UMBRELLO HEADLINES
UMBRELLO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT GETS $12 MILLION IN EXPANSION FUNDING
INVESTMENT ENDORSES WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL
June 23, 2008, New York – Pioneering entrepreneur Steve Nardelli, lead writer and vocalist for the legendry ‘60s band
The Syn, has earmarked $12M of a total investment portfolio of $600M to expand the operations of his New York-based
Umbrello Music Entertainment. With this infusion of capital and two major new contracts to add to their growing client
list, UME is now in a prime situation to solidify a leading market position...
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14 Hour Technicolour Dream: TVB
Another Cutting-Edge Music Project sponsored by Steve Nardelli (The Syn)
March 2, 2008 - As a founding member of the classic British ‘60s psych band The Syn - which has undergone a rebirth as a
"prog modernist" band in the new millennium - Steve Nardelli has shown himself to be a true
innovator on many different levels. Not only does The Syn have a brand new CD entitled Big Sky in the works
for 2008 with a new core lineup consisting of Nardelli, Francis Dunnery (It Bites; The Robert Plant Band)
and Tom Brislin (keyboardist for the Yes: Symphonic Tour; Meatloaf, Debbie Harry, and his own band Spiraling),
but Nardelli has another unique Web 2.0 project underway as well:
14 Hour Technicolour Dream: The Virtual Band...
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The Future (of The Syn) Will Be Televised
New core lineup announced as Brislin, Dunnery and Nardelli
February 24th, 2008 — As a founder of TheONETV and founding member of the band The
Syn, Steve Nardelli has always shown himself to be a true innovator on many different levels.
With the recording of the new Syn CD (Big Sky) Nardelli takes that spirit of innovation to a new
plateau...
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Review: Anton Roolaart / Dreamer
February 2008 - TheProgFiles.com recently released a wonderful and insightful review of Anton Roolaart's debut CD,
"DREAMER".
Click here to read this review!
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MWE3 Spotlight on UMBRELLO
February 2008 - The news in the rock world is that Chris Squire departed The SYN
at the end of 2006. The SYN—the psych-pop band formed by Squire and Steve
Nardelli in ‘65 and disbanded when Squire formed YES in 1969—staged a
brilliant comeback CD, Syndestructible, at the end of 2005.
2007’s seven cut
CD, Armistice Day debuts a classic rock title track fueled by catchy hooks
and utopian lyrics of world peace... Read More
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IPTV Music Station News
August 6, 2007 - The Syn vocalist Steve Nardelli has just finished filming a series of promo
videos for theONE.tv to promote a series of launch concerts for the IPTV
music station.
The Syn will be playing the concerts in LA, New York and London, all to be
broadcast live to a global audience.
In a revolutionary concept, theONE.tv
will also film the making of the new
Syn album called Big Sky; rehearsals, studio recording, all aspects to
completion of the final cd master.
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theONE.tv IPtv launches
June 29, 2007 - theONE.tv is a new concept in music entertainment with an
emphasis on live performances of real music from the world's most iconic
venues. Presenting a series of October launch concerts in London, New York &
Los Angeles, theONE.tv will feature some of the world's finest musicians.
theONE.tv is also working with the UK's leading independent venue operator
to broadcast live concerts globally from their venues on IP and mobiles...
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Syn Interview
June 27, 2007 - Chris Squire and Steve Nardelli were interviewed in '05 by Robert Silverstein for
Music Web Express 3000...
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Umbrello artists interviewed
May 28, 2007 - The current edition of Music Street Journal features interviews with Umbrello recording artists
Kurt Michaels and Anton Roolaart.
Click here to read the interviews at MusicStreetJournal.com.
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Outer Worlds - Live CD From Kurt Michaels Released on Umbrello Records
May 4, 2007 — "[Music] is a force of nature - and if you are a musician, you are compelled to
serve it." This concept is the one behind guitarist Kurt Michaels' "music by accident" philosophy...
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Dreamer –Debut CD from Anton Roolaart Released on Umbrello Records
May 4, 2007 — Dreamer is the debut disc from progressive rocker Anton Roolaart.
The CD was released on April 24th worldwide on Umbrello Records...
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40 years on, the reunited Nardelli & Squire break a long hiatus and forge the new relationship and band, THE SYN.
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