As of this writing Cartel’s album has received over 29 thousand downloads, currently over 100 people are still downloading (at the same time), and over 850 are still actively seeding it even though another artist is being promoted.
From each weekly promo, we learn new things, and we’ll learn more if other artists choose to share their experience as nicely as Universal Indie Records has done it. We’ll be updating our Promo Contact page with new tips thanks to Cartel.
Mike Falzone is a witty and fun Indie Rock singer/songwriter who seems to never part with his acoustic guitar. He has played with artists like Ryan Cabrera, Citizen Cope, Teddy Geiger, Stroke 9, Matt Nathenson, Mates of State, Piebald, The Alternate Routes, The Smyrk, Mike Davis, Suckka Brown and many others.
In 2007, he went on a national tour and opened for artists like Third Eye Blind and State Radio. He has played over 110 shows in just one year (wow!!!), including A National Tour and a Borders Books sponsored tour. In 2008 Mike opened for Kate Vogele (one Tree Hill star), Ryan Cabrera, was invited to Asbury park to play the 3rd annual WAVE GATHERING and released ‘Fun with Honesty’ in Borders Stores and on iTunes.
An underground New York hip-hop producer, Cartel, brings his music genre back to its roots in his newest release ‘Tha Throwback’.
Why ‘Tha Throwback’? “I named it that because it’s a throwback to (…) the 90’s where artists actually cared about hard beats and the lyrical content of their music as opposed to a lot of crap that passes for hip hop on the mainstream radio and video shows. It’s a throwback in terms of production and lyrical quality” says Cartel.
He describes the music he produces as “grown man hip hop” for the real-life adults, who are working to support their families and “want more from their music than just (listening about)(…) sleeping with women, selling drugs, and shaking their booties.”
Matt Pond PA (commonly typeset as matt pond PA, or mppa for short) is an indie band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1998 by singer/songwriter Matt Pond. Throughout the years the band released 7 albums, 9 EPs and played with artists like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Youth Group, Nickel Creek and Mae. Read the rest of this entry »
Update: Ray Sytes got over 35k downloads in one week, sharing 1.26 Terabytes of data, and going… Update 2 Dec 22th 2008: 43k downloads and 1.5Tb
Ray Sytes came to America from Guyana as a young child with his family like most immigrants for the American Dream. It’s here in America that his love for Hip Hop music grew as well as his talent for the art form. He’s proud to represent the cities of Brooklyn and Queens in New York with his musical talent.
Ray Sytes is officially the first Hip Hop artist to be promoted on the welcome screen of FrostWire with his album Guayanese Pridefrom GeorgeTown to America, which includes free 8 songs and album art. Read the rest of this entry »
Audra Hardt is a local girl . . . local to Los Angeles & Hollywood, that is.
And the entertainment capital of the world is certainly a great place to play . . . perhaps too great. As a child, Audra did everything to the max; a candle burning at both ends and sometimes in the middle. Rebellious, indulgent, independent, self destructive . . . Everything in the EXTREME. At 15 Audra had an epiphany………. Read the rest of this entry »
