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44 Labels / Record Deals 7 Song placements 7 Sync Licensing: TV / Movies / Video Games 6 Sync Licensing: Advertising 3 Radio Playlisting 2 Publishing Deal 2 Production Deals 2 Management Deals 1 Exposure Opportunity 1 Distribution Deals
49 fully mastered 47 broadcast ready 41 rough mixes
49 Negotiable or N/A
10 Not Available 3 $1 - $100 2 $251 - $500 12 $501 - $1,000 19 $1,001 - $1,500 2 $1,500 - $2,000 1 $3,001 - $5,000
Artistry Worldwide Seeking Artists for Label Roster Consideration
Artistry Worldwide is looking for amazing artists to sign to our label division. We specialize in Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B, but are open to all genres if you have an original sound that we have to hear. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. We look forward to hearing your submissions. We have relationships with UMG, WB, Sony, BMG,Live Nation, AEG, Azoff, Roc Nation, Beyonce/Parkwood, Itunes, and more. Our approach is 'Artistry first,' and we stand behind the statement: "Works of art make rules. Rules do not make works of art"
Artistry Worldwide is a new media company headed by Max Gousse based out of Los Angeles with a hub in emerging markets such as Toronto, Dubai, London, and Seoul. The mission for Artistry Worldwide is quite simple: to become the number one brand in developing new talent in media worldwide.
- Artistry Worldwide
Compensation: $1,000+
Artist Roster Consideration at DigSin
Digital Single Label Deals Available At DigSin
We are constantly looking for new music to work with and would love to listen to what you have. Even if your music is not selected, we will let you know what we thought of the song.
With a focus on artist-friendly deals, smart marketing budgets, and deep industry connections, DigSin artists are positioned for greatness with more flexibility than other labels.
Our current roster includes: Paradise Fears, Bronze Radio Return, Connie Lim, Jenn Bostic, Lauren Shera, Like Swimming, NNXT, Richard Barone, and Stargroves
Seeking Music for eOne UK - Label Release & Management
We are always looking for great music across all genres for eOne UK. We're looking for outstanding artists for possible label release or management. UK radio friendly music a bonus. Please submit your best tracks for consideration.
Entertainment One Ltd. is a global independent studio that specialises in the development, acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The Company's rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 100,000 hours of film and television content and approximately 40,000 music tracks.
- Ted May - Managing Director UK - eOne Music
Deal Type: Label Release & Management
Decision Maker: Selected tracks will be pitched for final decision
Movement Music Seeking Artists for Management, Publishing/Licensing, Label Signing
Movement Music is seeking artists for management, publishing/licensing, and label roster consideration.
All submissions will be reviewed by our A&R team for release opportunities with us or our partners and publishing/licensing opportunities for commercial sync. Available artist projects will be also be considered by our management team. Movement Music is a record label, publishing, and management company founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles.
- Zael E. - CEO - Movement Music
Deal Type: Management, Publishing/Licensing, Label Signing
Compensation: $1,500 - $2,000
Similar Sounding Artists: Blackbear, Cashmere Cat, Louis The Child, Major Lazer, Calvin Harris, Marian Hill
DeeVu Records Seeking Artists and Producer for Label Deals
We are a record label, artist management and PR company based in the south east of England specializing in quality music from any genre, especially, pop, dance, soul, house, uk garage, funk. We are looking for artists from any genre, however the music must be of a very high standard, for example, mixed and ready to master. We are also looking for new remixers and producers to work with and again their work would need to be of a high standard. We are offering recording deals on a per track basis, which leaves the doors open to negotiate deals with the majors if we are able to generate the right interest. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
We've released records by the following artists:
Jack Rose, KC Thorpe, Triptych, DJ Fen, Angel Farringdon, April, Carpe Diem, Jasmine Knight, DJ Mark Anthony, Cellardore, Leda Stray, RiP Productions, Elizmi Haze, Sandi Bogle
Seeking Songs/Artists for Publishing and Distribution
World Eater Recordings is looking for new songs/artists to pitch to our agency contacts for film sync, radio performance & commercial advertising. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Located in the NYC neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, World Eater Recordings is one of the best known studios in NYC for recording and post production audio & video. In operation since 1990, but opened to the public in November of 2000, it has become a place where artists can produce quality, commercial level content, and do so well within their budget. After 20 years at the same location, the studio stands as a symbol of the diverse artistic culture of one of America's most active communities.
- Jared Hassan Foles / World Eater Recordings
Deal Type: sync, radio performance & commercial advertising
Similar Sounding Artists: Mastadon, Bad Brains, Drake, Childish Gambino
CupaDella Records Submissions
Submissions we select will be evaluated and may be placed for 1 or more of our 3 opportunities:
1. Catalog Inclusion
2. Direct Placement
3. College Radio Play - California
Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
CupaDella strives for intimacy and signs only a few bands at a time in order to be more attentive and ensure each musician is receiving the focus and attention they deserve. CupaDella focuses on what we do best: creating music, finding talent, and bringing it to the audience. Each Artist receives the resources required to reach their full potential.
- Pedro Berumen - CEO/Producer - CupaDella Records
Deal Type: 1. Catalog Inclusion 2. Direct Placement 3. CA - College Radio Play
Similar Sounding Artists: Tame Impala, Jim James, War Paints, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Tora, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Mndsgn
Artistry Worldwide Seeking UK-Based Artists Looking to Break into the U.S. Market
Artistry Worldwide is seeking UK-based artists looking to break into the U.S. market. We specialize in Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B, but are open to all genres if you have an original sound that we have to hear. We have relationships with UMG, WB, Sony, BMG,Live Nation, AEG, Azoff, Roc Nation, Beyonce/Parkwood, Itunes, and more.
Deal Type: Label/Management Signing
TALUS Seeking Pop and Electronic Artists for Representation
TALUS is currently accepting submissions from Pop and Electronic (EDM) acts.
Artists, Songwriters, & producers may apply.
We are only interested in passionate individuals who we see potential and marketability beyond the scope of their genre.
Submit your BEST music! We will thoroughly listen and critique each submission.
- Tim White - Producer/CEO - TALUS
Seeking Artists for Label Roster consideration at Iceman Music Group INC
I'm seeking tracks and production for possible roster expansion at Iceman Music Group INC. We are looking for hip-hop, R&B and EDM joints. Please submit you best track(s) for consideration.
Tito Tahan has been in the music industry professionally for over 6 years. A producer and A&R for 50 Cent, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, J-hood, 2 Pistols, Vado, ONYX, BET, VH1, MTV, OWN, Lifetime and many more.
- Tito Tahan / IMMG / ProdcuerLife / eOne
Deal Type: Artist Signed to Label Roster
Deal Structure: 360 Deal
Similar Sounding Artists: Lil Wayne, Pusha T, J-Cole, One Direction, Calvin Harris
Seeking Artists & Producers for Mytrell Records - Roster, Publishing & Song Placements
Mytrell Records is a label distributed by INgrooves Fontana-Universal. We are looking for great artists and producers to sign. We're specifically looking for Hip-Hop, R&B, Gospel, Pop, and Rock genres. But, if you have an amazing song we want to hear it. Opportunities are available for recording contracts, publishing deals and song placements. Accepting rough demos and fully-mixed tracks. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
- Cappriccieo M. Scates / Mytrell Records
Deal Type: Label Signing, Publishing, Song Placements
Similar Sounding Artists/Genres: Hip-Hop, R&B, Gospel, Pop, Rock. Our current roster is Aarron Tyson, Danielle Parente, and Lil' Zane
Vinyl & Gold Records Music Submissions - Development & Recording Deals
2016 Vinyl & Gold Records - a division of Vinyl & Gold Inc. - is seeking emerging rappers and producers to add to their growing collective in 2016. Looking to help artists who are unique, highly ambitious, creative, confident, intelligent and progressively minded.
Our services are wide spread and encompass many aspects of an artists career, including artist development, live show booking, public relations, branding, television & film licensing, and more. We help emerging artists discover their deepest talents and work with them to grow their abilities at every stage of their careers. Currently, we are looking to find artists who will become dedicated to our common goal of building one of the strongest brands to ever grace the hip hop community by spreading our message and love across the globe. Collectively we are stronger.
Preference given to artists from Toronto and Los Angeles. Development & Recording Deals available. Twitter: @VinylandGold
Perfechter Productions is Seeking Music for Film, Videogames, & TV
We are a full service recording studio, and publishing company that are in constant communication with music supervisors, we help our artists to get placed in movies, videogames, and TV. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. We are open to Hip-Hop/Rap, Rock, Pop, Techno and R&B, and the music must be mixed and broadcast ready.
Join Multi Platinum Producer Mr. Mig's Team
Mr. Mig is looking for Elite Artists, Producers, Beatmakers and Songwriters to join his team at Maxxbeats.com, AudiomaxxStudios.com and Global Groove Entertainment! Directions: Download the FREE Mr. Mig instrumentals at http://www.maxxbeats.com on the "FREE STUFF" page. Create a song to any of the instrumentals and submit here at this campaign dropbox. If chosen, your collaboration may be used in any one of Mr. Mig's upcoming projects, tv or film placements and more!
Multiplatinum Producer, Mr. Mig Looking for Hit songs and Tracks!
World Famous EDM Producer MR. Mig looking for songs
World Renowned Producer Mr. Mig is looking for hit records in the style of Progressive House, Electro, DubStep, Pop, Minimal Tech and more. If picked your record will be distributed worldwide through Global Groove/Ingrooves/Universal.
Seeking Artists for Label Roster Consideration
We are constantly looking for new music to work with and would love to listen to what you have. We primarily work with pop, rock, indie, and country artists.
We'd be happy to hear from you, and let you know what we think of your song.
Seeking Artists and Music for Label Representation
We are accepting submissions of singles and albums from true artists. All Genres will be considered if the sound is unique and professional. We specialize in the following genres of music: Rock, RnB, Hip Hop, Reggae, Reggaeton, Salso, Latin, Classic, Jazz, Neo Soul, and Blues.
We provide guidance to artists on how the industry works, and how to get your music played.
Please submit your best fully mastered songs for consideration.
- Chris Evans / SWE Records
Compensation: $501 - $1,000
Song Quality: Fully Mastered
Drum Squad is accepting submissions for label consideration
Drum Squad is accepting submissions for label consideration.
We are developing new talent with investment backing. We immediately want to sign two acts ranging from R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, Dance, etc.
There was a time when record labels committed themselves more seriously to developing the careers of their recording artists. Today, it is much harder to find a record label committed to this goal. This is where Drum Squad steps in to help facilitate and turn acts into label ready stars.
If you feel that you have what it takes then submit your best music and we wish you good fortune.
- Drumma Boy Fresh Producer - Drum Squad
Got Beats? Submit now to producer Drumma Boy Fresh
My works load is getting thick and I'm collaborating with new producers on projects. I've collaborated with two producer from Music Xray already and it turned out to be a good relationship. Payouts range from $800-$3500. Also you retain your part of the publishing. If you got heat bring it and lets work! Myself and manager listen to all the track submissions personally.
Seeking Talented Hip-Hop and R&B Artist for Urban Major Music Label
Kurt Woodley, C.E.O. of Titans Media Group is currently seeking talented hip-hop and R&B artists for an urban major music label he's working with. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
CEO of Titans Media Group and A&R Consultant for Bad Boy Entertainment (Sony/Epic). Former A&R at Uptown Records, Def Jam, Sony/Columbia, Ruff House, M.B.K.
- Kurt Woodley / Titans Media Group
Seeking songs for Television, Film & Commercial usage
We are currently seeking Pop/Alternative/Rock/Urban formatted material for potential placement in various Television an Film projects that we are currently working on. Both male and female vocals are being accepted. All songs must be of high quality, broadcast ready, and copy written prior to being submitted. SERIOUS SUBMISSIONS please. Past placements have included Disney, HBO, SpikeTV, MTV, VH1, and Bravo.
Genres Accepted: Pop, Alternative Rock, Urban
Spiral Galaxy Seeking Male Singers
Spiral Galaxy is seeking male singers who can dance and rap and want to be part of a male singing group. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Spiral Galaxy Entertainment was founded by Grammy Nominated, multi-platinum songwriter/producer/artist, Reggie Calloway. Its is distributed by Universal Music Group and holding the ears of many major label executives.
- Spiral Galaxy Music
Seeking New Electronic Artists
New members coming to Lloydmobile Productions willing to take on clients new to the industry. Techno and Vaporwave is what we are looking for. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
- Steve Jennings / 101 Distribution / Arena.com
Seeking Artists & Bands for Roster Consideration
Mingle Music is a booking agency representing talented musicians and DJs based in the UK. We are constantly seeking out exciting and exceptional artists, and we represent some of the very best original talent the UK has to offer.
We offer a non-exclusive agreement and prefer to work with touring artists who already have a strong management team in place.
We are keen to work with artists creating music in the following genres: Folk, Ska, Reggae, Fusion, Indie Pop/Rock.
Please submit your best track for roster consideration.
United for Opportunity Roster Consideration
United For Opportunity is a new model record label/music distributor looking for independent, motivated, career-oriented artists. UFO is a one-stop shop for an entire team. From management and distribution to marketing and promotion, we offer a group of specialists under one roof who are able to work together on your campaign or be hired à la carte.
Blue Label Records Seeking Electronic Artists for Roster Consideration
At Blue Label Records, we are looking for mainly electronic artists. Sub Genres including, but not limited to, progressive house, electro house, deep house, house, tropical house and dubstep.
We aren't looking for just any artist, but like minded individuals and producers. When we find the right artists we want to offer them a record deal. We usually only sign one-term deals instead of one time release deals because we feel the need to work with the artists and give them a platform, a team they can work with to create great music. Included in the deal will be marketing, promotion and distribution.
We care to see our artists grow and we are very closely knit as a family. Whether it be going out to celebrate a new release over dinner or artists getting together to work on a collaboration. We strive for nothing less than greatness.
Personal Space Records Seeking Artists for Roster
Personal Space Records is currently looking for artists to sign. We are open to every genre that will make us excited. Please submit your best unreleased tracks or demos for consideration. PSR is an artist-run company so we envision our artist's development as first priority.
Personal Space Records ( PSR ) is an Istanbul-based artist-run creative collective and independent label dedicated to the unique visions of those we are privileged to represent.
We have offices in Istanbul and Brooklyn
Home to: The Revolters, HICCUP, The Young Shaven, Lopenstraat, To The States, Ozge Arslan.
- Personal Space Records
Metal Postcard Records seeking Alternative Leftfield Artists for Label Roster Consideration
Metal Postcard Records seeking Alternative Leftfield Artists for Label Roster ConsiderationMetal Postcard Records seeking Alternative Leftfield Artists for Label Roster Consideration. We are an independent / alt music label based in Hong specializing in new and leftfield music in all genres from the Pacific Rim region and beyond. If you have interesting music that stands our from the norm we want to hear it. Please see our bio for a list of acts currently signed.
Talented Producers Wanted for El Dusty / Americano Label
I am seeking the best producers for potential collaborations on upcoming projects. If selected, I will expect stems. Keep your submissions high quality. Primarily seeking a combination of Cumbia, House, and Trap. Make sure to submit your best.
Please, do not contact me outside of Music Xray. I like to keep things organized here.
Deal Type: Collaboration/Song Placement
Similar Sounding Artists: Happy Colors, Diplo, Chainsmokers
Seeking Country, Bluegrass, Americana or Gospel Artists for Colt Records
Seeking Country, Bluegrass or Gospel Artists for Colt Records
We are constantly looking for new artists to produce, market and promote. So if you are a Country, Bluegrass or Gospel artist feel free to submit your music for consideration. Please submit your best music for consideration and we'll get back to you.
CNR Records Seeking Pop Songwriters & Vocalists
Looking for strong songwriters & vocalists. Mainstream pop music only. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
As the largest independent entertainment company in Belgium, CNR Records is uniquely committed to developing creative talent in Belgium and internationally.
With a complete range of in-house labels, CNR is active in all facets of the music market, through successful partnerships with artists, media and brands.
Deal Type: Label Signing / Song Placement
Similar Sounding Artists: Dua Lipa, Jonas Blue, Marshmello, Clean Bandit, Zedd, Bazzi, Ed Sheeran
Looking for Original Electronic Dance Music Tracks
Payout: $1 - $100
We are looking for original electronic dance music tracks, including house, tech house, deep house genres, for label signing. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Meska Music is record label with the goal of spreading the vibration of electronic dance music. After a good start in 2013, the company now is looking for new artists, producers and singers. Genres: House, Deep House, Tech House, Indie Dance / Nu Disco, Electronica, Progressive.
- Kathy Tom / Meska Music
Similar Sounding Artists: deadmau5, calvin harris, kink
Pravda Music Seeking Music for TV, Film, Internet, Ad Projects
Pravda Music is looking for indie rock, dance, trap, hip hop and instrumental music for tv, film, internet, and advertising projects. If your song is selected, you will enter into a co-publishing agreement for that particular song and Pravda Music will represent and pitch the song to appropriate projects. It will also be featured on our licensing website www.pravdalicensing.com. All licensing and publishing revenue will be split 50/50 with the artist.
- Kenn Goodman / Pravda Music
Compensation: $500+
Similar Sounding Artists: Vaults, The 1975, FKA Twigs, Courtney Barnett, Black Keys, M Ward
MyMusic: Independent Label in Poland Ready to Release Your Songs
We are MyMusic - the best independent label and record company in Poland, working with many international labels and projects. Our most well-known project is Young Stars - the best for young and fresh artists ready for big promotion and career. We are also producers of events, ready for bookings, including concerts and festivals. We are ready for you. Send us Your music, sign to our label and begin your career now!
We can send your music to radio & TV (we have also our own Radio Young Stars) and we also specialize in social media.
Tomahawk Entertainment Group Seeking Music
We are looking for songs that are trendy and trendsetting. Mostly non-explicit content and great lyrical content with excellent production. Focusing on radio airplay and Tomahawk Entertainment Group sales. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Deal Type: Graphic Novel Soundtrack or Radio Show music
Similar Sounding Artists: Taylor Swift, Rihanna, J.Cole, The Weeknd, Common, Migos, Remy Ma
Blue Bass A&R Seeking Electronic Artists & Producers
I am looking for electronic music, musicians, producers, vocalists and soloists (brass, woodwinds, and percussion) for label projects and collaborations.
Looking for finished projects as well as the option for the artist to be included in ongoing projects in which he/she is going to participate. The project(s) will focus on the fusion of electronic music with other genres like jazz, urban and world music. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
BlueBass is a record company founded in 2005 by producer, musician and DJ Sotiris Riniou aka liquid light. Focused on the deeper techier and more eclectic side of house & electronic music.
- Sotiris Riniou / BlueBass Label Group
Decision Maker: Label Signing
Similar Sounding Artists: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Thievery Corporation, Floating Points, Jamie XX, Larry Heard, Bill Laswell
Want to get your music on stores like Spotify & iTunes? Sign a deal with our record label here!
We are looking for musicians with great talent to sign to our record label! No specific genres! We accept all kinds of music, as long as it is good!
Aurora Studios is a Scandinavian company that runs both a record label and an artist management agency.
We offer a wide variety of contracts that let you choose how long you want to be a part of our company.
We would love to hear from you and hope that you will enjoy working with us.
Our platform allows your music to be listened to (worldwide) on popular music platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, and many more.
- Hafsteinn Már Sigríðarson - CEO - Aurora Studios
Label Roster Signing at Holier Than Thou Records
HTT Records releases and promotes rock, metal and electronic crossovers.
We focus on the management of commercial releases, marketing albums, EPs and selecting the best tracks for individual single release promotion. We issue quality singles or track tasters to media, ideally from the artist's main EP or album and then issue subsequent new tracks every 3 months. All music for consideration by our media contacts is followed up and radio play is reported back every 2 weeks. We also supply new release information to music business professional i.e. A&R, Publisher, Agents and our release / promotion history can be found on our website. This is a commission split deal on digital and music publishing / licensing opportunities. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
- David Begg / Holier Than Thou Records
Music Submission for Ænima Recordings
We currently have 16 artists on our roster (including members from Therion, Virgil Donati, John Baggot, progressive rock stars like Mel Collins, David Cross, Richard Sinclair, Furio Chirico, Arti & Mestieri, Il Castello di Atlante, etc..) and 20+ publications between full length albums, EPs and DVDs. We usually have 4-8 publications a year, mainly in the January and May.
We constantly follow our artists during the whole production process in order to guarantee high standards for our publications. That hands on approach has led us to gain positive reviews and buzz from the music press.
Every aspect of the song, the music, and the composition, is painstakingly analyzed and professionally reviewed to find the most promising artists.
- Mattia Garimanno / Ænima Recordings
M.I.A. Entertainment Group is Seeking Unsigned Artists
WHERE ARE THE UNSIGNED ARTISTS!!! It's time you get your break and this is the surest way to get your foot in the door. It will give you a name without trying if your music is on point. M.I.A. Entertainment Group has partnered with other producers in the TV/Film/Music industry and getting Artists Placements on TV/Reality Shows and Docu/Film Projects that are currently being produced, as well as projects in the pipelines of TV Networks. Get your music in today! All the best.
-Minelva "Mimie" Acosta / M.I.A. Entertainment Group
Templum Records Seeking Artists for Single Release
Templum Records, a London based record label, is seeking artists for single release with the label. We are working on our first label vinyl release and we would love to listen to what do you have for us.
Seeking deep electronic music (not EDM). If you think your sounds are fresh and emotional please submit your best track/s for consideration.
Similar style artists: Tale of Us, Four Tet, John Talabot, Floating Points, Apollonia, Adriatique, Recondite, Stephan Bodzin...
Our label offers distribution and promotion in a really smart way, formed by a young team of electronic music producers and engineers our aim is to be as artist friendly as possible and always trying to keep everything we do easy to understand.
- Alvaro Garcia / Templum Records
Deal Type: Single Release with label roaster consideration
Polow Da Don / Zone 4 Seeking Writers & Producers
Hitmaker Polow Da Don and his record label/management company are seeking writers and producers. The company houses artists such as Keri Hilson, Lloyd, Roscoe Dash, Ester Dean and newcomers Veronica Vega, Salo Jackson, MDMA, King and D. Smith. If you think you have what it takes to join us, submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Polow has produced for a variety of artists including Nicki Minaj, Ciara, Chris Brown, Nelly, Christina Aguilera, Kelis, Rihanna, T.I., Will Smith, Keri Hilson and more.
Seeking New Artists / Songs for Representation
This is an ongoing opportunity.
We are looking to add new artists and/or songs to our roster, for digital distribution, licensing, publishing, radio or TV airplay placements.
Recordings must be professionally mixed and mastered.
-- NO DEMOS accepted --
Preferred genres: Urban, Hip Hop, Rap, Urban Pop, World, African, Afrobeat
HIGH QUALITY submissions only.
--PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT ONCE--
- Jeremie Varengo / TRACE media group
Seeking Spanish Rappers for El Dusty/Americano Label
I am seeking Spanish-language Hip-Hop/Rap-Vocalists who are on the brink with a substantial following for upcoming releases on Americano Label. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Please, do not contact me outside of Music Xray, I like to keep things organized here.
Similar Sounding Artists: Rayden, Nach, Cookin' Soul
Seeking EDM Producers, Artists for Single Release
Seeking for original electronic dance music tracks, including house, tech house, deep house genres, for label signing. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Meska Music is record label with the goal of spreading the vibration of electronic dance music. After a good start in 2013, the company now is looking for new artists, producers and singers. Genres: House, Deep House, Tech House, Indie Dance / Nu Disco, Electronica, Progressive.
- Saxtone - A&R - Meska Music
Dirty Squad Ent. Submission
We are always looking for more artists to work with. That may include management and/or contact with our current artists and producers for features/beats. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Dirty Squad Entertainment, LLC is an independent label based in Aurora, Illinois. We offer management, marketing, and act as our artist's agent. We have 2 in-house producers to assist with production and engineering.
- Tom Hinkey - Vice-President/CEO - Dirty Squad Entertainment, LLC
Similar Sounding Artists: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Chance The Rapper, Jay Electronica, Chris Hasty
Beat Makers Wanted for Busy International Production Company
If you think you have what it takes to be a top Beat Maker / Producer in this industry, we want to hear from you!
Maxxbeats.com is a Multiplatinum Production company led by CEO, Mr. Mig whose credits include work on: Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Madonna, Usher, Lorde, John Legend, Robin Thicke, and more.
Whether it's Rap, Pop, Dance, R&B, or Gospel, let us hear what you have!
Send us your hottest track to listen to and if chosen you may be one of only a select few producers to be asked to join an elite team of Producers. Good luck.
Seeking New Talent for Higher Reign Music Group - Songwriters, Producers, & Artists
Looking to sign songwriters, producers, and artists. At Higher Reign Music Group we have three different sides of the business. We have the label aspect, publishing, and the studio aspect. Our qualified and creative team is hands-on when it comes to developing new talent. When we take on a new artist, author and/or composer, we strive to facilitate his development, both personally and professionally. HR Publishing's diverse resources allow its songwriters to collaborate on very interesting projects around the globe.
- Aaron Husband / Higher Reign Music Group
Deal Type: Label / Management Signing
Brad Puckett Phoenix Artist Looking for Hits
Brad Puckett and award winning Independent Country Artist has charted over 5 songs on Billboard is looking for his next hit send over your best for consideration.
My Name is Paul Ryan I am an A&R executive with Phoenix Records. My background is 20 years in the music industry. As an artist, singer songwriter and touring performer. I also have experience in the Publishing world and I have produced over 20 albums. I am looking for the best songs for our artists.
- Paul Ryan - A&R Representative - Phoenix Records
Similar Sounding Artists: Jason Aldean Night Train, Garth Brooks Shameless


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Welsh Lamb
The chef's table
Introducing our Lambassador 2020
Lamb Day
Welsh Beef
What is PGI?
Protected Geographical Indication
Nutritional benefits of red meat
Cooking healthily with red meat
A healthy and balanced diet
Find a butcher
Butcher's tips
Uniquely Welsh. Free to graze…
Welsh livestock farmers know that if you look after the environment, the environment will look after you. For centuries, they have played a pivotal role in creating and maintaining the spectacularly beautiful rural landscapes that we know and love, and their sustainable management has helped create a diverse rural environment that is rich in wildlife and visitor-friendly, thanks to a network of footpaths maintained by farmers.
While the impact of agriculture on climate change is currently a very hot topic, it's important to remember that there are huge variations in the environmental impact of different farming systems across the world, with Wales being especially suited for rearing cattle and sheep.
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The vast majority (80%) of Welsh farmland is unsuitable for growing crops, therefore raising cattle and sheep is the most efficient way to turn marginal land into high-quality food.
The Welsh way of farming is largely non-intensive: unlike other parts of the world, where water resources are depleted or significant land is used to grow feed, Welsh sheep and cattle are overwhelmingly reared on our natural resources – grass and rainwater.
Grassland in the Welsh hills captures carbon from the atmosphere, and Welsh farmers make a positive contribution to mitigating climate change; managing this grassland by combining traditional practices with new innovation.
The Welsh way of farming has a very different story to tell compared with some of the intensive and industrial systems found in other parts of the world. With high standards of animal husbandry and pasture land management, our family-run farms have helped preserve our unique landscape for generations, and will continue to do so for generations to come.
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Email: info@hybucig.cymru
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"I'm not so sure about that," Kate murmured, turning back to her computer.
She didn't realize she'd said it out loud until she felt the weight of eyes on her. Looking up, she winced when she discovered Jethro Gibbs' penetrating blue gaze pinned on her.
Kate was spared Gibbs' reply by Abby's approach.
"Gibbs, you are *so* not gonna believe this," the forensic specialist said brightly.
"What?" He replied, after shooting one last glare Kate's way. It must be important or Abby would have waited for him to come to the lab.
"I should since only dropped them off yesterday, Abbs." Gibbs tried to be patient, knowing how much pleasure the young woman took in leading up to a big revelation.
"Well, while I was waiting for those to finish, I remembered what you said about Father Larson having been acquitted of a child molestation charge last year. I figured he'd have to have given a sample for that case, so I called in a favor with a friend of mine at the police department and got a copy of the report. While I was waiting for our DNA testing results, I cross-checked his previous sample against the one from the murder scene.
"And?" Gibbs prompted. It scared him a little that he'd followed her explanation perfectly. He also couldn't figure out why there'd been anything interesting about Larson. The man's DNA had only been taken because it was SOP - so far, there'd been no reason to link him to the crime as anything but a peripheral witness.
"So, the previous testing was wrong?" Kate asked, confused.
As he was speaking, Gibbs was reaching for his cellphone. Tony's number was on speed dial but, instead of a ring, all the agent got was a message that the number he was trying to reach was not in order.
Face serious, Kate nodded and followed, automatically checking that her gun was with her. "You think he's in trouble, then." It wasn't a question. She had a sinking feeling in the pit of her own stomach.
"What are you doing?" Kate asked. They'd reached the highway and, instead of pulling out on to it, Gibbs had brought the car to a complete stop.
"Traffic," her boss explained succinctly.
"I see that," Kate responded.
Cars were gridlocked, the freeway was so congested that it wasn't moving in either direction. She frowned at first but her expression cleared as something occurred to her.
"DiNozzo hates traffic," Gibbs said curtly. Making a decision, he abruptly pressed the gas pedal and turned the car down a side street.
Gibbs had shrugged off Ducky's words at the time, but now they rang with prophecy. Tony had been a cop - and a good one, else Gibbs wouldn't have recruited him into NCIS. He could handle himself. But still, Jethro had been plagued by a bad feeling ever since he'd heard Abby's news about Larson.
"Abby got a hit on the DNA from the suspect posing as Larson…." Kate seemed reluctant to finish her sentence.
"Spit it out, Kate," Gibbs growled, taking his eyes from the road just long enough to glare at her.
"The DNA matches that of samples collected at four different murder sites," she reluctantly continued, as if saying the words made them more real. "That's why the results came up so quickly in the database." She didn't need to add that suspected serial killer cases always got priority.
They lapsed into a tense silence again, the intermittent beeping of Kate's cellphone as she repeatedly tried to call Tony the only sound. Except for them, the road was surprisingly empty. Just the right kind of shortcut Tony preferred and, incidentally, great territory for a serial killer to strike.
Gibbs didn't answer. His keen eyes had spied signs of trouble on the other side of the highway, the side Tony would have been on, had he truly driven this way.
Slamming on the brakes, Gibbs slewed the car into a gravel-pitching 180 degree turn. Kate hung on as best she could as they lurched to a stop just short of where the skid marks began.
Gibbs was out of the vehicle before the dust had time to settle. His head swiveled as he scanned the scene but the only immediate item of note was the shoe. After crouching down for a better look, Gibbs' eyes closed briefly in relief. It was much too small - obviously not Tony's.
"Gibbs, I have a body," Kate called out in a strained voice.
Jethro was at her side in a heartbeat - the longest heartbeat in his life. Only when he got a good look at the corpse did he start to breathe again. It wasn't Tony.
The man they'd thought was the navy chaplain, Father Larson, was clearly dead. His empty blue eyes stared up at the sky; the unnatural angle of his neck making it clear how he'd died. The corpse was missing one shoe and, more disturbingly, there was a bloody knife only a few yards away.
"Where's the truck?" Kate asked, turning in a circle. "Where's Tony?
Gibbs was thinking the same thing but, unlike his more inexperienced companion, he put thought to action. The senior agent trotted over to the twisted guardrail and peered down. From the broken shrub brush and shattered trees, it was clear that something big had come through but the vegetation was too thick to see to the bottom of the slope. He stepped over the remnants of the rail and skidded down the hillside, heedless of anything but the necessity of quickly reaching the bottom. From the muffled curses behind him, Kate had followed and was none-too-happy at the branches snapping back at her.
The trail of ruined foliage finally ran out and Gibbs' worst fears were realized. The truck was indeed at the bottom of the ravine - upside down in a pond. Only the tip of one wheel was visible.
Gibbs didn't slow down. Stripping off his shoes and jacket as he ran, he plunged into the water. It was murky, but thankfully the vehicle wasn't too far down and enough daylight was able to penetrate to help him see. Gibbs used handholds on the truck to maneuver himself along its length, at once eager and dreading what he might find.
He saw Tony's legs first. Feeling his heart pound in his chest - and not from any lack of oxygen - Gibbs dared to believe. Pulling himself around to the windshield, he peered in.
Jethro could see that the younger man had found an air pocket. He was relieved, until he saw that Tony was struggling to keep his head above water. Above water that had an ominous red cloud….
Gibbs pulled frantically at the vehicle door, but it wouldn't budge. He could see Tony turn at the sound. Moving again to the windshield, Jethro motioned to DiNozzo that he'd be right back. He saw Tony's lips move and realized that the trapped man was saying his name.
Jethro kicked to the surface, the burning of his oxygen-deprived lungs not hurting nearly as much as the pain of having to leave Tony trapped, even if temporarily. His head broke water and Gibbs gulped air quickly, determined to get back to Tony as soon as possible.
"Gibbs?" Kate was wavering at the edge of the pond, face and voice fearful as she braced herself for the worst.
"They're already on their way," Kate answered but it was too late. Gibbs had already disappeared. She briefly considered diving in to help but decided against it. Gibbs wasn't expecting it and the last thing she'd want to do would be to sneak up on him when she knew he'd be firing a gun.
Beneath the surface, Gibbs didn't waste any time. He went first to the windshield and pounded on it to get Tony's attention. To his dismay, Tony's response was sluggish but it was difficult to determine why. The air pocket was small - was Tony running out of oxygen? Was the temperature of the water leading to hypothermia? Was the cloud of blood bigger than it had been before?
Gibbs gestured for Tony to stay back but he couldn't tell if the younger man understood. Not daring to wait long enough to be sure, Gibbs brought up his gun and fired. Luckily, he hadn't been in the water long enough for it to have damaged the weapon and it produced the desired results. A window blew inward and he felt the truck shudder as the pressure within and without equalized.
It also let more water into the car - filling what little airspace that had been previously trapped.
With a strength born of desperation, Gibbs yanked the nearest door open. Tony's limp body floated within easy reach and he snagged a leg, pulling DiNozzo quickly but carefully out of the car. Once he had him out in the open water, Jethro lost no time in grabbing the other man underneath the arms and swimming as hard as he could. Time was of the essence and, no matter how hard he kicked his legs, it still seemed to take far too long.
As his head broke free, Gibbs felt some of Tony's dead weight lighten. His hopes rose a bit, thinking that maybe DiNozzo had regained consciousness and was helping with his own rescue. No such luck. Kate had waded into the water and, although she was short, she was athletic, capable of bearing her share of the burden. Together, the two of them got Tony to shore and, once there, instincts born of decades of training kicked in. Gibbs' tilted Tony's head back and, after checking his passageway for obstructions, he covered the younger man's mouth with his own, breathing air into him. Kate began compressions on Tony's chest but Gibbs didn't pay attention other than a vague notion that she was doing it; he trusted that Kate knew what she was doing. Instead, Gibbs applied all of his formidable powers of concentration onto Tony's face, willing life into the lax lips underneath his own.
Whether it was Gibbs' fierce determination or Tony's will to live, their ministrations worked. After only a few moments, Tony gasped. Gibbs was barely able to move out of the way as water gushed out of DiNozzo's mouth and he quickly moved to turn the younger man on his side so he didn't choke as he vomited out what looked to be quarts of dirty pond water.
Jethro Gibbs thought it was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.
When the vomiting turned to coughing, Gibbs gathered Tony up into his arms. He'd daydreamed of a moment when he was holding DiNozzo, knowing he could never let it happen. His fantasies had been decidedly more romantic than the reality of this first embrace. Gibbs wouldn't change it for the world, however, because Tony was alive and in his arms. Wet, cold, and a might fragrant from being submerged in some smelly water, but blessedly alive.
He protested at first as Kate draped his discarded jacket around Tony, thinking she was trying to take him, but quieted as he realized she was just trying to keep DiNozzo warm. After that, she stripped off her own coat and added it on top, before taking off her cardigan and reaching up underneath the makeshift blankets to press it against Tony's side. Only then did Gibbs realize that DiNozzo's shirt was bloody from some sort of wound. He'd been so wrapped up in Tony's breathing that he hadn't even noticed.
Left only in a thin silk shell, Kate shivered a little in the cool breeze. Gibbs looked at her, all the emotion he couldn't express in his eyes, and she smiled kindly at him.
Gibbs nodded and she disappeared, the rustling of the shrubs as she climbed the slope fading as she moved further away. He looked down at Tony again, the slackness of the other man's face reminding him just how closely he'd come to losing him. Tony moaned and Jethro could feel shudders ripping through the wounded man as both cold and shock set in. Gathering DiNozzo closer, Gibbs hoped that his body had some warmth he could share.
Tony moaned again and moved, as though he still thought he was trapped and struggling to work free.
Even as he said it, Gibbs realized he'd spoken the literal truth. Ducky was right, he hadn't known what Tony had truly meant to him until he thought he might lose him. Despite the rules against dating a colleague, despite having a heart that had been broken far too many times already, despite the fact that Tony deserved better, Jethro Gibbs had absolutely no intention of letting go.
And if that made him a fool, then so be it, because he'd just learned that he couldn't live with the alternative.


The Transportation Security Administration has started a three-week trial of facial recognition technology at one of the busiest airports in the U.S. that compares almost real-time images of passengers' faces with the images on their electronic passports.
The trial, beginning Jan. 30 at Los Angeles International Airport, is one of many biometric identification trials underway at various airports around the U.S. being conducted by TSA and Customs and Border Protection.
The programs are aimed not only at making passenger security and customs lines more efficient, but also at more quickly verifying passenger identities by comparing just-captured fingerprints and facial images with verified and digitized records.
TSA wants to leverage facial images taken at specially designated gates against existing identification photos on e-passports to verify identity, instead of using temporary databases.
The approach, it said in the privacy assessment of the trial, could transfer to other "trusted identification" document programs, such as Real-ID compliant driver's licenses that match newly gathered biometric information with biometric and biographic data on existing ID.
To notify people of the voluntary trial, TSA said it has posted signs designating the technology trial lanes in the terminal.
Under TSA's trial process, passengers will present their digital or paper boarding passes to the e-Gate (electronic gate) scanner, which captures the name on the document. The scanner will then match the name to boarding pass data. If the names match, the system will extract the passenger's photo from the e-Passport's embedded chip to use for facial matching. Passengers will be prompted to look at the facial recognition camera, which captures an image in real-time. That photo is then compared to the picture taken from the e-Passport.
Positive matches open the security gates. Negative matches are referred to the document checker for review.
Facial image data will reside only momentarily on the e-Gate non-networked computer, according the privacy assessment, with personally identifiable information, including the e-Passport and real-time facial images, being deleted once the passenger completes the e-Gate process. TSA plans to retain statistical data about the e-Gate and component operation. The technology is stand-alone and not networked to any TSA or airport IT system.
Another Department of Homeland Security agency, Customs and Border Protection, also is moving quickly ahead on trials of its biometric exit program at several U.S. airports. A biometric exit capability allowing CBP to track visa holders leaving the county had been a protracted challenge for the agency, as the agency sought a way to effectively and quickly compare biometric scans at airport checkpoints with image databases.
The agency had a breakthrough in 2017, finding a way to compare photos of international travelers against pre-populated galleries created from previously collected images.
British Airways and CBP tested a facial imaging system at LAX in December based on that process.


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Cover rockets more than 400%
US blow
Aviation underwriting rates have rocketed since the September 11th attack on the World Trade Centre, putting added pressure on an already beleaguered industry, says Anne Andrews of Glenrand MIB Aviation Insurance Brokers. As an initial reaction, certain insurers issued 7-day notice of cancellation in terms of Aviation War Liabilities cover as well as the War Risks (hull) insurance, leaving some operators temporarily without cover. That clearly untenable situation was short-lived, however, and within days of serving cancellation, the underwriters reinstated those covers, but with annual premium increases of 25% on the War Liabilities cover and 50% on the hull War Risks.
Also, in the case of Aviation War Liabilities, underwriters limited their liability to $10-million or the applicable policy limit. Moreover, those underwriters who did not serve immediate notice of cancellation of cover have increased their rates with effect from renewal date, at the same time reducing War Liabilities limits by a standard 25%, and by up to 200% in terms of War Risks cover.
Further fallout for airlines is that underwriters imposed aggregate limits of US$500m on any multiple aircraft losses derived from a single event. "In general, airlines are experiencing war rate increases of 400% and higher," says Andrews.
"This is unprecedented in the airline industry; nor is it likely that rates will come down again, at least in the short term.
"The effect on airline costs will be severe and it's difficult to see how fare increases can be avoided, although the fall in oil prices will have cushioned the impact to some extent. SAA for instance has already imposed a R90 war levy on its tickets.
"No sector of the industry has escaped and everything from a piper cub to a Jumbo jet is affected. Hopefully, if the terrorism scare settles down, rates should soften somewhat."
Rand crash hits rates
A sign of the economic times is that S A Eagle, one of the leading aviation insurers in RSA has taken to adding 10% to its Hull rates if the sum insured is in US Dollars instead of Rand. However, before you rush off to change your cover into rands just remember that anyone whose aircraft was insured in rands in January 2001 effectively lost 40% of real value by the end of the year – a helluva lot worse than paying 10% to keep the cover in Dollars.
There is always an argument about whether you should insure your liability exposures in rands or dollars. One side says that if your risk is based in Africa you need only insure in rands as this will be the currency of any award in RSA. The other side takes the view that as your claim will involve dollar-based things like aircraft, insure in dollars. The third side says you can't insure liabilities in dollars anyway as it is against South African regulations.
You pays your money and takes your choice, but at least give it some thought before rushing in to a decision.
The UK is working to change the legislation regarding rights of third parties to get at insurers who lie behind insolvent companies. This will enable third parties to claim directly against the insurer when the insured is liable but is insolvent.
Regrettably, we don't have this law in RSA, which is sad for the families of DTI staff who were tragically killed in December 1999 in an aircraft accident at Rand Airport. Flightline Air Charter operated a Piper Chieftain on an international flight to Namibia and the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off due to overloading. The passengers' families were unable to get any compensation, as Flightline, owned by one Van Der Molen, was declared bankrupt. The insurers refused to pay and there was no way the families could get to the insurer, SA Eagle, under SA law. The damages would have been automatic under South African law, although as there were few dependants the awards would have been small. (In SA a human life is worth zilch if you have no dependants).
Sad to say, Flightline was again involved in a fatal accident when a passenger, and the pilot, was killed in Mocambique in similar circumstances a few months later.
Interesting to find that Van Der Molen still runs a charter operation out of JIA, and that it has once again been involved in an accident.
Henry Tours, Aviation consultant
Copyright © Insurance Times and Investments® Vol:15.1 1st February, 2002
Vol. 15.1 February 2002
Massive increases for 2002 renewals
Capacity pinch
Directors to pay monthly PAYE
Another cash flow hitch
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A sure choice
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St Paul to call it quits after 5½ years
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     NAME
	  fgluSphere - draw a sphere

     FORTRAN SPECIFICATION
	  SUBROUTINE fgluSphere( CHARACTER*8 quad,
				 REAL*8	radius,
				 INTEGER*4 slices,
				 INTEGER*4 stacks )

     PARAMETERS
	  quad	  Specifies the	quadrics object	(created with
		  fgluNewQuadric).

	  radius  Specifies the	radius of the sphere.

	  slices  Specifies the	number of subdivisions around the z
		  axis (similar	to lines of longitude).

	  stacks  Specifies the	number of subdivisions along the z
		  axis (similar	to lines of latitude).

     DESCRIPTION
	  fgluSphere draws a sphere of the given radius	centered
	  around the origin. The sphere	is subdivided around the z
	  axis into slices and along the z axis	into stacks (similar
	  to lines of longitude	and latitude).

	  If the orientation is	set to GLU_OUTSIDE (with
	  fgluQuadricOrientation), then	any normals generated point
	  away from the	center of the sphere.  Otherwise, they point
	  toward the center of the sphere.

	  If texturing is turned on (with fgluQuadricTexture), then
	  texture coordinates are generated so that t ranges from 0.0
	  at z=-radius to 1.0 at z=radius (t increases linearly	along
	  longitudinal lines), and s ranges from 0.0 at	the +y axis,
	  to 0.25 at the +x axis, to 0.5 at the	-y axis, to 0.75 at
	  the -x axis, and back	to 1.0 at the +y axis.

     SEE ALSO
	  fgluCylinder,	fgluDisk, fgluNewQuadric, fgluPartialDisk,
	  fgluQuadricOrientation, fgluQuadricTexture

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Serum sphingolipids level as a novel potential marker for early detection of human myocardial ischaemic injury.
Egom, Emmanuel E.; Mamas, Mamas A.; Chacko, Sanoj et al
in Frontiers in physiology (2013), 4
Background: Ventricular tachyarrhythmias are the most common and often the first manifestation of coronary heart disease and lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Early detection/identification of acute ... [more ▼]
Background: Ventricular tachyarrhythmias are the most common and often the first manifestation of coronary heart disease and lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Early detection/identification of acute myocardial ischaemic injury at risk for malignant ventricular arrhythmias in patients remains an unmet medical need. In the present study, we examined the sphingolipids level after transient cardiac ischaemia following temporary coronary artery occlusion during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients and determined the role of sphingolipids level as a novel marker for early detection of human myocardial ischaemic injury. Methods and Results: Venous samples were collected from either the coronary sinus (n = 7) or femoral vein (n = 24) from 31 patients aged 40-73 years-old at 1, 5 min, and 12 h, following elective PCI. Plasma sphingolipids levels were assessed by HPLC. At 1 min coronary sinus levels of sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), sphingosine (SPH), and sphinganine (SA) were increased by 314, 115, and 614%, respectively (n = 7), while peripheral blood levels increased by 79, 68, and 272% (n = 24). By 5 min, coronary sinus S1P and SPH levels increased further (720%, 117%), as did peripheral levels of S1P alone (792%). Where troponin T was detectable at 12 h (10 of 31), a strong correlation was found with peak S1P (R (2) = 0.818; P < 0.0001). Conclusion: For the first time, we demonstrate the behavior of plasma sphingolipids following transient cardiac ischaemia in humans. The observation supports the important role of sphingolipids level as a potential novel marker of transient or prolonged myocardial ischaemia. [less ▲]
Influence of access site selection on PCI-related adverse events in patients with STEMI: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Ratib, Karim; Routledge, Helen et al
in Heart (2012), 98(4), 303-11
OBJECTIVE: A meta-analysis of all randomised controlled studies that compare outcomes of transradial versus the transfemoral route to better define best practice in patients with ST elevation myocardial ... [more ▼]
OBJECTIVE: A meta-analysis of all randomised controlled studies that compare outcomes of transradial versus the transfemoral route to better define best practice in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). DESIGN: A Medline and Embase search was conducted using the search terms 'transradial,' 'radial', 'STEMI', 'myocardial' and 'infarction'. SETTING: Randomised controlled studies that compare outcomes of transradial versus the transfemoral route. PATIENTS: A total of nine studies were identified that consisted of 2977 patients with STEMI. Interventions Studies that compare outcomes of transradial versus the transfemoral route. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary clinical outcomes of interest were (1) mortality; (2) major adverse cardiac events (MACE); (3) major bleeding and (4) access site complications. RESULTS: Transradial PCI was associated with a reduction in mortality (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.33 to 0.84; p=0.008), MACE (OR 0.62, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.90; p=0.012), major bleeding events (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.35-1.12; p=0.12) and access site complications (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.48; p<0.0001) compared with procedures performed through the femoral route. CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis demonstrates a significant reduction in mortality, MACE and major access site complications associated with the transradial access site in STEMI. The meta-analysis supports the preferential use of radial access for STEMI PCI. [less ▲]
Use of the Sideguard (Cappella) stent in bifurcation lesions: a real-world experience.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Farooq, Vasim; Latib, Azeem et al
in EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2012), 7(10), 1170-80
AIMS: The Sideguard(R) stent (Cappella Medical Devices Ltd, Galway, Ireland), is a novel nitinol self-expanding dedicated bifurcation stent that flares proximally at the ostium of the side branch (SB ... [more ▼]
AIMS: The Sideguard(R) stent (Cappella Medical Devices Ltd, Galway, Ireland), is a novel nitinol self-expanding dedicated bifurcation stent that flares proximally at the ostium of the side branch (SB) into a trumpet shape thereby achieving full ostial coverage. The aim of this study is to report the utility and limitations of this stent in patients undergoing treatment to bifurcation coronary lesions in a real-world setting. METHODS AND RESULTS: We prospectively identified 20 successive patients admitted over a 6-month period in whom there was significant SB disease and who were suitable for a bifurcation procedure. The Sideguard(R) stent was successfully used in all 20 cases including several that would have been technically difficult using conventional bifurcation techniques. We highlight use of this system using five illustrative cases that illustrate its utility and limitations in the treatment of bifurcation lesions. CONCLUSIONS: The Sideguard(R) stent can be used to treat complex bifurcation lesions in a straight forward manner and is not subject to the limitations associated with conventional bifurcation PCI techniques including jailing of the SB ostium and inability to fully cover/scaffold the ostium of the SB. [less ▲]
Drug eluting stents for the treatment of bare metal in-stent restenosis: long-term outcomes in real world practice.
Appleby, Clare E.; Khattar, Raj S.; Morgan, Kenneth et al
in EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2011), 6(6), 748-53
AIMS: Drug eluting stents (DES) have had a great impact in reducing in-stent restenosis (ISR) in de novo lesions. However, long-term data regarding effectiveness and safety of these stents in treating ... [more ▼]
AIMS: Drug eluting stents (DES) have had a great impact in reducing in-stent restenosis (ISR) in de novo lesions. However, long-term data regarding effectiveness and safety of these stents in treating bare metal stent (BMS) ISR are limited. We report long-term clinical outcomes in a cohort of patients with BMS-ISR treated with DES between April 2002 and December 2003 at our institution. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty-nine consecutive patients with significant BMS-ISR were treated with DES implantation. Sirolimus DES were used in 43 patients and paclitaxel DES in 26. All patients were followed up to determine the incidence of major adverse cardiac event (MACE) rates (all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or target vessel revascularisation [TVR]), angina class and the need for clinically driven angiography. The mean age of the cohort was 58.6 +/- 10.8 years; 68% were male, 33% were diabetic, 50% had hypertension, 78% were on statin therapy and 59% were current (19%) or previous (41%) smokers. The clinical presentation of ISR was with chronic stable angina in 54 patients, 12 had a non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome and three presented with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Multivessel stenting was performed in 21 patients and bifurcation stenting in seven patients. Over a mean follow period of 4.9 years, the first event MACE rate was 20% (17 events in 14 patients - eight deaths of which three were cardiac, two non-fatal myocardial infarctions and seven TVR). Excluding non-cardiac death, the adjusted MACE rate was 14.5% (12 events in 10 patients). At long-term follow-up, mean Canadian angina class decreased from 2.3 +/- 0.7 pre-procedure to 1.2 +/- 0.4, 65% of patients were angina free and 80% were free of MACE. No differences in long-term outcomes were observed between patients receiving paclitaxel and sirolimus DES. CONCLUSIONS: The use of DES for the treatment of BMS-ISR is safe and effective over a mean follow-up period of nearly five years. To our knowledge, this represents the longest follow-up data of real world patients treated in a single interventional centre. [less ▲]
Late outcomes of drug eluting and bare metal stents in saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention.
Nair, Satheesh; Fath-Ordoubadi, Farzin; Clarke, Bernard et al
AIMS: PCI with drug eluting stents (DES) has been shown to reduce restenosis and major adverse cardiac event (MACE) rates compared to bare metal stents (BMS) in native coronary vessels, although outcomes ... [more ▼]
AIMS: PCI with drug eluting stents (DES) has been shown to reduce restenosis and major adverse cardiac event (MACE) rates compared to bare metal stents (BMS) in native coronary vessels, although outcomes in saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions are less clear. We retrospectively studied 388 consecutive patients admitted to our centre for SVG PCI to assess mortality and MACE outcomes (defined as composite endpoint of all-death, stroke, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis and target lesion (TLR)/vessel (TVR) revascularisation) associated with BMS and DES use. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and nineteen (219) patients had BMS and 169 had DES (total 388 patients). Mean follow up was 41.9+/-23.5 months. No significant differences were observed in mortality (14.2% vs. 11.8%) or MACE (37.6% vs. 35.8%) between the BMS and DES groups at four years follow-up or at other intervening time points studied. Similarly, no differences in TVR/TLR rates were observed over a similar time period (19.8% vs. 21.6%). CONCLUSIONS: We have observed that DES and BMS use in SVG PCI have comparable mortality and MACE rates, and that in contrast to PCI in native coronary arteries, DES do not reduce revascularisation rates in our study cohort. [less ▲]
A comparison of drug-eluting stents versus bare metal stents in saphenous vein graft PCI outcomes: a meta-analysis.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Foley, James; Nair, Satheesh et al
in Journal of interventional cardiology (2011), 24(2), 172-80
AIMS: Studies demonstrate that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES) is associated with reduced revascularization and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) rates compared ... [more ▼]
AIMS: Studies demonstrate that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES) is associated with reduced revascularization and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) rates compared to bare metal stents (BMS) in native coronary vessels. Optimal PCI treatment of saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions remains unclear despite SVG procedures representing up to 10% of PCI cases. We therefore performed a meta-analysis to compare outcomes between BMS and DES in SVG PCI. METHODS AND RESULTS: A search (2004-2009) of MEDLINE and conference proceedings for all relevant studies comparing mortality and MACE outcomes in DES versus BMS in SVG PCI and meta-analysis of the data was performed. Twenty studies were identified from 2005 to 2009 enrolling a total of 5,296 patients. Meta-analysis revealed a decrease in mortality associated with DES use, odds ratio (OR) 0.68; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.53-0.88; P = 0.004. Similarly, MACE (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.51-0.82; P < 0.001), total lesion revascularization (OR 0.60; 95% CI 0.43-0.83; P = 0.002), and total vessel revascularization (OR 0.57; 95% CI 0.41-0.80; P = 0.001) were significantly decreased in the patients in which DES were used compared to BMS. This reduction in mortality and MACE events associated with DES use appears to be limited to registry studies and not randomized controlled studies. CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analysis suggests DES use to be safe in SVG PCI and associated with reduced mortality and MACE rates with reductions in revascularization also observed. [less ▲]
Resting Pd/Pa measured with intracoronary pressure wire strongly predicts fractional flow reserve.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Horner, Simon; Welch, Elise et al
in The Journal of invasive cardiology (2010), 22(6), 260-5
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between resting distal coronary pressure to aortic pressure ratio (Pd/Pa) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) obtained during maximal hyperemia. BACKGROUND: FFR is ... [more ▼]
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between resting distal coronary pressure to aortic pressure ratio (Pd/Pa) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) obtained during maximal hyperemia. BACKGROUND: FFR is an invasive index of the functional severity of a coronary artery stenosis determined from coronary pressure measurements. It is generally believed that there is little correlation between resting Pd/Pa and FFR obtained during maximal hyperemia. We have therefore studied this relationship in a large cohort of patients who had undergone pressure- wire assessments. METHODS: 528 consecutive pressure-wire studies performed in 483 patients over a 2-year period were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: A linear correlation between resting Pd/Pa and FFR post-pharmacological hyperemia was observed (rho = 0.74; p < 0.0001). When a FFR of < or = 0.75 (or < or = 0.80 as per FAME) was defined as positive, a resting Pd/Pa of < or = 0.85 (< or = 0.87) had a positive predictive value (PPV) of 95% (94.6%), while a resting Pd/Pa of > or = 0.93 (> or = 0.96) had a negative predictive value (NPV) of 95.7% (93%). CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate a strong correlation between resting Pd/Pa and FFR. Resting values of Pd/Pa can be used to predict a positive FFR result with relatively high PPV and NPV. This may potentially obviate the need for adenosine infusion in a proportion of pressure-wire studies. [less ▲]
A meta-analysis of glucose-insulin-potassium therapy for treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Neyses, Ludwig ; Fath-Ordoubadi, Farzin
in Experimental and Clinical Cardiology (2010), 15(2), 20-4
BACKGROUND: Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) therapy has been proposed to provide metabolic support to ischemic myocardium. A meta-analysis that included 1932 patients performed 10 years previously ... [more ▼]
BACKGROUND: Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) therapy has been proposed to provide metabolic support to ischemic myocardium. A meta-analysis that included 1932 patients performed 10 years previously demonstrated that GIK therapy may have an important role in reducing mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Since then, many larger randomized trials investigating the role of GIK in the setting of AMI have been published; hence, the present study repeats the previous meta-analysis performed by the current authors to include these trials. METHOD AND RESULTS: A systematic MEDLINE search for all randomized, placebo-controlled studies of GIK therapy in the setting of AMI was conducted and a meta-analysis of the mortality data was performed. A total of 16 randomized trials from 1966 to 2008 were identified, with 28,374 patients included in the current meta-analysis. There was a total of 1367 deaths (9.6%) in the GIK group, with 1351 deaths (9.6%) in the control group. Meta-analysis did not reveal any benefit from GIK treatment (OR 1.0; 95% CI 0.9 to 1.1; P=0.9). Subgroup analysis of patients given high-dose GIK and in patients in whom reperfusion was not obtained did not demonstrate a benefit from GIK therapy. CONCLUSION: A meta-analysis of 16 randomized trials that spanned 40 years and involved more than 28,000 patients did not reveal any mortality benefit for ST segment elevation AMI using GIK therapy when data from the modern thrombolysis/primary percutaneous coronary intervention era were included. [less ▲]
Use of the sheathless guide catheter during routine transradial percutaneous coronary intervention: a feasibility study.
Mamas, Mamas; D'Souza, Savio; Hendry, Cara et al
in Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2010), 75(4), 596-602
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using a 6.5 Fr sheathless guide catheter as a default system in transradial (TRA) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND ... [more ▼]
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using a 6.5 Fr sheathless guide catheter as a default system in transradial (TRA) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND: TRA PCI has been shown to reduce mortality rates through a reduction in access site related bleeding complications compared with procedures performed though a femoral approach. Complications associated with the TRA route increase with the size of sheath used. These complications may be reduced by the use of a sheathless guide catheter system (Asahi Intecc, Japan) that is 1-2 Fr sizes smaller in diameter than the corresponding introducer sheath. METHODS: We performed PCI in 100 consecutive cases using 6.5 Fr sheathless guides to determine the procedural success, rates of symptomatic radial spasm and radial occlusion. RESULTS: Procedural success using the 6.5 Fr sheathless guide catheter system was 100% with no cases requiring conversion to a conventional guide and catheter system. There were no procedural complications recorded associated with the use of the catheter. Adjunctive devices used in this cohort included IVUS, stent delivery catheters, distal protection devices, and simple thrombectomy catheters. The rate of radial spasm was 5% and the rate of radial occlusion at 2 months was 2%. CONCLUSION: Use of the 6.5 Fr sheathless guide catheter system, which has an outer diameter <5 Fr sheath, as the default system in routine PCI is feasible with a high rate of procedural success via the radial artery. [less ▲]
Use of the Heartrail II catheter as a distal stent delivery device; an extended case series.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Eichhofer, Jonas; Hendry, Cara et al
AIMS: The Terumo Heartrail catheter (Terumo Corp., Tokyo, Japan) allows extra deep catheter intubation of coronary vessels and has been shown to be useful in CTO lesions. The aim of this study is to ... [more ▼]
AIMS: The Terumo Heartrail catheter (Terumo Corp., Tokyo, Japan) allows extra deep catheter intubation of coronary vessels and has been shown to be useful in CTO lesions. The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of using the Heartrail II catheter as a distal stent delivery system in PCI following failure of conventional techniques. METHODS AND RESULTS: We prospectively identified cases performed over a 15-month period in which a Heartrail catheter was used to facilitate stent delivery following failure of conventional techniques. Stent delivery using the Heartrail catheter was performed in 35 cases and was successful in 31 cases. Success rates of 100% in grafts, 95% in RCA, 80% in LAD and 60% in circumflex cases were recorded respectively. Successful stent delivery was associated with intubation depth, with 29/29 succeeding when the intubation depth was > 2 cm and failure in 4/5 cases when the intubation depth <or= 2 cm. There were no complications related to deep intubation of the catheter. CONCLUSIONS: Use of the Heartrail catheter is safe and highly effective for aiding stent delivery across proximal obstructions in both left and right coronary systems. The small number of unsuccessful cases were related to inability of the catheter to traverse stenotic proximal obstructions within 2 cm of the RCA and LCA origins. [less ▲]
A meta-analysis of the prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation in chronic heart failure.
Mamas, Mamas A.; Caldwell, Jane C.; Chacko, Sanoj et al
in European journal of heart failure (2009), 11(7), 676-83
AIMS: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the commonest sustained arrhythmias in chronic heart failure (CHF), although the prognostic implications of the presence of AF in CHF remain controversial. We have ... [more ▼]
AIMS: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the commonest sustained arrhythmias in chronic heart failure (CHF), although the prognostic implications of the presence of AF in CHF remain controversial. We have therefore performed this meta-analysis to study the effects of the presence of AF on mortality in CHF patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: A systematic MEDLINE search for all randomized trials and observational studies in which the influence of AF on CHF mortality was investigated and meta-analysis of the mortality data was performed. A total of 16 studies were identified of which 7 were randomized trials and 9 were observational studies including 30,248 and 23,721 patients, respectively. An adjusted meta-analysis of the data revealed that the presence of AF is associated with an adverse effect on total mortality with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.40 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.32-1.48, P < 0.0001] in randomized trials and an OR of 1.14 (95% CI 1.03-1.26, P < 0.05) in observational studies. This increase in mortality associated with the presence of AF was observed in subgroups of CHF patients with both preserved and impaired left ventricular (LV) systolic function. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, meta-analysis of 16 studies involving 53,969 patients suggests that the presence of AF is associated with an adverse prognosis in CHF irrespective of LV systolic function. [less ▲]


i have been super quiet in blogger land. Frequently my mind is swirling with post ideas and i can't tell you how many times i have heard from my family, "Hey, you HAVE to blog about...." But by the time 9:00pm rolls around my eyes can hardly focus enough to see the computer much less jump start my flat lined brain waves. In addition, Blogger just informed me i have exceeded my number of photo uploads so i've had to spend some time figuring out how to alleviate that problem.
i have learned in Dubai is there is NO time to be bored. The word desert used to conjure up images of vast emptiness and images of loneliness. No more. There is a constant swirl of activity to jump into. Accordingly, this post is an eclectic look at the flurry of diversions available to us the past few weeks.
Exciting birthday parties fill weekends with merriment that make mommies and daddies want to don party hats.
Getting prettied up "Hello Kitty Style!"
Results of a "bow in the hair up do."
A mani, pedi, new hairdo, some pink cake and a rendition of Gangnam style karaoke rounds off this girl's first day at the spa.
A Desert Safari is a pleasant detour from the lights of the city. The only animals you will see on this safari are camels and falcons but with all the camel sightings, the children have become a bit jaded. They no longer want to wait in line for a ride, they prefer taking to the sandy slopes.
i've come to love some of the sights of the desert. It really has a beauty all its own. Riley calls the sand 'cinnamon' which is a perfect description because it looks exactly like that. Its fine grains are unlike anything else i've ever seen.
A few random trees manage to thrive in the desert even though the wind blows away the sand from their base, exposing their roots.
...while looking for other people to rescue.
and little girls visit the henna tent.
The evening dinner show is a Tandora dancer (not to be confused with tandoori chicken) who spins around forEVER and when he stops he isn't the least bit tippy. i on the other hand feel nauseous just watching him.
A Desert Safari just isn't complete without stopping to pet the falcon.
During the Eid holiday i decided to meet up with a photography group i had recently joined to take advantage of the 24 hour opening of specific places.
The Burj Khalifa is iconic Dubai and sunrise @4:30am on the 124th Observation Deck seemed like an wonderful opportunity so shoot some amazing pictures.
Except that particular morning was the haziest day we had seen in a LONG time.
Then to top it off (you would appreciate my wit if you knew the observation deck is called "At The Top") apparently 4:30 am is a very popular time to visit the world's tallest building.
There were more people than i have EVER seen up there. So many in fact i couldn't even stand at the window to get a view. (Yes, that is someone lifting up their camera above the sea of heads to get a shot of the sunrise.) Funnier still? This pictures was taken with my back to the sunrise. It is the reflection of the sun on the building. Uh huh, that's how crowded it was.
So, i made the best of it and just started photographing the interesting and colorful crowds around me.
The Indian newscaster all "Reporting Live from the Burj Khalifa..." in his telecaster voice and requiring frequent makeup touch ups while taking up valuable window space.
Visitors actually making a purchase at the ATM which dispenses real gold.
Although my photo shoot was interesting it certainly was not what i had in mind.
The munchkins have been requesting a trip to the children's museum. In a nutshell it is a place where kids can go to pretend to work in real professions. This place was pretty much over the top and as Kyle says, "It's right up there with Disneyland."
Ambulances drive on the streets to rescue some injured child.
Riley volunteered to be an injured patient. Consequently, a group little EMTs rushed to her, inspected her and loaded her into the ambulance and rush her back to the hospital.
The great thing about this place, aside from the fact the kids LOVE it AND they have a lounge for the parents to sit, read a magazine and grab a coffee, is that the Littles have to first attend training before they can do a particular job. Once they train and complete their job they are given money that can be spent or deposited into a bank. They also can go to university to earn a degree which enables them to earn more $ for doing their job.
Thankfully, the local fire department arrived just in time to extinguish the fire.
The kids took their jobs very seriously.
When they ordered their lunch they had to go into the McDonalds kitchen to make it themselves.
and had a super fun day pretending to be adults busy at work.
A bit ironic don't you think since as adults we just want to go back to being kids.
Kyle started Dubai Little League and Chris is helping coach so our Saturdays are now filled with a little bit of Americana as they play ball under the towering Burj.
i attempted 18 hours of an Arabic class which was even more difficult than i thought and required my children tutoring me in my homework at night.
Something else new to us this month is UAE national day. December 2nd could be compared to our 4th of July. We have been taking in all the decorating that's driving around.
That colorful glowing rainbow which hearkens some of us back to the days of old school TV is in fact a cruise ship yacht. It changes colors every so often and happens to belong to the Sheik (which is pronounced 'shake' with a little clearing of your throat at the end) Too bad for him since his boat was recently down graded to only the 2nd largest in the world.
Even with all the nontraditional stuff going on around us we are still finding ways to bring our traditions to Dubai.
Ry buries her head in REAL Christmas fragrant with pine shipped in from Canada.
And thankfully our Christmas decorations survived the 2 month boat ride!
i was also able to get in a couple of races before the end of the year with some new running friends and very unique routes.
A 10K on the The Palm.
A 1/2 Marathon in Old Dubai which was scenic since the route carried over under and around the creek area and lead us through the Old Souk (rhymes with soup and means market).
And finally we have been enjoying a garden. Crazy right?! i have an herb garden that is flourishing in this beautiful weather. Better yet, i have had the privilege of teaching some garden classes at the kids' school as they have an AMAZING organic garden where 2nd and 5th graders come to study science.
Right here in the middle of the city next to Gate 5 at the kids' school is the most beautiful little organic garden. Kids can plant, harvest and eat their very own vegetables! Such a fun way to learn.
Happy December from the Desert!
As far as I'm concerned, your blogs are too short!! They are so interesting. KidZania is a wonderful experience for kids. What a perfect way for kids to learn, common sense, so very practical and fun. America should have one. My favorite picture? Riley nestled in the fragrance of the pine tree. You and your children are having such once-in-a-lifetime experiences that they will always remember.
Wow - no wonder you have no time to blog - you're very busy! Loved hearing about all your adventures!!
So good to see you all enjoying life. Fun!


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