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  • Featured Band Lynhurst

    Lynhurst is the sibling alternative-pop band from Minneapolis, MN. Younger sister Mari fronts the group as its lead singer-drummer. With brothers Matt and Jake on guitars, keyboards, and harmonies, the trio delivers a big sound. Mari’s sultry-sweet voice beautifully contrasts her rocking drumming and wry lyrics about love and all that goes with it. Namedafter the band’s childhood park, Lynhurst began when the brothers started making music in junior high.  Mari later joined and soon her voice and songwriting perspective led the band.The band members left college to play music full-time. In August 2009, they released theiralbum “Field Day.”  Since then, Lynhurst has toured across the U.S., and has opened for a wide range of artists including Owl City, Hanson, Sheryl Crow, and Ingrid Michaelson.

  • Calling all Global Bands, Artists, Brands, we wanna help promote you to our 4 Million Friends

    Current mood:energetic

    Calling all the music community.  That includes bands, Singer/Songwriters, DJ's, Brands, anything music, we wanna help promote you to our 4 Million plus friends and 500k followers on Twitter and Facebook.  If you want to be featured on our Myspace, and tweeted, send us a message here.

    Music.us is launching next year, we will focus on sponsorship of all things music, sponsor tours, branding, and much more.  We are also having an Official Day party at SXSW to launch music.us  learn how to be one of the bands to play closer to the date.  www.sxsw.com  
  • Shayna Zaid And The Catch

    Blending elements of folk, indie pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and cabaret, Shayna Zaid & The Catch's sound occupies a place in music that bridges a new gap between the milieu of genres. They have drawn comparisons to Nickel Creek, Feist, Macy Gray, Gogol Bordello and A Fine Frenzy. Zaid's dynamic stage presence, her powerful smoky voice and her playful jazzy swagger lends an enchanting display amidst a refreshing acoustic soundscape - an equation made up of drummer Christopher Heinz, violinist and mandolinist Yan Izquierdo, and new guitarist Andrew Baird.
    Shayna Zaid & The Catch's live shows have been seen at over 55 U.S. Colleges since Fall 2008, throughout major venues and festivals such as Summerfest (Milwaukee), SXSW (Austin), CMJ (New York), Midpoint Music Fest (Cincinnati), Canadian Music Week (Toronto), The Living Room, Rockwood Music Hall, Canal Room and The Blender Theater, among others. In winter 2009, the band contributed a performance at VH1's “Save the Music” fundraiser alongside One Republic at NYC's premier Esquire Penthouse in SoHo, followed by a musical appearance in Times Square-New York for the official 2010 New Year's Eve celebrations. Morning Sun is the new song for the Ford Edge campaign airing globally Sept 1 2010.
    Recently awarded first place in the Performance category of the International Songwriting Competition; having shared the stage with Norah Jones' 'Puss & Boots', Emily King, G-Love, and most recently She & Him, Jakob Dylan and Neko Case at Rachael Ray's Feedback showcase during the 2010 South by Southwest festival; having an upcoming appearance at Summerfest 2010, opening for the band 311; The band is going into the studio in October with famed producer John Agnello(The Hold Steady, Sonic Youth, Mick Jagger, Timbaland) for their first full length album.

  • .music initiative is one of largest global petitions: Surpasses 1.3 million signatures

    Thanks for making this a reality everyone! We have surpassed our goal of 1.3 million signatures for supporting the launch of the .music domain name extension for the music community.

    For more information about .music visit: http://www.music.us

    Keep on spreading the word! Let us get .music launched!

    Constantine Roussos
    .music
    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/musicextension

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