INDIE NEWS BEAT July 19, 2004 Edition

* New Acoustic Americana CD By Chuck McCabe
* IMC2004 Extends Performance Registration Until July 31st
* Mounted Police Seize 'Bootleg' Rock Concerts
* Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka Live! And More...
* Lengthy Prison Term For Britain's Biggest Bootlegger
* Wampus Rolls Out Debut CD From Cafebar 401
* EMI Group Plc Chairman's Statement
* Freedohm Entertainment Gives Indie Artists A Voice & An Ear
* The Doors - Live In Europe 1968 On DVD
* New Internet Radio Station To Go On The Air
* Prince Releases Exclusive Download "Silver Tongue"
* Global Dance Festival Returns To Colorado

'Chicken Dinners' New Acoustic Americana CD By Chuck McCabe

Woodshed Productions is happy to announce the release of Chuck McCabe's new CD, "Chicken Dinners".

As Chuck's third album on the BlahBlahWoofWoof label, Chicken Dinners marks a philosophical return to his childhood in the South, and his early musical years as a 5-string banjo picker in a bluegrass band. With a little banjo, a lot of his trademark fingerstyle guitar, and homespun wit, the material fits comfortably into the Americana genre.

There are guest performances by veteran folkie Mary McCaslin and fiddlers Joe Weed and James Fingers Shupe (formerly with Dan Hicks). Bobby Black, from Asleep at the Wheel adds Hawaiian steel on one track. There is minimal percussion (mostly brushes on a snare) and dobro, fiddle, harmonica and mandolin round out the instrumentation for an overall woodsy, folkie sound.

Having won the prestigious Woody Guthrie songwriting competition for a topical song about the working poor (Minimum Wager) McCabe has proved he has a serious side too. However, most of the new material is down-home and humorous, with grandmas, dawgs and smokin' behind the backstop.

McCabe says: "I'm writing about a lot of stuff that happened to me when I was a kid... I guess it took me this long to figure it all out!"

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IMC2004 Extends Performance Registration Until July 31st; Releases Preliminary List of Performers

These performances will be incredible, but the IMC is first and foremost an educational and networking opportunity.

IMC's many Panelists, Mentors and Workshop presenters will be making the IMC a highly effective learning environment. The IMC is a five day event that's packed with great workshops, panels, mentor sessions, and networking opportunities. The current schedule for IMC2004 is almost completed and will be online very soon. We are featuring some new workshops this year that are sure to become popular additions to our curriculum.

Please remember that you still have your chance to apply as a performer in the early phase, you will have one last chance to do so between July 11th and 31st. Please visit this link to apply - http://www.Sonicbids.com/imc2004.

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Mounted Police Seize 'Bootleg' Rock Concerts

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has seized several hundred 'bootleg' copies of live concerts of numerous Canadian and international recording artists and has charged a Hamilton man with five counts of copyright infringement. The seizure was made at a retail event open to the public at a downtown Hamilton hotel on June 13th, 2004. Charges were laid yesterday. Information provided by investigators from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) to the RCMP led to the seizure and the subsequent charges.

The 'bootleg' musical works seized on June 13th by police include approximately 1,140 DVDs; 1,570 VHS tapes; 340 CDs; 50 audiocassettes and 5 CDRs (video in CD format). They contain 'bootleg' live concerts of Canadian artists including Shania Twain, Nickelback, The Guess Who, Jann Arden, Rush, Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, Neil Young, The Tragically Hip and The Barenaked Ladies. The concerts were illegally recorded in numerous venues in North America including Toronto and Hamilton. Other musical works seized include concerts by The Rolling Stones, The Who, Guns and Roses and Bruce Springsteen among many others.

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Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka Live! And More...

Over the years, musician Johnny Clegg has worked hard to merge two worlds - the English-speaking and the African American culture of South Africa - and succeeded in doing so with the formation of the first interracial band - Jaluka. However, the group formed around the time of apartheid, which brought upon unforeseen complications including the banning of their first album by the South African government. Having to deal with so many uncontrollable issues, the group broke up in the mid-80's, and Clegg formed another band with Savuka, combining European pop music with South African melodies.

Eagle Rock Entertainment reflects on the lifelong career of world music virtuoso and Billboard Music Award-Winner Johnny Clegg with the DVD release of Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka Live! And More... This DVD is a two-hour retrospective of Clegg's significant career moments and events. Songs performed include "Jericho," "It's An Illusion," "Cruel Crazy Beautiful World," "Umfazi Omdala," "Siyayilanda," among others. In addition, featured on the DVD are nine Savuka videos, four Juluka videos, tracks from "Savuka - Live in Paris," and two tracks from "Juluka - Live in Cape Town."

Johnny Clegg has broken South African barriers and has found great success in both Europe and Africa. Showing yet another step on his path to international stardom, Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka Live! And More... will be available July 27, 2004 on DVD for a suggested retail price of $19.98. This film has a running time of 150 minutes. Special DVD extra features include an interview with Johnny Clegg, "Asimbonanga" performed with Nelson Mandela in Frankfurt, a dance performance of Mantombana with Juluka, a video of Savuka's "Scatterlings of Africa," which was the song featured in the 1989 movie Rain Man, and lyrics from some of their most popular songs.

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BPI Welcomes Lengthy Prison Term For Britain's Biggest Bootlegger

The UK Recorded Music Industry's trade association The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) welcomed the three-and-a-half year jail sentence handed down to Mark Purseglove, one of Britain's most notorious music pirates.

Purseglove, 33, was today jailed and ordered to forfeit all of his assets after being sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment on charges of Conspiracy to Defraud the UK recorded music industry. The confiscation order, amounting to £1.8 million, is a British record for music piracy.

Estimated by the BPI to be one of the biggest bootleggers in world, Purseglove had amassed a £6.6 million fortune in 11 years of music piracy. He has now lost all of his assets including two homes in Chelsea, a home in Brighton and his Aston Martin sports car.

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Wampus Rolls Out Debut CD From Cafebar 401

Brimming with darkly sweet pop hooks, Cafebar 401 blends Bowie-esque vocal presence with danceable grooves rooted in Euro-rock. Currently setting the Dutch pop scene ablaze, the band has appeared this year on Dutch national television and radio. Their relentlessly contemporary sound calls to mind Coldplay, Masters of Reality, Muse, Beck, Soulwax, Radiohead, and Queens of the Stone Age, but they bring something of their own to the party.

After signing with Wampus last year, Cafebar 401 rated an in-depth profile in the influential Dutch daily, De Telegraaf, and was featured prominently on Dutch television with SBS6. They are becoming fixtures at pop festivals up and down The Netherlands, including Dauwpopfestival, Struikpaaspop, IO-festival, and Wollipop.

Cafebar 401 leader Tije Oortwijn grew up listening to the Black Crowes, the Rolling Stones, and Masters of Reality. He first piloted grunge-driven bands during the mid-'90s. Gradually he absorbed his influences and concocted the shadowy pop confections of Cafebar 401. Combining the roar of alternative rock with the drum-and-bass of N.E.R.D., Timbaland, Daft Punk, Cassius, and Outkast, Cafebar 401 evokes a hipper Foo Fighters, a fun and funkier Bush. The irrepressible "Something Worth Dying For," one of the band's live staples, boasts an uptempo drum-and-bass beat with a Fu Manchu-like guitar riff and a Masters of Reality-style chorus.

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EMI Group Plc Chairman's Statement - 2004 Annual General Meeting

"On a global basis, the recorded music market has shown encouraging trends in the first few months of our financial year. The US market has now enjoyed ten consecutive months of growth and the next two largest markets, Japan and the UK, have also seen positive trends. The markets of Continental Europe, however, remain difficult. Digital music continues to develop, with the recent successful launch of new legitimate services in several countries.

"In our recorded music division, EMI Music, the implementation of both the outsourcing of manufacturing in Continental Europe and the US and the restructuring of selected labels is on schedule.

"Our release schedule so far has featured major new albums from the Beastie Boys and Lenny Kravitz. During this financial year, we have also seen good ongoing sales worldwide from a number of artists including Utada Hikaru and Norah Jones. In addition, Joss Stone's Soul Sessions and Keith Urban's Golden Road have each surpassed two million units in sales and Yellowcard's Ocean Avenue has reached more than one million. Our release schedule for the remainder of the year is strong, particularly in the second half, with new releases from artists including Chemical Brothers, Chingy, Coldplay, Glay, Gorillaz, Helmut Lotti, Joss Stone, The Thrills, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams.

"In this financial year EMI Music Publishing has continued to enjoy strong chart positions especially in the US, UK, Germany and France, with releases from a range of songwriters including Jamie Cullum, Kelis, Alicia Keys, Scissor Sisters, Usher and Mario Winans. We have finalised new synchronisation licences with many companies including American Express, Target and Jaguar. In April, we also completed our purchase of the final 20% stake in Jobete, the Motown song catalogue.

"As we highlighted in May, given the phasing of both our recorded music release schedule and the savings from our restructuring programme, we expect the second half to account for a higher proportion of sales and profits than it has in prior years. With this strong release schedule and the progress we are making in both of our businesses, we remain confident that we will achieve our financial targets for the full year."

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Freedohm Entertainment Gives Indie Artists A Voice And An Ear

Freedohm Entertainment has expanded once again. In addition to adding CD Duplication to their services, FE now has a monthly cultural Arts & Music publication; aptly named for all you visionaries, The Freedohm Flyer (www.freedohmflyer.com). This new monthly encompasses articles and reviews in the world of underground film, music, fashion, poetry, free public classifieds, as well as free informational articles dealing with issues from "Successful Promotions" to Avoiding Complacency and career burnout.

Freedohm, which began in NYC in 1998, offers much to the Arts & Entertainment community in Los Angeles. Recent LA transplants, current residents and artists across the country can benefit from its community of affiliates, grassroots guidance, career development and business services and overall need to nurture the creative soul. In addition, people from Miami to NYC to Los Angeles can stay in touch and make connections. The extensive community ranges from independent artists, designers and musicians to label CEO's, various business owners, A&R songwriters, professional musicians, engineers, producers, photographers, managers, coaches and many more.

Through Freedohm's expansion you can effectively: network, post ads, get career coaching, attend events, offer your services, seek out services and stay informed of local happenings in the artistic community. Freedohm is rapidly becoming a one-stop shop for all of your artistic needs. Their monthly showcase Show N' Groove continues to be an allure to singers, MCs, spoken word artists and musicians, as well as a captivating source of entertainment to all who attend. To find out the next SNG, check the FE website or the Flyer.

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The Doors - Live In Europe 1968 On DVD

Eagle Rock Entertainment delivers The Doors at the height of their popularity with the release of The Doors - Live In Europe 1968 in 5.1 DTS Digital Surround Sound on July 27, 2004.

Filmed during their 1968 European tour, The Doors' stage show is at its peak in performances from London, Stockholm, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam. Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, who shared the bill with The Doors on this tour, narrate the DVD. The Doors - Live In Europe 1968 features rare versions of "Alabama Song," "Light My Fire," "Love Me Two Times," "Hello, I Love You" and more.

Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger made an enormous impact on the music world in their few years of existence before Morrison's death in 1971. The Doors - Live In Europe 1968 captures the band touring in support of "Waiting For The Sun," known by many fans to be their strongest and most cohesive effort.

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New Internet Radio Station To Go On The Air

Starting July 20th, 2004, Internet stations WCH Radio / The Wave, will split into two separate entities. WCH Radio which has established itself as a station that caters to all genre' of music will continue to do so, while The Wave will concentrate on Hip-Hop and RnB.

Although the stations will share properties, broadcast schedules will be at different intervals. WCH Radio will be on the air during the day, with The Wave taking the night time hours. Both stations will continue to broadcast over the Pirate Radio Network.

The new website for The Wave is www.thewave.i8.com. The Wave's site will carry some of the content seen on the WCH Radio website, plus content that caters to the Hip-Hop and RnB market. Both stations are accepting music submissions, and are also open for suggestions for additional content.

Station CEO John O'Day said that although WCH Radio has grown tremendously over the years, it's that growth that is making this move possible, as we continue to celebrate our 10th anniversary year. We know that The Wave will be as successful as WCH Radio continues to be. O'Day said.

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NPGMusicClub.com Offers Exclusive Prince Download "Silver Tongue"

Beginning at 4:00pm (est) July 13, Prince released an exclusive track at his online music store www.npgmusicclub.com. "Silver Tongue," the virtual B-side to the third single from the Platinum-Certified "Musicology" album "Call My Name," features music by Prince and lyrics by Nikka Costa. The song will be available for download at $0.77 for NPGMC members and $0.99 for non-members.

"The United States of Division," the virtual B-side to "Cinnamon Girl," and a live video clip from the current tour "The ? of U" have been previous exclusive downloads only available at www.npgmusicclub.com.

For a one time fee of $25 for a lifetime membership, members receive free MP3 downloads, concert ticket pre-sales, passes to pre-show/after-parties and special unannounced shows. The NPG Music Club features seven albums of studio and live material, some previously only available to members.

Prince is on tour in support of his Platinum-Certified CD, "Musicology," (released April 20 on Columbia Records). The Musicology Tour marks the first major concert tour in six years for Prince and The New Power Generation band. The concert is per4med in the round, with a center stage, allowing for many more great seats in each venue.

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Global Dance Festival Returns To Colorado! Paul Van Dyk To Rock The ROCKS!

Headlining this years event is no other than America's #1 Favorite DJ PAUL VAN DYK (MUTE / Vandit, Germany) along with special live performances by international chart toppers iiO (Made Records) and Deep Sky (Yoshitoshi Records). World class talent such as Grammy Award Nominee RICHARD HUMPTY VISSION (System Recordings), ALEX GOLD (Xtravaganza Recordings, UK), JERRY BONHAM (Vapour Records), and DIESEL BOY will all hit the decks making this is most spectacular Electronic Dance event Colorado has ever experienced. It all happens Saturday July 24th, 2004 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster or through http://www.globaldancefest.com

For the last 5 years the word's premier DJs travel to Colorado to play for over 10,000 music enthusiasts under the open sky at Red Rocks. This dance festival was put together to celebrate the evolution of electronic music. This celebration has evolved into a massive gathering of people from all over the United States with much national attention. Global Dance is the largest annual gathering of Electronic music fans in the rocky mountain region.

Each summer, they gather to listen to the sounds of the world's gre