Hi,
I just wanted to let you know I am here. www.mosescotton.com

I Bahama Kin Just was chatting with
Larry Rust keyboardist of IRON BUTTERFLY.
that i'll be helping to promote upcoming
shows hopefully Connecticut. Larry Rust,
(keyboards - vocals) Larry Rust has worked
with Chicago, REO Speedwagon, Stevie Wonder,
Larry Carlton, George Howard, Bob Welch,
Warren Zevon and Kansas.
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Jimi Bell & BJ Zampa have joined the band
House Of Lords and will be on the New House
of Lords album due out late spring 2006.
Jimi Bell & BJ Zampa wrote 9 of the 12
tracks. more soon.

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Bahama Kin was selected to do the Vice reunion review.
at The Vice Reunion Oct 8th 2005 at Joanna's Cafe in Somers, Ct.
Featuring VICE Rob Rock. (see http://www.vice85reunion.com )

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Bahama Kin was offered to work via promotion/mgmt.
with Thrash Ratchet a Hardcore Metal band out of NY. pending.
met up at Summer Jam 2005 in Red Hook, NY.  details see (
http://www.xennifer.com/_sgt/m2_1.htm )

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also in the news Bahama Kin is now the offical lead vocalist of
WreckingBall. as of 7/18/2005. The first WreckingBall album title is "BAD HAIR
DAZE" more news TBA

Bahama Kin was selected to Write the JIMI BELL STORY "Who the Hell
is JIMI BELL " Bahama Kin has written 62 pages so far. This was an Original Book
concept idea pitched by: Bahama Kin. (Headwrench Manager, Musician,
Videographer, Producer) We met up in Hartford, Ct. ( Dec-8th-2004 ) ironically
the same day Dimebag was shot. Bahama Kin / Jimi Bell / & Ken Young (Also Bahama
kin's son Raymond) a guitar player too! Plans are Officially in the making for
Bahama Kin to Interview #2 Jimi Bell for information for The book.

Ken Young has filmed The interview # 1 an hour long interview with
Jimi Bell & Bahama Kin it is on a DVD & VHS.

BY:  Ken Young of Forever Young Video
Production (JIMI BELL Mgmt) Ken's Film equipment was used for the
Movie "Open Water Ken Young has worked with Staind, DiamondBack, Dixie Dregs,
Deep Purple Guitarist, Rob Rock, VICE, Joined Forces, and many more.

More news as soon as it becomes available.
Bahama Kin.

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HELLO BAHAMA KIN FANS, Bahama Kin has been Managing Headwrench
  Original Heavy Metal Band out of Torrington Connecticut since March
2004.. Headwrench has appeared with LA Guns, Dizzy Reed of Guns & Roses,
W.A.S.P. Motorhead, OverKill, Unchained the ultimate Van Halen tribute band,
MegaHertZ, Smack Seven, Headwrench is scheduled to open for Motorhead March 15th
2005 and for OverKill April 24th, 2005 at the Webster Theatre, in Hartford, Ct. 
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BAHAMA KIN'S
Fixture on the music scean began many years back. . 1st as Silkwood Forest
Roadie 1976-77 featuring Dan Shafer on guitar. BAHAMA KIN has been vocalist of
the following bands. Suntigers, (Guitar-Vocals-Lyrics) Art Star,
(Guitar-Vocals-Lyrics) Sophisticated Bastards, (Vocals-Lyrics) Redline (Voacls -
Lyrics) Aurora (Vocals - Lyrics)
Wicked chill (Vocals - Lyrics) East coast blues (Vocals of their Ozzy & Black
Sabbath set) BAHAMA KIN has been manager of Solar Society Critical Condition
Headwrench WreckingBall Promize (EX)
Thrash Ratchet (Pending) BAHAMA KIN  has been Promoter of Critical Condition
Solar Society Headwrench WreckingBall Promize BAHAMA KIN Promoted the 1ST
Metal-Rock-Jazz concert in Fuessenich Park orrington Ct. the bands were Critical
Condition-Alchemy-Otis Junction. in 1990.

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BAHAMA KIN has produced Video's - Live Recording - Demo's
Cd's of the following bands : Bloodbrother (Con Doty, Lee Preble)
Hundreds of videos & live recordings of Bloodbrother & Tour
assistant and promotional work for them.
East Coast Blues (Dino Pelletier)  Hundreds of videos & live
recordings of Bloodbrother & Tour assistant and

promotional work for them. also vocals for their Ozzy & Black
Sabbath set. East Coast Blues members

credits included Bobby T.Torello of (Johnny Winter, Michael Bolton),
BJ Zampa of Robin Trower, Yngwie

Malmsteen, Wayne. BJ Zampa currently of (DiamondBack, House of
Lords)
John Peckman of (Eight to the Bar, Jeff Pevar)
Eric Klaastad of (Billy Joel, Art Garfunkel, Debbie Harry,)
BAHAMA KIN has filmed Steve Montano Blues Band at Riders Cafe in
Waterbury Ct.
Bahama kin has worked with Phoebe Legere who was  (Actress & Star
of  Toxic Avenger 2 & 3, Mondo New

York W/Wesley Snipes) Phoebe has toured with David Bowie.
BAHAMA KIN has worked with and filmed Malcolm Cecil who is Legendary
Synth Programer,Producer
of (Steven Stills, Manassas, Quincy Jones, Doobie Brothers, Stevie
Wonder, Diana Ross,)
BAHAMA KIN has been on the road with bands from :Connecticut, New
York City,
Newport RI, Saugarties New York, Mt Vernon N.Y.,
All over.  BAHAMA KIN has done Several solo music videos & CD's.
Filmed and recorded live for the

following local bands:
Headwrench (Manager)
Bloodbrother,
East Coast Blues
The Brightwood Rockers,
Chris Tofield & The Bluesbenders,
Travis Robinson & The Carptones,
Smokin Herb,
Kevin Taylor,
Ether Binge,
Barbara Morrell,
BAHAMA KIN Has written Several book manuscripts:
(The Parsonage. a History of Wolcottville Ct)
The Jimi Bell Story (Who the Hell is Jimi Bell)
BAHAMA KIN Produced Phoebe Legere's Promo Documentry Video
for her to submit to: The Warner Theater, The Oakdale Theater, The
Webster Theater, The Bushnell.
Currently manager of Headwrench (See links)
BAHAMA KIN  Has Been Helping to Promote Connecticut Bands &
Worldwide Bands At Bahama Kin's

Connectucut Music Online. Mega Hours Of Work Here! A Group Founded
By Bahama Kin Which Features

Such Members As :
Headwrench, Wanted, Eight To The Bar, Spellbinder, Smokin Herb, The
Jerks, In Itself, Blue Attire, The

Continentals, Voxman Ex Infinity Minus One, The Patti Tuite Band,
Mega Hertz, Shadowcaster,

Shattersphere, Lead Pipe Bludgeon, Z100 NYC, CO2, Jimi Bell, Mark
Easton of Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze,

Boneglove (Texas), Arthur Kill, Death By Numbers, Intricate Unit,
Mambo Sons, Mike Lasala, Dave Adrian,

Dan Shafer Productions, Mutha Ugly, hUShh, D. Smith Blues Band,
Johnny Sixgun, OuthouseSound, Jason

Nocera, - http://www.buddyandhopkins.com The Generics, (TK passed
on) D'Brethryn, Billy Jones Bluez,

Promize, Kayla (Kitty), Radio Mike, Blood Ruby, Leigh Silver & The
Bitter Things,

Headwrench,WreckingBall,Smack Seven, and many more.
NEW NEWS working on Headwrench DVD Project, Summerjam 2004
Video/DVD, Author of The Jimi
Bell autobiography, Manuscrips & Book Ideas with Dave
Adrian, New Bahama Kin CD in the BK Studio, TBA, Booking & Filming,
Writing,
Keeping Your name on Top. Bahama Kin (Sign The guestbook) Email me
bkstudio@...  Bahama Kin's 2 Sons are talented musicians,
Raymond Edward MacKinnon 16 years

old who is playing and studies Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin,
Black Sabbath, Ozzy, The
Ramones, The Misfits, John Lennon, the Beatles. Raymond And Dad
Recorded "Wish you were here (Floyd)

with Raymond playing all guitar parts. Bahama Kin's younger son
Douglas Lennon MacKinnon 14 years old

Plays Drums, Keyboards and Vocals. Also Bahama Kin (Robert M.
MacKinnon) has
Helped to get Dave Adrian's Biography "The Man From Nowhere"
Published. Bahama Kin Is credited in The

Book now available at Barnes and Nobel, Border Books, Amazon,
Publish America and more. Just in!

WreckingBall News: WreckingBall Lineup Complete. This Connecticut
Metal/ Rock Band features 2 members

of RPMC (Riders Wtby, Ct) http://www.rpmcinc.com/links.htm
WreckingBall  began rehearsals back on

1/25/2005  at The Band Room Rehearsal Studios in Beacon Falls, Ct.
http://www.bandroomrehearsal.com/

Phil Damato Has no desires to create any undo feelings towards
Headwrench. which Bahama Kin continues to

work with occassionally. and wishes Headwrench much success! Bahama
Kin Respects both bands. And has

much to offer both. as well as Supporting you all at CMO1. The
newest news concerning the writting of THE

JIMI BELL STORY BY: Bahama Kin. Filmed by: Kenneth Young. Bahama kin
has written 63 pages so far as of

June 27th 2005. Plans are being set to Produce THE JIMI BELL STORY
DVD interview #2. scheduled for Jan

12 2006. more on that as news happens. Bahama kin remains manager,
videographer, promotions, ect of

Headwrench who have been treking across the states to put on some
killer Headwrench live shows. all filmed

by: Bahama Kin. 3/15/05 Headwrench openened for Motorhead at The
Webster Theatre in Hartford Ct. and

on 5/25/2005 appeared live in NYC (The Continential Motorhead
tribute show)many shows are being lined up

so stay tuned. Jimi Bell & Diamondback opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at
The Oakedale Theatre in Wallingford,

Ct. Ken Young was working on Filming Deep Purple Guitarist Steve
Morse, Bahama kin was working on the

Jimi Bell Story Book. unable to make that show. update --> Jimi Bell
& BJ Zampa Hof DiamondBack have

joined House Of Lords and will be featured on the new album due late
spring 2006.I will keep you all updated

as the music news as it happens. I have alot of awesome plans to
come. Including Helping Iron Butterfly with

promotions via Keyboardist Larry Rust whom Bahama Kin is now friends
with.
Thank you all for believing in me as much as I believe in you all.
(sign the guestbook)
Bahama Kin.
EXTRA's
p.s. Bahama Kin helped Bill Ward to be included as drummer of Black
Sabbath at Ozzfest 2004. (recieved 3

autographed photos from Bill Ward.
Bahama kin is helping Bernie Torme via Robert Schaffer with a
petition I created for (Wild West) to get gigs

in USA.
Bahama Kin recieved and autographed photo and signed letter from
Sharon Osbourne when I sent her a

letter concerning her health when she was ill with cancer.
Bahama Kin was asked and wrote the VICE Reunion gig review for Rob
Rock. (2005)
Bahama Kin has sang Black Sabbath / Ozzy Songs with Drummer BJ Zampa
of Yngwie Malmsteen, Robin

Trower, Thunderhead, David Wayne's Metal Church,Wayne, Tony
McAlpine. Run 21, Dino Pelletier's East

Coast Blues.
Bahama Kin Has sang Black Sabbath / Ozzy Songs with Guitarist Steve
Delacey of ex Journey vocalist Steve

Perry, Kiss, Tony McAlpine, Dino Pelletier's East Coast Blues.
Bahama Kin has sang Black Sabbath / Ozzy Songs with Drummer John
Peckman of Eight to the Bar, Jeff

Pevar, Feather Merchants. East Coast Blues
Bahama Kin has sang Black Sabbath / Ozzy Songs with Bassist Eric
Klaastad of Billy Joel, Art Garfunkel,

Debbie Harry (Blondie), East Coast Blues.
Bahama Kin has sang Black Sabbath / Ozzy Songs with Drummer Bobby T.
Torello of Johnny Winter, Grace

Slick, Rossington Collins Band, Michael Bolton, Thunderhead, Dino
Pelletier's East Coast Blues, Electric

Circus.
Bahama Kin has sang Black Sabbath / Ozzy Songs with Steve Montano of
Michael Bolton, Crayon, Steve

Montano Blues Band, Blue Attire.
Bahama Kin is friends and communtcates with fellow author Dan
Matovina (Badfinger Biographer)
Bahama Kin is friends with and communicates with Keyboardist Larry
Rust of Iron Butterfly. Larry rust has

also worked with Chicago, REO Speedwagon, Stevie Wonder, Larry
Carlton, George Howard, Bob Welch,

Warren Zevon and Kansas.
Bahama kin did CD reviews for Mighty Sam McClain / Chris Tofield
(Blues on Stage)
Bahama Kin's sister Brenda managed and helped bands at Sturgis bike
week. she knew the late Sam Kinison,

did work for Meatloaf,  was responsible for being manager of Hard
Times which she and I put Chris Tofield

on Stage in front of an audience in Torrington, Ct for the first
time. I have known Chris Tofield since he

came to my house  (around 1980) asking to learn some blues licks. I
in turn showed Chris some riffs and

introduced him to my great friend Dino Pelletier. whom taught Chris
many blues songs and styles.
Bahama kin founded Connecticut Music Online (CMO1) the first
Connecticut unsigned band promotion yahoo

group. other groups inclued Headwrench yahoo group. WreckingBall
yahoo group, Jimi Bell Yahoo group
Bahama Kin's uncle helped produce M.A.S.H (TV series)
Bahama Kin's great great grandmother played piano for silent movies.
and much more. some Bahama Kin facts are mentioned on this page in
various catagories.
and some not yet added here.
Thank you all for believing in me as I believe in you.
Bahama Kin

Hey Ken,

Here is the link to my blogg.  It has prety much the

same information as my web site.

http://hiddentalentmusic.blogspot.com/

I also have a site on www.soundclick.com

and a portal page on

www.pianofun.com/~lmoore

My home page goes to these links.  When you get to the soundclick site put Lewis Moore in the artist area and it will take you to the site with the mp3's that I have recorded.

God bless,

Lewis

Hey Ken
I was finally able to get through my slow computer, virous and
pop up blocker to get to this group. I look forward to our
meeting on Saturday.

Lewis

Greetings and peace!

Do your research on Byron Hill and you will find out that this is a
significant player in the music business. I will leave it to you to
check into it.

Who is Byron Hill? Well, cross your fingers that he will accept our
invitation to join this forum. Today, we invited Byron to join us.

People, have you checked our links library? This is where we are
collecting links to good resources to help your career develop.

Have you placed your link into an appropriate folder? Please go into
the links and find the most appropriate folder for your link and
place it there.

What can I do for you today? Please think of me as your benevolent
mentor. I am not charging anything for my consultations. So, try me
out soon. You just might eventually decide to ask me to become your
manager or producer.

Songwriters are coming aboard. Just talked to a real talented guy
with a lot of experience. He plans to join us soon, but is having a
virus on his computer. When he gets here, I will introduce him. And
meanwhile, he and I will be meeting this Saturday for a planning
session in LaGrange. More later.

Keep your eyes open and your prayers going up. We may have started
small, but the Southern Music Association is gaining momentum. More
and more people are catching our vision and coming aboard.

We have a lot of room for any collaborators. Come and get active
with us and see what can happen when we pool our efforts together
and the synergy kicks in.

Hopefully, you have already seen one of our fund raising vehicles.
Please check it out and start your surveys at ~~
http://www.globaltestmarket.com/join.php?p=SouthernMAssoci
~~ because your points will be converted into cash donated to the
Southern Music Association. Some of these funds will be earmarked
for scholarships to be granted to our member artists to help them
pay for studio time.

Is SMA worth it to you? Well, we hope that you can see yourself in
the big picture. Meanwhile, do what you can to help SMA catch on in
the world. The more that happens, the better for you and us. Your
diligent efforts really make a difference in the long run and you
are learning the valuable lessons about team work.

Ken Aspinwall

Check this out!!

SUPPORT the SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION BY TAKING ONLINE SURVEYS

SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION supporters can now make a financial
contribution to this organization simply by taking online surveys
about consumer products and services for an international market
research company. It's easy, fun and open to anyone who wants to
support our organization.

The SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION recently joined the . . .
GlobalTestMarket's "Making a Difference Program," which allows all
of our supporters to become survey panelists and collectively donate
their earnings to the SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION. As a panelist, you
will receive occasional surveys (an average of two per month), which
take about 15 minutes to answer. Each survey is about $2.50—so it
only takes about 40 surveys for the SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION to
raise $100. The more people who register on behalf of our service
organization, the more money we can raise. Since there's no limit to
how much we can earn, our goal is to sign up family and friends to
create an incredible network of panelists who support the SOUTHERN
MUSIC ASSOCIATION. Anyone, anywhere in the world can register ~~ all
they need is a computer and Internet access.

To participate in this program, register at the . . .
http://www.globaltestmarket.com/join.php?p=SouthernMAssoci . . .
URL. You'll then be eligible to receive surveys, which ask your
opinion about a range of topics from shampoo to computers.
GlobalTest Market, a division of Seattle-based Global Market Insite,
Inc (GMI) supports an international pool of more than one million
consumer "panelists."

"If each of our members invites four friends to become panelists, we
can really increase our fundraising power," said Kenneth Aspinwall,
CEO of the SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION.

For more information, visit GlobalTest Market at . . .
http://www.globaltestmarket.com/join.php?p=SouthernMAssoci . . .
and go to the fundraising page. Take advantage of this unique and
exciting opportunity to support the SOUTHERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION.

Make it a good day for all you meet. Thank you.

The URL again is ~~
http://www.globaltestmarket.com/join.php?
p=SouthernMAssoci

Shux!

We almost hit the target.

We have nine members and 39 links. That's awful close.

Don't give up!


--- In SouthernMA@yahoogroups.com, "CK Aspinwall" <blue111orange@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hiya!
>
> This forum for the Southern Music Association was launched exactly
> one week ago. We are up to 9 members and almost 40 links in our
> folders.
>

Hiya!

This forum for the Southern Music Association was launched exactly
one week ago. We are up to 9 members and almost 40 links in our
folders.

Let's break 10 before midnight!

Lets' get up to 40 links before midnight! If you have not listed
your link in our folders, please do it.

*** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ***

I've been working on a fund raiser vehicle. I'm reviewing one now
that looks pretty good. I will try to explain how your efforts to
fund the SMA will simultanously fund your own ministry or project.
Yes, you heard me right. Ultimately, your efforts to raise funds for
the SMA could create a flow of income into your own ministry.

COST  ~~  A measley $14.95 a month and is self-liquidating.

PLATFORM ~~ Everybody will do a little work to start and eventually
your part of it will go automatic. Plus you should start enjoying a
residual income for your efforts and the efforts of your patrons.

AUTOMATIC ~~ Yes, everybody will start out seeking to enroll six
patrons of the SMA. For each enrollment, you will earn a flat fee
bonus. The enrolled person will become a member of your orbit. As
each of them follows this simple plan of action, your orbit grows
larger. After six people are in each respective orbit, you become
more or less automatic. Eventually, cash flows to you in the long
run.

SIMPLICITY ~~ Yes, each person works until six paying patrons come
into your orbit. As each one of us finds six patrons, the entire
group becomes exponentially larger. So, growth comes automatically,
assuming that everyone enrolls six people. That's real simple.

CONCEPT ~~ This concept is almost too easy to understand. It's
actually a brilliant plan.

You might want to understand what it means to be self-liquidating.
The answer is simply by the time you have enrolled six members, you
are earning an income that covers your $14.95 monthly costs and your
income will continually grow as the group of patrons becomes larger
and larger.

This is why we like this plan because it eventually becomes self-
funding mechanism. Once your costs are covered, you will begin to
earn a residual income just like a royalty on a song.

How would you like to sing six times and earn for the rest of your
life? This is what it's about, but it's even bigger than that.

Each time you enroll a person, it increases the funds going into the
Southern Music Association. This is how we can raise the $2,000,000
in 2006 -- if we can make you understand the beauty of this vehicle.

There's more! After you get six patrons enrolled to the benefit of
the SMA, those six people will go out and find six more patrons to
enroll. Eventually, your position becomes self-funding. At first, it
pays for your monthly $14.95 membership fee. Once your monthly fee
has been liquidated, the number of patrons should continue to
increase. As this number begins to increase, you actually begin to
earn a monthly residual income, which is better than a royalty.

So, you start out by donating your efforts to find six patrons for
the SMA. Your enrolled patrons will follow you and they will go find
six more patrons to enroll. Each patron will be asked to do the same
action. Find six more patrons. Ultimately, the monthly funds flowing
to SMA will continually increase. This increase occurs because more
new people are continually being added to the membership register.
As the increase occurs, your position will begin to have positive
cash flow and you will receive monthly residual earnings.

Do you get the big picture? This is a funding matrix powered by the
simple goal. Each person enrolls six patrons. It's very simple and
easy to follow. Enroll six SMA patrons. As the SMA organization
grows, yours will, too. We all benefit.

Did you hear that? We all benefit!

So, if you have a following and believe there are about six patrons
who want to support you, just ask them to join our fund raiser. Let
them know that each of us has a simple task -- enroll six patrons.

This is a doubly powerful way to fund the SMA. As you are helping us
to raise funds, eventually, funds will begin flowing to you. So, you
could pitch this as a double benefit. One, they are your patron and
two, a portion of the funds go to support the SMA.

Praise God for granting me the mathematical insight to grab this
concept. Now, I pray that you are understanding my explanation. I
also pray that you will ask any questions.

Did you catch that idea? You can use this as your fund raiser. Your
fans could enroll to help you and they would also be helping to fund
the SMA. This thing has such awesome potential that we might
eventually use it to fund scholariships for deserving talents.

Is that cool? Or what?

But there's even more! The vehicle that I am looking at comes with
free autoresponders and webhosting. Some people will use them and
others may not. However, any recording artist with items for sale
can make good use of the autoresponders and the hosting features.

Well, I hope this is not confusing. If it's all new to you, please
ask any questions. Do you know six people who love music and love
you? Maybe they will be glad to help us.

Ken Aspinwall

DENISE ~~
I am in southern California.  (Is that considered "the south?" ;)

Happy to get my group together for the cause!

*******

KEN ~~

Oh Yeah !!! ;)
Glad to see you here. Be sure to meet Sarah.

Thanks.

Hi,

Saw the invite over at SONGWRITERS AND POETS.  I write original
Christian music and have set other Christ-centered texts to music as
well, including the "confession" of St. Augustine, "Late Have I Loved
You," a rough read of which I have in a file. I (and others) have sung
these songs over the last 20 years or so and they "work."  Now I have
to get them "out there."  Glad to make your acquaintance.

I am considering finishing up my BA in music composition/education
through EASTERN SCHOOL of MUSIC, an online/residency program out of
North Carolina and am involved in a music therapy grant based on the
work of Mickie Harts work and research on percussion and alzheimers
patients.

Right now though I am going back to work as an RN and raising the rest
of my 5 kids, twins with Down Syndrome.
God is good ...all the time! :)

~Denise

*** RESPONSE TO ABOVE ***

Hi Denise!

So glad you are here. God is good and God will most likely bring the right
people here and through His empowerment, we shall do mighty exploits. I believe!

Of course, we have to be patient and wait on the Lord. Prayer and sharing won't
hurt.

Your plans sound great. Whatever a person does to improve themselves and make
themselves more useful in this Universe is God's way. So, do it all to His glory
and be prepared for something awesome.

Think of this place as a way of making friends, finding ways to collaborate,
praying together and seeing the good fruits flourish. We are fairly new and
somewhat small. So, please help us to spread the word. If we attract 1,000 faith
activated people to this forum, I expect that the excitement will be immense.

Later! Thanks.

Ken Aspinwall

Greetings All!

Just felt the need to get ourselves re-orientated since we have new
people coming in all the time. Plus, I will offer a bit of a summary
to give you a feeling for the resources we seem to have available in
the various members.

First of all, with less than ten members, we are already global and
yet, we are local and regional. So geographically, about 1/3 of the
current membership is local. We have one member in the UK and the
rest are around the USA.

Talent wise, we have quite a variety of experience. One gentleman is
an artist, but he has also managed tours. He is making plans to come
to the USA. Listen up for Adrian.

We have an artist from Texas. Sarah already has CD's and she already
has booked some events. She does have some southeastern dates slated
and open room on her calendar. So, let's see what we can do to help
her fill in some dates on that tour. I've requested a promo kit and
have obtained an extra one to forward to organizations promoting
Christian concerts. Please ask for it, if you can help Sarah get on
a venue in your area.

We've managed to attract performers and songwriters. I just got off
the phone with a person connected with Blackberry Smoke. She tells
me they are hotter than hot, have opened with Lynnard Skynnard and
many others. They've been in Nashville and getting the run around.
So, I urged the lady to have them call me to see what we can do.

She mentioned they had been advised to get a publisher and make
their own CD. I would like to hear your comments about that idea. If
you know this would be a good option, do tell. I'm a bit on the old
system where you publish, to produce, to sign with a label. Or you
get material from a publisher to produce and sign.

I also believe that a good manager or producer or publisher should
be on your team or else you are weakening yourself by trying to do
too much. This is why I left touring, started booking and gravitated
towards all three. Today, I am set up to handle managment-publishing-
production and this gives me flexibility.

For example, if a band approaches me and they have a manager and a
producer already set. The only thing I can do is to spot them song
material. Let me tell you why I don't worry about controlling all
three of these bases.

I only need one thing with an artist and my preference is to produce
your record. A good producer can shop your record, if he believes in
it. You piggy back on his connections. Plus you have one more
creative person on your team plus the session men he works with, not
to mention other songwriters.

When I can, I like to get publishing rights. This creates a second
stream of income, which provides promotion money. I knew a publisher
who had nearly ten people in his office. They were publicists,
promoters and admin people. Their targets were to get the record
played on all the stations, get the sheet music distributed,
capitalize on other ways of exploiting the market and auditing the
royalties. Since I prefer to be your producer, I would gladly sign
the rights over to a heavy duty publisher who has a team like this
building your image and your bank account. Besides, the more records
they sell, I will make my share as a producer. It's all a matter of
synergy and it works to bolster the artist.

Artist Management is something special that I reserve for a road
warrior with a record being played and going up the charts. I want
you to know that I will turn right around and find this artist a
good agent. I might even find a publisher for them, but I want to
keep managment and production.

Why this? If I am their producer, I can help them keep the creative
juices flowing. I can always call in a songwriting team or another
producer. I'm still the manager. As their manager, I cna handle all
the official matters, accounting, publicity, obtaining agents and
working with them and mange their tours.

Manager-Producer combination is good because their seasons do not
overlap too much. In other words, while you are in the studio, you
are not thinking about the road. When they go out on tour, the
studio is not an issue. I feel very comfortable in the manager-
producer role because it's a good combination for me. As a manager,
I would outsource things like publicity. As my company grows, I will
even bring some of these functions in house.

Look at this scenario:

Band ~~ Dennis Yost & the Classics IV
Producer ~~ Buddy Buie
Manager ~~ Larry Cochran
Songs ~~ internal & external sources
Publisher ~~ Lowery Music
Agent ~~ Wm. Morris
Label ~~ MGM
Concerts ~~ various promoters

This is what happens when people get good. They start getting big
careers that require these services. I know what to expect, what to
do next and where to go to get things done right. Small thinkers
believe they can handle all of this, but they don't ever and they
stay small.

Why am I willing to outsource all this? Well, by getting the right
people on the team, your career can go to the moon and back. Have
you ever wondered why an especially talented person could never get
their career off the ground?

Long story short, they don't have enough understanding to harness
the power of this industry. They see money going out, but they
cannot envision a fatter paycheck anyway. Their bad!

I'm also a Realtor. Don't list your property with somebody who will
sit on their can and wait for something to happen. Get with a person
who will make it happen. They are worth the money you pay them.

Every artist goes through the rocket phase, if they can even get
that far. However, there's always the day when they become a
standard act. So, there's a small window of five to ten years to
take advantage of the rocket phase. Don't waste it dawdling around
because you think you know more than you really know.

At the same time, don't do like Blackberry Smoke and allow people to
waste years. Yes! Years! Their friend told me that they have wasted
years talking to people who talk and nothing helpful ever happens.

Folks, if you are good enough to open for Lynnard Skynnard, only an
idiot would miss that signal. That's a green light, if there ever
was one. Find somebody who takes you serious and his not cracked in
the head. Get her done!

Please don't be offended. I don't usually call names, but did it for
the sake of brevity. Why should I write a white paper about idiotic
stuff that people do? Listen, being a dummy can cost you money and
it can cost you credibility and it can cost you a career.

I am a plain spoken guy. The world needs people like me to keep the
lenses clean on the spectacles.

Well enough for now. Please give me your input about getting a
publisher and making your own CD's. Is there an effective way to
market your products through a pipeline?

Ken Aspinwall
http://beam.to/aspinwall

Thanks for the invitation to be a part of this group.  Don't know what
I can add, but we'll see.  I am a student minister in LaGrange, GA.  I
have experience in building and re-building and re-building youth
bands to lead worship for students.  I am also a part of the John
Fuller band, Christian band, focused on glorifying God through music.
Looking forward to learning and sharing my small amount of musical
knowledge with the group.

Wow!

Take a look at what has happened to the forum. Activity within 7
days:  7 New Members - 37 New Links - 12 New Messages

Thank you!

Knowing that I haven't sent out very many invitations and knowing
how the internet can be, I want to thank all of you for joining the
forum. Some of you have shared with me already and I can see the
formation of collaboration on the horizon.

Since you are the first to be here, you have earned the place of a
first mover and your influence here can be a good thing. Please
think of yourself as a co-owner. Feel free to approach me with
possibilities because I am not a limited thinker.

My next request is for you to take ownership of your piece of this
forum. Go click the links and review the folders. Pick a few that
interest you and click inside to see what's there. I think that you
will begin to see a good picture of skilled and talented people who
desire to collaborate. Speaking of which, don't miss the joint
venture folder.

I would really like for us to use this forum to discuss joint
venturing with a view towards us working on a project together
sometime. For instance, what if we could assemble 10,000 members and
ask each one to contribute $100 for the purchase of a radio station.

What on earth could we do with a radio station? Well, if it
collectively belonged to us because we are members of the SMA, I
suppose we could use it to showcase our stuff. Wow!

Don't think small. Don't think small. My greatest gift to you is to
b the visionary that I am and call you into the vision. Your task is
to repeat the story and help get it out there.

If one of our artists did a CD and we had 1,000's of forum members
and many actively collaborating, what would be the impact on the
market? Think big. Think big and tell the small thinkers to step out
of the way and let you pass.

Do it nicely. We want to leave a good impression.

Well, that's enough excitement for now. Be visionary!

Ken Aspinwall

Who is -------> Bahama Kin ?
WreckingBall http://wreckingball1.tripod.com/ vocals / manager
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WreckingBall_Ct/ fan base

http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/bahamakin Hotline

http://www.headwrench.net Manager / Videography

http://www.jimibell.com/news.html Author / friend / Promotion
see Bahama Kin under Zakk Wylde, Jimi Bell, Mike K. of WCCC
Hartford, Ct.

http://www.jimibell.com Jimi Bell home


bkstudio@... email
Robert M. MacKinnon born
Bahama Kin Studio

Torrington, Ct.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CMO1 founder of
Connecticut Music Online 108 bands & musicians (owner)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/musiciansandtheirgroupies
Musicians and their groupies (owner)
Great friends ans associated with Dave Adrian (Belgium)

Greetings!

It can be amazing, yes, nearly unbelieveable. So much can be
accomplished when people get focused on one major project, which
happens to be designed to create ultimate benefits for all.

When working with Intercel, this company proved to be excellent at
cross training their people. In our company culture, we had an
understanding that a co-worker could always ask another one for
help. It led to all of us educating and learning from one another.
It also led to our company being able to deliver a most excellent
experience to our customers. We were always on top of our game in
the markets we served. It was a given.

SYNERGY 1 : SYNERGISM; broadly : combined action or operation
2 : a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct
business participants or elements (as resources or efforts).

SYNERGY comes from the Greek word ENERGEO, which is our base word
for energy. However, SYNERGY is the power that comes from many
people working together to create something far more powerful than
they could accomplish on their own.

So, you see that I am already sharing a dream, trying not to call it
my dream. It's a vision that requires many people coming together to
accomplish something great. It's our dream. OK?

I just told you a brief story about synergy. I revealed how applying
synergy in our company kept us on the top of our market every day.

Let us always remember why we named ourselves an association. The
word itself implies synergy. Together, we can get great things done.

Now, what's your story? Tell us how you've seen the power of
collaboration work in your life and business.

Ken Aspinwall
http://beam.to/aspinwall

Greetings All.

It is so good to see this day old forum growing at a good pace.
Please keep sharing the vision of the Southern Music Association
with your friends, patrons and collaborators. Our intention is to
build a very large group of music lovers and create a synergy
designed to help advance the careers and interests of every active
member.

HOW TO JOIN THE SMA FORUM

One way is to send this link ~~
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernMA/ ~~
in all of your emails. Perhaps, you can use your email Options and
set up a signature that automatically goes out with each email you
send.

You will want to create a little urgency and excitement about it.
You might craft a message that says something like:

Have you heard? The Southern Music Association has been formed to
bring the artists, their fans and patrons together in order to build
a massive community to encourage the careers of deserving artists.
Our family supports the SMA intentions and we urge you to join with
us today. Go to ~~ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernMA/
~~ and look for the blue JOIN button. Click and join today!

*** Please copy this message and append to all of your outgoing
email. This will help us to give the message the widest possible
circulation. Thank you. ***

[end]

AN EVEN SIMPLER WAY TO JOIN

To subscribe to the Southern Music Association forum, simply send a
blank email to SouthernMA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com today. Thanks.

THE LINKS LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN

Maybe you noticed that whenever you are on the forum, every page has
a navigation bar to the left of the page. Scan down and find "Links"
and click right into the Links Library.

There you will find a group of folders. Each one has a description
about how to use it. You will not need all of the folders, but
please place a link to your home page in the most appropriate
folder. If you experience any difficulty, just send your link in a
post and request that the link be placed for you.

Here's an example. If you have a garage band, there's a folder for
this. If you are an artist and ready to pursue your music career,
you have a folder for that. Actually, there are about 20 folders and
we think that we've covered all the bases, including fan clubs.
Surely, there will be a folder for your web link. If not, just make
a new folder or ask us to do it.

We are already populating the Links Library. However, some folders
remain empty. So, if you have a band site or a business site, put it
in the folder that best describes you.

LET'S START A NEW TOPIC

Let's talk about the art of collaborating. If you have a story about
a collaboration that worked especially well, respond with anything
potentially helpful. Any joint venture should be described in enough
detail that we can learn how to duplicate the effort ourselves.

This is the way we can make this forum become a powerful tool for
everyone. If knowledge is power, then sharing knowledge is even more
powerful.

HOW TO USE INTERNET RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY

I've taken the time to explain a little about using this resource.
The internet and certain softwares can be very helpful. For example,
I love spreadsheets because they can be so versatile. They are
especially good when making lists and comparing data.

As you can see, I also like the Yahoo Groups. I was on eGroups
before Yahoo bought them out a few years ago. It's free and very
versatile. You can see where we built the Links Library, which is
already in place. We can also do Polls and use the Calendar.

More info to come. Hope your day is going well.

Ken Aspinwall
http://beam.to/aspinwall

I am happy to have joined this group, and the idea of the academy is
great. I am a singer and musician, and my 20 year old son is also. He's
better than I ever could have thought of being. I don't play much
anymore, but it would be great if kids like my son had an opportunity
like the one Ken is proposing.


Thanks,

Wendy Madison

Ken ,

First of all , I received all your e mails , checked your websites .
Thanks .
Yes , I have organised tours in Europe , am a singer songwriter ,
producer , guitar teacher , artwork designer ( tour posters , album
covers ) , book(s) writer , film script writer ...

Sounds a lot , but beleive it or not , I do it all in periods .

Book , artwork , music publishing , and more are under contract in
the U.S. the last 2 years . Hence we are thinking of moving there ;
maybe we could do something together ?

Back soon ...

Dave

Check also this website , a " forum " but that has specific topics
on my activities , and links to " yahoo " subsites on the relevant
sides . These under are the " umbrella " sites for 10 others .

http://s8.invisionfree.com/Dave_Adrian/
http://clix.to/daveadrian

I am happy to have joined this group, and the idea of the academy is
great. I am a singer and musician, and my 20 year old son is also. He's
better than I ever could have thought of being. I don't play much
anymore, but it would be great if kids like my son had an opportunity
like the one Ken is proposing.


Thanks,

Wendy Madison

Ken ,

First of all , I received all your e mails , checked your websites .
Thanks .
Yes , I have organised tours in Europe , am a singer songwriter ,
producer , guitar teacher , artwork designer ( tour posters , album
covers ) , book(s) writer , film script writer ...

Sounds a lot , but beleive it or not , I do it all in periods .

Book , artwork , music publishing , and more are under contract in
the U.S. the last 2 years . Hence we are thinking of moving there ;
maybe we could do something together ?

Back soon ...

Dave

Check also this website , a " forum " but that has specific topics
on my activities , and links to " yahoo " subsites on the relevant
sides . These under are the " umbrella " sites for 10 others .

http://s8.invisionfree.com/Dave_Adrian/
http://clix.to/daveadrian

Hi Ken:
We have been exchanging memories and ideas for a few days.  I'm glad
you're getting this rolling.  There are some of us survivors still out
there and I will put you in touch with as many as I can.  We are
willing to play whatever venues you need a band at.
Edward
www.cruis-o-matic.com

check my website ,

No money to give to the academey ; but love southern music .

Best ,

Dave Adrian
http://clix.to/daveadrian

Hi Dave,

One thing we want to do is to exchange knowledge. After noticing that
you have managed tours, maybe you can tell us how one could get into
the action. Were you wearing more than one hat? What responsibilities
did you hold?

This forum is so new, you can hold off until more people show up.
Meanwhile, keep on keeping on.

Ken Aspinwall
http://beam.to/aspinwall