Pop/rock Band Jag Star Wins ‘Next Big Hit’ Competition — Now Featured Artist on iTunes Music Store

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Pop/rock Band Jag Star Wins ‘Next Big Hit’ Competition — Now Featured Artist on iTunes Music Store

Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) July 17, 2007

Pop/rock band Jag Star was just named the winner of the NEXT BIG HIT competition. As a result, they are now featured on the front page of iTunes for a week. “This is priceless!” says lead singer and songwriter Sarah Lewis. “We are thrilled to get this kind of exposure and we’ve definitely worked our butts off to get here!” Their song, “Missed Out”, from their latest album, “The Best Impression of Sanity”, was the winning song and is available now for download on iTunes.

Thousands of independent artists submitted their music for the contest. 144 finalists were played in the competition. Jag Star stood tall above all of them as the final winner was determined by a mix of voting and listener reviews. Lewis continued, “Next Big Hit has been great to us — we’ve made a lot of new fans by being featured on their podcasts!”

“We were hoping the system would lead to a winner that was commercially accessible as well as talented musically. Our winner certainly meets our hopes for the contest. In fact, Jag Star’s album is one of my favorite albums of the past year or two,” said DJ Copperhead, host and producer of Next Big Hit. “I have no idea how the entire major label industry has ‘Missed Out’ on how undeniable talented AND commercial this act is… I hope that is about to change,” he added.

The contest promised the winning artist a feature on the front page of the iTunes music store for a week as well as promotional packages from Ariel Publicity and Evolution Promotions.

“I see so many contests that offer a little cash or, worse… a [meaningless] ‘record deal’. We wanted to offer a contest where the prize would be something that could be meaningful to an artist’s career on their own terms,” said Dave Shapiro, co-producer of Next Big Hit. “Evolution and Ariel do fantastic work for indie artists, and iTunes is now one of the top five music retailers in America. A front page feature on their website is like having distribution of your CDs in every Wal-Mart with an End-Cap in every store.”

The contest is just the icing on the cake for an act that has racked up many accolades and film/tv placements on their own. Over the past 6 years, they’ve released 3 albums independently, with songs featured all over television including NBC, MTV, Lifetime, Disney, Oxygen, A & E, Travel, ABC Family, etc… They’ve toured the U.S. and 15 countries, including playing concerts overseas for the U.S. troops in Afghanistan. They’ve had support from commercial radio, a rare achievement for an indie band. Lewis was recently named the new face of “wet ‘n wild” cosmetics and appears in their national ad campaign, currently seen in Cosmo, Seventeen, Jane, and Lucky magazines. She has won numerous songwriting competitions, and currently composes background music for a new MTV show. Jag Star has shared the stage with Joan Jett, Lifehouse, Dashboard Confessional, Michelle Branch, Bowling For Soup, etc.. and this summer they will play concerts to their ever growing fanbase in New York, Texas, Connecticut, California and more….

For more information on the Knoxville, TN -based band, visit their myspace page Jag Star on Myspace or their official website Jag Star Official Website.

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The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Hits #26 on the Most-Popular Downloads List at iTunes

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The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Hits #26 on the Most-Popular Downloads List at iTunes

Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 29, 2006

With the increasing popularity of iTunes, a more diverse crowd of listeners is clearly seeking out their music choices from iTunes vast catalog of downloads. As evidence of this widening circle, The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast has become the 26th most-popular music podcast on iTunes. This translates to over 10,000 downloads of each show.

The most recent show, entitled Celtic Women, celebrated the music of some the finest female Celtic artists in music today. Listeners are encouraged to vote for their favorite songs and submit suggestions for podcasts they would like to hear. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast also has a page on my Myspace.com (http://www.myspace.com/irishcelticmusicpodcast) where information about recent and upcoming podcasts can also be found.

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcasts are sponsored by Song Henge (http://www.SongHenge.com) a website offering the largest selection of totally free and legal downloads of Celtic music.

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is a free, bi-monthly, downloadable radio show of independent Irish & Celtic music. It features Irish drinking songs, Scottish folk songs, bagpipes, music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Nova Scotia, Galicia, Australia, the United States, and around the world.

About Marc Gunn

Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats. He is the lead singer for the Brobdingnagian Bards. He is also Celtic music podcaster and promoters as well as publisher of Celtic MP3s Music Magazine.

http://thebards.net Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music

http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Renaissance Festival Podcast – Music and Entertainment from Ren Faires http://www.renaissancefestivalmusic.com/

For Further Information Contact Marc Gunn (512) 470-4866.

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How to convert Windows Media Audio Music files wma to mp3 iTunes iPod iPhone

Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2011 02:09 Written by admin Friday, 22 April 2011 02:09

This guide will show you how to convert windows media audio files DRM WMA to MP3 and change license protected WMA to AAC and other music files. With this Protected WMA to MP3 Converter, you can share your DRM music and

video to friend or put mp3 music on portable media players, such as iPod, Zune, Creative Zen, MP3 player, PSP, Cell Phone.

Part 1. What’s DRM ?
DRM is an acronym for Digital Rights Management, a broad term used to describe a number of techniques for restricting the free use

and transfer of digital content. DRM is used in a number of media, but is most commonly found in video and music files.There are

many who argue that DRM is a misnomer, since it deals with use issues rather than the rights of the consumer.

Part 2. How to Convert DRM Protected WMA to MP3?

1. What you need is Daniusoft WMA MP3 Converter, you can free download it from here
http://www.wmatomp3-converter.com/wma-mp3-converter.html#123

Then install and Run Daniusoft WMA MP3 Converter, click on “Load File” to add DRM WMA or M4A, M4B, AAC, WMV, M4P, M4V, ASF file.

2 Choose output audio formats: MP3, M4A, WMA, AAC, OGG, WAV, etc.
Also you can custom output setting;

3 Start remove drm by click on “Start”.

Part 3. Free Convert DRM WMA to MP3 for MAC
1 Download FairGame
http://seidai.50webs.com/Seidai Software.html

What you MUST DO (only once) to get FairGame to work:
enable “Access for assistive devices” in the “Universal Access” system preference
select “Place clip in Movie Timeline” in the “Import” preference of iMovie HD

Then you can simply:
select some songs in iTunes
click on the “Process songs” button
then don’t touch anything and wait until it’s done…(FairGame is scripting iMovie’s interface to process the songs, don’t

interfere)
FairGame is available for MacOSX only.