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Sirius Satellite Radio is looking for local acts

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Sirius Satellite Radio has formed a new unsigned recording artist program, WAGS Recordings (Working Artist Group at SIRIUS). The program is designed to nurture unsigned artists, expose emerging artists to listeners nationwide with airplay on SIRIUS and create CDs featuring a variety of this new music. As part of the new WAGS program, Sirius will record and produce unsigned artists in its state-of-the-art recording studios located in New York City. Select songs from these sessions will go into rotation on Sirius and CDs featuring these artists will be made available through www.sirius.com. "This program will benefit the record labels, artists and our listeners. It reduces the financial risk associated with releasing new artists and gives the artists themselves a chance to demonstrate some traction in the marketplace. And our subscribers reap the benefits of hearing new music first on Sirius," said Larry Rebich, Vice President, Programming & Market Development.

The mechanics of the program, from the discovery to distribution, will all take place under the umbrella of Sirius. Working with the appropriate Sirius Stream Designer, the artist will record a CD in Sirius studios. Additionally, a section of www.sirius.com will be dedicated to WAGS with artist info, photos, song lyrics, musician credits and purchasing information. Every other week, record labels and music publishers will be kept up-to-date on these artists through Sirius Notes, the company's industry newsletter.

The company will locate the talent through a multitude of sources including music producers, musicians, the club circuit, music conventions, and Sirius-created contests.

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