Janis Joplin, Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Oak Ridge Boys(gospel), Beatles, Hank Williams Jr., Aerosmith, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin
At seven I sang my first solo in church and shortly after wrote my first song that consisted of one chorus. It has taken many years of performance experience, some music education, and a lot of writing and recording experiences to be able to adequately interpret and convey the emotion and spirit I feel into in a song. And, maybe write more than one chorus. * I laugh *
The last ten years of my life have flown. After college,marriage, motherhood, divorce, the school of life and re-shaping a dream into something of service and love rather than fame and stage lights, I am embracing change. It is the only constant. My first album, Just A Little Country is a very emotional album. I look back and see the pain, tears and anger that album demonstrates and I am proud of it because it shows the beginnings of finding my way and my strength as an individual and as an artist.
I’ve had some great experiences traveling the East Coast performing, performing with my band in the north Georgia and Atlanta clubs, and doing shows with songwriters such as Bruce Burch and Mike Dekyl since 2006. This past July I had the opportunity to open with a group of songwriters for Shawn Mullins. I think one of the best parts in the music biz is meeting and working with all these talented people.
I give all the credit to God for the passion and musical abilities I’ve been given. And, now that I’m getting older, I realize it’s so much bigger than me and I want to use music as a positive force to help and for change. Performing for John Jarrard Concert and helping to raise money for such local causes at Good News at noon, helping out with 500 songs for kids and singing at local nursing homes are a few of the great things I’ve gotten involved in the past few years. Being a blessing is what it’s all about.
Currently, I have a new band together and am in the studio working on my next project. I am enjoying the journey.
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
-Ray Stephenson
PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
Hey just wanted to say whats up... Stop in on my page and take a listen. I may have some material up you haven't heard yet. Hope you and the family have a great holiday!
I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
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If you don't have the chance to request the list of donations in kind, please add HelpCharity to your Top Friends!
Thanks for helping me to support handicapped children!
Christian
Founder of HelpCharity Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 (0) 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 (0) 171 6903352 E-Mail: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Internet: www.MySpace.com/HelpCharity Internet: www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.
"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.
For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".
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