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Third Eye Blind Offer A CD Package For Ursa Major

3ebThird Eye Blind have photos on their Web site of the amazing CD and vinyl packaging for Ursa Major, which was just released. The package of the CD provides: 20 page booklet, lyrics, multi-fold eco-sensitive pack and more.

Ursa Major was the #1 selling album iTunes the day of its release and continues to be top digital download.

Taking advantage of online marketing techniques while entering the independent music world, Third Eye Blind has encompassed the self-marketing operations for their first indie album.

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Third Eye Blind Stream Ursa Major On Myspace

3ebThird Eye Blind is giving fans a sneak peak of their full-length album, Ursa Major, on their Myspace profile  due out Aug. 18 on Mega Collider Records.

Taking advantage of online marketing techniques while entering the independent music world, Third Eye Blind has encompassed the self-marketing operations for their first indie album.

After 3 best-selling CD releases, Third Eye Blind has decided to utilize the independent music movement for their fourth release, Ursa Major.

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Best Buy Live Offers Third Eye Blind Show Access

3ebSave and get free shipping on Third Eye Blind’s new release, Ursa Major, and get access to a free show on Thursday, August 20, 2009, at the Crash Mansion in New York City. This offer is valid with the pre-order purchase of a vinyl or CD version at Best Buy.com.

Already taking advantage of online marketing techniques while entering the independent music world, Third Eye Blind, has set a date for their first indie album, which is Tuesday, August 18th. The album is titled Ursa Major and will be released under the Mega Collider Records label.

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Third Eye Blind Set A Date For Indie Album Release

3ebAlready taking advantage of online marketing techniques while entering the independent music world, Third Eye Blind, has set a date for their first indie album, which is Tuesday, August 18th. The album is titled Ursa Major and will be released under the Mega Collider Records label.

After 3 best-selling CD releases, Third Eye Blind has decided to utilize the independent music movement for their fourth release, Ursa Major.

“What happened is that Third Eye Blind became a playlist,” lead singer Stephen Jenkins states on the band’s Web site. “Not the albums, and not as the result of a major-label marketing department.”

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Third Eye Blind Takes On The Indie Movement

third-eye-blindAfter 3 best-selling CD releases, Third Eye Blind has decided to utilize the independent music movement for their fourth release, Ursa Major.

“What happened is that Third Eye Blind became a playlist,” lead singer Stephen Jenkins states on the band’s Web site. “Not the albums, and not as the result of a major-label marketing department.”

“We became a playlist, this completely democratic thing where there are no lead singles, no payola, Jenkins added. It’s just songs.”

The California based band is taking part of a new movement that has major label bands such as, the Counting Crows, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, leaving their record companies, and utilizing the power of the internet to market their projects. These top of the charts artists are showing the music industry that major labels can be obsolete at some point by making such a move.

The band is using its Web site to stay in contact with its fans by running contests, providing a blog and a forum.

Drummer Brad Hargreaves admits the realization that there are networks of people on the internet who provide one another with new music.

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