Songwriter's Monthly Apr 10, #123 Issue

Songwriter’s Monthly
Featuring:
Cathy Wagner,
Jamie Lynn Noon,
Straight No Chaser,
Laura Bell Bundy,
And More!
Abby
Ahmad
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Editor’s Notes
This month I wanted to make you aware of two minor behind-
the-scenes changes.
#1. No, you did not miss an issue. We’ve simply decided to
change the name of the month printed on the cover. After all,
it’s all in the perception, isn’t it? This issue is coming out almost
exactly when the March issue was scheduled to come out . . .
but by changing the name to April, it looks like we’re totally
cutting edge!
#2. The reason it says “almost exactly” in the previous paragraph

is because we are now posting on Tuesday instead of Monday.
Since new music tends to come out on a Tuesday, there must be
some magical reason why that works better than releasing it on a
Monday. So, we’ll give it a shot, too. Also, it gives us a weekday
to make any last minute changes or corrections instead of trying
to get everything ready on a Sunday night.
Other than that, I wanted to point out that thanks to YOU,

we’ve managed to make both the “Rising Publications” and the
“Featured Publications” lists at scribd two months in a row!
When I brought this magazine back, I had no idea it would
receive such a positive response . . . and in such a short time.
Thanks for the support! And, thanks for being here with us at
the restart. I will do my best to bring you a high-quality
publication featuring in-depth articles and interviews with both
well-known and unknown music personalities month after
month.
Suggestions, comments, questions, ideas, press releases, music

releases, and personal music related anecdotes are all welcome.
Also, feel free to drop a note and introduce yourself or reconnect
if we haven’t spoken in years. I look forward to hearing from you!
Allen
a1foster@aol.com
Even if you’re only an occasional fan of a surprising song choices on this album,
cappella music, you’ll know that this just might have what it takes to catapult
brilliantly innovative style of presenting the genre into the mainstream for
a song has been around ever since man keeps.
learned how to make sounds with his
mouth. Occasionally, a cappella music The ten-man group flawlessly utilizes
will stumble close to the spotlight due to vocal percussion, thick harmonies,
a hit single like “Don’t Worry Be Happy” powerful lead lines, stereo placement,
or a hit show like GLEE, but then it and crisp, ingenious arrangements to
quickly fades back to the diehard present a musical experience that will
audiences of colleges and competitions. positively change the way you hear.
Barry Manilow’s guest appearance on
Straight No Chaser has a chance of “ O n e Vo i c e ” w i l l l e a v e y o u w i t h
changing all that. Their debut release goosebumps that linger long after the
on Atlantic Records entitled WITH A track has finished.
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Cathy
Wagner
Getting Involved!
From a very young age, Cathy Wagner promotions. “I tried getting out there
has known exactly what she wanted to and doing as much as I could, but it
do with her life. “I wanted to be a really wasn’t that much because I was
musician. I knew I couldn’t sing, so I only fifteen years old.”
started playing guitar . . . and it turned
out that I was really bad at it! I took “I was always
lessons for two years and I was just
terrible. Eventually, I had to give it up the one who
because I was just so bad at it and I
realized that my dreams of being a rock always knew
star were kind of kaput.” where I wanted
Fortunately, that’s not the end of to be, where I
Cathy’s story. It’s the beginning.
Determined to have a career in music, wanted to go.”
she started thinking about her options
and decided, “There is so much going “Out of all my friends growing up,” she
on behind the scenes, I’ll just do pointed out, “I was always the one who
something there.” always knew where I wanted to be,
where I wanted to go. I’ve literally known
Wagner approached a label that she since 8th grade that I wanted to be in the
was interested in [Drive-Thru Records] music industry and it’s one of those
and started helping them out with things that hasn’t changed at all for me.”
marketing and promotions. She quickly
realized that she liked marketing and Cathy grew up in Fremont, California,
which is located just
outside San Francisco,
so there was never a
lack of musical
activity in the area. “If
you would have asked
me back then I
probably would have
said that I was never
going to leave
California.”
But it wasn’t enough.

Wagner knew what
she wanted and so
she began researching
colleges that would
help her get to where
she knew she needed
to be.
Eventually, Cathy found what she was high school Cathy worked with Drive-
looking for at Belmont University in Thru Records. “I ran a regional Street
Nashville. “They have a Music Business Team for them,” she explained. “I don’t
major here and it’s kind of split into two think they had a Street Team before
parts. One part is a Music Business that because I’m pretty sure I went out
major with an emphasis on business — and found every member of the team
which is what I’m and organized the
doing — and then promotions around
there’s also a Music San Francisco.”
Business major with
and emphasis on Street Teams handle
production. I know some of the most
there are other essential work that
schools that offer the needs to be done in
Music Business order to establish an
degree, but it artist. That being
seemed like all the said, the work
other schools would performed by a
tie them to Music Street Team is also
degrees with a Music some of the most
Business minor or challenging in the
they’d focus more on music business.
production than Consequently, it is
business, so out of all usually a task only
of the places I taken on by fans who
looked, Belmont was truly believe in an
really the only one artist’s potential.
that suited my
needs.” “Street Teams are
comprised of
“Initially, I wasn’t really happy about volunteers,” Cathy informed. “They are
moving across the country. It’s not not getting paid for any of the stuff they
really easy living 18 years in the same are doing, but they are obviously very
house in the same city with the same loyal to an artist or a label and willing to
friends and then one day uprooting your help because they truly want to see the
life and moving 2,000 miles away.” artist and/or label succeed . . .
especially with the way the music
However, being so eager and so hungry industry is right now! Typically, Street
to understand everything she possibly Team members put up posters and
could about every aspect of the music hand out things like stickers and flyers
business, Wagner not only made the during shows.”
move, but she has done many other
things besides attending college to Another experience Wagner has in the
prepare her for a successful life in the industry is working for an online music
industry. As previously mentioned, in magazine . . . but only until she realized
it was something she could easily do on being so young and having all these
her own. “There were some things that people respect me.”
I liked, but there were other things I
wanted to do differently, so I started Wagner considered the possibility that
Suburban Roads [http:// because she’s been 5’9’’ since high
www.suburbanroads.net] in 2005.” school, it might have altered people’s
perception of how old she actually was.
When questioned about her experiences Cathy recalled, “My mom always said
as a music journalist, Cathy responded she was so impressed that I was taken
with her own question, “Did you ever so seriously by both publicists and
see the movie ALMOST FAMOUS? I really artists. She would ask, ‘Do they know
identified with that movie growing up how old you are?’ No, they definitely did
because he was 15 years old and not . . . and had they, they probably
interviewing all these bands and going would have looked at me differently.”
backstage and everything. I was 15, but
I was a girl. I was meeting all of these “Even now I don’t know how old people
bands and going backstage and being think I am,” she continued. “A lot of my
places where I probably shouldn’t have friends in bands — or even not in bands
been because I was so young . . . but — are always really surprised when I
nobody knew that. It was really cool, tell them that I haven’t even turned 21
“Initially, I
wasn’t really
happy about
moving across
the country.”

yet. They will invite me out to bars and interview, she likes to truly understand
I’ll be, ‘How about in 2 months?’” where the band is coming from and
where they are headed before talking to
When asked how she knew if an them. To study, she revealed, “I read
interview went well, Wagner immediately around a bit. I like reading previous
responded, “If the interview lasts for a interviews and seeing if any questions
really long time or if the artist spends a in my mind will spark from reading their
lot of time answering some of my answers. Reading a band’s blog is one
questions, then I know I’ve obviously of my favorite things to do. So many
provoked some thought within them or bands have blogs and they’ll write about
talked about something that they really something, it could be silly and small,
like to talk about.” but when you comment on it in an
interview they love it! Reading bios is
To achieve such a bond with the bands probably the worst way to think of an
she interviews, Cathy does her interview question because that’s what
research. She doesn’t like to ask every generic person trying to think up
cookie-cutter questions or even generic questions is doing, reading a bio
reference the band’s bio during an and going from there.”
parties for — they advanced us the
album and we’d just invited people to
places and have a party. Most of the
time, I would invite people to my house
and play some songs off the CD to get
them hyped on it, then I’d give them
some promotional materials that would
hopefully encourage them to actually go
out and buy the CD.”
“Sometimes we get really cool

materials. Last fall Uncle Kracker’s
album came out and it was called
HAPPY HOUR, so they made Ping-Pong
balls with his name on it — they were
for beer pong. I had this giant box of
Ping-Pong balls and I was supposed to
give them out to bars.”
“I was meeting
all of these
After she moved to Nashville, Wagner bands and going
added two more respectable gigs to her
list. One was working with Atlantic
backstage and
Records. “I’m a Market Leader for being places
Nashville [Pop and Rock]. Also I am
interning at Exit/In — which is a rock where I probably
venue in Nashville — I do booking,
show contracts, and everything leading
shouldn’t have
up to the show.” been because I
The Market Leader program at Atlantic was so young.”
has a lot of parallels to working on a
Street Team, but it also comes with it’s
share of perks. “Yes, there’s the generic Concerning her internship, Cathy
putting up posters to advertise CD informed, “I started at Exit Inn [a 500
releases or shows coming up in the city, capacity rock venue: http://
a n d t h e r e ’s t h e p a s s i n g o u t o f www.exitin.com] in the middle of
promotional materials after shows, but January. I’m responsible for everything
sometimes we have listening parties. involved in setting up a show: I’ve made
There were a few albums that came out offers to agents, I’ve negotiated show
last year that we got to have listening contracts, I’ve updated the website — I
do a lot of updating the website and reach the age of 21! “My whole strategy,
setting up the tickets sales so that people
ever since I knew that I wanted to be in
can go online and buy the tickets for the the music industry, has been, ‘Okay, I’d
shows — and I’ve advanced a show.” better get myself involved in everything
I can right now because I don’t want any
To sum it up, Cathy Wagner has headed potential employer to have any reason to
a Street Team for Drive-Thru Records, not hire me.’”
she has worked as a music journalist
and now runs her own online music After speaking with this dynamic
magazine called Suburban Roads, she is individual, we certainly can’t find any
currently a Market Leader for Atlantic reason why Cathy Wagner wouldn’t be a
Records in Nashville and she is interning leading candidate for just about any job
at Exit/In where she handles all aspects in the music industry. You can get in
involved in setting up concerts. And touch with her by visiting her site or
don’t forget, by next May, she will also emailing her at either of the contacts
have a Music Business degree from listed below:
Belmont University. Quite an impressive
resumé, especially if you remember that http://www.suburbanroads.net
this driven, young woman has yet to cathy@suburbanroads.net

Track Listings HELL STILL AIN’T FROZEN OVER
Previously . . .
Susan Hickman’s recording of Bobby Pinson, and
Melissa Pierce’s “Hell Still Ain’t Frozen Over” is simply
captivating. The artist delivers such a gripping blend of
resolve and vulnerability that it’s impossible not to be
utterly drawn in by her stunning performance.
F o r t h o s e wBobby
ho m issed earlier issues of
Pinson and Melissa Pierce, Stage Three Music
Songwriter’s Monthly, justSong
(BMI), Bobby’s click
and on the (BMI),
Salvage coverfrom
of the CD
SUSAN HICKMAN, produced by Doug Deforest on 4L
Clover Entertainment/ Diamond Music Group
Previously . . .
F oY t h oO
r OU e who M
s PENED m iYs sEeYES
www.susanhickman.com
www.myspace.com/susanhickman
d earlier issues of
Mark Songwriter’s
Wayne Glasmire’sMonthly, just
latest single, click
“You on My
Opened the cover of
Eyes” (to be released to radio on April 12), is a warm track
that begins quietly with a fat acoustic twang which swells till
the hair on the back of your neck rises and your heart
catches mid-beat as you marvel at how effortlessly you’ve
become completely lost in the gentle beauty of the music.
Mark Wayne Glasmire, Traceway Music (ASCAP), from the
CD: LIFE GOES ON on Traceway Records
www.markwayneglasmire.com
COLORADO LINE
“Colorado Line” is Becky Schlegel’s charged single.
The track is so rich in imagery and flavor that it brings
to mind the best of Johnny Cash. Dazzling picking
dances spryly atop the charming chug chugging of the
drums as Becky’s delightfully sweet, neighborly vocals
flit magically about the rustic tonal landscape.
Becky Schlegel, Lilly Ray Music (BMI), from the CD

DANDELION (Apr 6, ‘10 release) on Lilly Ray Records/IGO
www.beckyschlegel.com
Back in the mid-nineties
S o n g w r i t e r ’s M o n t h l y w a s
fortunate enough to have had a
chance to interview Joan
Armatrading in regards to her
poignant album WHAT’S
I NSIDE . Joan is a brilliant
songwriter and a passionate
p erfo rm e r, s h e i s a b l e t o
capture a moment or an
emotion and deliver it with
both grace and soul.
STEPPIN’ OUt is a DVD that

features Armatrading’s 1980
Rockpalast [a German
television series] performance
which was filmed at the
Grugahalle in Essen. The
concert takes place after the
release of ME, MYSELF, I.
The moment is pure magic as

Armatrading takes command of
the stage with her engaging
candor and larger-than-life
presence. Her trademark voice is
rich and strong and it resonates
with a profound depth.
exquisitely tender and heartfelt “Turn
Her band consists of Rick Hirsh and Out The Light” and the tasty, grooving
Richard Belke on guitar, Bill Bodine on “You Rope You Tie Me.”
Joan Armatrading DVD

bass, Lon Price on sax and flute, Dick STEPPIN’ OUt contains a total of fifteen
Sims on keyboard and Richie Hayward tracks which provide over an hour of
on drums. captivating music. Be sure to watch the
bonus interview for a wonderful glimpse
One of the many high points of the DVD of Joan’s offstage charm. For more
is the back-to-back pairing of the information or to order, click HERE.

MUSICIANS
ON
CALL
Doctors, firefighters, nurses all on call. But musicians? Yes! In New York,
Philadelphia, Nashville and Miami hospitals, musicians with only their guitars
and voices perform bedside for patients. Formed in 1999, this non-profit
organization uses music to promote and compliment the healing process for
patients, families and caregivers.
During a performance at the Sloan-Kettering Medical Center in New York, a

hospital staff member raised the issue that certain patients could not be
transported to the show because they were in treatment or too sick to attend.
After the performance the musician went room to room to perform one song
to those who missed the show. This created an intimacy of one on one
between the performer and the patient and Musicians on Call was formed.
Since 1999, Musicians on Call has grown substantially in the four markets that
they serve. Also, this unique organization has taken advantage of the internet
to spread the word to musicians, volunteers and donors. Facebook, MySpace
and their own site help keep the public updated on the various activities of
Musicians on Call. Various fundraisers are staged every year in the four cities.
Recently, Darius Rucker, now solo from Hootie and the Blowfish, held a concert
to raise awareness and funds at the Nashville Hard Rock Café.
To be a strolling volunteer musician, guide, or to volunteer for Musicians on

Call, visit there web site at www.musiciansoncall.org. You will find a detailed
application in the link: “HOW TO HELP.”
Being a Musicians on Call musical volunteer is very rewarding. I should know, I

have been part of the organization for two years.
David Fiorenza is part of the duo Fiorenza-Dowlin. For more information on David,
visit http://www.myspace.com/fiorenzadowlin
Abby
Ahmad
Curriculum
Abby Ahmad is one of those rare is stunningly impressive in each and
talents who is at the ideal position in every aspect of what she does. Her
her artistic journey when craft, skill voice has a remarkable range both in
and talent have all developed to an pitch and emotion while her guitar
equal point and coalesced into a playing is intricate, passionate and
magnificent apex of achievement. Her absorbing. Lyrically, Ahmad has a
latest album is entitled CURRICULUM mastery of word usage, imagery and
and it is easily on par with the works of metaphor that is at once scholarly and
Dylan and Dickinson or even Plath. She commercially viable.
“The metaphor that I keep using is listeners . . . I had to look some of
when you smother broccoli with cheese those words up, too!” she laughed.
to get kids to eat it . . . If it sounds “When I was little, I used to sit with my
good, the average listener will be mother and go through the dictionary
just to find odd words. I’d learn them
and I’d be walking around as an 8 year
“When I was old saying I was ‘discombobulated.’”
little, I used to sit “It’s a fun exercise for me,” she
with my mother continued. “I’ve always been a wordsmith
and I’ve always been really intrigued by
and go through the art of language — particularly rhymes
the dictionary — so I’ve been writing poetry since I was
very, very young.”
just to find odd In regards to adding music to her words,
words.” Photo by Beth Hommel
intrigued by the music because it

is catchy and it is easy to listen to,
but they won’t automatically know
that what they are listening to is
good for them?” She pondered,
her voice raising in pitch as if
questioning her own statement.
Then she laughed warmly and
noted, “I was a poet before I was
a songwriter.”
Often, songwriters are clever, they

enjoy playing with words, rhymes
and creatively twirling phrases till
they provide new meanings.
Ahmad’s lyrical ability is as
academic as it is witty, she
effortlessly uses words like
“regenerate,” “unfettered,” and
“sagacious” — which are not
words typically found in songs —
quite effectively. “I don’t want to
alienate listeners by over using
vocabulary, I try to use words with
purpose,” she stated. “But I like to
challenge myself and challenge my

Abby’s father was a
musician, so she was
always surrounded by
“I was ‘The Little
music. She played a Songwriter Who
number of instruments
growing up, but it Could’”
wasn’t until she found
one that resonated
with her and began
setting her poems to
the “three odd chords”
that she knew that her
“love affair began.”
But Abby didn’t stick

with “three odd
chords.” Over the years
she has developed her
own unique style and
sound. “ I use a lot of
alternate tunings
because I found that
there didn’t need to be
a method, there just
needed to be the
sounds and I could
shape those sounds
into a song with
structure. I find that a
lot of people who are
either classically
trained or just trained
find a more technical
basis to songwriting:
‘This is supposed to
happen next, I’m
supposed to resolve
this chord and go
here.’ There are many
players who are
brilliant that way, but for me it would “Over the course of the years I’ve been
have been a constraint because I able to learn those technical aspects
wouldn’t have tested myself to push and the more theoretical based music
those limits and to create my own style.” principles and incorporate them into my

style. The same thing happened with properly. I started training when I came
my voice.” to New York (almost 5 years ago). It
was amazing, I took to the training so
Ahmad’s vocals can soar powerfully, far quickly because I knew what my voice
above the chord progression, or they could do, I just wasn’t doing it safely. I
can dip low and huskily compete with didn’t have to adhere to somebody’s
the bass line. Each register has it’s own preset style, I just got to kind of adapt
unique timbre and she effectively uses it into my own ways of performing and
those additional colors to add an singing.”
emotional intensity to her performance
that is utterly captivating. “It’s funny,” Abby reflected, “I went to
college to study music. I was at The
“I started singing when I was young and University of Pittsburgh which doesn’t
I didn’t really have a clue of what I was really have much of a music
doing,” she noted. “It wasn’t until department, it’s more based in classical
college that I actually started having a and jazz, so I was ‘The Little Songwriter
lot of problems keeping up — I did Who Could’ and they just didn’t really
theater in college so my schedule was have much patience for me. So I tried
just really rigorous, when I wasn’t in a out for a theatrical show and they just
play I was doing music on the side and I took me under their wing and I learned
didn’t know how to use my voice more about what I needed to know
“If you are telling

the story, then it
doesn’t really
matter what
notes you’re
hitting.”

about musical performance from theater
than I ever could have from a
theoretical music background.
Consequently, a lot of my theatrical
tendencies come across in my
performance because storytelling is
really important to me.”
“My morals as a musician have always

been based on the song and what’s
being said,” she continued. “If you are
telling the story, then it doesn’t really
matter what notes you’re hitting or how
they come out. In fact, there’s definitely
a lot of moments on this album, both in
the musical production and in the vocal
performances, that aren’t perfect,
moments that are a little cracked.”
Abby pointed out there is even one

track on the album called “Lost on Me”
where, if you listen closely, you can
hear a cell phone go off. “It just
happened to be the guitar take that was
better than any other one . . . and it
works! It sounds like it’s on purpose,
just one of those magical little gifts from
the universe that took place on this “I learned more
record. And we embraced that. We love
those l i ttl e nuances, those little
about what I
imperfections because that’s life and
that’s essentially what the songs are
needed to know
speaking about” about musical
But don’t get the wrong impression, performance
CURRICULUM, is not an album that is
under-produced by any stretch of the from theater than
imagination. Quite the contrary. Abby
spent about a year and a half in the
I ever could have
studio with this project and the entire from a
album was crafted with skill, precision
and an almost obsessive attention to theoretical music
detail. Leaving the cell phone in the
recording was a decision that was background.”
Album Credits: very influenced by Radiohead and
Portishead — there’s so much going on
Music and lyrics by Abby Ahmad
with technology being introduced within
Produced by Mark Marshall and
song structure there. I wanted to do
Nathan Rosenberg and Abby Ahmad
that in a way that enhanced the songs
Engineered by Mark Marshall and
Nathan Rosenberg instead of being, ’Oh, she’s just trying
Mixed by Nathan Rosenberg to put something Radiohead-ish into the
Mastered by Alan Silverman song.’ Mark was very sensitive and very
The album also features the talents of wonderful and very talented with that.”
Gene Beck, Sean Dixon, Morgan Paige
McOwen,Trevor Exter and Clark Gayton, Ahmad pointed out that many of the
Steven Bernstein and Erik Lawrence effects on the album were achieved
(who comprise the horn section for through the use of analog gear such as
Levon Helm) and Grammy Award tape delays, pedals, amps, etc. And
winning multi-instrumentalist, Michael overall, the album was purposely
Leonhart mastered at a lower volume than is
Art Direction/Package Design: currently the trend. “Alan Silverman
Tyler Morgan [ARF Mastering, NY] has worked with an
Photography: Erica Simone
abundance of amazing artists and he
Hair/Makeup: Jerry Lopez
said, ‘I don’t want to turn this up too
high, you don’t want to make it too hot.
carefully weighed and purposefully It reminds me of a Joni Mitchell or a Bob
carried out, it was not a whim. Ahmad Dylan album that will stand the test of
expressed that the goal was to time. I don’t want to blare it out just for
emphasize the magical moments, not to the sake of having it compete volume-
clean them up. wise with everything else that’s going
on right now on the radio.’ He’s a
Another engaging aspect to the master of mastering, so I took his
production is the fact that it’s much advice. And I’m really glad that I did.”
more than a singer/songwriter album.
There are tastefully applied horn One final aspect of the album that
arrangements, curious crackles and deserves mentioning is the packaging:
other sonic gems masterfully the artwork and the power and the
intertwined within the poignant guitar meanings behind the images used.
and vocal tracks. “People take imagery seriously and make
lots of judgements — I do it all of the
“My boyfriend, Mark Marshall, one of time, I see an image and I make an
the co-producers of the album, kind of assumption based on that image.”
introduced the whole technological
aspect into the production of the Originally, Abby had been considering
album,” Abby revealed. “My first record using the photo that Songwriter’s Monthly
was very acoustic based, it was picked for the cover of this issue — is it
straight-up instruments being played in an apple for the teacher or an apple from
a straight-up way. But I also have been Eve? — as the cover of her album.

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Although sexuality is one of the many excited by what’s happening musically

aspects of Ahmad’s personality, she came on a first listen, but then you will want
to the conclusion that she didn’t want to sit down and hear it again to dissect
people “pinpointing” her based on a single the songs and get something more out
image. “I wanted there to be a mystery of it every time you listen.”
to the cover and I think the image we
decided to use [see photo above] serves Abby Ahmad will celebrate the
that purpose much better. It’s not blatant, release of C URRICULUM with four
it’s not as in-your-face, it’s more like, weeks at The Living Room (Mondays
‘What’s inside this book?’ It’s intense.” April 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th at 8:00
PM). The Living Room is located at 154
Abby Ahmad has released an Ludlow Street in NYC. For more
exceptional album with CURRICULUM. It information on the residency, visit:
is alluringly packaged and sonically it
displays a genuine commercial appeal, http://www.livingroomny.com
but beneath the surface you will find For more information on Abby, visit:
some truly masterful writing with depth,
layers and an overall story arc that www.abbyahmad.net
encompasses the entire album. “Our www.myspace.com/abbyahmad
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Laura Bell Bundy’s
GIDDY ON UP
“I’m more in
tune with
who I am.”
Laura Bell Bundy has played many finally has a chance to play herself. “I
characters over the course of her career have two different sides of my
t h us far — El l e Wo o d s [L e gally personality,” Laura revealed. “I have a
B l o n d e ] , A m b e r Vo n Tu s s l e crazy, wild, humorous, outspoken
[Hairspray], Glinda [Wicked] — but personality, and then I have a depth
with the recent release of her EP, GIDDY that only opens up when I am alone or
ON UP, the sparkling, multi-talent star when I’m with one other person.”
Laura’s GIDDY ON UP EP foreshadows her Laura responded, “I actually went from
upcoming release (ACHIN’ AND SHAKIN’) in the country to Broadway. I’m from
its duality. On the title track, Bundy’s Kentucky and I always listened to country
vocals strut upon the retro bass, grinding it music. When I started writing songs, it all
beneath the heel of her country boot while came out country.”
a tornado of jangly twanging strings swirl
about her, cheering her on as she shoots “I moved to New York and my intention
down her cheatin’ guy and leaves him lying was to have a music career, not to do
in the dust. The accompanying video Broadway,” she continued. “For me, it was
brings this triumphant tale to life, complete like I had two different baskets of eggs
with dazzling costumes and gasp-inducing and one was the acting basket and the
dance sequences that would have Britney’s other was the music basket and the acting
choreographers scrambling to take notes. basket of eggs hatched first. The others
were incubating, and honestly, I’m glad
However, the accompanying track comes because where I am in terms of the
from a vastly different place. The mournful emotional place I am in my life and my
“Cigarette” is a quiet, portrait of a woman ability to express myself is much better
whose life is filled with regrets of risks now that I’m a bit older. I have more life
never taken. Laura’s performance reveals experience to talk about when I write
a vulnerability that is utterly captivating. music and I’m a better performer now
t h a t I’ve been doing it for
“Two records, one woman,” Bundy s o long. My ability to
explained. “I listen to music depending put on a good show is
upon the mood that I’m in, so I created a s t r o n g e r n o w,
two-sided album.” and I’m more in
tune with who
I n r e s p o n s e t o q u e s t i o n s s h e ’s I am.”
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“A
Moment to
Break” Track
By Track
Jamie Lynn Noon’s debut EP, A MOMENT The songs were carefully chosen from
TO BREAK, is an impressive and richly Noon’s extensive collection of material
personal collection of songs. Though to best showcase her abilities. The EP
she considers herself “a songwriter was co-produced by Jamie and film/
first and foremost,” Jamie’s sweet and television music veteran Kevin Harris
calming vocals are not to be dismissed. and mastered by Grammy Award-
Her gentle tone is confident and sure winning engineer Brian Gardner (No
while her delivery is tender and Doubt/Christina Aguilera/Avril
passionate. Lavigne).

"Second of a Spark," is the
rousing opener that “came
from a place of wanting to
live in the moment.” It’s
about desiring something
so badly, but being afraid
to reach for it. “I think it is
human nature to feel fear
and be overcome by it.
This song is about freeing
yourself of those fears,
and just letting go,” Jamie
explained.
The second track

examines a similar
situation. “Blind” is about
walking away from
something because you
are “trying to protect
yourself from hurt.” Noon
noted that by doing that
“you hurt yourself in the
end.”
The title track, “A Moment To Break,” is obstacles and despite the fact that the
easily the “single” of the collection. It’s song “was stirred by the feeling of inner
slow crescendo that blossoms into a lush anguish,” Jamie pointed out, “it also
chorus provides a refreshing satisfaction came from a place of hope and release
of promises delivered. as those are the feelings that drove me
to write it.” The beauty of the melody
Jamie revealed that “Waste It On You” and Noon’s loving performance makes
was the most personal song on the EP. “I’m Trying” one of the most inspiring
There’s a sharper, more focused vocal tracks on the EP.
on the recording that the artist believes
“was fueled from feeling those thoughts The gentle lilting of “To Finally” makes
and emotions so profusely” during the the song not only an excellent choice for
performance. a closer — leaving the listener awash in
a warm, magical place — but it’s an
“I’m Trying” is a delicate offering that endearing peaceful anthem for eventual
seems so fragile it could easily shatter happy endings.
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Note: Jamie also has a single that was featured in the television
series, SAINTS AND SINNERS, called “’Til Ya Make It.” It was
produced by Grammy and Oscar-nominated producer/songwriter,
Jud Friedman (Whitney Houston/James Ingram/Kenny Loggins).
The song inspired her to form the ‘Til Ya Make It Organization
(www.tilyamakeit.com). The website [in development] will advocate
charitable causes and provide a forum for her fans to come
together and share their own stories about overcoming hardships.

Behind The Song:
“Fifteen Miles Downriver”
from THE ALPHABET OF HURRICANES
Tom McRae
“You have to have at least one river
song if you’re a singer-songwriter. It’s
the law. On this record there are two, so
I’m getting them out of the way now. I
like the possibility of a different life
being just around the river bend, it could
get better, or there could be a waterfall.
Either way you’re going to find out.”
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Everybody Was In The French

Resistance . . .Now!
“G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I’ve Got A)”

from FIXIN’ THE CHARTS, VOLUME ONE
A response to “Girlfriend” made famous by Avril Lavigne.
“Pop songs have traditionally been ‘boy meets girl,’ ‘girl meets boy,’ ‘boy/girl overcome
a problem,’ or ‘boy/girl break up’ – in the last decade or so, there has been an
alarming new archetype in pop songwriting: ‘girl steals other girl’s boyfriend.’ This is a
divisive message to send to young girls everywhere, and songs like ‘Girlfriend’ (see
also “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift) only teach young women that they can
derive more worth and status from stealing each others’ boyfriends than they can
from realizing their own achievements.” http://www.myspace.com/fixingthecharts

First Person
Do you have a first person anecdote concerning music or
the music business? If so, send it to: a1foster@aol.com
“How I Sang a Duet

with Amy Grant”
(Unbeknownst to Her)
by Judy Welden
I was to sing a solo at both church services that

Sunday morning about a decade ago at my home
church in Port St. Lucie, FL, and I had chosen a
song made famous by Amy Grant. At the first
service, all had gone fine. But at the second
service, with many more people in
attendance, there was a different soundman and
the previous one had not rewound the tape. The
second soundman was unfamiliar with my player
and after several unsuccessful attempts to remedy
the situation, I motioned with my eyes to just let it
be. When the music started a third time, I just
started harmonizing with Amy. It might have been
the first time in the history of church solos that a person sang harmony as a solo!
The song was “Mountain Top.” Though it was embarrassing, afterward, I received
a lot of favorable comments on how I sang perfect harmony in a moment's notice
without flinching and acted like that was the way it was supposed to be.
[Judy Welden has received numerous awards for her songwriting and vocal
abilities. She is pictured above holding her award for Album of the Year for JUDY
WELDEN COUNTRY HITS. Judy has had fifteen #1 songs on independent charts and
currently has 14 songs on youtube.com. As a label owner, Welden was able to get
over 100 artists and songwriters heard via her two independent record labels,
Treasure Coast & Heartfelt Records. For more information, visit: http://
www.judywelden.com or http://www.numberonemusic.com/judywelden]

New Single:
Arika Kane [Clickhere to read
the January cover story!] is
back with the latest single
from her self-titled album. “4
The Lovers” is a smooth, slow
jam that is tender and
genuine. When asked where
she goes to finds such honest
emotion in her performance,
Arika responded, “When I
sing, the place that I go to
find emotion is in the music. I
lose myself in the mood and
atmosphere of how the music
makes me feel. It becomes a
world of total freedom and
expression . . . it’s like having
a blank canvas and the music
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Lyrically, the track is a beautiful collage of images that depicts those

special moments and feelings that let you know you are truly in love.
“‘4 The Lovers’ is a perfect example of what my goal is: to connect
Arika Kane
people in a universal way thru music. This song joins all of us through
that tingly feeling of being in love — that feeling we’ve all either
experienced or that we desire — and it celebrates that moment.”
“4 The Lovers” is a sparkling track with a fresh sound that is rooted in

an old school R&B vibe. Arika makes it absolutely magical with her
honest, passionate vocals that both calm and excite as they offer the
promise of real love.
8 Microphone Do’s And Don’ts
(Excerpted from The MONSTER MUSICIAN’S MANUAL
by Winston Gay)
1. DO be mindful that a microphone can become a
dangerous electrical conduit when improperly connected.
2. DON’T ever point a microphone directly at a speaker or
monitor.
3. DO carry fresh spare batteries when using a cordless mic.
4. DON’T yank or twirl a mike from its cord or cable, unless
it’s part of the ‘act,’ and/or you’re using super heavy-gauge
cable, with reinforced connectors.
5. DO Take a few moments to develop a code of hand
signals between you and the sound crew, so in case
adjustments have to be made during the performance, you
won’t ignorantly resort to tapping loudly on the top of the mike shouting, “Excuse
me, excuse me, what happened to my reverb?!” Remember, the LAST thing you
want to do in this profession, is to get on the WRONG side of your sound tech.
Repeat that to yourself 10 times. Ok, make it twenty.
6. DON’T drape or cup your hand over the top of the mike if you want to talk
privately. Turn it off, or back away completely.
7. DO work far enough away from the microphone for TV or video cameras to get
a good frontal shot of you. Remember: television or movie cameras have no
‘depth perception,’ and you don’t want the ball of the microphone to appear to be
‘pasted’ on the top lip of your million-dollar smile.
8. DON’T ever lend your mike to a coughing, sneezing, wheezing, runny-nosed
singer on the same stage. Kindly tell them that you just sang the last song, and
that the show is over. If that doesn’t work, tell them that the microphone is just a
rental, and you’re the only one authorized to hold it. If that doesn’t work, say that
the mike was specially formulated to only work
with your unique fingerprint code; that if
anybody else touches it, it will explode. If that
doesn’t work, whip out your disinfectant, hand
them the mike, and hope for the best.
Sound interesting? For more information go to:

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second single ‘Change in the Neon Light’ from San Francisco's Veil Veil Vanish by
underground NYC remixologist Black Cloud (IAMX, Harland, Derek and the
Darling) has already gotten some specialty play coast to coast from San
Francisco's LIVE 105 to Boston's WBOS/RadioYou.”
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remix, simply click HERE and enjoy. For more information on Veil Veil Vanish, visit:
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Ber u R evu e Show

Straight Up Bar Dance Hall Show!
Saturday April 24, 2010 9:00 PM
The Blockley Pourhouse
(former site of The Chestnut Cabaret, a homecoming of sorts)
38th & Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19101
(215) 222-1234
Tickets $15 in advance/$20 day of the show
www.berurevue.us

ITEMS OF INTEREST
Sarah DeLeo Update
Besides appearing in the Feb. ‘10
issue of Songwriter’s Monthly,
song interpreter, Sarah DeLeo
was recently featured on No
Solo Jazz. The broadcast offered
a retrospective of Sarah’s first
two CDs [THE NEARNESS OF YOU
and I’M IN HEAVEN TONIGHT]. To
listen to the broadcast (in
Spanish), click Here.
Sarah writes: “If you have not

done so already, please check
out my Facebook page. I'd love
for you to become a fan!”
R o c k s O f f C o ncert Cru i se
New York City’s most unique concert venue, ROCKS OFF
CONCERT CRUISE series will be launching its tenth
anniversary afloat when it kicks off its season on the East
and Hudson Rivers this month. Rocks Off Concert Cruise’s
first cruise of the season is April 8th and continues straight
through until the Fall. For more information, visit
www.myspace.com/rocksoffconcertcruises.
L a st C ha n ce To Ente r
Great things await you... if you just take a chance.
4 Winners on a 7 stop mini-tour of some of the best
venues and festivals in the region.
Click for more information & submission details
Contest Closes April 1!!!

ITEMS OF INTEREST
C o ncert Notes
by Rachel Hesbacker
2/20/10 - The Antlers

Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
The Antlers put on an energetic
show at their February stop in
Philadelphia earlier this year. The
band has a hypnotic, futuristic
rock sound that you just have to
experience live to get the full
effect. Definitely watch for this
band to visit your area.
http://antlersmusic.com
3/2/2010 - Muse
Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA
When Muse rocked the Wachovia Center, they
opened with the popular song “Uprising” and the
crowd loved it! All hands were clapping when the
curtains fell and revealed three large moving cubes
that held the members of the band and also
doubled as a screen! With laser beams and
insanely amazing pictures on the screen, no one
was bored that night. http://muse.mu
Va ri ety Acts N eeded

Singers, dancers, clowns, jugglers, comedians,
magicians, sideshow performers, and all kinds of
variety acts are being sought for the Five Minute
Follies, a fast-paced live onstage variety show.
Your act must be no longer than 5 minutes and
you must be able to get on and offstage quickly, no longer than 1 minute setup
and 1 minute breakdown. Date: Sat, May 1st at the Rotunda, 40th and Walnut
Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more details, visit: http://fiveminutefollies.com

ITEMS OF INTEREST
PASA Winter SongWorks
Saturday, April 10, 2010 • Cherry Hill, NJ • 11:30 am - 10:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
“It's the 7th year for PASA's Winter SongWorks event, a day of songwriting
workshops and clinics covering several different aspects of the craft, capped off by
an evening open stage of original-song performances where we share the day's
creations. This year, we are offering some exciting new writing clinics: tips for
creating memorable songs; re-writing & co-writing; 12-bar blues; and using a
well-known hook as inspiration to compose your own. We also are offering two of
our most popular workshop topics from previous years: writing in a famous
performer's style, and fingerpicking techniques for guitar. And, you can learn how
to set up your own website and get your video on MindTV!”
“Please pre-register by emailing Sharon Abbott at info@pasamusic.org (put

‘SongWorks Pre-registration’ in the subject line). You are welcome to attend
without signing up beforehand, but pre-registering is appreciated. Also check our
website, www.PASAmusic.org for updates. There is no admission fee, but we will
collect $5-8 per person for the pizza-and-salad dinner (or you may opt to bring or
order your own meal). For directions, please email Sharon at info@pasamusic.org
by 2:00 pm on Friday, April 9 (put ‘SongWorks Directions’ in the subject line).”
Please Bring:
• Any materials required for the workshop you attend • A healthy snack or
beverage to share • A folding chair • Your instrument/s (keyboard available for
open stage and for workshops) • Your songs for YouTube recording and/or for the
open stage • Any unfinished songs you'd like to bring to a workshop • Your
lunch, if arriving at 11:30 a.m. • Money, if chipping in for pizza & salad dinner
and/or if purchasing a CD of your open stage performance • Your CDs to sell,
your business cards & flyers for networking • Any items you wish to give
away at the Swap Table
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“My morals as a musician have always

Abby pointed out there is even one

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Although sexuality is one of the many excited by what’s happening musically

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The second track

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Everybody Was In The French

“G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I’ve Got A)”

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“How I Sang a Duet

I was to sing a solo at both church services that

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Lyrically, the track is a beautiful collage of images that depicts those

“4 The Lovers” is a sparkling track with a fresh sound that is rooted in

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Ber u R evu e Show

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Sarah writes: “If you have not

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2/20/10 - The Antlers

Va ri ety Acts N eeded

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“Please pre-register by emailing Sharon Abbott at info@pasamusic.org (put

As with all PASA events: no smoking, no alcohol, no illegal substances, etc.

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