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Donny B. Lord's "Addicted" has been nominated for a Hollywood Music Award this year. The Hollywood Music Awards will take place at Highlands in Hollywood, California on November 20th at 7:00 p.m.

DONNY B. LORD AMONG FINALISTS OF THE 7TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS For Immediate Release November 5, 2007 LOS ANGELES’ OWN DONNY B. LORD AMONG FINALISTS OF THE 7TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS INDIE ARTISTS FROM 6 CONTINENTS TO BE PROMOTED TO MORE THAN 20 MILLION & APPEAR IN 2008 EDITION OF THE MUSICIAN’S ATLAS Los Angeles based artist/band Donny B. Lord is among a diverse group of independent musicians named as finalists of the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards. R&B singer/songwriter/producer Donny B. Lord blends his Caribbean roots with mainstream Pop music to create a modern International R&B sound and has already had two of his songs reach #2 and #4 on the African music charts and featured on the Emmy Award winning “The District” and promotional campaigns for Motorola and Verizon. He is a protégé of Michael Jackson’s eldest brother, Jackie Jackson, and is an incredible performer, with a dance style that incorporates martial arts, ballet and hip hop. IMA Finalists will now advance to the final round of judging by a distinguished group of influential artists and industry insiders. The Judges who will determine this year’s IMA Winners include Suzanne Vega; Snoop Dogg, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers; Les Claypool of Primus; Ray Davies of The Kinks; Susan Tedeschi, Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance; blues legend Charlie Musselwhite; Judy Collins; Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis, MTV Music Supervisor, Carrie Hughes, Kevin Lyman of Vans Warped Tour and many others. IMA Winners and Finalists winners will appear in the 10th Anniversary edition of The Musician’s Atlas 2008, on sale December 18, 2007. Regarded as the industry’s most comprehensive contact directory, The Atlas is used by independent musicians and entrepreneurs to market and sell music more successfully. Developed and coordinated by Music Resource Group, publisher of The Musician’s Atlas, the Independent Music Award program delivers a variety of premiums to Winners including: · Year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances, that will place the Winners in front of millions of music fans and industry decision makers around the world. · The IMA Winners CD compilation will be distributed to 10,000 music fans and industry at events such as SXSW, Ozzfest, The Warped Tour throughout the year and promoted to more 650 US & Canadian college & public radio stations. ·eMusic will promote IMA Winners to millions of their subscribers throughout 2008. ·· Borders Books & Music will promote IMA Winners more than 11 Million of their customers. · Exposure to nearly 10 million viewers of ManiaTV.com and Havoc TV. Music fans will be casting their votes for their favorite IMA Finalists at www.IndependentMusicAwards.com <http://www.IndependentMusicAwards.com> at the IMA Vox Populi Jukebox. ### For more information on the Musician’s Atlas and the Independent Music Awards contact Joelle Caputa (joelle@independentmusicawards.com) at 973-509-9898. For more information about Donny B. Lord please contact Curly Locks Productions at 310.498.7123 WWW.DONNYBLORD.COM <http://WWW.DONNYBLORD.COM>

Donny B. Lord SAG/AFTRA/ASCAP www.donnyblord.com 310.498.7123 FILM/TELEVISION: Soul Train --Don Cornelius Prod. Principal Dancer People’s Choice Awards --CBS-TV Principal singer/dancer Disney American Teacher Awards--Disney Principal singer/dancer All I Want For Christmas --Paramount Featured Choir Boy “Brat Girls” Music Video Artist/Lead “Addicted” Music Video (Kiss FM “Big Break” Semifinalist) Artist/Lead APPEARANCES/ LIVE PERFORMANCES: Jackie Jackson’s Singing Group “MIXX” Member Jackie Jackson’s Tomorrow’s Stars Today™ Music Extravaganza Performer/Choreograph B.B. King’s Blues Club and Restaurant (Hollywood, CA) Performing Act The Key Club (Hollywood, CA) Performing Act House Of Blues (Chicago, IL) Performing Act TOKIO Nightclub Performing Act The Ice House (Las Vegas, NV) Performing Act The Artsgarden (Indianapolis, IN) 1st Prize Winning Act BMI Urban Music Focus Performing Act KPFK 90.7 FM (Los Angeles, CA) Himself Helen TV (Caribbean) Himself Hot 105.3 FM (Caribbean) Himself Radio Caribbean International Himself 93.7 The Wave Radio Station (Caribbean) Himself Queen’s Show (West Indies) Himself ISTA Festival (Brussels, Belgium) Sing/Choreogr/Danc Dr. Seuss (London, England) Princip. Sing/Dancer University of Southern California Dance Company Principal Dancer Brentwood Celebrity Basketball Benefit Half-time Solo Dance Changing Images In America Awards (Chia Awards) Performing Act Brentwood Dance Company Princ. Danc./Choreog China Eyes Dance Company Principal Dancer Folklorico de SMC Princ. Danc./Choreog COMMERCIALS: Pepsi, Cheerios, Footlocker, Fox Kids, Iron Kids’ Bread, Hammerman w/ M.C. Hammer MUSIC DEMO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST: Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, Movie/TV Soundtrack Composer (“The District”, “Cane”, Motorola, Verizon) Artist Style: Cross between Michael Jackson and Bob Marley Genres: R&B, Pop, Reggae, Reggaeton Similar Artists: Justin Timberlake, Sean Kingston, Akon, Sean Paul & Usher “Donny B. Lord is a fusion of mainstream contemporary Pop music with Caribbean roots.” (Jackie Jackson, The Jackson Five) SKILLS: Singing, Sing-jaying, Songwriting, Music Production, Music Publisher, Piano, Percussion, Dance: Modern, African, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Ballet, Choreography, Martial Arts TRAINING: Voice/Performance: Seth Riggs, George Axiltree, Vocal Stylizing & Performance Workshops™ Music/Songwriting: Mentors- Jackie Jackson (The Jackson family); songwriter, Thomas Bahler, University of Southern California Dance: Tina Landon (Janet Jackson); Wade Robson (N Sync); Ron Brown, Alvin Ailey Dance Company; American School in London (London City Ballet); Michael Owens; Nzingha Camara; Regina Williams (Missy Elliot); University of Southern California; Brentwood Academy