St. Petersburg, FL, U.S.A. – HSN, the leading multi-channel retailer, has announced that multi-platinum, country superstar Josh Turner will debut his latest Universal Music Nashville release PUNCHING BAG and perform live during HSN LIVE on May 25 at 9 p.m. (EDT).  Part of HSN’s annual Americana event, the multi-platform concert sponsored by Cricket will be available live on HSN, HSN.com, HSN Mobile and through HSN’s Facebook page.

During “HSN LIVE Presents Josh Turner sponsored by Cricket,” Turner will perform tracks from PUNCHING BAG, including his latest hit “Time Is Love” and other chart-toppers such as “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “Your Man.”

“It’s always exciting for me to share new music early with my fans, so I can’t wait to perform live on HSN during the HSN LIVE concert series. I love experiencing their reactions to the new songs,” said Turner.

HSN customers will have the opportunity to pre-order an exclusive 2-disc bundle ($19.95, free S&H) on HSN.com that includes Josh’s new PUNCHING BAG release and the ICON Series: The Best of Josh Turner, which includes 11 of his number one hits, such as “Long Black Train” and “Would you go with me”.

“HSN’s robust entertainment integration strategy has transformed the company into one of today’s hottest outlets for music artists to launch their new releases,” said Andy Sheldon, EVP of Television, Live Events and Creative for HSN. ”The recent HSN LIVE debut of Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee was a brilliant success and we are excited to once again partner with the talented team at Universal Music Nashville to welcome Josh to the HSN LIVE roster as part of our Americana event.”

Following his HSN premiere, Turner will interact with HSN’s Facebook fans during a live post-concert chat.

“HSN is a great platform to promote Josh Turner and his upcoming album PUNCHING BAG,” said Tom Lord, vice president of marketing for UMG Nashville. “This live concert event is a unique primetime opportunity to showcase Josh as one of country music’s biggest hitmakers as well as our genre’s most recognizable and distinctive voice.”

For more information about “HSN Live Presents Josh Turner sponsored by Cricket” and to pre-order the PUNCHING BAG set now, please go to www.hsn.com/joshturner.

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Get Real USA announced that the company’s music division was selected to produce a soundtrack for the soon to be released comedy, “Tied in Knots.”

Get Real USA believes it is well positioned for success in the very dynamic entertainment market. One major advantage the Company has is its ability to create high quality content on a strictly managed budget. It’s this focused approach that will enable Get Real USA to produce films, video and music more efficiently: a requirement to leverage opportunities in today’s digital world.

Mr. Khalil Kain, President of Get Real stated, “We anticipate this sound track will do extremely well in both domestic and foreign markets.  The movie cast consists of actors that are very well known in the Asian and other key foreign markets.

“In addition, the movie received the Comedy of the Year award in 2010 at the Mojave Film Festival.  The sound track will be distributed through Get Real USA, Bungalo Records, Platinum Records and Universal Music Group Distribution. Profits from this project will be reflected in Get Real USA’s earnings for 2012.”

Worldwide ticket sales for films in 2011 films were over thirty-one billion dollars, as reported by the Motion Picture Association of America. This demonstrates the public’s seemingly insatiable appetite for movies. This huge demand has also created an increased demand for film composers and film music for a huge variety of projects.

“A movie soundtrack is a critical element of a successful movie,” continued Mr. Kain.  ”And our team of veteran artists, composers and producers are ready to create a soundtrack that will increase the emotional impact of scenes and influence the audience’s feelings in specific ways during a film. In other words, help make this movie a hit.”

Mr. Aaron Johnson, head of Get Real Music added, “Our primary goal is to create quality compositions for the projects we work on. However, we also plan to invest resources developing new artists and to use their songs in our soundtracks too. In fact, we’re pleased to have a group of newly signed artists representing various genres of music.”

“We’ll continue to aggressively pursue new projects in both film and music. And wherever possible our goal will be to match the talents of our signed artists with these opportunities.”

For more information visit the Company’s websites: www.GetRealMovies.com,www.GetRealMusicOnline.com and www.GetRealUSAinc.com.

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Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) on February 07, 2012 announced the signing of Nathan Chapman to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement.

Two-time Grammy award-winning songwriter/producer Nathan Chapman is widely known for his production work with Taylor Swift. Chapman credits his love of songwriting and songwriters as the key ingredient that drives his production and songwriting, resulting in over 30 major label cuts.

“We are incredibly excited to have such a special songwriting talent as Nathan join our Universal Music Publishing family,” said Evan Lamberg, President, Universal Music Publishing Group, North America, “With Kent Earls now leading UMPG Nashville and great creative executives such as Ron Stuve signing Nathan, we look forward to partnering with him in all of his creative and songwriter endeavors.”

“We are honored and excited Nathan has entrusted this UMPG team to further his already illustrious career,” said Kent Earls, Executive Vice President/General Manager, Universal Music Publishing Group, Nashville. “Nathan’s musical knowledge, immense talent and impressive work ethic make him a tremendous asset not only for Nashville but all of Universal Music Publishing.”

Chapman produced three, multi-platinum albums with Taylor Swift – her self-titled debut, Fearless, and Speak Now. Chapman holds two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Country Album of the Year along with CMA and ACM Album of the Year awards (Fearless).

Fearless also spent several weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and Country Albums charts. Chapman has been working with Swift since her debut single “Tim McGraw,” which hit Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and has continued to produce her chart-topping songs such as “Our Song,” “White Horse,” “You Belong With Me,” “Mean,” “Back To December” and “Love Story,” to name a few.

Chapman also produced The Band Perry’s single, “All Your Life,” which is currently No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Chapman is producing two songs on the upcoming Lionel Richie album, Tuskegee, dropping on March 27th which features Shania Twain on “Endless Love” and Jennifer Nettles on “Hello.” Chapman also recently worked with Lauren Alaina on her first single “Like My Mother Does.” Other artists he has worked with include, Colbie Caillat, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, and Jewel.

Nathan Chapman joins UMPG Nashville’s prolific staff of current songwriters, who deliver hits for today’s country music elite - Keith Urban , Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood , Kenny Chesney , Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to name a few. Artists of all genres seek to work with this versatile staff.

The UMPG Nashville catalog spans the entire chasm of the musical landscape: the 1940′s Folk/Blues of the Delmore Brothers; the 1950′s and 1960′s classics of Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly; through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with Don Williams, Waylon Jennings, The Judds, Alabama and George Strait.

It also includes country classics from Webb Pierce, Brenda Lee, Mel Tillis, Garth Brooks, Dixie Chicks, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill and Shania Twain. UMPG Nashville owns and administers many prominent catalogs including Bob McDill, Rivers Rutherford, Gary Burr, Pat Alger, Kent Robbins, Dickey Lee, Kostas, Troy Verges, Luke Laird, Marijohn Wilkin, John D. Loudermilk, Stephanie Bentley, David Lee, Craig Wiseman, Keith Urban and more.

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