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As JES embarks on an explosive new year, the artist releases "Awaken," the third single from her album, High Glow, which entered the Billboard Electronic Albums Chart in 2010. The video for the guitar driven and rhythmic life-affirming song was directed partially underwater and across desert landscapes disappearing into vibrant blue skies at Anza-Borrego State Park in California. The single "Awaken," released by Black Hole Recordings & Ultra Records USA, and video will premiere worldwide on Jan. 31, 2011. The tight underground remix package will include Inpetto, Thomas Gold, Ronski Speed, Coco Channel, Ron Reeser, and Dan Saenz.

Musician and KARMA Developer Stephen Kay, working with the new Korg KRONOS, has released an inspirational and heart-felt tribute song/video to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster which occurs this Friday, January 28, 2011.

Hip-Hop icon Russell Simmons delivered a direct message from the President of the United States, Barack Obama, today, January 28, 2011, via MySpace. Simmons, founder of GlobalGrind.com and the author of the best-selling book, "Super Rich," has been this week's celebrity participant in the MySpace Hijack. He extended his week long take-over as the celebrity "Editor-In-Chief" of MySpace in order to facilitate the message's delivery and impact.

SongVest, the company that reinvented the music memorabilia business by offering the ultimate fan collectable -- the songs themselves -- has announced their next major online auction will take place March 5 – 12 at songvest.com.

RocketHub, a grassroots crowdfunding community developed for Creatives by Creatives, has partnered with The Living Room, a prestigious music venue in New York City, to celebrate the debut album from RocketHub Records. The night will feature original music from three successful artists from the RocketHub community and will be the premier of the self-titled debut album by "Brian & Silbin and Friends."

The fourth installment from Sekrett Scilensce's "The Rapman's Attire" titled "The Wasteland" is being distributed for free and paid play.

The 2011 SB Film Fest Closing Night After Party will be held on February 6 at SOhO. Hosted by the on-line music library "Music for Film and Television", the event will feature live music performances by Soul Spaceship, Coyotes and Bourbon, Electro Hippy Drum Circle, DJ QuestionMark and special guests. Cover charge is $5. The new CD from Soul Spaceship will be given free at the door until 9:30pm.

Flowd, the popular location-based mobile app that brings music acts and fans closer together, today revealed that its user base has grown 500% and the number of signed artists has increased 1000% since its December launch.

Robert Lauri takes us into a world where new and current Western and New Age music blend and complement each other in complete harmony.

The worldwide group of musicians and re-mixers who use Sony's Acid music creation software were given a chance to rework a song by Miami's Latin Reggae band Araka in a contest sponsored by Sony's "Acid Planet" website. What started as an up-tempo Reggae song with Latin percussion was reshaped in a myriad of styles, from House to Drum and Bass, Dubstep and Ambient to Jazzy Jungle. In the end, from the hundreds of entries, Swiss re-mixer Yumenomado took the crown with a dreamy Drum and Bass version.