Bodog.com Launches Bodogmusic.com
VANCOUVER – (PRESS RELEASE) -- On June 25th, Bodog.com Founder & CEO Calvin Ayre hosted a red carpet launch party at the Quay Restaurant in Vancouver for Bodogmusic.com lead artist and exec Bif Naked. The new CD entitled Superbeautifulmonster is Bif's first in three years, and music industry reps, fans, fellow Bodogmusic.com artists and celebrities came out in droves to support the tattooed rock goddess.
Special guest Samuel L. Jackson, who was in town filming a new movie called Pacific Air Flight 121, stopped by to wish Bif all the best with her new CD. Commenting on Bif's positive energy and engaging personality Jackson said, "Bif Naked is a beautiful person – she's very bubbly!"
Superbeautifulmonster hit the streets in Canada on June 28th, 2005. The first single from the album, Let Down, is currently climbing the rock charts in Canada with the video airing regularly on MuchMusic. Bif Naked is performing at the Bodog.com Poker & Sports Marketing Conference in Las Vegas July 6 & 7, 2005.
The album will be released in the US on Sept 20th, 2005 through MRI/Sony/Red distribution. International co-venture and licensing arrangements for the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, Asia and the Middle East are currently being developed for 2006.
Why is Bodog.com getting into the music business?
"We are already a strong presence in other areas of online entertainment, so it's a natural progression for Bodog.com to expand into music, another complimentary form of digitally delivered entertainment," said Calvin Ayre, Bodog.com Founder and CEO. "It's all entertainment. The synergies are definitely there, and in doing this Bodog.com is creating a new type of entertainment company that will become a giant in the entertainment business."
Bodogmusic.com artist and exec Bif Naked is enjoying working with Ayre noting, "I love his original thinking!"