OFFICIAL DBR NEWSLETTER - JULY 2007

Call for submissions

This is an invitation from Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR).

One Loss Plus is DBR's latest evening-length work for violin, piano and video, which will be a featured piece at NY's Brooklyn Academy of Music NextWave Festival in November 2007. It will also tour to multiple places around the world in the next few years.

For the first time, we are accepting official submissions from all of our MySpace and YouTube fans and our newsletter subscribers that would include audio, photo, video and text, to incorporate as a part this work.

If selected, a part, or all of your submission will be sampled and incorporated into the show. Additionally, your name will appear in all printed programs and on the DBR website; you will be given a copy of DBR's brand new CD (etudes4violin&electronix), a poster personally signed by DBR, and a pair of tickets to the BAM show.

Follow these 5 simple steps and guidelines: 1] View the trailer for One Loss Plus (click on the right image) and think of an answer to this question: What is gained when something or someone is lost? 2] The answers and how you interpret the question are entirely up to you, but the answers must be created (or have been created) entirely by you (no copyrighted materials by others) and submitted in ONE of the following ways: a. MySpace: send us a message with your answer. Log on to myspace.com/dbrmission and become a friend first if you aren’t already one. From there, you can send us a message. b. YouTube: send us a message with your answer and/or a link to your own YouTube clip to our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/user/dbrmusic. c. Email: Send us an email with your answer, an mp3 of recorded voice (no music please), a photo, and/or a link to your video clip to: onelossplus@gmail.com. Total size cannot exceed 5MB. 3] You must include your full name, email address, a phone number, and city/state/country where you are located. 4] Please limit to one entry per person. By submitting, it is also agreed that the work can and will be used and altered in any way we wish in part or whole, worldwide, in perpetuity, without compensation. We will make best efforts to retain the original aesthetic and quality of your submission. 5] Submission deadline is August 1st. You will be notified ONLY if your submission is chosen. Please do not call or email to follow up. Serious submissions only. Watch the trailer for One Loss Plus

DBR's NEW CD etudes4violin&electronix AVAILABLE NOW from Thirsty Ear Recordings Known for fusing his classical music roots with a myriad of soundscapes, Harlem-based composer/performer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) premieres new multi-genre works off of his debut commercial release etudes4violin&electronix. DBR presents his own intricate series of solo works and pulsing duets seamlessly blending hip-hop, rock, funk and classical music. From Thirsty Ear Recordings, etudes4violin&electronix is the classically-driven kaleidoscopic album for discerning new music lovers with a penchant for progressive electronic music. It showcases a unified dialogue between DBR and ambassadors from today's contemporary musical landscape including Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto, DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid and DJ Scientific. etudes4violin&electronix is distributed worldwide by Rykodisc and available at retailers near you and at the following on-line stores: Amazon.com ThirstyEar.com iTunes Barnes & Noble (in stores and online) ***If your local store does not carry this album, NO PROBLEM. Please order from the store, and they can carry this album in their stock through our distributor, or simply go online or iTunes to purchase your copy.*** Buy etudes4violin&electronix now

Listen to select MP3 samples: 1) Black Man Singing Feat. DJ Spooky & Peter Gordon 2) The Need To Be Feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto 3) Resonance Feat. DJ Spooky 4) The Need To Follow Feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto 5) Divergence 6) Metamorphosis Feat. Philip Glass 7) The La La Song 8)Fayetteville Feat. DJ Scientific 9) Lava More info.

New Video on YouTube: Fayetteville Watch excerpts from DBR & DJ Scientific's performance of Fayetteville (co-written by the two of them) from the new album etudes4violin&electronix. Recorded live at the Arts & Ideas Festival at Yale University last month. Watch the video now

The early reviews of etudes4violin&electronix are in. "...he's a classical musician... a jazz improviser... he's into electronica or ambient noise. Truth is, all of these descriptions apply over the course of his brilliant new nine-track album, Etudes4violin&electronix." - Steve Greenlee, The Boston Globe "It is by playing with other composers that he experiences the wealth of interaction that complements his lust for life. His own compositions reflect the vivacity with which he commands his vocation. There are many musicians/composers whose music can be completely uplifting and sweep you off your feet. DBR is one of them." - Lyn Horton, All About Jazz Read all the reviews & check for more updates...

DBR is managed and published by:
DBR Music Productions, LLC
Rika Iino
+1 917.421.5552
music@dbrmusic.com

DBR live concerts are booked by:
Opus 3 Artists (formerly ICM Artists)
Nicole Borrelli
+1 212.584.7500
nborrelli@opus3artists.com

Publicity by:
AMT Public Relations, Inc.
April Thibeault
+1 212.861.0990
april@amtpublicrelations.com