So What's Happened With The Summertime Dropouts Video Promotion Campaign?

Full Time Cutie Screen Shot

The Full Time Cutie video is performing very well through our video promotion team. After about 5 weeks, we've picked up quite a few outlets including some major scores - MTV Latin America & Much Music (Canada's version of MTV). The video is being solicited to MTV (U.S.) and their affiliates this week.

Here's the rundown:

• MTV Latin America - No solid details on this one yet regarding potential viewership. But this is one of our biggest scores so far.
• Much Music ("Canada's MTV," if you will) - No solid details on this one yet regarding potential viewership either. But this is the other of our two biggest scores so far!
• VidDream - 2.3 million potential viewers in Delaware, Baltimore and Philadelphia
• Video Hits - 800,000 potential viewers in Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, NY
• ScreenPlay - services music video reels which go to over 25,000 prominent retailers, nightclubs and restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, including Macys, Ikea, Rentway and Goltshalcks. This in-store airplay and nightlife exposure leads over 300 million impressions a month! Added to the Nightlife reel.
• VME Media - 5 million potential viewers per month via this retail video pool based in Las Vegas, NV which provides content to major electronics stores, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs and other retail outlets in Nevada and California. Included on the Pulse TV Network.
• Bad Taste - 1 million potential viewers in Rhode Island
• Evision/Billboard DJ - Unknown potential viewers. Supplies content to Southern California area nightclubs: Encounters, Pasadena and House of Blues on Sunset. Additional content is supplied to Princess Cruise Lines as well as Wet Seal and Arden B retail outlets.
• Eye Music Network - A 24/7 channel via satellite that reaches around 5.2 million households. Eye Music Network was created in response to a perceived need for a broad ranging, reliable, wide variety, and multi-genre video music channel to satisfy the unmet demand of the 18-50 year old audience.
• Power Play Music TV - Power Play has 17.8 million potential viewers on broadcast and cable TV in over 40 states.
• California Music Channel - CMC is one of the longest running and most successful local music video services in the country. California Music Channel, launched March 1, 1982, is broadcast live Monday through Friday from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday night from 12:30 to 1:00 a.m. on KTSF-TV Channel 26 and Digital 26.1& 26.2 San Francisco. This outlet has a viewership of 450,000 potential viewers throughout the Bay area.
• The Sound Chamber - (Formerly The Groove Zone) Airs rock and alternative vids. Airs on Denver Open Media Channel 58. 800,000+ potential viewers.
• The Indie Music Video Show - 11 million potential viewers in fifteen markets across the country including Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Milwaukee and St. Louis and is broadcast in various day and night parts, as well as being featured on various on demand outlets. The Indie Music Video Show is a half an hour weekly show seen on Comcast, Time Warner and Cox systems.
• Bryan Stars Interviews - An independent Music Video program on YouTube with over 148,000 subscribers and 31 Million views.
• Style-City Music Presents - An Independent Music Video program, broadcast in the Greater Tampa Bay area, on 5 local cable stations.
• MuchMusic.com - new streaming video portal for the popular Canadian broadcast channel featuring the best and most popular videos on their channel. This exposure leads to international impact. The video will be featured on Fresh Videos throughout the next two months.
• VideoDetective.com - VideoDetective.com recently merged with Singfool.com and increased its potential audience by an additional 500,000 unique visitors per month.
• PureGrainAudio.com - a popular rock music oriented music website that receives over 40,000 unique visitors each month. The writers pride themselves in presenting new, unique and exciting new music top their readers.
• Frequency.com - popular way for savvy internet users to connect with, find, follow and share real time video streams from numerous popular online video sources.
• IHeartMusicVideos.com - created for music lovers to share Music Videos, Lyrics, and Chat with other fans with the same interest.
• Veoh.com - an Internet Television company based in San Diego, California, allows users to find and watch major studio content, independent productions and user-generated material.
• 9:30 Club (Nightclub in Washington, D.C.) - has been "spinning" the video and the clip is in regular rotation.
• Moviesonline.im - a free online movie collection with a variety of music videos.
• IWantMusicVideos.com - popular online music destination that features music videos from all genres.

So, all in all, not much! ;o)

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Rewind by Summertime Dropouts Set To Premiere on SummertimeDropouts.com

Summertime Dropouts will be debuting the full album Rewind tomorrow, June 5th, on their official website. The preview will be in place all the way through midnight on June 11th in anticipation of the June 12th release of the album.

You do NOT want to miss this. The guys play each song from the album and discuss the songs along with various other topics. And they do it all with their unmistakable, trademark humor! Some of the topics include: proper attire for the "listening party," the coastline mileage of Minnesota as compared to California, Danny Knoblock's recent adoption by Dave Erickson and more!

Visit SummertimeDropouts.com tomorrow to preview the full album!

Summertime Dropouts' Dave Erickson To Be Interviewed on Midwest Beatdown

Summertime Dropouts' vocalist Dave Erickson will be interviewed Friday, June 1st on KMSU's specialty program Midwest Beatdown hosted by Nick J. The interview is scheduled to take place at 7:15 p.m. CST.

On the night of their first album release concert in Wassau, Wisconsin, Dave will take a few moments before the show to discuss the June 12th release of their debut album Rewind as well as the second album release concert taking place in Robbinsdale, MN June 2nd at The Lodge. The song "Getaway" will be premiered for the first time on terrestrial radio at the end of the brief interview.

The final album release concert is scheduled for June 10th in Warroad, MN where much of the video for Full Time Cutie was filmed. The video will be premiered during the show before a crowd comprised of many local high school students featured in the video.

Click HERE to listen live!

KMSU can also be heard on 89.7 FM in Mankato, MN and 91.3 FM in Austin, MN.

Pure Volume Set To Premiere "Getaway" by Summertime Dropouts

The song "Getaway" from Summertime Dropouts' upcoming debut album Rewind will be debuting on PureVolume.com this coming Wednesday, May 30th. The song will be streamed and featured on the front page of the site.

Let's face it. Most of us have less-than-glamorous jobs. "Getaway" by Summertime Dropouts is a song about freedom. It's a song about captivity. It's a song about being stuck at work - whether it's at a desk or at the factory. You glance out the window and notice it's a PERFECT day outside. There's nothing you'd rather be doing than chillin' in a lawn chair, grilling up some grub and taking the boat out for a cruise on the water. All of a sudden, you realize you're daydreaming about a day at the lake; a vacation by the beach; a better life away from your humdrum work life!

The character in "Getaway" realizes he's daydreaming about anything but work and is stuck without an exit plan. Beyond the first verse, the song lyrics are left to interpretation by the listener, but the two most likely scenarios conclude with our loveable beach bum quitting his job to spend his days wasting away by the water or celebrating his day at the beach, wishing it could last forever.

When life's a "Beach" there's nothing a little Summertime Dropouts can't fix. Just sing the "Getaway" lullaby.

Summertime Dropouts Offer Free Download of Breathe Carolina's "Blackout"

For a limited time only (and in anticipation of the release of Summertime Dropouts' debut album Rewind), we are offering a free download of the Summertime Dropouts cover version of Breathe Carolina's hit song "Blackout." The download also includes a teaser of Rewind which is dropping June 12th and is available for preorder online through digital and physical retailers including iTunes and Amazon MP3 and Amazon (physical).

This offer will end soon, so make sure you head on over and pick up your copy of "Blackout!"

Click HERE to get your free copy now!

Summertime Dropouts Hit #32 on PureVolume.com

Summertime Dropouts single "Full Time Cutie" is currently positioned at #32 on the Pop Punk playlist at PureVolume.com:

Summertime Dropouts Set To Release Debut Full-Length "Rewind" on June 12th

 SAMPLE FULL ALBUM TEASER NOW AT: PureVolume.com

Wielding highly energetic pop-punk songs laced with thick melodic choruses the Summertime Dropouts will be invading airwaves on June 12th. With the release of their debut full length album, Rewind (via Voluminous Records) and propelled by the unstoppable hooks of single “Full Time Cutie” (now available on iTunes) the band are planning to deliver the school’s out soundtrack of 2012. Youthful lyrics revolving around summertime flings, beach daydreams and girls next door, Summertime Dropouts bring back a Southern California lifestyle to pop music somewhere between The Beach Boys and Blink 182. However like The Beach Boys who wrote surfing anthems but only had one surfer in the group, Summertime Dropouts hail from the chilly climes of Minnesota! Vocalist David Erickson who actually grew up in a small farming town ten miles south of the Canadian border says “when people give us crap for being from Minnesota and writing these songs, I tell them, hey it’s the land of 10,000 Lakes! We actually have more coastline than California.”

The album was Executive Produced by Clint Gibbs, whose recording credits include such high profile top charters as Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears. Speaking on the appeal of these guys from the Twin Cities, Gibbs says “Their skill and dedication to the music is on par with the ‘A’ crop of major label acts. After hearing the Summertime demos I knew they had a great record ahead of them.” Rounded out by Danny Knoblock (lead guitar), Joshua Stoll (rhythm guitar) and Mark Nolan (drums) the band started when Stoll broke out old songs he wrote some years prior in high school but never did anything with. Stoll, who is an active producer in the Twin Cities says “I was inspired back then by groups like Boys Like Girls, The All-American Rejects and Blink-182. Listening to those songs again now, it helps take me on a trip down memory lane to a time when life was much simpler and carefree.”

Playing his old demos for Erickson, who is also the vocalist for notable hard rock band Fades Away, Erickson was immediately excited to pursue this music with Stoll and enlisted musical comrades Knoblock and Nolan. Speaking on it Erickson says “In Fades Away, our lyrics pursue a lot of political and social topics. It’s very serious and questions everything. Summertime Dropouts allows me to tap into another side of me which wants to write timeless lyrics that people of all ages, all generations, and all backgrounds can identify with. Everyone has a first love, a first break-up or a desire to be accepted and belong at one point or another and that’s what Rewind is about.”

The first cannon from The Summertime Dropout’s arsenal Full Time Cutie will also receive a video treatment shortly. Speaking on the song, which has the anthemic chorus of “She’ll never be the prom queen, she has one too many tattoos and a lip ring” Erickson says “It’s the story of a girl who doesn’t care about her image or defining herself by hanging with one clique. There were girls in high school or wherever who were popular but not because they were gorgeous, but because they were cute themselves and were open to hang out with everyone and be themselves. The song is about that type of girl, a full time cutie and a part time rockstar.”

More Info: SummertimeDropouts.com

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New Summertime Dropouts Lyric Video Online Now!

Check out the lyric video for the new song "Full Time Cutie" releasing today from Summertime Dropouts. The song appears on the band's upcoming album, Rewind, which will be available in stores and online June 12th on Voluminous Records. View the video on YouTube and download the single on iTunes!

Summertime Dropouts Set To Release First Single From "Rewind"

Available Digitally May 1st

Voluminous Records' flagship artist Summertime Dropouts is set to release Full Time Cutie, the first single from their upcoming debut album Rewind.

Executive Producer Clint Gibbs, who has been involved with a laundry list of the "who's who" on Top 40 radio states, “their skill and dedication to the music is on par with the ’A’ crop of major label acts. After hearing the Summertime demos I knew they had a great record ahead of them.”

Full Time Cutie tells the story of a teen content with her life as a popular outsider and music head who refuses to get caught up in the melodramatic games typical of highschoolers. Instead, she'd rather cut against the grain and immerse herself in her bright pink guitar en route to a Grammy.

A corresponding video for Full Time Cutie will be released to major video outlets in time for the album release set for June 12th.

About Summertime Dropouts:

On its Voluminous Records debut album entitled Rewind, Minneapolis-based Pop Punk band Summertime Dropouts has crafted an indelible collection of songs which transport the listener on a trip down memory lane to a time when life was much simpler and carefree, far removed from the burdens of a complex world.

From a musical perspective, the band draws from the inspiration of bands like All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Blink-182 and Sum 41 to create a musical masterpiece brimming with pure pop punk magic.

Visit SummertimeDropouts.com or their Facebook page for more information.

Summertime Dropouts Digital Album Arrives at Amazon MP3 Store

Street Date: June 12, 2012

The upcoming album from Summertime Dropouts is now up for preview on Amazon MP3. If you haven't had a chance to preview the album yet, head on over to Amazon. You can order the physical and digital albums there, or virtually anywhere music is sold online (BestBuy.com, BN.com, etc.).

The album will also be available physically in stores nationwide on or after street date. If your local retailer doesn't carry the album, please ask them to order it for you.

About Summertime Dropouts:

On its Voluminous Records debut album entitled Rewind, Minneapolis-based Pop Punk band Summertime Dropouts has crafted an indelible collection of songs which transport the listener on a trip down memory lane to a time when life was much simpler and carefree, far removed from the burdens of a complex world. From a musical perspective, the band draws from the inspiration of bands like All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Blink-182 and Sum 41 to create a musical masterpiece brimming with pure pop punk magic.

Visit SummertimeDropouts.com or their Facebook page for more information. Follow Summertime Dropouts on Twitter and Pure Volume.

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Voluminous Records Offers Summertime Dropouts Free Download

Free download for a limited time only!

Voluminous Records is offering a free download of "Full Time Cutie" from the upcoming Summertime Dropouts debut release Rewind set to release June 12th through Redeye Distribution and CLG Distribution .

The free download is available through TweetForATrack.com, a site which offers the free download in return for one post to either Twitter or Facebook.

About Redeye Distribution:

Home to artists such as The Black Keys, mewithoutyou and Liam Finn,  Redeye's 5000-plus title catalog is representative of a wide range of the best independent music available. Regardless of genre, the unifying element of the catalog is an overall commitment to quality.

About CLG Distribution:

Home to artists such as Brooke Fraser, Keith Pringle and Fades Away, CLG's catalog includes some of the best Christian and family-friendly independent music and other entertainment-related product on the market. (CLGDistribution.com) / (Facebook.com/CLGDistribution)

Voluminous Records Introduces Summertime Dropouts

William DeMolee, a fan currently living in Japan, announces the release date for Summertime Dropouts debut album Rewind, set to release June 12, 2012 on Voluminous Records.



Thanks to William DeMolee for this clever use of cardboard and sticks!

About Summertime Dropouts:

On its Voluminous Records debut album entitled Rewind, Minneapolis-based Pop Punk band Summertime Dropouts has crafted an indelible collection of songs which transport the listener on a trip down memory lane to a time when life was much simpler and carefree, far removed from the burdens of a complex world. From a musical perspective, the band draws from the inspiration of bands like All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Blink-182 and Sum 41 to create a musical masterpiece brimming with pure pop punk magic.

Visit SummertimeDropouts.com or their Facebook page for more information. Follow Summertime Dropouts on Twitter and Pure Volume.