEB - HitClick owners Avallon DeBrill, Julian Rai, and Courtney Odom announced today that the decision had been made recently to make the transition from The HitClick Independent Music Network to BandFreaks.Com. This decision also comes with numerous other site changes and fixes to the Band Finder, now growing in popularity.

BandFreaks.Com will provide the same independent music news, independent music reviews, indie band and artist coverage, and the same Band Finder found at hitclick.net. The change will be completed by August 1st.

"The reasons for the change I feel is obvious," said Julian Rai, part owner of The HitClick Independent Music Network. "BandFreaks is a much more memorable, exciting and catchy identity for what we're doing. It's also easier to remember, which will certainly provide more word-of-mouth advertising. More than that, it actually describes what we're about more than hitclick.net ever did."

Avallon DeBrill, BandFreaks owner and site editor had this to say: "Most of our regular visitors have already seen part of the design shift happening over this past week. In eight or nine days, we've completely changed over our look, added a news section, reorganized our site, fixed some flaws we'd been staring at for awhile, and redesigned the band and artist's section. Since the Band Finder concept is still really new, we also added a support domain just for bands to get help, read tutorials, learn how to use the finder and even communicate with other bands about learning and using the Finder. Aside from being a great resource for fans to find new bands on the Internet, BandFreaks is run by musicians, and is also devoted to the "band side" of things: improving functionality of the Finder, providing resources for bands to keep doing what they're doing, and getting bands the promotion and coverage that excites and motivates bands to get better and get 'out there'."

According to DeBrill, the finder works a lot differently than what people are probably used to. "Bands sign up, add their information and a list of keywords that describe their sound, their location, their 'vibe', influences, or anything else they can think up. We try to make it easy for them. When a fan uses the Finder to search for a new band, the tool matches each of the keywords in their search to all of the bands in the Finder and gives them the top bands and artist for their search. You click on the link and go to the artist's website. A lot of bands have been using this to increase plays at their artist pages, too."

"The idea is that a fan can sort of string together all sorts of terms with virtually no limit to how specific they can get," says Courtney O., one of BandFreaks' staff music reviewers and part owner of the online franchise, "you can find yourself in a mood for a 'Romantic moody tribal electronic female driven post rock solo artist from queens new york that sounds like Fru Fru and nine inch nails' and use the tool to pin it down. The funny thing is, with all the new bands we've been getting in the Finder, you'll probably find it."

A simple search at BandFreaks.Com using the finder confirms Courtney's theory -- nearly 213 bands match these terms, including New York's Ailanthus, described as 'Dark industrial infused rock with femme fatale vocals'.

"We're really excited about the transition and the updates," says Rai, "it actually marks a shift in right direction as far as market recognition and growth."

In addition to the band finder, BandFreaks will offer the same daily MP3 singles reviews in every genre, a weekly featured independent band or artist, an active community forum, categorized music links, and other regularly updated content.

http://www.hitclick.net
http://www.bandfreaks.com

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Jewish World Radio, The First Bilingual Internet Radio Station for Jews

Jewish World Radio is the first Jewish bilingual, English and Spanish, Internet radio station for all the Jews. We netcast Jewish music, news and Torah teachings in English and Spanish through the Internet 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

(PRWEB) -- Now you can hear Jewish music, news and Torah teachings in English and Spanish through the Internet 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

JWR is a project of Moshav Abarbanel Media, Ltd. in Orlando Florida.

Right now Jewish World Radio is one of the top 5 percent Religious stations in Live365.com, the world’s largest Internet radio network, due to its popularity among the religious audience around the world.

Jewish World Radio started a year ago transmitting educational and entertainment material for the “Benei Anusim”, the children of the forced ones. The “Benei Anusim” are the descendents of the Jews who became Christians during the Spanish Inquisition. There are millions of them in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and the rest of the world.

After a year of transmission, due to request from the English speaking Jewish audience we decided to also re-transmit English programs like The Tovia Singer Show and News from Kol Israel, Israel. We do continue during nights transmitting in Spanish news from Radio Sefarad, Spain and lectures from Los Caminos de Israel, Miami, Florida and the Yeshiva classes from Sephardi School.

Jewish World Radio, apart from its music and news, also started producing other lectures programs about health topics like Judaism and Vegetarianism by Doctor Richard Schwartz.

For more information and to tune to Jewish World Radio, place visit

http://www.JewishWorldRadio.com

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Mickael Maddison "Free" CD Release

Singer/Songwriter and guitarist Mickael Maddison releases his debut CD "Free". Mickael effectively blends elements of classic rock, alternative, and country with a solid modern edge.

KAMLOOPS, (PRWEB) -- Mickael Maddison's much anticipated CD release titled “Free” was officially released as of July 20th, 2005. Featuring talented musicians such as James Lipoth, Dan and Ken Hum, Monica Sia, and The Budweiser Boys Tabernacle Choir, the six song EP effectively blends elements of “classic rock”, “alternative”, and “country rock” with a solid modern edge.

“Free”, titled after the lead track “When I'm Free”, is Mickael's first CD release. “This EP explores and captures some key moments of my life,” says singer, guitarist and songwriter Mickael Maddison. “Songs like “When I'm Free” and “Drink”, these are stories people relate to.”

His music has been attracting attention well before the CD was completed, gaining Mickael a spotlight featuring an interview complete with the airing of 3 songs on 'The River' 97.5FM (www.ckrv.com) and airplay on the Thompson Rivers University station 'The X' 92.5FM (www.thex.ca). The song “Drink” was selected as the background sound for a yet to be released trailer regarding the Merrit Mural Project.

The EP which was recorded, produced and mastered by James Lipoth (www.JamesLipoth.com), is intended to “clear the air” and make way for his more recent works. The enhanced CD contains the tracks “When I'm Free”, “Drink”, “In Her Eyes”, “Blowing In The Wind”, “Castle On A Cloud” and “Friend”. The CD also contains his first two music video's, complete song lyrics, photo's and a bio.

When pressed, Mickael Maddison, known worldwide as the President and founder of SilverServers Inc. (www.SilverServers.com) and for his often controversial personal blog (www.picotalk.com), says that he doesn't currently have plans to tour. “I'm preparing to start phase 2 of the recording project,” Says Mickael. “I'm going back to the studio to begin recording my second CD. There's a lot of music I need to get off my chest.”

“Free” is available for purchase online through www.bytemusic.ca | ByteMusic handles online sales and distribution for independent artists, music stores and labels.

Music video's, artist information and photo's available at www.MickaelMaddison.com

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The Ultimate Source for Movie, Music, and Video Game Clubs Opens its Online Doors at Media-Clubs.com

Comparing offers and finding reviews of movie, music, and video game clubs such as Columbia House, BMG, and Netflix has always been complicated because of the terms of the clubs' introductory offers, long-term commitment requirements, etc. The Media-Clubs.com Web site does all the legwork – Media-Clubs editors have dissected every offer and provided all the introductory offer details, membership terms, costs, and any other important information about each club.

(PRWEB) -- Media-Clubs.com has the best offers from every major movie, music, and video game club, along with offer details and reviews of each club. Tried and true brands such as Columbia House, BMG, Netflix, Blockbuster, Disney, Napster, Apple iTunes, and Live365 all appear on the site with each of their latest and greatest offers.

Media-Clubs.com does more than just list the best offers for each club; it explains each club and offer in extensive detail in both a summarized and detailed form, and provides reviews of each club. According to Amy Grey, Editor of Media-Clubs.com, “Consumers that use this site to research their media club purchases will never be hit with unexpected hidden charges or commitments to buy more movies or music. www.Media-Clubs.com makes the fine print plain and simple!”

Media-Clubs.com features simple compare pages that allow visitors to compare clubs of any type side-by-side. The compare pages list the introductory offer for each club, each club’s commitment (the number of months that club members have to subscribe, DVDs they have to buy, etc), the cost of each club (the introductory cost, any membership costs, and costs to purchase items as a member), and the selection that the club offers (the number of movies, CDs, etc. that the club has in its catalog). Seeing information about the various movie, music, and game clubs side-by-side makes it clear which club/offer is truly the best deal.

In addition to featuring traditional DVD movie clubs (www.media-clubs.com/movie/) and music CD clubs (www.media-clubs.com/music-cd/) like Columbia House and BMG Music Service, Media-Clubs.com has all of the new music subscription services (www.media-clubs.com/digital-music/) (Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, Musicmatch, and Music Now). Consumers can compare the available number of songs and the media formats and usage limitations on these clubs that deliver music in digital format. The site also provides information about Apple iTunes and Live 365 so that visitors can compare digital music stores and Internet radio services to music subscription services.

Media-Clubs also has the latest in DVD and video game rental services (www.media-clubs.com/games/) for consumers that want to rent instead of buy. The site has familiar DVD rental services such as Netflix and Blockbuster, coupled with new contender DVD Avenue and video game rental services Gplay and GameFly. The site details the hard-to-find costs of all the available plans for each rental service.

Finally, Media-Clubs.com offers articles about the various types of clubs and an invaluable FAQ with frequently asked questions about movie clubs, music clubs, and game clubs. The FAQ goes into details about which music services work with which MP3 players, how DVD rental services work, and answers many other mysterious media club questions.

Consumers in the market to join a movie club, music club, or video game club, or those who just want to learn more about how certain types of clubs work, owe it to themselves to check out www.Media-Clubs.com.

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Whitney Wolanin Original Song Good from the Album Funkology XIII is the #4 Most Added Song at Radio Stations

Whitney Wolanin National Recording Artist on TopNotch® Records had her original song GOOD achieve the number 4 most added song to radio station playlists on FMQB the trade magazine of radio in it's most recent report on AC Radio. Good is on the just released album, "Funkology XIII."

(PRWEB) -- Whitney Wolanin the Tall Blonde teen singer, honors student- athlete, and national recording artist with the multi-octave soaring soulful vocals had her original song Good achieve number 4 most added status at radio stations. Good is a self empowerment, "we can all do it" anthem. Good an original song performed vocally by Whitney Wolanin, was co-written by Whitney Wolanin, Bob "Funk Brother" Babbitt and Vincent Wolanin.

Good was also co-produced by the three songwriters as a team working together on the just released Whitney Wolanin album Funkology XIII. Good contains some signature bass licks and an original musical entry, bridge and fade out on the song actually played by Whitney Wolanin in the vocal booth with a basketball combined with the legendary bass playing of Bob Babbitt. Bob Babbitt is a member of the Funk Brothers the hit making legendary band that backed every single hit every made at Motown at the Hitsville studio in Detroit. The Funk Brothers have recently been featured in the film Standing in the Shadows of Motown being shown on cable and satellite TV around the world. The writers, musicians and producers on Whitney Wolanin Funkology XIII have been involved in over 300 hits during their respective careers.

Official Website for Whitney Wolanin
www.WhitneyWolanin.com

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