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City: Melbourne
State: Victoria
Country: AU
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 

Current mood:  satisfied
Category: MySpace
Hey guys,

Just letting you all know that Sugar Filly CEO and Owner/Producer, Michael Puskas and two members of his production and label team, Melissa Pollard (Songwriter/Vocalist) and Campbell MacFee (Videographer) will be coming out to the US in November through December to produce a number of Teen artist albums. The first of these are with 12yo Canadian popster, Kaleigh Jo Kirk and her album will be produced in Helo Studios / RMC Studios in LA along with our US and Aust production team. The album will be signed to Sugar Filly in the US and released in February 2010. There are also projects in the pipeline with the following artists.

1. Hilary Weaver (Canada)
2. Diandra Newlin (Los Angeles)
3. Coreena Anne (New York)
4. Joshua Randy (New York)
5. Mazzy Star (Phoenix)
6. Matt Cairns (Canada)

We will be holding a couple of FREE artist mentoring sessions in LA and NY and interested parties can contact us directly at: mikedeadfamous@gmail.com

We will also be out doing a lot of media and a few press conferences to officially launch the AMG Artist Development Platform which has recently gone live on Sonicbids to an overwhelming response and you can check it all out at the links below.

AMG Artist Platform
Website

Expect some exciting new developments to be unleashed on the Teen/Pop world very soon and we want to wish you all the very best of luck with your individual careers. Don't delay, make things happen today!

Cheers
Mike
CEO
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 


http://songsandvocals.ning.com/profiles/profile/sh...

Check out "My Page" on www.SongsAndVocals.Ning.com

I am pleased to announce that with the recent new collaboration with the NEW producers at AVM Recordings in Phoenix in the US that a lot of the new cuts for my own album, Dream Vampires is really beginning to come together with some great new tunes and a lot of different production twists and turns. Check it out!

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Sunday, May 31, 2009 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Music
Keep your calendars open for a spectacular unlike any other when Texas (5) piece , The Marquis of Vaudeville unleash their brand new album at the Curtain Club in Texas. In a highly strained music economy and an equally complacent industry attitude its refreshing to see a band go to great lengths to build a BUZZ and launch themselves on an unsuspecting audience by getting it right...the first time. This band is the shit, pure and simple. Nothing has been left to chance. Visually stunning, aesthetically intriguing, musically brilliant and theatrically unique the Marquis of Vaudeville take the stage to mark their place at the top most peak of the new music wave.

If your in the local area I cannot stress highly enough that you make the time to witness this memorable event that will shake the Curtain Club to its very foundations. Is it obvious...I'm a FAN pure and simple and the chance to actually work closely with these guys is an opportunity I am relishing to make happen. Enjoy! Be happy....GREAT music with a real edge is still out their making the rounds.

Cheers
Mike
CEO

Marquis of Vaudeville Launch party
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Friday, May 01, 2009 



Here you can really get behind our Artists by hitting the SHARE button on our retail widget to copy the store widget onto any website, facebook, bebo, live, tagged, hi5, myspace site. Just choose your favorite artist CD or special merchandise and click the link to take you directly to that site...enjoy!

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Monday, April 06, 2009 

Current mood:  artistic
Category: Music


To all my trusted friends and associates.

Having recently returned from (6) months on the road where I was working in the US, UK and Europe I witnessed by all accounts the gradual disintegration of the business and the old model as we know it. I myself have been steadily working in the game for over 27 years and have seen it spiral up and down but never saw the business in crisis as it is today.

With that said I am moving out of the direct artist relations and label release side of
the industry and only acting as an experienced consultant for artists and specialising in third party licensing of quality product to film, TV, advertising and all media opportunities. So it is with humility that I launch my own songwriting and composition site on my space. I want to further explore what I love doing most and that is writing hit songs, scoring movies and working for Disney and other companies, while
continuing to produce new artists in the studio and provide them with a virile release platform for their products. In short a decent days work for a decent days pay.

To this end I have joined forces with Mike McCready and his NY team to launch an
appraisal and production offer with the NEW look Music X Ray which can be checked out at: Music X ray Artist will need to get a Music X Ray made for US2.00 per song at: Artists make your Music XRay Here I think this is the most virile and dynamic marketing tool for artists in the business today.

I have also joined forces with Pat Maloney who is the head of Music OZ in Australia. The company is now offering in addition to its annual NEXT BIG THING Showcase a very viable and cost effective digital distribution platform for select artists. I am pleased to say that, The Vaine, Amelia Bloom, The Art Nova and Tony Cuic have all been chosen to take advantage of this opportunity. Check it out at: Muisc OZ Digital Distribution

Finally whilst in the US I signed a blanket deal with Time / Warner and Teletunez for
direct licensing of artist product to such major entities under the banner as: the W.B. New Line Cinema, AOL, HBO, Warner Bros Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting, Time Inc etc. Check it all out here: Time Warner Incorporated and the licensing arm of Teletunez here:Teletunez Licensing In December of 2008 I licensed some 39 original tracks to the platform.

After seeing the lack of transparency that existed from retailer to label and label to
artist and the lack of accountability thereof which was obvious and apparent in our royalty statements from both physical and digital distribution I was very pleased to find out that DEAD Famous was one of the most consistent sellers through the MGM Distribution Platform. After further consultation with Sebastian Chase CEO it was decided that MGM would not only handle all physical distribution of our product to retail but would take on all digital rights as well as mobile delivery and PDA rights as well. You can check the inventory out here: MGM Distribution

One of the other things that became more and more apparent whilst traveling around the world was the way that the GIG / Live Show had become the artists new sales store as this was the one place that they could WOW the crowd, add new fans to mailing lists and sell CD's and swag and control all the proceeds in the process. To this end and after searching many options we have consolidated our ongoing relationship with the Online Merchandising Company, Out With The New. All our
remaining artists will be able to sell their own merch and swag through this service and retain 85% of all revenues. Check it out here: Out With The New Merchandise

In addition we also learnt that the disposable audience of today does not want to PAY for music at all hence the shutting down of such major retailers as Zavvi in the UK, FYE in the US etc. So we consolidated a partnership Agreement with Number One Music to give away FREE (30) original songs to stimulate our FAN base. In less than (3) weeks we have done over 24,000 plays and average of 1200 - 1500 plays a day and as a result have received wonderful support from our growing fan base
with new fans signing up everyday.Check it out here: Number One Artists

So to conclude by giving away FREE Music as well as creating value adds wherever
possible to stimulate FAN interaction you slowly build a Loyalty Program. Once
this has been consolidated properly you can then direct these FANS to the individual Webstores (which we control 100% of all revenues) of the Artists where they can purchase exclusive music, package deals and special offers for a fraction of the price. To see what I mean just click the links below and you will be taken to our
Artists First Webstores for hassle free purchasing either via SMS to mobiles or Paypal to your computer. Check it out below.

The Vaine Webstore
Cavalar Webstore
Fyrefly Webstore
Stimulator Webstore
Amelia Bloom Webstore
The Art Nova Webstore
Tony Cuic Webstore

So I hope that the information contained in this blog will give an insight into what the future holds for DEAD Famous and myself. I am personally launching my own production service which will be known to the market as 2012 Productions. Enjoy and feel free to spread the word on this blog.

Cheers
Mike
CEO
DEAD Famous Artists



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Thursday, March 12, 2009 

Category: Music

Hosted By:
DEAD Famous Artists

When:
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Where:
The Purple Turtle
65 Crowndale Road, Camden
London
NW1 1TN

Description:
The Aust Bushfire Benefit Concert at the Purple Turtle in Camden, London will feature (10) bands and (3) solo artists in a huge line-up to raise money for the KING LAKE Memorial Fund in Victoria. The doors open at 2.00pm and runs till 1.00am on Sunday night. Tickets are £10 plus booking fee and NOW available at www.seetickets.com

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 


Final Bushfire Benefit Line-up

Penny Nicholls 3.00pm to 3.30pm Tall Dark Friend 3.45pm to 4.15pm David Harvey 4.30pm to 5.00pm Nikky Shannon 5.15pm to 5.45pm Lato 6.00pm to 6.30pm Affluenza 6.45pm to 7.15pm Aluminuim Risk 7.30pm to 8.00pm Fyrefly 8.15pm to 8.45pm El Fata 9.00pm to 9.30pm Cavalar 9.45pm to 10.15pm ill Audio 10.30pm to 11.00pm Day of Days

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Saturday, February 14, 2009 


Bushfire Benefit Concert

Here is a tentative line-up for the Bushfire Benefit Concert at the Purple Turtle on Sunday March 15th...more acts to be confirmed shortly!

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Monday, February 09, 2009 

Current mood:  distraught
Category: MySpace
Guys,

I am writing to all of you to let you know that the horrendous bush fires that are currently ravaging my beautiful state has taken the lives of  a number of individuals away from me and my loved ones. To this end I have decided to use all my resources in the UK entertainment industry to support me in staging a benefit concert in London at the Purple Turtle in Camden with all proceeds to go to a KING LAKE Municipal Support Fund for the community in Victoria.

I am looking for ten bands and three solo artists to give their time and play for 30-40 mins on a date to be confirmed in either late February or early March. I will provide full production, backline and promotion to make this charity event a complete success. In short I do not do things if they have the remotest chance of failing.

Please respond to me either here on My Space or at my email address at: mikedeadfamous@gmail.com

In life and love...humanity can transcend all boundaries if we truly believe in our capability for change!

Sadly
Mike
CEO / DEAD Famous International
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 

Current mood:  artistic
Category: MySpace


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Find more photos like this on DEAD Famous International

Here are some pics on my current trip to the US where I am working in LA, Boston, Kentucky, Chicago and Utah. Just a bunch of fun snaps from all my old friends in the game and some new ones including some of our latest artists.

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