Music Portal Earns Top ‘independent Music Award’ Honors

Aug. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- It’s one thing to say you’re an industry leader, but it’s another thing altogether when you’re officially recognized as the best in the business. Noisy Planet (www.noisyplanet.net) has earned the title of “Best Music Business Website 2009” in the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards. For an independent music artist or related design and multimedia outlets, winning—or even being nominated for—an IMA award is a boost to the independent music scene akin to winning a Grammy© Award. Noisy Planet has been recognized not only by IMA’s panel of industry expert judges, but also by a majority of the 33,000 independent artists who voted in the popularity portion of the contest.

Martin Folkman, creator and publisher of the IMA’s, says it was Noisy Planet’s “clean look and easy navigation that lets visitors easily identify different genres” that led to its final selection.  With a large number of competing websites to choose from, he says the IMA judges also recognized Noisy Planet’s “multiple of services, the bands in the site’s genres and the way they are presented to fans and the industry.”

Kevin Petersen, President of Noisy Planet, calls their IMA category win “a true honor from such a reputable source. The Noisy Planet team is made up of artists, producers, studio owners and tour promoters, and this award provides some validation that we have achieved what we set out to do: To help recording artists operate more efficiently and take practical steps toward reaching their goals, and for our website to make best in class services accessible to artists everywhere.”

For more information on Noisy Planet see www.noisyplanet.net

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Noisy Planet is an online showcase and music career development service for recording artists worldwide. We provide everything an artist needs, from distribution to promotions -- everything they would expect from a label without the restrictive contract.