Friday, July 13, 2012

WOA RECORDS INDIA TOUR COVERAGE 2008 - 2009

A few pics from hundreds of pictures that we liked. Hope you enjoy.

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- WOA RECORDS News Desk

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM W.O.A INTERNATIONAL


A blog post about how W.O.A Records weeded out 3 con men named ‘Xiren, Mana3 and Dave J’ who tried to dupe the company in 2008 and attacked other W.O.A Artists and W.O.A Employees during the 2008 tour. This post is to make our W.O.A Artists aware of these people who are now spreading vicious stories on the net about W.O.A Records and its Founders. 

W.O.A Records is now in its 5th year of organizing the highly publicized and sought after WOA Records India Tour & Festival.  This is the story of how 3 people tried to ruin it for all Independent artists but failed miserably, while W.O.A Records & its artists have gone on to capture the hearts of fans and media across the region since then.

Goa - 10th July 2012 - We have noticed that there are a couple of artists who were associated with us in 2008 who are putting up terrible lies about WOA Records on their blogs. These artists have either been removed from the 2008 tour 5 years ago or artists who we ended recording contracts with due to them breaching their contracts. 

Their rants about W.O.A International are mainly due to their frustration of being removed from our label roster or tour and are disgruntled people who are trying to tarnish the good name of W.O.A International. This is also probably due to the fact that these artists have been blacklisted by our company with all our partners, which include the major labels and top media & press. This has frustrated these artists even more and has led to them writing terrible things about our Company which are absurd and utter lies. The disgusting language used by these people on their rants are proof enough that these people are nothing but disgruntled individuals who have nothing better to do with their time than to blame ‘The Big Bad Record Label’ for them failing as artists.

These people have gone on to state that our company is bad and we have cheated them etc etc. Most immature for grown men and women to be doing this :-) . There is absolutely no basis to the things they say and the WOA RECORDS INDIA TOUR now reaching its 5th year and being supported by the Government of India and major companies like Vh1 and Times Of India is a statement to how successful the India Tour is now. There is not a single artist from our tour (aside from 4 artists from the 2008 tour) who have anything bad to say about our company. Each and every artist who has been on the India Tour from 2008 till 2011 has had nothing but the best of things to say about W.O.A International and WOA Records till date. See our testimonials and check each of these artists’ official websites to see how much W.O.A International has supported these artists and how these artists talk favorably about W.O.A International / WOA Records and Oliver Sean - The Founder of W.O.A International.

The India Tour organized by WOA Records is now in its 5th year! Every artist who has been on our tour from 2008 till 2011 has had great success in these regions due to their association with W.O.A Records and the support they always have from our company and each and every employee of W.O.A International who has the utmost respect for serious Independent artists. WOA Records always delivers more than what is promised to our artists as this is our company motto, however we have a no tolerance policy towards artists who think they can dupe the company and breach contracts - No record label in the world will tolerate an artist breaching their contracts and duping the company blatantly - W.O.A International has had a lot of patience with some of these artists who we have eventually removed from our roster and finally taken the call to terminate their deals with WOA Records. 

The artists removed from our record label and/or Tour in 2008 were artists who breached the tour contracts and/or their recording/management contracts in such a severe manner that any other Company would have imposed the wrath of their legal division on them. We however just ended their contracts and told them that their contracts are cancelled. However these artists have tried to spoil the name of our company and our founder Oliver Sean as he is a public figure, and they have taken a personal vendetta against  Oliver Sean and WOA Records, which goes to prove that these artists were never ready to be on professional tours and recording contracts in the first place. 

The artists who were removed from the W.O.A India Tour 2008 were: Xiren, DaveJ, Mana3 and Cuca Moreno. Till date Xiren and Mana3 artists owe our company and the hotels they were put up in, over 75000 Indian Rupees each. There are also police cases filed against Xiren and Mana3 for their pending bills by the hotels, these police cases were filed by the hotel management directly as these artists absconded in the middle of the night and left major unpaid room service bills and didn’t check out of the hotels. W.O.A Records always arranges 4 and 5 star hotels for our artists when on tour for free including breakfast and meals on the days of the concerts. These artists ordered room service, alcohol  and extravagant meals and wound up with huge bills that we had told them clearly in their contracts that they will be liable for directly with the hotel. We don’t think there is anything more disgusting and immoral then an artist doing this and being called a thief by our hospitality partners.

These artists also breached their tour agreements by refusing to perform at some venues because the venue was ‘TOO SMALL’ for them to perform at - some of these venues were world famous jazz clubs and live music clubs like Jazz by the Bay - shows that were publicized via TV Ads, Radio Ads, Newspaper Ads and Billboards across the country. One of these artists Dave J even had the audacity to perform at another show that was not part of the tour and then ask W.O.A Records to PAY for his travel to and fro that show and cover his accommodation and meals. Not only did he breach his contract and dupe our company, he was holding WOA Records responsible for his taxi’s, accommodation and food on the day that he was performing for a show that was NOT even part of the W.O.A Records India Tour and openly doing it and challenging all of our employees saying "Your contract is not valid so whatever I agreed to and SIGNED on paper cannot hold up to a court of law so I will do whatever I please", sadly for him the contract was very much valid and he had to run out of the country and we haven't seen him since and only were made aware by our artists about some of his & the other 2 con men's blog posts which actually make no sense whatsoever :-)

These artists also didn’t want to travel via the luxury Air Conditioned buses provided for them to travel between some of the cities because they said they were ‘WORLD FAMOUS STARS’ and they refuse to travel by buses (equivalent to Greyhound bus service in the US). Every other artist who has performed at the India Tour from 2008 till 2011 has travelled by these buses and flights and trains with no complaints. THIS is a tour to promote International Independent music in a country that has never heard of your music. WOA Records is promoting Indies and building their brand image in this region unlike any other Company in the world!. If you are a WORLD FAMOUS STAR - WHY come on this tour in the first place??? Right? :-)

These artists also didn’t have the decency to appreciate the fact that Oliver Sean personally gave them access to his recording studio to rehearse, when 2 back to back shows got cancelled due to elections in that particular city during the 2008 tour. Not only did these artists use his recording studio, but they went on make racist comments to several of the WOA Records Employees - which we take PERSONALLY! 

Besides all of this unfathomable behavior, these artists continue to use the footage from the tour that they appeared on for their promotions till date and try desperately to hide the name of WOA RECORDS from all this footage and then talk disgusting lies about a company that went out of its way to pay and promote these artists in India with National TV Ads, Concert bookings at venues like Hard Rock cafe, Radio Interviews and Radio Ads and National TV Ads and Press Conferences. The filth that these people had in their heads even before they came on tour is now evident to everybody including the other artists who were on tour and till date are some of our top artists on the WOA RECORDS Roster.

These same artists also started to attack the rest of the artists on the tour who were happy with the tour and were on the tour for the right reasons. They even went so far as to write a most horrible and foul language blog on one of the artists Jesus Aaron, who WOA Records went on to promote in a major way here in India. Jesus Aaron’s albums are still available across the country and his music videos have been played on Vh1, Zee, MTv and other major channels

We hope that this gives the required clarity to our artists and fans about who these people are that are writing such terrible things about WOA Records and Oliver Sean and why exactly they are doing it.
The work W.O.A International does says everything about our company. There is not a single artist who has successfully completed the tour or who is currently on our roster having their music and profile promoted here that has anything bad to say about our company. 


We invite you to check the testimonials film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjTQlxyLK6Q  and the W.O.A India Tour Playlist that consists of TV Ads, Live Concerts, Behind the scenes footage, artist candid videos and more from all the India Tour’s organized by WOA Records http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EE08AF20985D9EE&feature=plcp or visit the sites of all the artists currently being promoted by us or who have been on tour with us and see how W.O.A International and WOA Records has given a boost to their careers not only in India and the Middle East but across the world.

WOA Records is a record label and a record label will always have artists whose contracts have been terminated because they just weren’t successful or they breached the contracts or they just weren’t the right fit - some of these artists who do not have the maturity and understanding of the music business will always be posting rants about the record label and we cant really be bothered about each of these artists. 


This is a post we have put up so that some of our future artists have a clear picture about what they read on the internet.

Monday, July 02, 2012

Rockumentary on Oliver Sean releasing July 2012


After the success of the Oliver Sean Vh1 Special, a 30 minute Rockumentary to be released on the Platinum Selling Singer Songwriter on TGIRF

1st July 2012 - A rockumentary on Oliver Sean to be out this July on a show called TGIRF on Artist Aloud. The new documentary will be the 2nd TV special on Oliver Sean after the successful Vh1 Special on the star in June. 

Catch Oliver Sean's hit music videos and TV Specials at http://www.woarecords.com/oliversean 

 - W.O.A News Desk

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Oliver Sean feature story on Bangalore Mirror 19th June 2012

Independent Artists are perfectionists... Singer Oliver Sean's music
is inspired mainly by women in his life - past, present an future.
Read the Oliver Sean feature story on Bangalore Mirror, by Prashanth
Vidyasagar.

http://bangaloremirror.com/article/31/2012061820120618201126425e5836a23/Independent-artists-are-perfectionists.html

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Check out the new Oliver Sean Hit single 'ALONE' from the So Good - The Album on iTunes

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Thursday, June 07, 2012

Vh1 Special on Oliver Sean to premiere on 8th June

A Vh1 Special documentary on Oliver Sean will be premiered on the International channel on 8th June 2012.


Goa, India - 7th June 2012 - The Vh1 Special Documentary on International singer/songwriter Oliver Sean premieres on Vh1 India on 8th June 2012.

The documentary will see Oliver Sean in a one on one candid interview talking about his past, present and future projects, snippets from his tours, clips of his hit music videos and a personal side of Oliver Sean that most fans are going to love.

"This is a documentary in the making that shows Oliver Sean's journey so far" says Wanda Alvares, Head of Marketing, W.O.A International, "this particular Vh1 Special on Oliver Sean is compressed into a 5 minute TV Special with a full 30 minute documentary being launched later this year on various other channels and online".

The documentary also shows Oliver Sean with his impressive guitar collection, snippets from his tours and his personal bond with his dogs Buddy and Sam. Old and new fans alike are going to get an insiders view into this much loved star.

Watch the Vh1 Special on Oliver Sean starting on the 8th of June 2012. The TV special will be playing all through the week on the International channel Vh1 India.

- W.O.A News Desk



Thursday, May 31, 2012

Oliver Sean's Alone on Vh1 India

Oliver Sean's brand new music video 'Alone' premieres on Vh1 India along with a special Vh1 documentary on the platinum selling singer songwriter on the International Music channel


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Panjim, Goa - May 31, 2012 - The highly anticipated music video of the song 'Alone' dedicated to single mothers by platinum selling singer songwriter Oliver Sean, premieres today on Vh1 India. The song 'Alone', a main stream pop rock song with subtle fusion elements, is the third single from the acclaimed Oliver Sean LP 'So Good - The Album',  which included chart topping hits like 'Movies' and 'So Good'. The 'Alone' music video is to premiere on Friday June 1st on  Vh1 India, followed by a special Vh1 documentary in the days following the exclusive premiere of the music video.

"I wrote 'Alone' for my Mom who is a single mother and my hero" says Oliver Sean, "this song is a story of a strong woman, a single mother, who makes it on her own in this world. I decided to dedicate this song to single mothers like my Mom who fight against all odds, all Alone, to give their children a great life" 

The song 'Alone' features a classic Oliver Sean sound that mixes main stream pop rock with subtle indian fusion that adds a twist while still mantainng the main stream feel of the song. This is reminiscent of the singer's past hits such as 'I Like It' which introduced the tabla in the middle of a very modern pop rock song. This time around the singer songwriter brings in a very cool sounding sitar that gives this song, which was up for the 54th Grammy nominations, a different dimension while making the listener yearn for more.

After a sellout 'So Good' tour across the Middle East and Asia in 2011, the album 'So Good' continues to hit the charts in India till date. With the last two singles, 'Movies' and 'So Good' from the album hitting major Vh1 video and radio charts in 2011 and the album getting in the Grammy nomination list, the new single 'Alone' already looks to be a new favourite and a highly anticipated track as news of the upcoming release of the 'Alone' video has taken the 'So Good Album' to the No.2 spot on the AA Charts in India this week.

Watch the first telecast of 'Alone'' today on Vh1 India, Friday 1st June 2012, between 9:30 AM and 9:55 AM, and a prime time telecast between 8:20PM and 8:55PM. The video will also be running on the channel all through the day and all through the month of June on shows like 'Hit Factory', 'Mix Tape', 'Zzz' and other Vh1 hit shows. The special Oliver Sean documentary will also premiere on Vh1 India shortly after the music video's three day exclusive premiere on the channel this month.

Visit the Official Oliver Sean Website for the latest updates: www.oliversean.com 

- W.O.A News Desk

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

SO GOOD hits the top of the 'AA' Charts this week.

Oliver Sean's platinum selling single 'So good' hits the No. 2 spot on the AA charts in Asia.

28th July 2012: Oliver Sean's 'SO GOOD' hits the TOP OF THE CHARTS today. The 'SO GOOD' single released in 2010 and hit platinum status in March 2010. A year later the SO GOOD ALBUM was released and the second single/video 'MOVIES' hit the Vh1 International Top10 Charts in June of 2011. 

The SO GOOD single then hit the Vh1 HIT LIST with the release of the So Good Music Video in December of 2011, while the album also got selected for the 54th Grammy nomination list in 2011. 

Now 2 years after the SO GOOD single was released, the Oliver Sean hit single 'SO GOOD' once again hits the charts today coming in at the No.2 spot on the AA charts for this week. Check the chart listing here: http://www.artistaloud.com 

To listen and download the Oliver Sean hit single and album 'SO GOOD' go to the Official Oliver Sean website at http://www.oliversean.com 

-W.O.A News Desk
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Feature story on Oliver Sean published on The Times - 2nd May 2012

Oliver Sean - The Times of India - 2nd May 2012
Goa, India - 2nd May 2012 - "My Mom's my inspiration" - A front page, feature story on Oliver Sean, written by acclaimed journalist Shruti Pandit. Read the article as published on the Times,  2nd of May 2012.

- W.O.A News Desk
www.woarecords.com
www.oliversean.com

Monday, April 30, 2012

W.O.A Records' exclusive artist 'Oliver Sean' featured on The Portugal News

28 April 2012 - The Portugal News (Portugal's largest circulated English weekly) publishes a feature story "Platinum selling artist is So Good' on W.O.A Records exclusive artist 'Oliver Sean'. Read the story featured on Page 26 of this week's edition here

http://epaper.theportugalnews.com/lib/2012/1162/

-W.O.A News Desk

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Oliver Sean - So far So Good!



Catch the latest Oliver Sean Story on 'THE PORTUGAL NEWS' on page 26. http://epaper.theportugalnews.com/lib/2012/1162/

- W.O.A News Desk
http://www.OliverSean.com
http://www.WOARecords.com

Friday, April 27, 2012

"Platinum selling Rock Artist is So Good" - The Portugal News

The Portugal News publishes much anticipated story on Platinum selling Rocker Oliver Sean. The Oliver Sean article titled 'Platinum Selling Rock Artist is So Good' appears on page 26 of todays edition of Portugal's largest circulated English weekend newspaper 'The Portugal News'. Read the online edition of the newspaper here http://epaper.theportugalnews.com/lib/2012/1162/ (Oliver Sean story on PAGE 26)

- W.O.A News Desk 
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http://www.oliversean.com 

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Portugal News to publish special story on Oliver Sean

Lisbon Portugal - 26th April 2012 - Portugal's largest national english newspaper 'The Portugal News' to publish a special story on Platinum selling Singer/Songwriter and founder of W.O.A International 'OLIVER SEAN' this weekend, 27th of April 2012. This story coincides with the announcement of the upcoming Oliver Sean European leg of the 'So Good Tour' and the launch of the third single and video 'Alone' from the platinum selling 'So Good - The Album', which is to premiere on Vh1 and other top channels globally along with a 5 minute TV special on the Rockstar. 

The online version of the national newspaper can be viewed at http://www.theportugalnews.com/ on Friday the 27th of April.

- W.O.A news Desk
www.woarecords,com
W.O.A International - The Music Co.

The Official Oliver Sean Website - http://www.oliversean.com 

Monday, March 26, 2012

W.O.A Records' Brand New International Music Videos to premiere on Vh1

Goa, India - 26 March, 2012 - W.O.A Records' proudly announces the
completion of 5 music videos that are to be launched within the next
couple of months with exclusive premieres on Vh1.

The videos, which are produced by W.O.A Films and Directed by Platinum
selling singer/songwriter and film maker Oliver Sean, consist of fresh
new artists from Australia, Germany, France India and the US, who
recently were part of the W.O.A Records Annual India Tour last October
and who took India by storm during their launch in this region. These
artists have created waves in their respective countries in the recent
past with chart topping songs, nominations in various music awards,
tour headlining slots etc and the new music videos are all set to take
these hot new artists to the next level Internationally.

The artists whose music videos are to be launched in the coming months
are Kotadama (Australia - Pop/Rock), Matthias Sturm (Germany/France -
Pop), Eric Dulle (France - Pop), Jade Steel (USA - Reggae) and
Garfield Oliveira (Goa - Reggaeton), including videos by W.O.A Artists
like Overhate (Venezuela - Metal), Cherie Nichole (Ibiza - Pop) and
The Particles (UK - Modern Rock).

Each music video launch will be uploaded right here on the official
WOA International website and blog, along with behind the scenes
footage, on completion of the exclusive premiere on the Television
channels.

Stay tuned for release dates and contest updates so you can win free
copies of the artist's CDs and merchandise and catch the first look
and premiere of the music videos.

- W.O.A News Desk

Friday, March 23, 2012

The Particle & Hutch Jones 'ON AIR' across India

Latest W.O.A Records Update

Goa, India - 22nd March 2012 - The W.O.A Records radio playlist for
March 2012 is now ON AIR on major FM networks across India with the
songs TAKEN AWAY by The Particle (UK based modern Rockers) and HE'S
NASTY by Hutch Jones (US based jazz star) currently being featured on
Mumbai's MUST 107.8 FM and India's largest FM network 'AIR Rainbow FM'
stations across New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad, Bangalore,
Mangalore, Surat, Gangtok, Guwahati, Sikkim, Chennai, Pondicherry,
Pune, Port Blair, Daman, Lucknow and more cities across India.

Tune in today to MUST FM and AIR FM to hear some of Independent
music's best songs from around the world promoted and released in this
region by W.O.A Records every month.

- W.O.A News Desk
W.O.A International - The Music Co.
www.woarecords.com

Friday, January 20, 2012

Highly anticipated global music compilation Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 4 releases worldwide

W.O.A Records launches its 4th volume of the celebrated multi artist Goa Chillout Zone Compilation Album.

 

Goa, India - Jan 20, 2012 -  The highly anticipated Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 4 launches worldwide today on the International Record Label W.O.A Records. The 4th series of the Goa Chillout Zone double CD compilation features 30 International chill & easy listening tracks by artists from across the world including the US, Mexico, Australia, France, UK, and various other countries. This is an eclectic double CD bringing together some of the very best artists in independent music today. Importantly, it's part of an extremely worthwhile cause at the same time.
  
"When I came up with the concept of the Goa Chillout Zone compilation album in 2008 we never expected the album to become such a highly sought after album in so many countries, it even got listed in the iTunes World Roots Library" says Oliver Sean, Founder & President of W.O.A International – The Music Co., "the compilation was never intended for commercial purposes, rather it was a way to promote great independent music and also to help support animal welfare by giving 10% of all sales to animal welfare and till today 90% of the cds replicated are given away free to promote the Goa Chillout Zone brand and the artists and from any sales we make 10% is directly utilized for animal welfare"        

One constant of the Goa Chillout Zone series has been the 10% sales revenue being donated to animal welfare. The situation of animals and their welfare is in dire straits in many regions of the world, it's a situation that's continuously in the news and the openly displayed animal cruelty is alarming. W.O.A International recognizes that it's something that won't be changed overnight, but passionately believe that continued support in the fight against it will eventually win through.

The Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 4 compilation this year consists of 30 artists from all over the world who have been selected by Platinum Selling Singer-Songwriter/Record Producer Oliver Sean who is the man behind the Goa Chillout Zone compilation and the success that the album has achieved. Some of the artists on the Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 4 include Luna Blanca, Matthias Sturm, Uwe Gronau, Two Cold, Cherie Nicole, Richard Morgan, James Kahu and various other amazing global Independent artists.

The Goa Chillout Zone CD Vol. 4 is the fourth release in the planned five-volume collection, with the first three volumes breaking records and topping several album and retail charts. Bringing together the best that W.O.A International has to offer as well as unsigned independent artists worldwide, the Goa Chillout Zone compilations continue to amaze media, radio stations and other major labels that now regularly tap into the W.O.A Records Goa Chillout Zone songs and artists for their own compilations and collaborations. 

Such has the success been of the last three volumes of the Goa Chillout Zone compilation that W.O.A International is currently already selecting songs and artists for the Fifth volume of the Goa Chillout Zone Compilation, due for release January 2013. Artists interested in appearing on Vol.5 are encouraged to submit their songs for submission onto the collection. With 10,000 copies being pressed and distributed worldwide to mega stores, retailers, radio stations, coffee shops and digitally to Amazon and iTunes as well as top clubs at holiday destinations like Ibiza, Goa, etc, it's an excellent opportunity for unsigned artists to be heard by large audiences. 

With the Goa Chillout Zone CD Vol.4 set to be a huge success following in the footsteps of the last 3 Goa Chillout Zone compilation volumes, and Vol. 5 already in the planning stage, 2012 and 2013 looks set to be a milestone year for W.O.A International. Listen to the brand new Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 4 Compilation today and see what the noise, or rather the music, is all about.

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Formed in 1998 by World Music star Oliver Sean, W.O.A International is a global entertainment company that continues to lead the way when it comes to how music should be promoted. They are pioneering independent international music in India and Middle East and are now synonymous with the region. Their enviable reputation at opening up new possibilities means that they are the go-to company for independent artists wishing a truly international presence.