Musician Dereck Rose Wins One Billion Fans Contest

Musician Dereck Rose Wins One Billion Fans Contest

AMSTERDAM, April 9/PRNewswire/ -- Although CD sales are down there is still a lot to be gained by
connecting musicians directly to company sponsors. Re/Max sponsored artist
Dereck Rose was recently picked by an international jury consisting of Arne
Frager who hosted the illustrious Metallica in his studio, Gary Platt founder
of Full Sail University, Mike Linksvayer VP of Creative Commons Worldwide and
Sem Bakker, nineties bass hero who played the major European concert stages.

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During the last six months ten artists were carried to the top
by fans direct internet voting. This year's winner of the One Billion Fans
Contest, Dereck Rose, was hand-picked by an international group of music
connoisseurs.

Rose, a self-described "singer/songwriter and
multi-instrumental musician" was born in Jamaica, moved with family to
England where he was misunderstood and thus wrongly placed in a school for
autistic children. A world citizen, he traveled throughout Europe, crossing
into Israel, which he credits for his true musical inspiration.

One Billion Fans Judge, famed Arne Frager, owner of Plant
Studios, host to many of the world's greatest artists among them Prince,
Fleetwood Mac and Aretha Franklin, said of Rose, "Excellent music and poetry,
very versatile, a true Artist."

The One Billion Fans Contest was an initiative of Tribe of
Noise, the music sharing site which invokes Creative Commons to insure the
legality. Mike Linksvayer, Vice President of Creative Commons Worldwide, said
it is "innovative and forward thinking to allow the commercial use of music"
and it can be done easily through the by-share alike license.

In keeping with the Tribe of Noise mission, artists were
matched up with corporate sponsors. Rose's Re/Max sponsor, Melissa Miller,
lauded, "Dereck defines his sound as 'True Homemade Music' that caught our
Real Estate eye and listening to his "Painted Boots" sealed the deal." Re/Max
In Motion promoted his music on their site, blogs, and shared his MP3s with
their sphere of influence.

Another OBF judge, Gary Platt, co-founder of The Recording
Workshop, Full Sail University, and Ex'pression College said, "Quality on
Tribe of Noise is fantastic, I'm turning all my producers and people who need
great music onto Tribe of Noise. Platt has worked with Bon Jovi, King
Crimson, and McDonald's.

As the winner, Dereck Rose will be featured on the World's
Largest Digital Billboard in Times Square, NY. His winning music can be found
and shared 24/7 on the Tribe of Noise site.

ABOUT Tribe of Noise - the largest worldwide community connecting
musicians & companies by sharing music legally & hassle free! All music on
Tribe of Noise is uploaded by independent artists under a Creative Commons
3.0 By Share Alike license. To find out more about Tribe of Noise, go to
http://www.tribeofnoise.com.

http://www.tribeofnoise.com and http://www.onebillionfans.com

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Source: Tribe of Noise

CONTACT: Sandra Brandenburg, Tribe of Noise, +31-20-775-44-11 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), sandra@tribeofnoise.com

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