TAKE a FREE songwriting course at
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they do so much, it will truly blow you away as you take your
songwriting to a whole new level.

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Dear IFS Readers,

got some time sensitive stuff I want to get out today, plus I'm
going to NYC Thursday and Friday


I do have a new song I haven't told y'all about yet. The title is:
The MAN I NO LONGER AM
I cowrote it with Robert Deitch. Robert is someone I found on
songramp and I was super impressed with him so I asked him to
cowrite. you can hear it at:
http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=45817

I had an interesting conversation with john arthur martinez and he
shared this nugget of advice.
"It's important (for artists) to pick and choose where you share
your art."

Last Sunday I went to see Hayes Carll perform at the San Marcos
River pub. He was great and I encourage you to study his music and
catch a show if you get the chance. www.HayesCarll.com

Hope you enjoy this issue,

Ande


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A note from Gary Powell:

Amy and I are delighted to present Philippe Bertaud in our
intimate "In the Studio with Gary Powell" concert series. If you
missed Philippe last year, read the reviews of his show on our
website.

Amy will be serving "The Cheeses of France" as light hors d'oeuvres
before the show with coffee at intermission. Please feel free to
bring your own beer or wine and we'll keep it chilled for you.

Miramuse Presents

World Guitarist
Philippe Bertaud
"In the Studio with Gary Powell"

Saturday, June 10, 2006
$75.00

In his shows in Brazil, Mexico, USA, Canada or in Europe, Philippe
Bertaud brings his audience a touch of French refinement topped with
warm Latin character. Each concert is a delightful cultural journey
where everyone enjoys the superior quality of his playing, unique
expressions and captivating speech.

Doors open at 7:00pm
Showtime 8:00pm


For details about all the artists, the experience
or ticket information, please visit:
http://www.studioconcerts.com
512-301-0555

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you'll find a great interview with Jason Blume at:
www.SongwriterPro.com

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ever checked out puremusic
you'll find some great articles there

http://www.puremusic.com/

http://www.puremusic.com/archives.html

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I found this blog interesting
http://txlonghornwife.blogspot.com/2006/05/song-of-your-life.html

and I challenge you to write a song so great that someone somewhere
who you've never met is so touched by your song that they write
about it and tell their friends about it


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Alexi Murdoch has a new CD out, he's going on tour and will be in
Austin. I've heard his ong Orange Sky on TV shows and in movies.

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A Starry Night

An intemate evening under the stars honoring Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa
With the Grammy Foundation Leadership Award

the grammy organization is having an awesome event on Saturday July
22, 2006 in a private estate setting in Malibu.
Reception 6 pm
Dinner and Concert 7:30 pm

Join David Foster and Friends
Natasha Bedingfield
Eric Benet
Peter Cincotti
Kenneth "BabyFace" Edmonds
Josh Groban
Renee Olstead
Dionne Warwick

for more information or to make a donation
please contact Taworia Davis at
310 392 3777

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PRESS RELEASE

June 3, 2006

For immediate release


Wyley's Inc and Lovelace Entertainment Organization are proud to
announce that Kyle Wyley has been selected as an artist endorsee

by Cinch Jeans, a subsidiary of Rocky Mountain Clothing Company,
based in Denver, CO.

As one of only eight artists in the program Kyle will represent
Cinch at fairs, festivals and events throughout the country.

He will also participate in their Country Weekly print advertising
campaigns.

Kyle is in the studio working on his new CD to be released in
September.

More can be learned about Cinch at cinchjeans.com.

To learn more about Kyle please visit his websites: his newly re-
launched fan site is
www.kylewyley.com
and he has a business-to-business site at
www.kylewyleylive.com.

For further information please contact Pamela Lovelace at
615.293.4944 or at pjlovelace@....

Please let us know if you wish to unsubscribe from this list by
replying to this message with "remove" in the subject line.

Thank you.

Copyright © 2006 Pamela Lovelace Management and Wyley's Inc. All
rights reserved

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http://www.myspace.com/hayescarll

hayescarll.com

Hayes Carll is one of the best of a new breed of Texas
singer/songwriters. He has cut his teeth working the same coffee
houses, honky-tonks and bars that have spawned the likes of Lyle
Lovett and Townes Van Zandt. 2005 saw him traveling back and forth
across the US performing over 200 shows in support of his second cd,
Little Rock.

This self-released album went number 1 and ranked number 3 overall
for the year on the Americana Radio chart with over 13,000 spins.
Little Rock is full of songs that deliver a gut-punch of honesty and
gritty realism. He teamed with roots producer R.S. Field (Billy Joe
Shaver, Sonny Landreth, Buddy Guy) for this project. The album
features Alison Moorer on guest vocals and guitarist Kenny Vaughn
(Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell). Carll also managed to track down
two of his songwriting heroes, Guy Clark and Ray Wyllie Hubbard, to
write songs for the album.

Hayes is a gambler and the gamble is paying off. True to his
maverick mentality, the decision to release the album on his own
Highway 87 label was easy. I just couldn't see spending the next 10
years of my life not controlling what I have.

So how's he getting all that attention for his new record? It's all
because of one thing great music. Songs that rock like the opening
Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long and songs that roll out of the speaker
like a lullaby (Take Me Away). Great music has a way of reaching the
surface and finding an audience. Relentless touring, radio airplay
and word of mouth have been reaching fans across the country and
introducing them to Hayes and his music.

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note from an IFS Reader

peggyleamu@... writes:

Dear Ande, I just wanted to thank you and let you know I appreciate
your IFS letters. I've been getting them a number of months now. In
a singer/songwriting world where people seem to want money just to
breath the same air and converse something free is certainly a
breath of fresh air. Did I say that???
Peggy Lea Keuler

http://www.myspace.com/peggyleakeuler

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Another note from an IFS reader

StonePulse writes:

Ande, how are you? I was so backed up on my e-mail, I never even
noticed you'd reproduced our announcement on our Dave Berg events in
IFS. Thanks so much! Not only is your assistance much appreciated,
but it is gratifying to know someone actually reads our
newsletter!!! The event went really well, by the way, with great
attendance at the workshop (less so at the open mic, but it was
nonetheless inspiring and fun) and lots of deceptively simple wisdom
from Dave (he approached all critiques as he imagined his publisher
would--VERY helpful!).

Regarding your interest in getting demos of songs that artists have
cut, I've had some success obtaining them from publishers--for
example, we got Rivers Rutherford's demo of "Man of Me" from
Universal Publishing. It was a great example we used in the
workshop to demonstrate the power of a demo--we played it side by
side with Gary Allan's hit, which is taken almost note for note from
the demo.

Hoping you're well.

Kind regards,
Mary Beth

mary beth stone
songwriter/singer
regional co-ordinator
nsai, nyc
212/740-2072
stonepulse@...

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Write On,

Ande Rasmussen

Does anyone ever read IFS to the VERY END?