Power of Words California Tour

For Immediate Release - July 7th, 2006

San Francisco, CA - The music scene in America has forgotten one of the
most important factors of creative expression. The words, or lyrics,
which have been so important to past generations, have given way to
simple "party" lyrics and "sing along" hooks, whose basic message hopes
to reach only the least common denominator of today's listening and
music buying audience. Gone are the days when people sang to
communicate social and political awareness, while the real
"truthspeakers" are snuffed out or ignored until they loose the will to
create. Music as we know it has always been a sort of "newspaper" which
gives the listener insight on current events and the news of our times.
Somewhere along these lines the message got lost.

With this, "The Power of Words" concept in mind, Independent
Distribution Collective (IDC) an artist friendly CD distribution
company, decided to develop a small tour which would not only feature
artists with a message, but artists who would make that message the
main focal point of their live performances. IDC chose two artists from
their vast catalog who put the lyrics at the forefront of their live
performances. One artist, Haji Mike, is a Cypriot Poet, MC and Ph.D.
who spent many years in England, where he was exposed to both reggae
music and spoken word poetry. His tireless efforts to help heal a
decades long division in his homeland of Cyprus, and his constant
support of the youth culture there makes it easy to see why he was
chosen for this tour. The other artist, Karney, is a San Francisco born
Singer/Songwriter who has toured all of the US, and performed and
written songs alongside countless different and diverse musical icons.
Always a socially conscious person, and supporter of many forms of
creative art, Karney's biting wit and political lyrics are always
present in any of her live shows. This tour will also feature some
amazing local acts in each of these cities.

It is important for this tour to reach audiences who are looking for a
message in today's music. With that in mind IDC focused on a few
markets in Northern California, which have always been home to social
change in America. San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Chico, California
seem perfect places for these shows. With this small tour as a proving
ground, IDC hopes to launch dozens of these types of tours across the
US over the next few years. This tour will include live musical
performances with a full band, acoustic performances, and even a few
spoken word poetry and educational presentations. Please help support
independent and intelligent music.

For more information or to arrange interviews with these artists please
feel free to contact Steffen Franz at IDC, 415 292-7007 or e-mail
standout@independentdistro.com

The "Power of Words" Tour, Summer 2006

Independent Distribution Collective, Olive Tree Music, Tangent Records
and Positive Sound Massive Recordings present The "Power of Words Tour"
featuring Haji Mike and Karney plus Stand Out Selector and the
Poetz4Peace Riddim Section, plus many great guest artists.

Saturday 7/22 "Running a Label in the Digital Age" Multimedia
Presentation by Haji Mike Noon-3pm Presented by Pyramind: The Institute
For Advanced Digital Audio Training and AMP3 @ Pyramind Sound 880
Folsom Street, San Francisco. For more info or to reserve a ticket call
415 896-9800 or visit www.pyramind.com Free to Pyramind Students, and
AMP3 Members otherwise $10 per person Limited Capacity - reserve
tickets now.

Saturday 7/22 The Red Victorian and Peace Cafe presents Cypriot poet
Haji Mike reading selected works of poetry at The Peace Cafe in the
lobby of The Red Vic, 1665 Haight Street at Cole, San Francisco. For
more information please call (415) 864-1978 Doors at 7 pm, all ages,
Free to everyone... Donations welcome

Sunday 7/23 Lioness Sound presents a very special Haji Mike DJ set at
Church @ Il Pirata, 16th Street and Utah, with DJs GreenB and
Positivi-T (415) 648.0370 or www.lionesssound.com Doors at 3 pm
Caribbean Food, Outdoor Patio... No Cover!

Tuesday 7/25 JSP and IDC present the "Power Of Words Tour" featuring
Haji Mike and Karney, plus special guests Good Luck Joes at Red Devil
Lounge 1695 Polk Street at Clay, San Francisco. For more information
please call (415) 921-1695 or www.reddevillounge.com Doors @ 8pm $5.00
in advance, $7.00 day of show.

Wednesday 7/26 Good Vibez Entertainment presents the "Power Of Words
Tour" featuring Haji Mike and Karney, plus special guests at The Attic,
931 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, California. For more information please
call (831) 460-1800 www.theatticsantacruz.com or
www.goodvibezmusic.com Doors @ 8pm $7.00

Thursday 7/27 Conscious Wise Scribe Visions presents the "Power Of
Words Tour" featuring Haji Mike and Karney, plus special guest Mama
Labeba and special guest DJs at Crux Art Collective, 7 Commerce Ct.
#110, Chico, CA (530) 892-2354 or www.cruxarts.com for more information
. Doors @ 8pm Show @ 9pm $7.00

Friday 7/28 IDC and Chameleon Music presents Heavy Hitters Fridays
featuring an Acoustic Evening with the "Power Of Words Tour" featuring
Haji Mike and Karney, plus special guests at Brainwash Cafe 1122
Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA. Call 415 255-4866 or visit
www.brainwash.com or www.chameleonmusic.com for more info. Show @ 8 pm
Free to Everyone!

Haji Mike's new album "The Storyman" and Karney's two recent releases
"All Connected" and "Karney" are distributed in the US by Independent
Distribution Collective and are available at all fine music retailers
and online at CD Baby.com and on i-Tunes.

Check out the following web links for background on these artists:

www.hajimike.com
www.karney.org
www.independentdistro.com
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1693 Polk Street, Suite 202 SF, CA, 94109, USA
415.292.7007 phone 415.292.5007 fax
www.independentdistro.com/

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