- U.S. seeks Ukrainian on corruption charges that he denies
- Tycoon arrested on separate Spanish warrant as he left court
Friday, April 7, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Music Ops - World Wide
Feature in new issue of SOM Magazine
Print Publication looking for artists
Mar 12, 2017
DEADLINE
Get featured in the new issue of SOM Magazine featuring recording artist Problem on the front cover! ...
Celestion Launches Impulse Response (IR) Video Contest
Open to everyone
PRIZE
Mar 17, 2017
DEADLINE
Ipswich, UK(February 28, 2017) —Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers and professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement applications, is excited to launch a new contest, in which participants are invited to submit a video showing how they use Celestion Impulse ...
Singers, bands, dancers age 17 and under appear on Kidz Roc TV show
TV Music Licensing
Apr 15, 2017
DEADLINE
"Kidz Roc" www.kidzroc.com is searching for kids age 17 and under for 30-minute television variety show that features musically gifted kids from around the world. “Kidz Roc” showcases musical talent of all genres. Not based on competition, but designed to encourage the pursuit of dreams. Kidz Ro ...
Searching for singers, bands, dancers age 17 and under television show
TV Music Licensing
Apr 15, 2017
DEADLINE
We are searching for kids age 17 and under for 30-minute variety show that features musically gifted kids from around the world. “Kidz Roc” showcases musical talent of all genres. Not based on competition, but designed to encourage the pursuit of dreams. Kidz Roc filmed in Orlando, Pittsburgh, ...
SEEKING ARTISTS & MUSICIANS FOR ALTERNATIVE/INDIE FORMAT SHOW
College looking for artists in New York
May 21, 2017
DEADLINE
My name is Drew "CarpeDM" McLaughlin and I host "The Alternative Hour", a radio show with a format based around the Indie & Alternative genres. Currently, I'm searching for artists to play and interview on my show who fit the genres listed above. Feel free to submit! ...
Promotion of Up-and-Coming Artists
Looking for artists
May 25, 2017
DEADLINE
We are looking for new up and coming artists which would like to have their music promoted through our radio station. We have a facebook page, twitter page and website which we can also use to promote the artist through the use of interviews. We are unable to pay the artists for the use of the ...
Online Internet Radio Exposure - We Need ROCK
Radio Station looking for artists
Apr 30, 2017
DEADLINE
We are a listener-supported, commercial-free internet-only radio station. Broadcasting content to TuneIn's global audience of over 60 million users. Supporting unsigned and independent artists, and we want to help great music get heard. Please submit a single folder with material (mp3 audio only); n ...
Management Company Seeking Country Music Artists
Manager looking for artists
Mar 31, 2017
DEADLINE
ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT YOUR MUSIC? If you are serious about Country Music and have a great work ethic, Circle City Records USA, LLC wants to discuss your future. We are a professional Musician Management Company. We can help jump start your career and put you on track where you should be. B ...
Trust Us Productions
Producer looking for artists in Georgia
Mar 10, 2017
DEADLINE
Looking for a Gospel vocalist singer and songwriter female or male ...
Record Label Looking for Musical Artists
Record Label looking for artists in Michigan
Mar 30, 2017
DEADLINE
Please submit your music to: Chris Anderson Fenton Records 203 East Division Street Sparta, MI 49345 ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Ukraine Oligarch Loses U.S. Extradition Fight, Is Arrested
Dmitry Firtash, the Ukrainian billionaire, speaks on his mobile telephone outside the Group DF offices following a Bloomberg Television interview in Vienna on March 14,
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Magistrates in Barcelona charged him with money laundering and engaging in organized crime, according to a document seen by Bloomberg. Firtash, who made much of his fortune in the gas trade and expanded into chemicals and television, is one of Ukraine’s most powerful men.
He has deep ties to Russia, having profited from deals with gas giant Gazprom and businessmen from the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, adding to his potential interest for U.S. law enforcement. Firtash’s defense team had argued that the U.S. prosecution was politically motivated, an effort to sideline him for his pro-Russian views.
In its decision, Vienna’s Higher Regional Court overturned a 2015 lower-court ruling that had blocked the extradition. Tuesday’s judgment is not subject to further appeal except for an extraordinary supreme court complaint under narrow conditions. The ultimate decision to hand him over to the U.S. lies with the Austrian Ministry of Justice.
Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter said that he won’t make a decision about the U.S. request before Austrian courts have dealt with the Spanish warrant. “At the end of this review the question will have to be answered which request we’ll have to comply with,” Brandstetter told public broadcaster ORF in an interview. Corruption Charges “It wasn’t for us to judge whether Mr. Firtash was guilty, but only whether the extradition is allowed,” Judge Leo Levnaic-Iwanski said in the ruling on the U.S. request Tuesday.
“This decision only means that another country will make a decision whether he is guilty.” He highlighted the importance of international cooperation to combat cross-border white-collar crimes. The most important business stories of the day. Get Bloomberg's daily newsletter. Enter your email Sign Up Firtash’s Austrian lawyers said in a statement they “remain confident that Mr. Firtash’s innocence will be proven” and will take the case to Austria’s supreme court and to the European Court of Human Rights.
It declined to comment on the Spanish arrest warrant and said the allegations in it weren’t disclosed to them. His U.S. legal team said in a statement that it is “disappointed” in the decision and will fight the charges in the U.S. Nicole Navas, a Justice Department spokeswoman, declined to comment on the details of the case while saying that her agency thanked Austria’s government for its cooperation. U.S. prosecutors are seeking Firtash, a one-time ally of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, on allegations he led a conspiracy to pay $18.5 million to Indian officials to facilitate a $500 million titanium project there.
Firtash denied the charges. His legal team, led by former Austrian Justice Minister Dieter Boehmdorfer, called them politically motivated. “In February of 2014, the U.S. wanted to remove Mr. Firtash from the geopolitical and from the Ukrainian domestic game,” defense lawyer Christian Hausmaninger told the court.
“Mr. Firtash stood in the way of U.S. interests in Ukraine.” Political Motivation U.S. prosecutors rejected that claim. In new filings with the court last year, they submitted wiretaps showing what they said was evidence of Firtash’s ties with organized crime. In Tuesday’s hearings, Firtash’s lawyers denounced that as misleading and outdated.
The appeals court heard no new testimony Tuesday. The judge said there was sufficient evidence to establish suspicion, which is the basis for extradition. He ruled that the defense arguments of political motivation applied when the crimes in question were themselves at least partly political, not criminal. “There’s a high bar to prove political motivation and the case in question doesn’t show any dishonest interest,” the judge said. “The U.S. is a country with a long tradition of democracy and rule of law.”
“The affected person isn’t prosecuted by the U.S. Department of State but from the judiciary,” he said. “And the U.S. judiciary only recently impressively demonstrated that it’s independent from the government when it lifted the entry ban,” he said, referring to the recent ruling suspending the presidential order limiting immigration.
Kremlin Ties The U.S. has been investigating Firtash since at least 2006, after he emerged as a major shareholder in a little-known company that controlled much of the multibillion-dollar gas trade between Russia and Ukraine. In addition to Gazprom, his Russian partners include ally Arkady Rotenberg, a longtime Putin friend who is subject to U.S. sanctions.
Another Rotenberg ally, Vasily Anisimov, lent Firtash the money to post 125 million euros in bail in Austria while the extradition request was being heard. Gazprombank, one of Russia’s largest lenders, has regularly backed Firtash’s projects. “Firtash has long been closely tied to Putin and his circle and he knows a lot that the people around Putin wouldn’t like to see public,” said Stanislav Belkovsky, a Moscow political analyst.
“Naturally, the extradition of Firtash and his subsequent testimony in America don’t make these people happy. The risks for Putin’s elite are rising.” In a 2014 interview with Bloomberg, Firtash said there’s nothing that U.S. prosecutors could offer him that would entice him to reveal what he knows about Russia’s gas business.
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Sarantos
Sarantos
Genre
Rock, Adult Contemporary, Pop
Location
United States
Label
Indie
Songwriter/Publisher
Speron/ASCAP
Sarantos Bio
2017 is a new year and Sarantos is back at work continuing to release a new song, music video and book chapter every month. In three years, he has released 6 albums with 85 original tracks as well as 3 fiction/fantasy books that parallel the songs!
The CDs continue to expand on his unique signature style but with an eclectic mix of edgy experimentation! Fans and fellow musicians marvel at his humble down-to-earth demeanor, his dedication to his mission and the wealth of free content that continues to drop every month along with his contributions to charity! His journey started in 2014. He has tackled almost every genre imaginable. Fans continue to interact directly with Sarantos while enjoying regular surprises such as a Christmas album, solo and full instrumentals, bonus covers, a steady stream of witty radio interviews and much more. Fans always wonder what’s next.
Sarantos unique sound has been best described by industry insiders as "an emotionally powerful vocal style masterfully united with music that is a fusion of classic 80s rock blended with modern soft rock and pop music!"
Since 2014, Sarantos has won over 34 awards with Akademia LA Music,
Beat 100 while also being nominated for the International Music & Entertainments Awards,
Hollywood Music In Media, and the Hollywood Songwriting Awards.
Even without ever using a professional music studio, label, ad agency or radio promoters, his songs “Dreamer” & “What If I Never See You Again” have spent many months in the top 200 on the majors list in the US for radio airplay according to the Digital Radio Tracker Top 200 charts. On the independent charts, Sarantos has hit the top 10. Dreamer was even picked up on the BBC worldwide in 2016!
Sarantos is an avid comic book reader, nerd, workaholic, one-time owner of the Millennium Falcon, gamer and zombie killer. Sarantos prides himself on not releasing robotic music. Playing live or on the radio, the music is authentic and real. It has imperfections because it is human. He is always trying to sound different musically, lyrically and vocally. He does not want fans or critics to get bored with his efforts or sound. Despite momentum and continued traction, Sarantos still has not turned a profit since he gives away all of his songs, videos and books for free and, of course, everything costs money to make. He also doesn’t put ads on his You Tube videos so fans can enjoy the experience without having to keep clicking on the close button for the ads every 30 seconds. Sarantos still was able to donate $2,000 in 2015 and in 2016 to the various charities that were picked by fans for his songs. It's not much but every little bit counts. Hopefully the number will continue to increase as his journey unfolds.
Sarantos currently has over 1.3M Social Media followers and has been rated #1 on Reverbnation in the rock and even pop genre worldwide on several occasions. Sarantos performed at the Toronto Music Festival in May to a sold out live audience. Sarantos music has received rave reviews and he relishes this chance to pursue his life-long dream.
With new hit tunes waiting to be released every single month until the day he dies, Sarantos music screams success and stimulates an overdue conversation in the always-changing music industry. Sarantos loyal fans continue to tune in daily for his heartfelt social media posts. His songs are being broadcast every day on various radios stations around the globe. Sarantos continues to do interviews and fans can listen in on a few of them on his YouTube channel. Please don’t listen thought if you will be offended by his funny, sarcastic, witty and genuine demeanor. Sarantos never sticks to just one theme or one emotion. His music videos aren’t all about him. He doesn’t want fans to get bored with the usual lame music videos that are common in the industry. What will he try next?
There will always be plenty of buzz as Sarantos strives to release something new to his fans every single week! Every year until the day he dies, Sarantos will release a new song and lyric video on the 1st Tuesday of every month, a new music video on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, a book chapter from his fiction/fantasy book on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, and a new Uncut Behind The Scenes video on the 4th Tuesday of every month. A new CD & book will then be released every November along with a surprise CD. Every year. Forever.
Sarantos has been writing lyrics since 4th grade and is passionate about the words he puts to the music. Music was always in his blood. Music was always a passion and much more than a hobby. Sarantos has written over 2,600 songs! He always had an abnormal fascination with music, much to the expense of a normal personality development. At least Sarantos finds humor while being candid about “making more mistakes than anyone I know!”
Having undergone several personal challenges starting with his father passing away in 2010 after a long hard-fought battle with lung cancer, dealing with personal health issues like asthma, chronic allergies, eosinophilic esophagitis with a stricture the size of a straw, food allergies to almost everything, going thru life's ups & downs, the timing was finally right to start pursuing his lifelong dream in 2014. And so it began. Sarantos main motivation remains, however, to raise money for charity.
Sarantos is a proud supporter of multiple charities and donates directly to many charitable organizations!
Sarantos has always been inclined to help people in need and is proud to release his music every month as a way to donate a portion of proceeds to charity, hopefully inspiring other artists to do the same. His fans help him choose the charity each month. Just a few of the charities chosen so far include the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Make-a-Wish Foundation, American Heart Association, St Jude's, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feed The Starving Children, The Trevor Project, Meals on Wheels, Alcoholics Anonymous and many more.
The website, Melogia (which in Greek means "with words") was established by Sarantos, an aspiring singer and song writer.
Sarantos Mission or Goal:
My goal when you listen to one of my songs is very simple. I want you to feel the need to:
-Sing
-Dance or move to the groove
Genre
Rock, Adult Contemporary, Pop
Location
United States
Label
Indie
Songwriter/Publisher
Speron/ASCAP
Sarantos Bio
2017 is a new year and Sarantos is back at work continuing to release a new song, music video and book chapter every month. In three years, he has released 6 albums with 85 original tracks as well as 3 fiction/fantasy books that parallel the songs!
The CDs continue to expand on his unique signature style but with an eclectic mix of edgy experimentation! Fans and fellow musicians marvel at his humble down-to-earth demeanor, his dedication to his mission and the wealth of free content that continues to drop every month along with his contributions to charity! His journey started in 2014. He has tackled almost every genre imaginable. Fans continue to interact directly with Sarantos while enjoying regular surprises such as a Christmas album, solo and full instrumentals, bonus covers, a steady stream of witty radio interviews and much more. Fans always wonder what’s next.
Sarantos unique sound has been best described by industry insiders as "an emotionally powerful vocal style masterfully united with music that is a fusion of classic 80s rock blended with modern soft rock and pop music!"
Since 2014, Sarantos has won over 34 awards with Akademia LA Music,
Beat 100 while also being nominated for the International Music & Entertainments Awards,
Hollywood Music In Media, and the Hollywood Songwriting Awards.
Even without ever using a professional music studio, label, ad agency or radio promoters, his songs “Dreamer” & “What If I Never See You Again” have spent many months in the top 200 on the majors list in the US for radio airplay according to the Digital Radio Tracker Top 200 charts. On the independent charts, Sarantos has hit the top 10. Dreamer was even picked up on the BBC worldwide in 2016!
Sarantos is an avid comic book reader, nerd, workaholic, one-time owner of the Millennium Falcon, gamer and zombie killer. Sarantos prides himself on not releasing robotic music. Playing live or on the radio, the music is authentic and real. It has imperfections because it is human. He is always trying to sound different musically, lyrically and vocally. He does not want fans or critics to get bored with his efforts or sound. Despite momentum and continued traction, Sarantos still has not turned a profit since he gives away all of his songs, videos and books for free and, of course, everything costs money to make. He also doesn’t put ads on his You Tube videos so fans can enjoy the experience without having to keep clicking on the close button for the ads every 30 seconds. Sarantos still was able to donate $2,000 in 2015 and in 2016 to the various charities that were picked by fans for his songs. It's not much but every little bit counts. Hopefully the number will continue to increase as his journey unfolds.
Sarantos currently has over 1.3M Social Media followers and has been rated #1 on Reverbnation in the rock and even pop genre worldwide on several occasions. Sarantos performed at the Toronto Music Festival in May to a sold out live audience. Sarantos music has received rave reviews and he relishes this chance to pursue his life-long dream.
With new hit tunes waiting to be released every single month until the day he dies, Sarantos music screams success and stimulates an overdue conversation in the always-changing music industry. Sarantos loyal fans continue to tune in daily for his heartfelt social media posts. His songs are being broadcast every day on various radios stations around the globe. Sarantos continues to do interviews and fans can listen in on a few of them on his YouTube channel. Please don’t listen thought if you will be offended by his funny, sarcastic, witty and genuine demeanor. Sarantos never sticks to just one theme or one emotion. His music videos aren’t all about him. He doesn’t want fans to get bored with the usual lame music videos that are common in the industry. What will he try next?
There will always be plenty of buzz as Sarantos strives to release something new to his fans every single week! Every year until the day he dies, Sarantos will release a new song and lyric video on the 1st Tuesday of every month, a new music video on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, a book chapter from his fiction/fantasy book on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, and a new Uncut Behind The Scenes video on the 4th Tuesday of every month. A new CD & book will then be released every November along with a surprise CD. Every year. Forever.
Sarantos has been writing lyrics since 4th grade and is passionate about the words he puts to the music. Music was always in his blood. Music was always a passion and much more than a hobby. Sarantos has written over 2,600 songs! He always had an abnormal fascination with music, much to the expense of a normal personality development. At least Sarantos finds humor while being candid about “making more mistakes than anyone I know!”
Having undergone several personal challenges starting with his father passing away in 2010 after a long hard-fought battle with lung cancer, dealing with personal health issues like asthma, chronic allergies, eosinophilic esophagitis with a stricture the size of a straw, food allergies to almost everything, going thru life's ups & downs, the timing was finally right to start pursuing his lifelong dream in 2014. And so it began. Sarantos main motivation remains, however, to raise money for charity.
Sarantos is a proud supporter of multiple charities and donates directly to many charitable organizations!
Sarantos has always been inclined to help people in need and is proud to release his music every month as a way to donate a portion of proceeds to charity, hopefully inspiring other artists to do the same. His fans help him choose the charity each month. Just a few of the charities chosen so far include the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Make-a-Wish Foundation, American Heart Association, St Jude's, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feed The Starving Children, The Trevor Project, Meals on Wheels, Alcoholics Anonymous and many more.
The website, Melogia (which in Greek means "with words") was established by Sarantos, an aspiring singer and song writer.
Sarantos Mission or Goal:
My goal when you listen to one of my songs is very simple. I want you to feel the need to:
-Sing
-Dance or move to the groove
Monday, January 16, 2017
Trump’s Feud With John Lewis Prompts Outrage Among Blacks
Trump’s Feud With John Lewis Prompts Outrage Among Blacks
© TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP/Getty Images Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) after the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on nomination of Sen Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 11, 2017.
Days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump is engaged in a high-profile feud with some of the country’s most prominent African-American leaders, setting off anger in a constituency already wary of him after a contentious presidential campaign.
Mr. Trump’s criticism of Representative John Lewis of Georgia, a widely admired leader of the civil rights movement, has prompted a number of Democratic lawmakers to say they will not attend his inauguration on Friday.
Blacks around the country have reacted to Mr. Trump’s remarks with fury, and the subject has dominated social media and discussions among black activists. Mr. Trump said on Saturday on Twitter that Mr. Lewis, who asserted last week that Mr. Trump was not a “legitimate president,” should focus on his district and “the burning and crime infested inner-cities.”
The angry reaction is driven not only by Mr. Trump’s Twitter posts but what many blacks say they reveal about the president-elect’s lack of understanding of the reverence with which the civil rights movement, and its leaders, are viewed by African-Americans.
“I don’t think we have ever had a president so publicly condescending to what black politics means,” said Mark Anthony Neal, an African and African-American studies professor at Duke University.
Mr. Neal added that while other presidents like Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton may have imposed policies that hurt black communities, they were more sensitive to issues of race. Mr. Trump, through Twitter, is giving the world access in real time to his unvarnished thoughts, which Mr. Neal called “raw, unsophisticated, ignorant and uninformed.”
“He doesn’t care that people think the civil rights movement was important,” Mr. Neal said. “He doesn’t feel the need to perform some sort of belief that it is important.”
Mr. Trump’s talk is especially striking as it comes during the transition period, when, typically, incoming presidents are focused on trying to bring the country together.
Mr. Trump has also not made any public announcement of plans to commemorate Martin Luther King’s Birthday, a tradition observed by most Republican and Democratic politicians. A plan for him to visit the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture on Monday has been scrapped.
“Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “All talk, talk, talk — no action or results. Sad!”
Within minutes, Democratic leaders and others came to the defense of Mr. Lewis, who, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution later noted, represents both pockets of poverty and parts of Atlanta’s “crown jewels,” like Emory University and Morehouse College. The newspaper’s front page on Sunday carried this headline: “Atlanta to Trump: Wrong.”
Cornell William Brooks, president of the N.A.A.C.P., criticized Mr. Trump and tweeted a photo showing a young Mr. Lewis bloodied from protesting. “By disrespecting @repjohnlewis, @realDonaldTrump dishonored Lewis’ sacrifice & demeaned Americans & the rights, he nearly died 4. Apologize,” he wrote.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence defended Mr. Trump’s criticism of Mr. Lewis during an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” though he did so in noticeably softer tones.
“I was deeply disappointed to see someone of his stature question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s election as president and say he’s not attending the inauguration,” Mr. Pence said, referring to the Georgia congressman. “And I hope he reconsiders both positions.”
Asked if he thought Mr. Trump’s Twitter posts were appropriate given Mr. Lewis’s biography and record, Mr. Pence said that the president-elect “has the right to defend himself” and that Mr. Trump had wished to call attention to Democratic policy failures in America’s cities.
A spokesman for the Trump transition team said it would have no further comment.
Many of the members of Congress who will not attend Mr. Trump’s inauguration said they planned to instead meet with activists and focus on how to push back against Mr. Trump’s administration.
Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the dean of the House of Representatives, was among those announcing that he would not be attending the inaugural and was gearing up to fight Mr. Trump. “I will do everything in my power to ensure that accountability is brought to bear on the administration and that the Constitution and our nation’s laws are adhered to, as no one is above the law,” he wrote in a statement.
Representative Barbara Lee of California said Mr. Trump “has demeaned and insulted the African-American community, and we are going to have to really raise our voices and resist this if these views are going to be reflected in his policies.”
Others skipping the inaugural include: Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez of New York, Jerrold Nadler of New York, Maxine Waters of California, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, Luis V. Gutiérrez of Illinois, José E. Serrano of New York, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Kurt Schrader of Oregon, William Lacy Clay of Missouri and Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio.
Mr. Trump had scant support in the black community before his transition began; only about 8 percent of blacks voted for him in the election on Nov. 8. The relationship seemed further imperiled when Mr. Trump appointed his White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, the former head of Breitbart News, who some people fear will bring nationalist and racist views to the West Wing.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who led a march in Washington on Saturday, said Mr. Trump’s Twitter posts drove more people to brave the cold to demonstrate.
“Some people told me they would have had second thoughts, but they heard what he said about John Lewis, which was tantamount to spitting in our face,” he said. “What you’re telling black people is that all the things John Lewis directly was involved in that resulted in the legislation that we are fighting to maintain and make permanent, you consider nothing.”
Last week, the tensions between black leaders and the incoming president were on vivid display as Senator Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican nominated for attorney general, testified at his confirmation hearing. Mr. Lewis and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey both testified in opposition to Mr. Sessions, saying he could set back racial progress by decades. Mr. Sessions has been criticized for joking in the presence of a Justice Department Civil Rights Division lawyer that the Ku Klux Klan was “O.K. until I found out they smoked pot.” He was also said to have called a black assistant U.S. attorney “boy” and the N.A.A.C.P. “un-American.’’
The deep unease that many African-Americans feel about Mr. Trump has also set off a backlash toward black celebrities who appear with him. The comedian Steve Harvey and the rapper Kanye West have faced fierce criticism and ridicule for meeting with Mr. Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Sunday, January 15, 2017
Ajay Mathur
Musik Radio Promotions
presents
Ajay Mathur
Genre
Rock, Southern Rock, Alt Rock, College, Adult Contemporary, Americana, Country
Location
Switzerland
Label
Yakketeeyak Music
Website
Click Here
Songwriter/Publisher
Mathur /MAINSTREET Publishing / SUISA
“An amazing amount of originality, creativity and rich conventional wisdom Mathur has to offer” wrote Cyrus Rhodes of IMD about India-born and Switzerland based singer-songwriter Ajay Mathur. Sherryl Craig of Nashville Music Guide went even further; “Ajay may have created a new genre music that is endless. The sky is the limit on his mix of instruments and lyrics. His creativity is boundless.” Indeed Ajay’s albums come “with a fresh sound and an entertaining vibe that makes a real connection with music fans” as Michael Rand of All What’s Rock precisely put it. Released in May 2015, Ajay Mathur’s latest album “9 to 3” (UPC 889211268627) has been a continuous success story, with the first single WALKING ON THE WATER hitting the U.S. Airplay Top 80 Independent Chart at #59 on May 23rd 2015. The song stayed on various charts for 12 consecutive weeks, peaking at #14. Since then, both the follow-up singles have performed extremely well on various airplay charts. MY WORLD (SOS TO THE UNIVERSE) ranked on U.S. airplay charts for 16 consecutive weeks, peaking at #4 on Top 50 Rock Chart. VIEW FROM THE TOP, the third single release from ‘9 to 3’ peaked at #1 on National Airplay Top 50 Rock Chart and at #15 on European Independent Music Top 200 Chart.
Scott Alexander of Abort Magazine describes the magic of ‘9 to 3’ with; “This album is awesome, and it’s tough to explain exactly why. The best way to get the message across is to simply say… This is madness. Madness, in the best sense of the word possible.” Randy Radic of Contact Music tastefully adds; “'9 to 3' is like fine dining at a hoity-toity restaurant: Mathur is the cordon bleu chef plying his craft deep in the kitchen, surrounded by pots and pans and stoves. The entrée emerges and is conveyed into the dining room, where it is pronounced "delicious." AXS Magazine’s McEagon Voyace sums up the mastery of the album with “Ajay Mathur's '9 to 3' is a master class on consummate songwriting” and k Rick Ecker of New Noise Magazine attributes ‘9 to 3’ as a “very unique album, with a feel of how albums used to be, full of surprises and risks that take you on a trip and engage your mind as well as your ears.”
'9 to 3' follows Ajay Mathur's previous successful releases of ‘A Matter of Time' (2011) and 'Come See Conquer' (2013) which have enjoyed excellent reviews and acknowledgements in the international media, top-rankings on internet radio playlists, chart ranking on Americana (AMA) radio charts, four award-winning singles including 'Communicate' which was a finalist in the 2011 Show Me the Music song-writing contest and 'Easy' as a finalist in the 2012 Unsigned Only Songwriting Competition and over a million fans and listeners worldwide.
Janne Zawa of Indie Artists Alliance sums it up; “It is very clear that Ajay’s talents are far beyond what anyone could have imagined, and, simply put, this guy is a pure genius of his musical craft”.
Born and raised in India, now living in Switzerland, Ajay Mathur’s talent as a singer/songwriter and seasoned musician blends both pop and rock genres with American Roots and traditional Indian instruments into something radically new and genre-bending. Ajay started off performing at some of the hottest clubs in New Delhi and Mumbai during the height of the 1970's. While some of the biggest international musicians from the West, including Jimmy Page and Don Cherry, were touring the country in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment, they joined Ajay onstage for unforgettable jam sessions that lasted through the night. Mathur celebrated success in his European home of Switzerland with his rock group 'Mainstreet' in the 80s and 90s. Along with sold out tours across Europe, the group had an impressive four singles and two albums make it to the top 20 on the Swiss radio charts, enjoy airplay on various European radio stations, and month-long club power play in Tokyo's Hard Rock Cafe.
“The beauty of Mathur is Mathur himself. I believe this man feels every word he sings” wrote Jennifer Hertzler of Gigband recently about Ajay and admits “I’m hooked from the first track”.
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