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Archives and News > Subscriber Feedback The following is a selection of reports regularly listed in SongLink from both subscribers and advertisers looking for songs: Last year SongLink featured a remarkable run of success for London-based songwriter/producer ADRIAN ZAG, involving no less than eleven major releases sourced through SongLink. These included the pan-European hit Automatic by EliZe, four cuts with Greek Popstars winners Hi-5 (Warners), plus hits by South African Popstars Jamali (EMI), Khalil (Gresham Records, SA) and Czech superstar Martina Balagova (Sony BMG) among others - all pitched through SongLink! In June 2006, David Stark invited Adrian to be on the panel of its City Showcase 'The Song's The Thing' panel along with Chris Difford (ex-Squeeze), Bob Clifford (EMI Music) and Nigel Rush (Appletree Songs). Adrian has now signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing (UK), who were impressed with his sustained activity in Europe and the volume of his releases gained through SongLink. "There's no doubt that the SongLink cuts were a significant factor in helping me achieve my deal with Universal," he says, "and recently Universal's Tarja Turunen (Nightwish) has taken another of my songs, Iceflowers, via a lead in Songlink. EMI Benelux's new sensation, ROOOM, had a top 30 hit with debut single First Thing penned by Zag and Geoffrey Williams (Michael Jackson/Teddy Riley), achieved through yet another SongLink lead. Zag has recently completed production on the entire ROOOM album, for release in February. "Thanks tons to SongLink," Adrian says, "it's the best £240 I ever spent!" Adrian Zag e-mail: adrian.z@virgin.net http://www.adrianzag.com Dutch-based British lyricist, BRUCE R. F. SMITH reports that he has a cut on the next Magnus Backlund album with the song Rosa (I Believe in You), co-written with Ralph van Manen. Magnus intends to release the song as his first single. Furthermore, there are plans for Magnus to perform this song from the world famous Ice Hotel (www.icehotel.com), situated 200 km north of the Arctic circle in Sweden. The show will be presented by ex-Playboy covergirl and violin virtuoso, Linda Brava (aka Linda Lampenius), and broadcast direct on TV to the USA. Another Smith/van Manen co-write will also be performed as a Ralph & Magnus duet. Another SongLink success is the inclusion of Bruce's co-write with Robert D. Fisher, 'My Impossible Dream' on Liza Starlight's latest album, 'The Voice of Wales'. This song also represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The diminutive Liza was once described by Simon Cowell as being 'like a mini with a Ferrari engine!' "All this thanks to SongLink - thanks again, David!" Bruce R. F. Smith (Holland) Cell: +31 (0) 6 14 167 902 e-mail: brucesmith@wanadoo.nl http://www.lyricalbruce.com http://www.magnusbacklund.com http://www.ralphvanmanen.nl Patrick Meads at BIG WORLD PUBLISHING (UK) reports that, "Thanks to a SongLink lead, BWP's song Don't Touch Me There by Doug Shawe and Chris Hinson is featured on Joana Zimmer's brand new album The Voice In Me' (Polydor/ Universal) which entered the German charts at No. 22 in the first chart of the year. See you at sunny MIDEM!" Patrick Meads Big World Publishing Tel: +44 (0)20 7887 1335 Cell: +44 (0)7947 885044 patrick@bigworldpublishing.com http://www.bigworldpublishing.com PLATINUM SOUND PUBLISHING, administered by Peermusic worldwide and run by Helen Gammons, launched in 2005, with its focus being to support and develop new songwriters and emerging artists in a very innovative and pro-active fashion - by developing a strategy to channel new material through all forms of synchronisation. In the past year Platinum Sound has got together with some of the biggest names in games publishing to provide musical content for their leading games for XBOX, XBOX 360, PS2, PC and PSP providing over 100 titles from exciting new artists and writers, achieving No. 1 for Moto GP 06 URT (THQ/Climax) in the Xbox 360 independent chart, while Juiced Eliminator (THQ/ Juice Games) was No. 1 in the PSP chart. Platinum has just signed off a deal with Ricall who will act as a synchronisation hub for both the publishing division and its associated label: Platinum Records has signed a deal with Universal Digital and have signed a deal at Midem with 'W', a French female duo whose first single Believe is also to be featured in Channel 4 production this spring. The band were discovered on Myspace. Helen Gammons Platinum Sound Publishing Tel: +44 (0)1483 501215 Cell: +44 (0)7711 668121 helen@platinumsound.co.uk http://www.platinumsound.co.uk Home | About SongLink | About the Editor | Our Subscribers | Success Stories | FAQ Pitch Your Songs | Sample Leads | Subscription Form Find Songs & Writers | Free Listings Form | The Songlink CDs Archives & News | Latest NewsLink | Subscriber Feedback | Industry Events Diary Hot Links A-Z | Classic Songwriters | Industry Organizations | Industry Resources Music Publishers | Publications | SongLink Partners | Subscriber Sites     © 1998-2006 SongLink International - 23 Belsize Crescent, London NW3 5QY, UK     Tel: +44 (0) 207 794 2540 - Fax: +44 (0) 207 794 7393 | e-mail SongLink     site design: neonflame !