To see our new Facebook application, follow this link:

http://apps.facebook.com/musicblaster/

Here are the instructions you can tell your fans and street teams so they can add your music to their profiles and earn a commission from every sale (paid by BlastMyMusic):

Step 1. Create a customer/fan account at www.BlastMyMusic.com

Step 2. Write down your Customer Affiliate ID, located in your customer
account (right above your name)

Step 3. Follow this link http://apps.facebook.com/musicblaster/ (you will need to login to your Facebook account)

Step 4. Add the MusicBlaster application

Step 5. On the settings page, enter the Customer Affilate ID you wrote down in step 2, then use the search option to find the artist you’d like to sell music for.

Step 6. Use the “Tell Others” feature to let your friends know.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2007

TRAPT PARTNERS WITH BLASTMYMUSIC.COM FOR UPCOMING NEW SINGLE RELEASE
NEW PROGRAM EMPOWERS FANS TO SELL THEIR FAVORITE BANDS MUSIC

MAJOR ARTISTS ARE TAKING CONTROL OF THEIR INDUSTRY STATUS THROUGH RAW INTERACTION WITH FANS

(Los Angeles, CA) The multi-platinum bands’ highly anticipated new single “Stay Alive” will release exclusively through BlastMyMusic on Saturday, July 14th 2007. The single will be sold via the MusicBlaster™, which enables customers to purchase the single through the bands’ website and social network profiles, allowing more interaction with their audience. Fans can also go directly to BlastMyMusic.com to purchase the single. At 320kbps, the single’s audio quality will be significantly higher than any other retail outlet in the industry.

Fans of Trapt are invited to participate through BlastMyMusic’s new Customer Affiliate program. Once a fan has a created an account, they can choose their band’s favorite songs to sell on their own MusicBlaster. In minutes they will earn 5% commission from every song sold from their websites and social network profiles. The program empowers fans to contribute to the careers of their favorite artists, while exponentially increasing the potential audience of their favorite bands.

In a landmark promotion, the single will also be available for sale though the bands PureVolume and Virb profiles via a specially designed MusicBlaster™. Trapt will be featured on both sites now through the end of July.

“With all the changes evident in today’s music business, it made sense for Trapt to partner with BlastMyMusic to help distribute the bands new music to their fans for the bands forthcoming live and studio albums.” States Drake Sutton-Shearer, manager for Trapt. The band is taking full advantage of this new music industry innovation, which allows artists and labels to seamlessly interface with their fans, by partnering with BlastMyMusic to release the single, a live album releasing September 18th, and a forthcoming studio album in early 2008.

Since their October 2006 launch, BlastMyMusic.com has seen tremendous artist and sales growth. Musicians, labels, and customers have flocked to the user friendly and customer service oriented digital distribution service. Artists need only to log on, create a profile, and upload their music, placing the unique MusicBlaster™ player on their site. Digital downloads sell at variable prices set by the artist, with two-thirds of each sale generated going straight to the artist. The customized MusicBlaster™ offers consumers the opportunity to stream 30 seconds of a song and the option to purchase the individual track in the unprotected MP3 form. These MP3s will play on any brand of digital player. Artists can access their accounts in real time to see how many total tracks they have sold, the most popular downloads and the geographic location of those sales, a free feature designed to help formulate their marketing and promotional plans.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview please call Kristina Shokat at 626-230-5374 or e-mail Press@BlastMyMusic.com

(Los Angeles, CA) We live in an imperfect world where poverty is a reality. In 2003, 10.6 million children died before they reached the age of 5. Every year, 1.4 million children die due to poverty. Every day, about 30,000 people die from hunger or hunger-related causes. When a child dies in poverty, the future becomes more the unknown. Bright new worlds fade away. What might these children have become if only they were given the same chance we have had?

The organization Youth Against Poverty (www.youthagainstpoverty.org) was looking for voices
“to make a difference.” BlastMyMusic.com has thousands of voices, representing artists in 63 different countries. Sadly, there are children going hungry in every one. BlastMyMusic.com and Youth Against Poverty have joined in partnership to help children in need around the world. Through the sincere belief that by employing mankind’s most effective tool – our voices – there can be an end to child poverty.

Through their ever expanding list of artists and backed by recent site sales up a record 300%, BlastMyMusic.com is working together with Youth Against Poverty to expand awareness of child poverty and raise the money to combat it. With each purchase of an artist’s music through the Youth Against Poverty network, BlastMyMusic will donate a portion of their proceeds to help spread the news of child poverty and hunger across the world. It is the hope of all artists and organizers involved that this awareness will inspire others to lend their own voice to the cause of eradicating poverty. Alongside helping the cause of child poverty, BlastMyMusic is actively searching to partner with other qualified non-profit organizations that support the betterment of humanity.

The BlastMyMusic.com site is absolutely free to all customers and there is no charge for artists to join. To use the extraordinarily simple process, artists need only to log on, create a profile, and upload their music, placing the unique MusicBlaster player on their site. Digital downloads sell for only 99 cents a piece, with two-thirds of each sale generated going straight to the artist, immediately after a 30-day fund verification process. The customized MusicBlaster player offers consumers the opportunity to stream 30 seconds of a song and the option to purchase the individual track in the unprotected MP3 form, which means they can play on any brand digital player. Artists themselves can access their accounts in real time to see how many total tracks they’ve sold, the most popular downloads and the geographic location of those sales, helping to formulate their marketing and promotional plans.

We’ve had this in mind for a while now, and are excited to officially introduce it to the service. Now you can set the price for your songs and/or albums separately, and still get 65% from every sale. We’ve also changed the “Songs Sold Today” on your overview page to read “Orders Today”, so if you’ve noticed the numbers in that box are smaller than they were, it’s probably because your fans are buying your records now instead of individual songs, which means you are probably making more money, which is the reason why we’re here. Enjoy.

Yes, great music without the aftertaste! Copy and paste your MusicBlaster Lite anywhere image links are accepted. Here’s what we’re telling people:

(Los Angeles, CA) The brains behind the exciting artist-centered site, BlastMyMusic.com, have developed a new tool to assist artists and fans who use multiple music sites on the web. The “MusicBlaster Lite” now functions as a link from other artist-centered sites, such as Purevolume and Virb. Once the consumer clicks on the “MusicBlaster Lite” application, they are taken directly from the alternative site to their chosen artists’ store at BlastMyMusic.com. Instantly, fans and fellow rockers will be able to purchase music easier than any other similar location on the web. BlastMyMusic now allows for direct credit card payment in addition to Paypal, which was the only previously offered transaction mode.

Teaming up with other artist-centered sites such as Purevolume and Virb allows BlastMyMusic.com to continue offering the most beneficial and cost-rewarding promotion option for indie-bands and artists on the web. Always innovative, BlastMyMusic.com has set the pace again for keeping the artists’ needs to the forefront of their business model. “Our focus from the beginning has been to enable artists to sell their music to the largest audience possible, the MusicBlaster Lite brings us a few steps closer to that goal,” says Fellure.

Due to severe weather
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4717151.html
Our datacenter experienced a power outage that affected our availability for about 3 hours on Saturday night. This is the same storm that is now hitting the northeast. Due to the power outage, the datacenter was running using generator power. Apparently, once the storm had cleared and the datacenter was transferring back to grid power, the transfer back caused a hardware failure that knocked out all power, which was the very thing trying to be avoided by using generators in the first place.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. This is an extremely rare situation that was brought about due to weather/power issues.

So, to sum up, for approximately 3 hours on Saturday night, things were rough. We hope this didn’t cause any panic, and were relieved when our systems came back up to 100%. To help ensure this never happens again, we are looking into purchasing our own island (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/caribbean.htm) where we can house our servers without fear of inclement weather (If anyone has a coupon for a 2 acre island in the caribbean, we’ll go halvsies with you).

For customers without paypal accounts, or who just want to purchase some music with their credit or debit cards, BlastMyMusic now offers an easier way to check out! So…Check it out.

Check out his music at:

http://www.blastmymusic.com/maland

Here’s some info about his release:

MALAN DARRAS DEBUTS SECOND SET, “WHO IS MALAN D?”

(Los Angeles, CA) –

Oklahoma artist, Malan Darras, has spent the last 6-7 years toiling
away throughout the Midwest, making a name for himself as an
innovative singer, songwriter and performer. While performing all
over the region and throughout the country, the singer has seen his
fair share of success as a touring musician.

Now as the provocative front man prepares to launch his first CD in
almost two years, he’s looking at the national stage and to his
surprise, it’s looking back.

“I started recording tracks and then my life exploded.”
- M. Darras

The new album titled “Who Is Malan D?” is a departure for Darras, who
has become legendary in the cross-genre, psychedelic, jam band music
scene and showcases the artists passion for digital and electronic
music. But “Who Is Malan D?” is not a techno album. The music is edgy,
piano-based, full of character and takes you on a wild ride.

All of the songs were written and recorded in 40 days at Darras’ home
studio. Producing and performing almost every note on the album,
Darras enlisted Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) and Danelle
Phillips (Congress Of A Crow) to give guest appearances on the final
track, “Beautiful Girl”. The CD was mastered by Kendall Stephens at
the legendary RaxTrax studios in Chicago, IL.

“I took a left turn here and was curious if anyone would follow . . .
I had no idea it would work.” — M. Darras

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EVENTS

Saturday, March 31, 2007
“WHO IS MALAN D?”
Online Listening Party
6:00 - 8:00 pm
www.malandarras.com/release

Sunday, April 1st, 2007
“Who Is Malan D?”
Exclusive Digital Debut
www.blastmymusic.com

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CONTACTS

Label :
Pasadena Records
365 Douglas
Pasadena, CA 91104
e-mail : info@pasadenarecords.net
website : www.pasadenarecords.net

Publicity :
Maelstrom PR
Curtis Smith
PO Box 4680
Crestline, CA 92325
e-mail : maelstrompr@gmail.com
website : www.maelstrompr.com

MAD Ink, PR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2007

SARAH KELLY FEATURED ARTIST ON BLASTMYMUSIC.COM

TWO-TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE SET TO PLAY SXSW

(Los Angeles, CA) Two-time Grammy nominee and singing sensation, Sarah Kelly, is the featured artist for the month of March on the innovative, new music site Blastmymusic.com. Sarah’s 2004 Grammy-nominated Gotee debut, Take Me Away , helped her to build a formidable fan base for an indie artist. Now, she will expand her reach through the featured position on Blastmymusic.com, the ultimate tool of empowerment for recording artists. Launched in October 2006 by 25-year-old founder, Chris Fellure, artists need only to log on, create a profile, and upload their music for sale directly to the public with two-thirds of each sale going right back to the artist. Sarah Kelly currently has three songs on Blastmymusic.com’s Top Ten downloads list.

An artistic decree may be the best way to describe Sarah Kelly’s sophomore album, the Grammy nominated Where the Past Meets Today. Produced by uber-hard rock legend Mike Clink, who has worked for such great bands as Guns `N Roses, the album showcases an eclectic variety of featured musicians including Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction), Nick Lashley (Alanis Morissette) and GNR icon, Slash. The mild-mannered daughter of a Pastor from Rockford, IL, Sarah may speak in sweet and sensitive tones, but she unflinchingly rips into song with one of the most distinctive and visceral voices this side of Janis Joplin. “I approach my music the same way I live my life. I take whatever’s in front of me and try to bring out the beauty that’s inside of it. Much of the time, the beauty is found inside the flaw.”

Catch Sarah Kelly this week at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX where she will perform on the Heidi’s Night of Beauty bill at Moonshine.

For more information on Blastmymusic.com, contact:
MAD Ink, PR
Melissa Dragich-Cordero
310.547.1212
MelissaDragich@aol.com
www.myspace.com/melissadragich

About Blastmymusic.com:
The site is absolutely free to all customers and there is no charge for artists to join. The customized MusicBlaster player offers consumers the opportunity to stream 30 seconds of a song and the option to purchase the individual track in the unprotected MP3 form, which means they can play on any brand digital player. Artists themselves can access their accounts in real time to see how many total tracks they’ve sold, the most popular downloads and the geographic location of those sales, helping to formulate their marketing and promotional plans. The site has already signed artists representing more than 75 different genres, from Ambient to Zydeco.

Phenomenal what technology can accomodate, isn’t it? Now, through advanced technological jargon, BlastMyMusic proudly presents: The updated Top 10 songs! Before we were showing the Top 10 songs of all time. We thought it would be more interesting to show the Top 10 songs from recent purchases. On the front page of the BMM store you will now find a Top 10 that reflects recent sales of songs.

Much more exciting site updates coming soon!