Month: August 2015

YANGAROO Inc., a leading secure digital media management company, has announced a multi-year agreement with Ireland’s music writers association, IASCA to provide secure delivery of music from record labels and independent music artists to broadcasters, music reviewers and other destinations in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Yangaroo’s Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) has been successfully delivering music securely and electronically to radio broadcasters and other destinations in North America and other territories for over a decade.

The DMDS service will be officially launched in Q4 of 2015 in Ireland, and the introduction of this world class technology solves a number of issues for artists, labels, as well as broadcasters and other media outlets. For the former, it delivers the highest quality, watermarked, broadcast ready files, instantly, securely, inexpensively, and directly to the decision makers, in a format in which they prefer to receive it. For media, DMDS is for exclusive use to pre-approved recipients, and these releases are easily accessible in one library via computer or mobile device.

“The Canadian Music Industry led the world in the move to digital delivery of music to broadcasters beginning in 2003 virtually all music that is heard on radio in Canada is delivered via DMDS.” Said Cliff Hunt YANGAROO Vice Chairman and COO. “We have, of course expanded into the U.S. and other territories since then, and are excited to have Ireland and IASCA leading the way in Europe.”

Sinead Troy, General Manager of IASCA and DMDS Ireland says “It’s an exciting time for us, Irish radio have been hugely supportive of the plan for DMDS, and are ready to begin testing the platform next month”.

Labels, Artists and Media who would like more information, please register at www.DMDSIreland.com

‘Patterns’ is the debut solo album by songwriter Daniel Anderson, aka simply Anderson. The record features 12 immaculately crafted, distinctively arranged songs that originated from a complete DIY approach to music making.

Anderson’s musical apprenticeship ended in 2010 with the disintegration of tempestuous Dublin outfit The Rags. With no band-mates, no studio space and no musical resources to speak of he could hear the advice of school guidance counselors still ringing in his ears: “You’ll always have a trade”. Yet rather than giving up on music to return to the manual trades, Daniel decided to lean on his experience working on building sites as an apprentice prior to his career in music in order to realise his musical aspirations. Over the course of 18 months Daniel not only built a recording studio from scratch but also followed the self-taught philosophy for the creation of the music; writing, arranging, performing and mixing a collection of songs to the impeccably high standard of his all-time favourite records.

The album’s catalyst single ‘History’ was inspired by the re-discovery of an old box of 1980’s VHS home videos which feature in the song’s stunning video and the album artwork.

‘Patterns’ is available to pre-order on a limited edition Vinyl + CD package at www.andersonsongs.com now. The album is released in physical format nationwide and in digital format on all major download and streaming platforms worldwide from 18th September 2015.