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Toronto, CA - For the past fourteen years, the second week of June has seen music industry biz kids; aspiring bands and music fans make their yearly trek to Toronto for the North by Northeast Music & Film Festival and Conference, Canada’s answer to Austin’s venerable South by Southwest. NXNE provides a music conference with music showcases, networking parties and an indie film festival which has become a great place to check out new artists and films and also learn something in the process. 
We are deliriously happy to report that Chris Badynee's Bogdon Box Bass was featured as Best In Show at the Summer NAMM 2008 in Nashville, TN! Born from the frustration of never having enough cash lying around to buy his own double-bass, Badynee created his own functional bass out of a cardboard box, a piece of wood trim, some weed-whipping twine, a few screws and some glue. Next he uploaded a video of himself playing his creation on YouTube and the video went viral. Local and major media latched on and the rest is history. We'd like to send a hearty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! out to Chris and we wish him all the success in the world. Now start folding those boxes Badynee!
Detroit, MI -Honky tonk rockers The Orbitsuns will perform at WYCD's 26th annual Downtown Hoedown. Held at Detroit's Hart Plaza, this three-day event is largely recognized as the world's largest free country festival, drawing close to 1 million attendees. The Orbitsuns will be appearing at Hart Plaza's lower stage at 12:40 p.m. on Saturday May 10, 2008. Marking their second year as Downtown Hoedown entertainers, The Orbitsuns are honored to perform alongside country music legends Trisha Yearwood, Little Big Town, Gretchen Wilson and many more. 
Novi, MI: The Rock Financial Showplace will introduce a brand new concept in music trade shows this September. The new Metro Music Expo, making its debut on September 12-14, 2008, will offer musicians exposure to every imaginable aspect of making and marketing music during a single three day event. Features will include new and gently used instruments, an expansive record store featuring vintage vinyl, equipment and electronics manufacturers, stage clothing, recording studios, web development, videography, and more, in addition to a seminar series addressing topics from booking and promotion to distribution. Click "read more" below.
Detroit singer-songwriter Don “Doop” Duprie, a three time nominee in the 2008 Detroit Music Awards and fellow rock nominee Ty Stone will be performing at the Detroit Music Awards on Friday, April 25 at the Fillmore Theatre. They will be taking the stage with an all-star band made up of some of the city’s finest talent. Doop & Ty will be representing the Inside Outlaws singer-songwriter collective that night. Both artists are nominated for awards this year; Doop for Outstanding Country artist, songwriter and recording for his debut album “Blood River” and Ty Stone for “Outstanding Rock/Pop Songwriter.” 
Back in 2002, before he was signed to Top Dog, Ty Stone was just another struggling bandhead with a guitar, a dream and maybe enough attitude and a good enough voice to make that all work out for him. But the only way to find out for sure was to make some tough choices and risk everything he knew; he left his friends, left his band and left Michigan 2500 miles behind to find his fortune in Los Angeles - which, lucky for us, took him right back home to Michigan. Ty kept in touch all along the way and shared his LA stories with us in three installments: "How To Get A Gig In LA", "Mojave Marinola & The Desert Dream" and "How I Got A Decent F***'n Record Deal". 
Back in the late seventies the integrated circuit found its way into the music biz and begat synthesizers which brought a "new wave" of music to flush out the tried and tired. At the same time, the long hair and blue-jeans of the 70's gave way to spiky clipper-cuts, shiny Rayon shirts, skinny ties, big-block "Frankie says..." t-shirts and day-glo pink, green and yellow stretchies of the 80's - which were perfect for rock fans who wanted to dance again. It was a weird time for music and fashion, eventually giving way to a backlash of Grunge and guitars in the 90's. But in pop culture everything old is new again and New Wave is no exception. Which brings me to our latest band link submission in the newly created Synth Pop / New Wave category; the music of Love Meets Lust perfectly recaptures the vibe of 1980's New Wave. If you dig the selections of XM's "Fred" station (44) you're going to dig Love Meets Lust. But better than satellite radio, you can go see Love Meets Lust live and local at The Bellmont in Hamtramck on Sunday, March 16th with Malbec from Los Angeles, CA.
Dendura (USA), the Egyptian-inspired, female-fronted progressive band with belly dancers, will join co-headliners Unexpect (Canada) and Shadowside (Brazil) for the second-annual Flight of the Valkyries festival at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN, on Saturday June 28. Flight of the Valkyries is the only festival in the USA to feature a complete lineup of female-fronted metal bands.
