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Portugal. The Man – In The Mountain In The Cloud

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

It’s been a while since we posted here, but Erik and I have been crazy busy with our day jobs. We weren’t sure where For Musickind would go when we first started it as a music marketing company a few years back, but it’s turned into a very fun side project that let’s us work with bands that we really like. I’m currently in the middle of a whole bunch of projects for Comic-Con at my work, Machine Shop Marketing, and we’ve also finished a couple of FMK projects that I’ll write about soon.

Anyway, Portugal. The Man released In The Mountain In The Cloud today and I am super stoked. I learned about them when they were touring with RX Bandits and this album has totally won me over as a fan. The album has a range of musical textures that range from classic rock to deep bass-beats that make your head nod.

Stream the entire album below and support the band by purchasing their album. Enjoy.

-Harold

Purchase: Directly from PTM | iTunes

Portugal. The Man – In The Mountain In The Cloud

Tags: Portugal. The Man
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Prince, the Internet is NOT Over

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Prince, The Internet Is NOT Over

I’ll be damned if all the work that we’ve been doing is leading to a dead end. Better yet, all the work we’ve been doing is leading artists to a dead end.

I was talking with by buddy Keith Gretlein last week about how there are some superstar artists that can get away with anything, including murder, and one of those people is Prince. Making false claims for publicity is another story. It was about midnight when I noticed a tweet from Mashable stating: “Prince: The Internet is Over”.

That’s not true of course, so I’ve simply taken quotes/statements from the Mirror UK story, and stated my opinion and advice on what was said. As a 25 year old who has been using computers since the age of 6, I remind you, new artists, that Prince is not an artist of the Internet generation. (more…)

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Inspired Flight Debut – We All Want To Fly

Friday, June 4th, 2010

After over two years of blood, sweat and tears, the independent alternative-electronic duo Inspired Flight released their debut album this week, titled “We All Want To Fly”. You can now stream and download the album from their Topspin powered website we built, www.inspiredflightmusic.com

The album features Eligh & Scarub from Living Legends, Inspectah Deck from Wu-Tang Clan, and Rugged Monk from Black Knights.

We created some awesome packages for Inspired Flight fans of all levels to choose from, including:

Music Packages:

Digital Download, CD + Download, 2xLP Vinyl + Download

Enhanced Music Packages:

Custom Voicemail Greeting + Signed CD & Vinyl + Shirt + Download

Personalized Song + Signed CD & Vinyl + Shirt + Download

Private Show + Signed CD & Vinyl + Shirt + Download

All of these packages include an immediate download of the album in MP3, MP3 + Apple Lossless, MP3 + FLAC and are available with additional limited edition T-Shirts and Sweatshirts from Inspired Flight.

Thank you to Matt Spangler, Robot Friend, for providing the album artwork for We All Want To Fly:

Tags: Eligh, Inspectah Deck, Inspired Flight, Living Legends, Rugged Monk, Scarub, We All Want To Fly, Wu-Tang Clan
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Arcade Fire: The Suburbs/Month of May 12″

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

We really like how Arcade Fire decided to release their new single:

What do you think?

Tags: arcade fire, The Suburbs/Month of May 12″ Single
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Inspired Flight: “We All Want To Fly” Debut

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Inspired Flight, the alternative-electronic duo from San Diego, CA will release their debut album titled “We All Want To Fly” on May 1st via Topspin. The album will feature Eligh and Scarub from Living Legends, Inspectah Deck from The Wu-Tang Clan, and Rugged Monk from Black Knights.

The first two singles from “We All Want To Fly” are:

Pull, Push, Let Go featuring Eligh of Living Legends
I Won’t Let You Down

You can find more information via the links below
Inspired Flight Official Website

Inspired Flight Press Page

Tags: Black Knights, Eligh, I Won't Let You Down, Inspectah Deck, Inspired Flight, Living Legends, Lucid Dreams, Pull Push Let Go, Rugged Monk, Wu-Tang Clan, www.inspiredflightmusic.com
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Dios Album Released with Special Fan Packages

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

After a long absence and hard work, Dios has returned with their third full-length album “We Are Dios” available today via Buddyhead Records. This band has become one of my personal favorite’s because of how much they remind me of Pink Floyd.

For Musickind worked with Buddyhead and Phillip Farmer (the man behind http://www.joshfreese.com) to manage the deployment of Topspin for some music packages, outlined below, that will surely deliver more than just a digital music experience.

Buddyhead

“We Are Dios” is available in the following packages:

Digital Download

Deluxe CD and Download

Deluxe CD and Bonus Material (more…)

Tags: Buddyhead, Digital Music Distribution, Dios, Dios (Malos), Marketing Services, Topspin
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Inspired Flight: The Remix Contest Submissions

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

We’ve been busy here at FMK with several music marketing projects, and we apologize for the delay in posting.

So here we are, excited as hell for what 2010 has in store for independent musicians. Back in September we wrote a post called Musician Websites: Goals, Brand, Commitment where we featured the work-in-progress for Inspired Flight. Well, we launched their website and remix promotion back in November and the creative results are in.

Thanks to the partnership with Topspin Media and MixMatchMusic, the stems for the song “It Always Takes” were delivered and a total of 33 remixes uploaded! Check them out yourself.

So now that all of the Inspired Flight remixes have been submitted, the band will go through them and choose the top 5 finalists, and then a winner who will receive an Eyeball 2.0 HD Webcam, courtesy of Blue Microphones. The winner will also be included with the debut album from Inspired Flight coming in May.

Be sure to download the Inspired Flight EP for free, and stay tuned for a couple of new singles from the new album. Cheers and good luck to all of the participants!

Tags: "It Always Takes" Remix, Inspired Flight, Inspired Flight Remix, MixMatchMusic, Topspin
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Inspired Flight Launch New Website/Remix Contest

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Inspired Flight has launched a brand new website. Please visit their website at www.inspiredflightmusic.com to download their “Through Sight and Sound EP” for free and also participate in their remix contest of the song “It Always Takes”.