Platinum-Selling Recording Artist Gavin Degraw’s Highly-Anticipated
Album Available to Listen to in Full Only on iLike
DeGraw Brings His Intimate New Album, FREE, Directly To Fans
Via iLike
SEATTLE & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beginning today (March 30, 2009), platinum-selling recording artist Gavin
DeGraw will world-premiere his not-yet-released album, FREE,
exclusively on iLike, the leading social music discovery service.
The exclusive iLike listening event will culminate with the retail
release of FREE on March 31, 2009.
“My intention on FREE was to stay out of the way of the
songs,” said Gavin DeGraw. “We kept the production very minimal
in order to get everything that lies between me and the audience out of
the way. By removing all the bells and whistles, you really make room
for someone to pay attention to the songwriting. Likewise, through iLike
I’m bringing my new album directly to fans in an intimate way -- with no
middlemen or editorializing.”
“Gavin DeGraw is one of the most magnetic voices in popular music,” said Ali
Partovi, CEO of iLike. “I’m delighted to support Gavin’s vision of
connecting directly with his legions of fans.”
FREE, DeGraw’s stripped-down 9-track collection of songs,
is the follow-up to his self-titled 2008 Top 10 album. “It isn’t about
the biggest, the strongest, or the loudest,” said DeGraw. “It’s about
simplicity in its purest form. FREE doesn’t sound like the
big machine. It sounds like where you go to escape the big
machine.” In keeping with this intimate approach, DeGraw will hit the
road on March 27, 2009 for an extensive spring tour he has dubbed his “Where
It Began” tour, in which audiences will be taken on a musical
journey back to DeGraw’s roots for a series of intimate full band and
solo performances. “We’ll take a similar approach to the live shows as
we did on the album and with the iLike album premiere,” he says. “This
tour is all about creating that very close connection with the audience.”
iLike will syndicate DeGraw’s album stream across iLike.com, iLike’s
dominant Facebook® music app, and other leading social networks
and online platforms including the iLike Sidebar for iTunes (www.iLike.com/download).
To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication tool for artists,
go to: www.iLike.com/forartists.
To listen to Gavin DeGraw’s new album in full and free of charge, visit
his iLike artist page beginning on Sunday (March 29, 2009) at www.iLike.com/GavinDeGraw
About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the
dominant music application on iGoogle, Facebook® and other leading
platforms. With more than 40 million registered users, iLike helps
people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert
alerts. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard
from which to reach fans, manage their presence across multiple
channels, and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also
runs indie music site GarageBand.com.
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trademark of Microsoft Corp.
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