Indie Music Universe

A big thank you to all those who voted in our first contest ever!  Well, the results are in and the winning design is design #3.

We randomly selected one grand prize winner and two runner ups from the group who voted for the third design.  Congratulations and a big round of applause to Tomika, the first place winner, and Frode and Simon — our two runner ups (go ahead, clap with us — and use your hands only).

Although this was our first contest, we plan on having many more in the future, with great prizes and exiting new music.  We plan on doing another one for Thanksgiving and also a couple of smaller giveaways in between.

So be sure to check out our Twitter site at http://twitter.com/indiemusicu to see the new design in action and to be informed of our upcoming giveaways.  If you missed this one, get yer tails on the next one!  Also, if you haven't already connected with us on Facebook (who's not on that site nowadays??), we'd love you as a fan.

Click here to connect with us on Facebook.

Lastly (then I'll shut up — for now), we are in the process of revamping the site.  We're gonna hit you with a lot of great new content, including exclusive interviews, event listings and guides, great editorials, more reviews, more exciting new music, and hot naked men and women.  Well, maybe not that last part, but you catch my drift.  We're going to be bigger and better (man I hate cliches, but I can't think of anything better this late).

One last thing…I know I know — last little blurb, I promise!  For all you indie musicians, bands, and artists, we have some exciting new opportunities coming up for you to be featured and exposed to a lot of hungry indie music fans (in a good way, of course — c'mon, I was seriously joking about the nudity comment above). 

Take care, and in the meantime, rock those faces off!!!

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Greetings, my fellow indie music lovers!

We are pleased to announce our very first contest at Indie Music Universe — the Halloween Twitter Background Contest.  We’ve got a great prize to give away, so listen up…

We need your help in choosing the best Holloween themed background design for our Twitter page at http://twitter.com/indiemusicu.  We have four great designs that were created by our talented staff of artists. 

Here’s how the contest will work.  Check out the four links below.  Each link will bring you to a page that displays a model of a Halloween Twittter background.  After you take a look at each one, fill out the form right under the links.  Leave your first name, email address, and write which design you like best in the comments box (i.e. design 1, design 2, design 3 or design 4).  Be sure to choose only one.

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We at Indie Music Universe would like to take a moment to acknowledge and honor those servicemembers who lost their lives in past and present conflicts/wars in order to preserve our freedom and way of life in America.

Without their service and sacrifice, we wouldn’t have the freedom to pursue our dreams or be able to enjoy going about our everyday business without a grave fear of foreign invasion or terrorist attack.

We also want to take the opportunity to salute our current servicemembers and all veterans.  Your service is much appreciated and we are very proud of you.

So go out and have a great weekend, eat delicious food, play some awesome indie music (very loud!), and remember to take a moment to reflect on those who made our freedom to do this possible.

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We’ve just become the sister site of CD Universe, a major online retailer of music, movies, and games.  We’re planning for many exciting and significant developments over the next few months that will benefit both indie music fans and indie music artists/bands.  Our focus will still remain primarily on the fans, but we’ll also have many great opportunities for artists and bands to get major exposure and recognition.

We’ll keep you informed as things develop here at Indie Music Universe.  As usual, your feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated and really do matter.  If there’s some feature or section you’d like to see on the site, let us know and we’ll explore the possibility.

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First of all, we’d like to thank all the artists and bands who have expressed their interest in being featured on our site.

To make things easier and more organized for you and us, we will now be accepting submissions through Sonicbids.  Sonicbids is the standard way for music industry professionals to send and receive press kits online.

We are primarily a resource for fans of indie music but realize that many of those fans include indie artists and bands.  So if you’re interested in a feature, head on over to the listing here.  If you know of any artists or bands that may be interested, please direct them to our contact page at http://indiemusicuniverse.com/contact-us.

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