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October 10, 2008 - FINALIST IN SONGWRITING CONTEST
TULSA, Okla. - Tulsa's pop/rock band Stars Go Dim placed as a finalist in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest with the song "Get Over It."
"Get Over It" ranked as one of three finalists in the Rock category of the contest. The song was judged by a committee of professional songwriters, artists and musicians including Carlos Santana, Tim McGraw and Wyclef Jean, among others, on the components of originality, composition, melody, and lyrics.
Penned by Stars Go Dim guitarist Joey Avalos, "Get Over It" unfolds as a sarcastic shot from the singer to his former girlfriend reflecting upon her the advice she once gave him-to move on and 'get over it'. The melodically haunting and cleverly worded song is one of five tracks on an upcoming release of the self-titled EP, available on iTunes Oct. 21.
To hear "Get Over It" and for more information on Stars Go Dim visit www.starsgodim.com and myspace.com/starsgodim.
About The John Lennon Songwriting Contest
The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting contest that began in 1997. The Contest is open to amateur and professional songwriters who submit entries in any one of 12 categories. The contest is open year-round and features two sessions -- with 72 Finalists, 24 Grand Prize Winners, 12 Lennon Award Winners and 1 Maxell Song of the Year, with prizes totaling over $330,000.
About Stars Go Dim
Stars Go Dim is: guitarist Joey Avalos, lead vocalist Chris Cleveland, bassist Michael Wittig, and drummer Lester Estelle. The pop-rock group is based out of Tulsa, Okla.
October 03, 2008 - PREORDER THE EP
PREORDER THE EP
The long awaited Stars Go Dim EP will be available on iTunes October 21, but support the band and preorder it now on www.starsgodim.com. Featuring the tracks Incredible, Get Over it, Walk On, Come Around, and a new recording of Crazy. To show our appreciation, all those who buy the Stars Go Dim EP from www.starsgodim.com will get a $5 discount on our full length album "Love Gone Mad" (March 09). Now who loves you? In addition to the discount we threw in a bunch of other goodies if you preorder.
Preorder Physical EP for $5- $20 w/shirt- autographed cover, sticker, free "Come Around" music video download upon preordering.
Preorder Digital EP for $5- $20 w/ shirt and sticker- download on release date- exclusive digital booklet w/extra content, free "Come Around" music video download upon preordering.
Buying directly from the band is always the best way to support them financially. Our store accepts Visa/Master Card and is secured with McAfee. We accept international orders.
ARE YOU FROM MO/KS/OK/TX?
Stars Go Dim has shows coming up in Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Joplin, and Saint Louis. We are looking for a few nice people to help us get the word out about these shows. If you are willing to really help us we can possibly get you in free and hook you up with a SGD shirt. We would love to also hang with you while we are in town. Who knows? Maybe we can even have pancakes after the show. If you want to help just email us at Starsgodim@aol.com and let us know which show you want to help promote.
WHAT IS LOVE?
We would like to announce the winners to the "What is Love" contest. Awhile back we asked you all to write, film, or create something in regards to this ongoing question. The winners will have their name placed in the upcoming Full-length "Love Gone Mad" album. This is our way of saying thank you for adding to the madness. Thanks to all that sent in their poems, stories and thoughts on love. The (5) winners and the first winning entry are posted Here!
BLACK WIDOWS AND KICKS TO THE FACE
Joey battles Black Widow spiders and Chris plants round house kicks to the face. What am I talking about? Just the latest happenings in the life of Stars Go Dim. When we travel all over the world to perform we have no need of body guards. Even in the dark alleys of Shanghai Stars Go Dim has no fear as long as Chris Cleveland is with us. He is lethal weapon! Read about this and Joey's recent Black Widow spider attack in his September 22 journal entry...
THE STARS ALIGNING
Stars Go Dim places as finalist in John Lenon Songwriting Contest with the song "Get Over It". The song is featured on the upcoming self-titled EP available on iTunes Oct 21.
Chris Cleveland just won the latest SingerUniverse "Best Vocalist of the Month" competition for his performance on the song "Love Gone Mad". Watch for Chris' interview coming soon to www.singeruniverse.com.
Read Chris and Michael's recent interview with Tulsa Today Here!
Stars Go Dim performs to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Read about the event Here!
September 17, 2008 - STARS GO DIM EP AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER SEPT. 17, DEBUT SINGLE TO BE RELEASED
TULSA, Okla. - Stars Go Dim's first EP is now available for pre-order exclusively on the band's newly revamped website (www.starsgodim.com), and features the first single, "Come Around," which ships to radio nationwide this week.
The eponymous EP features five self-penned songs, including the debut single, "Come Around" Both EP and single will be available on iTunes Oct. 21. Each track unfolds a love story that will be revealed over time in anticipation of an upcoming full-length album release Mar. 31, 2009.
The track listing for the EP is as follows:
1. Come Around
2. Get Over It
3. Crazy
4. Incredible
5. Walk On
Lead guitarist Joey Avalos comments on the new music, "The tracks are definitely toe-tapping catchy. They're the kind you sing in your head on your way to class or work."
"We're really happy with what we have created. We remixed some of the songs and brought two brand new ones to the table," notes vocalist Chris Cleveland.
The redesigned website and MySpace features new music and content. "Our online communities are getting an overhaul. We're giving our fans some new material with a new look," explains bassist Michael Wittig.
Stars Go Dim opened for fellow Oklahoma native Graham Colton Monday night at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, and performed on Tulsa's late night show, CW's UpLate with Ben Sumner Saturday night in advance.
Wittig says of the performance, "We had a blast - It was a great night of Oklahoma music!"
"It's been a very exciting week for us getting to open for Graham [Colton] and having our first single and EP out all in the same week," says Cleveland.
Stars Go Dim recently finished as a semi-finalist in the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest in the Adult Contemporary category for "Come Around." The contest is the leading international annual songwriting event that has been noticed by music community members including Sir Paul McCartney and American Idol's Simon Cowell. The song is currently receiving airplay on Tulsa's 104.5 The Edge.
This week Stars Go Dim ended a massive online contest that awarded eligible fans with select prizes. The winners received a merchandise package, tickets for life, and "top friends" placement via MySpace. One grand prize winner also received a trip to Tulsa for dinner with the band and a private performance.
To pre-order the Stars Go DimEP and check out the new site, visit www.starsgodim.com and myspace.com/starsgodim.
June 16, 2008 - NEW MUSIC COMING!
Our plans for releasing music have been like the surface of the ocean always moving and changing form. What can we say? We are extremely busy and only want to release our very best. Your ears deserve it. What better time to reveal our “secret plan” than with the officially launching of www.starsgodim.com. We are currently working on finishing up 12 songs to be considered for the album. The “Love Gone Mad” album cover has been created as well as a great over all “concept” which we will keep under wraps for now. Just know we plan to present you with content and depth. We have decided to push back the release of “Love Gone Mad” until early 2009 so we can release it commercially. Though the album will be done this summer we need the extra time to truly set it up to be successful. With that being said we will be releasing a 5 song EP in September featuring some new tunes. As a special bonus it will come with an exclusive music video for our song “Come Around”. And to top it off, those of you who pick up the EP will get a special discount on “Love Gone Mad” when it releases in early 2009. For now we all patiently wait. Go on eating your cereal, brushing your teeth, going to work, telling people about SGD…living your life. The day will be here before you know it.
Five song EP coming in September!
June 14, 2008 - SGD ON CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO!
For those of you who may not know, a company called Clear Channel owns and operates most of the commercial radio stations in the United States. As a way to discover new talent Clear Channel started a program called “New Music”. Artists have to apply to be apart of “New Music” and not everyone is chosen. After a few months of waiting we found out Stars Go Dim was accepted. There is no voting or requesting involved. Just listening to music. Artists who have a high number of plays on their Clear Channel page could potentially get picked up for major airplay. So while your “working” away on the net (yeah right…on Myspace!) please bring up our Clear Channel page in a new window and just let it play and play. The more full plays we can get the better chance of exposing Stars Go Dim to the entire Universe…or better yet the world!
Support SGD on Clear Channel here!
June 13, 2008 - OTHER COOL NEWS!
- Starting this month “Buckle” stores nationwide will start playing Stars Go Dim music!
- “Crazy” is currently #13 on the www.alternativeaddiction.com top 20 singles chart! We dropped from the lofty #7 position. Please continue requesting and help us reach #1. You can vote as many times as you want. View chart and vote here
- Stars Go Dim has been selected as a nominee for the 2008 Independent Singer Songwriters Award Contest. Nominees will be posted on www.issa-music.org at the end of June.