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Curt Yagi selected out of 11,000 musicians for a spotlight in Mergent Music Magazine

San Francisco, CA, January 27, 2009 - San Francisco singer/songwriter Curt Yagi was recently chosen to be showcased in the January 2009 issue of Mergent Music Magazine. Curt was one of eleven musicians selected out of 11,000 artists nationwide to appear in the popular online media outlet with over 20,000,000 subscribers.

"It is an honor to be selected out of so many talented musicians," said Curt. "I am thrilled to be a part of Mergent Music Magazine." With his story as the lead for the magazine, Curt is hopeful that the exposure will lead to bigger and better things. "It would be great to get my music into the right hands," he says. "This is such a great outlet for independent artists such as myself.

An excerpt of the magazine may be downloaded here, while the entire magazine may be downloaded from www.myspace.com/mergentrecords.