Anita Athavale on MTV’s “The City”

Wednesday, January 14

Anita Athavale’s song “On and On” was featured on MTV’s new Hills spinoff, “The City” on Monday January 12th. You can tune in and watch the episode now on…
MTV.ca (Canada)
and MTV.com (in the U.S.)

The City: “Good Things Come In Threes”
Season One, Episode 4 (scene 4 “She’s a Keeper”)

MTV PROFILE: http://soundtrack.mtv.com/profile/anitaathavale


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Join Anita Athavale Online

Monday, May 26

We are working on getting more content and info out there for fans of Anita Athavale. You can now join the Anita Athavale Page on Facebook: click the link or try choosing the “My Page” option and searching for Anita Athavale in “Music”. And maybe you didn’t know that you can stream Anita’s songs online (at work, school and home) via her official myspace page. Join up, become a “friend”, comment, share photos and stay in the loop!
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Anita Features In Avenue/ ATBT Magazines

Tuesday, May 13

Just a note here that Anita was featured in Calgary’s city lifestyle magazine: Avenue in the May 2008 issue.
They have it featured online (see it here) or you can find it available in print in fine shops and markets in Calgary’s downtown district.
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*You can also find a feature article about Anita Athavale in the freshly launched and limited-print independent magazine Atbt (All The Best Things) in Calgary. Their web site is in the works, but some sought after copies of the glossy mag are rumoured to be floating around town.

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Anita Athavale Signs With Fanboy Management

Sunday, March 30

Anita Athavale Signs As Premiere Artist With Fanboy Management

Canadian singer/songwriter Anita Athavale signs an agreement with Fanboy Management, a new artist management firm, founded by long time
U.S. indie-exec/producer/artist Ken Gullic.

Calgary, AB March 31, 2008 — Vacation Records is proud to announce the signing of Anita Athavale to L.A. based Fanboy Management. This venture coincides with her entry into the U.S. market.


“I’ve often longed for an opportunity to reinvest my energies and experience within the music industry in a passionate and enthusiastic way. Having stumbled upon Anita’s music online, I instantly found her songs to be striking; rich with romantic integrity and poignant honesty. Not to mention her hauntingly familiar yet uniquely comforting voice. It’s an
honour to start this new phase in my career with such a multi faceted artist.”-Ken Gullic/President of Fanboy Management

About Anita Athavale

2007 saw the release of In The Noise, Anita Athavale’s second self-produced album. The title track recently garnered major exposure in the U.S. on Nic Harcourt’s influential “Morning Becomes Eclectic” show broadcast on the L.A. NPR station, KCRW. In January of 2008, Anita took the stage for her debut U.S. showcase at Hotel Café, a prominent stepping stone venue for up and coming artists. Anita was also recently featured in the “Wheels and Deals” column in HITS magazine, the leading A&R tip sheet. April 29th, 2008 marks Anita’s New York City debut at “Piano’s”. Her Canadian exposure includes features on Much Music television, CBC radio, high-profile NXNE showcases, and a recent story on Chartattack.com. Anita will also be a featured act during Junofest 2008 in Calgary. Summer tour dates will be announced shortly.

About Ken Gullic and Fanboy Management

Counting 25 years of experience in the record business, Ken Gullic launches L.A. based Fanboy Management. Gullic produced his own Parasol Records act Boot Camp in 1999, complete with appearances from Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander and Bruce Kulick of KISS. Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Gullic worked his way up through the industry before landing executive gigs at Relativity Records (Joe Satriani, Our Lady Peace) and Loud Records (Xzibit, Wu Tang Clan). Prior to launching Fanboy Management, Gullic completed a successful four-year stint as a founding executive with Fontana Distribution (KISS, Rocco Deluca, Metric).

For more information about Anita Athavale
visit: www.anitaathavale.com
information@anitaathavale.com

Artist Management: Ken Gullic
FanboyMgmt@aol.com

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READ ABOUT IT ONLINE: http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi
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Anita At Junofest ‘08

Thursday, February 14

Anita Athavale has been invited to perform at the Ironwood Stage on Friday April 4th, 2008 as a feature act during Junofest Weekend in Calgary, Alberta.

Junofest is a two day music festival featuring performances by many local and national Canadian acts as well as a number of JUNO nominees. JunoFest takes place April 4th and 5th, 2008- and is capped off by the internationally broadcast Canadian JUNO awards show on Sunday April 6th.

Catch Anita Athavale
Friday April 4th 2008
Ironwood Stage
1429, 9th Ave SE Calgary, AB
Show: 10:00pm
Tickets: $10 at the door
On-sale: March 1/08
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Anita In Hits’ Wheels & Deals

Tuesday, February 5

Anita Athavale was mentioned yesterday as part of Hits Magazine’s Daily Double: under latest news… “Several industry folks were spotted at the Hotel Café last week checking out Canadian songstress Anita Athavale. KCRW’s Nick Harcourt is an early believer, having spun her record on his morning show. Get on it…”

Click here to see the whole article online.
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Anita In ChartAttack News

Monday, January 28

Anita Athavale and the Canadian national release for “In The Noise” was featured last week online on ChartAttack.com

See the feature here>

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“South Pacific” Video Press Release

Monday, September 17

Anita Athavale’s South Pacific Video for Distribution

Canadian singer/songwriter Anita Athavale releases her first video for online audiences.

Calgary, AB (PRWEB) September 17, 2007 — Vacation Records is proud to announce the release of Anita Athavale’s first video from her new album, “In The Noise”. The self-produced video, South Pacific, will be officially released on YouTube.com and made available to industry leading music networks for broadcast. It will be the first non-commercial web release of her music to a major media distribution and social networking website.

“I feel we definitely captured the story and emotion of South Pacific in the video. What’s exciting is the way it links the music and my vision of the song,” says Anita. “The choruses come alive on screen, the same way we envisioned them in the studio.”

The South Pacific video will be featured at the Eighth Annual Calgary International Film Festival which takes place between September 21st and September 30th 2007.

About Anita Athavale

A Calgary resident, Anita Athavale was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She has been songwriting and performing for over a decade. In 2002, Anita released the acoustic album The First Time, and in 2007 co-produced her second album In The Noise. She has opened for Kathleen Edwards, Holly McNarland and was recently featured on “Going Coastal: MuchMusic Does Calgary”.

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