New Artist!!! - RainHat

-RainHat
Name: Sami Ylinen
Main genre: indie-folk pop
Bio/Description: Rainhat is an independent Swedish project, started in early 2009 by classically trained musician Sami Ylinen, who writes the songs and sings and plays all the instruments in the recordings. Sami believes that music should be available to anyone who likes listening to it, regardless of who or where you are, so all Rainhat tracks can therefore be downloaded for free from the website and shared freely online or otherwise.

"Read More"

Website: http://www.rainhatmusic.com

Review:

"One of the most noble and respectable musicians in the industry. I highley recommend checking out his music. As he said all his stuff is free, which right off the bat is great, but then you listen to his album and realize you would gladly have payed 12.99 for it at BestBuy. I cannot get enough of RainHat."

New Artist!!! - HydroPhon!c

Real Name: Brandon Thomas
Artist Name: HydroPHon!c
Artist Type: Producer and soon-to-be DJ
Main Genre: Dubstep and Hip-Hop
Description: A real grassroots producer, no expensive studio equipment needed. I enjoy those often over-looked "stock" sounds, and over the years developed techniques to breath life into them, thus creating a unique sound and style. No track sounds the same as another, and theres always something new to hear.
Website:
http://www.myspace.com/lucky7oncp
http://www.youtube.com/user/l7jamaica
Contact Info: lucky7id@gmail.com




Review:

"An awesome Dubstep producer and the above dubstep remix of a hardstyle song is ground breaking. I do not know how but HydroPhon!c managed to perfectly combine the hard thumping kick drums of hardstyle at 144BPM's with the LPF'd BASS of dubstep at 70 BPM's. Epic is really the only word to describe this track, and this artist!"

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.

RAI's Official Online Radio by Last.fm

If your music is on last.fm and your not connected to RAI yet, then boy you better get to it. RAI just keeps on offering some really awesome free stuff for upcoming bands and artists! The most recent is the aStore, where people can purchase connected artists' tracks, albums, and merchandise. The aStore can be found at the bottom of this blog or HERE!

Previously, one month ago to be exact, RAI set up an online radio with last.fm, the leading free music streaming site in the world. The online radio features artists connected to RAI and similar artists to those already connected. If you are an artists and are either not yet connected with RAI or do not have a last.fm account, I highley suggest you get on that. With the new last.fm radio widget being displayed currently at the top left of this page it is easier and easier for others to listen to your music. AND that's not even the best part.... *drumroll* ... You get paid royalties for letting last.fm play your songs online! And guess what... every play on RAI's new widget gets you even more royalties. So there's no reason to not sign up with RAI and last.fm . And be sure to join RAI's last.fm group here!

Enjoy!

OH! Did I also mention that with a new widget by Amazon.com your music can also be featured ON-Demand in the sidebar! With this Widget your music can actually be purchased in full! Again this service is completely free to take advantage of.

.Artist Top-Level Domain

I have recently discovered a movement sweeping the internet community and this movement is trying to make the domain .Artist a top-level domain for any artist or musician to use. Here are some snippets from the movements main website http://artisttld.com/ :

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What is .Artist

.Artist is the new Top Level Domain for Artists of all disciplines. Soon, in addition to popular TLDs like .com, .net, and .us, you’ll be able to register .artist domains. What does this mean? It means that all sorts of cool websites will be popping up on the internet of tomorrow like www.tattoo.artist, www.milesdavis.artist, www.atmosphere.artist, and more! Imagine the possibilities!

The .Artist Philosophy

More than just a name, .Artist is a philosophy where community is the core value. We believe in communities supporting communities, so we will be donating a percentage of our yearly proceeds to organizations who help young aspiring artists both home and abroad.

The .Artist TLD is operated by Sero Registry. Sero Registry is operated by Sero International LLC, a Minnesota Limited Liability Company. For more information about Sero Registry, go to http://www.serointl.com/ . You can also follow Sero Registry on twitter @ http://twitter.com/SeroRegistry .

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If you want to support the scene it's easy! Just click on the box below!



And don't forget to follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/RisingArtists for the latest in upcoming bands, DJ's and producers world wide!

The Week of The Artist!

There has been a recent influx of artists and bands interested in what RAI has to offer. Which is awesome! I'm here to announce that next week starting Monday, August 17th a new artist/band will be featured on the site everyday until Friday, August 21st. Each artist/band has some great music to contribute to the industry and I highley recommend checking each of them out. If you want a sneak peak at the artists being featured during the upcoming week here is the list:

CBC --------------------------------- LA
Twin Beat Productions -------------- Georgia
Sunil Patil --------------------------- India
Inner City Elegance ----------------- Canada
Phat Records Music ----------------- Sydney

As you can see RAI stretches all over the globe and truely provides the featured artist with complete global exposure and promotion. Behold the power of the internet.

How Can I Get Featured On The Main Page?

Getting Connected!

Here is all you need to do to get featured on this blog's main page and provide to yourself free exposure and backlinks to your very own music website:

First thing to do is to send a request E-mail to Geistsoul13@gmail.com . That E-mail address is my personal E-mail in which I review every submission to the site. Here's the catch though. EVERY REQUEST IS GRANTED! That's right every submission makes it to the main page. The only requirement is that you make an honest effort in wanting to be featured on the main page. Also, you can request to be featured on any of the below sites Rising Artists is a member of as long as you are a member or a follower of Rising Artists on that particular site. Below is the basic layout of a submission: (the below does not need to followed exactly, it is only there as a suggestion)

Real Name: (optional)
Artist Name:
Artist Type: (Musician, Band, DJ, Producer, Record Company, Record Label, Recording Studio, Singer, Other)
Main Genre:
Description:
Website:
Contact Info: (optional)

After the above information is or most of it is submitted all you need to is wait for it to appear. When it is posted on the site you will receive a follow-up E-mail with the link and the exact post. Don't be afraid to comment on the post with other questions or concerns you may have. It takes me about 1-2 days to post the new artist on the site.

How does this help me or my band?

Being featured on this site allows you to receive completely free advertising for you and your company. It also provides your website if you submit one with another backlink to help you earn a better standing on Search Engines like Google so others can find you. Thousands of people stumble across this site everyday and will see you and what you have to offer to the world. This is an International organization so people from all over the world will see you and be referred to your music. I also help connect artists looking for a record company with local record companies in your area. If you own a record company and are looking for artists I can help you out there as well!

How much exposure you get is completely up to YOU!

If you request to have a video embedded in your post then it will be. If there are multiple sites where you host your music then they'll be posted as well. If you are looking for a record company in your area then you can search it using the search engine built into the site. If you would like to be featured in Rising Artists International's Official Online Radio, then you will be. How much free exposure you get is completely up to YOU!

Want complete Rising Artists Exposure? Suggest to be featured on any or all of the below website accounts Rising Artists has.
(If you asks to be featured on any of the below pages, you post will not be permitted unless you join or follow Rising Artists International on that particular site.)

Rising Artists On YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/group/RisingArtistsGroup/
Rising Artists On last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/group/Rising+Artists/
Rising Artists On Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/RisingArtists/
Rising Artists On MySpace:
http://profile.myspace.com/risingartistsgroup
Rising Artists On BlogCarnival:
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_7754.html

Rising Artists Blog Carnival 1st Edition

If you are reading this post then you are interested in taking part in the Rising Artists Blog Carnival. This carnival has the same purpose as this particular blog does but with a twist. This carnival is designed to help give more exposure to blogs featuring new and upcoming artists of ANY musical genre. If you would like your blog post or even your Artist's Website or even just a short description of what you do to be featured in this carnival all you have to do is send your submission (with a link if needed) to: geistsoul13@gmail.com That's It! Join the movement and Get Your Name Heard!

If you would like to become a future host of this Carnival please submit a request to do so to geistsoul13@gmail.com ! This blog will be featuring the 1st edition and other hosts are free to follow.

Rising Artists Official Online Radio!

http://www.last.fm/listen/group/Rising%2520Artists

The Rising Artists Group finally has it's Official Online Radio (Thanks to and provided by Last.fm). Currently the radio features tracks from DJ Geist13, Vulffen, Headhunterz, Zatox, Benny Benassi, David Guetta, Tiesto, DJ Kahill, Completely Micheal, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Houston, Born Talent, Den5hion and MORE.

The majority of the tracks are hardstyle techno tracks, but as more artists are connected with the group, the tracks featured on the radio will begin to get more and more diverse. Help the cause and ask to become a connected artists on our last.fm page: http://www.last.fm/group/Rising+Artists/. It is an oppertunity you don't want to miss.