Music Emissions crowns Fortune and Spirits as Indie Of The Year 2009
posted November 1, 2009, 12:54 am by dscanland | Filed Under Contest | 
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Tags: Wedlock, Fortune and Spirits, Indie Of The Year
The ending of this year’s IOTY was not as eventful as the previous two. In fact the top five remained the same for the last week or so. Regardless, join me in congratulating Fortune and Spirits as this year’s Indie Of The Year 2009 recipient. Congrats! Coming in a close second is Wedlock. Rounding out the top 5 are Bassel, Backup Johnny, and Kwame Tona.
The band will be showered with fine prizes over the coming weeks. In fact, the top 10 bands are up for something or other. Thanks to all for bring us some new unheard music that for the most part we were unaware of before this contest.
I would also like to thank all the sponsors who came up with some amazing prizes this year. Please mention the contest to them if you do business with any of them.
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Congratulations to you guys, and thanks for your showing of class even when it got heated between our fans and all of that.Good sounds, GOOD LUCK TO YOU in the coming year with your Ep.
Paul Allgood of Wedlock.
CONGRATULATIONS FORTUNE & SPIRITS!!!
We appreciate your well wishes, Wedlock, and you guys put up a good fight. Thank you also for showing us kindness and graciousness, we all wish you the best. We’ll keep our eyes and our ears out for you, and hopefully we’ll run into each other in the future. Kepp turning out the good tunes.
Liz Record of Fortune and Spirits
Thanks for having me in the IOTY contest for 2009! And congrats to everyone who was part of this contest. Fortune & Spirits, Wedlock, Backup Johnny, and Kwame Tona specifically deserve acknowledgment for this one. Thanks again!!
Bassel Al-Madani
Cornerstone / FADER Label, FARM Team Rep
Alpha Kappa Psi, Collaboration Committee Chair
Music Entertainment Industry Student Association, Project Coordinator
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
(http://www.myspace.com/bassel)
Comments/Questions: E-mail al-madani.2@osu.edu!
Congratulations Fortune and Spirits!!! and all other bands and performers who entered. There was a lot of music here that could of placed in the top, and I discovered many new sounds while listening through over the last few months. Thank you Music Emissions for the putting on the contest. Performers and musicians always appreciate an opportunity to be heard.
Keep listening!!
Lee Whitsel of Wedlock and CinderHouse Music
I enjoyed 15-20 bands tremendously, at least one song, if not their whole release…
I think my favorites are well documented, with my person top choice would have been Experience.Hold.
Congrats Fortune & Spirits, morph that Long Island pride into a (Dare I say it?) Kings Of Leon like progression… and maturation is at its heights for you guys. I really dig the diversity…
As for things that happened during the voting process, I kind of lost a large taste for IOTY. If there is another, I may participate differently in the future. Time for new thoughts of a new brain. It’s a lot to work out, so if anyone is interested, drop me a comment or an email
brian@musicemissions.com
Most of all indie music and consumption of it’s music grew, if just a little more with IOTY09. Congrats to all those who respect each other and will help book each other abroad. Keep music new!
A quick glance said none of these atists reached into Fans Favorite?
http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/favorite-artists.php
But what does that signify, exactly? I think it’s hard to be everything to everybody.I think as far as our fans were concerned they just saw we were trying for something. I imagine Wedlock will not ever be a fan favorite, but just keep on quietly making good music-some will enjoy and buy our records, others not so much.The key is to keep your fanbase happy large or small.
Well having many fans on music emissions helps only fuel Wedlock and every other artists fan recommendation value…That’s one of the greatest things about music emissions, IOTY voting is a head start to build a bigger fan list of your band so you can be on the front page with legendary indies like Radiohead or Fugazi, or whomever. It evens the field for all artists, large fan base or small. Not to be pugilistic, but seems to me with 300 votes, 20 or 30 fans wouldn’t be too hard to make the front page. Especially considering “add to favorites” is an under used feature for even top 40 rock bands on this site. Please don’t be confused Wedlock, I respect your musical style and writing. I do foresee a forever growing sound from you.
Well it’s much appreciated, I just wasn’t sure if you were saying that favorites were an under used feature or that it somehow took away from the bands because they did not receive the fan favorites.
I don’t consider you pugilistic if you’re merely making an observation; we’re probably still just raw in the aftermath, and we can only aspire to create a following.We felt we took some during the comp, which everyone did, but for a second or two felt like we didn’t endear ourselves to the rest of the community for landing up that way.Rabbit ears, maybe? But thanks for the kind editorial, it’s deeply appreciated.