What an awesome kick off of the Sunset Strip Music Festival… 13 year old rockers Cherri Bomb tearing up the Roxy with their own original songs and a few covers of the Foo Fighters, Doxy and Ana Lovelis songs.  Rocks next generation opened up for Filter (hey man nice shot….) but earlier in the night got to walk the red carpet at the House of Blues for the tribute to Slash, who was recognized for his 20+ years on the strip made famous during the time with Guns and Roses.  The Smashing Pumpkins will headline this weekends festival.

I can’t say enough positive things about these girls and I’m truly happy to help them with their career.  They have a solid team behind them, a little funding for the 4 billboards in Hollywood and tons of music industry folks asking a lot of questions.  Most importantly though – they have a work ethic that is unmatched and a desire to truly craft brilliant songs that will hopefully change a generation.  It’s nice to see young girls making a dent in music and not sitting around playing guitar hero or rock band but actually playing their instruments and inspiring others to do the same.  Schecter guitars are a new sponsor!!

On Wednesday, their video “spin” had 5372 views. We at Out Of Step Entertainment thought, hmmm…. let us see if we can help grow the exposure so we pumped it through our social media channels of twitter, facebook, stumbleupon hookit and many more. Within 2 hours, it was up to 12,000 and by the end of the day near 20,000. 24 hours later- 59,000 views and growing. Now, it’s never just one person who can take credit for success like this, especially as these young girls have 4 billboards in Hollywood right now, as well as the mere fact that they are simply talented and that speaks for itself. Do you think most bands would invest like that? Only those who are serious would… which is the difference in why these young girls are being highly sought after by lawyers, major labels, etc. We are excited to assist and will keep the strategy growing with their parents/managers to bring about rocks new generation.

If you believe in the power of music and that music can change the world, then I ask each of you to truly pass this video onto others. There is simply no other band like these young girls – especially ones that aren’t buying into the whole DISNEY model of success or Justin Bieber-styled success. Okay, we like his hair!!

http://www.reverbnation.com/cherribomb

Out of Step Entertainment is ready to be represented at this summers Vans Warped Tour to promote the GREEN WASHED RITUAL music compilation.  We’ve been reviewing hundreds of bands for this new compilation and thus far, we’ve only selected 1 who we will announce soon, and possibly a 2nd from sonicbids.com We’ll likely bring back a few of the bands who we highly respect from the 1st compilation – like Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid and Pepper.

Look for BambooSK8/Concrete Wave booth at the 43 dates of the  summer concert – Warped tour – stop by and check out the bamboo skateboards, organic tshirts and other goodies that will be given out.  Most importantly is picking up a postcard which gives you access to all the songs from the compilation.  Be sure to support the passport program at the event and support the non-profits please!!  We collectively can change the world!!

www.vanswarpedtour.com

Out of Step Entertainment and BambooSK8 are pleased to announce their 2nd digital compilation: The Green Washed Ritual II.  It again merges major label acts, independent label acts, as well as regular folks who just want to put out great music including 1 chosen Sonicbids winner.  Last year, Avery Watts, who is represented by Papillon Entertainment was chosen among hundreds of artists for this slot.

Distribution will take place at the various events associated with the presenters across the country, but not limited to the X-games, Vans Warped Tour, Malouf Money cup, ASEC, Tampa AM, Action Sports Retail, as well as the many digital and viral efforts via the Internet.  To start, 25,000 collective series digital download cards will be given out with each skateboard sold by BambooSK8, up to 100,000.  This compilation was the first of its kind and reached millions of action sports and music fans.

A few of the bands included last year were: Medina Lake (Roadrunner), Ana Lovelis (DKE), Story of the Year (Epitaph), Arthur Autumn (Out of Step), Slightly Stoopid (Law) and It dies today (New World).  Check out http://www.bamboosk8.com/misc/music.php

Submissions are open to a variety of genres including: Rock, Alt. Rock, Acoustic Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Alt. Country, Classical, World, Reggae, Metal, Rap and Hip Hop, etc.  Ultimately, we are looking for something incredibly creative and fresh sounding.

www.bamboosk8.com
BambooSK8 is revolutionizing the skateboard community offering 100% bamboo skateboards instead of the typical 7 layer maple decks that encourage deforestation.

Submit at www.sonicbids.com/greenwashedritual

Lots of A&R personnel moves to report: fourteen A&R Executives left their jobs within the last eight weeks while only five new A&R Execs were hired. Among the transitions were Shawn Barron (Atlantic), Steve Allen, Ben Durling and Bill Holland (Warner Bros.), Sam Mumford (RCA), Ericka Grayson (A&M), Durius Jones (Capitol), David Wright and Angelo Sanders (Def Jam) and Jamie Nelson (Mercury).

You want to make it in the USA as a musician?  Los Angeles specifically?  Contact Out of Step Entertainment for a free chat during the next 2 weeks – email only.  Serious inquiries only.

thanks,

Out of Step Entertainment

Hollywood, California

After attending the group Y conference for action sports at the Home Depot Center from 8am-3pm, I headed over to the X-games at the Staples Center to watch the mega ramp event at 6pm, in which Jake Brown won – beating out defending 2x back-to-back champion Bob Burnquist.  Around 8:45pm, I walked across the street for the red carpet ceremony of the releasing of the X-games 3D movie at the Nokia Theatre.  A wide variety of celebrities (Pamela Anderson for one) and action sports athletes (Shaun White, Andy Macdonald, Kevin Robinson) and business folks were in attendance.  I took my intern Shawn with me and we rolled down the red carpet like rock stars as people stared like “who the hell are these guys?”  Here’s a photo with Slash.

Out of Step Entertainment

For more photos from the event – click on:

http://jeffknightphotography.com/gallery/9105772_K5gzS#606846512_L83TN

Slowly but surely, we are getting there with the large-scale music project “the Green Washed Ritual” – a digital compilation for BambooSK8.  We are currently securing sponsors, developing the website page, finalizing legal contracts with labels and management, etc.  Official release will most likely be in early September in time for the Action Sports Retail show.  Current labels on the project include Epitaph, WMG, Roadrunner, Trustkill, as well as management from Silverback Artist Management, New World Artist Management and Out of Step Entertainment.

Check out Yellow Rat Bastard Magazine (YRB) out of New York for a recent ad featuring this compilation, as well as a host of artists painting on the bamboo skateboards.

BambooSK8, Out of Step Entertainment and New World Artist Management presents “The Green Washed Ritual”. This digital compilation features more than 25 artists from major label, independent label and simply those who could care less about a label. We are also offering a rare opportunity for 1 unsigned band to be picked from Sonicbids. Go to www.sonicbids.com/outofstep and submit now. This compilation will be released for free to to the fans of action sports, skateboarding focused through numerous distribution channels including the EXPN X-games, Action Sports Retail show, Burningman, Coachella, Malouf Money Cup, King of Groms, Tampa Pro/Am, and so much more.

Submit music at:  www.sonicbids.com/greenwashedritual

thanks,
Geoff Koboldt

Out of Step Entertainment made the trek from LA out to the sunny desert of Indio for an action packed Coachella on Sunday.  This was the 2nd largest Coachella with 188,000 fans.  Highlight for me as always is seeing the Cure, who headlined (2nd time at Coachella) and performed almost 1 hour past the curfew of midnight costing Coachella $1000/minute.  For those who know the Cure, the Cure don’t even get warmed up to literally after 2 hours of playing; seasoned veterans.  Other highlights was seeing Public Enemy, the Orb, Perry Farrell (only veteran to play all 10 coachellas), X, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Bloody Valentine, and many more.  Many art installations were found throughout the polo fields, many of which can be found at Burningman.  The Do Lab did a wonderful job of spraying people down with cold water and providing top notch beats.  Looking forward to next year…

Out of Step Entertainment artist Ana Lovelis

www.analovelis.com - ANA LOVELIS

www.myspace.com/analovelis - ANA LOVELIS

www.twitter.com/thefallenwoman - FALLEN WOMAN

www.myspace.com/doxyband - DOXY

We are currently in development on a scripted TV series for Ms. Lovelis, who is the essence of pure talented genius.

www.twitter.com/outofstep90272

 5/1/9

OUT OF STEP ENTERTAINMENT will be revamping the website to reflect the new business strategy for 2009.  We thank you humbly for all of your support and look forward to bringing you many great new artists/bands that will inspire you.

In the meantime, you can find us at:

www.myspace.com/outofstepla 

www.sonicbids.com/outofstep  – TAKING SUBMISSIONS NOW!!

thanks,

Geoff Koboldt, President

OUT OF STEP ENTERTAINMENT

8033 Sunset Blvd.

Suite 186

Hollywood, CA 90046

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