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Shay is a media professional and creative A&R management consultant. Shay owns and operates thebuzzr.net and other companies. The companies support independent artists of all genres from around the globe. Shay is dynamic and creative, hosts a syndicated radio show, and is a professional writer.

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Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it. John Lennon

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June 4, 1976 – The Sex Pistols’ Legendary Appearance in the U.K.

The Sex Pistols appeared at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England. The now-legendary night is regarded as a catalyst to the punk rock movement. In the audience was, Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook (soon to form Joy Division) and Mark E Smith, (The Fall). Tickets cost £1.

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How To Get Your Music Heard (insert business)

Music is a competitive industry. You may have developed a sound that you want the world to hear, but with so many other talented artists out there it is difficult to get noticed. It takes more than musical talent to get heard. In music, a public image is crucial to success. Your web presence can…

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Music is the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things. Tom Petty

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June 3, 1967 – The Doors Slide One Past The Ed Sullivan Show Sponsors

The Doors ‘Light My Fire’ was released in the US, where it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. The Doors, booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show they were asked to change the line “girl, we couldn’t get much higher”, as the sponsors were uncomfortable with the possible…

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A lot of people want to put you in a slot. They want to categorize you. So I fought that because I liked all the different kinds of music. Anne Murray

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June 3, 1973 – Paul McCartney Has Two Singles at No. 1 on US Charts

Paul McCartney had both the No.1 positions on the US charts when ‘Red Rose Speedway’, went to the top of the album chart and ‘My Love’, started a four week run as the No.1 single..

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix

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June 1, 1968 – ‘Mrs. Robinson’ Goes No. 1 for Simon and Garfunkel

Simon And Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Mrs. Robinson’. Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film ‘The Graduate’, the song earned the duo a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1969.  

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