Go Fast Sports And Beverage Company is Liquid Blue’s newest sponsor. Go Fast Sports & Beverage Company offers the premium energy drinks on the market – with better flavor, more active ingredients, lower sodium and sugars and NO PRESERVATIVES! Go Fast is truly the healthiest sports drink on the market and the official sports drink of Liquid Blue.
Grand Garage in Escondido is now the official Liquid Blue auto repair shop. They are located at 1556 E Grand Ave in Escondido CA. (760) 735-5123. Owner David Loynd is offering a special 10% discount to Liquid Blue fans, off their first service. Talk to manager Mike Lewis.
Kashmir is featured on the Top Sellers CD for CD Baby, the largest seller of independent music on the web. CD Baby currently represents over 75,000 artists! Supernova was recently the 7th best seller in their catalog and is consistently among the Top 50.
The compilation CD for the 2004 Dallas Songwriters Song Contest, sponsored by Gibson Guitars, has been issued with 3 Liquid Blue songs: “If You Gotta Ask” was the First Place Winner in the Pop/Rock/Alt/R&B/Urban category. “Can’t Stop It” finished 2nd in the same category as Liquid Blue went 1-2! “Real” was a winner as well, finishing 2nd in the Easy Listening category.
“Show Me Love” has been selected to be featured on a benefit CD for Tsunami victims. The CD is titled “Care Package” by “Artist of Humanity”. Liquid Blue donated the song and 95% percent of the proceeds to will go directly to aid organizations such as UNICEF.
Making Up was a Top Five Winner in the Song of the Year contest, in the World category, for Nov 2004. Song of the Year is part of VH1’s Save the Music Foundation. Judges include Grammy Award Winners, Reps from Rolling Stone Magazine and ABC Television.
PCT Music has released ABIA 2005-Select Singles, featuring the Liquid Blue track Rescue. In April of this year, PCT Music will begin major distribution of Supernova in retail stores across the USA.
“Real”, the debut single from Supernova, is now at the number 10 position on the New Music Weekly Hot AC Radio Airplay.
Benjamin Chen, CEO of C&S Media and Liquid Blue’s agent in the People’s Republic of China, has secured a distribution contract with Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing Corporation. SAVP is the largest publishing house in China and will distribute Supernova throughout China. Liquid Blue is the first band from the United States to be signed by a Chinese company.
The Michael Vangerov custom “axe” was featured at the NAMM show in Anaheim at the Moser Guitar booth. Michael is pictured below in front of the Moser display which features some of the world’s best guitar players that are sponsored by Moser Custom Shop, including Michael.
Scott Stephens met with long-time idol Jon Anderson in Los Angeles. Jon is the vocalist for the legendary band “YES” and one of Scott’s biggest influences. “Jon Anderson is one of the most uniquely talented singers in rock history. His positive lyrics have influenced an entire generation, including Liquid Blue” Quote: Scott Stephens. The two discussed the possibility of Jon singing on a future Liquid Blue track. Stay tuned.
Go Girls Music, the premiere online magazine for “chicks that rock”, has reviewed Supernova and had this to say: “Absolutely stellar! From start to finish this CD’s songwriting, production, vocals and all around sound is incredibly RICH. International, uncontrollable fame is at Liquid Blue’s heels if it’s not already and I’m late…..guaranteed.
Hit Picks: “Rhythm of Love” and “If You Gotta Ask
The Association of Artists for a Better World has selected the Liquid Blue song “Rescue” for their upcoming compilation CD, “Songs For a Better Planet”, which will be released in March. This is the third CD which has featured Rescue.
Real continues to move up in the Charts, reaching number five this week in the A/C (Adult Contemporary) chart. The song has also reached the #46 position on the Hot 100, which includes all catagories. Real has also been selected for the BandRadio.com Airwaves II compilation CD, which is the third compilation CD in which Real has been featured.
The Tsunami Benefit compilation CD, Care Package has been released this week. “Show Me Love” is one of the featured song. 95% percent of the proceeds to will go directly to aid organizations such as UNICEF to help Tsunami victims.
MediaSearch.com, based in Australia, has given Supernova a big “thumbs up”. One quote from the review states: “This 6-piece band pulls out all stops in establishing their own sonic sojourn”. Complete Review
Casa Percussion, the world’s leading percussion company speciaizing in ethnic drums, will be Liquid Blue’s exclusive provider of world percussion instruments, such as those used on the album, Supernova.
MakingAStar.com A&R service is featuring Liquid Blue as their featured San Diego artist this month. Making A Star is similar to TAXI A&R service.
“If You Gotta Ask” has won yet another award, being named one of the “Top-Five” songs this month in the Songwriter Universe Best Song of the Month contest.
The rising popularity of Liquid Blue is evidenced by the bands soaring web statistics. The site is averaging over 8000 hits PER DAY and over 200,000 per month. Liquid-Blue.com had over 1.5 million hits in 2004. The web site is ranked “4” currently at Google, which is a very high rank for a band site, which is typically a “1” or “2”. The site is powered by www.interdat.com. Statistics provided by Webalizer.