BLAZE Gives Unsigned Rappers Across the Country a Chance to Shine in Street Dreams Online Showcase.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1999-- So, you're an unsigned unsigned Adjective (of a letter etc.) anonymous Adj. 1. unsigned - lacking a signature; "the message was typewritten and unsigned" signed - having a handwritten signature; "a signed letter" MC tired of chasing around disinterested Free from bias, prejudice, or partiality. A disinterested witness is one who has no interest in the case at bar, or matter in issue, and is legally competent to give testimony. A&R executives to slip them your demo demo - /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. demo version. 3. . BLAZE Online is helping ease the pain of the demo dilemma by giving thousands of hungry underground MCs across the country an opportunity to show-off their talent in its Street Dreams Online showcases. Demos received will be surveyed by dedicated hip hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. aficionados like BLAZE Online editor Keith Murphy, Jive Records' A&R executive Tabari, and DJ Freedom Child, who will then post the creme de la creme crème de la crème n. 1. Something superlative. 2. People of the highest social level. [French : crème, cream + de, of + la, the + on www.blaze.com, letting hip hop fans and record labels worldwide vote for their favorite unsigned artist/group. Using MP3 technology, voters will be able to download tracks featured in the showcase. BLAZE is known for its ability to spot new talent and trends and has helped once underground and regional artists like Ja Rule, featured on the cover of BLAZE's August issue, and New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded native and now platinum-selling artist, Juvenile, gain nationwide attention. "The Street Dreams showcase is about giving people a chance to let their music be heard," says Murphy. "We get over 1million hits on our web site per month so, no matter where you're from or how you sound, the contest gives artists the opportunity to reach a huge audience." Street Dreams is an ongoing showcase, and winners will be posted on the site each month. To enter, contestants must download and sign the legal document posted on the site and submit the signed document along with a copy of the demo tape or disc, photos, brief biography, and contact information to: Street Dreams, c/o Keith Murphy, 215 Lexington Ave., 6th Fl., 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 , NY 10016. Blaze.com, the online home of the recently launched hip hop monthly BLAZE, is off the ground and quickly becoming the definitive source for hip hop music and culture on the web. An exciting extension of BLAZE, the biggest launch in music magazine history, Blaze.com offers original and magazine album reviews, interview, features, news interactive chats, polling, bulletin boards, and cybercasts of live DJ battles. |
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