Monthly Update - September Edition

Hello everyone, I know it has been quite some time since my last post and I appologize. However, there is good reason! Recently I have had my hands full with a bunch of new ideas I have started to put in motion. My main focus currently is starting a bi-weekly or monthly series of video interviews with RAI connected bands and artists. These will be feature here and on youtube. I believe this is a step in the right direction and will offer a really unique way for people to really learn about the bands/artists music.

Pretty soon I will be doing an overhaul of my amazon.com aStore. I want to include as many artists as possible into that. For those of you that do not know what an aStore is, it is basically a simple and easy to use place within this site that will allow visitors to purchase your music and albums, both as MP3, or as a physical EP.

I will also be making a push for all RAI connected artists to get their music on Last.fm . As some of you may know I feature a last.fm radio player on the left hand side of the site. I believe Last.fm opens your music up to a wide variety of listeners that would not have found your tracks otherwise.

Well that's the most recent stuff I have going for RAI. I'm still working on getting enough money to start the Recording Studio! I Can't wait to really start that project! It should be fun!

OH! And don't forget to join RAI's facebook group!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=112497392392

Rising Artists International BlogCarnival (First Edition)

Welcome to the September 13, 2009 edition of rising artists international.

**For this edition all submissions were accepted: However, in future editions submissions only strickly related to RAI and RAI's mission will be accepted. If you host a music blog of your own and would like to be the next host of RAI's BlogCarnival please send me an email at RisingArtists@gmail.com with your application.**

Artist

Peter Kimmich presents Army Navy Tweets Their Way Through UK Fueled Only by Pints posted at Monitor Down, saying, "Thanks!"

Beth Jukuri presents Seeking to know is the key posted at Imperfect Lady, saying, "Learning as we go."

Monique Sharp presents Truly An Inspirational Cd! Whitney's Best For All People! posted at I Look To You Reviews, saying, "Whitney houston is back with her new single 'I Look To You'"

Monique Sharp presents Whitney Houston is a Representation Of Ladies All Over The World With Her Style And Grace posted at I Look To You Reviews.

Other

Philip Rose presents Tips on Maintaining Exhibition Security posted at Exhibition Security.

Producer

EARTHSlayer presents Alone in the Dim Light posted at EARTHSlaying 101, saying, "Creative experiments for your eyes and ears!"

ferdinand young presents Ways to Maintain Trade Show Security posted at Trade Show Security.

Record Company

greenie smith presents Green Packaging at Its Best: Environmentally Friendly DVD and Blu-Ray Cases posted at Green Packaging.

johnny lokin presents How Retail Security Systems Can Protect Your Business posted at Retail Security Systems.

Ramil Parkson presents Things That Make a Trade Show Rental Service a Quality One posted at Trade Show Rental Service.

greenie smith presents Go Green with Eco-DVD Cases posted at Green Packaging.

Singers

Monique Sharp presents Whitney Houston Is Back! posted at I Look To You Reviews

Recording Studios

Hakim Callier presents Audio Mastering Competition #1 posted at Hakim Callier, saying, "My blog is hosting a healthy, but intense competition between the best and brightest among up-and-coming music producers from all around the world."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition ofrising artists internationalusing ourcarnival submission form.Past posts and future hosts can be found on ourblog carnival index page.

About RAI

What is RAI?

RAI stands for Rising Artists International. Rising Artists International is a fresh, new avenue for Musicians to be Heard, and for Music Lovers to hear some new Music. Offering Gratis Publicity, RAI is actively involved in Supporting Independent Music from many places in the industry. Whether You are an Up-and-Coming Artist, or a Veteran who's looking for some New Exposure, RAI definitely has a place for You. And with the Many Artists already a part of RAI, any Musically-Enamoured Person can find some Interesting new Tracks to hear, and (at least a few) to Love.

You don't have to be an indie artist to become a part of RAI, or even an artist. Fans of all sort are welcome to a part of RAI. RAI is a group community of Artists, Fans, Labels, and Average Listeners.


RAI's Mission:

Here at RAI it is our mission to provide free premium promotion for bands and artists. We understand that less then 2% of all bands can actually make a living off their music. We understand how hard it is to really get your music out there. RAI is here to help. We offer a wide range of free services to help share your music with the world, all of which will be explained later.



What Qualifies As An Artist?

In simplest terms:

• Bands


• DJs


• Record Companies


• Record Labels


• Recording Studios


• Singers


• Guitarists


• Sound Supervisors


• Sound Engineers


• Recording Artists


• Managers


• Digital Artists


• Collaborations


• Any musical Artist (If you think you are then you are)

What are the services RAI currently offers?

RAI provides a new avenue for artists to present their music and really be Heard. There is a difference between one who hears your music and one who really listens to your music. Here at RAI we garuntee that you will gain some new listeners.

The main service RAI offers to newly connected artists in the feature article on the main page. That will bring the most traffic to the artists website and hopefully the most benefit to the artists as well.

RAI also has an online aStore supported by Amazon.com . If an artists music can be found on Amazon.com then their music can be purchased on RAI's aStore. The artist will recieve the same amount of royalties if purchased outside RAI's aStore.

RAI has profiles on many existing social networks including facebook, last.fm, youtube, myspace, purevolume, soundclick, tumblr, ning, SoundCloud, playlist.com, and many more. Upon joining RAI a link to your website and a description of you and your music will be posted on EVERY RAI profile across the net giving the artist complete global promotion.

What services will RAI offer in the future?

RAI is currently working on a HUGE expansion project that will help provide even greater promotional oppertunities to connected artists. Here are some of the projects RAI is currently undergoing:

• RAI partnership with iTunes (Allowing visitors to purchase music directly from the main website - all money goes to the artist)


• RAI social network provided by Ning.com (Allowing artists and fans alike to share their music, opinions and expertise about music and the industry, creating a unique environment between fans and artists)


• RAI Recording Studio and HeadQuarters (Scheduled to finish construction in 2015, creating a wide range of oppertunities including album releases featuring the best of RAI's connected artists and more)


• RAI Records in corperation with Geist Records and Geist Inc. (RAI records will soon be a side project for Geist Inc. and work along side Geist Records to provide a low costing recording studio for up-and-comming bands and artists)

New Artist!!! - DJ Zick Finland

DJ Zick Finland

Name: Andreas
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Country: Finland
State: Keski-Pohjanmaa
City: Kokkola
Genre: Hardtrance and Hardstyle
Label: Unsigned
DJ Zick a 18-year old male Finnish music producer from city Kokkola,in Keski-Pohjanmaa. The first track Magnacat was released at Mikseri.net 03.07.2008. It's the first and only Melodic Trance song in thisproject. Other tracks goes more to harder trance and hardstyle.
One of the popularest remixes are the D-Devils 6th Gate (Dance WithThe Devil) and Gigi D'Agostino's L'Amour Toujours. They have beenplayed over 5000 times at YouTube and Mikseri.

The most loved track at YouTube: DJ Zick Vs. D-Devils - 6th Gate (Dance With The Devil)The most loved track at Mikseri: DJ Zick Vs. East Clubbers - Wonderful Dancing (DJ Zick Hardtrance Remix Edit)
The first unsigned album is already clear and there is 15 tracks and they are all playable at Last.FM, Mikseri and Youtube. He's already working on the second unsigned album named "Cosplay". The first 4 tracks are already done, and they are much more progressive and darker than ever!

Please visit these sites:http://www.mikseri.net/djzick
http://www.youtube.com/user/DJZICKMUSIC
http://irc-galleria.net/view.php?nick=DJ_Zick

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Review:
"I found DJ Zick on my similar artists radio and instantly fell in love. Extremely professional tracks and amazing sounds. Every time I listen to my similar artists radio on Last.fm for DJ Geist13 I look forward to two things the most: Hearing one of my tracks, and hearing the latest DJ Zick track. Being a Melbourne Shuffler I LOVE dancing to DJ Zick's music." -Dave L. (Founder)