KAZ Records recording artist Leah DeVon has been selected to be a featured artist for Music For Troops. Leah has made available free music downloads from her current album Come Over. "To give the gift of music to our men and women in uniform is an honor." -- Leah DeVon (Billboard Publicity Wire May 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb961814.htm

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Carla Lynne Hall of RockStarLifeLessons.com is offering a four-week "Music Marketing Machine" workshop in New York City. Participants will get over twelve hours of personal music marketing training from veteran musician and music marketing coach Carla Lynne Hall. This "incubator" styled workshop is designed specifically to create individualized music marketing plans for musicians of all levels, managers and indie labels. It will take place on Wednesdays: June 11, 18, 25, and July 2, 2008 in New York City. There are 10 seats remaining. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb950804.htm Related articles

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The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals in the music, technology and media worlds to explore the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb942834.htm

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NEW YORK (Business Wire EON) May 14, 2008 -- SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal, ad-supported, Web-based music experience, today announced the expansion of its sales team with the addition of industry veterans Jesse Paynter as senior vice president of sales and Paul Rothkopf as senior vice president of sales strategy. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 14, 2008)

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Now in its 11th year, this workshop is held each month from 12:30 to 4:30pm in the BMI Nashville office. The Songwriters Workshop with Jason Blume is open to all songwriters who are serious about and committed to successful commercial songwriting.

Registration is conducted the same day of each workshop, with no prior registration necessary. 50 participants will be admitted each session, with registration beginning promptly at 9 a.m. in BMI's main lobby. Numbers will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis, until all 50 seats are filled. Please email NashvilleWorkshops@bmi.com with any questions regarding the workshop.

Top Executives from EA, Disney, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony, G4, Spike TV, MTV, Nokia, Endemol, Qualcomm, Paramount, Vivendi Games, NBC Universal, I-play, DirecTV, Turbine, Playboy, RealNetworks, GSN, Playfirst and Glu Mobile to Converge for Annual "Insiders" Event (Billboard Publicity Wire May 13, 2008)

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