| The independent music scene explored by Kim & Seana & a free mp3 player.  Before I go too far in this summary/review of these twomusicians that explore some of America’s Independent music scene. Let me tell you at the end of this blogentry there will be a contest in which you can win some cool prizes (1Gb mp3player, iTunes gift cards, Gasoline gift cards and CMJ music download giftcards). So be prepared to win, in all there will be 12 winners.
Okay basically Kim is out trying to get her music heard andbreak into the music biz. In today’s music world you pretty much HAVE to have a gimmick…but too gimicky can be aburden. So has set out to create her own and she does so by traveling the Eastern U.S. and meeting up with independentmusicians such as M.I.A., Dude and Em, Andrew W.K and others. Supported by CMJ, Ford and others she makes thistrek From New York, to Chicago, Nashville and on to New Orleans. All the way the trek is videotaped as sheperforms, auditions and has some fun with independent artists. Now this online adventure is the stuff of Reality TV and soap operas (Kim even has some breakup moments with her boyfriend Trevor). This was some really great drama to unfold during the Hollywood Writer’s strike and is now coming to an end. One of the really interesting aspects of thisjourney/adventure/”series”, is that it shows what sites like YouTube and MySpace are capapble of. So if you want some internet entertainment with some coolmusical moments check out the adventures of Kim & Seana. You can see their adventures at
http://www.myspace.com/kimandseana
or http://www.youtube.com/kimandseana. Okay now let’s talk about the contest: First the prizes: 1st Prize is an mp3 player, $15 iTunes giftcard,CMJ music download card 2nd Prize is $15 iTunes giftcard, CMJ musicdownload card There will be Ten 3rd prize winners of a CMJmusic download card. I also have some Chevron Gasoline gift cards to giveaway. But Chevron is really only inselect areas of the U.S. Sooooo, If youwant to win $15 and $10 (so that makes 2 more prizes) worth of Chevron gascards you will have to let me know so I can make sure they go to folks thathave them in their area. With the prizes out of the way let’s talk about the contest. The easy part will be the comment contest: Everyone who comments on this blog entry* will be entered towin the 3rd prize of a CMJ music download card (10 winners). In the comments let me know what you think oftheir webisodes, which is your favorite (and why) and who do you think Kimsounds most like. In other words putsome meat into those comments. :) *This blog is duplicated on the following sites: http://blog.gilwilson.com http://blog.myspace.com/gilwilson http://gilwilson.gather.com http://blog.yuwie.com/gilwilson http://www.gilwilson.com/blog/blog.html(the best one to go to for this contest because here is where the widget willbe found.) To compete for the 1st and 2nd prizeof iTunes gift cards and mp3 player you will have to go to the last blog listed because it will contain a widget which you must repost. This widget allows users to view the first few webisodes of Kim & Seana. Thereis a button to click to get the code. Once you get the code post the widget in as many places aspossible. Once you have posted thewidget email me and let me know where you reposted (you must give me actuallinks so I can verify) and you will be in the drawing for the 2 grand prizes. Any questions? Email me gilwilson (at) gmail.com.
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