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Lonnie Ratliff Country Music Newsletter
February 10th, 2009

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Number of Newsletter Subscribers: 7,035

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Spotlight Artist

Perley Curtis

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Perley Curtis (The Artist)
A day in the life of the artist Perley Curtis (
http://www.perleyc.com/ )is as varied and unpredictable as the man is
himself. Perley has never lost sight of the fact that music is
supposed to be fun, and even though it can sometimes be a lot of work,
he never forgets to take time to enjoy what he is doing. The fact
that he is a multi-talented musician has led to him working as a dobro
and steel guitar player with artists like Becky Hobbs (
http://www.beckyhobbs.com/ ), Holly Dunn ( http://www.hollydunn.com/
), Johnny Paycheck ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_PayCheck )
and Charlie Louvin ( http://www.charlielouvinbros.com/home.html ) and
a six year stint with the legandary Loretta Lynn (
http://www.lorettalynn.com/home/index.html ). He has performed
everywhere from his New England homeplace to the Grand Ole Opry stage,
on the legendary shows Hee Haw and Austin City Limits, 2 degrees below
the Arctic Circle in Canada for an Indian Tribe, all over Europe and
for the troops in Guantonimo Bay, Cuba.
There is never anything typical about what Perley may be doing in the
music business from one week to the next. He may be in the recording
studio adding his touch to a new country artist's next CD, playing
steel guitar for a future honky tonk hero out at the Nashville Palace
or one of the bars on lower Broadway or just hanging out at the farm
with his lovely new bride, Erin Hay ( http://www.erinhay.com/ ).
Perley and Erin currently have a top 15 song in the New Music Weekly
Charts with "Making Plans" and are expecting a child in July 2009.

With the release of some of Perley's music to radio via the Western
Heart Compilation ( http://www.gbww.com ), it is evident that radio
more than welcomes the traditional country sound that is Perley
Curtis. After listening to Perley, you just know that Wynn Stewart (
http://www.wynnstewart.com/ ), Hank Snow ( http://www.hanksnow.com/ ),
Merle Haggard ( http://merlehaggard.com/ ), Buck Owens (
http://www.buckowens.com/index2.html ), Keith Whitley (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Whitley )and all the other honky
tonk heros have a big smile on their face knowing that their type of
music is in good hands.
Perley's latest release is a selt-titled, 12 song CD full of
traditional country music. You can find his duet with Erin Hay on it
and also the debut of his 18 year old son, Perley Robert Curtis, Jr. ,
on mandolin. Please check it out. You won't be sorry you did.

"click" Bus Photo to read details about leasing

The Tour Bus: Perley also owns a 1987 Silver Eagle bus that he not
only uses for his own career, but leases to other artists from time to
time. Some of the artists that have leased it over the years include
Charlie Louvin, Doug Stone, Pirates of the Mississippi, Tommy Cash &
T. Graham Brown. If you would like more information about leasing it,
click on the bus photo for more info. Perley recently took the bus up
to New England where he did shows in Maine, Massachusettes and New
Hampshire. Perley is currently working on putting together a
bluegrass group and has plans of hitting the road on the bus with his
son after he graduates.

The 1956 Ford Victoria - Perley gets his love of 50's cars from his
Dad. In fact, Perley's first car at age 15 was an old beat up 1956
Ford. Over the years, he has owned and refurbished over a dozen old
Fords, including his current 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 2 Door Hard
Top. His next quest is a 1956 Crown Victoria. If you see a good
deal, let him know!

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so I can't put your song on it.

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NOTE from Lonnie - I always feel a little guilty because I never have
time to listen to mp3's new artists and songwriters send me,
unsolicited I might add. I hate it but I just delete them because I
finally figured out I could try to be a nice guy or I could try to
work and pay my bills. My banker had a very stern suggestion that I
needed to keep working and be a nice guy on my own time after all my
bills were paid. Turns out that spare time does not exist so I just
had to give up on listening to unsolicited mp3's, CD's and giving my
opinions and suggestions. Now I just concentrate on my music business
out of necessity but I figure I can give you some links that will
answer your questions better than I could anyway.

Here's some books available this week on EBAY
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Featured Song
Artist: Stonewall Jackson
Title: Standing Invitation
Writers: (R. Hellard/B. Jones/C. Putnam)
Publisher: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI)
Cross Keys Publishing Co. Inc.(ASCAP)
From the Album: Stonewall Jackson & Super Friends - A Tribute
Record Label: ETRS Records
click Links below to play "Standing Invitation"

lo-fi URL:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamm3u.m3u?id=7316692&q=lo

hi-fi URL:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamm3u.m3u?id=7316692&q=hi

Purchase at: http://www.ETRecordShop.com

Phone to buy CD 1 - 800 - 229 - 4288

Stonewall Jackson Official Website:
http://www.StonewallJacksonCountry.com

Stonewall Jackson on MYSPACEwww.myspace.com/stonewalljacksoncountry (
http://www.myspace.com/stonewalljacksoncountry )

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Do these 7,035 people in the country music business know about you ?

How many times have you said to yourself "If the right people knew
about me and what I am doing I bet I could get signed to a record deal
or maybe get one of my songs recorded by someone"
Nashville is full of stories of how artists and songwriters have lost
thousands of dollars trying to find a shortcut into the business.
There ain't no easy answers but there are a lot cheaper ways to get
your name out there. Here is a way you can at least let people in the
business know you are trying.m Just write a simple update about
yourself and what you are doing and I will include it in the next
Newsletter I send out. Now that alone will probably not be the answer
to all your dreams of stardom but I can guarantee it will do you more
good than sitting on the couch watching Oprah and wishing. And it
COSTS YOU NOTHING.
All you need to do is to put some thought into it and realize that
7,035 people in the music business are going to be reading it. If it
looks boring no one will remember it and you are back to watching TV
and wishing. If it stands out from the crowd a little bit a few
people will probably "click" on your website URL and go check you out
a little closer. You don't have to write like John Steinbeck or Mark
Twain you just have to make your half a dozen sentences more
interesting than the rest of the artists that submit an Update for the
Newsletter. You can do this every issue and never spend a dime.
Remember it is real easy to make your Update so lackluster no one will
read it but that kind of defeats the purpose. Spend a few minutes
working on it. You may not have thousands of dollars to spend on
hiring a promotion firm but you have access to a lot of people in the
music business who could help you out. It is up to you if you take
advantage or not.

To submit your Artist Update send to E Mail below (Don't Hit Reply)

Include you website URL if you want me to include it
E Mail me your Update to

NashvilleShowCase@...

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Here's the Artist Updates for this NEWSLETTER

Be sure to submit yours for the next one.

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The Bear In Our Yard

There is a big black bear living in our back yard.
He moved in some time ago and seems to like it here.

I know he doesn't belong in our neighborhood
because he isn't wearing a baseball cap,
or white socks and sandals..

Everybody around here is afraid of it,
but nobody is doing anything about it.

MY RULES TO AVOID BEAR ATTACKS:

Don’t carry porridge in your pocket.

Don’t walk around with a pic-a-nic basket.

Be extra careful if he has a little bear behind.

Carry a 12 gauge shotgun or a rolled-up newspaper.

Play grind-organ music and see if he can dance.
If he does dance, let him lead.

If it’s bear mating season, wear armored shorts.
If you don’t have armored shorts, ask him to buy you dinner first.

Don’t wear a fur coat.

Throw a jar of honey as far as you can.
While he’s trying to get the cap off, run away.

Yell for help.
If a neighbor comes out, the bear may like him better.

Don’t sleep in a dumpster.

Wave your arms, scream uggabuggabugga, and run at him.
He may think you’re nuts and give up.
Unfortunately, bears don’t give up as often as you would think.

If he does give up,
don’t take him home with you.
You’ll never get him to leave.

Jack Blanchard

© 2009.

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Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan...
Grammy Nominees... Billboard's Duet of the Year.
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Home page: http://jackandmisty.com
Myspace: http://myspace.com/jackandmisty
SoundClick: http://tinyurl.com/755b4w
CD catalog: http://elvinsystems.com/jm/catalog.htm

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As usual any comments for Lonnie Ratliff - good or bad are welcome
NashvilleShowcase@...

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REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS CLICK ON ANY PHOTO IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR ANY
UNDERLINED TEXT & IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A WEBSITE OR PLAY MUSIC MOST OF
THE TIME SO DON'T FORGET TO "click away" SO YOU DON'T MISS ANYTHING -
LONNIE

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Lonnie Ratliff ~ Record Production~ 5 Songs

1. Cost for 5 songs is $3,750 (Three Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty
Dollars). This includes Studio, Musicians, Etc! and you end up with a
mixed CD of your project. There are not a lot of hidden costs that
will be tacked on. The only additional costs I can think of would be
$150 if you want us to Master it for you before it goes to your
pressing plant. (Call me and I can explain Mastering to you) The other
thing that could cost you later is that you might have to pay
songwriter royalties if you have recorded someone elses songs and are
gonna include it on your CD to sell. (Example = If you want to record
a George Strait song or a Taylor Swift song then you will have to pay
a royalty to use that song) I can help point you in the right
direction to obtain a license from the Harry Fox Agency (
http://www.harryfox.com/public/songfile.jsp ).

2. For those artist who are new at this, Production is just about
getting your songs recorded and ready to be made into CD's that you
can sell. I don't press up the 500 or 1000 CD's for you but I can
recommend Karen Bruno at Amazon Audio ( http://www.amazonaudio.com/
)who can take care of everything for you. I believe it costs about
$1500 for a 1000 CD's. A lot of the artists I produce will cut a
couple of 5 song sessions with me and then put them together and press
up a CD they can sell and get their money back.

3. First thing we need to do is figure out if we can work together
and come up with something we can both be proud of. You can listen to
the artists I have produced (Click Here) (
http://members6.boardhost.com/SongReviews/ ) and get an idea of what I
do. If you are a decent singer and I believe we can make a respectable
recording then I will probably be glad to work with you.

4. Deposits & Payments: The first thing required is a $200 deposit
and once that is paid we can start putting together your session. I
will help you find the songs if needed and will arrange them for you
using any ideas you may have. Once we find the songs and have picked a
date you send me the balance of $3,550 at least 2 weeks before the
session date and I book your session at a studio on Music Row. I
normally use Dixiana Studio (
http://nashvillecdstore.hypermart.net/Joni_Session.html ). We will cut
the basic tracks and overdubs there and then cut the final vocals,
harmonies and mix at Smokehouse studio.

5. The Band normally will consist of Bass, Drums, Rhythm Guitar,
Piano, Steel Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro, Electric Guitar & Mandolin. If I
believe a particular song calls for a specialty instrument I will use
it and there is no additional charge. I do not try to cut corners by
taking short cuts on the musicians we use.

6. Original songs. I have about 200 songs in my Music Publishing
Company that you are welcome to use (Royalty Free) if you are using
them on any project I produce.

7. Time it will take to record. Figure that it will take about 3 days
in the studio. If you are on a tight schedule you're part will be over
in two days. First day we cut the tracks with a scratch vocal and the
second day you will sing your final vocals. I figure you will have up
to 45 minutes to sing each song.

8. Practice Guitar tracks if needed. If you think you may have
trouble singing any of the songs you pick and do not play an
instrument I can record and send you an acoustic guitar track of the
song so you can practice it before you come to Nashville.

9. Final thoughts. Keep in mind that you are hiring me to make you
sound good and I take my job very seriously. I will do my best to see
that you have a good time in the studio. I work with some of the best
studio musicians in Nashville and they will do everything in their
power to make the best recording of your music as possible. Feel free
to E Mail any of the artists I have worked with (Click Here) (
http://members6.boardhost.com/SongReviews/ ) before and ask them any
questions you may have about working with me. Once you have paid your
deposit I am on your team and you can call(615) 742 0666and ask me any
questions you have and I will try my best to give you an answer.
Probably half of the artist I work with are recording their first CD
and have a lot of questions so don't be embarrassed to ask about
anything you don't understand.

I look forward to working with you and hope I can be a part of your
musical future.

Lonnie Ratliff

http://www.NashvilleCDStore.com

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