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CMJ MUSIC MARATHON 2000
For the third year in a row, The Booda Velvets have been selected to participate in the 2000 CMJ Music Marathon at Baby Jupiter in NYC. The CMJ Music Marathon is the world's largest music business gathering, attended by more than 9,000 industry professionals, artists and music enthusiasts who converge on New York City to celebrate today's music and chart its direction for tomorrow.
NXNE North by Northeast 2000
The Booda Velvets participated at Canada's premiere new music festival and industry conference, North by Northeast in Tornoto, Canada Saturday June, 10 2000 at Rivoli. The NXNE conference helped us get up close and personal with Canadian and international musicians and music industry heavies. We met some great folks up there and won over the crowd at our showcase. For a nice review of our showcase, follow this link:
The Booda Velvets at NXNE
PHILADELPHIA MUSIC CONFERENCE 2000
The Booda Velvets participated in the Philadelphia Music Conference in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday January 22, 2000 at The Grape Street Pub.
Mp3.com
Receltly, Mp3.com, the industry's premier website for mp3, put The Booda Velvets in their Artist Spotlight with The Booda Velvets' very own song Cassius Clay as their featured song of the day. According to Mp3.com, "This band [The Booda Velvets] brings you a very hard driving, Modern Rock song with screaming guitars and passionate singing."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
The Booda Velvets had an excellent write-up in the June 26, 1998 issue of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY in the multimedia section (p133). The article featured a swell color picture of the band plus a direct quote from us. (Cameron Diaz cover)
THE BOODA VELVETS WIN GUINNESS FLEADH BAND SEARCH
The Booda Velvets won the Guinness Fleadh Band Search involving more than 150 bands from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut that participated in the competition. They then went on to perform at the 1998 GUINNESS FLEADH FESTIVAL on Saturday June 13 at Downing Stadium on Randalls Island, NYC. This was an opportunity of a lifetime for them; performing in front of thousands of festival goers alongside of other amazing performers including: Sinead O’Connor, Squeeze, Shane MacGowan, Tracy Chapman, X and others.
The Guinness Fleadh is held yearly and hosts some of the greatest performers from Ireland, America and the World! Some of the biggest names in Irish and American popular music and entertainment take center stage during the celebration of culture and performance.