AOL Members Vote New York Rock Group Last Week Winner of 'First Break'.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 Band Receives Atlantic Records  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Demo Recording Deal and Sessions@AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Appearance in Landmark Online Talent Search Talent Search Member Submissions Begin for First Break 2 America Online See AOL. , the world's leading interactive services company, today announced that 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 rock quartet Last Week is the winner of AOL Music's First Break contest. In this groundbreaking online talent search, AOL members were asked to submit their own original music in a contest to win an Atlantic Records demo recording deal and an appearance on the popular Sessions@AOL. Members then had the exclusive opportunity to cast their votes to determine the winner. "First Break is a natural extension to our core programming which starts with discovering new music," stated Mike Rich, Executive Director of Programming at AOL Music. "The program builds upon our ability to expose new talent by engaging our enthusiastic base of music fans on AOL early in the discovery process. We are thrilled to see members recognize Last Week and we look forward to following their career!" "It's increasingly challenging to develop new artists in today's saturated media environment," said Atlantic Records Co-President Craig Kallman Craig Kallman (born 1966) is Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records. He joined the company in 1991, when Atlantic acquired Kallman's independent Big Beat Records label. He advanced from Vice President to Executive Vice President in charge of Atlantic's entire A&R operation. . "We're very pleased to partner with AOL on this exciting initiative, which taps directly into an active online community including both aspiring musicians and avid, involved listeners. By AOL members picking Last Week, we already have a strong sense of how the band will resonate with music fans. With a built-in AOL fan base and the exposure that AOL brings artists, Last Week is already one giant step ahead of the pack, and we're all looking forward to hearing their finished demo." Hailing from Long Island, NY, Last Week is a high-energy rock group that draws inspiration from the diverse musical tastes of its members. Ido Zmishlany (guitar, lead vocals), Matt Reich (lead guitar, vocals), Neal Saini (drums) and Yaniv Packin (bass) all contribute equally to the band's original lyrics, music, and infectious pop-rock-charged sound. In addition to their new fan base of AOL members, Last Week has built a dedicated, local following through riveting live shows at popular venues including CBGB CBGB Country, Blue Grass & Blues (NYC bar whose name came from music originally booked there) , The Lion's Den, The Limelight, Kenny's Castaways Kenny's Castaways is a nightclub in New York City, at 157 Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village. It was opened in 1967 by Patrick Kenny and became "the place" for up and coming acts. , The Elbow Room elbow room Noun sufficient scope to move or to function Noun 1. elbow room - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" room, way and The Backstage, as well as on college campuses along the East Coast. Matt Reich of Last Week said: "We love being in this band and we take our music very seriously; we want to get it out to the world and hope that people like it. AOL has really helped to get us the big break we've been working toward. We were able to get our material out to a national audience of AOL members, compete with some really talented artists, and win this competition that lets everyday music fans vote based on creativity and skill. We're all grateful to AOL and Atlantic Records for this amazing opportunity, and to everyone who voted for us." AOL Music is currently requesting submissions for First Break 2. The contest calls for any unsigned AOL Member artist to submit two original pieces of music for consideration at AOL Keyword: First Break. From the thousands of original submissions AOL Music receives, an expert panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
About AOL(R) Music AOL Music, a division of America Online, Inc.(R), reaches the largest audience of online music fans in the world through a rich array of programming, products and services that make it easy to discover, experience, listen to and buy music online. AOL Music's offerings are available at the number one Internet music destination, the AOL Music Channel, and throughout the AOL service, AOL Broadband Services and AOL's family of Web brands including Netscape, CompuServe, AIM, ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , Spinner, Winamp and SHOUTcast. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL). Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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