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December 07 The Great Escape 2007ATTENTION THE GREAT ESCAPE APPLICANTS Live Sessions has teamed up with The Great Escape Festival to provide the event’s unique registration system for unsolicited applications. If you’re applying to play at The Great Escape 2007, join Live Sessions and make sure you’re music is heard. The GREAT ESCAPE The Great Escape Festival www.escapegreat.com is Europe’s most established showcase event for both new and signed artists and is THE place to get your music heard by both media and industry, as well as 5,000 punters! This is what people thought of The Great Escape; “Three days, 20 venues, 180 bands and enough music to shake a stick of rock to.” NME “An invitation to the British music industry to take its bucket and spade to the seaside in the eternal search for the next big thing.” The Times “An extraordinary event.” Artrocker Artists in 2006 included; The Kooks, Futureheads, Paolo Nutini, The Feeling, Guillemots, The Academy Is…. The Gossip November 27 Live Sessions Competition endsUnsigned artists from around the UK registered on Live Sessions. The top 10 artists in the genres of 1. Rock/Metal, 2. Indie/Alternative and 3. Pop/urban/dance/other were short listed based on the number of track streams. Then a panel of judges selected three from each genre to go through to the final round. The Final took place on Nov 2 at the Barfly in London, the sell out show featured Indie band Boy Kill Boy. The winners of the night were, Johnny Panic, 3rd Day Syndrome and The Knock.
Thanks to all the finalists and congratulations to the winners!
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Keith Eccles (KBYROCKS / The Barfly) August 21 Competition ExtensionWindows Live Sessions Announcement: The Live Sessions Competition has been extended to the 29th September. Yes, music fans due to your feedback we’ve extended the Live Sessions competition. Now’s the time to pull out all the stops, add your favourite music to your Space and get your friends listening, and if you haven’t entered yet, there’s now plenty of time get started. Remember the more people who listen to the music on your Space the better your chances at winning! Improve your chances, check out the tips page! http://specials.uk.msn.com/livesessions/GreatSpace.aspx Windows Live Sessions is now on Messenger!Windows Live Sessions is now featured on Messenger. Check out the tabs on the side for the Live Sessions Tab, each week three bands will be featured. With over 11M people in the UK use messenger, this adds up to great exposure for your band! August 10 Improve your chances of winningTo help you tell your friends and fans that you have entered Live Sessions and get them listening to your music, we've made up a cool little banner for you. Spread the word by simply adding this to your Windows Live Space. Don't forget to add this to any other blog or website that you might be running. Remember the more people you have listening to your music the better your chances of winning! At this stage, it's all to play for! I'm in the unsigned artist competition >> Get your banner here I'm in the Fans competition >> Get your banner here August 04 Add your Friends to your Space!Set-up your friends list. Simply add the new Friends Module to your space, or click here to automatically add it to your space, and start inviting your friends. Once your friends accept your invitation, they will appear to visitors of your space. There is also a cool new Friends Explorer feature that will allow you to easily navigate through lists of friends.
Here's how to add the friends module to your Windows Live Space: Login to your Windows Live Space. At any one time 24 friends appear on the list, each time the page is refreshed the friends you see will change. August 01 MSN Spaces has changed to Windows Live Spaces
If you have an MSN Space it will automatically change to Window Live Spaces.
The new look Windows Live Spaces lets you do all the same things you could do with MSN Spaces and more. You can now stay connected with your friends with the new Friend of Friends module. This allows you to add your friends to your friends list and be in touch with what’s going on their lives, and get alerts when they update their Spaces.
Who do your friends know? With the new Friends Explorer you can discover new friends, through friends of friends and build a broader social network! July 20 Podcasts updated by MSN Spaces Live Sessions
You can now check out bands before they break via Podcast. The Inside Track weekly podcast is hosted by Marsha Chandur of Xfm. www.insidetrackpodcast.com The podcast is promoted accross 170 radio stations nationwide. Each week a Live Sessions Band features, next week it could be your band!
 Featured ArtistsFeatured Artists Every week Live Sessions will feature an unsigned band who has registered. This band will also be on the MSN Homepage. Increase your chances of being featured by ensuring your have info loaded on your Space. This could be your band’s background, photos and tour dates.
Visit http://specials.uk.msn.com/livesessions/GreatSpace.aspx for more inspiration. July 12 Over 500 unsigned artists are now on Live SessionsSo far over 500 unsigned artists have registered on MSN Spaces Live Sessions! If you’re an unsigned artist there’s still time to enter and be heard by up to 17M people, and of course win some cool prizes. . The fans competition has now started!If you’re a music fan set up your MSN Space and start choosing your favourite unsigned artists to add. |
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