Post by pam on Aug 2, 2007 6:15:03 GMT
Greetings to everyone from the south-east United States beach community. It’s been a bit more than a month since temporarily relocating to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and, finally, I think I’m beginning to get into a groove in this crustacian-laden land. During my time so far, I’ve hooked up with a couple of people in the local wine trade and actually just held a wine tasting class for about 12 cast members 2 weeks ago. (Who doesn’t dig a bit of grape edja-ma-cation??) The weather has been unusually cool for this time of the year (thank God!) and I was just blessed to have my family out this past week to catch a couple of my gigs. A pretty good month so far.
It’s been a very laid-back process of getting material integrated into the 2 shows here. (The Carolina Opry has 2 distinctly different shows—each performed 3 times per week.) I’m presently doing 3-4 songs in each show. The song choosing process began when the music director and I started to dialogue about what songs we might put into each of the two shows. we’d then focus on one tune, rehearse it a few times with the band and see how it landed. Then, if we felt strong about it, we’d try it out in a live performance. If the song went over well over the course of that week’s performances, we’d most likely keep it in. If it didn’t we’d look at something else to replace it. Each song went thru this process and it’s taken us almost a month to build up to the current state of material. I think that now, most things are settled and we’re rockin’ in a way that’s very fresh for the “CO”.
I have spent a great deal of time during the downtime between performances, and have made the executive decision to put out the EP—A Better Way—under my own label. In about a month’s time, ABW will be available for purchase from tonyvincent.com, CDBaby.com, as well as for digital download from Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, and more. I’ve been encouraged to put it out by you fans and feel that now is the right time to do so. I’m extremely proud of this project and want to make it available to you. Something that adds to my excitement is how amazing the packaging of the EP looks! Design gurus Tania and Douglas Czuszak have created a piece that would cause major labels to enter a bidding war to have their talent and ideas on staff. (You all can check out the talents of T&D at http://www.czustudio.com.)
Finally, I wanted to thank all people who helped make my birthday so special this year. The cards, notes and gifts were a major source of encouragement—you all must have sensed that I was growing a bit homesick for my place in NYC. You all and my mate Gary Vaynerchuck at WLTV made this year very very special. (Check out the end of Episode #281. And don't forget to support Gary V. on Late Night with Conan O'Brien TONITE!)
Thank you all... and until next time—be well.
Always,
It’s been a very laid-back process of getting material integrated into the 2 shows here. (The Carolina Opry has 2 distinctly different shows—each performed 3 times per week.) I’m presently doing 3-4 songs in each show. The song choosing process began when the music director and I started to dialogue about what songs we might put into each of the two shows. we’d then focus on one tune, rehearse it a few times with the band and see how it landed. Then, if we felt strong about it, we’d try it out in a live performance. If the song went over well over the course of that week’s performances, we’d most likely keep it in. If it didn’t we’d look at something else to replace it. Each song went thru this process and it’s taken us almost a month to build up to the current state of material. I think that now, most things are settled and we’re rockin’ in a way that’s very fresh for the “CO”.
I have spent a great deal of time during the downtime between performances, and have made the executive decision to put out the EP—A Better Way—under my own label. In about a month’s time, ABW will be available for purchase from tonyvincent.com, CDBaby.com, as well as for digital download from Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, and more. I’ve been encouraged to put it out by you fans and feel that now is the right time to do so. I’m extremely proud of this project and want to make it available to you. Something that adds to my excitement is how amazing the packaging of the EP looks! Design gurus Tania and Douglas Czuszak have created a piece that would cause major labels to enter a bidding war to have their talent and ideas on staff. (You all can check out the talents of T&D at http://www.czustudio.com.)
Finally, I wanted to thank all people who helped make my birthday so special this year. The cards, notes and gifts were a major source of encouragement—you all must have sensed that I was growing a bit homesick for my place in NYC. You all and my mate Gary Vaynerchuck at WLTV made this year very very special. (Check out the end of Episode #281. And don't forget to support Gary V. on Late Night with Conan O'Brien TONITE!)
Thank you all... and until next time—be well.
Always,
