Musical peoples from LA and beyond.

A few weeks are left before the end of 2009, and the time has come for our end of year musical "summary". Yes, you got that right: The Deli's "Best of (emerging) LA 2009 Poll" is upon us!

This year we'll have an overall chart including the votes from Jury, Writers and Readers, and a Readers' charts including only the readers' votes. Once again The winner of the overall chart will be rewarded with the cover of the Spring issue of The Deli Magazine LA. But there will be other prizes in vouchers, software and studio time for all the top artists in both charts.

We have a lot to tell you about this, but as this poll couldn't happen without sponsors, we'll start by listing them all, and by thanking them for being part of this.

 Instructions about the poll coming soon!

PREMIUM SPONSORS

OTHER SPONSORS

Software

providing a total of 18 audio plug in for the pool of prizes (9 iZotope, 9 IK Multimedia)

Mastering

providing a total of 10 free mastered songs for the pool of prizes

If your company is interested in sponsoring "The Deli Year End Best of Poll" it's not too late! Just contact us here.

The Deli Staff
www.thedelimagazine.com

It's been an incredibly busy year for Sea Wolf.  After the release of their sophomore LP White Water, White Bloom (Dangerbird Records), Alex Brown Church and Co. completed a national headlining tour followed by an accompanying spot in, OMG, the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack. We can easily excuse the latter, so come out and celebrate Sea Wolf's very good year at the Roxy this Thursday night.

And if you happened to miss Sea Wolf's Morning Becomes Eclectic set this morning, thank the new media gods for the advent of archive.  Enjoy:

A day full of seminars and lectures might not sound like the most interesting of days, so the people at New Music Seminar are trying to change that. The one-day conference held on February 2, 2010 is made up of panel discussions and Q&As regarding the (pathetically dismal) state of the music industry and new era solutions to bring honest (and obviously profitable) music back to the masses. For artists struggling and wondering how to get to the next step, the 2-for-1 registration deal might just be for you (use code NMSLA2 at checkout).  Local artists might also be interested in participating in New Music Seminar's Artist on the Verge contest, which will award $25,000 in prizes to a very talented few.  Deadline for entry is December 21.

Panelists scheduled to appear include KCRW's Jason Bentley, Mike Doernberg of Reverbnation, Elliott Lefko of Goldenvoice/AIG and a bunch of other heavy hitters with sage advice and juicy anecdotes about the changing music business environment.

Foreign Born | "Early Warnings"
Directed by Matthew Lessner

Once you thank Foreign Born's latest music video for the jet lag, head over to Spaceland this Friday to check out their set. Best Coast and El Sportivo and The Blues open the bill.

The Deli of course will also contribute to the pool of prizes for the Year End Best of LA Poll, for both the Overall and  Readers' charts.

Here's the list:

Overall Chart Prize (winner only)
Cover of The Deli's Spring issue (out in Arpil 2010)

Overall Chart Prize for 2nd and 3rd place
Smaller Picture on The Deli's Spring issue's cover

Readers' Chart Prize (winner only)
Interview on a Deli issue

The Deli's Staff
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