About Us

Our goal is to share information about recent events in the music industry via photos and videos.

This website was founded in March of 2009 by software developer John Dargan.

Please notice that you can move through the slideshow by pressing the Next button, and that if you see someone who intrigues you, then you can click on their photo and visit their website.

Do you use MySpace? If so, send me a friend request if you are not already my friend there: http://www.myspace.com/nurturemusicbiz.

For music-related news follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jdargan:

For music-related info, you can also follow us on

I have invited an outstanding Italian musician, Diego Budicin, to visit us this summer. He will be coming to Central Florida in August and staying the whole month. While he is here as our guest, he will be performing his music in the area. Here is a link to a funny video about his upcoming trip.

One of our sponsors is Ariel Publicity, a Music PR firm with an eleven-year history of delivering results for independent musicians. Ariel’s Cyber PR service is an online public relations campaign custom designed for each artist based on musical genre, hometown and touring markets.

Ariel Publicity also has a book available for sale called Music Success in Nine Weeks.

They also have a program related to helping you send newsletters to your fan base: www.bandletter.com.

They also have a service where they hire writers to review your material that you can quote on your MySpace page and promo literature: Review You.

I'm exchanging reciprocal links with MusicForte.com. They provide various services to indie musicians, including help with getting barcodes for your CDs and help with getting your CD's on Amazon.

For music industry news we recommend you check out Independent Rockstar and Skope.

We are also affiliated with MusicXray.com. Numerous opportunties for musicians are available through this company:

MusicXray Categories

• Artist Development
• Artist to Artist Critiques
• Career coaching
• Celebrity artists
• Collaborations
• Contests
• Distribution deals
• Exposure opportunity
• Featured opportunity
• Festivals & Gigs
• Free opportunities
• Label roster consideration
• Magazine/Print Reviews
• Management deals
• Marketing
• Misc
• Music Blogs
• No submission fee
• Podcast Inclusion
• Production deals
• Professional song critique
• Publishing deal
• Radio playlisting
• Song placements
• Songwriter Organizations
• Sync licensing/advertising
• Sync licensing/General
• Top Industry Professionals

Songclash.com has been built behind the premise of music battles. Similar to that of your typical live battle of the bands, Songclash’s system pits artists within a similar genre against each other. The results of the competitions are left where they should be - in the hands of the fans. By using a one-of-a-kind voting system, the user experience for both the fans and the artists is truly a memorable one.

We use Corel software for editing videos:

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