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Aspyr Media Inc. Launches Music Publishing Division.


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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003

Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform.  Inc. today announced the launch of their music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music.  division. The first albums to be released under the label name will include two from Austin band Milton Mapes.

Milton Mapes began as a duo from Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation).
The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl.
 in 1999. Singer-songwriter Greg Vanderpool and drummer Roberto Sanchez moved to Austin, Texas in 2001 and their debut album, "The State Line" was released later that year. The band has been compared to Neil Young and Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England.  Springsteen and have showcased at the South By Southwest Music Conference the past two years. Last year, Milton Mapes was chosen as one of three finalists in the Austin Music Foundation's Incubator incubator, apparatus for the maintenance of controlled conditions in which eggs can be hatched artificially. Incubator houses with double walls of mud, a fireroom, and several compartments each holding about 6,000 hens' eggs were developed in ancient times; the  Program.

"Westernaire," the bands latest album, includes 11 songs recorded by Vanderpool and Sanchez with various other musicians. "The Only Sound That Matters," a track from "Westernaire," has already been included on Starbucks' latest "Hear Music" compilation Compiling a program. See compiler. .

In addition to "Westernaire," Aspyr will re-release Milton Mapes' first 7-song album, "The State Line." The expanded re-issue will include two additional tracks not included in the first issue. Since its original release, "The State Line" has received various accolades including being named one of the Top 10 Texas Albums Of 2001 by the Austin Chronicle chronicle, official record of events, set down in order of occurrence, important to the people of a nation, state, or city. Almanacs, The Congressional Record in the United States, and the Annual Register in England are chronicles.  and Local Music Top Ten by the Dallas Morning News.

Milton Mapes music is available for purchase on the Aspyr Web site www.aspyr.com.

About Aspyr Media Inc.

Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media Inc. is an established publisher of Macintosh interactive entertainment software and recently began their venture into the PC, Game Boy Advance, home entertainment and music publishing markets. Aspyr is committed to delivering high-quality entertainment products to consumers worldwide.

More information on Aspyr and their line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com.
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