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    <title>Mandi Perkins</title>
    <description>Sony BMG recording artist Mandi Perkins is an intensely passionate and charismatic singer/songwriter who creates uncompromising melodic rock.  She writes about her life and those around her in a musical form of empathy, which makes listeners, care, think and question.   Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Mandi began writing and performing when she was very young  and her childhood included musical theatre, vocal competitions and writing every chance she could.  Her ambitions inspired a move to California to pursue both a career in music and to attend UC Berkeley where she graduated with Honors in English Literature.  Immediately following graduation, Mandi made a move to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in music while simultaneously attending law school.  She recently graduated, passed the California State Bar (albeit playing a gig a few weeks before!) and completed her first independent album, “bleeding the line …,” with help from some of the biggest names in the music industry.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“bleeding the line …,” a 12 track album written by Mandi was released digitally through De Novo Music/INgrooves in August 2007 and featured several collaborations with Ryan Tedder of One Republic.  Via myspace, Mandi garnered much attention for her music - she currently has 2 million profile views, 3.5 million total plays and 85,000 friends. Her music has been featured on MTV's Laguna Beach, The Hills and The Real World and she has gained many fans along the way including &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeff Rosen, Bob Dylan’s longtime head of publishing, who, drawn by Mandi’s song lyrics and charismatic personality, introduced her to executives at Sony BMG and subsequently helped her get a record deal through Fred Ehrlich's label venture with Sony BMG's Victor Records.  Upon signing the deal, Mandi immediately began work on her major label debut album, “Alice In No Man’s Land.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When discussing the album, Mandi states that, “Each song stems from my own personal experiences, the lives of the people closest to me and those I meet along the way.  I write songs from my stomach and will take an event that has happened to me immediately following its conclusion and I will stretch it out until it’s at the rawest form.  Once I have the emotion explode on paper, I am much more at ease.  Songwriting is cathartic for me.  I think it’s great to passionately feel, but there is a point when you should make sure you have an outlet, especially when the excess baggage takes control of your life.  Hopefully listening to my music will be cathartic for other people.”  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandi Perkins‘ major label debut album "Alice In No-Man's Land" comes out on August 5, 2008 on Sony BMG's Victor Records.</description>
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      <title>Mandi Featured On TeenFaze.com</title>
      <description>Mandi Perkins is currently being featured on TeenFaze.com!  Check out her interview here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23VuCXRTS" title="http://www.teenfaze.com/musicscene"&gt;http://www.teenfaze.com/musicscene&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/perkins" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/mandi" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/interview" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Mandi Interview on Hip Hossip</title>
      <description>Check out Mandi's interview with Hip Hossip in Canada here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23urCFrQS" title="http://www.hiphossip.com/2008/08/all-canadian-pop-star-mandi-perkins.html"&gt;http://www.hiphossip.com/2008/08/all-canadian-pop-star-mandi-perkins.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hossip" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/mandi" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/perkins" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hip" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/mandiperkins/blogs/2008/09/02/43T5dtM3/mandi-interview-on-hip-hossip</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:19:15 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>This Is Really The End by Mandi Perkins</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:19:14 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Why (You Confuse Me) by Mandi Perkins</title>
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      <title>Updates to playlist: Mandi Perkins - Alice In No Man's Land</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:03:20 -0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:33:20 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Alice In No Man's Land EPK</title>
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      <title>Mandi Perkins and Cosmo Girl</title>
      <description>The other week I visited the Cosmo Girl offices, and they did this great piece on me.  The next Alanis?   I don't know about that.  But there is a place at the end where you can comment.  So take a look at the article and let them know what you think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23fR4-V_R" title="http://www.cosmogirl.com/blog/daily-kiss-mandi-perkins"&gt;http://www.cosmogirl.com/blog/daily-kiss-mandi-perkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/girl" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/mandi" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/perkins" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/cosmo" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Mandi Perkins</dc:creator>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/mandiperkins/blogs/2008/07/31/GipF4RY2/mandi-perkins-and-cosmo-girl</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:45:05 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Mandi is Clear Channel's "One's To Watch" Artist for August!</title>
      <description>Mandi has been chosen as one of &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23Es94lsR" title="http://www.iheartmusic.com/cc-common/new/6/player.html?art=1769&amp;dartSplitName=local&amp;gateway=exiting"&gt;Clear Channel's "One's To Watch"&lt;/a&gt; artists for the month of August.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23Es94lsR" title="http://www.iheartmusic.com/cc-common/new/6/player.html?art=1769&amp;dartSplitName=local&amp;gateway=exiting"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.assets.victor-records.com/mandiperkins/NEW!.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/perkins" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/mandi" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Mandi Perkins</dc:creator>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/mandiperkins/blogs/2008/07/28/-W0n73jE/mandi-is-clear-channels-ones-to-watch-artist-for-august</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:28:01 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Mandi Performs For Yahoo Music Staff</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://release.sonybmgmedia.com/rl/gf/p/hSmcmhXYgmG8iHpkBvKYqx2QA9yF1uku/u/Unknown/content.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://release.sonybmgmedia.com/rl/gf/p/sm_h4MHshz3ZFW2PANcfGG_4J_82XzKv/u/Unknown/content.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week, Mandi stopped by the Yahoo! Music offices in Santa Monica to perform for the staff.  We wanted to share a few photos from that vist with you.  Be sure to stay tuned for more exciting Yahoo news regarding Mandi.</description>
      <dc:creator>Mandi Perkins</dc:creator>
      <category>News</category>
      <link>http://www.imeem.com/mandiperkins/blogs/2008/07/23/Ogp1gbYe/mandi-performs-for-yahoo-music-staff</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:56:47 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Exclusive Performance For Clear Channel</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://release.sonybmgmedia.com/rl/gf/p/W_6i6mvNtkWORo_SMd3omvmrK6l1DlT7/u/Unknown/content.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Mandi stopped by the Clear Channel offices last week to play a few songs, they decided to let the cameras roll. In the process they managed to capture a really compelling, stripped-down version of her debut single "Why Pretend", which you can now see at &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23o6BOUVQ" title="http://www.star987.com/cc-common/losangeles/247/newmusic/index.html"&gt;http://www.star987.com/cc-common/losangeles/247/newmusic/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;They also asked the Canadian-born singer/songwriter a few questions about her work with &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/23o6BsVVQ" title="http://www.star987.com/iplaylist/artist/770910/?_show"&gt;One Republic&lt;/a&gt;'s Ryan Tedder, releasing her own digital album, and the releae of her major label debut Alice In No Man's Land.</description>
      <dc:creator>Mandi Perkins</dc:creator>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/mandiperkins/blogs/2008/07/17/EwJIuNFW/exclusive-performance-for-clear-channel</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:03:00 -0000</pubDate>
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