Russian Born Alt-Pop Singer Lena Compared To "Female David Bowie", Is
Giving Away $5000 For The Best Fan Made Music Video To The Song "Good
Bye!"

Best clip for song "Good Bye," as judged by Russian-born alt-pop
artist Lena and her fans, wins grand prize, with eight runners-up also
awarded; submissions deadline is June 30.

Lena is giving fans the opportunity to make a killer video for her -
and the winner gets $5,000. Grand Prize is prize was made possible
thanks to the generosity of her fans.

The Russian-born singer, whose maxi single "My Little, Temporary
Loves", will be released digitally on Fa Records (currently available
exclusively on Nimbit), has challenged all aspiring film makers to
produce a stellar clip for her song "Good Bye" and post it on YouTube
for everybody to see.

The winning clip will be selected based on two criteria: artistic
merit and user votes. The former will be determined by Lena herself,
while the latter will be based on number and quality of YouTube views
and Diggs.
http://www.farecords.com/lena-contest.html

http://www.mvdaily.com/

'The eight "Men's Songs", all with a strong folk base, are recorded
complete, together with a range of songs and incantations that present
a fine retrospective of this major composer's choral output, all
beautifully performed. I can only recommend this disc very highly.'

- Patric Standford, writing in today's Music & Vision magazine

CONTENTS:
1. Australian artist chart performance overseas
2. Number one singles from this time of year since 1989
3. Top 50 singles chart: Big Movers
4. Top 50 singles chart: Veteran Single
5. Top 50 singles chart: New Entries
6. Top 50 singles chart: Singles leaving the chart
7. Top 50 singles chart: Number 1 to 50
8. Top 50 albums chart

1. How Australian acts are doing overseas this week.
`TW' = this week's chart position
`HP' = highest chart position ever reached on that chart

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Country Week TW HP TITLE/ARTIST
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Austria...

Randy, Paula and Simon are always talking about song selection, and
the right choice can make all the difference - just ask Syesha. With
the help of some top songwriters ("Love Is A Battlefield," "I Wanna
Dance With Somebody"), we choose specific songs that will wow the
judges. Some of the advice:

http://www.songfacts.com/writing/2008/04/american-idol-song-selection.html

Make It Your Own - you probably don't know who sang "I Can Dream About
You," which makes it a perfect choice.

Futz With The Arrangement - It worked for David Cook with "Billie
Jean," and it can work for lots of other songs, including "Torn" and
"Bizarre Love Triangle."

Avoid The Overdone - "Unchained Melody" has run its course.

Does a great Karaoke song translate to Idol? Not according to the
folks who do it for a living. Kimberly Starling of The Karaoke
Informer explains: "The typical good karaoke songs tend to lack the
uniqueness needed for an Idol contestant to stand out." Her list of
songs that work in Karaoke but would bomb on Idol include "Friends In
Low Places," "Santeria," and a surprising choice by The Ramones that
works every time.

Adolf Hitler busts some rhymes in this excellent mashup.

http://notsafeforkids.com/?page_id=49

Longtime Hollywood music company, Goodnight Kiss, is conducting a
search to find new songs for a 2009 record release by Cathy Kent. The
winning songs will be signed to their publishing catalog and cut as
part of Cathy's next project. Kent's latest single, "Ka-Ching!" is
currently drawing attention on iTunes.
http://www.goodnightkiss.com/contest.html

Sponsored by online music giant Broadjam, prizes include iPods,
royalty advances, CD Players, USB Key Drives, Music Industry Books,
and of course, a slot on Kent's next record. Entrants new to Broadjam
also receive a free music web site, and free help placing their music
online. Entries may be entered by mail or online, and anyone is
welcome to enter. There is also a special section for lyric-only
entries.

Who cares what they sound like? As long as they put on a show like
this...

http://notsafeforkids.com/?page_id=722