|
In The News
Business News from Send2Press Newswire
Recent News Stories from eNewsChannels™ >> News Article
Edited by Christopher Simmons, senior news editor
UNCONVENTIONAL MUSIC WEBSITE, REQUEST-A-SONG.COM, RELEASES ITS FIRST CD
RALEIGH, NC - July 29th, 2003 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Request-A-Song.com (RAS)
announced today the release of their first full-length audio CD, "Best Of
Request - Vol. 1." The seventy-two minute release is filled with
twenty-four of the site's best songs from its first six months in
business. Each song has been professionally re-mastered especially for
the CD release, and each CD comes with a 16-page color booklet with song
information and lyrics. The CD is being made available for sale directly
from the Request-A-Song.com website (http://www.request-a-song.com)
today.
Request-A-Song.com has quickly gained notoriety on the Internet for its
novel approach to writing and publishing new music. Request-A-Song
songwriters write and record new, original songs based on website visitor
suggestions. Most of the music is piano- or guitar-based pop rock with a
decidedly quirky twist.
Visitors to the website submit song "requests" consisting of suggested
song titles or other interesting phrases. The RAS songwriters then read
the requests, and if one appeals to them, they will write and record a
song based on the request, then publish it on the site for free in MP3
format. The resulting songs usually turn out more interesting than
anticipated, as the songwriters try to take an unexpected angle on the
ideas they receive.
"We like to continuously challenge our skills at creating new music," says
RAS creator and head songwriter Benj Edwards, "We did it before the site
started, but the Internet has simply let us take it to a much larger
level, and has allowed us to reach a global audience with music whose
distribution was formerly confined to the tiny room I call my studio."
Request-A-Song.com has been running since October 1st, 2002, and has
published 64 songs so far, with a release rate of about 6-8 new songs a
month. RAS has been featured on Billboard.com, and one of Edwards' songs,
"The Evil Toucan Sam," has been played numerous times on the "Dr. Demento"
radio show. RAS recently acquired the domain name "requestasong.com"
(note lack of hyphens), so the site can alternately be accessed through
that address (http://www.requestasong.com).
Source of news:
Hollow Earth Productions
Website:
www.request-a-song.com
> Read original news release in raw text format
> More Music Industry and Recording Industry News
> Other Recent News Stories from PRnetwire
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION(S) MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE NEWS ITEM, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMPANY DIRECTLY. SEND2PRESS/NEOTROPE IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE OF, AND DOES NOT OFFER FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT, ANY COMPANY MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE NEWS ITEM.
DISCLAIMER: the above news article is believed accurate but not guaranteed, and is based on news supplied by the company or organization mentioned and/or quoted in the story. Neotrope/Send2Press makes no claims of accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Any opinions expressed by representatives of company(s) mentioned in news item are solely those of the person indicated, and do not reflect any opinion or policy of Neotrope/Send2Press. Your use of any information contained herein is done solely at your own risk, and you are fully responsible for using any information herein, or on sites mentioned or linked to in the article. Reproduction of this news article in any form requires written authorization — use of the raw text version of the news has no restrictions other than you may not post our news on a website which offers either PR or newswire services, or Internet Promotion services.. You may freely link to this article. eNewsChannels™ (www.eNewsChannels.com) is a unit of Neotrope®. Keyword marketing technology by DotComMojo™, a unit of Neotrope.
NEWSWIRE TERMS OF USE
|
