{"id":7434,"date":"2007-05-09T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/2007-05-0509-005\/"},"modified":"2007-05-09T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"2007-05-0509-005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/2007-05-0509-005\/","title":{"rendered":"Send2Press Newswire Joins Sponsors of the A&amp;R Select Battle of the Bands at BB King&#8217;s Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORRANCE, Calif. &#8211; May 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Send2Press(R), a leading targeted newswire service (a service of Neotrope(R)), announced today it has joined the sponsors of the 12-week Battle of the Bands, hosted by A&amp;R Select, the music industry&#8217;s benchmark in independent promotion and marketing. Over 80 local and regional bands will perform for an industry panel of well-known record labels, music supervisors, managers, music directors, and publishers. Other sponsors for the event include Music Saves Lives and Sam Ash.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/07-0416-ARBattlPoster_72dpi.jpg\" align=\"left\" id=\"2007-05-0509-005\" hspace=\"20\" alt=\"(c) Send2Press\" \/>The competition is being held at BB King&#8217;s Bar and Grille, located at Universal CityWalk in Hollywood. A cash prize of $2,500 awaits the winner along with radio airplay. The competition began performances in mid-April and is continuing every Monday night for 12 weeks, and is viewable via web stream on A&amp;R Select&#8217;s MySpace page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/arselect\" target=\"_new\">www.myspace.com\/arselect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to have been one of the sponsors for this event since it started,&#8221; said Christopher Simmons, president of Neotrope(R), parent company of Send2Press. &#8220;With the shift in the music industry from record stores to online, and the growth of social networks and video streaming, this mixed-media event makes an interesting venue for an online concert series, while still having a &#8216;live&#8217; presence in a real club.&#8221; Simmons is a member of PRSA, and ASCAP, and has been both a marketing expert and professional musician for over 25 years. He is also the editor of Music Industry Newswire (www.musicindustrynewswire.com).<\/p>\n<p> <strong>About A&amp;R Select<\/strong><br \/> A&amp;R Select(TM) offers artist development and marketing services for musicians. The company&#8217;s goal is to provide a variety of solutions where talented artists with a drive to succeed can get their music to the people who make career building decisions. More information: www.arselect.com.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>About Send2Press Newswire<\/strong><br \/> Founded in 1997, Send2Press, (www.Send2Press.com) is one of the leading online-based news release creation and distribution companies helping small businesses and start-up companies reach and inform their target media. It is the only online newswire service to provide a single source for news writing, rich media, media coaching, targeted distribution, search engine marketing, and media representation.<\/p>\n<p> Send2Press is a service of Neotrope(R), established 1983 in California, and is the only news distribution service with a staff entirely comprised of accredited PR professionals and working journalists. Send2Press was the first news service in the world to optimize content for search engines in 1997, using Neotrope&#8217;s proprietary ContextEngine(R) technology. Prior to 2000, the service was known as MindsetNetwire. <\/p>\n<p> For information on Send2Press services, visit:<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/services\/\" target=\"_new\">www.send2press.com\/services\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> All trademarks acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>News issued by: Neotrope<\/p>\n<p> # # # <\/p>\n<p><small>Original Story ID:  (2832) :: 2007-05-0509-005<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Keywords: A&amp;R Select Battle of the Bands, BB King&#8217;s Hollywood, Sam Ash, Music Saves Lives, indie bands, unsigned artist, radio airplay, competition, music, record, promotion, Neotrope, Send2Press, Christopher Simmons, MySpace, record labels, music supervisors, managers, music directors, and publishers Neotrope   <\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORRANCE, Calif. &#8211; May 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Send2Press(R), a leading targeted newswire service (a service of Neotrope(R)), announced today it has joined the sponsors of the 12-week Battle of the Bands, hosted by A&amp;R Select, the music industry&#8217;s benchmark in independent promotion and marketing. Over 80 local and regional bands will perform for an industry panel of well-known record labels, music supervisors, managers, music directors, and publishers. 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