*NSYNC, Dr. Dre and other Top Artists to Judge Unsigned Bands in ARTISTdirect ``Born on the Web'' Contest; $25,000 in Cash and Prizes to Help Bands Achieve Stardom.Entertainment Editors & Internet Writers LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 20, 2000 *NSYNC NSYNC Justin Chris Joey Lasten JC (last letters of first names of members of the group NSYNC) NSYNC Negative Synchronization , Dr. Dre, Aimee Mann, Clint Black and Air are among the artists chosen by the online music company ARTISTdirect, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTD), to judge its second annual "Born on the Web" contest. The contest was created by ARTISTdirect to help unsigned bands break into the recording industry. More than 1200 artists have entered the contest by uploading their music to www.artistdirect.com. Non-musicians can also get involved by voting for their favorite bands, with those receiving the most votes moving on to be judged by the selected music artists. More than 1200 artists have already uploaded their tracks to ARTISTdirect. "Born on the Web" will feature a winning band from each of five categories - Pop, Rock, Urban, Country and Electronic. The top band in each genre will win a $25,000 package that includes cash, musical equipment and promotional exposure on the ARTISTdirect network. Additionally, one of the five winning bands will be tapped to perform at ARTISTdirect's Fan Nation, a three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. set to take place in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. September 28th, 29th, and 30th. The recording artists serving as judges are: *NSYNC, Howie Dorough Howard Dwaine Dorough[1] (born August 22, 1973), also known as Howie D, is an American musician and member of the boy band Backstreet Boys. Biography Early life from the Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys, Aimee Mann, Keith Strickland from the B-52s, and E from the Eels (for Pop); Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell Vivian Patrick Campbell (born in August 25, 1962 in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Irish rock guitarist and a member of Def Leppard. Prior to joining the band in 1992 he had been a member of the Irish rock band Sweet Savage, Dio, Trinity, Whitesnake, Riverdogs, and , Godsmack, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Marc Reiter of Q-Prime Management, and Nate Mendel from the Foo Fighters (for Rock); Dr. Dre, Eve, Too Short, Dilated dilated a state of dilatation. dilated cardiomyopathy see congestive cardiomyopathy. dilated pupil syndrome see feline dysautonomia (Key-Gaskell syndrome). Peoples and Prince Paul (for Urban); Vince Gill and his manager Maria Bruner, Clint Black and his manager John Fitzgerald, and Lance Bass of *NSYNC (for Country); Dorfmeister from Kruder and Dorfmeister, Air, Esthero and Jason Bentley (for Electronic). Visitors voting on the site will earn a chance to win a $100 gift certificate each week before "Born on the Web." The certificate will be valid at the ARTISTdirect Superstore. Additionally, one voter will win a trip to attend the ARTISTdirect.com Fan Nation Festival in Las Vegas. About ARTISTdirect, Inc. The ARTISTdirect Network (Nasdaq:ARTD) is an online music network that connects music artists and fans. The integrated network of Web sites offers multi-media entertainment content, music news and information, community around shared music interests, and music-related commerce. The ARTISTdirect Network consists of ARTISTdirect.com (www.artistdirect.com), home of the official channels that the company operates on behalf of artists; UBL (Universal Business Language) A format for exchanging data from one XML business language to another. Based on ebXML Core Components, UBL is designed to provide a common language that acts as an intermediate vocabulary so that one XML vocabulary can interoperate with .com (www.ubl.com), a music search engine on the Web; iMusic (www.imusic.com), an online community site where fans exchange music interests and commentary; DOWNLOADSdirect, (www.downloadsdirect.com) -- a feature which enables users to download music from the ARTISTdirect Network and to upload their music and other information, Artist TV, the network hub for broadband programming, and the ARTISTdirect Superstore, a retail site offering a wide selection of recorded music and artist merchandise. Additionally, ARTISTdirect, Inc. operates the ARTISTdirect Talent Agency. The Company has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and London. |
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