SongRepair.com - Songwriter Events 07-20-07

"Songwriter Events & Happenings by Bronson on July 20, 2007

New Opportunities Will Now Place Independent Music Award Winners
in Front of 20 Million Music Fans The Independent Music Awards (IMAs) an international program that gets major results for indie releases has just added new judges and promotional programs that will now place IMA Winners in front of 20 Million music fans and industry decision makers.

For the past 7 years, the Independent Music Awards has helped indie artists & releases worldwide overcome mainstream obstacles & reach larger audiences & opportunities. Supporting a wide spectrum of music genres from Punk to New Age and design categories including Music Video & Swag, IMA Winners benefit from yearlong promotion, marketing & distribution programs via print, broadcast & online initiatives.
The IMAs are produced by Music Resource Group, publisher of & co-sponsored by mega retailer, Borders Books & Music; online retail giant eMusic; radio promotion gurus, The Planetary Group; digital networks, ManiaTV & ; social networking community, Trig.com and radio tracking service, MediaGuide.

IMA Winners are promoted to more than 20 Million music fans & key industry players including Radio Programmers, Talent Buyers, Film, TV & Gaming Music Supervisors and Music Press.

Judges Confirmed For the 7th IMA Program Include:

* Suzanne Vega
* Les Claypool (Primus)
* Snoop Dogg
* Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* Mavis Staples
* Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
* Angelique Kidjo
* Tim Pagnotta
* Duncan Sheik
* Judy Collins
* Ice-T
* Chuck Comeau (Simple Plan)
* Charlie Musselwhite
* Mobb Deep
* Susan Tedeschi
* MickDeth (18 Visions)
* Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd./Nine Inch Nails)
* Carrie Hughes (MTV Music Supervisor)
* Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone)
* Kevin Lyman (Creator/Producer, Vans Warped Tour)
* Stefan Goldby (Music Programming, Mania TV)
* Chris Douridas (Tastemaker/KCRW DJ)
* Mike Errico (Blender.com)

Entries received from Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Guam, Argentina, England, Mexico, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Greece, Nigeria, Estonia, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Israel, Spain, Canada and the United States reflect the program's stature and reach throughout the international indie music community.

Winners & Finalists credit the program with boosting their visibility among festival bookers, club talent buyers, radio programmers, distributors, industry insiders and fans. Past Winners & Finalists include: Speech, Lacuna Coil, Sugarcult, Chris Whitley, Richard Julian, Eleni Mandel, The Mooney Suzuki , Girlyman, Sweet Honey in The Rock, God Forbid, Bitter:Sweet and Dan Bern.

Program Benefits Include:

* Winners and their music are promoted to over 10 million Borders Books & Music customers in 12 consecutive weekly "Shortlist" opt-in eNewsletters. The artist's own releases will be available for purchase at the BordersStores.com site.
* IMA jukeboxes allow music fans to vote for their favorite songs and feature the music & contact info for Winners & Finalists.
* 10,000 copies of the IMA Winners CD compilation is distributed to music fans & industry at international music conferences, festivals, Spring Break & other events throughout the year.
* The sampler is promoted at 650+ US & Canadian college & public stations by leading radio promotions company The Planetary Group and routinely places in the Top 1-25 CMJ charts.
* The IMA Winners CDs is promoted to more than 1 Million eMusic subscribers.
* All music & music video category Winners & Finalists to be promoted to more than 9 Million at digital broadcast sites including ManiaTV.com & HavocTV.com.
* Winners & Finalists promoted to Trig.com social networking community.
* Winners & Finalists featured in a special pull-out spread in The Musicianąs Atlas, read by more than 250,000 industry pros.

And, because the IMAs focuses on delivering global opportunites for Indie artists and releases, judges recently confirmed for the upcoming program include Internet TV Head of Programming, UK Media & Indie Label A&R and, of course top notch Artists.

Entries for the upcoming Independent Music Awards must be postmarked by July 27, 2007.

Go to www.IndependentMusicAwards.com for complete details, judges, and entry forms.

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