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World’s First Blues Music Comic Book Hits iPhones, iPods, and iPads: Blues Comix Celebrates Black History Month With Free and Discounted Downloads

World’s First Blues Music Comic Book Hits iPhones, iPods, and iPads: Blues Comix Celebrates Black History Month With Free and Discounted Downloads

Cover of The Blues comic book

Eugene, OR (PRWEB) January 30, 2012

For the first time ever, the blues has come to life in a comic book from publisher, Blues Comix. The full-color, 24-page glossy comic book called The Blues: A midnight adventure from the grueling cotton fields to the roots of rock ‘n’ roll, tells the story of a young boy from the Mississippi Delta in the 1930s as he discovers the blues and follows it throughout his life, from juke joints to the Great Migration north to electric blues and the beginnings of rock ‘n’ roll. Along the way, the story offers a glimpse of Southern geography, slavery and black history in the South, blues culture, significant blues and early rock musicians, instrument-making, songwriting, and more.

To celebrate Black History Month (February 2012), the comic book has now come to life with music and sound effects as a mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod (Android coming soon). The app will be a free download for 24 hours on February 1, 2012 to kick off Black History Month, then will be available at a special, discounted price of just $ 1.99 for the remainder of the month, before returning to its regular price. A video tour of the app is here.

“We originally designed the comic book to support blues education programs, such as those put on by blues societies, blues festivals, and other Blues in the Schools programs around the world,” says Josh Coen of Blues Comix, publisher of the comic book. “But the story is so unique and entertaining, that we have released a consumer version for sale on Amazon, and now the mobile app version available at the App Store.”

Educational organizations purchasing the printed version in bulk get special pricing as well as free customization that allows them to include sponsor logos, information about their organization, and a listing of local blues and music resources. Also included with each bulk order is a full 20-page curriculum and How To, taking organizations step-by-step through how to start a successful blues education program using local resources and musicians and how to run any of three different proven program formats.

To view pricing, more information, or the entire comic book, visit http://www.BluesComix.com or call 800-373-1960.

“This comic book and curriculum is designed to enable blues societies to quickly and easily fulfill their missions of blues education in the community,” says Coen. “We realize that many blues societies and educational institutions are short on volunteers, money, and experience running a successful music education program. We give blues societies everything they need to finally get started.”

About Blues Comix

Blues Comix, based in Eugene, Oregon, promotes the healing power of blues and music through its groundbreaking comic book, mobile app, and curriculum. These teaching and entertainment tools are designed to showcase the importance and contributions of black culture and music in American history, and introduce this legacy to a new generation of kids who are searching for identity, self-worth, and ways to express their feelings — all of which blues was created to do.

Company founder, Josh Coen, a writer by trade and a long-time blues education innovator, has built one of the strongest Blues in the Schools programs in the United States in midwestern Oregon, where he runs blues programs twice monthly for 5,000 school kids each year, as well as Oregon’s only under 21 blues jam. Blues Comix is a member of The Blues Foundation.

For more information: http://www.bluescomix.com, 800-373-1960, or josh(at)bluescomix(dot)com.

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Chatroulette Dating Site Flavor Connect Celebrates 2nd Birthday

Chatroulette Dating Site Flavor Connect Celebrates 2nd Birthday

Members enjoy tasting their dating options.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

Chatroulette online dating site FlavorConnect.com is celebrating their second anniversary and as the champagne corks pop so do the site reviews. Originally launched in January of 2010, Flavor Connect has become “the hotspot” for young singles looking to hook up. Now boasting over 12,000 members, Flavor Connect subscribers cannot get enough of the “candy” being served online. Whether its speed dating in the Chatroulette taste test room or playing the free online dating games the site offers.

Site founder and company President Khaled Ridgeway credits Flavor Connect’s candy based theme as the key ingredient in the success and growth of FlavorConnect.com. “Our unique approach in allowing subscribers to state their specific hook up preference is undoubtedly the thing that sets us apart from other online dating sites. Users love the flavor relationship descriptors like Vanilla for Fidelity, Chocolate for Fantasy or Strawberry for Fling and how it permits them to quickly identify compatible partners.”

Chatroulette, just introduced 6 months ago, is an Omegle style web cam chat room. This feature allows members to preview potential flavor matches without filtering through static profiles. Ridgeway credits Chatroulette with increasing the sites popularity by offering this provocative option in conjunction with the unique candy theme. Ridgeway goes on to say; “It’s a great way to meet someone without committing to a personal visit. Just like sampling candy flavors; if it tastes good, then maybe you would like some more. If not, click next and move on to a new sample.”

Not resting on their laurels, Flavor Connect continues to upgrade their site and add features and fresh content. One such addition is “Sweet Talk” Flavor Connect’s Official Weblog on relationships, sex and dating advice. Authors Toya and Stephanie answer confidential questions and give opinions on intimate subjects, “nothing is off limits.” Topics range from infidelity, STD’s, pregnancy, and even spouse body odors. Chatroulette has also just improved its appearance, offering a cleaner, smoother interface with more integration to member profiles.

It’s all about the excitement subscribers experience and then want to share. Comments like “can’t get enough” and “awesome experience” are typical of the responses from members after tasting the treats available at Flavor Connect. Non-typical, unique, daring, unconventional, edgy and incredibly provocative are some of the adjectives used by industry experts in describing the phenomenon that Flavor Connect has become. What will the next two years have to offer? Fans and casual observers will just have to stay tuned…or rather stay logged on.

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No Mas! Fiesta Celebrates Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Holiday Honoring Passed Loved Ones

No Mas! Fiesta Celebrates Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Holiday Honoring Passed Loved Ones

Dia de los Muertos altar at No Mas!

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

No Mas! Hacienda & Cantina celebrates the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, with a free fiesta, open to the public, on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 7-10pm. The event will be on the mezzanine of No Mas! Cantina, fantastically decorated with eclectic Mexican décor and overlooking views of downtown Atlanta. General admission is free, with a special V.I.P. admission at $ 25. Live music, a costume contest, paper mache figurine demo, Tarot card reading, and sugar skull decorating all promise a fun evening. Live music will be provided by GoZon, as vocalist and guitarist Gustavo Gonzalez puts it, “’GoZon’ (the one who enjoys the most) performs Rock with a Latin flavour or vice versa. We play energetic songs, dancing tunes, ballads, blues, rumba, and styles that serve one purpose: gozar la música. Some may say it’s Cumbia Rock. Others may think it’s Rock that make your hips move. We will be pleased even if you don’t know what hit you.”

Dia de los Muertos, a traditional Mexican holiday with roots dating back thousands of years, honors friends and family who have passed. Altars for the loved one are put on the specially cleaned grave or at home, with photos, marigolds, fruit, and candles, and a meal is “shared” with the dear departed, with all their favorite foods. Symbolizing Dia de los Muertos, the Catrina, a figure of a skeleton woman, dressed to the nines to party, or simply going about her business in day to day life, is a popular choice for costuming and face painting. No Mas! brings this time honored Mexican tradition to Atlanta with an impressive array of Catrinas from three inches to five feet tall – not to mention the nine foot Catrina permanently on display. Painstakingly created from ceramic, the hand painted Catrinas include every detail from the delicate, intricate bones of the hand to elaborate details of dress and accessories. No Mas! has spent 16 years bringing the arte de Mexico to Atlanta, honoring the artistic and creative endeavors of crafts of Mexico in many media, including carved wood, wrought iron, stone, blown glass, ceramics, and painting.

In addition to the paper mache demonstration during the fiesta, No Mas! is hosting paper mache figurine workshops on Saturday, Oct. 22 and 29 at 11am, and Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Thursday the 27 at 6pm, where Gina Espinoza of The Rialto Center for the Arts will teach classic figurine making and painting of the Catrina, calaca (skeleton), and other traditional items. The workshops will start promptly, with the Saturday workshops more children and family oriented, and the evening workshops more “Happy Hour”.

More information can be found at http://www.NoMasAtlanta.com, purchase tickets from No Mas! at 404-215-9708. Video of the No Mas! Dia de los Muertos Altar, classic decorations, and Catrinas can be viewed here.

No Mas! Hacienda & Cantina, The Best of Mexico: Restaurant & Shopping, in historic Castleberry Hill, downtown Atlanta’s art district, just half mile south of CNN. Award winning Mexican restaurant and adjacent huge showroom of handcrafted furnishings & accessories from more than 300 artisans in Mexico, with breakfast daily in ADios Cafe, and “All the Pottery in the World” in Bodega Garden. In its sixteenth year in Atlanta, this importer of handcrafted furnishings, lighting, accessories, art, and gifts, brings the culture of Mexico to Atlanta.

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SCA Promotions Celebrates 25 Years with $25,000 Instant Win Contest on Facebook

SCA Promotions Celebrates 25 Years with $ 25,000 Instant Win Contest on Facebook® Platform

SCA Promotions’ 25th Anniversary $ 25,000 Win-Win Game on the Facebook Platform

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 26, 2011

SCA Promotions today announced the launch of an instant win promotion application on Facebook with a chance to win $ 25,000 and an additional $ 25,000 for his or her favorite charity. This announcement is in honor of SCA’s 25th anniversary as the world’s leading provider of promotional risk management.

To enter, clients and prospects simply Like SCA Promotions on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/scapromotions and watch for the invite to play SCA’s “$ 25,000 Win-Win Game.” Music download prizes will also be randomly awarded.

“We are excited to celebrate this company milestone with our clients,” says Bob Hamman, Founder and CEO. “The $ 25,000 Win-Win Game is the perfect way to showcase what we do while rewarding our clients. We look forward to the next 25 years!”

Since 1986, SCA Promotions has been leading the promotion marketing industry with innovative contests and games, and newsworthy life-changing cash and prizes. Some of SCA’s highlights include covering a $ 1 billion prize for Pepsi, an offer of free Long John Silver’s shrimp for every American if water was found on Mars, and a $ 1 million prize from Doritos for a Super Bowl commercial contest. Most recently, SCA Promotions has been expanding its cutting-edge digital offerings to include QR code and Facebook promotions.

About SCA Promotions

Dallas-based SCA Promotions delivers promotional solutions and incentives that connect with consumers, without risk to the sponsor. Since 1986, SCA has offered an entire suite of advanced, interactive promotions, imaginative contests, record-breaking sweepstakes, and inventive games designed to engage and motivate. SCA has covered billions of dollars and paid out over $ 166 million in cash and prizes for sales and consumer product promotions, lottery and casino jackpots, radio contests, direct mail, Internet, and sports promotions. SCA has offices in Dallas, London, Las Vegas, and Calgary, with affiliate partners across the globe.

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Two Million and Counting: DJ Mixer, Top 10 iPad Music App, Celebrates a Sales Milestone with a Groundbreaking New Version

Two Million and Counting: DJ Mixer, Top 10 iPad Music App, Celebrates a Sales Milestone with a Groundbreaking New Version

(PRWEB) November 29, 2010

As they celebrate 2 million downloads, Musicsoft Arts, the creators of DJ Mixer, have released an updated version of the top 10 iPad music app. Packed with a host of new features, DJ Mixer is quite possibly the most true-to-life virtual music app on the market.

While the current version of the app makes for an unarguably remarkable experience, transporting the user into a virtual world with all of the same 2-turntable vibe you’d get in a real DJ booth, the updated version sends it into the stratosphere featuring a full analog interface and real-time scratching.

DJ Mixer is the first iPad app to offer direct import of tracks directly from the device, enabled by the brand new iPad iOS 4.2. DJ Mixer makes mixing and playing music for friends easy, fun and affordable – packing almost $ 2,000 worth of hardware and software into a $ 9.99 iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app.

DJ Mixer, with its astounding capabilities, is the brainchild of Musicsoft Arts, a New York City based company dedicated to building great mobile music apps.

Founded by Aviv Eyal, a serial entrepreneur who has been building Internet media companies in Silicon Valley and New York City for the past 10 years and Dan Yashiv, a true music industry maverick and music maker who has clocked 15 years experience as a record producer and engineer for Britney Spears, Natalie Imbruglia, De La Soul, DJ Spooky and more, Musicsoft Arts has established itself, in less than one year, as a leader in the rapidly growing mobile music apps market by landing three apps in the top 20 music category of Apple’s app store.

Eyal, addressing the impetus to create DJ Mixer says, “I wanted to build something that makes it easy, affordable and fun for music fans with iPod Touches, iPhones or iPads to play great sounding music to friends. With DJ Mixer, anyone can be a DJ.” Prior to co-founding Musicsoft Arts with Yashiv, Eyal co-founded and sold Grouper Networks / Crackle.com to Sony in 2006 for $ 65M, serving as VP, Technology for Sony post acquisition. The duo have palpably succeeded in creating an app that allows practically anyone to be a mixologist extraordinaire.

Not only is DJ Mixer considered the leading next generation music player, it hints at a new avenue for the technologically challenged record industry to introduce music to the masses. Indeed, free promo songs offered by DJ Mixer were downloaded more than 3 million times in less than a year. What’s more, DJ Mixer users can now access all the music they own either on their devices or the computers, as a premium feature.

DJ Mixer technology has recently been used in apps for notable mixologist DJ Spooky, who has enthusiastically proclaimed the application “the party’s in your pocket!” and for Hennessey Artistry Music Mixer featuring free tracks from such hip-hop and R&B luminaries as Albe Back featuring DMC, Ryan Perfect, Gilbere Forte and more.

As DJ Mixer continues to reign as a top iPhone and iPad music mixing app, the creators have listened to user feedback and built several enhancements. The newly released DJ Mixer 3 includes exciting new features such as two turntables or CD players; scratching; direct touch screen music control; and more. DJ Mixer 3 includes a revolutionary new, patent-pending feature that allows anyone to DJ with any type of headphone using a WiFi network and two “iDevices.”

CNET’s Digital Noise calls it a “Fantastic DJ app” and says, “Amateurs will love the sync button: as you’re playing one track, the sync button will adjust the speed of the second and place the downbeats in the right place so they’re synchronized.” Another lauded feature is Auto Mixing, which instantly and seamlessly creates a smooth mix of tracks.

DJ Mixer 3 is now available in the app store worldwide for free with free downloadable dance music and includes several premium paid features that can be purchased from inside the app such as mix your own music, premium sound effects, and DJ with headphones.

See an example of DJ Mixer in action here:

http://www.youtube.com/djplayerapp

DJ Mixer app:

http://djmixer.fm/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dj-mixer-ultimate/id330897901?mt=8

Musicsoft Arts site:

http://musicsoftarts.com/

For further information please contact:

Contact: Perry Serpa/Rob Lawi

718 846-0518

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Leyla Turkkan

917 374 8020

Leyla(at)catalystgroupsite(dot)com

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NewFreeScreensavers.com Celebrates Oktoberfest

NewFreeScreensavers.com Celebrates Oktoberfest

(PRWEB) September 17, 2010

NewFreeScreensavers.com celebrates the autumn’s signature festival, Oktoberfest. Boasting an unparalleled section of spyware-free, adware -free, virus-free screensavers, NewFreeScreensavers.com is the savvy users first stop for a new screensaver. Oktoberfest, a traditional autumn festival held initially in Munich, Germany, that features beer-drinking and merrymaking, and is known as the “largest folk fest in the World”.

Users can download a large variety of eye-catching Oktoberfest screensavers. Rotating mugs with beer, beer bubbles, Oktoberfest friendly waitresses, fireworks under the Oktoberfest field can decorate computer monitors and bring an Oktoberfest atmosphere anywhere. Some Oktoberfest free screensavers show the time, date and the year so festival goers won’t miss any important festival events.

Oktoberfest screensavers can be downloaded both separately and together in one package. It saves time and allows changing screensavers every day. Oktoberfest free screensavers from NewFreeScreensavers.com contain no spyware, adware and viruses and will work on any version of Windows from XP to Windows 7. The downloads are typically small, and take only moments to install. Start using them right away with minimal hassle.

COMPANY:

NewFreeScreensavers.com is powered by Gekkon Ltd., a developer of multimedia applications for entertainment, gaming, computer games, screen savers, themes, and more. NewFreeScreensavers.com offers a collection of completely free screensavers and features a tips and tricks section, screensaver reviews and a blog. To download a safe free screensaver, and to learn about the best screensavers available, visit: http://www.newfreescreensavers.com/the-best-free-screensaver.html.

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Irina Sidorova

is(at)newfreescreensavers(dot)com

phone +1 347 767 5896

NewFreeScreensavers.com project

Gekkon Ltd

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Internet’s Longest Running MP3 Blog Celebrates

Internet’s Longest Running MP3 Blog Celebrates

Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) April 6, 2007

For the 2,050th time, MP3JACKPOT.COM has added a worthy MP3 file to its collection of the best free legal MP3 downloads on the World Wide Web.

The MP3JACKPOT.COM website is the longest running MP3 blog on the Internet.

Since 1999, the MP3 Jackpot Committee has selected one most worthy free MP3 each day and posted a link to the file along with a brief description about the song.

The Committee consists of five music industry professionals and one obsessed music fan. There is one member of the press, a live event promoter, a radio programmer, a record label A&R person, a gonzo music supervisor for movies and television, and a non-industry fan of music.

Artistic merit — not commercial appeal — is the prerequisite for success at the MP3 Jackpot.

Hear what the MP3 Jackpot Committee has to say:

MAX CASTER (329 posts): “This is the most fun I have now in music. I get to post songs at the MP3 Jackpot I like, most of which don’t seem to be on my stations playlist.”

WEASEL POPMEISTER (375 posts): “I see a lot of talent I like I can’t sign to my company’s label. Now I can share these treasures with the world at the MP3 Jackpot.”

EYE_PRESENT (376 posts): “This gives me something to do during the daylight hours.”

EL GUSANO (291 posts): “What the f___ do all those directors and producers know? El Gusano knows best at MP3JACKPOT.COM.”

NINA GNOSE (290 posts): “You know, the Internet might finally return the power of the pen. I’m very proud of my posts at the MP3 Jackpot. I get to help my readers find music directly from the music creators instead of the advertisers and editors.”

SUPERFAN (389 posts): “This is a music fan’s dream come true.”

The MP3 Jackpot will continue to post “One Winner A Day” based solely on artistic merit in hopes of giving worthy artists more exposure for their work. To insure every MP3 file is free and legal, the MP3 Jackpot relies on MP3 4U Sources to discover and to filter the music. The result gives interested music fans a way to quickly discover the best quality free music on the Internet and fill up their MP3 players without breaking the bank.

About MP3 Lunatics:

MP3 Lunatics is a closely held partnership specializing in Internet music and digital entertainment. Their interlocking network of music websites (MP3Jackpot.com, MP34U.com, and muzic.com) is a well-tended Music Lovers Playground of free quality music built for fans and artists.

About MP3 Jackpot:

The MP3JACKPOT.COM website is part of the network of music websites created by MP3 Lunatics and publishes one most worthy free and legal MP3 each day.

Contact:

Matthew Kaufman

MP3 Lunatics

2245 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

http://www.mp3lunatics.com

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