Luther "Squeak" Jackson Interviews w/ Talk of Detroit

Boomdizzle's first recording artist and Detroit native Luther "Squeak" Jackson (Formerly of Detroit's R&B Group 7 Mile) in a full length interview with Laronn Harris

Here are a few facts about Boomdizzle, LL Cool J and Squeak to consider for your story.

    * LL Cool J is the co-founder of Boomdizzle Networks.

    * Boomdizzle makes it simple for an amateur producer in Japan to record and remix a record with a vocalist in San Francisco in REAL-TIME and upload the track to iTunes. It enables up and coming artists to release original recordings, remix and reproduce their favorite tracks, distribute music to an online community, and interact with other artists who can rate, comment, and rank their user-generated musical content.

    * Boomdizzle.com recording artist Luther “Squeak” Jackson had his single, “My Dreams,” re-recorded by the popular Korean boy band Super Junior. The song was renamed “My All is in You”, and is currently topping the Korean charts. It sold 44,000 records on the first day of release and is now on track to go double platinum. Super Junior’s current album which contains “My All is in You” is ranked at number 7 on the United World Chart, and Squeak is properly credited as writer of the smash song on the album.

    * Squeak and his song were chosen by fans and a star-studded panel of judges including Boomdizzle co-founder LL Cool J as the site's first signed artist among over 15,000 artists competing in the Boomdizzle All-star Competition.

    * Pepsi, the premiere sponsor of SxSW, showcased Boomdizzle as the centerpiece of the SxSW conference. Influential bloggers interviewed LLCoolJ about the technology via a full-scale social media campaign throughout the conference and the web.

    * AllHipHop.com, the largest HipHop site on the web with over 18M page views per month, showcases Boomdizzle on their homepage, music, and video sections to their entire user base.

    * Over 25,000 artists have registered for Boomdizzle and uploaded over 50,000 original recordings.

    * iTunes signed a deal to distribute original Boomdizzle tracks. The Want2BFamous package for $8.99 allows artists in the Boomdizzle.com online community to upload a song to the iTunes store under the Boomdizzle record label.