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Armed American Radio has been named to the Top 100 Talk Shows of 2012 by Talk Stream Live.

Ever thought of joining a class to take a guitar lesson? Steve Hall and Donna Gaeta have made this easy for all the aspiring guitarists. They have started their own website, dubbed Guitar Tabs Music, where they have online lessons available for the ease, understanding and learning of these aspiring guitarists.

When people are asked about what they would like to do for a living, they usually tend to answer that question with a downward response uncomfortably pushing there dreams back because they went through some trials and tribulations and easily forgot there passion.

With the glut of Hip Hop artists hitting the market these days it is getting harder and harder to stand out from the crowd, however one fresh face making a name for himself and walking away with the awards and chart positions proving his mark on the market is Vee Boi Baby.

Back by popular demand, Well-Strung: The Singing String Quartet, the “hunky string quartet that finds the common ground between Mozart and Rihanna ” (Time Out) will return to play a limited three-week engagement (February 28-March 16) at The Marjorie S. Deane Theater (10 West 64th Street – located in the YMCA). Directed by Donna Drake, Well-Strung will play Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased online at well-strung.com, by calling 800-838-3006, or in person at the box office (open 2 hours before each performance).

A new Wikipedia page has been launched to showcase the life of Aleksandar Nikolov, widely known as Alek Sandar, a Bulgarian music producer, songwriter, and recording artist. The page provides a chronological outline of Sandar’s early life, the beginning of his career, and achievements in recent years. It also includes details about his life in New York after moving to the USA in 2009.

The Hype Media Group a subsidiary of The Hype Magazine is proud to announce they have accepted their first client, Philadelphia Hip Hop artist Warchyld. Warchyld recently released his newest project "The Streets is Back" hosted by mixtape wizard DJ Kay Slay. The Hype Media Group will handle all marketing and public relations activities for this hot new artist.

Needabeat is a new innovative and rather revolutionary website which aims to connect together musical enthusiasts through the power of crowdsourcing. The site effectively serves as a hub where musicians can seek out the talent of other musicians. The site was born in Germany, after a group of young music enthusiasts had the idea of connecting musicians from all over the world together.

The Folsom Prison Gang, America's leading Johnny Cash tribute band, will be performing their Johnny Cash tribute show at the 2013 CIGARfest on April 26th. This annual event is hosted by Cigars International and this year they will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of this epic festival that has been dubbed "The Greatest Show in Herf". The Folsom Prison Gang will perform at 8pm and will feature many of the Johnny Cash standards that have become crowd favorites throughout the years. Ryan Watts, guitar player for the band, says "This is a great festival and the band is thrilled to be a part of it." Ryan continues, "The music of Johnny Cash is timeless and relevant to everyone in some way, shape or form. It will be a great night of entertainment at this years CIGARfest". About The Folsom Prison Gang Based in Bostic, North Carolina, The Folsom Prison Gang was formed in 2007 and has been performing a Johnny Cash tribute show at festivals, fairs, and theaters all over the Southeast. In 2011 they released a CD titled "Cash Only" which features ten of their favorite Johnny Cash songs, recorded in their own style. This album is available online at a number of retailers including iTunes and Amazon. For more information please visit www.TheFolsomPrisonGang.com. About the CIGARfest CIGARfest is America’s largest cigar themed festival that attracts over 6,000 cigar enthusiasts each year. For more information please visit www.CigarFest.org.

Dustin Case is an independent musician and California native who spent most of his childhood years in Whittier and Silver Strand Beach until joining the U.S.Navy where he traveled the world a bit and earned the title of veteran.

Musician extraordinaire Matthew Schultz has come back to the music scene with guns blazing. He has a James Dean type look & demeanor with a little bit of a rock star edge; Matthew Schultz is James Dean and Johnny Cash in one!” As a young man Matthew was always drawn to the sights and sounds of music. It helped that most of his family were musicians and valued the art of it. His uncles for starters, used to perform at family functions and Matt was attracted to their talent. He soon would pick up the guitar at eight years old and would learn to master it.

Over the past several years, social networking websites have exploded in popularity. Millions of people are now signed up with at least one of the sites, which many like for their ability to help them stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers.

Kids love to play, laugh, dance and sing along to funny songs and that is why Kazooks decided to create a website that is packed full of funny kids songs. Kazooks is responsible for writing their own funny kids songs, so parents and children will not be able to find the songs anywhere else as they are unique.

The advance booking for the 'World’s Largest Floating Dance Music Festival - The Groove Cruise Los Angeles' will be opened up shortly for this year’s September show. The tickets will be available at Electronica Life, a widely recognized online music store for its latest and updated information on all the upcoming musical and dance events and shows across the United States. Based in Southern California, the website is the leading and fastest growing Electronic Dance Music outlet with the latest on events, interviews, and news surrounding the EDM world.

Michael Penrose classifies his brand of music as ‘spoken word rock n roll’. He shares his unique viewpoint on art and uncanny ability to capture emotion through his writing. Backed by a rock outfit, the edgy words of Penrose create a deeply visceral experience that gives the rock genre a new twist.

After the success of 2011’s Award winning album The Breakdown, scooping up a GMA for Best New Pop Song, Wakeup Starlight pushes forward with a brave new album called The White Flags of Alderaan. With just 5 songs, the band hopes to make waves in the Indie, Grassroots arena, up against the likes of Mumford & Sons, John Mayer, and The Lumineers. Setting themselves apart from others in the scene is a staunch admission of not only their Christian Faith, but an equally staunch, and even defiant admission of their progressive politics. Making no apologies for their support of same-sex marriage, economic equality, and open dialogue with other faiths, lead singer Caleb Cummings rants. “The media has been hijacked by loud Christians preaching so-called Christian doctrine that amounts to nothing but hatred, bigotry, and intolerance. But they are, by no means, the moral majority. The church is vastly more populated by Christ followers who are reasonable and recognize love as the central and overarching theme of the Christian life. If only they were as loud or louder.” A sad realization of a culture, stubbornly being dragged into the new century.

The lost civilization of Atlantis might not be lost according to pianist Richard Henry. He believes that the elite powers that control this world already found the civilization of Atlantis.

The White Flags of Alderaan, is an oddly titled, strange release from Wakeup Starlight, a Canadian Alt/Pop group. The obscure reference to Princess Leia’s doomed planet in Star Wars, Episode IV is no indication of the general sound of this group. Pushing towards a grassroots AAA campaign alongside the likes of Mumford & Sons, and The Lumineers, Wakeup Starlight hopes their brand of Canadian Alternative music will catch on with a worldwide audience. All signs point toward this possibility as The White Flags of Alderaan, though only 5 songs strong, is not only tremendously catchy, but new in it’s approach to combine Pop music with it’s rebellious cousin, Alternative Rock.

After Years of making motivational rap music and writing books, Marcus Parker has decided to change his name to fit properly into his artistry. M Positive is the new tenet that the motivational rapper will now be called. Marcus says that he has paid his dues as an artist/author and thinks that the new name will shed more light on the content of his music. “Its all positive rap that has a very motivational vibe”, says Parker. “All of my music has been enjoyed by parents, students, and teachers, but whenever people hear the word RAP they instantly think that my music follows the patterns of what we know of rappers today.” Marcus makes it clear that he does NOT curse in his music and that he always includes a lesson to be learned in every song.

Many still believe the children are very much our future, and do all they can to lead by example.

Some marketing companies offer radio advertising in their marketing packages for their clients. But for companies that don’t know the ins and outs of radio advertising, this lucrative marketing avenue can be misused. The Radio Agency is now accepting clients for 2013 who want to break into the radio marketing world by using the best radio marketing agency there is.

Los Angeles hip-hop artist Teddy Martin recently announced that he’s releasing the first single from his album, “Kronicles of a Dreamer”. Called, “Broken Hearts Club”, the single is set to showcase Martin’s unique formulation of hip-hop. The entire “Kronicles” album will be available to fans in March of 2013.

In this era of music and arts, there is immense awareness amongst people both young and old for great music. The list of genres of music includes hip-hop, rock, opera, oral traditions, hymns etc. There are billions of people in this world who have beautiful voices and have made up their own bands along with their friends, and they have an incredible talent called music. However, these local bands didn’t bring along with them the luck of recognition and popularity. This being one of the reasons why there are many undiscovered talents in this world, still.

The piano lessons division of PlayPiano.com is announcing a free 50-part online course titled “How Piano Chords Can Jazz Up Your Piano Playing!”.

Indie100 Radio Station has issued a guarantee to all new advertisers, after recently crashing several advertiser’s websites with massive listener traffic, “If you don’t get a noticeable rise in activity or sales we will re-work the ad plan and you don’t have to pay for the next quarter”.