About Me

This is Music Nation: the ever-evolving community of artists making it, together. We offer fans and artist alike new tools, new content, interviews with people you care about, about things you'd like to know about, new ways to connect and interact, competitions (see below), and prizes including recording contracts and gear to get you on the road to success (if you're into that).
CURRENT COMPETITIONS

Are You the Next GAC Star?

Do you have what it takes to be country musicâ€™s next big thing? Now is the time to make your dreams come true! Compete for your chance to advance to our televised finals in Nashville, TN! Youâ€™ll hit the air and perform in front of America and a panel of celebrity judges. One winner will be crowned The Next GAC Star, have their video featured on GAC & GACTV.com, and score a recording deal from Original Signal Records! NT COMPETITIONS :
Spin's Hot Pursuit to find the next band to ink a record deal
This is the big one!
These judges are looking to find the next band to sign to Epic records.
BUTCH WALKER, producer/song writer
PETER MOREN, of Peter, Bjorn and John
AMANDA PALMER, of the Dresden Dolls
MICHAEL SHOWALTER, comedian from Stella
DOUG BROD, editor at Spin magazine.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/19/2006
Band Website: musicnation.com
Record Label: Original Signal Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

GAC and Spin’s Hot Pursuit

THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY STAR = YOUIt's not too late to get in on our latest competition, "The Next GAC Star." Music Nation and the Great American Country cable channel are offering our country...
Posted by Music Nation on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:25:00 PST

Great American Country

Great American Country and Music Nation are calling all country artists: think you got what it takes to rise to the top of the talent pool? If so, your reward package is loaded. The Next GAC Star will...
Posted by Music Nation on Thu, 01 May 2008 07:44:00 PST

MONOLITH FEST AT RED ROCKS SETS BILL

Bummed about missing Coachella? You have a second-chance -- of sorts.Read Today's blog on Music Nation for this years line-up at Monolith Fest in Colorado.READ BLOG HERE...
Posted by Music Nation on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:01:00 PST

Your hearing might be shot, but this is opportunity knocking really f’ing hard

Spin's Hot Pursuit to find the next band to ink a record dealSIGN UP NOW!...
Posted by Music Nation on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

The Republic Tigers; pre-show interview

If you haven't heard of The Republic Tigers yet, you will soon because these guys are hotter than a pistol and just landed a spot of David Letterman without a full-length release.We caught up with the...
Posted by Music Nation on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:58:00 PST

Interview with Paul Dillon of Silver Rockets. (ex-Mercury Rev and Long Wave)

Paul Dillon was one of the creative forces behind Mercury Rev and Long Wave. Now he’s the front man for a band called Silver Rockets, which will surely win over fans of his previous work and man...
Posted by Music Nation on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:41:00 PST

STREAM THE NEW R.E.M. FOR FREE

I’m not sure what’s the bigger story here. That the entire new R.E.M. album is available for free streaming -- one week before its April 1 release -- or that R.E.M. has made its best LP si...
Posted by Music Nation on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:50:00 PST

Mash-Ups, Hipster Hybrids and SXSW

It's always been a daunting task for a DJ to not only get people to dance, but to also pack the dance floor and maintain that synergy between song and crowd. As our modern music tastes have splintered...
Posted by Music Nation on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:24:00 PST

REVIEW: THE PLUG INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

Last night 's annual PLUG Independent Music Awards flew by like a deftly maneuvered public relations event. The goal: to shove, er, show off as much indie cred as possible in three and a half hours. H...
Posted by Music Nation on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:59:00 PST

The Top Ten Album Covers of all time.

In this special edition of COVER STORY, we take a look at what one popular music webzine in the U.K. is calling the top ten album covers of all time.Understandably, this list is very, very ... British...
Posted by Music Nation on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:04:00 PST