[FM] earBuzz.com's 1st BUZZ SHOW features folk artists. .

[BeniciaDon@aol.com]

earBuzz.com, 'supporting independent artists 100%', announces it's first Buzz 
Show commemorating it's first year as a resource for music artists who've 
produced their own CDs.  earBuzz.com will be holding Buzz Shows throughout 
the country in the coming year, with a kick off during the 4th of July 
weekend.  earBuzz.com launched on July 4th, 1999, Independence Day for 
Independent Musicians.  The show is:

July 3rd, 2000 7pm
at The Clocktower
1189 Washington Street
Benicia, California

featuring artists:
Steadman
Jill Carole
Paul Robinson
Blue
David Elias
Butch Berry 
Karen Stachel
Garrin Benfield,
and others.  .

the folk genre will be represented in the evening by several artists 
including David Elias, Blue, and Garrin Benfield, check out the site to 
sample their music.  The event is headlined by UK and Independent Artists of 
the Year, Steadman.
Benicia is about 35 miles northeast of San Francisco along the water way that 
leads from San Francisco Bay to Sacramento.  Benicia was the 1st State 
Capital of California.   For directions to the event, copy and paste the 
following URL

http://www.zip2.com/scripts/map.dll?mad1=&mct1=&mst1=CA&mad2=1189+Washington+S
treet&mct2=Benicia&mst2=CA&type=gis&mwt=350&mht=280&mwt1=350&mht1=280&mwt2=350
&mht2=280&mwt3=350&mht3=280&method=d2d&ck=&adrVer=-1&ver=d3.0&GetDir.x=Get+Dir
ections

hope to see you there!  A Press release is pasted below.  thanks

Don Kimenker
co-founder
earBuzz.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

earBuzz.com,
"supporting independent artists 100%",

Announces Anniversary BUZZ Show, new offices

BENICIA, Calif. (June 12, 2000 )- earBuzz.com, 'turning the music world on 
its ear', will hold its first earBuzz.com BUZZ SHOW on July 3rd, 2000, to 
commemorate one year of providing independent artists a free internet 
distribution source for their CDs and merchandise.  earBuzz.com turns one 
year old on July 4th, 2000, Independence Day for Independent Musicians.  The 
event will be held in Benicia, California, home of earBuzz.com, at the  
historic Clocktower from 7pm until midnite.  The entertainment program will 
include sets by earBuzz.com artists, headlined by earBuzz.com artist and UK 
sensation, Steadman, named Independent Artist of the Year by several 
independent music sources including earBuzz.com.  Tickets are available at 
earBuzz.com for $11 as well as various merchants in Benicia such as Bay City 
Sounds.   The evening will be one of musical expression and performance as 
several earBuzz.com artists from around the world take the stage - promising 
a wide variety of compelling music in different genres to the audience.  
earBuzz.com artist CDs will be available for sale at the event.

earBuzz.com, the fast, simple, and FREE ecommerce music site for independent 
music artists, launched July 4th, 1999, Independence Day, as the FREE 
ecommerce internet site for independent artists to sell their CDs.   
earBuzz.com is the only internet distribution site to offer FREE services as 
well as 100% of the profits from CD purchases to the artists.  The policies 
of earBuzz.com are designed to help empower artists to gain control of their 
financial future as Internet distribution of CDs continues to grow.   
earBuzz.com will continue to have FREE artists set up, FREE web pages, FREE 
mp3 encoding, FREE inventory services, and now FREE e-commerce.

earBuzz.com also announces the leasing of a1400 square foot technology suite 
in Benicia as its new company offices to handle the immediate growth and 
needs of the company.   The artistic community response has been tremendous 
as over 1,000 artists have submitted their information on the earBuzz.com 
site for posting.   The earBuzz.com offices will include a retail portion 
that will allow shoppers to listen to earBuzz.com artist CDs at computer 
listening stations and traditional CD carousels.   earBuzz.com offices will 
be managed by co-founder and Vice-President, Nancy Kimenker.  Nancy's 
experience in music retail includes over 12 years as one of the top managers 
at Wherehouse Record Stores as well as 3years as ticket center services 
manager at BASS Tickets, the dominant entertainment ticketing agent in 
northern California.   Says Nancy, "we've reached a level where we need more 
space - our inventory system, site processing will benefit - plus we're very 
excited to evolve a retail space where the public can find independent music 
in a relaxing easy setting."

earBuzz.com also announces the ‘Half Buzzed Daily’ feature has grown to 
include atleast two artists each day at 50% off the set retail price by the 
artist.  "We'll be at over 1,000 artists on the site very soon.   That means 
that artists might get up on the Half Buzzed Daily once every three years.  
So, we're expanding the popular 50% feature to the benefit of our customers 
and our artists as well as increasing the Buzz of the Week artists.  We feel 
that more choice will keep people coming back to the site to discover new 
music, and that artists will have a chance to get their music to even more 
listeners."  Co-founder, Don Kimenker continues, "we're adding many new 
features in the coming weeks to benefit artists, including providing  info to 
artists as long as it's approved by the purchaser of the CD, a rating system, 
and more promotional opportunities as we expand our services to include 
shows, merchandise, and very soon - streaming radio."

The artist response has been overwhelming to the point of causing problems and
 delays in the posting of artist sites.  We are experiencing tremendous 
growth in our artist roster, so much that we are not keeping up with the 
processing - however, we will be caught up within the next couple of weeks as 
we're adding more personnel to handle the site processing.  The 100% profit 
policy has brought in an average of 5 new band/artist submissions every day - 
each artist/band takes nearly two hours to post.  We are really concerned 
with the quality of the mp3 clips and songs, as well as the scans of the 
artist covers and photos so we do those ourselves - but the most time 
consuming and most enjoyable part of the process is the review - and we 
listen to a portion if not all of every song on the CD to get the best 
picture of what the artist is trying to communicate."

National advertising continues for earBuzz.com.  MacAddict Magazine has 
featured earBuzz.com on the Macaddict.com website as well as advertising 
running in the monthly Macintosh enthusiast magazine.  The July MacAddict CD 
featured mp3 clips from earBuzz.com as well.   earBuzz.com was recently 
featured in Downbeat Jazz Magazine as one of the top sites for independent 
jazz artists and was given similar honors by GIG Magazine and Music 
Connection.

earBuzz.com utilizes proprietary search engines, mp3 songs and clips, artist 
dedicated URL pages, secured server credit card processing, album artwork and 
artist photo scanned images, artist web site links – all FREE to artists – to 
provide the public and the artists an elegantly simple distribution resource. 

earBuzz.com artists are able to utilize earBuzz.com’s features by promoting 
their own dedicated URL to their fan base for purchasing at 

www.earBuzz.com / "artist-band name" i.e., www.earBuzz.com/nelson

As the fan base accesses the URL they will be taken to the artist’s earBuzz 
page which will include; their own provided biography and comment 
information, a scanned image of both their CD cover and the artists picture, 
5 MP3 formatted clips of music from their CD, immediate purchase option, link 
to the artist’s own website, as well as regional information and artist’s 
genre.

earBuzz.com is FREE to artists with no set-up fees.  The sign up process is 
simple and fast.  Any artist with a CD can join.  Artists send in 5-20 CDs of 
each CD title submitted, pick the songs they want converted to MP3 format, as 
well as submitting optional artist merchandise such as shirts/hats/buttons.  
Once received, earBuzz.com staff process all materials and posts the 
dedicated artist’s earBuzz.com website.  

earBuzz.com is a privately held company run by artists and lovers of new 
music.

earBuzz.com "turning the music world on its ear" and "supporting independent 
artists 100%".

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Contact Information:
Don Kimenker
earBuzz.com
voice:  (707) 746-8482
email:  earbuz@aol.com
email:  ears@earBuzz.com