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Dear IFS Readers,

I hope this email finds you well

Ande

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Congratulations to IFS reader Sarah Sharp.

It never hurts to have accomplished industry pros who believe in you
and are willing to spend some time and money on you.

This excellent article about her was in the latest Austin Chronicle.

Looking Sharp

Not long ago, local jazz-pop siren Sarah Sharp found herself in one
of the most hallowed locales anywhere in the music world: Studio A
in Capitol Records' Hollywood headquarters, behind the same
microphone used by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and the Beach Boys,
and with legendary Capitol house engineer Al Schmidt at the
controls. While playing a friend's party in Pacific Palisades in
August, Sharp met former Rufus drummer and producer Andre Fisher,
who took a shine to her the same way he had Chaka Khan and Dusty
Springfield. After her next L.A. gig, Fisher introduced her to
Schmidt and publishing tycoon Ronnie Vance, and "the next thing I
knew we were in the studio," she says. (Even better, her neighbor in
Studio B was none other than Poison.) Sharp admits to feeling
flustered upon entering the "enormous" studio, but relaxed enough
that of the five songs the three decided to mix down into demos,
four were recorded that first session. "There's something about
being a little bit timid, that I love the way it translated," Sharp
says. "I've never heard myself back like that." Her high-placed
friends plan to shop the songs to several labels "Capitol first, of
course" while Sharp readies for a European swing later this
month. "So far everything they've said has happened," she
says. "That's the only reason I don't feel like a complete dumbass
for talking about it."

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-12-
02/music_TCB_all.html

http://cdbaby.com/cd/sarahsharp/from/ande

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here is an excellent article

The Cold, Hard Truth About Recording Contracts: Indentured Servitude
by Michael Bertin

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol17/issue41/music.labels.html

what do you think of it?

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Have any IFS readers ever gone to Miles Copeland's
annual "songwriting bootcamp" at Chateau de Marouatte?

how was it?

Please tell us about your experience there

songwriting castle Chateau Marouatte
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol17/issue07/music.fairytales.
html

http://www.milescopeland.com/

http://jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-
wilson-wont-keep.html

http://jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-
go-go's-here-you.html

http://www.hansonhotel.com/html/caroleking.html

http://www.innerviews.org/inner/macdonald.html

http://www.marknevin.com/collaborations/others.html

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have you seen Napsters new ad
www.GetTheWholeThing.com

what do you think of it?

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Write On,

Ande

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