This new mastered album contains twenty songs that are available as MP3 files for download, so now all Mac-users can access the music. The price per album is € 15 with a free real-tone and € 0.99 per song.

Milan, ITALY July 30, 2005 -- Grammy Winning artist Sananda Maitreya releases his finished and mastered album "Angels & Vampires - Volume I". From May 2004 till May 2005 Sananda gradually released the rough versions of the songs in Chapters on his website, with the music download service WeedShare, which allows file-sharers to participate in the distribution and earn money from it with a share in the sales up to 35%.

The mastered version of the Album is now available, also for Mac-users, to download as single songs or as full album.

Sananda first announced "Angels & Vampires" as his follow-up project to his last release "WildCard – The Jokers' Edition" in 2001.
Maitreya about the project: "Angels & Vampires relies quite heavily for its musical support from the four basic food groups of live music: real drums, bass, guitar and keyboards and went with a more intimate and organic sound in order to reintroduce sonic sub tones back into the bodies energy matrix long weakened by compressed digital overload and its over emphasis. Sonic sub tones help to bolster the bodies electromagnetic and sense of overall wellbeing. Angels & Vampires also sought to create a sound base which would provide more emotional space in which the songs might breathe and feel less constricted. I felt that the WildCard project was a little too "studio-orientated", but was what the time and circumstances required. With this project, I wanted it to be less about the studio and more about me and the songs”.

The term he uses to describe this new music and more organic approach is:
POST MILLENIUM ROCK.

All songs are written, arranged, produced and performed by Sananda Maitreya, except for "Angie" which is written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.
The project was recorded at  Jungle Sound Station Milano and mastered at Nautilus Mastering Studios in Milano – Italy.

There are no plans for traditional CD distribution, each customer will be able to download the CD cover and the Booklet from the website.

"Angels & Vampires - Volume I" is Sananda's 6th project after the release of:
* 2001/2003 "WildCard -The Jokers' Edition"
* 1995 "Vibrator"
* 1993 "Symphony Or Damn"
* 1989 "Neither Fish Nor Flesh"
* 1987 "Introducing The Hardline According To .."

For more information about Sananda Maitreya and to download the new music:
http://www.sanandamaitreya.com 

Contact: press@sanandamaitreya.com

 

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Sananda Maitreya decided to create a few more songs for his album "Angels & Vampires - Volume 1".

To listen to on his website, streaming this time.

Chapter 5:

* Angie
* Boolay Boolay
* More than you do

http://www.sanandamaitreya.com/angels_&_vampires/the_songs/chapter_5.html

This new album contains four Chapters with a total of seventeen songs. The music download service Sananda uses, Weedshare, makes it possible to spread these songs legally and gives filesharers even a share in the sales up to 35%. You can "try before you buy": all songs are free to listen to.

Milano, ITALY February 15, 2005 -- Multi-platinum artist Sananda Maitreya finishes recording the last songs for his album "Angels & Vampires - Volume I”. After having announced "Angels & Vampires" as his next project in 2001, since May 2004 gradually the songs have been released on the www.sanandamaitreya.com website as soon as they were recorded . The album holds four Chapters and the most recent one is Chapter 4: "The Return of the Missing Lincolns":

* If All I've Got
* Right Brain Says
* The Kind Of Girl
* I'm Your Daddy
* Reach Out

Plus 2 instrumental songs will be offered as FREE downloads the coming week.

Maitreya about the project: "Angels & Vampires relies quite heavily for its musical support from the four basic food groups of live music: real drums, bass, guitar and keyboards and went with a more intimate and organic sound in order to reintroduce sonic subtones back into the bodies energy matrix long weakened by compressed digital overload and its over emphasis. Sonic subtones help to bolster the bodies electromagnetics and sense of overall wellbeing. Angels & Vampires also sought to create a sound base which would provide more emotional space in which the songs might breathe and feel less constricted."

All songs are written, arranged, produced and performed by Sananda Maitreya.

"Angels & Vampires - Volume 1” is SANANDA’s 6th project after the release of:
2002/2003 "WildCard -The Jokers' Edition"
1995 "Vibrator"
1993 "Symphony Or Damn"
1989 "Neither Fish Nor Flesh"
1987 "Introducing The Hardline According To .."

For more information about "Weedshare": www.weedshare.com

For more information and to download the new music:
www.sanandamaitreya.com/angels_&_vampires/the_songs/chapter_4.html
where you also find the links to the previous three Chapters.

For interview requests please write to press@sanandamaitreya.com

Also new is Sananda Maitreya's Merchandise Shop, which is located at: http://www.cafepress.com/sanandamaitreya

The CD will also be made available through traditional distribution channels. The carrier and release date will be announced at the proper time.


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Next to Sananda's Weedified Music, you now also can enjoy all kind of goodies, from Cards to Posters, T-Shirts, Mousepads, Mugs, Kids Stuff etc etc at his Official Merch Shop!
http://www.cafepress.com/sanandamaitreya

Next to items with his Logos, Pictures or Graphics, Sananda also created all kinds of lovely Slogans for on Shirts:

 

Weed, the system Sananda Maitreya uses to distribute his music, receives an investment from AIRVISION.

Released at Business Wire

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2004--AIRVISION, a leading provider of direct-to-consumer brand positioning and strategic business growth planning, today announced an investment in Shared Media Licensing, Inc. Shared Media Licensing is the Seattle-based company which developed Weed(SM)  www.weedshare.com, the revolutionary and file-sharing service for managing the distribution of music and other digital content via the Internet.

Weed(SM) was created by a group of musicians and software developers as a solution to the challenges of file-sharing on the Internet. Weed(SM) encourages file-sharing and makes payments to musicians while at the same time rewarding file-traders who respect artists' rights. To date, more than 7,000 musical artists have had their music "Weedified" including Chuck D, Heart, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Built to Spill, Kristin Hersh and many others.

"We believe Shared Media Licensing and their Weed(SM) file-sharing technology represent the future of music file-sharing on the Internet," said Arthur Rubinfeld, President and Founder of AIRVISION. "They have an innovative business model that is rapidly gaining widespread acceptance among many of the world's top musicians and their fans. Weed has solved the problem with Internet file sharing in a revolutionary way which we believe will capture the imagination of other businesses on the Internet."

Online auction giant eBay recently selected Weed(SM) to join a ground-breaking digital music download initiative. eBay has launched a new "store" for digital music downloads and is hosting Shared Media Licensing's Weed technology, the only system that enables music buyers to earn cash by sharing music files. eBay's 150 million-plus users will be able to use a breakthrough system that tracks music files so that the person who shares a music file, along with the rightsholder, is paid a percentage every time the file is shared with a person who buys it.

"We are extremely pleased to have the support and funding from AIRVISION's AV CAPITAL group," said John Beezer, President of Shared Media Licensing. "The involvement of AV CAPITAL allows us to move ahead rapidly in software development, marketing, and content acquisition. AIRVISION's expertise in consumer psychology and brand development is key to our growth going forward."

About AV CAPITAL

AV CAPITAL, a division of AIRVISION, is focused on investing long-term equity capital to support the strategic and financial objectives of outstanding management teams in consumer-related businesses, including consumer products, direct-to-consumer sales, marketing and distribution, and retail concepts. In addition, AV CAPITAL's affiliate, AV ADVISORY, provides financial advisory services to selected AIRVISION clients with respect to fundraising, mergers, acquisitions, and other financial matters.

About AIRVISION

Founded by Arthur Rubinfeld in 2002, Seattle-based AIRVISION is known for providing visionary work in integrated brand positioning, marketing and retail design. AIRVISION specializes in the development and execution of growth strategies and operational plans for consumer-oriented companies worldwide. AIRVISION clients include some of the most recognized brands in the world including: adidas, AmericasMart, City University, Gateway, Media Play, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Oakley, Omaha Steaks, Sam Goody, Shared Media Licensing, SunCoast Entertainment and Washington Mutual. For more information about AIRVISION, please visit www.airvision.net

Arthur Rubinfeld has also written a soon-to-be-released book, "Built for Growth: Expanding Your Business Around the Corner or Across the Globe".
 
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Weed, the system Sananda uses to distribute his music, got featured on Wired.com!

By Katie Dean

"While the music industry attempts to shutter peer-to-peer services in court and in Congress, one company is using P2P networks to promote and pay artists.

Shared Media Licensing, based in Seattle, offers Weed, a software program that allows interested music fans to download a song and play it three times for free. They are prompted to pay for the "Weed file" the fourth time. Songs cost about a dollar and can be burned to an unlimited number of CDs, passed around on file-sharing networks and posted to web pages.

"We're trying to take the problem of unauthorized music sharing and turn it into an opportunity for everyone to participate in the music business," said John Beezer, president of Shared Media Licensing. In addition to launching its home website, the company recently joined eBay's digital music distribution program with its own store.

Each time the song is downloaded by a new listener, the Weed file resets itself so the same rules apply: three free plays, then pay. The music can also be transferred to Windows portable media devices.

Shared Media Licensing makes the Weed purchasing software and channels the money to the artists and distributors. Over 100 independent content providers find the music, clear the rights, manage the files and promote the distribution and sales on their own websites.

Weed also encourages sharing by awarding a commission to people who pass the songs on to friends who then buy it. The copyright owner always gets 50 percent of each sale. Weed gets 15 percent for service and software costs. The fan who passes the music along gets 20 percent of the sale if a friend buys the track."

More at:
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65774,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1