DMA prize givers, Conversion Studios have started a new project: Conversion Live.

This exciting project enables bands to play in a professional environment while being recorded for the joy of online music lovers.

Conversion Live! is filmed and recorded at Conversion Studios in Dorset. Combining live music with exclusive interviews, each episode features 3 artists performing an intimate stripped-down set bringing the audience so close they can almost smell italmost!

For bands and songwriters - Conversion Live! brings both new and established artists a fully integrated promotional platform. Combining an established recording studio, a creative broadcast film crew, and strategic partners in online PR, social and viral marketing. Conversion Live! will increase the artists audience reach and open the opportunity to expand their fan base.

For more info go to:
http://conversionstudios.co.uk/live.php

A new bar is opening up in Bournemouth. I hear some of you groan with the anticipation of the same model of bar that Bournemouth has seen come and go for the last 15 years. But not to worry... this is one to be excited about.

The Cocktail Bar & Whiskey Lounge, Smokin Aces, will provide affordable drinks in an LA dive bar environment, combining the Speakeasy style with the comfortable and laid back atmosphere. They are striving to be different from the rest of the nightlife in Bournemouth, and that is where we come in.

We will be providing them with playlists of music that you will not hear anywhere else, local bands playing fragmented and broken down sets that they will not be playing anywhere else and events that we have been saving for a rainy day.

In truth, this will be a relationship that Bournemouth has been waiting for: An organization that has been specializing in live music and events for over 6 years and a bar who is ready to change the way Bournemouth sees its nightlife.

For more information on Smokin Aces go to their website: www.smokin-aces.co.uk

The bands who have made it through to the opening heats of the Dorset Music Awards have been confirmed. They are:

Saturday:
14.00pm - Fran Milner
14.15pm - Austin Brown
14.30pm - Bel Casino
14.45pm - Dusty Cuts
15.00pm - BREAK
15.15pm - Mischa
15.30pm - Si Crockett
15.45pm - Carlsberg
16.00pm - The Indices
16.15pm - BREAK
16.30pm - Andy Grant
16.45pm - Revellwins
17.00pm - Gehko
17.15pm - Deltorers
17.30pm - BREAK
18.15pm - James McVey
18.30pm - Nick Tatham
18.45pm - Cortes Bank
19.00pm - The Longest Day
19.15pm - BREAK
19.30pm - The Neon Tigers
19.45pm - The Otherhalf
20.00pm - StopGoSixty
20.15pm - Business with the Enemy

Sunday:
12.00pm - Lucy Davis
12.15pm - Joshua Thomas
12.30pm - Dubheart
12.45pm - NonPology
13.00pm - BREAK
13.15pm - Sarah Griffin
13.30pm - Not Made In China
13.45pm - Disco's Out (Murder's In)
14.00pm - Dollie Pronto
14.15pm - BREAK
14.30pm - Strangers And Madmen
14.45pm - Memotone
15.00pm - The Navarones
15.15pm - The Sval Bards
15.30pm - BREAK
15.45pm - Jesserit
16.00pm - Sketches of the adverse
16.15pm - The Cocktail Effect
16.30pm - Kennedy
16.45pm - BREAK
17.30pm - Lady Winwoods Maggot
17.45pm - Mutant Vinyl
18.00pm - Hot Vamp Club
18.15pm - Pachango

They will al be playing a 2 song set on the 6th/7th February at Champions Live Music Venue.

For more info go to this page

The Dorset Music Awards 2010 has launched with its very own website!.

Simply go to: www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk to read all about the competition, the new prizes and to enter.

Judges throughout the competition include Jon Webster (industry acclaimed for creating Now Thats What I Call Music and managing many great bands), Ryan Farley (A&R scout for Warner Chappell), Festival representatives from Camp Bestival, Larmer Tree & Endorse it and others TBC.

Prizes include:

• Music equipment


• Recording Time


• Disc Manufacturing


• Festival Slots


• Photoshoots

So go to the website for more information and spread the word to all who may enter.

It is coming to the end of a very vibrant 2009 and we are now looking at DUMA 2010 and the structure that it will have.

We are aiming to have news and details about it by Christmas, live on this site. Until then we are looking for organizations who wish to get involved with the competition and gain from the vast coverage it will get.

As some of you are aware, 2010 will be DUMAs 5th anniversary and we are hoping to make it a very special event with more prizes, new structures and more coverage.

Keep checking this site for more information and we will endeavor to keep you up to date with our progress.

If you are interested in getting involved from a sponsorship point fo view, then contact:
info@devils-music.co.uk