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Eagle Rock Entertainment has released
Secret World Live from Peter Gabriel on DVD
and Blu-ray. This version is restored and remastered
from the original film and features many of
Gabriel’s hits including “Steam,” “Sledgehammer,”
“Don’t Give Up,” “In Your Eyes,” “Digging
In The Dirt,” “Shaking The Tree” and “Solsbury
Hill.” Filmed in Modena, Italy in November 1993,
the show is elaborately presented and choreographed
with two stages joined by a narrow moving
walkway. See http://kayosproductions.com.
Reality Check TV Transmedia has been
launched online, an experienced service-oriented
outgrowth of Reality Check TV. Indie performers
are being offered the same services employed
by bands like Jetboy and Testament, including
videography, editing, music videos and live event
Production Services. Visit http://rctvtm.com for a
complete list of services.
In January 2012, some of country music’s biggest
stars gathered to bring to life the traditional
American folk songs written by Laura Ingalls
Wilder in her internationally best-selling series
Little House on the Prairie. For the first time
in concert, this music was performed in front of
a rapt, intimate audience at the Loveless Barn in
Nashville, TN, and filmed for broadcast nationwide
on PBS. Pa’s Fiddle: The Music Of America
now comes to CD and DVD with the music of
Randy Travis, Rodney Atkins, Ronnie Milsap,
Committed, Natalie Grant, Ashton Shepherd
Cast of Pa's Fiddle: The Music Of America
and the Roys. Both CD and DVD are available at
iTunes, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Hastings and
via http://compassrecords.com. For further information
contact Emily Amos at Compass Records,
615-320-7672 or emily@compassrecords.com.
OPPS
Get in on the ground floor of the Jaxon Film
Fest. Organizers are reaching out to the community
to create a film/music festival in south-central
Michigan and help support Michigan’s film and
music industries. The festival would be a multivenue
event centered in the downtown Jackson
area, with the focus held at Jackson’s last historic
theater––The Michigan Theatre. They are seeking
volunteers and anyone who would like to be
part of a grassroots effort. Of course, they also
need donations. To take part, email jaxonfilm
fest@gmail.com or visit http://jaxonfilmfest.com.
Emmy-winning director and producer Sunny
Lake has announced the launch of Songwriter, a
reality TV show for songwriters, with a promotional
video on Kickstarter, the crowdsourcing site.
With Songwriter, Lake would like to do for songwriting
what American Idol has done for singing.
Using Kickstarter, he seeks to raise a minimum of
$50,000. Funds raised will be used to shoot a pilot
for Songwriter: Get Inside the Music at Berklee
College of Music. (Lake is a Berklee alumnus.)
While Berklee students will be a major source of
talent, Lake also plans to hold auditions in New
York City, Nashville, TN and Los Angeles, CA.
In all, 24 songwriters will be chosen by a small
group that will include Lake, music celebrities and
a Berklee professor. Those who pledge funds will
receive special gifts ranging from a Songwriter
download for $15 to a special promotional spotlight
and an all-access pass for four to meet the
cast and crew at a private backstage reception for
a pledge of $10,000. Complete details at http://
kickstarter.com/projects/137389948/songwriterget-inside-the-music-reality-tv.
Lifetime Television is looking for teen girls
who are singers, dancers, actors, musicians or
performers of any kind for a new TV series. Girls
age 15 and 16 in Southern California should send
their name, age, contact info, parents’ name, location,
photos and videos to casting@gogoluck
ey.com.
A TV production company is in search of the
next Latin Pop Superstar for a new TV project.
They are searching for men and women who sing
in both English and Spanish and who want help
on their pursuit of fame. If interested, email a brief
bio or resume along with a photo and telephone
number to latinpopcasting@gmail.com.
Global music industry
partners the Music Business
Registry and Symbiotic
Nation have joined
forces to present the
MUBUTV Insider Video
Series featuring interviews
with some of today’s leading
music industry professionals.
MUBUTV is the
brainchild of Ritch Esra of the Music Business
Registry, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur
Eric Knight of Symbiotic Nation, a new entertainment
startup, and songwriter, session
player Doug Probst. The series is available on
MUBUTV’s official website as well as on their
YouTube channel (http://youtu.be/EsrT6DQYF
Ic). MUBUTV’s Insider Series will debut a new
episode every two weeks. Submit your video at
http://mubutv.com. Reach out to John Sanders at
media@mubutv.com or call 424-245-0416.
To coincide with the launch of its first lifestyle
network geared exclusively toward college students
(MCU, which stands for Music Choice
University), Music Choice is asking students to
show their school spirit by logging onto Viddy and
Instagram with a #MCUSpirit hashtag. On Viddy
(http://Viddy.com/MusicChoiceU) students will be
asked to upload a short-form video, with music
or without, featuring school spirit on their college
campus. On Instagram (http://Instagram.com/Mu
sicChoiceU) students will be encouraged to upload
photos showing their best school attire. Students
who tag @MusicChoiceU and #MCUSpirit
have a chance to be featured in the MCU School
Spirit Photo Album.
A new TV program based in Chicago and with
distribution through NBC Universal is looking for
Chicago-based street performers. Whatever the
talent, musical or otherwise, producers want you
on the show. Message your name, number and
photo to daytime6@deepdish.tv.
Jetboy
32 September 2012 www.musicconnection.com