By Maria Esteves - December 30, 2008 The 28th Annual 2008 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival(CMJ08), the largest international new music discovery event was held at venues throughout New York City, October 21-28, 2008. The outstanding festival presented by XBOX 360, Zune, and Doritos, showcased music marathon, film festival, exhibit hall, panel discussions, seminars, comedy shows, special events, parties, concerts, and awards ceremony. This year, over 1000 artists performed at 70 venues t...

By Maria Esteves - December 30, 2008 The 28th Annual CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), College Radio Awards ceremony was held at New York University Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Thursday, October 23, 3:45 P.M. The ceremony honored America's best DJs, producers, promoters, remixers, radio shows, and podcasts in college radio. CMJ08 five-time College Radio Award winner (Most Groundbreaking, BestPodcast, Biggest Asset To The Community, Station Of The Year, Most Li...

By Maria Esteves - December 30, 2008  The 28th Annual CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), College Radio Awards ceremony was held at New York University Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Thursday, October 23, 3:45 P.M. The ceremony honored America's best DJs, producers, promoters, remixers, radio shows, and podcasts in college radio. This year's ceremony included 23 awards. A combination of award prizes from Zune, Gibson, Insound, Ghost-Town Studios, piphone, and Western A...

By Maria Esteves - December 29, 2008  The 28th Annual CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), "Current Independent Culture Through the Eyes of True Indie Pioneer" panel discussion was held at New York University Kimmel Center, Thursday, October 23, 2:00 P.M. The successful standing room only panel attended by artists, industry executives, producers, promoters, remixers, digital/recording artists, DJs, and press discussed the decline of major record labels and the rise...

By Maria Esteves - December 1, 2008          The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), New York Premiere performance of NELO, presented by BMI was held at Crash Mansion, Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 P.M. The outstanding NELO rock band from Austin, Texas preceded the evening's showcase performance of the PASSENGER, PONDEROSA, WATT WHITE, OUTERNATIONAL, BLONDE ACID CULT, and HYPERNOVA. NELO's live performance enjoyed by the crowded audience included "The Rain ...