I started playing music when I was 6 years old - writing since I was 11. Although my resume' looks like someone just pulled careers out of a hat randomly, music has always been a very important part of my life, and how I've made a living for a number of years at different periods in my life.
The two things I've always enjoyed most were performing and teaching. Whether it was music, acting, or playing sports, I've been in front of people since 1st grade.
I've also coached, taught, and trained in a number of different situations, and find that as fulfilling as performing, if not more-so. I've always been the person friends and family come to for help, and have embraced that role.
When I moved to Nashville to focus on my music, I had gotten to a point in my life where I realized the performing career was not something I had the desire or energy to do any longer, but songwriting, which has been a love of mine since I was very young, was something I could do until I die, (or loose my mind whichever comes first)
Since coming to Nashville, I've performed at most all of the songwriter venues in town, been on the Opry Star Spotlight show on WSM Radio, hosted my own Writer's Night (Fat Tuesday at the French Quarter), written with some great writers and artists, worked as part of the NSAI Song Camp Staff for 4 years and made some wonderful friends both in and out of the music business.
One thing I learned about songwriting sucess in this town long ago... it's a marathon...not a sprint. Well, I'm here for the long haul, and love this community.
I toured briefly with Doug Stone as his FOH Sound Tech while he was in between techs. It was a blast hanging out with Doug and his band. He's a great talent, and and even better person, and his band members are incredible. I've also gotten my Pro-tools certification, and have my own small demo studio for recording songs for me and my friends.
If you want to co-write, have some coffee, pick my brain, or just talk... contact me. That's why I'm here... come to think of it... isn't that's why we're all here
Have a great today, a better tomorrow, and be able to look back on everything as a treasured memory...
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 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
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
Hi, Nick! Pics are up from your 48 Days to the Work You Love preview. You did a great job presenting! go to: www.musiccitykat.smugmug.com, then Events, then 2009, and you will see the file.
You are great. Thank you so much for your friendship & support! It means a ton! Click here to receive exclusive newsletters, purchase a CD and insure you won't lose contact with me at www. sagekeffer. com CDs are also available at CDBaby. com along with Borders or Barnes and Noble in Nashville.
"Some major label should give him a contract, take the eight sides on 'Rules of the Game' as is. It is simply splendid, way better than most major-label products. Every track here is a little gem, but his performance on this deliciously melodic toe-tapper is especially swell. The production carries you along like a perfect wave." -Robert Oermann;
"If this guy doesn’t have all the necessary ingredients for stardom, then I don’t know anything about music. " -Billy Block's Western Beat
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
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