Archbishop Tutu Helps Launch Music Label
source: http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/archbishop-desm.html
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In one of the more bizarre celebrity tie-ins in recent memory, Nobel Peace Prize winner archbishop Desmond Tutu helped launch a new music discovery service in New York on Tuesday morning. The label, SOS Records, will offer free music in the MP3 format, allowing users to function as it's A&R department by voting on which artists it should sign.
So far, only four artists are listed (Naomi Striemer, Mario Winans, Shawn King and Idrissa Diop), none of whom I've ever heard of. However, other bands and artists who are interested in a potential SOS Records deal can upload their songs.
Users will vote on the uploaded music, and winners will get to record a new album for the label with one of the site's "world-class producers." The eventual plan is "to debut one free, fully-produced song each day."
So far, only four artists are listed (Naomi Striemer, Mario Winans, Shawn King and Idrissa Diop), none of whom I've ever heard of. However, other bands and artists who are interested in a potential SOS Records deal can upload their songs.
Users will vote on the uploaded music, and winners will get to record a new album for the label with one of the site's "world-class producers." The eventual plan is "to debut one free, fully-produced song each day."
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