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INTRODUCING THE NEW IMN MEDIA PLAYER

Check out the new IMN Media Player (located in the upper right hand corner of this page.)  To start playing a song, just click on a song and it will start streaming automatically! 

This is a fun way to not only sample some of Indy’s best established acts, but also to discover some great up and coming artists!

You can even open the player in its own window by clicking on the “OPEN PLAYER” button directly below the player.

If you’re an Indianapolis area music artist, you can submit your music to us by sending an mp3 to news at indianapolismusic.net.  We can’t guarantee we’ll get everything up that you send, but, we’ll be adding new music to the player each week!

As always, Thank you for supporting local music –
Give it a listen!

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INDY BAND MARGOT SIGNS TO EPIC RECORDS

Indy based band Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s officially announced their signing to EPIC Records this week with David Lindquist of the Indianapolis Star -

Guitarist Andy Fry says the band’s next album — titled “Animal!” — should arrive in stores in 2008.

Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s have been affiliated with independent labels Standard, which issued 2005 album “The Dust of Retreat”; Artemis, which issued a revised version of “The Dust of Retreat” in 2006; and V2, which was acquired by Artemis parent company Sheridan Square and then dropped its roster of artists earlier this year.

“We get to make music for at least a couple more years,” Fry said of the signing.

Former V2 president Andy Gershon serves as executive vice president at Epic, a subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Fry said the band’s comfort level with Gershon helped seal the contract for two full-length recordings.

Full Story Here: http://www.indy.com/posts/941

We’ll let you know the moment they announce an Indianapolis show!

Sample their music here:
http://www.myspace.com/margotandthenuclearsoandsos

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PUNK ROCK NIGHT CALENDAR 2008

Calendar Release Party:
Saturday, Nov 3rd at Melody Inn

The 2008 PIN UP CALENDAR put out by Punk Rock Night will be officially released this Saturday at the Melody Inn.

A yearly instituion, the first calendar was released in 2004. According to their website it was started as a way to keep in touch with friends and troops stationed over seas.

“Our friend was stationed in Bosnia and was requsting that people send stuff over to his men for the holidays. So a few of us girls got together and we took some Vargas inspired pin-up shots to send to the troops. One of the girls suggested we make a calendar out of the pictures and the PRN pin-up calendar was born…

We still send 100 calendars to the troops in Iraq -thanks to all of the troops serving in this war. Thanks to Punk Rock Night for supporting this calendar, we couldn’t do it without your help!”

Here’s a quick preview of some of this year’s models:
 

To grab a copy and learn more, Visit the Punk Rock Night site:
http://punkrocknight.com/

To check out past and future pinups here: http://www.myspace.com/prnpinupgirl

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EXCLUSIVE FEATURE:
Local Musician Expands His Stage (Ninja) Presence

Story by Ryan Williams - Photos by Submitted Photo -

When most musicians think about getting their signature gear into music stores around the world, it’s usually in the form of their preferred instrument. Local guitarist Brent Eskew has found another route into those stores, and he did it by trying to make the lives of musicians easier. Stage Ninja started out as an idea and some prototypes. Eskew says the company has matured since then into a professional equipment company that services a select community. The company produces items like retractable guitar and mic cords and electrical power cords with plug-ins every few feet. The whole idea is to make lives easier during set-up and tear-down.

And it’s catching on. Eskew says “We are global, baby,” referring to the placement of Stage Ninja products around the world. The products are already in 11 Sam Ash stores around the nation, and he’s secured distribution in Japan, South America, Germany, Norway, Canada, and Bermuda. “It’s a universal application.”That, of course, means that there’s a lot of travel involved. Of the five main employees at Stage Ninja, “One of us is on the road every week.”

That road work includes training in-house salespersons at places like Musicians’ Friend and Guitar Center on how to use and sell the products, as well as working with high-profile musicians to get the gear in their studios. Eskew says they’ve got Stage Ninja products into several professional studios and touring rigs. And the work never stops coming. Eskew says “There’s always something going on.” He adds that the company is “always working on advertising,” and that Stage Ninja is adding a new product to push at the Winter NAMM session in January of 2008. Still, he can’t imagine doing anything else right now.

“This is the greatest job in the world. I can’t wait to get there in the morning, and I have to pull away in the evening.”

– Ryan Williams

– Related Link: http://stageninja.net

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