RTP-area local music and culture

["SassyNC" <kperiman AT nc.rr.com>]

"Turn Up the Faders" by Nathan Asher & the Infantry
(http://www.myspace.com/nathanasher and http://www.nathanasher.com),
the same song that won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest earlier this
year, surpassed almost 15,000 entries from 80 countries to make the
final cut in the International Songwriting Competition
(http://www.songwritingcompetition.com). They are the only band from
North Carolina to make the list of finalists, representing the top 1.4%
of all entries.

Please take a few minutes to vote in the online portion of the
competition, the People's Choice Awards, especially if you're from NC,
as a win from here could generate more awareness of and support for
independent music in this area. Click the URL below by February 28,
2006 to cast a vote for "Turn Up the Faders." Feel free to forward this
info to your friends. Thanks for your time and support!

http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pvwelcome_2005.htm

Nathan Asher & the Infantry will play the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh,
NC on Saturday, Feb. 18 with Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers
from Chapel Hill, NC and Pyramid from Charlotte, NC. The band has also
recieved nominations by the Independent Weekly's annual Indy Music
Awards for Best Rock Band, Best Rock Album (Sex Without Love), and Best
Rock Song ("You Cannot Quit Smoking"). Please visit
http://www.indyweek.com if you'd like to cast a vote for Nathan Asher &
the Infantry in that online competition. 

Thanks!

Kami P.