Philip

First International Multilingual Live Music Social Networking Site Linked Musicians started public beta testing AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands - 18 November 2006 - "Networking the Live Music Community". "Share Your Passion for Live Music". These are the slogans of the first international, local-for-local, multilingual, live music industry social networking website www.linked-musicians.com that just started public beta testing. It is a social networking website like Orkut, MySpace and Hi5, 100% focused on musicians and the music industry. The website enables musicians, bands, orchestras, fans and product & service providers to register a very detailed live music related profile, to invite and link to their friends and business contacts, and to link to other members. The site enables guests and members to find musicians, bands, band vacancies, band tour dates, events, companies, products, services, jobs, friends and dates in their own direct or extended network, and to be introduced through people they know and trust. "Unlike any other industry, in the music industry it´s about who knows who" says Philip Wolffers, founder of Linked Musicians. "Our networking and community services enable musicians, bands, fans, event organisers and music industry businesses to extend, use and communicate with their people network in a powerful way never available before. With more than 250 instruments, more than 900 music styles, more than 70 music industry company types, all countries and states/provinces of the world, and detailed search mechanisms, Linked Musicians provides a very powerful platform for people networking in the music community: local, national and international". Linked Musicians is targeted at all musicians, bands, orchestras, fans, dancers, DJ´s, VJ´s, engineers, entertainers, managers, music creators - professionals & amateurs - and products & services providers in live music, like booking agents, recording studio´s, instruments & equipment suppliers, music schools, media, theaters, etc. Public beta testing started in October 2006, in English. German, Chinese and Dutch will be added in the next few months. Other languages will follow shortly. Linked Musicians offices opened in America, Europe, Asia and Oceania for marketing and customer services. Press contact: Linked Musicians Philip Wolffers +31-641256907 [email protected]