BoyMeetsGirl Music Blog

(geo) This is a followup to the DIY Festival mention a month ago…
Email from Ian Hopkinson recently:
Now this is a story you have to hear. They have awarded me/us album of the year for an album I don’t even have. Very funny! I submitted 6 songs online as part of an Electronic Press Kit and I think they jumped to conclusions anyway…read the press release below!
LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2006)
The 2006 DIY Music Festival has named Hopkinson as its DIY Album of the Year for his “Strangers To Ourselves.”
The album, co-written and produced with George Merrill, is the fifth recording released by the Austalian ex-pat, who now lives in Los Angeles. His dreamy, sophisticated sound was tabbed by the judges as a compelling blend of influences that’s uniquely Hopkinson.
Also honored are Fire Bug, whose roiling mix of rock won them DIY Songwriters of the Year laurels; and Spookey Ruben, whose bubbly “The Office” is the DIY Song of the Year.
The DIY Music Festival is part of the fifth annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, which takes place Feb. 7-12 in Los Angeles. The convention celebrates independent film, music and books with seven nights of music performances, two nights of film screenings and two days of panels and workshops. More information on the DIY Convention is online at www.DIYConvention.com.
The DIY Music Festival and DIY Convention are sponsored by Spaceland Productions, BMI, Sonicbids, ASCAP, SESAC, CDBaby, Echospin, Music Connection, Discmakers, Imagic, Alcasid.com and The DIYReporter.com.