LOS ANGELES/SANTA MONICA, CA - Indiespace.com, the flagship website of  Kaleidospace LLC (a leading web hosting service and distributor of independent music since January 1994), is sponsoring Indie Nation -- the upcoming conference devoted to independent music.

The conference -- held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City on Saturday, November 13^th, from 9am to 5pm -- is hosted by Los Angeles Women in Music (LAWIM), a non-profit corporation dedicated to fostering and promoting equal career opportunities for women and men in the music industry.

At the conference, Kaleidospace CEO Jeannie Novak and CIO Pete Markiewicz will be conducting a workshop called “Music and the Web.” The workshop will concentrate on how the web is reinventing the promotion, performance and distribution of independent music.

“Rather than just discussing how the web has made independent music more available,” said Novak, “we want to focus on how artists and independent labels are recognizing the Internet’s true potential for promotion and sales.” Independent label Wind-Up Entertainment, for example, recently took Creed’s “Human Clay” to the No. 1 spot using inexpensive Internet promotion -- easily surpassing Garth Brooks latest album, which cost much more to market through traditional means. “The workshop will show artists some real, useable strategies for promoting, marketing and distributing their own music on the web,” said Markiewicz.

Part of Indiespace.com’s sponsorship includes a redesign of the LAWIM site, which has been hosted by Kaleidospace since September 1998. The redesigned site offers information on LAWIM services and upcoming events, as well as the ability to purchase LAWIM’s first compilation CD online. “Now that the site is getting so much attention  nationwide, this redesign is imperative to help attract more corporate sponsors, new members and media attention,” said Debbie Alfaro, Webmistress of the LAWIM web site.  “We cannot thank Kaleidospace enough.”

  To visit LAWIM’s redesigned site and learn more about the Indie Nation conference, go to http://www.lawim.org For more information on Indiespace artists and Indiespace services, go to http://indiespace.com

  Stop by Indiespace.com’s booth at the Indie Nation conference on November 13^th, from 9am to 5pm at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA. Other sponsors of the event include CINRAM International, Moonlight Mastering, ASCAP, Berklee College of Music, NARAS, BMI, Music Connection, LA Weekly, and SESAC.