Press Releases
Jamendo features The Indie Band Survival Guide
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008The Indie Band Survival Guide: now online
Started as an initiative for and by independent musicians, this guide just went online (it’s still in beta). Its goal is to collect and share useful information for all musicians trying to get their music out there by any means, “to help [them] win fans globally by getting [their] […]
Matt Pinfield welcomes Indie Band Survival Guide authors
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Tune into Matt Pinfield in the Morning on 101.9 RXP on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. as he welcomes The Indie Band Survival Guide authors Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan. Members of Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, Chertkow and Feehan co-wrote the DIY guide for independent musicians everywhere, highlighting the tools and resources needed […]
AMERICAONE NETWORKS PICKS UP DVD GEEKS FEATURING BEATNIK TURTLE
Friday, August 15th, 2008 CHICAGO (July 25, 2008) – Featuring music by Chicago’s Beatnik Turtle, television network, AmericaOne, picks up DVD review show, DVD Geeks.
Penning the theme song and bed music, the band’s tunes are now being heard in 26 million homes. The band also recently released 12 albums on iTunes, compiling songs from their 2007 […]
ATOMFILMS SELECTS BEATNIK TURTLE FOR OFFICIAL STAR WARS MOVIE CHALLENGE
Friday, August 15th, 2008 CHICAGO (July 7, 2008) – A division of Comedy Central, AtomFilms selects Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, as a finalist in The Official Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge for their Star Wars video mash-up.
Entitled “Star Wars (A Film Like No Other)”, the video is a humorous tribute to the three original movies […]
CHICAGO’S BEATNIK TURTLE GOES GREEN ON EARTH DAY WITH IRISH-THEMED CD, SHAM ROCK
Friday, August 15th, 2008 CHICAGO (April 1, 2008) – With Earth Day on thr horizon and St. Patrick’s Day just passed, Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, celebrates their love of all things green with the release of Sham Rock on April 22, 2008.
Consisting of 13 rockin’ Irish pub songs energized and re-interpreted, these lovers of the […]
BAND RELEASES 12 ALBUMS IN A SINGLE DAY
Friday, August 15th, 2008BAND RELEASES 12 ALBUMS IN A SINGLE DAY
CHICAGO (March 5, 2008) – Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, will release 12 albums on May 6, 2008.
Compiling songs from their 2007 “Song of the Day” campaign, which received over 170,000 song plays on www.TheSongOfTheDay.com, the band will digitally release an album representing each month in 2008 on […]
A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF SONGS UNDER THEIR BELT, BEATNIK TURTLE BEGIN “SONG OF THE WEEK CHALLENGE” FOR 2008
Friday, January 4th, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF SONGS UNDER THEIR BELT, BEATNIK TURTLE BEGIN “SONG OF THE WEEK CHALLENGE” FOR 2008
CHICAGO (January 3, 2008) – After successfully releasing a song a day for free on their website throughout 2007, Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, begins“Song of the Week” campaign for 2008 on January 1, releasing a new […]
“THE SONG OF THE DAY” REACHES HALFWAY MARK AT 183 SONGS RELEASED
Monday, July 9th, 2007CHICAGO (July 9, 2007) – Challenging themselves to release a song a day in 2007, Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, closes in on the halfway mark-183 songs, celebrating their tuneful triumph with the launch of Beatnik Turtle Radio-a streaming audio player featuring the best songs from TheSongOfTheDay.com.
“STAR WARS” VIDEO MASHUP REACHES 5K VIEWS FOR CHICAGO BAND
Thursday, June 28th, 2007CHICAGO (June 28, 2007) – Who needs a lightsaber when a guitar and wit will do as well? In a galactic feat to make the wise Yoda proud, Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, reached over 5,000 views on their video MashUp at StarWars.com.
One Band. One Year. 365 Free Songs.
Monday, January 1st, 2007Beatnik Turtle proudly announces their latest project: TheSongOfTheDay.com, a website where, starting January 1st, they will release a new, original song for free every single day of 2007! That’s 365.25 songs!