SHAOLIN TEMPLE OF BOOM

APM Music, Heineken Ultimate Playlist, New Merch

David Alvarez Photography — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:11:36 +0000

Great news! The entire "Duel" CD is now included in APM Music’s Film/TV/Video game Soundtrack Licencing compilation "Dark Delicacies 2" Very excited that APM saw it fit to include the entire Duel album (All 6 songs)

Check it out here http://www.apmmusic.com/featured-albums/r/reverbnation-music/dark-delicacies-2

If you have an iTunes Ping account be sure to join me there as I will have exclusive videos going behind the scenes of the new album set for release in Jan 2011. Once you’re in your Ping account just do a search in the people section for "Shaolin Temple of BooM" and it will come up. Check out this video blog here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0te2r_Tj4Y

http://www.youtube.com/v/m0te2r_Tj4Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0×999999

Starting this Wednesday Heineken will feature "Into Nothing" on their Heineken Ultimate Playlist http://www.reverbnation.com/heineken

If SToB gets the most downloads it will be featured in their featured artists section which will mean very good exposure for SToB, so it’s a win/win situation as it’s incredibly easy to download just sign in with your facebook account and click the download link for "Into Nothing"

I will send an email once it’s up…

In the last newsletter I made my EPK open for anyone to send to their favorite magazines, music blogs, radio stations and a lot of you responded by showing an unbelieveable support for Shaolin Temple of BooM. For example here is Dan from the UK, and the STOBHEAD of the UK streetteams, who sent me this email.

"October 14 at 4:46pm

www.rockradio.co.uk –emailed them the epk, etc posted on their fb wall

http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/ -contacted programme director, Station co-ordinator, and the chief engineer, also emailed kerrang@kerrangradio.co.uk with the epk, etc
posted on their fb wall

www.nme.com –emailed them the epk, etc posted on their fb wall
Posted a couple of stob threads on the nme message boards but they haven’t been approved by the moderators yet..

details for metal hammer (hugely successful uk magazine and radio station)
• Editor
Alexander Milas
• Production Editor: Vanessa Hards
• Deputy Editor:Caren Gibson
• Editor At Large (Incoming/Online): James Gill
• Reviews Editor: Jonathan Selzer

Ep/single reviews- send to:
Reviews Editor,
Metal Hammer,
1 Balcombe Street,
London,
NW1 6NA

Demo reviews- send to:
Demo Reviews,
1 Balcombe Street,
London,
NW1 6NA.

If you have a specific enquiry about album / EP / single / demo, please send an e-mail to James Gill

im guna grab some food and scope out some more potential targets, and do some twittering at these ppl too "

It’s this type of support that is going help Shaolin Temple of BooM grow, so if you have a favorite magazine, music blog, radio station, DJ, WHATEVER….. that you want to introduce to SToB, the power is now in your hands! Spread the GOSPEL OF BOOM!

Use this url for the EPK to send in your emails http://www.reverbnation.com/c./rpk/109545?access_code=537d9f303907884bd2df&auto_play=true

I will have new shirt designs by the end of this week, it will be a very big step up for SToB merch and different than typical merch as it will contain original artwork by me (Not vector images or pre-manufactured images)

But I just received this image from STOBHEAD Ginny from California, showing off her limited edition "Duel" shirt and CD

Here is a pic of me wearing a Duel shirt when the shipment first came in

That’s it for now….

Till the next time

-David

Shaolin Temple of BooM

David Alvarez Photography — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:23:49 +0000

Transference, Duel, Into Nothing, Passenger, Mansions of Thought and Evil are on APM music’s Dark Delicacies Soundtrack Licencing compilation perfect for Halloween and beyond, dark yet melodic music with electronics and orchestration. http://www.apmmusic.com/featured-albums/r/reverbnation-music/dark-delicacies-2

Shaolin Temple of BooM on Heineken’s Ultimate Playlist

David Alvarez Photography — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:20:33 +0000

Shaolin Temple of BooM’s “Into Nothing” has been chosen as 1 of 60 songs that have been selected from over millions of bands to be on Heineken’s Ultimate Playlist. More details to follow.

Shaolin Temple of BooM interview with FiXT Magazine

David Alvarez Photography — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:59:43 +0000

FiXT News Exclusive Interview with Shaolin Temple of BooM

FiXT News recently caught up with David Alvarez from Shaolin Temple of BooM for a detailed look at his latest album Duel, his musical history, thoughts on music distribution and some of his plans for 2011 and beyond…(Interview Excerpt):FiXT News: What inspired the latest release Duel?David Alvarez: SToB has been growing steadily for the last 3 years so when it came time for me to record this new album I saw an opportunity to take both “Into Nothing” and “Evil” out of their home demo state. I wanted to record them in a studio to get the production up to where I wanted and have these songs realize their full potential. Even though those songs have been played on KROQ and satellite radio as well as having been downloaded over 100 thousand times worldwide, they were still very much home demos. If you solo the tracks you can hear a ghetto bird (helicopter) flying overhead in a vocal track or a plane flying by. Not to mention on “Evil” you can hear my old desktop, which was on its last legs of existence, making a clicking sound while it was recording so you would hear it in the background whenever I used a mic to record vocals or acoustic guitar for example. I made a choice to upgrade those two songs into what I consider official versions, even though my budget was a fraction of what indie and major label budgets would be. I feel this album can compete with major and independent label bands in terms of production. In terms of licensing, what held those songs back in the past definitely was the home demo qualities of the recordings. These new versions of the songs are already set to be licensed and that is something I am very happy about since I’ve been wanting to license my music for quite some time, currently my whole catalog is under contract. In terms of the new songs, “Duel,” “Passenger” and “Transference,” I wanted to experiment with orchestral parts more and continue on in an electronic rock-infused sound.Read More at FiXT News

Shaolin Temple of BooM – Duel

Help SToB grow!

David Alvarez Photography — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:37:04 +0000

Help SToB Grow! http://www.reverbnation.com/c/fr5/artist_38668?eid=A38668_5957722_

Interesting post on Mashable about digital music startups.

David Alvarez Photography — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:28:09 +0000

I thought this article was interesting, but what’s more interesting are the comments people made about the article. http://mashable.com/2010/10/17/imeem-music-startups/

UFOs over New York?

David Alvarez Photography — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:41:22 +0000

I’ve seen these in Los Angeles, I am not sure if it was balloons….or something else… but these things are seen world wide
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/39670997#39670997

Shaolin Temple of BooM interview with WMUV 88.1

David Alvarez Photography — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:33:37 +0000

My interview with FiXT

David Alvarez Photography — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:27:17 +0000

Go here and be sure to spread the word http://fixtstore.com/news/?p=2141

YUM

David Alvarez Photography — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:36:47 +0000

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101012/bs_yblog_upshot/mcdonalds-happy-meal-resists-decomposition-for-six-months