ECMA E-News - SpinCount Featured Artist of the week - Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel!

SPINCOUNT Featured Artist of the Week

CARLETON STONE
DRIVES THE BIG WHEEL

Dripping with sweat and covered in proverbial stardust, Carleton Stone’s live show will leave you believing this front man was born onstage. Synced like a well-oiled machine, the dynamic hook-rock quintet gains more and more momentum as their electrifying shows take Canada by storm. With a complete, super charged E-Street orchestration, yoked to the lyrical wit and conviction of a Ryan Adams or Elvis Costello, Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel has concocted the perfect hit-maker balance of passion, originality and relentless live energy.

Carleton Stone DTBW works hard. Since their naissance in July 2008, the band recorded a full-length record at internationally acclaimed Lakewind Sound Studios that dropped in June 2009, found themselves on stage supporting acts like Hedley, Matt Mays, Hey Rosetta!, and Gordie Sampson, while still pulling off constant, barn-burning, off-with-your-pants rock shows around the Maritimes.

The band's debut album was nominated for an 2010 East Coast Music Award ("Rock Recording of the Year") and two Music Nova Scotia awards ("New Artist/Group Recording" and "Pop/Rock Artist/Group Recording"), in addition to showcasing at both events. The band also won Music Nova Scotia's "Battle to Canadian Music Week", defeating fifteen other Nova Scotia bands, earning the band a headlining spot on the "Music Nova Scotia: Enter the Tiki" stage during Canadian Music Week in Toronto. The band will be touring around Eastern Canada this summer and finishing work on their second LP, due to drop in late 2010.

For your FREE download of CSDTBW's latest single "Last Thing," go to: http://carletonstone.com/

ECMA E-News - SpinCount Featured Artist of the week - Andy Brown

SPINCOUNT Featured Artist of the Week
ANDY BROWN

Fresh off an appearance at the ECMAs in Sydney and CMW in Toronto earlier this year, Fredericton based singer-songwriter Andy Brown has been chosen as an official showcase artist as a part of NXNE in Toronto. In support of his new album False Alarm (featuring the single "Crazy", which hit number one on the nationally syndicated East Coast Countdown), Andy Brown will be performing at Mitzi's Sister in Toronto Thursday, June 17th at 10pm.

Andy Brown is also one of the contenders for the Test Drive Acoustic 2010, presented by Taylor Guitars and Elixir® Strings. This is the chance for five breaking bands to get hooked up with free Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings and show off how they use their gear. One winner will head to New York City's Tainted Blue Studios to record with their world-class guitars, strings and cables. Andy is currently at #4, so please vote for Andy Brown at http://testdriveacoustic.taylorguitars.com every day until June 30th.

For more information visit www.andybrown.ca or www.nxne.com

ECMA E-News - SpinCount Featured Artist of the week - Dwight Deon

SPINCOUNT Featured Artist of the Week
DWIGHT D'EON

There's nothing predictable about DWIGHT DEON. Dwight's powerful voice and hard driving rock and roll sound explode from the speakers and continuously surprise and reward the listener. Anthems for the Restless is an unforgettable collection of songs that is the culmination of a compelling personal and musical journey.

At the end of the summer of 2007, Dwight d'Eon had become a household name to millions of people across Canada. The top 4 finalist on CTV's Canadian Idol had reached a high point in his musical career and proven his worth against thousands of other young singers to secure his rank amongst the alumni of Idol's elite.

He regrouped with his former band mates: Aran Hill (bass), Q(drums) and Adam Driscoll (violin), and moved into Sound Market Studios in Halifax. They began the initial tracking for Anthems for the Restless in December of 2007. D'Eon, a graduate of the recording arts program, undertook engineering, mixing and producing the album, assisted by Terry Pulliam (Sloan, Buck 65) acting as co-producer.

So turn up the Volume get ready to be blown away by DWIGHT DEON and Anthems for the Restless.

www.DwightDeon.com

ECMA E-News - SpinCount Featured Artist of the week - David Myles

SPINCOUNT Featured Artist of the Week
DAVID MYLES

Setting out to make his fourth album,Turn Time Off, David Myles knew he was ready to try something a little different. His earlier releases, Things Have Changed (2006) and On The Line (2008) had already established his reputation as a versatile, genre-bending artist with a knack for effortlessly straddling jazz, blues, folk and pop styles. Produced by acclaimed Nova Scotia musician Joel Plaskett, Turn Time Off is a smooth, soul-infused pop record that pays tribute to crooners and lovers alike.

A gifted and spirited songwriter, Myles was a winner in the 2009 International Songwriting Competition where he was judged by the likes of Tom Waits and Brian Wilson. He was also recently named to represent New Brunswick (his home province) in the Great Canadian Song Quest competition on CBC Radio. His last album, On the Line, won Folk Recording of the Year at the 2009 East Coast Music Awards, where he was also nominated as Male Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. Myles was also won the Folk/Roots Recording of the Year for Music Nova Scotia in 2007.

Turn Time Off is a trifecta of excellent writing, beautiful melodies and strong hooks.

- Ottawa Express / The Hour.ca

Each song on the album is a unique amalgamation of emotive melodies atop gentle organs and complex finger picking.

-Spill Magazine

www.DavidMyles.com

ECMA E-News - SpinCount Featured Artist of the week - Kevin Davison

SPINCOUNT Featured Artist of the Week
KEVIN DAVISON

KevinDavison is a Country Music Artist from Nova Scotia with a new CD called "Just the Beginning", recorded with Producer J.R. Vautour in Nashville Tennessee. His second single "Only You" has just been released to radio and will continue to win this Valley Boy fans throughout the East Coast and beyond. Kevin made a huge impression singing the National Anthem during the Brier in Halifax in March 2010, and is playing a long list of festivals this year, sharing the stage with the likes of Paul Brandt, Doc Walker, Jason McCoy, Jason Blaine, Crystal Shawanda,and Gord Bamford. Coming up on June 13th, Kevin will be opening for Nashville Hit Makers Little Texas - known for such hits as 'What Might Have Been', "God Blessed Texas", and "Kick a Little", when they make a stop at Moncton's Rockin Rodeo.

Article on Kevin in Chronicle Herald: http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1184543.html

Ticket info: www.rockin-rodeo.com)

www.kevindavison.ca

New ECMA Member Partner - SpinCount

New ECMA Member Partner - SpinCount
via ECMA/SpinCount
ECMA is thrilled to announce that SpinCount is now an official ECMA Member Partner. Included in this partnership is a discount of services by SpinCount to all ECMA Members (10%).

A brief description of SpinCount:

"SpinCount is a full service radio Promotions Company based in Nova Scotia, Canada - we digitally release music via DMDS and then follow up and promote to radio. We use Mediabase (Music Information Systems) to monitor our client's progress at radio. Services include local, regional and nationwide radio campaigns, radio promotions for tour support, and many other innovative products developed and offered only by SpinCount. Each radio campaign is unique, beginning with the selection of radio stations handpicked to maximize results. We work very closely with our clients to customize each campaign for each release. By combining electronic distribution and promotions under one roof, SpinCount can tailor services to the specific song and to the specific goals of the artist. This approach recognizes the individual voice of each artist and makes radio promotions available to every budget."

For more information, please visit http://spincount.ca!

ECMA E-News - SpinCount Featured Artist of the Week - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

SPINCOUNT Featured Artist of the Week
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

Lunenburg sensation, Air Traffic Control, continues to make waves across Canada with their debut release, "Time Comes."

Alan Cross, the influential host of "The Ongoing History of New Music" will feature the song today on Toronto's The Edge and across the Corus Radio broadcasting network! The song was also showcased on his Explore Music website,"Five Songs You Gotta Hear Today," -- "You absolutely, positively need to hear "Time Comes."Check it out here: http://www.exploremusic.com/explore-music-radio/2010-05-11/Five-Songs-You-Gotta-Hear-Today-for-May-11-2010

Air Traffic Control's CD release will be June 1st at the SeaHorse Tavern in Halifax - http://www.myspace.com/bandairtrafficcontrol,