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Dear IFS readers,

I hope this email finds you well.

How's you're writing going?

In the middle of September, My friend Sandy Knox is moving back to
Nashville.

A new demo arrived last night.

I also received Chuck Cannon's God Shapped Hole CD
http://cdbaby.com/cd/chuckcannon/from/ande
I think it's important to study the masters.

Hope you Enjoy this weeks issue,

ande

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On Alan O'day's updated version and video of his Righteous Brothers
hit "Rock N Roll Heaven"
you'll notice that Denny Martin produced the demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2cijNKu9qc

http://DennyMartinMusic.com

I've been very happy with the demos Denny Made for me.

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I was watching the movie "Undiscovered" and near the end of the
movie in a scene on an airplane, I heard and loved the following
dialog.


Peter Weller: Now unless I'm wrong, you're gonna enjoy a very long
ride in this business, if you get down on the reality that the only
solid business in music isn't performing. It's publishing.

Luke Falcon: What does that mean?

Peter Weller: It means Erna Mansen. It means Patsy Netbruse. lt
means Bart Howard.

Luke Falcon: Who?

Peter Weller: You don't know their names, but you know their music.
You know their words. You been listening to their songs a hundred
times a day, people listening to them from New York to Beijing.

Luke Falcon: I like that.

Peter Weller: I knew you would.
Hemingway had it right.
Fame is a bitch goddess.
Fame is fraud, man.
Fame is nothing. It's foam.
Fame will break your heart, brother.
But creativity, listen up, is passion.
And it's endless.
You look for fame, you'll lose your soul.
You look for creation, you'll find it.

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captionswap.com is a multilingual resource for anyone
on the Internet interested in movie subtitles.
http://www.cswap.com

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Soon JPF is going to announce their finalists.

We're just finishing up the 2006 JPF Music Awards nominations and
plan to announce them before next weekend. For those that haven't
kept up over the busy summer, I've included a little info below that
may be of interest to you. If you entered music for the 2006 Awards
(over 26K of you have), please read the 5 updates below. You'll be
getting 2 additional emails in the next 2 weeks concerning the
nominations and voting. We're very excited to announce and
recognize all this amazing music we've been working with for the
last 12 months!

We're all in this together,

Brian

Brian Austin Whitney
Founder
Just Plain Folks
www.JPFolks.org

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1. Date and Location of 2006 JPF Music Awards:

2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards
Show Date: Saturday, November 4th, 2006
The Galaxy Theater
Santa Ana, CA
www.galaxytheater.com

Tickets will go on sale soon (info on tickets will be posted
September 5th on the website and sent to everyone via email along
with the nominations next week). If you want to get a feel for the
awards show last time (this year it's in the same venue and will be
similar in format), please check out this article from Singer and
Musician Magazine: http://www.jpfolks.com/AwardsArticle.pdf

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2. 2006 JPF Music Awards Genres:

After receiving 25,500+ albums and over 350,000 songs from over 100
countries, we whittled all the entries down to the final
nominations. We're currently creating web pages to list all the
nominees in the following categories/genres:

A Cappella,
African,
Alternative,
Ambient,
Americana,
Asian,
Bluegrass,
Blues,
Cabaret,
Caribbean,
Cajun,
Celtic,
Celtic Instrumental,
Children's (Musical),
Children's (Storytelling),
Classical Orchestral,
Classical Chamber,
Classical Solo,
Classical Voice/Opera Choral,
Classical Voice/Opera Solo,
College Rock,
Comedy (Stand Up),
Compilation,
Contemporary,
Contemporary Christian,
Country,
Cover,
Dance,
Electronica,
European,
Experimental,
Female Singer-Songwriter,
Gospel (Church),
Gospel (Urban),
Hard Rock,
Hawaiian,
Holiday (Contemporary),
Holiday (Traditional),
Indian (Asian),
Industrial,
Instrumental,
Instrumental Jazz,
Jewish,
Latin,
Live,
Lyric,
Male Singer-Songwriter,
Metal,
Middle Eastern,
Modern Rock,
Native American,
New Age,
New Folk,
Novelty,
Polka,
Pop,
Punk,
R&B,
Rap,
Reggae,
Rock,
Rock Instrumental,
Rockabilly,
Roots,
Roots Instrumental,
Salsa,
Solo Guitar,
Solo Piano,
Solo Instrumental (Other),
South & Central American,
Spoken Word (Poetry),
Spoken Word (Educational),
Spoken Word (Self Help/Relaxation),
Spoken Word (Story Telling),
Surf, Techno,
Theater/Musical,
Traditional Folk,
Video (Short Form),
Video (Promotional),
Video (Feature Length),
Video (Live),
Vocal Jazz,
World

as well as our Founders Awards which include
Song,
Album and various
Artist "Of The Year" Awards.

In most categories we are giving out both Album and Song awards. We
don't think we've left any music out of being represented directly
or indirectly by the above genres. If we had enough quality entries
in a sub genre, we included it. If not, we moved material into the
closest category possible. As the world's largest music awards, we
wanted to be sure we were also the most inclusive!

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3. 2006 JPF Music Awards Voting: We'll need YOUR help!

Each year in the final round, we use 3 distinct groups in the
voting. Music Industry Professionals (Producers, Publishers,
Labels, Promoters, Venues, Attorneys, Organizations etc.), Artist
and Writer Peers (that includes everyone reading this) and Music
Fans. During the last awards process, we used over 4000 judges to
determine the final winners. We have a very short window for
judging this year so it will be crucial to hear from you ASAP
possible to get you involved.

All JPF members and any music fans you know are invited to
participate. Voting on the song categories will take place from
September 10th-October 15th. We will have 2 ways to vote:

1. Online via the jpfolks.com website. This is a first for us and
we'll be setting up the site with the help of our friends at
Hostbaby.com so that you can vote directly off your computer on as
many genres/categories as you like (as long as you meet the criteria
which will be posted). This isn't about driving traffic to a
website to vote AT ALL. Each judge must be pre-cleared and will
have to provide complete contact information. We do NOT want random
traffic. We want pre-qualified Industry (must meet posted
criteria), Artist/Writer (must be a JPF member on the membership
list prior to the nominations being announced) and Fan (must include
real name and contact information as well as referral from current
JPF member who is not nominated) votes. Each group's votes
collectively count equally. Because we want to avoid voter fraud,
we will assign categories for eligible voters from those categories
judges are interested in/qualified for. (See rules which will be
posted on the website September 10th).

2. Via Voting CD's we'll mail to judges as in previous years. For
these judges, we will need volunteers to email us with their
contact info and which genres they are interested in judging.
We will post complete details and rules for these judges on
September 10th as well. Please wait until then to volunteer so we
can keep track of everything properly.

Please watch for the special Voting Email we'll send out to all
members on September 10th.

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Katelyn Hobson had an article in yesterday's Dallas Morning News.
http://tinyurl.com/ml96y

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If your community doesn't have a songwriting organization
Create one.
If your community does have one, get involved.
Here's two great well run organizations:

NSAI
http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com

West Coast Songwriters
http://www.westcoastsongwriters.org

here's 2 texas professional organizations who have interesting
websites and programs for their members.

Texas Photographic Society
http://www.texasphoto.org

WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS
http://www.writersleague.org

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BMI collected nearly $780 million for fiscal year 2005

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Kerrville New Folk

2006 GRASSY HILL KERRVILLE NEW FOLK WINNERS

Congratulations to the following six New Folk Winners. These
songwriters were among 32 finalists who performed during the 2006
Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Concerts on May 27 & 28 (listed
below). New Folk Winners receive
a cash honorarium from the Texas Folk Music Foundation, Vic & Reba
Heyman, and the Jim Ross Memorial Fund.

Other prizes were provided by
Performing Songwriter Magazine,
Elixir Guitar Strings,
Kyser Capos, and
Intellitouch tuners from On-Board Research.

Antje Duvekot (Somerville MD)

Jud Caswell (Brunswick ME)

Gordy Quist (Austin TX)

KJ Denhart (Ossining NY)

Diana Jones (Nashville TN)

Andrew Smith (Kelowna BC Canada)

http://www.kerrville-music.com/newfolk.htm

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Write On,
Ande Rasmussen

Does anyone ever read IFS to the VERY END?