- Woozyfly
Woozyfly is an online music and entertainment media company devoted to independent music and talent discovery, fan interaction and
social networking and user-generated content. It is geared towards both music fans and musicians, as well as to record labels and corporate sponsors. Content on the site spans genre categories and includeslatin music ,world music ,R&B / hip hop ,gospel ,christian music ,alternative rock ,pop music ,country ,blues ,jazz , andHard rock .WoozyFly produces a variety of original content programs through an independently owned production company. 'The Set at JSM' and 'Live at the Loft', on which musicians are invited to perform a four or five song set which is then recorded and streamed online, are examples of this programming. Woozyfly also covers live concerts at famed venues like
The Bitter End in New York.Features
- Video chat - Video classifieds-
podcasting - User-groups- Live broadcasting- EJ (electronic DJ) application: allows users to create and broadcast their own Internet shows- Original Content- Competitions- Band / label promotion- Digital distributionFeatured Artists / Labels
- Blue Storm Music-
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -Blackheart Records -Girl in a Coma -Kittie -Lordi -Eagle Rock Entertainment - Pras-Michel-Robbins Entertainment - Sound of Urchin-The End Records - The Kin- Urban Producers Lounge-Tommy Boy Records Early Partners
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Coby Electronics Corporation , which distributed its products with pre-loaded Woozyfly content.- Digital music retailer, Payplay.fmWoozyfly also powers the music and entertainment sections of both Ultimate-guitar.com and Jinti.com, a Chinese social networking website.
Future Ventures
Woozyfly's music competition, WoozyIdol, ran until May 15th, 2008. The winning unsigned band has the chance to win s $150,000 recording, promotion, and distribution contract. In late 2008, Woozyfly will be launching a Chinese language website, independent of Jinti.com.
References
* http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb571359.htm
* http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/04/prweb821334.htm
* http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS203427+08-Jan-2008+BW20080108
* http://www.scribd.com/doc/688711/WoozyFly-goes-Global-with-Chinese-Community-Site
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