Enjoy Mas Holiday Cheer - 2014 Holiday Music Sampler from Digital Music Marketing

Jump start your holiday with some festive tunes from Digital Music Marketing! We'd like to thank our friend Joe Stevenson for shipping out some fresh holiday music from Augusta, GA. The INSTANT CHRISTMAS CLASSICS VOL. 1 tracks that are included on "Mas Holiday Cheer" also support the 12 Bands project that provides “just in time” resources to families being cared for at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. Please visit and support 12bands.org if you can. From our family to yours - Happy Holidays everyone!!

Mas Holiday Cheer - Click on Cover Art and Listen Now

Cover Art by Deyo Glines Graphics | American Artkitchen

Dulcie Taylor - Grammy Consideration

For Your Listening Pleasure Please Click on This Link to Hear Music:  https://soundcloud.com/dulcie-taylor-music/sets/only-worn-one-time-private/s-CajHQ

LOU REED: "One Year Since"

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER LOU REED

  Are you one of the many who felt a deep loss when Lou Reed died on October 27th, 2013? If yes, and you would like to share your feelings, please join us at Studio 1444 (Sunset & Highland) on October 27th from 6-10 pm for as we remember him "One Year Since". This will be a simple night where the creative community can pay tribute to the man and the legacy he left behind. This is a limited space, family friendly event, and all are welcome with RSVP

(Thank you @DeyoGlines for donating your time and graphic design talent

along with generosity from @Amoebamusic and @digmusic; together, we hope

many others who love Lou Reed join us to celebrate his life.)

You may not know that he was one of the original founding members of The Velvet Underground, who recorded in our building when it was home to TTG Studios. Songs on their first album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966), recorded at TTG were: "I'm Waiting for the Man, "Venus in Furs" and "Heroin"; followed by the third album The Velvet Underground, recorded in 1968, in it's entirety at TTG Studios.

We are calling out to all artists, poets, writers, musicians, performance artists, and those with personal recollections, in addition to those who practice Tai Chi, or other marshall arts, to be a part of this remembrance. We are dedicating 2 hours as an open mic/performance time; please come and share your thoughts, personal stories, music, poems, or express through Tai Chi. 1-5 minutes for each person, or group, by reservation only, first come first serve. Acoustic only. The studio will provide the stage, an amp, lighting and a bar stool. Depending on the response, we can extend the time frame.

There will also be one wall dedicated to art (limited space available, first come first serve). All works must be ready to hang with a wire backing only. For more information, please email: GatherTheArtists@mail.com. Deadline to submit works is Thursday, October 23rd.

To reserve a spot for the open mic, as an artist, or to volunteer, please email: GatherTheArtists@mail.com. Due to limited space, *RSVP is mandatory* (We have great respect for privacy, and names and list will not be shared.) More details will become available soon. We hope you will join us in remembering this remarkable, brutally honest man who changed music and so many lives throughout his. Special thanks to Amoeba Recordsand @DeyoGlines, creator of Graphic Design and Digital Art for Music Packaging, Print & Web. For more information on this evening, please contact: Shawni Groves at: (213) 255-0059.

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LOU REED: "One Year Since"
Monday, October 27th, 2014
6:00-10:00pm
 Studio 1444
(www.studio1444.com)
1444 N. Highland Ave.
(Studio entrance is off of McCadden between Sunset and DeLongpre) street and metered parking is available on surrounding streets and on Highland Ave. after 7pm.

Open mic: 7:00-9:00pm
FREE with RSVP: Facebook.com/studio1444

or

GatherTheArtists@mail.com 

OPEN MIC/ARTISTS/VOLUNTEER: GatherTheArtists@mail.com
List closes Oct. 26th.

Contact: Shawni Groves (213) 255-0059

SPECIAL THANKS TO

New Releases From DMM!

DMM is proud to announce the new release from two of our artist. From Landslide Records Mike Mattison "You Can't Fight Love" available on June 3rd, 2014 and from Mesa/Bluemoon Records Dulcie Taylor "Only Worn One Time" available on June 24th, 2014.

Songwriters Conspiracy Presents Wyebrook Bluegrass Music Festival

The Songwriters Conspiracy and Wyebrook Farm presents Wyebrook Bluegrass Music Festival on Saturday, April 26 in Honey Brook, PA.Headlining the festival will be Jessie McReynolds band Jim&Jessie, Travis Wetzel Trio, Dave Kline & Mountain Folk and Frog Holler. As an legendary mandolin player, Jessie and his brother Jim are both members of Country Music Hall of Fame. Jessie a member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame has recently celebrated 50 years on the Grand Ole Opry. He will perform 2 sets one of which will be pure bluegrass and the last set will be dedicated to Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter who wrote majority of his recent CD Grateful Dead. Also performing will be Travis Wetzel Trio, known as the mad fiddler, Travis originally hails from Pottstown,PA. He now lives and records in Nashville.Last time that he played the Opry, he was introduced as "one of the greatest fiddle players ever to play on our stage." Dave Kline is a long time bluegrass celebrity, he brings an appalachian flavor with his newest incarnation Dave Kline & Mountain Folk.Besides his solid musicianship, he is a DJ, writer, and music critic for the Reading Eagle. To round it up will be local favorite since the 90's Frog Holler. They have reconfigured to Frog Holler Bluegrass band for this occasion. Guest MC is Mr. Philly Folk Fest,and long time WXPN DJ Gene Shay.

Gates open at 12 noon.Children under 12 ARE FREE. BYOB
For ticket info: wwwsongwritersconspiracy.com 

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American Songwriter Premiers Riley Etheridge, Jr’s New Single and Video for “Another Time, Another Place

New Album The Straight and Narrow Way

Out Now - via Rock Ridge Music

  

Touring with LEON RUSSELL April – May

Southern bred and now NY-based Riley Etheridge, Jr. is thrilled to partner with revered music journal AMERICAN SONGWRITER to premiere the video for his new single “Another Time, Another Place,” which features a haunting vocal duet with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek. The track perfectly blends the heartache of a love affair that for a myriad of reasons cannot be fulfilled, and the longing of what could have been if only the timing were right. A universal theme no doubt, but in Riley's talented hands sounds both heartbreakingly honest - yet hopeful - that someday.…

Guest musician, and roots rock icon, drummer Jim Keltner summed up the album perfectly when he described it as sounding like, “Steely Dan lost on a bender over a long weekend in New Orleans.”

In addition to the honor of joining hero and rock ’n’ roll legend LEON RUSSELL on tour this April, Riley had his album, The Straight and Narrow Way, tapped by the caffeinated tastemakers at Starbucks Coffee House to be added into heavy in-store rotation. The single has also been chosen for the current installment of Crate & Barrel “Get The Download” offer. His song “Another Time, Another Place,” is available via free download from Crate & Barrel; the offer will be presented on in-store cards later this spring (while supplies last) as well as online at the Crate & Barrel website and in Crate & Barrel catalogs.  The promotion runs through June of this year.

The Straight And Narrow Way was born from freewheeling recording sessions in Los Angeles, Nashville, and New Orleans. Its loose and vibey feel is a testament to the folks Etheridge had the good taste to invite to the party.  The album features impressive collaborators, special guests such as: the aforementioned Watkins, Joe Sample vocalist Erica Falls, former Allman Brother Johnny Neel, Dan Dugmore (Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor), and legendary drummer Jim Keltner  (Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan, Elvis, John Lennon).

Click here to view “Another Time, Another Place”:

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/04/video-premiere-riley-etheridge-jr-another-time-another-place/

Riley Etheridge Jr. On Tour - Supporting Leon Russell:

Wed/Apr-23       Ithaca, NY @ Hangar Theatre

Thu/Apr-24         Buffalo, NY @ Iron Works

Fri/Apr-25           Rochester, NY @ Armory

Sun/Apr-27         Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

Mon/Apr-28       Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre

Tue/Apr-29         Chicago, IL @ Mayne Stage

Wed/Apr-30       Chicago, IL @ Mayne Stage

Fri/May-02          Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater

Sat/May-03        Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center

Sun/May-04       La Crosse,WI @ The Cavalier Theater

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Tinsley Ellis Midnight Blue Tour Dates, iTunes Blues Feature!

Tinsley Ellis,s "Midnight Blue" is available now on all digital retail outlets.Congratulations to Tinsley on his Blues Genre feature on iTunes! Tinsley Ellis is currently on tour in support of his latest release "Midnight Blue". Look for a performance near you.                                                                                        

2/6 - Moondog's Blawnox PA

2/7 - The Phoenix Cincinnatti OH

2/8 - Callahan's Auburn Hills MI

2/9 - Fat Fish Blue Toledo OH

2/14 - Riverwalk Blues Fest Ft Lauderdale FL

2/15 - Skippers Smokehouse Tampa FL  

2/20 -Melting Point Athens GA

2/21 - Double Door Inn Charlotte NC

2/22 -The Ellington Lynchburg VA

2/28 -Turning Point Piermont NY 

3/1- Black Eyed Sally's Hartford CT  

3/2- Narrows Center Fall River MA

3/3- Time Out Pub Rockland ME 

3/4- Iron Horse Springfield MA

3/5- Skullers Boston MA          

3/7- Ephrata Main Theatre Ephrata PA

3/8- Musikfest Cafe Bethlehem PA

3/14- Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA 

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