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Sonic Garden Announces Compilation CD & New Featured Artists.


Entertainment Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2002

Sonic Garden, Inc. is pleased to announce this month's new Featured Artists in the "Listeners' Choice" and "The Buzz" sections of the Sonic Garden Music Community and the release of "electronica 2002," a FreshNectar Compilation.

In the first of a series of compilations albums to be released, "electronica 2002," a FreshNectar Compilation was distributed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami and will soon be available on the Sonic Garden website. The "electronica 2002" project is a collaboration between Sonic Garden label partner We Are One Records and FreshNectar, the development and promotional division of Sonic Garden's Hot Olive Records.

"electronica 2002" features music from The Cuban, Torin, lazarus, Funky Sam's 747, Tasti Box, IOS (1) (Internetwork Operating System) An operating system from Cisco that is the primary control program used in its routers. IOS is widely used and robust system software that supports the common functions of all products under Cisco's CiscoFusion architecture. , Hook, Kinetika, Zebra Matrix, Conscious Groove, Stepchyld, Eurotrash, Damokles & DJ Illusion.

"For many independent artists, one of the biggest challenges is connecting with new fans outside of their hometown," commented Hot Olive Records GM Keith Bailey Keith Bailey (born 21 February 1964 in Dublin) is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Ireland in June 1985 against Sussex, and went on to play for Ireland on eleven occasions. . "Our compilation CDs and featured artist selections are one way we work to help independent artists gain exposure to a larger audience and the feedback serves as a great resource for us in planning future promotions and in working with our label partners and our own label."

Sonic Garden CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Paul Abramson added, "Our goal with the FreshNectar compilations and our Featured Artist spots is to recognize some of these very talented independent artists and to introduce their music to people around the world who might otherwise never hear their music."

The Sonic Garden music community provides a free and easy-to-use outlet for independent artists and labels to promote their music. In addition to their music, bio and pictures, artists can upload videos, tour information and band news to their artist page. "Listeners' Choice" and "The Buzz" sections on the site are rotated regularly and are used to spotlight selected bands and artists in each genre.

"Like many up-and-coming bands, we rely heavily on the Internet for exposure and distribution. Sonic Garden represents the cream of the crop for aesthetic design, flexibility, and features," said Michael Preston of R&B band SHAGG, a two-time finalist in the John Lennon Noun 1. John Lennon - English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)
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 Songwriting Contest.

The new featured artists on the Sonic Garden site are:

Main Music Page

Sean Croghan, Amanda Easton, Knievel, Liquid Skye, Suicidal Poets, The Blessed Virgin Larry & Turtle Man.

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Blues

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, Sheldon Bermont & The Blues Alliance & Mike Watson Michael Goodall Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, known as Mike Watson, (born 1 May, 1949) is a former Scottish Labour Party politician. He has sat in three legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive  

Country

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, Kent Gray, Jill Marie, Molly and the Makers, Sanbower/Garris & The No Leeway Band & The Southern Tide

Electronica

Conscious Groove, Damokles, Eurotrash, Hook, IOS, LMeNTS, Oxyd & The Cuban

Jazz

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Pop

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, Ruby Diver & The Color Green

R&B

Benny S, Fat Beat Squad, Five Point Plan, Hemsley-Foster Project, SHAGG, Shuntik, SuperHoney & Harold Whaley

Reggae

Angel, Bingie Barker, Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band, Ever-G, Half Pint, Inner Visions, Irie, & Native Elements

Rock

Blue Number Nine, Better Than That, Boxelder, End It, Exit 232, Finespun, Radio Silence & # Station

Artist Comments:

"We can't say enough about how professional Sonic Garden is. This is what the music industry needed, a strong, reliable music site that actually cares about the bands," said Las Vegas rock band Liquid Skye's Kevin Tutaj about their participation in the Sonic Garden Music Community.

Blues artist Mike Watson added, "I am extremely pleased with everything Sonic Garden is doing! I have never seen an organization, such as Sonic Garden, go to the great lengths they have to help independent artists like myself."

"I am excited about the Sonic Garden site as I think it will be a very big help to a lot of independent artists like myself," said Country Artist Mike Allen. "I am pleased and honored with the effort Sonic Garden is going to -- it is much more than any of us have received from mp3.com or IUMA IUMA Internet Underground Music Archive
IUMA Interim Use Material Authorization
, believe me!"

About Sonic Garden

The Sonic Garden Online Music Community (www.sonicgarden.com) brings together numerous innovations of the digital music evolution into one comprehensive community serving the needs of artists, music lovers and music business professionals. Sonic Garden's Hot Olive Records is an artist-friendly traditional label for emerging and established artists, offering artists both a highly competitive royalty rate and equity in the label they help build.

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are qualified by important factors, including competitive pressures, unfavorable changes in regulatory structures and general risks associated with business, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statement. Other factors could also cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made in the context of information available as of the date hereof.
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