Oct. 7, 2009 – Nashville, TN – FrontGate Media and the definitive online destination for Christian music, HearItFirst.com, have launched their ROCKTOBER Promotion at HearitFirst.com and HearItFirst.com/Rocktober.  The promotion, sponsored by Digital Praise’s Guitar Praise Video Game and Expansion Pack, highlights 13 artists and bands from the ROCK genre with videos, exclusive downloads and features throughout the Hear It First site, all month long during October. Fans will also be able to enter to win the Guitar Praise video game with Expansion Pack, a $100 Amazon MP3 Download gift card and with copies of each band’s latest album and t-shirt.
 
“We’re very excited to bring fans the opportunity to win the amazing video game Guitar Praise and Expansion Pack that allows people to play along with some of their favorite Christian music, along with the other great music, video and exclusive downloads from 13 great artists and bands in 31 days.  Hear It First remains committed to bringing great music from all genres to fans and a month dedicated to ROCK and the ROCKTOBER promotion is proof we deliver,” said Mark Adkison, President & Founder of Hear It First.
 
Driving this experience of great music throughout the month are the 13 amazing artists and bands celebrating a myriad of styles within the rock genre: legendary rockers STRYPER, Thousand Foot Krutch, Pillar, Manic Drive, Unhindered, Me In Motion, Jimmie Bratcher, Canopy Red, Satellites and Sirens, SONSOFDAY, Dreampilots, Two Cent Offering and The Letter Black.  Each artist is featured on the site’s Home Page and ROCK Page along with exclusive videos and downloads to help fans experience this music and draw the bands closer to fans.
 
The promotion runs throughout the month of October.  Be sure to check out all the great bands featured in the promotion at http://www.HearItFirst.com/Rocktober.