Poker PR has been at it again with Rockhopper in their quest to discover music talent across the UK.
Along with leading music school Access To Music and education in instrument recycling, Replay; Rockhopper set up studio in the Rockhopper 1960’s airstream caravan in the Kidz Field at Glastonbury where they recorded an awe-inspiring array of young bands and artists.
Each day, one group was chosen to make the short list of a fantastic competition and now these bands need your help to win some life changing prizes:
- A place to Access To Music Summer Band Factory
- ProTools Recording Software
- Pinnacle Studio HD Video Editing Software
- A Rockhopper Four Song EP Deal
All we’re asking is for you to vote for your favourite in the bespoke Facebook Application designed and developed by Poker PR. By doing this, you could help springboard the stars of tomorrow into dizzy new heights! The poll closes Monday at 9am, so click here to place your vote now!
Poker PR is thrilled to have bagged the online music promotion for Phonetic Recording’s debut Ibiza compilation – Phonetic Ibiza 2010 mixed by Leigh Devlin and label boss, hit producer, award winning A&R man and DJ Rob Roar, respectively.
Despite Phonetic having more number 1 hit records in Ibiza than any other label, this is their first compilation. Due for digital release on 26th July and physical release on 8th August the album boasts over 17 world exclusives and a sharp track selection from scene leaders Axwell, Deadmau5, Michael Gray, Paul Harris (Dirty Vegas), Dave Seaman, and Martijn ten Velden.
Phonetic Ibiza gets its own launch party on Sunday 8th August at Sands, Playa den Bossa, Ibiza – just opposite Space – where Rob Roar and a collection of superstar guests from the Phonetic label will appear.
The two disc Night and Day Compilation is another feather in Phonetic’s already impressive cap. That said, with someone as instrumental to the house scene as Rob Roar at the helm, it was never going to be anything else…
Our official iPhone application for d
j producers Riley & Durrant is finally live on the Apple App Store. It is available to download for FREE here and comes with an EXCLUSIVE 30 minute ‘Summer Mix’ which can only be listened to through their app!
The app boasts a wide range of features for fans to connect to their favourite DJ duo including:
- All their latest news, social media including Facebook and Twitter (both tweets & mentions)
- Photo gallery where you can view all the latest photos from Riley & Durrant’s nights
- Video gallery where you can watch videos of their releases as well as tips and tricks from the studio
- Music streaming where you can listen to some of their latest tracks and remixes with a direct link to buy them straight away from the iTunes store
- Catch up on their award winning radio shows from Galaxy FM
- Events listings so you can keep track of where they are playing next so you never miss a show.
“I’m over the moon with the App it’s gone way beyond our expectations and looks absolutely BRILLIANT.” Says
Andi Durrant
Live from the IMS Conference in sunny Ibiza we’ve just officially announced the launch of a cutting edge creative community platform – Burn Studios.
Supported by leading producers and brought to fruition by Burn energy drink Burn Studios will be a global destination where professionals and raw talent can come together to share musical brilliance, have access to authentic state-of-the-art music making tools, link into support of tailored mentoring sessions by some of the biggest names in electronic music and connect creatively with peers through a cloud-based digital platform.
International producers Richie Hawtin -and Cassius have agreed to become Ambassadors for the platform, making Burn Studios the hottest property available to anyone with a desire in up-front music making.
Cassius is also creating the IMS Ibiza 2010 anthem which will then be remixed by Arthur Baker. When finished anyone can download the parts to create their own remix. The winning remixer will have their track released on Cassius’ label.
So far it looks like the concept is going down well. 85.7% of the audience here at the IMS said they would be up to join the mentoring part of the programme and 68.9% agreed that cloud technology will have a significant impact on music. As such we would really appreciate your thoughts and feedback. Come and speak to us or contact us through Twitter@pokerpr or leave a comment and tell us what you think.
To celebrate the release of Azuli’s 10th Miami album, the long-running independent house label is offering a track from the forthcoming album, for absolutely nothing!
As always, the album predicts what the biggest tunes to come out of the Miami Winter Music Conference will be, and this free track is a taster of what’s in store.
Download your free MP3 of DONS remix of ‘Ghetto Star’ by MWSC now http://j.mp/Azuli-Free-Download and let us know what you think. This track is the opener on CD2 and sets the tone for the remainder of the album; upfront, underground, and very danceable.
Like what you hear? Pre-order your copy now http://j.mp/Album-Order-Amazon Release date: 1st March.
To keep up to date with all Azuli releases and events, become a fan on Facebook http://j.mp/Azuli_Facebook to get exclusive announcements as and when they happen.
So the debate about free music is buzzing again since Warner hinted yesterday that it may pull its catalogues from free music steaming sites such as Spotify, after declaring such services were “clearly not positive for the industry.”
Going back to a time before free streaming; the consumer purchased physical music that then became digital. And with that came the age old problem of piracy – a battle the music industry has fought ever since.
As an answer to illegal downloading, in recent years we’ve seen a soar in free music streaming services like Spotify and Last FM. Record labels have had to get involved due to this huge route to market. Adverts via these portals mean consumers can be targeted directly, but a premium paid for services means the listener gets to ignore the ads.
So along came the Subscription model. It’s not just music to be consumed through this model either, as ticket sales and merchandise generates revenue and exposure. But the issue here is that the supplier – the label – has to agree for its music to be made available, if they want their slice of the profit.
So what happens if the label decides to pull out and not to license its music to these streaming services like Warner has suggested it may do?
Warner’s label chief executive Edgar Bronfman has already said it “Is not the kind of approach to business that we will be supporting in future.”
This will not be a good move for Spotify, Last Fm, We7 etc., but maybe this is just the spin the industry needs.
It begs the question whether Spotify will continue to give the label a share of the existing subscriptions. After all, the seven million users Spotify has in six European countries are not to be sniffed at.
Does this mean the labels will stick to the iTunes model, but with a subscription service? Will all the major labels come together and decide to pull out of free streaming services all together?
There has been so much debate in recent years about how artists and everyone else in the music food chain will actually earn money in the industry. Maybe this is it. I feel another change coming on…
As we have been saying for a while now at Poker PR, the world of music and how we listen and purchase is changing.
Spotify and Pandora have changed the way we do this. Now iTunes, leaders in music downloads are rumored to be launching a streaming service to compete in the market.
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Every Friday here at Poker HQ we are going to ask all our fans, followers and friends a question.
So please join us and share you thoughts..It’s what Friday fun is all about!!
Q. If we didn’t have computers in this world. What would you be doing at work right now ?
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Azuli Records have enlisted Poker PR’s digital media services to promote their Azuli presents Miami 2010 album.
Our agency will apply a full-scale, targeted mail out for the new album, applying creative ideas for coverage across digital and print media.
It’s a double celebration for Azuli as this album, which notoriously predicts the big tunes to come out of the @Miami Winter Music Conference, is the 10th in its series, and the label itself is celebrating 20 years since its first release in 1990.
There a whopping 7 exclusive releases on this album, due out in March in both download and CD formats (mixed and unmixed), from the likes of @Deadmau5 & @Chris Lake, and @Seamus Haji.
“The CD represents the main styles that’ll happen this year. It’ll be much housier and leaning more to the groovy snares and rolling beats that are around at the moment, rather than the more minimal and chunky electro house grooves of recent years.” David Piccioni, Azuli
Follow Azuli on Facebook to get first hand info on the release.
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