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The Cost of Rihanna's Man Down
NPR broke down the overall cost to create a song that came off Rihanna’s recent album. These numbers look extremely high, but in reality, it’s not. When a music label rolls out new music from a superstar the budget is big and the cost is high. Although, it is interesting that it takes at least 40 songwriters to write a 3 minute hit song today.
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Key Track: Stay On Me

The Story: The 7 Song EP released in July was produced by Marc Swersky and mixed by
Mark Needham (The Killers). The acoustic video has over 100,000 hits on YouTube and the band will perform tonight at Highline Ballroom in NYC.

Contact: mdswersky@gmail.com

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Key Tracks: David and Nashville

The Story: This Seattle based singer-songwriter duo have released 4 EP’s. The latest EP was released in August and produced by Daniel Mendez (Dashboard Confessional, Heart, Duran Duran). The songs have been featured on “One Tree Hill” and MTV’s “16 & Pregnant.” They performed sold-out shows at The Triple Door (Seattle). Nancy Wilson of the band “Heart” says, “Noah Gundersen is my favorite new singer songwriter. Music like this will never become dated. His timeless songs are full of true humanity and longing. Just what the soul doctor ordered.” For fans of Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley, and Ryan Adams

Contact: daniel@headabovewatersongs.com

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Kings favorite Stamps and Tommy & The High Pilots will perform tonight at Bowery Electric in NYC.

Contact: danielrfriedman@mac.com

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Key Track: Top Down

The Story: Shane Divine, formerly of The Divine is playing the Key Club on 8/12. He had Sold out shows in Los Angeles at The Key Club, Knitting Factory and The Roxy with his last project. The new EP is produced by U4L (Hot Chelle Rae, All Time Low, John West) and a few label offers had been out to The Divine before their break up.

Contact: brandon@variableent.com

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