Liquid Blue Hot News 2005

 

News Flash : 12/31/2005

Tickets Available For New Year's Eve at Pechanga Casino

 

For the first time in more than five years, the band will be performing locally for New Year's Eve at the Pechanga Gala NYE Event. Tickets are $150 per person which includes steak and lobster dinner, 2 drinks and party favors. There is also a room package at $639 for two people. The past few new years the band has performed in Las Vegas.

 

 

News Flash : 12/31/2005

BlueGirls to Sing Anthem at Chargers NFL Game On Sat

 

The BlueGirls will perform the national anthem for the San Diego Chargers final home game this season at Qualcomm Stadium this Saturday, Dec 31st. The game is a sell-out and will be nationally televised.

 

 

News Flash : 12/20/2005

Real Selected As Next Big Hit / Best of 2005

 

Real, the first hit single from Supernova, has been chosen as one of the best songs from 2005 by Next Big Hit.

 

 

News Flash : 12/19/2005

Liquid Blue Featured As Sonicbids Spotlight Artist

 

Liquid Blue has been selected as a Spotlight Artist on the home page of Sonicbids.com, one of the leading internet sites for independent artists. The band will be featured from Dec 19th thru the 25th. Lou Paniccia,
Member Relations Representative from Sonicbids simply stated: "We dig your music".

 

 

News Flash : 12/9/2005

TV Appearance On Inside Southern California

 

Liquid Blue appeared on the popular TV news show Inside Southern California, hosted by Lynn Harper on December 9th. The band was interviewed with Grammy Award winner Wayne Johnson from the Manhattan Transfer. Visit www.LynnHarper.com

 

 

News Flash : 12/6/2005

Liquid Blue On MySpace.com

 

Liquid Blue's mySpace site is now up and running. Click the link to the left or visit www.MySpace.com/LiquidBlueBand

 

 

News Flash : 12/1/2005

BlueGirls To Perform Anthem Six Times In Dec & Jan

 

The BlueGirls will appear at Staples Center three times in December, including appearances NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers and NHL's Los Angeles Kings. They also perform at Arrowhead Pond for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks of the NHL. In January the girls will sing for the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden as well as the Boston Celtics at their new arena in Boston. Check the schedule for dates. Tickets may still be available for some of the games.

 

 

News Flash : 11/11/2005

Sold Out! Liquid Blue Sells Out 2nd Show at Minhang Arena

 

Liquid Blue made history by being the first group to perform in the newly built Minhang Arena in Shanghai, China. The band sold out two consequtive shows with no opening act. The band performed a 90 minute set that included most of the songs from Supernova, including unplugged acoustic versions of "Real" and "If You Gotta Ask". Nikki Nova did a stunning cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" and the band also performed four Chinese songs, to the delight of the crowd. Hollywood mayor Johnny Grant accompanied the band at the start of the tour.

 

 

News Flash : 11/10/2005

Sold Out! Liquid Blue Rocks Shanghai!

 

Liquid Blue was back in China in November, with sold out shows at the new Minghan Arena in Shanghai. The band did three shows in Shanghai, selling out the 5000 seat arena twice (no other acts on the billing) and packing Century Plaza for one outdoor show. The 1st show was filmed for Chinese television. Fans lined up for autographs afterwards with newly purchased copies of Supernova in hand.

 

 

News Flash : 11/8/2005

Band Arrives In China For Shanghai International Arts Festival

 

Media and promotion was at a fever pitch for Liquid Blue's long awaited return to China. Large billboards, signs and posters covered the city of Shanghai with concert information. Can you pick out the band members in the window of the photo to the left?

 

 

News Flash : 11/1/2005

Supernova Released in China

 

The official Chinese release of Supernova has hit stores throughout China to coincide with the bands upcoming appearances there. The CD contains 11 tracks, including one song not on the original version, "Let The Music Move You". The CD cover (shown left) is also different from the original version.

 

 

News Flash : 10/6/2005

Liquid Blue Sponsors Basketball Team in Philippines

 

Back in 1997 the band went on their first of many overseas tours, to a resort in the Philippines. This year they traveled back to the same area and sponsored a local basketball team on the tiny island of Aliguay, in Mindinao.

 

 

News Flash : 9/27/2005

Liquid Blue Nominated As Best New Group of 2005

 

New Music Weekly has selected nominees for The New Music Weekly Awards, which will be announced Nov 19th at the Key Club in Hollywood. Liquid Blue was chosen as Best New (Hot AC) Group of the Year.

 

 

News Flash : 9/24/2005

World Tour Heads to Asia Sept Thru Nov

 

Liquid Blue will be in Asia starting Sept 24th through the end of November. The band will visit Russia, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and more. The final leg of the tour (November) will be in China where the band will perform in large theaters and arenas in many Chinese cities. The highlight of the tour is the Nov 10th and 11th performances at the Minhang Arena for the Shanghai International Arts Festival. This will be the last Hot News update until the band returns in Dec.

 

 

News Flash : 9/23/2005

Band Radio Mobile To Sell Liquid Blue Ringtones

 

BandRadioMobile.com will begin offering Liquid Blue ringtones on approximately Sept 23rd. Three songs from Supernova are featured: Rhythm of Love, Kashmir and Arms of Love. Click on the graphic for Band Radio Mobile (left) and put Liquid Blue on your cell phone now!

 

 

News Flash : 9/21/2005

Nikki & Michael Receive Handcrafted Avalon Guitars

 

Avalon Guitars is the newest Liquid Blue sponsor and has supplied the band (Michael Vangerov and Nikki Nova) with two beautiful, handcrafted guitars. Both guitars are from the companies Gold Series Rosewood models (L201-C and S200-C). Luxuriously rich tonal response and impeccable hand-crafted design are the very benchmark of this Gold Series. Both guitars retail at approximately $2500 each. The band is ecstatic about the great sound produced by these guitars. Thanks Avalon!

 

 

News Flash : 9/20/2005

Anything Else But is Featured on First Liquid Blue Music Video

 

Anything Else But (War) is the first music video from the Supernova album. Ironically, the song is not featured on recent versions of Supernova. Band members had very little input on direction of the video and are disappointed in the outcome. The low budget film can be viewed on this site starting 9/27/2005.

 

 

News Flash : 9/18/2005

Liquid Blue is Band of the Week at Band Radio

 

Band Radio has chosen Liquid Blue for Band of the Week, Sept 18-24. The company will soon be releasing Liquid Blue ringtones for sale.

 

 

News Flash : 9/16/2005

Liquid Blue Walks Red Carpet at Hollywood Film Festival

 

Members of Liquid Blue were invited to walk the red carpet at the Hollywood China Film Festival at the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills on Friday, Sept 16th. Guests included Jackie Chan, Oliver Stone, Kevin Spacey, Pierce Brosnan, Fred Dryer and many others. Nikki Nova and Scott Stephens did a short performance at the gala event.

 

 

News Flash : 9/10/2005

National Music Awards Select Liquid Blue As One of 10 Best

 

For the 5th straight year Liquid Blue has been chosen as one of the top-ten dance bands in the USA at the National Music Awards. The band won the award in 2001.

 

 

News Flash : 9/7/2005

BlueGirls To Sing For N.Y. Knicks at Madison Square Garden

 

The BlueGirls will sing the National Anthem for the New York Knicks game on January 27th vs. the Orlando Magic. The band performs in concert the following night (Jan 28th) for the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in Camp Hill PA.  They will also be singing the anthem for the Boston Celtics game two days earlier on Jan 25th. The Celtics are the NBA's all time franchise with a record 16 World Championships.
 

 

 

News Flash : 9/6/2005

Liquid Blue Interviewed For Adelphia Headline News

 

Liquid Blue will be featured 3 times on Adelphia Headline News on Wednesday, Sept 7th at either 6:54, 7:54, 8:54, 9:54, 10:54 or 11:54. The interview was conducted by popular on-air personality Lynn Harper, one of the most prominent names in the San Diego radio and TV world.

 

 

News Flash : 9/3/2005

Band Has Busy Week in Kansas City

 

The band did several shows in Kansas City this week. Thursday night (Sept 1st) the BlueGirls performed the National Anthem at a Kansas City Royals MLB game. Actor Peter Falk threw out the first pitch and met with Nikki Nova prior to the game. Friday was a party night with band members Nikki, Rocket and Michael all sitting in with some great local bands. On Saturday night the group did a show at the prestigious Mission Hills Country Club. Baseball Hall of Fame member and Kansas City Legend George Brett was in attendance and became a fan. Sunday morning Scott, Michael and Nikki performed acoustically at Unity Village for the 10:30 morning service. The trio received a long standing ovation for their performance of Real and George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
Kauffman Stadium Actor Peter Falk George Brett Unplugged at Unity

 

 

News Flash : 9/2/2005

Dallas Songwriters 05 Contest Nominates 3 Supernova Songs

 

Arms of Love, Making Up and Rhythm of Love have all been selected as semi-finalists in the pop/rock category of the 2005 Dallas Songwriters Song Contest. Liquid Blue is the only artist with three songs selected. Last year If You Gotta Ask won the pop category and Real won the best movie soundtrack category. 2005 winners will be announced in November.

 

 

News Flash : 9/1/2005

All Profits From Sale of Supernova Given To Hurricane Victims

 

Liquid Blue has agreed to donate all profits from the sales of Supernova in the month of September to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.

 

 

News Flash : 8/28/2005

Give Me Back My Heart Wins WRA Song Competition

 

 

Give Me Back My Heart has won BEST POP SONG in the WRA (William Robert Abate) song competition for 2005. The WRA Song Competition selects songs that promote peace, love, community, and/or speak out against violence, war or hate. Founded in 1993, in conjunction with the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the original William Robert Abate Competition awards gifted artist for their achievements. The winning songs are a significant and lasting memorial to a young man named William Robert Abate who brought laughter, peace, love and kindness to the world. www.SongWinners.com
 

 

 

News Flash : 8/15/2005

Liquid Blue To Perform At Shanghai International Arts Festival

 

Liquid Blue has been selected to perform at the 2005 China Shanghai International Arts Festival. The event is the most prestigious of all the Chinese festivals and features 45 artists from 29 countries. Only three artists from the USA will appear; The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, The New York City Ballet and Liquid Blue. The band is the only "pop" act performing at the festival, which features renowned international acts such as Yo-Yo Ma and 45 others. Press Release

 

 

 

News Flash : 8/7/2005

Supernova Nominated for Best Pop Album, SD Music Awards

 

Supernova was nominated for Best Pop Album by the San Diego Music Awards academy members. This is the 5th year in a row that the band has been nominated for an award at SDMA. The awards show will be held at Humphrey's By The Bay on Monday, Sept 12th. Tickets available  at www.Ticketmaster.com

 

 

News Flash : 8/4/2005

San Diego Reader Features Liquid Blue

 

Check out the August 4th issue of the San Diego Reader which features Liquid Blue interviewed for the "Lists" section. Link to article online.

 

 

News Flash : 8/1/2005

Liquid Blue Featured On Top New Talent CD

 

Liquid Blue is a featured artist on TNT Volume 1 (Top New Talent) CD, which includes 12 artists from the America's Best Independent Artist program on PCT Music Records. The CD will be available in a variety of non-traditional music outlets such as college bookstores, convenience stores and more. The featured song on the compilation is Real. A special version of the Liquid Blue album Supernova will be sold alongside this compilation.

 

 

News Flash : 7/22/2005

Santee Show Marks 18th City in San Diego County for Band

 

County Seal

Although Liquid Blue has become known for extensive overseas travel, the band is also truly as LOCAL as it gets, having now performed in all 18 cities in their home county of San Diego. Click here to view a list of the 18 official incorporated cities within San Diego County, as well as live photos of the band.

 

 

News Flash : 7/11/2005

Liquid Blue Performs Acoustic "Unplugged" Show

 

To add to an already package 2005 schedule, Liquid Blue is performing a series of "unplugged" acoustic shows. The 2 hour set includes unplugged versions of every song from the Supernova LP, as well as selected covers.

 

 

News Flash : 7/4/2005

Liquid Blue Headlines At Lake Murray July 4th Music Fest

 

An estimated crowd of 7000 witnessed Liquid Blue at the Lake Murray July 4th Music Fest in San Diego, CA. The annual all-day event featured 4 live bands and fireworks. The line-up included:

  • 1-3 pm Beyond Blue
  • 3-5 pm Yavaze Latin Jazz
  • 5-7 pm Ruby & The Redhots
  • 7-9 pm Liquid Blue
  • 9 pm Fireworks Spectacular (simulcast by KYXY 96.5)

 

 

 

News Flash : 7/3/2005

Douglas, Arizona 100th Anniversary Festival

 

 

An estimated crowd of 5000 showed up to witness the Liquid Blue headline performance in Douglas, Arizona for their 100th Anniversary Festival. Other acts included Atrest, New Direction, El Paisano & Tony Tee. The event was held at Veterans Memorial Park in Douglas on July 3rd. The Douglas daily newspaper featured the band on the cover of the June 30th paper. While in Douglas the band stayed at the famous Gadsden Hotel, build in 1907, which has twice been featured on Unsolved Mysteries due to it's reputation for being "haunted".

 

 

News Flash : 7/1/2005

Liquid-Blue.com Web Site Reaches 14,000 Visitors Per Month

 

The Liquid-Blue.com web site was viewed by 14,357 unique visitors during the month of June, the highest numbers to date. This included 12,778 "hits" for the month as well. The site is powered by www.interdat.com . Statistics provided by Webalizer.

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News Flash : 6/30/2005

Young Artist From Canada 'Covers' A Liquid Blue Song

 

Liquid Blue has performed songs on stage from many of our favorite artists over the years and now a young Canadian singer is covering the Liquid Blue song, Can't Stop It, from Supernova. The singer, Kelle Wardle, is fifteen years old and resides in Kelowna, British Columbia (population 103,000). Kelle is performing the song (among others) at shows throughout British Columbia. Kelle states "I love the message of the song, the music and it's unique style". Her website is

Good luck Kelle!

 

 

News Flash : 6/29/2005

Nikki Nova Sings National Anthem at Dodger Stadium

 

Nikki Nova performed the Star Spangled Banner at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, June 29th. The game featured the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. the San Diego Padres. This marked the 20th time members of Liquid Blue have sung the national anthem at pro sporting events. Nikki was accompanied by the legendary Dodger organist Nancy Bea Hefley, who has been with the Dodgers since 1988. Attendance at the game was over 40,000 and the Dodgers beat the Padres. Photos

 

 

 

News Flash : 6/25/2005

Nikki Nova & Michael Vangerov To Perform at Call To Arts

 

Liquid Blue has been invited to perform at the Call To Arts festival sponsored by Artists Helping Artists on Sat, June 25th at Cal Poly Pomona. Michael Vangerov and Nikki Nova will perform "unplugged" versions of If You Gotta Ask, Real and Rescue at 4:00.

 

 

News Flash : 6/24/2005

Give Me Back My Heart is Song of the Day at UK Sounds

 

UK Sounds will feature Give Me Back My Heart as Song of the Day on Friday, June 24th. The track will be featured on three site in the USA, UK and Austrailia, including UKsounds, USASounds and OZSounds.

 

 

News Flash : 6/21/2005

Summer Tour Includes California, Arizona and Kansas

 

Liquid Blue has an exciting summer planned with shows in many new venues across California. Stops will include Ventura County, Temecula, Los Angeles, Douglas Arizona, La Mesa, Palm Springs, Anaheim, Santee, Pismo Beach, Carlsbad, Mammoth Lakes, Alpine, Ontario and Kansas City. In the fall the band travels to Asia once again, for two months.

 

 

News Flash : 6/15/2005

Pretend and Real Are Semi-Finalists in Yamaha Music Contest

 

YAMAHA

The Yamaha International Music Production Contest has announced their selections for semi-finalists for 2005. There were over 1000 songs entered in the contest and 45 were chosen as semi-finalists. Pretend was chosen in the rock category and Real was chosen in the category of Film Scoring/Orchestra/World. The judges included Randy Jackson (American Idol & 1000 gold albums), producer Don Davis (the Matrix, titanic), producer Justin Stanley, DJ Rap & Fourplay (Grammy Award winning jazz group). Liquid Blue was the only group to have 2 songs chosen. There are 50,000 worth of prizes to be awarded. Winner will be announced soon. Press Release     More Info

 

 

News Flash : 6/12/2005

Supernova is "Buzz of the Week at Earbuzz.com

 

 

Supernova (the album) has been selected for "Buzz of the Week" at Earbuzz.com, where it will be featured on the Earbuzz home page from June 12 to June 18. Read the CD review from EarBuzz on the reviews page.

 

 

News Flash : 6/2/2005

Supernova is Mars Society Semi-Finalist

 

Welcome to The Mars Society - To Explore and Settle the New World. Image courtesy Mars Society member Jon Wiley.

 

The title track from Supernova has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2005 Mars Society Rouget d'Lisle Contest.  Maggie Zubrin, Executive Director of the

Mars Society stated "These girls could really energize the entire space

movement. Sort of like musical rocket fuel". The winning pieces will be chosen at the 8th International Convention of the Mars Society, to be held in Boulder, CO,  August 11-14th, 2005. www.MarsSociety.org

 

 

News Flash : 6/1/2005

Liquid Blue Wins Gold Artist Award

 

 

Radio Indy has selected Liquid Blue for their Gold Artist Award.

 

 

News Flash : 5/31/2005

Band Meets Baseball Legend Rickey Henderson

 

Just minutes before the BlueGirls were to sing the National Anthem for the San Diego Surf Dawgs minor league baseball game at Tony Gwynn Stadium, future hall of famer Rickey Henderson stopped by to greet the band. Rickey is truly the greatest lead-off hitter of all-time. His accomplishments are staggering: #1 ALL-TIME in runs scored, #1 ALL-TIME in stolen bases, #1 ALL-TIME in walks, #1 ALL-TIME in lead-off home runs. At age 46 Rickey is continuing his amazing professional career with the Surf Dawgs.  www.sdsurfdawgs.com  Rickey/band photos

 

 

News Flash : 5/24/2005

"If You Gotta Ask" Wins Artists Helping Artists Award

 

"If You Gotta Ask" has won the Artists Helping Artists (AHA) 2005 juried international song contest in the category of  Spirit and Creative Force. This is the 4th major contest award for the song. Press Release

 

 

News Flash : 5/11/2005

"Rescue" Gets Honor Award in Great American Song Contest

 

Rescue was an "Honor Award" winner in the 6th Annual Great American Song Contest. Press Release

 

 

News Flash : 5/10/2005

"Rescue" Receives Award in 2005 Global Lyrics Contest

 

Rescue received an Honorable Mention award from LyricAward.com in their March 2005  Global Lyrics & Poetry Contest. Their motto is "Changing the World With Words". Press Release

 

 

 

 

News Flash : 5/9/2005

Liquid Blue Celebrates Milestone With 1000th Show

 

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Liquid Blue will take the stage for their 1000th performance on May 9th in Cabo San Lucas. The band, in it's many incarnations, has been performing since 1996. Guitarist Michael Vangerov and vocalist Scott Stephens have been there for all of them and vocalist Nikki Nova for most. Later this year on December 31st, the band will celebrate their 10th anniversary. Press Release

 

 

News Flash : 4/15/2005

Supernova in Target Stores April 15th

 

 

Supernova will be distributed in all 1200 Target store in the USA, starting April 15th. The CD will be specially featured with 25 other independent artists in the "America's Best Independent Artist" display. Press Release

 

 

News Flash : 4/11/2005

"So Close To Heaven" is Track of the Week at Garageband

 

 

So Close To Heaven is featured at Garageband.com as Track of the Week in the World Fusion category. 13 of Supernova's 14 songs have won awards to date.

 

 

News Flash : 4/9/2005

Liquid Blue Participates in Music For Peace Project

 

 

The Music For Peace Project will sponsor Liquid Blue's April 9th concert in Limon, Costa Rica as the band dedicates this show towards peace along with hundreds of other artists around the world who will simultaneously hold "Music For Peace" concerts. Press Release 

 

 

News Flash : 3/28/2005

"Music To Move You" World Tour Continues

 

The band is back out on the road from March 28th to May 12th; this time touring Central America including several stops in Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Panama and the Cayman Islands.

 

 

News Flash : 3/20/2005

Southbound Beat calls Supernova "Straight Out of Bollywood"

 

The March 20th issue of Southbound Beat compares Liquid Blue's treatment of Indian pop music to Gloria Estefan's treatment of Latin pop music. Quote: "Liquid Blue seems to be taking Indian pop music and making it palatable to westerns the same way Gloria Estefan took Latin music beyond it's usual audience". complete article

 

 

News Flash : 3/4/2005

"Real" is #1 on STS Indie Label Hot A/C Chart!!

 

"Real", the first radio single from Supernova, has reached it's highest chart position to date. As of March 4th, 2005, the song is ranked as the #1 Hot A/C track in the nation amongst Indie label artists. Real is also at #4 on the NMW A/C chart. Press Release

 

 

News Flash : 3/3/2005

Liquid-Blue.com Exploding With 200,000 Hits Per Month

 

The rising popularity of Liquid Blue is evidenced by the bands soaring web statistics. The site is averaging over 8000 hits PER DAY and over 200,000 per month. Liquid-Blue.com had over 1.5 million hits in 2004. The web site is ranked "4" currently at Google, which is a very high rank for a band site, which is typically a "1" or "2". The site is powered by www.interdat.com . Statistics provided by Webalizer.

 

 

News Flash : 3/2/2005

"If You Gotta Ask" Selected As a Top-Five Winner

 

 

"If You Gotta Ask" has won yet another award, being named one of the "Top-Five" songs this month in the Songwriter Universe Best Song of the Month contest.  

 

 

News Flash : 3/1/2005

Kweevak Review Praises Supernova

 

Quote from www.Kweevak.com review: Supernova is an incredible assimilation of genres including alternative pop, dance, exotic rock and world tones galore.Liquid Blue paints a colorful canvas that starts with a rock base coat and builds on a blend of ancient and modern eastern elements. The music is up-tempo with a diversity of textures that upon first listen is light, yet their lyrics on all fourteen-tracks are deep and provocative.Liquid Blue is winning awards and praise for their magical merge of styles and their first release Supernova is explosive! For the complete review, click here.

 

 

News Flash : 3/1/2005

Liquid Blue Selected As Featured Artist On MakingAStar.com

 

MakingAStar.com A&R service is featuring Liquid Blue as their featured San Diego artist this month. Making A Star is similar to TAXI A&R service.

 

 

News Flash : 2/28/2005

"Arms of Love" Selected As Dance Track Of The Week

 

Arms of Love was honored as Track of the Week on Feb 28th at Garageband.com, due to the outstanding reviews it has earned from listeners.

 

 

News Flash : 2/27/2005

Casa Percussion is Liquid Blue's Newest Sponsor

 

Casa Percussion, the world's leading percussion company speciaizing in ethnic drums, will be Liquid Blue's exclusive provider of world percussion instruments, such as those used on the album, Supernova. Check them out at www.CasaPercussion.com

 

 

News Flash : 2/23/2005

Supernova Praised In Australian CD Review

 

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MediaSearch.com, based in Australia, has given Supernova a big "thumbs up". One quote from the review states: "This 6-piece band pulls out all stops in establishing their own sonic sojourn". For the complete review, click here.

 

 

 

News Flash : 2/20/2005

"Care Package" Tsunami Benefit Compilation CD Released

 

The Tsunami Benefit compilation CD, Care Package has been released this week. "Show Me Love" is one of the featured song. 95% percent of the proceeds to will go directly to aid organizations such as UNICEF to help Tsunami victims.

 

 

 

News Flash : 2/16/2005

"Real" Goes to Number 5 on the NMW A/C Chart!

 

Real continues to move up in the Charts, reaching number five this week in the A/C (Adult Contemporary) chart. The song has also reached the #46 position on the Hot 100, which includes all catagories. Real has also been selected for the BandRadio.com Airwaves II compilation CD, which is the third compilation CD in which Real has been featured.

 

 

News Flash : 2/14/2005

"Songs For A Better Planet" CD Features "Rescue"

 

The Association of Artists for a Better World has selected the Liquid Blue song "Rescue" for their upcoming compilation CD, "Songs For a Better Planet", which will be released in March. This is the third CD which has featured Rescue.

 

 

 

News Flash : 2/9/2005

SD CityBeat Touts Bands Success

 

"North County dance-pop band Liquid Blue continues its winning streak. The group has signed a highly lucrative distribution deal with China’s largest record company, Shanghai Audio & Video Inc., and their latest album, Supernova, will be placed in every music outlet in that country, one of the biggest music markets in the world. Back in the States, the seven-piece group recently scored a hit on Adult Contemporary Radio with their song “Real” which reached No. 9 on the radio charts of industry publication New Music Weekly, which also featured the group on the cover. Liquid Blue also donated their song “Show Me Love” to a tsunami-relief fundraising album called Care Package. Supernova finished 2004 as No. 7 on CD-Baby’s top-seller list" (Scoop Stevens and Ken Smith, SD CityBeat Notes From Local Music Scene, Feb 9th)

 

 

News Flash : 2/7/2005

Go Girls Music Calls Supernova "Absolutely Stellar"!

 

Go Girls Music, the premiere online magazine for "chicks that rock", has reviewed Supernova and had this to say: "Absolutely stellar! From start to finish this CD’s songwriting, production, vocals and all around sound is incredibly RICH. International, uncontrollable fame is at Liquid Blue’s heels if it’s not already and I’m late…..guaranteed. Hit Picks: "Rhythm of Love" and "If You Gotta Ask

 

 

News Flash : 1/21/2005

Scott Stephens Meets YES Vocalist Jon Anderson

 

Scott Stephens met with long-time idol Jon Anderson in Los Angeles. Jon is the vocalist for the legendary band "YES" and one of Scott's biggest influences. "Jon Anderson is one of the most uniquely talented singers in rock history. His positive lyrics have influenced an entire generation, including Liquid Blue" Quote: Scott Stephens. The two discussed the possibility of Jon singing on a future Liquid Blue track. Stay tuned....

 

 

News Flash : 1/20/2005

Michael Vangerov Custom Guitar On Display At NAMM

 

 

The Michael Vangerov custom "axe" was featured at the NAMM show in Anaheim at the Moser Guitar booth. Michael is pictured below in front of the Moser display which features some of the world's best guitar players that are sponsored by Moser Custom Shop, including Michael.