Danyew, a native of San Diego, CA, has been crafting songs since he was 12, learning a passel of different instruments along the way. Over the past couple of years, he’s immersed himself in the electronic side of the music creation equation. His self titled EP was released April 21st via Sparrow Records, on which he’s played and programmed just about every instrument. Check out the track Beautiful King.

Jared Lee will be performing this Thursday April 30th at the Cabana Club in Hollywood. Jared recently signed a worldwide publishing deal with Chrysalis Music Group and is currently working on his debut album with some of the top writers and producers. Jared cultivated his sound and indentity working with Mike Mangini (Joss Stone, Bruce Hornsby), Track & Field (Nelly Furtado), Cliff Magness (Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, and Brian West (Nelly Furtado).
For more information contact ricky@idolroc.com

Vinyl LP sales reached 1.88 million units in 2008, an 89 percent increase from 2007 – According to Nielsen SoundScan. According to the New York Post, Best Buy, the third largest music retailer is considering using as much as eight square feet in each of its 1,020 stores for vinyl.

“Our goal is to occupy as much square footage as possible with music products,” said Atlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman, whose personal vinyl collection numbers more than 300,000, making it one of the largest private collections in the world.

Kadawatha is built around the 22 year old sri lankian Daniel Kadawatha.  Our favorite tracks are Whitest Tiger and Gonna Stay. Currently performing a string of dates in Sweden. For more information contact magnus@catapult-music.com

Republic Universal has signed 23 year old actress Leighton Meester who stars in the teen drama “Gossip Girl”. Her sound is described as electro-pop  and has teamed up with producers Polow Da Don (Usher, Fergie), Harvey Mason, Jr. (Justin Timberlake, Pink) and Spencer Nezey (Jupiter Rising). Her debut album will be released in the fall.