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Samantha Lombardi
17yo Samantha Lombardi (ex MPM Artist Management)who after three years quiet development released her first three track Mxi single, Young & Stupid in the US on October 24th and the highly anticipated album, "take your pic" on December 25th through Black Sea Records in the US, Japan, Europe and the UK in July 2006.

Nikki McKibbin
Nikki McKibbin was third runner up to Kelly Clarkson and a mainstay of the American Idol first series competition. Now signed to MPM Artist Management for the world and to the Astral Record label, The Sizzle team have set about writing and producing material for her first US album, Unleash me...Stay tuned for more... The single and 2 CD/DVD package is now here, check the website for more and purchase info.
The Red Tie Affair
The Red Tie Affair are a 5 piece that hail from Chicago and have a strong hard rock meets pop and emo vibe to them. Fronted by the highly talented, Brooke Blary this band have a stage already set for some big things this year.

Justin Vince
Justin Vince is a major artist on the rise and hails from Philadelphia. Most recently he was signed to the now infamous, Star Tracks label in LA run by Neptunes owner and founder, Pharrell Williams. Signed to MPM Artist Management and with an album nearing completion called, Simplicity the future looks bright for this talented writer, producer and artist.

Nathalie Archangel
Ex MCA Recording artist, Nathalie Archangel is an artist that defies convention. With three albums to her credit and the finishing touches to her Astral debut, Raven nearly ready. She is set to deliver an ecclectic album with great cross over potential to a wide demographic audience.

Ronny Morris
Ronny Morris is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and is a song writer with a new look Dylanesque approach to his songwriting and music. Recently working with Swedish producer, Adam Kviman and recording tracks in Stockholm, New York and Prague, his landmark release is planned for mid 2006 at this stage.

Elza
Elza, hails from upstate NY and is the face of the new music age. She is a singer, songwriter and performer with that all important organic edge that will see her at the forefront of the genre like peers before her as, Jewel, Trisha Yearwood, Sheryl Crow etc.

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Publishing Partners and Associates |
Flashpoint UK
Here is our publishing partner in the UK, Flashpoint Media UK. Headed up by writer and producer Phil Haywood and his dedicated UK team.

Clarence Jey (Apollo Studios)
Producer/writer Clarence Jey entered the music scene in 1990 with with his roots in playing music since he was 4 years old, and quickly established himself as a premiere keyboard player in the music scene in Australia, and is a much sought after session musician. He has written and produced his way into the tiers of the music elite in Australia, as well as the US and Europe. Born in Srilanka (his family relocated to Australia when he was ten-years-old), Clarence’s demand for distinction was obvious long before he began delighting artistes and audiences with his classical influenced, yet gritty grooves.

My Coke
My Coke is this mainstay brands new online digital interface to source and promote unsigned talent and develop new found promotional exposure for independent artists acroos the world. With a major licensing partnership forged with the popular, Fresh Tracks, our opportunities for the continued and effective promotion of our artists seem well assured.

Fresh Tracks Music
Fresh Tracks Music and its licensing partner My Coke have set up one of the most important online platforms for the promotion of indie based artists and we are proud to have forged a strong association with them in the continued promotion of our managed and released artist roster.

Music Supervisor
Barry Coffing at Music Supervisor based in the US is a strong player in the placement of the Astral Records & Music publishing catalogue and is well established with most major media players in the USA. We have many pending licensing placements for our catalogue of original writers and artists and look forward to adding many more quality artists to our licensing partnership here in 2006.

Evolving Artists
Evolving Artist is a new age internet based streaming television and radio medium that is taking the digital space by storm and a new found partner for all Astral artists.

Sonicbids (US)
The company sit at the forefront of the independent artist scene, and there access to arm to every form of live, touring, licensing and release opportunity is probably the most in demmand network in the active market place today.

Rafelson Media Group (RMC)
Peter Rafelson is an industry mainstay and is the CEO of the extensive RMC Corporation based in LA. Peter's resume reads like a who's who of the major artist scene with credits like, Madonna, The Corrs, Stevie Nicks, Bangles, Brooke Allison, Sister Sledge etc. RMC delivers music, film and innovative media strategies as tools to provide artists, clients and brands with sustainable competitive options for the development of their careers.

Band Promote (US)
Mike Galaxy based in Los Angeles and with offices in NY heads up Band Promote and Diskmakers and releases quality compilation samplers to major music supervisors in the US and we have most of our catalogue well placed here for pitching opportunities.

Iceberg Records
Manfred Zahringer heads up the Denmark based publishing and record company, Iceberg Records. They have a strong artist roster which include, Mac & Rekorder, Pin Boys, Natural Born Hippies and Sparkplug.

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Published Writers |
Clarence Jey
Producer/writer Clarence Jey entered the music scene in 1990 with with his roots in playing music since he was 4 years old, and quickly established himself as a premiere keyboard player in the music scene in Australia, and is a much sought after session musician. He has written and produced his way into the tiers of the music elite in Australia, as well as the US and Europe.
Erik Ekman / Robin Larrson
Erik Ekman and Robin Larsson-asp are the founding writers and composers of Karlstadt based rock band, Shogun Day. Their music is highly commercial and is built around loads of dynamic arrangements and rich melody's that give the songs that all important commercial edge. They have many opportunities in the wind and the release of their first album should see them at the forefront of the pitching and placement scene for film, TV and advertising shortly.
Andreas Mood
Andreas Mood is based in Stockholm, Sweden and his Studio facility; A.M Recordings is the forefront of his musical unit, Last To Recoil. His production and writing services are in serious demmand across the world and he has come on board as a staff producer for the Astral label. His recent credits include the co-writing of many of the singles on Sam Lombardi's album, "take your pic" and his recent collaboration with WCM writer, Thomas Ahlstrand is proving very fruitful for the association which moves in to high gear in the new year.
Justin Vince
Justin Vince is a major artist on the rise and hails from Philadelphia. Most recently he was signed to the now infamous, Star Tracks label in LA run by Neptunes owner and founder, Pharrell Williams. Signed to MPM Artist Management and with an album nearing completion called, Simplicity the future looks bright for this talented writer, producer and artist.
Gerald Marko
Gerald Marco hails originally from Austria but is now based in Mlebourne and has quickly managed to find his feet in the local entertainment scene. His partnership base with Stuart Prendergast in Jinglebreadman Productions has seen the team working on scores for feature films, major corporates, jingles and artist demos and now is a major feature of the Sizzle Production team.
Shawn A Brown
Shawn Brown fronts the dynamic US based band, Driver 13 and his powerful music composition and strong identifiable lyrics create the all important driving force behind the bands latest recordings.
Matt Cairns
Matt Cairns hails from Winnipeg in the US and his creative arsenal includes some 200 plus songs all written with a commercial feel in mind. Being young and dynamic in every way, his writing and composition style echo the mood of the times with what's happening in the popular youth culture of today.
Ronny Morris
Ronny Morris is at the forefront of FACEOne Productions in Copenhagen, Denmark. he has an ecclectic approach to his songwriting and could be touted as the new Dylan for the new music age and has many published cuts in television and other media based opportunities.
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