SDC NEWS ONE

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Ocea Fontae of "Hash the Burner, Fontae and Jaws" from Stockton California are returning to the Studio?

WEST SACRAMENTO CA (IFS) --Several of the Kenny Smith "Brain Freeze" instrumentals have found new homes in the form of new lyrics and the demo track being tightened up and some great new voices in the works.  The artist that is scheduled to work at least two of the songs for Mountain Park, Oklahoma's Platinum Sound Records, produced by Smith and being recorded in West Sacramento, CA.  The artists from Woodland and Sacramento are still trying to come up with a name and some reason to do this.  The tracks are written by RG Ingersoll, Debra T. Carter and KH Smith.

At the present, Smith has two (2) artists from the Northern California area, and one returning artist from the Hip Hop group, Hash the Burner, Fontae and Jaws from Stockton who had the smash hit radio single 'Gonna Ride (Til The End)" that still plays strong after five years.  Truly, a "One Hit Wonder" for that group.



StarMedia Radio One

StarMedia Radio One has been on the airwaves for one month now, and the new format for a new station is R&B and House.  SDC OmniMedia Group has FSN Hitsteria Radio One with Spacial Audio that also has a heavy R&B rotation that has been in service for over four (4) years now.

Reverbnation Rates Songs by IP Address

Kenny Smith continues as one of the leaders in the Reverbnation charts for several months. The joke may have back fired on everyone.  While Smith was traveling the country (USA), he noticed that Reverbnation uses the local IP address  to rate the responses of the songs in that area and places them in a "mosted requested" to "less requested".  That number comes to 1 to 100 in that category or style of music.

While Smith was in Philadelphia, his computer changed IPs and his songs were now in the mix with the local artists, which there are many in Philly.  Smith excepted to drop from Number #6 in Memphis, Tennessee to at least Number #600 in the Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York Markets that he had visited over the past several months.  What next is the following that happened to Smith's songs in those cities.

In Philadelphia,  Smith expected to be Ranked #600, instead he was #13; In Glassboro, New Jersey, Smith ranked at #6; In New York City, Smith's ranking was #3 out of 300 artists in this category.  In Phoenix, Arizona, his song ranking was in the top 10 songs.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Johanna Winkel

Johanna is of Dutch/Indonesian/Scottish descent, and began her career at the age of 5, singing on her dad’s radio program in Boulder, Colorado. She was soon starring in leading roles in musical productions and honing her skills on stage as a live performer.


At the age of 17, she wrote and recorded her first CD along with performing a live concert of her music. After High School, she studied at a Performing Arts Conservatory in Hollywood, CA.

Johanna is an excellent solo artist whose style crosses over to Pop, Folk/Rock, Country and Blue-eyed Soul. Her influences are Sheryl Crow, Jewell, Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Branch, and the Goo Goo Dolls just to name a few. 
Pop artist Johanna Winkel can be seen playing guitar and singing her original songs at various local listening rooms and music venues in the Nashville and Los Angeles area. 

Her collaboration with other musicians in both Nashville and LA has garnered a lot of attention for her music and helped to develop her unique style and sound. Her
most recent gigs include 'House of Blues' and 'The Viper Room' in West Hollywood, CA.