The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Carole King, Elton John, Cat Stevens, CSN, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, America, The Eagles, Pure Prairie League, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Warren Zevon, Poco, and Billy Joel. Pretty much in that order...hundreds...no thousands of others followed.
Music is my addiction. I've always loved writing songs. I played all over the North Coast when I got out of high school then
moved out to LA and lived there until my mid-20s. Had some cool things
happen - went to Nashville to make a record - record never quite got made
but I sure learned a lot about drinking whiskey. So back to the West Coast I
went to make another record. A couple years later I realized that I loved
music about as much as I hated the music business. I left LA, and
twenty years went by.
I released this record, Across The Landscape, on Primitive Records.
A label I started back in 1996 to help promote the debut releases of
The Jellybricks and ivet,
but had been inactive since 2000. This record received a great response from radio,
getting close to 200 spins a week at over 40 stations in the Triple
A/Americana/Pop formats. A lot of old and new friends helped me out
here, and it was a blast. My buddy Jeff Pevar plays all the "good" guitars.
Jeff has a resume that spans 25 years with artists as diverse as Ray Charles
to James Taylor, and for the past decade he's mainly worked with David
Crosby and CSN. T Lavitz and Rod Morgenstein from The Dixie Dregs/Jazz Is
Dead appear on three of the songs. Tom Kristich and Larry Kennedy from The
Jellybricks can be heard here as well. And another delight is Leah Kunkel on
backing vocals. I have been a fan of hers since Jackson Browne's first
record, and her incredible voice appears on about half of my favorite
records from the 70s.
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 ;)
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
Hey Steve. Thanks for accepting my friend request. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Have you had the chance to listen to my music yet? Please do when you get the time. Let me know what you think. Talk to you soon. Ron
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Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
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.
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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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.
Hi there, Steve Yanek! We'd love to design a custom MySpace profile for you! We also offer full website design, flyer/poster design, and more. Check out our portfolio on our MySpace page.
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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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