Long gone are the days of audiocassettes plugged into your car cassette player with extensively large packaging.  Today, audio book listeners can download their favorites in minutes and keep a library at the click of their fingers on their mobile devices. While the printed book may have taken a side step, advances in technology have brought forward a whole new collection of readers and audio book listeners. As the publishing industry focuses their energies on the growth of new formats blessed with advances in technology, the need for books and quality manuscripts will only continue to grow.

“The audio book industry has grown by leaps and bounds with the advances in technology,” commented Lissy Peace – President of Lissy Peace & Associates. “Max Sound (MAXD) and soon the MAXD Store will bring a much better and more exciting book experience to the consumer.”

The MAXD Store is projected to be up and running by mid-summer 2012. Offering publishers and authors a much more competitive and appealing royalty structure along with the best sound technology available, the MAXD Store is set to garner a powerful position in this burgeoning industry. Additionally, the MAXD Store will incorporate innovative features including interactive forums for fans to communicate with their favorite writers and storytellers, audio books read by the authors, previews of coming books, and exclusive offerings. In addition to providing the best sounding audio books available, the MAXD Store will provide consumers with a cost competitive outlet to purchase their downloads.

“The rapidly emerging Audio Book Segment is the result of Millions of avid listeners wanting to enjoy books in their car, while traveling, and at work while multi-tasking and many people with vision problems have been able to discover books again for the first time in years,” said James C. Place, Director Business Development at Max Sound Corp. “Writing is an art. The MAXD process will bring that art to life when added to Audio Books creating a more enjoyable experience for consumers and a better return on investment for authors, publishers and entertainment companies alike.”

Government sales partner Intelesis Technologies Corporation http://www.intelesistech.com/about.html, a veteran owned small business with Federal and State of California contracts, won a 3 year, $22 million contract with the Navy last week. Intelesis is currently working to gain Government approval for the insertion of MAXD technology into existing, fully funded programs of record – with a view toward improving the quality of Navy satellite and terrestrial voice communications, acoustic signal processing and the performance of a number of Navy command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems.

The Government’s announcement last week states:

Intelesis Technologies Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $22,090,612 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) software engineering support to include engineering products related to C4I software applications and databases or database management systems for current and future C4I systems.  Technical support will include the full range of software development including system requirements, design, implementation, integration, and documentation.  This is one of six multiple award contracts:  all awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  This three-year contract includes one, two-year option, which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to $37,907,087.  Work will be performed at government facilities in San Diego, Calif. (90 percent), and at the contractor’s facilities in San Diego, Calif. (10 percent).  Work is expected to be completed April 26, 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via Request for Proposal N66001-11-R-0046 published on the Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with six offers received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-12-D-0113).

The Federal Government is the largest consumer in the world, representing 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States. Within its $3.79 trillion budget, the Federal Government spends over $79.8 billion on information technology and another $76 billion on technology research annually, through competitive procurements administered by thousands of government buyers through dozens of departments, agencies, bureaus and commissions. Due to complex acquisition regulations, less than 1% of competing companies are actively winning government contracts. As such, in order to gain traction with the Federal Government, Max Sound Corporation recognized they needed to team with a proven Government contractor with a broad base of contracts and relationships across a spectrum of all Government agencies.

Following an extensive vetting process, Max Sound selected Intelesis Technologies Corporation, http://www.intelesistech.com/about.html, a veteran owned small business with both the requisite criteria and access to the 22% of Federal spending earmarked exclusively for small business. Intelesis, in turn, has agreed to facilitate a minimum of $1 million dollars of annual federal sales in each of the next five years in order to maintain exclusive marketing rights.

Regarding MAXD technology, Intelesis CEO Rob Jenks commented, “After a several months of the vetting process with government buyers, we’ve determined that there is a definite, unfilled need for the MAXD Technology in many Government sectors. We see the potential for using this remarkable audio technology for improving the quality of satellite and terrestial voice communications, acoustic signal processing and the performance of a number of warfighting systems.”

“After many meetings with Intelesis and a number of their customers, it became obvious to all that MAXD Audio Technology fits with a number of military applications” noted John Blaisure, CEO of Max Sound Corporation. “We are obviously pleased that this is the case and look forward to working with the United States Government to see the technology employed in a number of front-line programs.”

Dynamic Duo Tim James and Antonina Armato Join Max Sound Advisory Board becoming newest members to recognize MAXD technology value to audio processing

Santa Monica, Calif., April 24, 2012 – Max Sound Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MAXD) an innovative technology company, that is changing how we listen to music, watch movies, play video games, experience television and communicate on our cell phones announced today a strategic partnership and newest major music industry adopters of the MAXD technology with the entertainment super producers, ROCK MAFIA. Rock Mafia, is the record production/songwriting team, consisting of Tim James and Antonina Armato. Rock Mafia is credited for writing and producing for a great number of top pop and rock artists such as Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Scotty McCreery, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, American Idol, Disney’s Hollywood Records and has a major label venture with Interscope Records.

People may think it’s easy to define Rock Mafia.  A quick glance on Wikipedia tells us that Rock Mafia is one of the biggest pop production teams in the world, with over 50 million albums and 25 million singles sold, along with over 2 billion views on Youtube alone, a seemingly endless pop discography spanning the last decade with hits from Mariah Carey to Miley Cyrus to Selena Gomez. Upon closer inspection, however, there are a few surprises. One may not know Rock Mafia also wrote and produced some of the biggest records on active rock radio over the past two years, including Sick Puppies’ number 1 single that ruled the Top 10 airwaves for over six months, “You’re Going Down,” to “Odd One,” “Maybe,” and “Riptide.”  Furthermore, following the reproduction and remix by Rock Mafia, Billy Ray Cyrus’ hit song, “Ready, Set, Don’t Go” peaked at number 2 on the country charts.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of them all was Rock Mafia’s debut release as an artist, “The Big Bang.”  The hit song sold over 500,000 in digital downloads independently, gained over 100 million streams as well as over 15 million views of their video on You tube.

The team is currently hard at work on a Mixtape, rumored to be released sometime this summer, as well as putting the final touches on a groundbreaking animated video for their follow up single, “Fly or Die.” 2012 is shaping up to be better than ever for Rock Mafia.  The double platinum smash, “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selena Gomez, continues to enjoy worldwide success.  In addition, their first European smash, “Friends” by Aura Dione featuring Rock Mafia, is currently the  #1 most played song on German radio and has gone top 5 in multiple countries.

“We feel that once every artist hears what MAXD can do for their music, they will want to utilize this incredible technology,” said Rock Mafia Co-Founder Tim James.

“TJ and Antonina are so full of passion for music and constantly speak of the culture, lifestyle, and making music to connect with millions of people.  Clearly, they’re less interested in finding formulas than they are making history. In this “strategic partnership” Rock Mafia will use the Max Sound Technology for all their future projects. Tim and Antonia were so impressed with MAXD Technology that the duo decided to join the company’s Advisory Board and become ‘Brand Ambassadors’ for MAXD. Our Advisory board is proving to be the tipping point for introducing MAXD into music’s vertical markets where compressed degraded audio currently exists and where MAXD provides an unparalleled solution,” said John Blaisure, CEO of Max Sound Corporation.

For years, Fleetwood and other artists like Neil Young have decried the “dumbing down” of their master recordings through MP3. Some of them have been developing technologies to try to restore the original sound, or at least improve upon it. But often that restoration results in songs taking up a lot more memory. Suddenly, your digital player goes from being able to hold 20,000 songs to, like, 100.

Fleetwood has joined the advisory board of a company called Max Sound (Symbol: MAXD), which is releasing its new MAXD technology this weekend at the Grammys. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Fleetwood joined Max Sound CEO John Blaisure in explaining how the technology works.

The company acquired the rights to software developed by Lloyd Trammell, a highly regarded sound engineer who created the first Surround Sound system. Trammell has come up with a process to restore the high and low ends of the sound wave which are cut off in the compression process, somehow managing to do this while keeping the entire music file the same size. “It (the software) sees all of the data still in there, it says ‘I know what you are and I know where you belong,’ and it literally reshapes that perfect wave sign within that file size,” says Blaisure. “At the same time, it discards all of the trash caused by that compression.”

The company gave me a demonstration, playing several songs, alternating between the MP3 version, and then streamed through MAXD software.  You really can tell the difference.

“It was gobstopping,” says Fleetwood about the first time he heard it. He says even a child could recognize the difference, and the resulting music creates an emotional response. “I went, ‘thank God’ we can get out of this prison, this sonic prison that I consider that the whole world has been put into.”

Max Sound will soon release a free Android app which will allow you to stream your MP3 songs through the software and have it restored in real time. Once that’s up and running, they plan to launch their Apple app with future rollouts planned for Windows and Apple Desktop APPs. Eventually, the company hopes to make money by allowing you to convert your entire MP3 collection and store it on a device for much less money than buying the songs outright all over again, though it is also building its own music store in case you want to do that. One thing MAXD cannot do at the moment is convert songs you’re listening to on streaming services like Pandora.

Blaisure says the company recently secured a $50 million equity line of credit which he’s confident will get the company through, as it tries to convince people who’ve gotten used to the sound of MP3 that there really is a better way to listen to music.  ”It’s like bringing it back to life,” says Fleetwood.

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Max Sound Corporation has developed a revolutionary patent-pending process that can convert any audio into a high definition audio file in real time without increasing the file size. For example, imagine you streamed your favorite movie to your television or tablet.

“We feel that our patent-pending, high definition audio process will enhance the Akamai customer experience with richer audio delivery,” said John Blaisure, CEO of Max Sound Corporation. “Akamai’s NetAlliance Solution Partner program encompasses leading media companies to provide robust and superior workflow solutions for digital media customers. Together, we’re looking forward to bringing a higher quality, crisper audio experience to consumers worldwide.”

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Max Sound Corporation is an innovative technology company with the mission to change how we listen to music, watch movies, experience television, and communicate on our cell phones. Max Sound® is to audio what HD (High Definition) is to video. The Max Sound® HD Audio™ Process can convert any audio file to high definition quality while reducing the file size. Visit http://www.maxsound.com/ to watch several video demos and see the difference for yourself.

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On GRAMMY® night, 12,000 of the music industry’s top influencers will find this official “Souvenir Book” on their seat at the event. When the attendees open the this book, they will immediately see the Max Sound logo, product, endorsements from industry experts, and a demo disc of the Max Sound application at work.

This official book will also be geared toward music fans and enthusiasts everywhere. Additionally, a million more copies of this beautifully illustrated and lavishly produced 200-plus-page book, will be nationally distributed to outlets such as; Barnes & Noble, Wal-Mart, Target, Books-A-Million, HMS Host Airport Stores, GRAMMY Online store, GRAMMY® Museum, and other official GRAMMY® retail outlets.

Max Sound is becoming known to the recording industry as the company with a mission to change how we hear music. “We compromised the Art for Convenience with the introduction of compressed sound for all audio and streaming devices,” said Grammy nominee Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac, while visiting the Max Sound Studio in Santa Monica, California.

“Music is about Expression NOT Compression, and on February 12, 2012 all 12,000 attendees at the biggest night of the Recording Academy will be able to learn about and experience the Max Sound technology for themselves” said John Blaisure, CEO of Max Sound.

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In 1964 Mick Fleetwood met Peter Green and together in 1967 they formed the original blues lineup of Fleetwood Mac with Jeremy Spencer and John McVie. One year later guitarist Danny Kirwan joined the band. By 1969, Fleetwood Mac topped the British singles charts with their first million selling single, “Albatross”. Subsequent singles, “Man of the World” and “Oh Well,” saw Fleetwood Mac out-sell The Beatles and The Rolling Stones that year. By the time Mick Fleetwood was twenty-one years old, he had already played with such great blues artists as Willie Dixon, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker.

In 1970, Peter Green left the group and Mick Fleetwood assumed the role of bandleader and manager. He recruited Christine McVie and Fleetwood Mac carried on making great music. Throughout the years Fleetwood Mac went through many personnel changes, and in 1974 Fleetwood met, and added, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham to the lineup. This proved to be a magical combination. In 1975, with the release of this lineup’s first album, FLEETWOOD MAC, the band quickly became an American household name. But it was their 1977 multi-Grammy award winning release RUMOURS that today still stands as one of the biggest selling albums of all time having sold over 40 million copies worldwide. It was also under Fleetwood’s guidance that Fleetwood Mac capitalized on their success with ground breaking world tours and further innovative releases, among them TUSK, MIRAGE, and TANGO IN THE NIGHT.

The year 1997 marked the twentieth anniversary of RUMOURS. Fleetwood Mac celebrated this milestone with the 5x multi-platinum, live album THE DANCE, which debuted at number one and remained on the Billboard charts for 77 weeks. The band also embarked on a much-anticipated U.S. tour. This event brought Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham back together for 62 sold out shows. Early 1998 found Fleetwood Mac inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and also at the Brit Awards where they were given the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Throughout Fleetwood’s career he always wanted to capture that “True Organic Sound” that was in his head. Fleetwood felt that there is a tremendous loss of sound quality in how music is being delivered to the end user today. “We compromised the art for convenience” with compressed sound for audio and streaming devices. When Mick Fleetwood met up with the Max Sound team and experienced how their technology reversed this problem, he knew he had to be part of the team. “I was ready to give up on the quality of today’s audio, then I came across this revolutionary technology and it renewed my faith in the future of recorded music. “If you’re an artist, and you’re serious about your craft then Max Sound is a must” exclaimed Mr. Fleetwood. “We feel that Mr. Fleetwood will be a welcome addition to the Max Sound Advisory board because he shares our corporate vision, on delivering sound the way it was meant to be heard!” said John Blaisure CEO of Max Sound Corporation.

Mick Fleetwood is the most recent addition to Max Sound Advisory Board, which includes some of the most influential and respected names in the music/entertainment industry. They include Strategic Artist Manager Carl Stubner, Music Producer & Motown Catalogue owner Norman Whitfield Jr., PR Mavens Sugar Rautbord and Lane Davis, Grammy Winner Producer/Songwriter Bradley Spalter, Grammy Winning Feature Film Sound Designer Frank Serafine, Entertainment Lawyer Frank Correa, and Westwood Music Owner Fred Walecki.

Max Sound HD Audio creates high definition audio content with extreme Realism and Definition in a way that no other audio technology compares! When the Max Sound process is applied to current standard audio, it is capable of reducing file size by up to 90%, resulting in a pristine and dynamic audio track (44.1 to 128kbps MP3). This provides a huge competitive advantage over other audio technologies, regardless of beginning and ending formats. The Max Sound process understands in real-time which harmonics have been lost or distorted during compression and is able to dynamically restore the audio to its original natural waveform. “This all happens in nanoseconds,” says Lloyd Trammell, Inventor and Chief Technology Officer of Max Sound Corporation.

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