Right now I am one guy in my home studio playing all the parts and doing all the creating myself. But a band is in the future for sure.
Influences
I like all styles of music but the two that I love the most are country music and instrumental rock. On the rock side of things the following is a list of the players that have influenced me the most.
Rock: Steve Vai / Tony MacAlpine / Joe Satriani / Dave Weiner / Frank Marino / Eric Johnson / Billy Sheehan / Carlos Santana / Andy Timmons / Stevie Ray Vaughn
Country: Redd Stewart / Vernon Oxford / Mark Brine / Travis Tritt / George Strait / Joe Nichols / Garth Brooks / SugarLand / Montgomery Gentry
Sounds Like
My influences are many so to put a tag on my sound would be hard for me to do. I hope that some day I will advance to the point where one could say, that sounds like Bily Stewart.
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, I was born into a musical family. My father was a musician with the talent to play just about any instrument you placed in his hands. His love for music was so strong he never made it past the seventh grade. Once free from school he began a journey that took him all the way to Nashville, where he earned the right to be inducted into the Country Music Songwriters Hall of Fame. I must have inherited his passion for music because my life started out much the same way.
At age nine, I began playing drums. By age eleven I was playing at small teen dance clubs. At age thirteen, my focus changed to guitar. By age sixteen, I had been in several garage bands, and was ready to get serious about my career, but life had plans of its own!
Just prior to leaving school something happened that I did not anticipate, I met my wife, Sharon. Before I knew it my focus had turned to marriage & kids, so I laid down my guitar and picked up my tools and built a career in floorcovering. Not very glamorous, but it paid the bills! Music became a hobby, but the desire to play never faded away. For the next 30 years I was without any gear so I listened and learned in my head.
Now at age 54, with kids grown and my wife by my side, it's my turn to fly! So begins my musicial journey in hopes of leaving behind some small contribution to the world of music!
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.
Publish artist interviews in English to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazineInterviewsEnglish , interviews in French to http://groups.myspace.com/InterviewsAvecCountryMusicStars and interviews in German to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryMusikInterviews . All these groups on MySpace are part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine.
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
Three new Christmas songs up. With a little Texas swing. "White Christmas", "Winter Wonderland" & "Missing You At Christmas". Come by and let me know what you think. Judy DeRamus with The Jordanaires
Christmas is coming soon. Are you looking for a Christmas present and would like to help handicapped children? Than please request the list of donations in kind from HelpCharity, www.MySpace.com/HelpCharity , by sending me an e-mail at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de . Many donations in kind are autographed.
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
HelpCharity is a acronym for Handicapped, engagement, loyalty, protection. HelpCharity want to support organizations that pay attention to the needs of handicapped children in Germany and America. Would you like to help too? For more information please read the blog of HelpCharity.
HelpCharity steht für BeHinderten, engagement, loyalität und protektion. Mit HelpCharity sollen Organisationen unterstützt werden, die sich um die Belange von behinderten Kindern in Deutschland und den USA kümmern. Würdest Du auch gerne helfen? Informationen wie Du helfen kannst, findest Du im Blog von HelpCharity.
Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
First, let me start by saying a BIG thank you for being my friend here on myspace!! I really like meeting new people and other artists too! Drop me a line or two and let me know how you are doing!
I’m 13, I've been playing guitar for 5 years and songwriting for 1 year! It's my true passion! Hopefully, I'll be in this business a long time!
Feel free to stop by my page anytime and listen to my music and read my backstory (it's got some pretty cool twists that involve Dr. Phil McGraw and Deborah Gibson)! Also, you can check out my website at www.bradtheriot.com! I welcome any and all feedback & comments!
CountryHome Forum, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , is one of the biggest Forum for country music in Europe and part of CountryHome, www.countryhome.de , Germany's Premier Online Country Music Magazine.
CountryHome Forum have more than 5,000 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 50,000 readers.
Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.
I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.
I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.
Thanks
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
Drop by and listen to "The King and I" at the top of the play list. Judy DeRamus with The Jordanaires a few years back recorded "The King And I". The song went #1 in the national charts. Judy was given a #1 party at the SESAC building on 16th Ave. Nashville, TN. There Judy and The Jordanaires were honored with several recognitions from the music industry and the Governor of Tennessee.
Today I like to invite you to join my blog http://Blog.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka , so I can keep you up to date.
And please help me to promote Country Music. You like to know how you can help?
Very easy, join follow groups of CountryHome Magazine:
CountryHome Magazine / Forum http://Groups.MySpace.com/CountryHomeMagazine
CountryHome Magazine Interviews English http://Groups.MySpace.com/CountryHomeMagazineInterviewsEnglish
Interviews Avec Country Music Stars http://Groups.MySpace.com/InterviewsAvecCountryMusicStars
Country Musik Interviews http://Groups.MySpace.com/CountryMusikInterviews
Please don't forget to publish your country music news and events to CountryHome Forum. Each news and event published to CountryHome Forum will go to my weekly newsletter with more than 30,000 readers.
Warm regards
Christian
CountryHome Magazine Editor Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
