It’s Friday and the more we’re nearing the end of the business week, the more we get in the mood, the more fresh smells the air and the more realistic becomes the upcoming weekend.  But before go for a two-day fiesta, we’d like to make a quick revision of what have been done during these last days and what was (and probably will continue to) keeping us busy.

Well we have to admit that this was a quite fast week with a shitload of interesting events:

• ImagiRock, an upcoming event of ours which comes your way, was heavily promoted these last days. You could probably hear an interview on Belgian local radio stations, see a flyer “flying” somewhere in the hood or you have (hopefully) purchased a copy of this events compilation CD. If not, then you should know that this item can be yours if you buy a presale even this Saturday before 8PM or visit our online store shortly as we’re planning making it available for sale (limited number of copies!). But that’s not all: if you do what described above, you’ll also get 6 euros of bonus in form of offered drinks! All you have to do is to pronounce a secret password “Denis Collard”! Sweet isn’t it? I guess so.  Please don’t forget that the whole festival has been delayed for 3 hours. So it all starts at 5PM and b-SHAKE performs at 11PM !
• AlterHit, the new online music community offers us a chance to participate in Big Chill Festival in UK. As usual this one is all about selling the more downloads you can. So if haven’t downloaded some of our tune yet, this is probably the right moment. You can also act as our online distributor by signin up to AlterHit and putting our songs in you own music store and retain some consistent commision on each and every sale you do.
• ReverbNation offered us the opportunity to give our last tune for free online. Refill your favourite mp3 player with “Scratching Words”. All this stuff has been made possible thanks to Microsoft Windows! Click on the banner:
  
• You all know we’re about to prepare a live performance DVD footage. And you also know you’re all welcome to be immortalized on it and to travel the whole world in form of digital picture afterwards. But what you do not know probably is that there is a huge amount of different people behind the scenes who do their best to make it work. One of these important actors is “Cross-Roads“. They will contribute in the production of this video. Cross-Roads is a company which offers all kinds of IT services such as software development, consultance, services, web development and design and many more. These people are gentle and hard working. So if you’re thinking of crafting your band a brand new web site with weird widgets and stuff and are looking for hi-end professional work, then this is probably the way to go. Be sure to check this out.

So here you are up to date. We all hope to see you in Colfontaine (Belgium) this Saturday and will be back with more news shortly.

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Remember we’ve mentioned an interesting online TV channel called MUZU TV in one of our previous posts? Well this project became even more interesting now. I checked out their schedule and archives and was really amazed by the quantity (and, most importantly, the quality) of music videos of various emerging and confirmed artists all over the world. Honestly, it’s an honor to be a part of this community and we do strongly recommend you to tune in again to check out their roster. I found it an interesting difference between traditional TV chanels and online ones when it comes to connection between artists and audience. MUZU TV is where you can become a part of the community and get in touch with your favorite musicians (us for example  ). Anyway, here’s a sweet badge they provided us with to let us share all this great material with you… Click on it and take a quick tour, I’m sure you’ll like it.

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We’re happy to announce that b-SHAKE has recently collaborated with ReverbNation and most importantly their fair action called “Sponsored Songs”. This program allows us to distribute our new single “Scratching Words” totally free online!

At this moment “Scratching Words” is being heavily promoted and gets some really insane media exposure: radio airplay, promotion by ReverbNation itself and promotion by Microsoft! (Yes, you heard me, Microsoft Windows made it possible for us to share this track with you).  So why don’t you people get yourself a free copy of this track and put it in your favorite mp3 player? Don’t forget that this offer is limited in time so hurry up… Click on the banner bellow and let’s roll…

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The time has come, people! We’re now ready to make our first live performance DVD! This one will be spread all over the world and you can be on it! Wonder how? It’s simple. We need your presence the day we’ll shoot the video (on July 12 from 1 PM till 6 PM).  You’ll enjoy the live performance and offered drinks!

Raphaël Kolacz has been asked to direct the making of this DVD. You have already heard of him when we released our first music video for “Despite All Reasons”. He’s a tough guy who knows what he’s doing. Besides all that, a huge staff of sound, lights and video professionals will participate in this big adventure.

So don’t miss it on July 12 2009 from 12 AM (1 PM) till 6 PM:
JK Paddestoel
Alfons Gossetlaan 72 – 1702 – Groot-Bijgaarden (not far from Berchem-Sainte-Agathe), Brussels/Belgium.

IMPORTANT: Please confirm your presence by posting on this thread or e-mail us on info@bshake.com

See you there!

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Hi Folks,
we’re back to you with a new blurb. This time we’re going to talk about yet another online “competition” on AlterHit. AlterHit is a UK based musical social community site which brings together artists, labels and fans in order to make them collaborate and show each other some love. So, this way, you can for example sign up as fan and promote your favourite artist… hum… say b-SHAKE for example. All right, till now nothing special. But… AlterHit also organizes competitions from time to time and this time the competition aims to put one artist on the bill of the huuuge Big Chill Festival on August 2009 in Eastnor Castle UK. So who’s going to get him self a place under the sun? Well it’s all about selling as many mp3 downloads as you can. The most downloaded artist goes to BCF this summer. Soooo, why don’t you people join this adventure and let’s get Belgium on top of the chart! Go to www.alterhit.com and buy yourself some tracks if you haven’t done so already. They’re only 0,70 pounds each. Or sign up as fan and add our music to your personnal music store and get paid for each and every track of ours you sell. Honnestly, we’re always glad when our fans take advantage of our music. So don’t be shy, and check out our AlterHit profile www.alterhit.com/bshakemusic.

Cheers and see you there

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b-SHAKE begins the summer with a huge festival ImagiRock at Espace Magnum in Colfontaine

Date: 04 July 2009 – 05 July 2009
Time: 17:00 – 02:00
Location: Espace Magnum
Street: avenue Dr Schweitzer, 1
Town/City: Colfontaine, Belgium

On the bill this time :
- 17:00 Dr Voy (La Louvière)
- 18:00 Bubble Trap (Mons)
- 19:00 Parallax View (Mons-la Louvière)
- 20:00 Kaizer Place (Mons)
- 21:00 Bobble Head (Charleroi)
- 22:00 Chrisdenerfs (Mons-Maubeuge)
- 23:00 b-SHAKE (Brussels)
- 00:00 Chamots (Montpellier-Lille)
- 01:00 14 Weeks (Malmedy-Brussels)
- 23:00 Anges Gardiens (Paris)

You’ll get a free compilation CD with 10 bands who will perform this day  if you purchase a presale.  To do so:
address: l’Espace Magnum 1, rue Dr Schweitzer à 7340 Colfontaine
when: Tusdays 9, 16 and 23 June from 13:00 till 14:00
as well as Wednesdays 11, 18 and 25 June from 18:00 till 19:00.

Presale : 15€
Phone : 0475.43.48.86 (Be) and 06.46.58.51.11 (Fr)
e-mail : imagiscene@chrisdenerfs.com
Website : www.myspace.com/imagiscene

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Some fresh music can be heard in a new episode of Deuce Radio Show dedicated to oversea artists. YAY (Yet Another Youngster) has been selected for this playlist. You’ll be able to discover artists like:

1. Driver – www.myspace.com/drivermusicuk
2. TCFC – www.myspace.com/thechinesefireworkscompany
3. Powerage – www.myspace.com/powerageband
4. The Vegetarians – www.myspace.com/thevegetarians2
5. Joan Petur- www.myspace.com/joanpetur
6. The Authors – www.myspace.com/theauthorsmusic
7. Alchemy – www.myspace.com/alchemyaudiolab
8. a’tris – www.myspace.com/atris
9. Laura Pharoah – www.myspace.com/laurapharoah
10. Jack Roger – www.myspace.com/drjackroger
11. Ben McMaster – www.myspace.com/benmcmaster
12. Alexa Pol – www.myspace.com/alexapol
13. B-Shake – www.myspace.com/bshakemusic
14. Jean Cabbie – www.myspace.com/jeancabbieiv
15. Lee Lozowick – www.myspace.com/leelozowickband

You can listen to this episode on http://deuceshow.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-05-28T14_55_34-07_00

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Folks,

it’s true that we’ve been away for a little while. BUT! A lot of big stuff happened these last days. Most importantly we’ve been busy recording new material in one of the most famous recording studios in Belgium “Jet Studio”. A lot of huge artists passed through this place to immortalize their work and you can almost smell it in the air. A lot of space, vintage instruments and weird equipment act as a source of inspiration and fun.

During these days we’ve recorded 4 tracks for our future album which will be officially produced by Rudy Coclet, one of the most important Belgian producers. This man worked with world known artists like Arno, An Pierlé, Jeronimo, Jeff Bodart, Mud Flow, Roland Van Kampenhout, Sharko to name but a few. Watch the video (in french) bellow to learn more about Rudy Coclet or visit his official MySpace page which is http://www.myspace.com/rudycoclet

RUDY COCLET par Moodio

We’ve been quite excited about this experience and this excitement should be perceptible in our upcoming album. We hope you’ll like it.

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For all you guys who missed the last broadcast of the New Talent Show on Radio Seagull [www.radioseagull.com] you can listen to it again on March 28th. Here’s a complete playlist of this interesting 2-hours show.

Playlist – New Talent March 24th (Repeat on March 28th)

Hour 1

Navacross – Dont Shout
Navacross – Let it Roll
Louise Le Gry – Aeroplanes
Louise Le Gry – Friday Street
Loyal 2 no 1 – Black gold
Loyal 2 no 1 – Mind Games
The Misspent – Don’t Ever Give up
The Misspent – Mind Games
Audiorace – It’s not goodbye
Audiorace – Overdose
Lizzie B – Plasticine Man
Lost Transmission – Kings
The Fores – Golden Gate
James Todd – Dead River
Ash Mandrake – Pumpkin Brains
Grave Dust – My Lovely Ass

Hour 2

Reflections of Elephants – Osmosis Recharge
Reflections of Elephants – John Merick
David J Harvey – Fly
Phil Lewis – SAD
Phil Lewis – Shine
Rebecca Druce – Hypocrite
A Fragile Tomorrow – Long Road
A Fragile Tomorrow – Beautiful Noise
Rhesus – Big Me
Rhesus – Narcolepsy Baby
John Pippus – Oh Oh Oh
Mark – Turn it up
B-Shake – Yet Another Youngster
Nat Jay – Love when I can

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Our music will be reviewed by a new radio station… wait. It isn’t really a radio station as we used to know it. People from The Suite decided to push the concept a bit further. Here’s a little excerpt which they are using to describe what they do:

“… The whole place is rigged with cameras that broadcast live over the internet, 24/7.

As The Suite is a working studio so you will also see us play, talk, listen, debate, argue and create music.

You can log on any time and watch for free.

Everything is broadcast live over the web. If it happens between these walls, you’ll see and hear it. … “

And here’s an introduction video:

Visit their website to listen to the show: www.liveatthesuite.com

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