Myself, or the Bowzies (a combination of Len Wallace, Kevin Devine, Terry Murphy or Frank Kennedy and me), or Tim Pak on recordings.
Influences
Christy Moore, Planxty, The Bothy Band, The Clash, Blue Oyster Cult, Cabaret Voltaire, Gyorgy Ligeti, Peter Maxwell Davies, Al Green, James Brown, Minor Threat, Black Flag, The Minutemen, firehose, Husker Du, The Beatles, Bill Monroe, Khaled, Soundgarden, Outkast, The X-ecutioners, Cat Stevens, Ralph Stanley, Rory Gallagher, Sweeney's Men, The New York Dolls, Jimi Hendrix, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Dubliners, The Clancy Brothers, Wire, David Bowie, Valentin Silvestrov, and everything else that I've listened to more than once.
I'm a singer/sonwriter/instrument banger just trying to make a living expressing myself. I've played in all sorts of bands around Detroit over the years, and I'm in the acoustic period of my life, I guess. Although maybe not completely. It's hard to say. I'm working on a new recording with the mighty Tim Pak at the moment, so we'll see what happens. If you like the material that may or may not be on this site, check out the website (gerardsmith.net).
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
Now Playing--INDIE ACROSS THE DIAL #8, hosted by Mike "Moose" Brown and featuring the music of GERARD SMITH!!
Standing In The Flames~~Matt Moore (www.myspace.com/mattmoore) Robots Building Robots~~Alien Zoo (www.myspace.com/alienzoo) Dreaming Of You~~War Tapes (www.myspace.com/wartapes) Flight Of Tonight~~Alice Sweet Alice (www.myspace.com/asarockshard) Synesthesia~~Alice Sweet Alice (www.myspace.com/asarockshard) Girl, He's Mine~~Ashley Buchart (www.myspace.com/ashleybuchart) Your Own Thing~~Amycanbe (www.myspace.com/amycanbe) Maid Of Culmore~~Slide (www.myspace.com/slideie) Finding Moses~~Gerard Smith (www.myspace.com/gerardmusic) London Town~~Dave Gibb (www.myspace.com/davegibb) Gods~~Dave Gibb (www.myspace.com/davegibb) We Don't Want To Fall In Love~~Peter and The Penguins (www.myspace.com/peterthepenguins) Mum~~Curlys (www.myspace.com/curlysofficial) Dirty Old Town~~Bill Grogan's Goat (www.myspace.com/billgrogansgoat)
Today I would like to ask you if you like to help me to support country music.
If you like to help me, please add me to your top buddy list and inform your friends about me.
When you like more information about country music in Germany please feel free to contact me.
Please submit artist news, reviews and events to CountryHome Forum, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , so I can keep German country fans up to date about their favorit country stars.
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de info@countrymusic-magazin.de Phone +49 6101 544613 Mobil +49 171 6903352 www.myspace.com/ChristianLamitschka www.myspace.com/LamitschkaVideoInterviews www.myspace.com/CountryMusicInterviews www.myspace.com/HelpCharity
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".
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Phone +49 6101 544613 Mobil +49 171 6903352 www.myspace.com/ChristianLamitschka www.myspace.com/LamitschkaVideoInterviews www.myspace.com/CountryMusicInterviews www.myspace.com/HelpCharity
Now Playing—INDIE ACROSS THE DIAL #4 featuring the amazing music of GERARD SMITH!!!
Guest host---Mike "Moose" Brown
Long Reel~~Slide (www.myspace.com/slideie) Follow On~~Slide (www.myspace.com/slideie) Amazing Grace~~Grand Traverse Pipes and Drums (www.grandtraversepipesanddrums.com) With My Rubber Boots On~~Gerard Smith (www.myspace.com/gerardmusic) Whiskey In A Jar~~Bill Grogan's Goat (www.myspace.com/billgrogansgoat) Lanark~~Dave Gibb (www.myspace.com/davegibb) The Walk~~Peter and The Penguins (www.myspace.com/peterthepenguins) Lost In Black~~Ardor (www.myspace.com/ardorband) These Old Shoes~~Alice Sweet Alice (www.myspace.com/asarockshard) Burned Again~~PromiseLab (www.myspace.com/promiselab) Change In Me~~Matt Moore (www.myspace.com/mattmoore) Desert Ice~~Concrete Sky (www.concretesky.com)
Benefit for my Dad on September 27, 2009 Hi Everyone, My Father Peter Aguayo passed away on Tuesday 9-8-2009. He was a Steelworker for 30 years. The company he worked for went Bankrupt and they took his Life Insurance and Medical as well. I am trying to raise enough money to give him a proper burial. Please find it in your heart to come out to the Benefit, he so deserves it. There will be 5-6 AWESOME bands. The bands that are already booked for the show are: The Midnight Rendezvous, StellarDrive & Bazooka Jones. Special Guests: Charlie Allen Martin (Bob Seger) & Psychild - Robert Noll, Tyuawn Brown (A Michael Jackson Impersonator) and Bruce Race (Charlie Chaplin Impersonator). Location is: Scott Lake Banquet Center (Located inside the Waterford Elks) 2100 Scott Lake Road. Waterford, MI 48328 Admission is $20.00 Benefit will start at 2pm and will end at 10pm, or later. 50/50 Raffle Door Prizes Cash Bar & Food Auction Items The Benefit will also be filmed by Comcast for my friend Big L's The Music Room TV Show. This will be a great time and it's for a great cause. I am also trying to raise awareness to the retiree's that they should not assume that they are taken care of, this is happening to people every day. It has been devestating due to the company's Bankruptcy, my Father hasn't been buried yet. Hope to see you there. More info to follow as it becomes available. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Help us Honor our Dad, he was a son, a husband and a wonderful Human Being. God Bless Jer & Angel
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
Thanks for the add! I look forward to having your music on Indie Across The Dial soon. (And maybe catching a live performance soon, since you're only a couple hours south.)
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
HELLO HELLO DEAR FRIEND ! HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR YOU ... JUST SOME WORDS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT OUR NEW RELEASE ! CITIZEN KAIN & PHUTURE TRAXX - Neglected EP (Included Pablo Bolivar Remix) /// NEVERENDING 001 ALL THE BEST FROM FRANCE AND HAVE FUN : ) BRUNO & CHRIS
