There are less than three weeks left to submit material for the 6th Annual Madison Area Music Awards – the deadline for entries is January 30, 2009. To sign up go to www.themamas.org. Check out the new categories this year including Soundperson and Video of the Year.

Remember, you don't have to live in Madison, Wisconsin to enter! The MAMAs are open to artists from all genres and any location in the world! Artists living outside of Dane County are eligible to submit entries for Song of the Year in the Wish You Were Here category. To register in this category, choose your song for Song of the Year and select Wish You Were Here from the list on the right. The first round of voting runs from February 5 through March 20, followed by the final round of voting from March 28 through April 28. The 2009 Madison Area Music Awards show will be held on Saturday, May 9 at the Barrymore Theatre.

MAMA Inc. is a non-profit organization that raises money to foster the next generation of musicians by helping fund youth music programs and by putting instruments in the hands of kids who might not otherwise have them. The MAMAs have recently exceeded $30,000 in donations for instruments for kids and for music education. Please remember the money you spend on registration goes directly toward these efforts.

Please consider donating a few CDs to help put "Instruments into Kids' Hands." Broadjam will auction off gift baskets of donated CDs from our artists to raise funds for the MAMAs to help with their mission. We encourage you to donate a copy or two of your CD releases to this great charity. CDs must be received by March 25th. As always, we appreciate your support!

Please send copies of your CDs to:

CDs for Charity
c/o Broadjam Inc.
6401 Odana Rd.
Madison, WI 53719

Your donation to the MAMAs 501(c)(3) organization may also be considered tax deductible. Requests for a receipt of your donation can be sent to cdsforcharity@broadjam.com.