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David Clines New Zealand Tour 2005         News Letter First of all , let me thank Mr. Gary Bradshaw of Western Heart Promotions for introducing me to the hardest working Indie singer / songwriter / comedian / organizer / and entertainer I have ever had the pleasure of working with .  Her name is Ms. Joy Adams. Visit her website and you’ll see what I’m talking about , www.joyadams.co.nz .  She lives in a small quaint community called Pukemiro located on the beautiful North Island of New Zealand with her husband Dave and their son & daughter , Jenny & Peter.  I had heard about Joy for years and had listened to her beautiful voice and great songs on some of the WHP comp disks .  So when the opportunity came to go do some shows with her , I jumped at the chance.  I’m really glad I did . This young lady knows how to read an audience and keep them entertained.  I can’t thank Joy and Dave enough for sharing their home with me during the 3 week tour.  Not only is Joy an award winning singer/songwriter, this girl can cook. Dave had caught a couple of pounds of a small fish they call white bait.  Joy had prepared them into a delicacy called white bait fritters .  What a tasty treat.           Dave works long hours for the local open cast coal mine company operating some of the biggest loaders and dump trucks I have ever seen . One of the trucks he operates is a two hundred ton hauler .  That is BIG.  Dave had taken a day off and carried me to the west coast of the island to a hillside with a breath taking view of the some of the bluest ocean I had ever seen. We came back thru some valley’s where the trees grew leaning with the direction of the wind coming off of the ocean. While it was the dead of summer here in the states it was the beginning of spring time in New Zealand . All of the area around their home is nestled in a beautiful scenery of rolling hills with a blanket of velvet green grass spotted with sheep , cattle , and an abundance of wild turkey in full strut.  While driving on the winding roads thru the hills you can’t help but notice the beauty and mystery of the native Punga trees . If you ever wonder how to explain the definition of a beautiful island just say New Zealand.  There was nothing as peaceful as going out on Joy’s back porch early in the morning with a cup of coffee and listening to the bleeping of the sheep , the gobbling of wild turkey , the chirping of the native Tui bird and the beauty of a Magpie bird in flight .  Talk about starting your day off right. Joy and Dave said I was the luckiest visitor they have had there that time of year.  Usually it rains 80% of the time .  Well , the weather was nothing short of perfect during my 3 week stay.  The nights were very cool and the days where 99% sunshine .     Now , about the shows .  I have a lot of Thank You’s to do .       Thank you Phillipa Hain of the North Waikato Newspaper in Huntly for the introductory article and photo of my country music promotional tour in New Zealand.  The article was complete with a listing of the shows that Joy had arranged for us to do during my stay.       Thanks to all of the hard working people of New Zealand for all of their support and all of their time coming to the shows to watch our performances .  What a pleasure it was to meet so many of the country music fans of the island.    Thanks to all of the DJs that came out to see the shows. With the help and advice from Joy of which songs to perform for her audiences and fans I was able to sell out of two of the titled CD’s of “ Heart & Soul “ and “ Good Ole Country Music & Western Swing “ .  I sold 80 % of the other three titled CD’s of “ Another Man’s Treasure “ , “ Border to Border Coast to Coast “ , “ Texas Hold’em “ and “ The Gospel Side “.   Joy had picture posters made up for each one of the shows. She knows how to promote a show and bring in the folks for a good time.        The first show Joy & I did was a track show at Te Aroha RSA.  What a crowd of fun loving folks that was with all the dancing .             Number two show was the ValRay promotions Show at the Te Awamutu College Hall. It was a fundraiser for the Epilesy Society with a really good live band , what a great bunch of musicians.  I do appreciate the gift of the All Black Haka banner and the www.teawamutu.co.nz T-Shirt presented to me by Ray Thurgood.  I was honored to be part of such a worthy cause with artist like Joy Adams , Karen Hansen , Brendon Liley , Cliff Head , Jan Thompson , Gary Spain & Alice Coombe .       Number three show was a track show at the Matamata RSA.  I thank the folks for all of the fun and support they gave .   It was my pleasure to sing for such a great bunch of folks.  I will treasure the beautiful hand made Club Coasters I received as a gift.       Number four show was with the local Wairakei Country Music Band at the Taupo RSA. Great band and it was no use to try and outshine the local club members that sang , because these folks were really good singers.  That wasn’t their first rodeo .  Oh and by the way , thanks for the dinner , it was great.       Then there was the rehearsal at the Music Store with the band for the Rotary Show .  That was a fun night meeting some of the best musicians I have ever sang with. Wendy Green was on Keyboard, Renny Hantler was on rhythm guitar, Neil Reynolds on drums , Kristy Beck was on Bass , Morris Taylor on Lead guitar  and barefooted Ivan Posa on steel guitar.  These musicians really have their act together and the back up vocals where awesome.  I knew the Rotary Show would be a good one.  I sure did appreciate Renny putting all of my song charts together .  That helped make all of the shows go really smooth.      Show number five was at the New Plymouth RSA with the Merrilands Country Music Club Band .  The musicians where Dave Nepia , Nobby & Mark.  I was honored that they had learned some of my originals and we performed the one that I had written about my wife titled “ That Woman Is My Wife “ , it was Marks favorite .  I would be honored if he sings it at some of there future shows.  I do appreciate the club pin and key chains.     Here is a special ! I sure do appreciate DJs Tony & Kim Stewart for driving 3 hours one way to New Plymouth to watch the show. What a pleasure it was to meet them personally with their daughter , Marissa and Kim’s Dad , Rob that came with them.  Thanks Marissa & Kim for the dance and thank all of you for being fans of mine.                                                                                                        Then there was the day before the big Rotary Show and Joy was very busy following up on last minute arrangements and she warned me to speak only when spoken to.  I told her OK , no problem , I was used to that and it made me feel right at home.  She’s a little bit BOSSY .  But I sure didn’t want to make her mad and miss out on any of those home cooked meals.     Show number six was the 6th annual NZ Rotary Country Charity Concert for the Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance fundraiser .  I was honored to be part of this show as well.  What a pleasure it was to meet the District Governor of the Rotary International zone 8B (RRIMC) Ms. Trish O’Reilly and her husband Terry.  She is also the 2005 – 2007 Regional Rotary International Membership Coordinator.     To whom it may concern I sure did appreciate that spread of groceries and desserts that was laid out on the table for all of the entertainers , band and crew .  That was really good.     What an honor for me to be on the same show with New Zealand’s own Joy Adams , Ritchie Pickett , Roger Tibbs , Hayley Smith , Matthew Hantler , Leanne Cryer and of course the band with top of the line musicians of  Wendy , Kristy , Renny , Neil , Morris and bare footed Ivan.      Show number seven was a late afternoon Father’s Day track show at the Kamo Club in Whangarei .  I want to thank Joy’s sister-n-law Ms. Kay Adams for her help selling our CDs during the show. It was my pleasure meeting her.  I was glad to see the people up and dancing and enjoying the music.     Show number eight was with the Franklin Country Music Club in Pukekohe .  What a fun bunch of great musicians and member singers. Rangi , the lead guitar player , did a great job on all of the signature notes that helped me know exactly where I was in the songs.  The Bass player Mr. Lex Greaves and the drummer was nothing short of fantastic. I really want to thank Mr. Graham Scott for the bolo from around his neck with the Pounamu stone on it.  To my understanding of what natives say about the stone , it was from the warmth of his heart to keep my heart warm .  Thank You Sir, I’m honored to wear it.      Show number nine was the Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club. What a beautiful club.  Al Nicholson provided the fantastic sound equipment and ran the sound for our songs .  He kept the music going with some oldies  Rock-N-Roll tunes that kept the dancers on the floor.  I want to thank them for the card , I sure did appreciate that.                          Show number ten was a track show at the Frankton Market Street Entertainment Stage in Frankton.  Some of the folks were dancing in the streets.  I’m so glad the early morning shoppers enjoyed our songs.       Show number eleven was a track show at the Hamilton Combined Returned Services Club .  The great Al Nicholson again providing the sound equipment and helping keep the dancers on the floor all during the show.  What a great DJ and just an all around good ole’ boy. What a way to end a fantastic three week chain of events with this show.   I really enjoyed myself , so thanks ladies for all of the dances , especially Little Mary.  It seemed like everybody had a great time , I know I did . I have to thank the cooks for a fantastic meal that they put back for us at the end of the show , it was great. Thanks again Al for giving us a helping hand on the show , you were great.      Thanks Joy & Dave for all of your hospitality and some memories that I will treasure forever.    Forever grateful, David Cline           _________________________________________________________________________________________________ {Attention all Performers and Music Copyright Owners}    Old Songs Generate New Cash for Artists By BEN SISARIO Internet radio royalties are a growing source of income that are just beginning to have an impact on artists and record companies. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/arts/music/28roya.html?th Old Songs Generate New Cash for Artists By BEN SISARIO Published: December 28, 2004 Three years ago, the singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega received a $41 payment from an agency called SoundExchange. It was so small she did not notice it in the accounting from her manager. The next year the payment was bigger, and bigger still the year after that. "Now it's up to $800," she said by telephone from her home in Manhattan. "I wasn't even aware of it until recently." The money Ms. Vega received was royalties earned from satellite and Internet radio, a growing source of income that many artists and record labels are just beginning to notice. The amount paid by SoundExchange, the sole collector and distributor of these royalties, is a fraction of what is made in royalties by composers and publishers from traditional radio, but it has grown significantly in recent years with the rise and expansion of the satellite radio services XM and Sirius. The main difference with the new royalties, though, is that they are paid not to composers and publishers but to the performers - the singers and musicians in a song - and the copyright holder of the recording, which in most cases is a record label. SoundExchange, a nonprofit agency in Washington, is authorized by the United States Copyright Office to collect royalties from digital broadcasters and pay them directly to performing artists. Founded in 2000 and initially part of the Recording Industry Association of America, SoundExchange made its first payments in 2001 and, after a slow beginning, has begun to double its annual collections; in 2005 it expects to collect and allocate $35 million. But the biggest obstacle the agency faces, it says, is getting the word out to artists and registering them for payment. These royalties for new and unfamiliar formats are a category of payment that performing artists in the United States have never had: a performance right. "This is a brand-new right," said John Simson, the executive director of SoundExchange. "A lot of artists are unaware of it, and we're working against 80 years of a music industry without a performance right." (In Europe and elsewhere around the world, performing artists are paid a royalty for radio play, but because the United States has not paid the fee in the past, it has generally not been reciprocated by other countries.) In a practice well known to musicians and record companies but obscure to the public at large, traditional radio - or "terrestrial radio," as it is now known in the music industry - pays a royalty only to a song's publishers and composers, not to its performers or the owners of the recording itself. "When a typical Beatles song gets played on traditional radio," Mr. Simson said, "John and Paul get paid royalties, but not George or Ringo." Musicians and record labels have long complained of this arrangement. In the 1990's, two federal laws established a royalty for performers for Web and satellite radio and digital music services like Muzak, DMX and Music Choice. The Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 established for the first time that the performers of a song and the copyright holder of the recording would be paid a special royalty separate from those paid to songwriters and publishers. The rate for this royalty, set by the librarian of Congress, is 7 cents per song per 100 listeners, for most digital services. In the abbreviated nine-month accounting period of 2004, SoundExchange (which does not pay the composer or the publisher of a song; those royalties are paid by other agencies) distributed $17.5 million collected from satellite and Web broadcasters, Mr. Simson said. That number is still tiny compared with the royalties paid from traditional radio - about $350 million a year, according to industry estimates - but it is growing fast. The two leading satellite radio systems, XM and Sirius, which began broadcasting in 2001 and 2002, respectively, added a substantial number of listeners this year. XM says it has more than two and a half million subscribers, and yesterday Sirius announced that it had passed one million subscribers. Barry M. Massarsky, a music industry economist and a consultant for SoundExchange, predicted that total revenue from satellite radio alone would increase by 6 to 10 times over the next five years. "Based on our research from August 2004," he wrote in an e-mail response to a question, "forecasts for satellite radio revenues alone eclipse $2 billion by 2008 and $3 billion by 2010." Current revenue estimates for satellite radio are about $300 million for 2004, he said. Most of the money comes from subscription fees. But because of the novelty and unfamiliarity of the performance royalty, SoundExchange has had a difficult time getting artists to sign up for the service, and in many cases it is searching for performers to pay. The agency has a list of more than 30,000 artists to track down who are owed payments ranging from $50 to $5,000. Mr. Simson said. Some of those artists, like D'Angelo, Nine Inch Nails and Men at Work, are well known and have just not filled out the necessary paperwork. But the whereabouts of many performers, particularly the ones no longer involved in the music business, are unknown. Among those being sought by SoundExchange are members of the 60's garage-rock bands the Beau Brummels and the Blues Magoos, the girl group the Shangri-Las, the young Italian singer Laura Pausini and the heirs of Dinah Washington and Mantovani. SoundExchange had a deadline of Friday, to sign up artists for its first accounting period, covering Feb. 1, 1996, to March 31, 2000. But there were so many artists yet to be found that this month the agency's board voted to extend the deadline to July and maybe further, Mr. Simson said. The details of payments for the performance royalty are still being fine tuned. By law, 50 percent of the royalty goes to the copyright holder of a recording, 45 percent goes to its "featured performer" and the remaining 5 percent goes to nonfeatured musicians like backup singers and session players. This distinction brings yet more complications for SoundExchange. "There are recordings where it's unclear who is the featured performer," Mr. Simson said. "Like with rap, a song might be billed as Lil Jon featuring Usher featuring someone else. There might be two or three featured artists on the recording. Do we send all the money to one artist or divide it in three? Our preference is to have an artist tell us, but in many cases we don't know." The new income stream from SoundExchange has taken many performers and record labels by pleasant surprise. "It's like manna from heaven," said Bruce Iglauer, the president and founder of Alligator Records, an independent blues label in Chicago. He said the label's most recent payment from SoundExchange, received last month, was between $5,000 and $10,000. "That's not a huge amount of money," he said, "but that'll pay the studio bill for a record." The artists who stand to gain the most from a performance right are performers of pop classics and oldies standards who never received radio royalties before but, since hits from decades past stay in rotation, could collect significant amounts of money. Carl Gardner, one of the original singers in the Coasters, sang on "Yakety Yak," "Charlie Brown," "Searchin'," "Poison Ivy" and other radio staples but did not write the songs, so he never collected a royalty when they were played on the radio. (Those songs were written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who own their own publishing rights.) Now 76, Mr. Gardner lives in Port St. Lucie, Fla., with his wife, Veta, who is also his manager. She heard about SoundExchange and signed her husband up. Mr. Gardner said his first check from SoundExchange, a couple of years ago, was for about $300, and the amount has increased steadily since. "It's peanuts," he said. "But every little bit helps."     Payola Admission: Gifts and Bribes Made to Radio Stations and Staff by Sony BMG From Corey Deitz, Your Guide to Radio. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Dateline: 07/25/05 New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced an agreement to halt pervasive "pay-for-play" in the music industry. Under the agreement, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, one of the world's leading record companies and owner of a number of major record labels, has agreed to stop making payments and providing expensive gifts to radio stations and their employees in return for "airplay" for the company's songs. Such payoffs violate state and federal law. "Our investigation shows that, contrary to listener expectations that songs are selected for airplay based on artistic merit and popularity, air time is often determined by undisclosed payoffs to radio stations and their employees," Spitzer said. "This agreement is a model for breaking the pervasive influence of bribes in the industry." After receiving tips from industry insiders, Spitzer's office conducted a year-long investigation and determined that SONY BMG and its record labels had offered a series of inducements to radio stations and their employees to obtain airplay for the recordings by the company's artists. The inducements for airplay, also known as "payola," took several forms: • Outright bribes to radio programmers, including expensive vacation packages, electronics and other valuable items; • Contest giveaways for stations' listening audiences; • Payments to radio stations to cover operational expenses; • Retention of middlemen, known as independent promoters, as conduits for illegal payments to radio stations; • Payments for "spin programs," airplay under the guise of advertising. E-mail correspondence obtained during the investigation shows that company executives were well aware of the payoffs and made sure that the company got sufficient airplay to justify these expenditures. In discussing a bribe given to a radio programmer in Buffalo, one promotion executive at SONY BMG's Epic Records wrote to a colleague at Epic: Two weeks ago, it cost us over 4000.00 to get Franz [Ferdinand] on WKSE. That is what the four trips to Miami and hotel cost . . . At the end of the day, [David] Universal added GC [Good Charlotte] and Gretchen Wilson and hit Alex up for another grand and they settled for $750.00. So almost $5000.00 in two weeks for overnight airplay. He told me that Tommy really wanted him to do it so he cut the deal.

 

Maybe Commercial Radio Didn't Know JACK All These Years From Corey Deitz, Your Guide to Radio. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Jul 20 2005 Opinion/Analysis Advertising agencies encouraged this because it made it easier to place buys for clients who wanted to reach certain age groups and demos. So, over 60 years or so, Radio went from DJs picking music they thought the audience would like to research companies testing songs to see which ones had "positives" or "negatives". The consultants came in after that and helped the Program Directors limit their “universe” of music because the last thing anyone ever wanted was to play a song that didn’t test at a certain level. To do that would be like inviting the Four Horsemen of the Ratings Apocalypse to gallop right through your studio. Some stations had libraries of 130, 140, maybe 200 songs. Imagine that: out of all the music created over the years, it was all strained down to the safe stuff, the songs that “tested” best. These were the only songs anyone liked. Yep! Researchers and consultants were quite sure. After all, they were tested! So stations played a select amount of songs – often – to the increasing dismay of listeners who inevitably heard those same songs on similarly formatted stations with similar names from city to city. There was no escaping it. Listeners began to wonder if there was a better way for them to obtain variety in their music. This problem was partly solved through the advent of the first portable cassette player in 1964 by the Norelco Company which begot the 8-track player in 1966 from Motorola which begot the Walkman in 1979 from Sony which begot CDs and portable CD players in 1982 from Phillips. On the 7th day Technology rested and said, “It is good - for now.” Then in 1992, Satellite Radio got the okay from the F.C.C. After years of battles with the National Association of Broadcasters and the task of infrastructure planning and building, XM launched in 2001 and SIRIUS in 2002. Suddenly, there were dozens of commercial-free music channels with every conceivable genre including very large playlists floating in space. The word spread slowly at first but picked up momentum. Also, in the late 1990s, digital music portability was made possible by the relatively small mp3 file and peer-to-peer file sharing. Finally, along came the iPod in November, 2001 and similar mp3 players sprang up from many companies. Now there was something to store and transport all these music files everybody had been downloading! Millions of music lovers were unchained from the shackles of their personal computers - and their radios. _________________________________________________________________

 

F.C.C. Targets Radio Stations and Music Companies in Payola Probe From Corey Deitz, Your Guide to Radio. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Dateline: 08/09/05 On July 25, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced an agreement to halt pervasive "pay-for-play" in the music industry. Under the agreement, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, one of the world's leading record companies and owner of a number of major record labels, has agreed to stop making payments and providing expensive gifts to radio stations and their employees in return for "airplay" for the company's songs. Such payoffs violate state and federal law. On the heels of this revelation, the Federal Communications Commission has decided to open a probe into payola and/or payola-like practices between the radio and music businesses. F.C.C. Chairman, Kevin J. Martin issued this statement:   I am very concerned about the activities that led the New York Attorney General to investigate Sony BMG Music Entertainment and ultimately resulted in a settlement agreement with that company. The FCC has longstanding rules prohibiting payola. These rules serve the important purpose of ensuring that the listening public knows when someone is seeking to influence them. Broadcasters must comply with these rules. The Commission will not tolerate non-compliance. While payola may not be a widespread practice in the broadcasting industry, to the extent it is going on, it must stop. I have directed the Enforcement Bureau to review the settlement agreement reached by Sony BMG and the New York Attorney General and investigate any incidents in which the agreement discloses evidence of payola rule violations. If the Bureau determines violations of the payola rules have occurred, the Commission will take swift action. In addition, if the Bureau is presented with evidence of payola rule violations outside of the Sony BMG Music Entertainment settlement, it is to thoroughly investigate those complaints as well. In addition, F.C.C. Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein added:   I believe this payola scandal may represent the most widespread and flagrant violation of any FCC rules in the history of American broadcasting. Mr. Spitzer’s office has collected a mountain of evidence on the potentially illegal promotion practices of not only Sony BMG, but also other major record companies, independent promoters and several of the largest radio station groups. The airwaves belong to the public, not the highest bidder. The vitality of radio is sapped when music is selected based on bribes rather than merit. Radio listeners are deprived of hearing the freshest music, local artists and creative genius because the labels are predetermining what they get to hear -- and paying to get it played. We owe it to the American public, music lovers and creative artists – the ones who are hurt the most – to end this deception.

Western Heart Promotions Newsletter August 2005

                                                    

Hi folks,

 

It’s that time again to catch you up on some of the things happening with us here in the USA. Busy as always and many new things happening.  People moving and cutting new albums seems to be the topic these days. Several Artists have made the move to Nashville and a few have left also.  Most things are pretty normal though except for Gasoline prices and the housing & Real Estate business.  Here in Arizona houses have increased by more than 45% over the past year.  Gasoline prices are up to an all time high with prices ranging from $2.56 - $2.75 per gallon and Diesel is now more expensive than gasoline at $2.78 per gallon. Enough of this, now on to the Music Business.

 

Jerry Hill has sold his home in California and made the move to Nashville where he has purchased a home in Hendersonville. We also heard that Jerry has recently got Married. Congratulations

Shayne Worley has moved from south central Tennessee to Nashville also.

Woody Wills has moved from New Mexico to Davenport, Iowa where he will begin his Chiropractic business as well as become an Instructor at the Chiropractic College there.

Paul & Helen Mateki have just celebrated an Anniversary.

Barb Marchuk of Edmonton, Canada has moved back to her beginnings.

Joanne & Haley Myrol are busy with a new Recording project.

Brit Lyng has completed her NEW Album with Producer Lonnie Ratliff and her fist release is on WHP/TKO Vol 58

Julie Taylor is currently working on her next Album as well.

Jaime Beaver will be visiting (Stardust Recording Artists) Troy Cook Jr. and his parents in Arkansas where she will be performing with Troy and his great Band at some of his venues.

Sylvia Winters has just won a Major Beauty Pageant held in Las Vegas and has been crowned the winner of Ms. Classic American Woman of the Nation and also won the Ms. Congeniality Award.  WOW

Jamie Harper is now living in Nashville and doing a lot of song writing.

Darren Knight now planning a new Album with Producer Lonnie Ratliff of Nashville

Mike Bella Touring in Europe.

Bobby Cash back to Australia

Dianna (KiwiKate) Watson’s “outhouse song to get a part in a new Show on TV.

Another Jamboree is being planned for 2006 by Buster Doss and others. http://members.boardhost.com/StardustRecords/

Australian Festival to be held in Nashville, 9^th, 10^th & 11^th  Sept. and we have heard that Connie Kis Anderson will be attending as well as Aussie DJ Ken Randall.  I’ll also be attending and it will be great to catch up with you all.

 

David Cline (Singer/Songwriter) from Texas will be touring New Zealand with good Friend Joy Adams and others for 3 weeks starting at the end of this month. Schedule below

Friday 26th August 2005

Te Aroha R.S.A.  7.30 p.m.

 

Saturday 27th August 2005

Val Ray Promotions Charity Concert, Te Awamutu College Hall, 2.00 p.m.

David Cline, Joy Adams, Brendan Liley, Karen Hansen, Alice Coombe, Murray McPherson, Jan Thomspon & Cliff Head

Fundraiser for the Waikato Epilepsy Society

$15.00 adults

 

Sunday 28th August 2005

Matamata R.S.A. Ngaio Street.  2.00 p.m.

 

Tuesday 30th August 2005

Guest Artist for the Wairakei Country Music Club

Taupo R.S.A. 7.30 p.m.

 

Thursday 1st September 2005

Guest Artist for the Merrilands Country Music Club

R.S.A. New Plymouth.  7.30 p.m.

 

Friday 2nd September 2005

To be advised

 

Saturday 3rd September 2005

NZ Rotary Country Charity Concert

Founders Memorial Theatre, Hamilton.  7.30 p.m.

Featuring:  Ritchie Pickett, Roger Tibbs, David Cline, Hayley Smith,

Matthew Hantler, Leanne Cryer & Joy Adams

 

Sunday 4th September 2005

Kamo Club, Whangarei

'Father's Day Special' evening entertainment.  5.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

 

Thursday 8th September 2005

Guest Artist for the Franklin Country Music Club,

Pukekohe Town Hall.  7.30 p.m.

 

Friday 9th September 2005

Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club.  8.00 p.m.           

 

Saturday 10th September 2005

Frankton Market, Hamilton.  8.30 a.m.

 

Sunday 11th September 2005

Hamilton Combined Returned Services Club, Rostrevor Street, Hamilton

Afternoon entertainment.

 

Good Luck David and have a great time. You’re going to love it down there.

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WHP Compilation CD Volume 80 is now in the mail and headed for Radio all over the World.  Thanks to all the DJ’s who support our INDIE Artists by playing their Music. From WHP, a special thanks to all the DJ’s and the Artists.

 

There are some great NEW Artists on this volume such as:

	Name	Song Title	Writer/Publishing
1	Cindy Standage	Did He Mention My Name	Wtr: Janet R Smith/Eric T Johnson (BMI/SESAC)
2	Shady Creek Outlaws	"T" For Texas	Wtr: Jimmie Rodgers    RCA Victor 1967
3	Cheryl K warner	It's the Way That You Do It	Wtr: B. Dellaposta, B. Hobbs, R. Michaels
4	Hal Willis	"Marie"	Wtr: Hal Willis   (BMI) (French)
5	David Cline	I'm All In	Wtr: David Cline  Circlewire Rec.  (BMI)
6	Perley Curtis	Skinny Dipping With Paris Hilton	Wtr: Lonnie Ratliff  (BMI)
7	Tim Chesney	Johnny's Afraid	Wtr: Jim Carter/J.B. Smith  (ASCAP)  3:43
8	Tumbleweed Junction	Hey Cowboy	Wtr: David Allen/Brandon Lee Brown
9	Richard Draime	My Country Mamma is a Mysterey to me	Wtr: Rhonnie Scheuerman  (BMI)
10	Cerrito	They Know You're Gone	Wtr: Jim Pemberton/Don Goodman (BMI) 3:45
11	Ervin Allen	The Mansion You Stole	Wtr: Johnny Horton
12	Mike Lounibos	Something in your Eyes	Wtr: R.L. Richardson, M.T.Lounibos (BMI/ASCAP)
13	Mike Runnels	Lonely Street	Wtr: Mike Runnels  (BMI) 2:59
14	Mike Anderson	Heartaches by the Number	Wtr: Harlan Howard  (BMI)
15	Tumbleweed Junction	Think Anything You Want	Wtr: David Allen/Brandon Lee Brown
	Inspirational Music
1	Cindy Standage	Washed in Blood	Wtr: Bryan David Smith  (BMI)
2	Jerry Yates	TGIS  (Thank God It's Sunday)	Wtr: Rhonnie Scheuerman  (BMI)   3:25
3	Judy Weldon	Mixture of Mary and Martha	Wtr: Rhonnie Scheuerman/Judy Welden  (BMI)   3:25
4	Eddie Drayton	Time Is Now Forever	Wtr: Eddie Fernandes
5	Cheryl Edelmann	He'd Have to Walk Through Blood	Wtr: Beverly D. Sexton/Kenny Alan Sexton  (BMI) 4:02
6	Eddie Drayton	Where Children Play	Wtr: Eddie Fernandes
7	Shane Tecza	Jesus Again	Wtr: Shane Tecza
8	Eddie Drayton	A Baby's Dream	Wtr: Eddie Fernandes
9	Jim Russ	Wore Out	Wtr: Edd F, James M, Russell Lee Easter (BMI)

 

 

Charts Link Page:  http://nashvillecdstore.hypermart.net/Charts.html

If you would like to place a Thank You Banner on any of these 15 Chart pages, Contact either Lonnie Ratliff at nashvilleshowcase@comcast.net  or Myself at gbradshaw3@cox.net

 

 

Music Business Forum: http://www.eboards4all.com/910805/  Stop by and ask a question or help with an Answer about things in the Music Business.  Someone will have a good answer, I’m sure.

 

Lonnie Ratliff: I am updating my songwriter catalog and trying to get lyrics and demos on all of them posted on SoundClick.  Hope you will BOOKMARK this link and check in from time to time as I have a lot more songs to POST.  May be something there you can use.

 

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A new hangout for songwriters is the SONGWRITER FORUM at  http://www.eboards4all.com/076054/index.html  for serious discussions of the craft of songwriting.  They have a weekly auction where songwriters can bid for a FEATURED SONG PITCH to have their song POSTED where artists can read the lyrics and listen to the tune. http://nashvillecdstore.hypermart.net/SongPitch.html   they also critique songs if you want to POST one of your lyrics and let everyone make suggestions.  Some of the regular songwriters that participate are Jack Blanchard, Bill Littleton, John & Lee from the Canadian duo Simply Two, Barbara Dunn, Lonnie Ratliff and Alice Bateman. 

 

 

The Country Music Forum is a great place for questions and answers about the music business and they post some very interesting articles you may be interested in. http://www.eboards4all.com/910805/ 

 

 

After having one of his songs picked up for the new CD by "American Idol" finalist Lindsey Cardinale along with a cut on the new Julie Taylor CD Lonnie Ratliff is taking his songwriting a little more serious these days and is in the process of setting up his entire song catalog at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=392838

      He has been working around the clock adding songs and lyrics to this website.  Artists will be able to browse through Lonnie's catalog, It is color coded BLUE box = Female Songs  YELLOW box = Male Songs and a Blue/Yellow split box is suitable for male or female artists.   If you decide to record one of Lonnie's  songs you can get a mechanical license there as well as pay for it with your credit card.  If other artists have as much luck with Lonnie's songs as Erin Hay has this will be a busy website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists WHP is currently booking for 2008 Festivals, Private Parties, Conventions, and Clubs.  All Artists are available as single acts or Package Shows.  A Band is Available also.

 

ERNIE ASHWORTH STAR OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY Born: Huntsville, Alabama and a Grand Ole Opry Member Since 1964 It's a long way from the cotton fields of Huntsville, Alabama to the stage of the world famous Grand Ole Opry, but Ernie Ashworth has proved that with enough determination, ambition and hard work, it can be done. Top 10 hits, "Each Moment", "You Can't Pick A Rose In December", "I Take The Chance", "Everybody But Me", "A Week In The Country", "I Love To Dance With Annie", "The DJ Cried" and the #1 Multi Million Selling Song "Talk Back Trembling Lips". Ernie has also just recently been featured on the latest “Time Life CD” being sold Worldwide. Ernie, a 25 year longtime friend honors me by allowing me to release his many great songs to the entire World.

 

Jaime Beaver

Jaime has her own style and a voice that captures & energizes an audience. Born in Michigan City, Indiana February 23rd, 1986, she now resides in La Porte, Indiana.  Jaime Beaver is perhaps one of the most talented and dedicated young singers I know. She has been a delight to work with. I know, it's only a matter of time before this young artist becomes a household name. Her ability to entertain and deliver a song to her many audiences and fans far exceeds her present age. Jaimes success at Radio has been overwhelming. She is truly on her way to the top. I have known Jaime since she was 13 years old and watched her career with great anticipation, just when you think, it don’t get any better than this, it does.  Jaimes appeal to the younger audiences as well as the older folks makes her a very viable Artists as she sings with so much emotion and from the heart.

 

Joy Adams

Joy is one of New Zealand's best known Country Recording Artists and DJ's Blessed with a natural flair for singing, songwriting and comedy, she regularly entertains at Clubs, Festivals and Showcases around N.Z. as well as Europe, Australia and Norfolk Island. She has hosted her own very popular Rock 'n' Country Show on A.M.1206 Community Radio in Hamilton, N.Z since 1993. Joy has one of the purest Country Voices I have ever known. She is definitely a crowd pleaser and always leaves her audiences wanting more.  I have had the privilege of working with and for Joy. She has a vast knowledge of the Music business and thousands of fans who love her Music, Comedy and songs.

 

Jerry Hill

Jerry is an Entertainers Entertainer and has performed all over the World, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Europe and throughout most of the USA.  Jerry’s song list consist of these Great songs . Truck Driving Man 2. Barrooms, Broken Hearts & Beer 3. Sally Was A Good Old Girl 4. I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today 5. Working Man Blues 6. The Honky Tonk Song 7. Another Day, Another Dollar 8. Big, Big Love 9. Love Ain't Worth A Dime, Unless It's Free 10. Today I Started Loving You Again 11. I've Got A Tiger By The Tail 12. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You   13. Sam's Place 14. 'till Closing Time 15. Hell Froze Over Last Night 16. From a Jack to a King With Tommy Overstreet 17. Don't Rock the Jukebox 18. The Worst of Her (has the Best of Me) 19. Cotton Fields With Tommy Overstreet 20. She Took It Like a Man 21. Together Again 22. The Bottle Let Me Down 23. Poor, Broke, Mixed Up, Mess of a Heart 24. Record Breaking Heartache of the Year and many more.  Jerry is one of the finest Traditional Country Music Artists today. With his colorful Western Suits and his ability to entertain his Audiences wherever he performs, Jerry is a crowd pleaser deluxe.

 

 

Judy Kanyo