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Canadian country music sensation, Brad Johner, continues on a roll with the release of his sophomore solo album, Summertown Road, the follow-up to his very successful and Juno-nominated solo debut Free. It is already showing signs of being another huge success spawning two Top 10 songs and videos and is loaded with more surefire future hits.
It's been a very busy year for Johner besides completing his album. Several high profile performances this year, including the Queen's Gala and Canada Summer Games, and an unremitting touring schedule from Victoria to Quebec City, has kept Johner on the forefront of the Canadian Country music scene, a position he carved out over a thriving decade-long career in Canada.
A successful run with brother Ken, as The Johner Brothers, led to four hit albums before Brad turning solo in 2003. The industry has responded positively to the move, recognizing Brad with a 2003 Western Canadian Music Award for "Outstanding Country Album", 2003 CCMA nominations for "Album of the Year" and "SOCAN Song of the Year", and a win at the 2004 Canadian Independent Music Awards for "Favourite Country Artist/Group". He was also recognized with Juno and CCMA nominations in 2004
No surprise! Brad has always preached: "Take care of the music, and the music will take care of you."
For Brad it all starts with the song and its imperative that he puts his heart, soul and voice into songs both he and his audience can relate to.
On the live front, Brad is a veteran of the stage. His polished performance and exceptional band culminate into a truly entertaining and memorable show.
Brad knows his audience and can adapt his show for any venue or crowd, enabling him to reach a wide and diverse audience, and leave them enthusiastically satisfied. When out on stage, with his band and his fans, he feels that hes in the presence of friends.
Married to his high school sweetheart since 1992, Brad and Rhea are not only tracking Brads explosive solo career but are also kept very busy raising their five boys. "My family keeps me grounded and focused. Its all about balance and I think we've found that." says Johner.
It looks like Brad is doing just fine out on his own!
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
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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
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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
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
Awesome show last night at the Song Writer's Circle in Saskatoon! You guys are all amazing. The videos were amazing. You're doing a good thing. Am humbled to be able to call you a friend. Thanks Brad!
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Hi Brad, just stopping by to see what's new. Hope you had a great weekend. Up here, we had snow! Check out www.kixxsin.com and see Band News to see what we're up to. Check out Hillbilly Therapy for some good old back woods philosophy. See ya again!
I hope the next time I make it home I can catch a show, I miss the good ole days of partying with you and the band in the early 90's. Still love your music. Noele
Hey Brad Long time no see So, hey, I've posted a couple of new tracks. Would love to have you take a listen to my new tracks. Feel free to give me open feedback. Cheers, Chris
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