Award-Winning Musician Melissa Ferrick Is First to Offer DotClick To Create One-to-One Relationships With Online Fans.Business/Technology/Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000 Innovative software plug-in gives Ferrick fans an exciting, interactive and informative online listening experience Award-winning artist Melissa Ferrick Melissa Ferrick is an American singer-songwriter born in 1970 and raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her father was a public school teacher who managed several free-jazz bands on the side. today launched the Melissa Ferrick-branded DotClick(TM), a free plug-in to today's media players that provides her fans with a convenient, personalized way to discover more about the music they listen to on their PCs. The Melissa Ferrick version of DotClick features information about her upcoming tour dates, her detailed tour diary, her in-depth biography, and the ability to interact with and learn from other Ferrick enthusiasts. Fans will frequently receive messages through DotClick directly from Ferrick with her latest news and events. Melissa Ferrick is the first artist to launch her own co-branded version of DotClick, which was developed by DotClick Corp. of Boston. Ferrick is distributing DotClick on her Web sites, www.melissaferrick.com and www.rightonrecords.com. "The Internet has become an invaluable tool for artists to present their music to an international audience," said Melissa Ferrick, after her recent sold-out show at Boston's Paradise Rock Club. "DotClick helps me expand my Internet presence, understand what my fans are interested in, keep them up-to-date on my projects, and create a community where they can meet other fans and explore new music." DotClick Corp. has created a new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. marketing service focused exclusively on empowering the entertainment industry to create one-to-one relationships with online music fans. DotClick enables Melissa Ferrick fans to interact with her, meet other fans, and discover new music, while protecting their privacy. Through the DotClick Charter Affiliate Program, Ferrick is better able to understand, serve and expand her online audience. "We're thrilled that an artist as renowned as Melissa Ferrick is the first to offer DotClick to her fans," said Oliver Jones, co-founder of DotClick Corp. "She has a tremendous bond with her fans, which will only get tighter as they use DotClick to learn and communicate more with her, each other, and other artists they enjoy." About Melissa Ferrick Melissa Ferrick is celebrating the release of her new double CD, Skinnier, Faster, Live, recorded in front of a sold-out audience at the Berklee Performance Center. Skinnier, Faster, Live is the follow-up to Freedom, a highly-regarded project that Ferrick wrote, performed, recorded, and produced almost entirely by herself, and certainly on her own terms. Ferrick's release, "Everything I Need," debuted at the Boston Lilith Fair Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands; it ran from 1997 to 1999. , where the album outsold out·sold v. Past tense and past participle of outsell. every other artist release on the bill. The CD earned Melissa "Best Folk Rock Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and Canada around the mid-1960s. Band" at the prestigious 1999 Boston Music Awards The Boston Music Awards (formerly called the Kahlua Boston Music Awards) showcases young talented performers in the greater Boston, MA area. It is run by NEMO. External links
tr.v. en·rap·tured, en·rap·tur·ing, en·rap·tures To fill with rapture or delight. en·rap audiences at the renowned Newport Folk Festival The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959. History The Newport Folk Festival was founded in 1959 by Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, Pete Seeger and George Wein, founder of the . Melissa participated in an exclusive digital concert recording presented by Tower Records and Liquid Audio at the 1999 NARM NARM National Association of Recording Merchandisers NARM North American Registry of Midwives NARM National Association of Reunion Managers NARM Navy Resource Model NARM North American Reciprocal Museums NARM North Alabama Railroad Museum, Inc convention 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. . The Respond Project, a compilation CD featuring Boston female artists and benefiting women and children victimized by domestic violence, features an acoustic version of the song "Everything I Need" and was recently awarded "Album of the Year" by Billboard Magazine. About DotClick DotClick Corporation is the only Internet marketing See Internet advertising. services company focused exclusively on empowering the entertainment industry to create one-to-one relationships with online music fans. DotClick(TM) is a free plug-in to today's media players that provides fans with a convenient, personalized way to discover more about the music they listen to online. Combining the power of relationship marketing and viral marketing, DotClick's Internet marketing service enables companies to better understand, reach, and increase their online audiences. DotClick Corp. is establishing affiliations with leading entertainment, music, and consumer brand companies who are using DotClick as an integral part of their online marketing strategies. For more information, call 617-338-7440, visit www.dotclick.com or e-mail: info@dotclick.com. |
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