(Prudent Press Agency) --- The expense of piano books, the legality of making copies, and the hassle of erasing notes made in borrowed books are all issues that confront music schools and libraries. Piano Street, an online supplier of piano sheet music, has solved these problems with their institutional subscription service, which gives institutions unlimited access and printing rights to classical piano music.

"Our institutional subscription benefits teachers, students and librarians,” said Johan Sandback, director of Piano Street. "Teachers can provide students with legal copies of sheet music from reliable editions that they get to keep. Students also benefit from an array of additional features on our site."

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Professor Andy Brick was Supervising Orchestrator, Orchestral Music Director, and Orchestral Conductor for ground-breaking interactive game title Mafia II, released on August 24, 2010 for PS3, Xbox 360, and Windows PCs.

As a Distinguished Industry Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation UniversityTM, Professor Brick is actively engaged in composing and conducting professionally while teaching courses in music theory, composition, and orchestration at Stevens. The College of Arts and Letters incorporates music theory, history, electronic music, and sound recording technology into a multi-disciplinary Music and Technology curriculum that approaches the arts through the science and technology that inform them.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Greenergy Productions, LLC will kick off one of the most talked about Reggae festivals on the East Coast – Hudson Valley Reggae Fest (Eco & World Music). This important social awareness concert event will be hosted by Honor’s Haven Resort & Spa which occupies 250 pristine acres in Ellenville, N.Y., in the beautiful Catskill Mountains.

“Over the past few months, the resort has worked closely with the event producers to envision an event unlike any other in the upper Hudson Valley region,” said Honor’s Haven Resort & Spa, event coordinator, Rianna Sciullo. “We look forward to a day of education, ecological awareness and a celebration of world music and culture.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- New changes in music business laws will affect every musician, songwriter, manager, and music attorney, which is why the California Copyright Conference is opening its 2010-2011 season with a presentation entitled "Legal Eagles: Legal Developments Affecting the Music Industry." Taking place the evening of September 14 in Los Angeles, the event is open to the public.

The Legal Eagles panel will be moderated by CCC Board Member Kenneth D. Freundlich (of Freundlich Law) and former CCC President Michael Morris (of Valensi Rose, PLC).

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Today, local musician SloFunkPump announced an open call for submissions of American Military Homecoming video clips. The clips will be featured in the music video for SloFunkPump’s annual holiday tribute, "Santa Please ’10 (Live in Nashville)."

Each year, a newly revamped version of Santa Please is released the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The upcoming video “Santa Please ‘10” is slated for release Sunday, November 28, 2010. Last year’s version, Santa Please ’09, can be viewed on SloFunkPump’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/slofunkproductions.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- After a three-year hiatus, guitarist Randy Ellefson will release two acoustic guitar instrumental albums on September 14th, 2010. Full track listings, album art, and free mp3s are available now at randyellefson.com. While not a double album, the two discs, Serenade of Strings and The Lost Art, are related music with similar covers.

Serenade of Strings marks a triumphant return to the acoustic guitar for Ellefson, who lost his playing to severe tendonitis in 1996 and was unable to play the more challenging instrument for nearly ten years; his first two albums were hard rock and performed almost exclusively on the electric guitar, which is easier to play. Half of the songs pre-date the injury and inspired the long-delayed album, which includes a rare performance of “Dee” by the late Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne fame. Jeff Moos reprised his role on drums while Ellefson handled all guitars, bass, and percussion.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Natalia Flores- signed to Carrillo Music - releases her first official single as a solo artist- "Going Strong" - on itunes and worldwide. Following up the success of her collaboration with Dave Matthias for the single "Angel on the Dancefloor," which rapidly climbed the Billboard Dance Club charts to #23, "Going Strong' offers an impressive assortment of remixes from an all-star lineup of dance industry veterans, including Scumfrog, Peter Barona, Edson Pride, Dave Matthias, Cody Williams, Rod Carrillo and The Grower.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Bruegger's loyal Facebook fans will be dancing to a new beat starting this week. Through a partnership with social media marketing group, SocialGrub, Bruegger's current and new fans can download up to six free songs by indie-rock favorites such as The Almost and Seabird.

To access the free downloads, Facebook users can click on one of Bruegger's Facebook ads promoting the offer, or on the tab dedicated to the "Music Showcase" on Bruegger's Facebook page. Users need only to "like" Bruegger's first, then gain access to a music samples and downloads from some of American's best up and coming artists. The free beats are available to all Facebook users - not just new fans. The site also features links to the artists' websites and other information about the music.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Talented, bright-eyed singer/songwriter, Hana-li, is an artist not to be taken lightly. The New York born starlet’s lyrics are haunting yet inspirational as she weaves through stories of human triumphs and travails and the never-ending search of finding our true inner potential. With a wide range of vocal ability and influences, she seamlessly incorporates genres as varied as alternative, rock, pop, progressive and classical. Hana-li has something for everyone.

“I want to inspire millions of people to make a difference in themselves, their families, their friends and in turn, the world,” says Hana-li. “That is why I sing, why I write and why I live.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Weather Alert! There’s a rainstorm headed your way—specifically “Indiana Rain,” the torrential new single from Sandy Kastel, one of Las Vegas’s favorite hometown performers, a proud “adopted daughter” of the Hoosier State and a familiar face in Nashville songwriting circles.

Kastel (rhymes with pastel) wrote the song, as well as five others on her first country album, also called Indiana Rain, which is due out later this fall. Indiana is a territory she knows well since she and her husband own a second home there.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- 2010 marks an exciting year for the Soulful Radio Network and music impresario Alfonzo Blackwell. SoulfulRadioNetwork.com the soulful internet radio network The Soulful Radio Network is excited to announce 8 new channels added to the existing 16 channel internet radio network, which now boasts a total of 24 channels of amongst the best music selections across the globe. The Soulful Radio Network is also very pleased to announce the official internet radio launch of the Alfonzo Blackwell Channel. Among the new channels are the Old Skool Hip Hop Channel, the Classic Rock Channel and the Classic Country Channel. In 2005 Mr. Blackwell was appointed the Music Director of the premier Soulful Smooth Jazz Channel. Under his esteemed leadership and expertise, the station began a steady rise in mass popularity. Broadcasting for over 6 years now, the Soulful Smooth Jazz Channel is one of the leading internet radio stations for the best mixture of Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, R&B and Soul music. We are very excited to branch off into a new media venture with the launch of the exclusive channel dedicated to Alfonzo Blackwell's soulful music brand.

The newly launched Alfonzo Blackwell Channel presented by The Soulful Radio Network will broadcast Blackwell's full music catalog, hundreds of previously unreleased tracks, remixes, concert excerpts and so much more exclusively on the channel.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- The Artist Management Conference 2010 (AMCON2010), taking place in New York October 14-15, 2010, brings together music managers, musicians seeking management representation, and music industry professionals for two days of high-level networking and education. The inaugural conference will be a place for Artist Managers and Self-managed Artists to discuss and contemplate current and future music industry trends; formulate or fine-tune winning strategies; network with peers; create partnerships; and conduct serious business.

Conference topics include discussions of current and future music industry trends and how they affect the artist management community, how deals are being structured, major label/manager relations in a 360 world, artist management as part of vertical integration strategies, factors that make for a good artist-manager relationship, management company setup and operations, building a team around the artist, growing the fan base, how managers evaluate artists and bands for signing, the money trail, live show production & touring, mentor sessions and business corner, "I Need Management" sessions for musicians seeking management representation, and lots more.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- It was 1979 when The Members first hit the US with what was then called the "2nd British Invasion." Propelled by the energy of Punk, a bunch of great songs and a legendary live show they soon established themselves as favourites on the New York and LA club scene.

In the 80's they led a Spinal Tap-like existence touring endlessly across north America, experiencing the elation of huge shows in New York and Los Angeles to the tragi-comic supporting of a fashion show in long island. They hung out with The Ramones and Blondie around the Kidney Shaped pool at the Hollywood motel where Sam Cooke was Shot, Guitarist JC Carroll had an affair with a Go Go, Slept with The Dead Kennedy's Manager, They Partied with Iggy Pop in New York, Tom Petty in the Mid West, talked cars and girls with "The Boss" in Asbury Park, were entertained by Mobsters in New York, Played on A Riverboat in New Orleans. Travelled 35,000 miles across 50 states of the USA in a Ford econo-line living on $20 a day, Jack Daniels, pabst blue ribbon beer, microwave burritos and show salads. For Rock and Roll they have played at Midnight in the Land of the Midnight Sun, Spring Break in Daytona Beach, were locked in a Dutch immigration prison cell, fined by highway patrols, refused entry to Canada, threatened by gangsters, intimidated by armed guards, cussed by rednecks, refused service at truck stops, spat at, showered with coins and bottles. They've made love to some beautiful women been chased by jealous boyfriends, stalked by transvestites, they stayed in Plush hotels in Paris and cockroach infested immigrant dives in Southern Texas.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- In conjunction with the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival, the Museum is hosting Hal Walker, family performance act and harmonica extraordinaire, in a four-day residency. Walker composes and improvises on the piano, guitar, voice, concertina, harmonica, jaw harp, and the khaen (a mouth organ made out of bamboo pipe from Southeast Asia). The musician has a talent for taking an instrument associated with a particular culture, such as the khaen or the African banakula, and, after learning how they are traditionally used, and making it his own in a uniquely American way. Walker also has a lifetime fascination with instruments that can fit in a pocket.

Along with the opening act of the Blues & Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 7 at 12 p.m, Walker will host several public workshops during his residency, playing an astonishing array of instruments. Walker will host a kids’ kazoo workshop during the Festival, Saturday, August 7 at 2:30 p.m. near the Information tent at Frontier Park. The Museum will host Walker for Mid-Day Art Break, Wednesday, August 4, 12-1 p.m. on the Museum steps

(Prudent Press Agency) --- International pop singer Jose Hendrix has just released his first single from his debut CD Jose Hendrix - Embrace The Earth. The Embrace The Earth CD is a culmination of creative musical interests from a unique across-the-world collaboration with American songwriting team Mye-Isle Productions (Kelly Myers and Don Belisle), who have put their confidence exclusively in Jose Hendrix to record and perform their songs for a worldwide stage.

The first CD single launched from a unique virtual collaboration working across two continents called “When It Feels” is now available on Jose’s Web site: Josehendrix.webs.com or myspace.com/josehendrix. Having played Live Aid London in 2008, Jose has had the opportunity to be front man for Latin-African fusion bands like Grupo Lokito and Kando Man performing across Europe and Africa.