Former 10CC and Godley & Crème man Kevin Godley and Andy Wood of Hypergallery and Cubic Motion fame are offering a sneak peak of their WholeWorldBand at the Music Show in the RDS on February 25 and 26.
A revolutionary new interactive tool for iPhone 4/4s and iPad2, the App lets you create music with other musicians and music fans around the world in both sound and pictures. The app will be available to download from the iTunes store across the world from March 2012.
A number of major recording artists including The Edge (U2), Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), Gavin Friday, Gemma Hayes, Cathy Davey, Mik Pyro (Republic of Loose) and Liam O’Maonlai (Hot House Flowers) are currently creating performances for WholeWorldBand and will be uploading new or collaborating on existing tracks in the near future. Attendees at the Hot Press-run Music Show will be able to check out the WholeWorld Band App over the weekend and collaborate on tracks from some of these artists at the show.
Musicians and music fans from all over the world will be able to contribute and combine a selection of video performances, including their own, from the WholeWorldBand library to create their own favourite band line-up.  And they will also have the opportunity to earn money from their performance.
Kevin Godley said “WholeWorldBand is a revolutionary new online music tool that provides a new platform for distribution while offering the opportunity of new revenue streams for up and coming and established musicians and bands and, in fact, anyone.”
The WholeWorldBand App allows you to originate a track or add yourself to performances by well-known artists and bands by playing along with them, or substituting yourself for any member of a band.
WholeWorldBand lets musicians record and film while playing or singing along to any track on the menu using the microphone and cameras on their iPhone or iPad then upload a unique mix of yourself plus other users to Facebook and YouTube etc.
 In WholeWorldBand, musicians can upload their own original tracks and earn money when other users download and share them.  The more performances that are downloaded, the more musicians can earn.
 "It's fantastic that The Music Show is the first place that people will get to see this great project in action," Hot Press editor Niall Stokes said. "Kevin Godley is a real visionary – exactly the kind of ambitious genius to carry off something special like the WholeWorldBand idea. And he has found the perfect partner for his grand scheme in Andy Wood, who founded Hypergallery as a portal where you can buy all the great cover artwork. Between them, they have created an app that has amazing long term potential. People will see just how much at The Music Show. It is a really exciting development that we're proud to be part of."

More will be revealed shortly on [link]www.wholeworldband.com[/link].

The Music Show 2012, presented by Hot Press in association with RTE 2fm, runs from February 25 to 26 in the RDS, Dublin. Tickets (€12 one day, €16 for the weekend) are available on Ticketmaster.

For more info see The Music Show's website www.themusicshow.ie.