Quarta-feira 28 Out 2009, 17h:27

OK so first of all I'm just checking. To see if you're all alive & well out there.

Are you knackered with just 10 days to go until Christmas?

OK well those of you that have also joined us in Unsigned Christmas. Will know that we now have 17 very fine tracks there to listen to until January .

But for those of us here in The UK. This is the one we want to chart. this coming Sunday. Here is my unilaterally copied message to everyone.

OK well everyone seems to be backing something or someone. For a real XFactor alternative UK Christmas #1 this year. So here's my tip Please follow the link. And then click on the top line. That will take you through to ITunes where you can buy this. http://www.cliffmas.co.uk/ OK so it's a pop song. But at least it's real. By real people. Those being Detox Cute And The Beauty Junkies from Brighton. And it's an original composition by the pair of Popsters themselves. And not some rip-off song that has already been flogged to death. By the so-called popular radio stations. Anyway please help if you can. And do please share it on too. It's only 79p. As you'll see through the ITunes link. And every little helps these Unsigned artists stay in music. Thanks to all that do help. And help spread the word. We only have a few days to do this. So please do make your reaction a speedy one. many thanks from Mike.

Also if you still have some pennies or cents left after all that Christmas shopping. We'd love for you to buy this if you could. http://www.kateandafter.com/ In there you will see the brilliant Christmas goodies. that excellent Swedish band Kate and After have to offer. And the brilliant CDS Snow Angel. If you don't have it already. Please do go and buy it from them.

These are the only Christmas singles that members of our Unsigned groups. Have to sell this Christmas. As far as I've been made aware of. Although there are plenty of other songs,EP's & albums around. That most of you will be aware of.

For those of you that aren't But really want to help your favourite Unsigned artist. Please do ask me. And what I don't know. I will find out.

OK well last but not least. And while we're on the subject of favourite Unsigned artistes. There's the no small matter. That there are are some Unsigned awards going on right now. And right across all our Unsigned groups here.

Please do join all our groups and get yourselves involved. We won't be the one's to blame. If YOU leave it too late to vote for YOUR favourite artist. By golly I have told people enough about all this.

Voting is open to artists and listeners alike. But we do ask that artists don't vote for themselves And it should all be quite clear now that I got the ball rolling on all of that.

OK well what's left to say? OH yes do please have a great Unsigned Christmas 2009. And a very Happy Unsigned New Year 2010. And for those of you that don't celebrate it. We hope you have a great time anyway.

But we do hope that we can transfer a lot of you to group. The New Independent Once you do get signed to a nice friendly record label. That's what all you great Unsigned artists really deserve. OK well have a great one from DEMS4. Byeeeeeee.xxx

From Unsigned Christmas OK well I hope these rules are the fairest they can be. For our new fun awards for Unsigned performers. That can be found here on last.fm. As I have put in the heading these are amendable for about a month. But I am sure everyone will understand. That this can only be suggested to. And carried out by one of the group's co-leaders. These are Acuvi Sussilo Scramuss and myself vjsupersaint
This hopefully will save us from wholesale mayhem and confusion.

Please do not use this thread for amendment suggestions. Please approach one of the afore-mentioned leaders. Failing that please use the shoutboxes within any of our groups. OK so just a few rules then.

1] All Unsigned artists with music on last.fm are eligible for nomination. However they must have at least one full preview. And/or at least one free download track available for listeners. To help us all to decide on what to vote for.

2] Any artist nominated. Must be a member of at least one of our Unsigned groups. This helps everyone in so many ways. But mainly these points. The artist gets a track connected to the group's *playlist*. The listener gets to hear and enjoy that track. And all members are able to communicate with each other through threads or shoutboxes.The leaders can also multi-message all members if neccessary.

*In the Chrisrmas group all tracks are supplied. And even especially made for the group. By the artists themselves. A sure sign that Unsigned artists are the most generous in the world.*

3] Suggestions for nominations can be made by any group member. And approved by one of the group leaders. But please keep this sensible. A limit may have to be applied in an amendment. Of maybe 5 or 10 maximum nominations per member. This all depends on the amount of support this multi-group project gets.

4] Artists may not nominate themselves. Your fans/listeners/friends will do this for you. If they are a member. You can nominate a fellow artist. Again they do have to be a member of one of our groups though.

5] For the sake of group harmonies. Under no circumstances will a nomination for. Or votes by an artist that have made trouble for fellow artists. Or indeed for any listener on LastFm be accepted. Any complaints received. Will have to be investigated by one of the group leaders. In other words, please show one of us the proof of this. I'm really sorry that we have to imply this rule. But it hopefully acts as a good safeguard for all members.

6] For goodness sake. Please have fun with this. And share us with as many of your friends as you possibly can. Nominees will be accepted until December 31st 2009. And the winners announced on some cold night in what is renowned to be the most depressing month of the year. That being January 2010. Please can we have some suggestions for a date in our shoutboxes thanks.

From Mike vjsupersaint .

Here are the artists,and their listeners of, that we hope will be/and get involved: From The UK.

TheTrees The Home Guard Detox Cute And The Beauty Junkies The Silver Wizard Project My Endeavour The Standards Ten Tigers Rook and The Ravens John Laval Elmor Stars and Sons The Delta Fiasco Airship Aaron King Guiye Frayo Ten Bears

The Talent John Zealey Temple Scene Cancel The Astronauts Colours Run Andrew Duffell Barricades Rise Chris Flew A J Moore J Marie Cooper Wild Hope Cuckoo Rass Memorial Beach Melodee Rockmore

Lost Without Cause Sal The Band A Lot Like Eskimos Nine More Lies Juliana Meyer The Gypsy Switch KunK Jimm Zorn Josh Weller Isolated Atoms Ten Foot Nun The Melting Ice Caps Viva Machine Capulets

Ellen (UK) Rupert Stroud Fran Rodgers RedBoxBlue Tom Peel The Traps The Boxer Rebellion ten city nation The Fancy Toys our lost infantry Benjamin Robinson Indica Ritual Mark Hole Bryn Williams

Elliot Whale Boy BETA Rays Chris Perrin & The Minor Falls Tequila Rockin' Bird Neon Kicks Mean poppa lean Dead Like Harry Sexy Kids Mr. Lizard Filthy Modern Hearts Stuart Newman A Stranger In Moscow Kitty Hudson Musical Mind Control Skinless Finger

Everything Everything Bundle Of ID Kingfishers Catch Fire The Foxes sTia Space Age Hero Into the White Important-looking Pirates

The Forest And The Fire Young Runaways Klezma Villanova Paper Heroes Scarlet Harlots The Swiines The Gadsdens Mutant Zombie Foetus The Ray Summers DaylightSaving Neon Highwire The Mekkits July Rising

Owen Duff Hidden Door Joni Fuller Audioalysis The Kick Inside Catherine A.D. The Words The Crookes Inner Voices

The Resistors New black light machine Alex J Dunne Skeena Rhine The Lady Sails Jonny Cola & The A-Grades The Soft Close-Ups The New Royal Family Rob Britton The Swing Movement Miss The Occupier the finds

the agitator Floors and Walls bonfires Bitewing Anna Calvi Exitpilot The Carreras The Apple Scruffs Plan Nine

From Europe

Steem Sax & Moryson Minorcracy Kate and After Heritage Centre Moron Police martino vergnaghi rockaphones Master's Monkeys Menn Ársins Maydrim michaels' @ maximum Stereo Arcade Renegade Ride Memorial Beach hidden by the grapes

Chris Michols Gert Breitenkamp Talkshow Play people Nofield Slowmotion Club miscellaneum Simon Says No! Domi Relic Rust Joram Feitsma Aleksandr Khodchenko The Black Tea Sector Illusion

The Midges Red carmine YRU Timur Izhbulatov Ten Page Pilot Black Henbane Waterplea Semaphore Dako Déjà Vu Stillground The Shy Lads Televox

Marybeth D'Amico Nagisa Soldier God's Favorite Drug Snye braving the glacier Durden The Pin-Up Girls Prinz König Laura Jansen The Blessing Dogs The Amazing Few

One Ear OneTrickPony Jessica Stendahl PornoSheriff AMORIC Syp Baby Jane My Silver Booster |The Shot| Apollos Thebe The Minutes Green Lights

Intinn Remembrances Sad Monkeys Sliimy A Fragile Spell Jürgen Ufer Polecat Penny September 29th The Satellites of Love The Stampletons The Funeral Suits Funeral Suits Flyspoon Miss Diciembre

Dark`n Thornes Bitewing Cordovero in90sec shallow sense

From Australia

Terry Springford Lee Safar Planet of the Stereos Fatis Valour Modern Joy New Empire Matt Glass Gethin Monkeytin Michael Zgliniecki Pixieguts The Peach Tree

The Boxer Rebellion Siki Daha Playjerise unread pages NoureddineAzhar Michael Waugh Young Lovers Same Old Story Emily in Love Lukas Hungry Kids of Hungary Blame Ringo The Dawn Collective Admit One

Ainsley Diaz Stevens emaline delapaix Andrea Soler Andrew Lahiff Pip Heath Bird Automatic Deep Sea Arcade Art vs. Science

The Fearless Vampire Killers Ball Park Music The Madness Method clockwork monkey Agent Fontaine The John Steel Singers Little Scout

Emerson Oh Mercy The Rooftops The Atlas Mountains John Flanagan The Baby Seal Club The Liar's Chair Khancoban Serenik The Crooked Fiddle Band

From America

Daniel Chappell Overnight Lows Desert Recordings Josh Woodward The Great Valley Ferraby Lionheart Varialus Standard Of Living Brendan's Band The Vanguard Villains

Soundstatues A Rooster for the Masses the daniel iorio group My Beautiful Letdown Rosa Minstrels F. Kleijn Somastate The Nine Volts jointpop Big Traffic City Sophia Ramos provocateur Travis Caine & The Lasting Effect Lola Mullen swimming in speakers

Lazy Loons Adam Landis Dead Sea Surfers Antiquus Aethellis A Borrowed Life Baluja Branded With Fear Us Minus Them The Olive League The Gulf of Michigan

David McKinney The Ease Down Sweet Diss and the Comebacks Marybeth D'Amico Kellplanet Eleisha Eagle Jason Meza The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra Spooky Qs Downface The Twees Chicago Drive A Big Yes And A Small No

December's Cold Winter SAINT LEGION Parashock! Two Way Analog downforthecount élansson La Gorda Melonie Gillett

Milenio Flow The Pin-Up Girls Brian Dunn Laura Jansen Tracing Lifelines Gabe Gonzales Sexstone The Colour Elect Twin Berlin nukes of hazard Alex J Dunne emaline delapaix The Monochromatics woolgather

Joey Stebanuk Killola Soulicit Steady Machete The Balconies Beth In Battle Mode The Assistants Lunic Young Rival Jon Studd Jake Cheriff

From Africa

Juliana Meyer Lamine kouyate Feed Me! Nagham Masry Varden Badapple Badr Dj aymane Pierre Opperman Alister G Kinetic Energy Lemonade Truth Go Panic!

And last but not least. From Asia

Snye Crude Oz The Pin-Up Girls Redemption from Downfall Jerusalem Blue Cats Microfiches

If I have missed some please forgive me. As we have had a lot of new additions to our group's in the last month. So not all of them may be listed here.
Please see our group's, Group Connections for even more details. We have 7 of them altogether.

Also if you are, or know of an Unsigned artist. that would like to get involved. Please do let us know.

Artists are also invited to add tracks to our Christmas group. Be it original,a cover version or a track that you have lying around collecting dust. As long as it's by you we don't mind. And we'd all love to hear it.

Thanks for reading. And please lend us your support with this. There will always be Unsigned artists with great Unsigned music around. And for us, "Unsigned is not Unloved."

This may well be my last journal of the year. So have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
All the best to you all from Unsigned Christmas Unsigned Australia 'Unsigned UK' Unsigned America 'Unsigned Europe' 'Unsigned Asia' 'Unsigned Africa'

Additional Information. 6th November 2009.

OK well I'm very almost ready. Are you? The awards are finally finished. Although I will add more if someone can think of a really good one. Or indeed one that I may well have missed.

And artists please let all your listeners know. And listeners please share this with all your friends here. Hopefully this will make this a great and meaningful bit of fun. For a couple of months this winter.

Now no-one has actually given us a proposed date for this. Although I did ask. So I propose either Sunday 17th or 24th january 2010.
This will help keep the traditional post-Christmas blues away I hope.

Now as for voting. How about we start on Sunday 8th November 2009. And close on Sunday 10th January 2010. This gives us a full 2 months to listen to and vote for our favourites. With plenty of time to listen to all our Christmas favourites during December too.

So as you can all see. That gives us a week or two just to check that everything is right at the end. And that we are suitably well in anticipation of results night.

Now here is how our votes should look with a little sample here. Using bands as an example.

1. My band-10pts.
2. Your band-7pts.
3. Her band-5pts.
4. His band-3pts.
5. Our band-1pt.

The top five scores of 10-7-5-3 & 1. Will be universal right across all our groups. I was going to create a league table. But with around 400 connected artists. Over what is now 8 groups. That would be just impossible. So if anyone can make this better. Please let us know how.

I did try experimenting with a few ideas to help make this easier. But of course none of it worked. I'll copy this to the 7 participating groups that we have. But please see carefully via our connections as these are all the nominees. And via the awards threads in each group. As this is what we are voting for.

Not all connections are active here on LastFM. But rest-assured awards only go to those that are. This is why we need a week or two at the end of the voting.

Hope everything is crystal clear now.
Regional groups and this have these categories.
1. Cup for favourite artist.
2. Trophy for favourite band.
3. Four awards; Two for vocal solo performers. Female & Male. And the same for Non-Vocal solo performers. In the regional groups. The vocalists and non-vocalists are combined.
4. Best Music Video.
5. Best Songwriter.
6. Best Song. . This will be yearly from here on in.
7.Best Album. .
World Awards ONLY!
8. Best Christmas Song.
9. Smiling Through The Music Award. And finally!!!!!!!!!
10. The Music Award.

Explanations should all be with each award. So there's no confusion among us. I apologise now. That I can only use English as a language in which to say all this. So thanks from the four of us. To all that take part. Please leave all your votes in the threads marked. Voting for Unsigned Awards 2009. I will bracket all these as to where to place your votes. i.e. for this one. for UK and so on Etc.

Have great fun with all this. over the next couple of months. And please support any artist you can in our connections. And please don't forget this our Christmas group. With all it's artists and music. OK that's it then. Come Sunday 8th November . Let the mayhem begin. Many thanks to all of you from all of us.