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Mike K's Got My New Demo!


By TobinJames, 2008-10-31

I recently sent Mike K an mp3 of the demo of one of my new songs, "Burning House".&nbsp; He trotted it out last week on "Saturday Night Rocks", and from what I'm told, the response to it was pretty good.<br /><br />Check out tonight (11/1), see what YOU think, then tell me about it!&nbsp; If y'all like it, I'll go ahead and upload it to my page...<br /><br />-TJ

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Fresh on the heels of &ldquo;Rules of the
Road&rdquo; being added to&hellip; er, some kind of playlist on the Clear Channel network,
&ldquo;Blue Sky Lightning&rdquo; has made the grade, as well!&nbsp; This one is especially
gratifying, because &ldquo;Blue Sky Lightning&rdquo; is the one that means the most to me.&nbsp;
Seriously, if I were to fall off a subway platform tomorrow, &ldquo;Blue Sky&rdquo; is the
song I&rsquo;d want to be remembered by.&nbsp; Not that I think that&rsquo;ll happen, I&rsquo;m just
sayin&rsquo;&hellip;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #ffff00;">To recap, in the words of the good
folks at Clear Channel:</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Your song has been
added to NEW!, which exposes your music to more than 10 MILLION PEOPLE PER MONTH
on nearly 500 radio station web sites across the country!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I just like seeing that&hellip; anyway, the
amount of broadcast airplay that &ldquo;Blue Sky&rdquo; gets is a direct function of the
number of plays it gets on the website.&nbsp; So, please&hellip; <em><span style="font-style: italic;">por favor</span></em>&hellip; <em><span style="font-style: italic;">s'il vous plait</span></em>&hellip; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">pass one
of the following two links on to all of your friends, family, acquaintances and
associates who enjoy good music, and ask them to do the
same!</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=172869&amp;gateway=exiting" title="http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=172869&amp;gateway=exiting">http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=172869&amp;gateway=exiting</a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ko2ex" title="http://tinyurl.com/6ko2ex">http://tinyurl.com/6ko2ex</a> </span></span></span></p>

Just a Click to Make It... um... Tick!


By TobinJames, 2008-06-22

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for the comments about the Clear Channel thing.&nbsp; It's pretty cool, especially since I didn't know anyone was submitting the tune.&nbsp; If you get a minute, would you mind forwarding the link on to people you know?&nbsp; Maybe ask them to do the same?&nbsp; It's...</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=168305" title="http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=168305">http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=168305</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some more clicks would definitely help the cause...</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-TJ</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

"Rules of the Road" on Clear Channel!


By TobinJames, 2008-06-20

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I just had this forwarded to me by my distributor, who
submitted &ldquo;Rules of the Road&rdquo; (i.e., the title cut of my CD) to the Clear
Channel:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">"Congratulations! Your
song has been added to NEW!, which exposes your music to more than 10 MILLION
PEOPLE PER MONTH on nearly 500 radio station web sites across the country!&nbsp;
Spread the word and rise to the top of the NEW! charts! &nbsp;Artists with the most
plays get special homepage placement."</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">They go on to supply this link: <a href="http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=168305" title="http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=168305">http://www.thefox.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=168305</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I guess if you go on there and play the crap out of the
song, that helps me get all the more exposure.&nbsp; So&hellip; please click on that link,
and play the crap out of this song!&nbsp; Then, forward it on to your friends, and
have them play the crap out of it, too.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As always, thanks a million for your friendship and
support!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-TJ</span></span></p>

Free "Blue Sky Lightning" Ringtone


By TobinJames, 2008-10-14

Hey, y'all...<br /><br />If you have a BlackBerry, or other phone you can connect to your computer with a USB cable, please help yourself to a free ringtone of my song, "Blue Sky Lightning":<br /><br /><!-- m --><a href="http://www.tobinjames.net/stealthisringtone.htm" class="postlink" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.tobinjames.net/stealthisringtone.htm</a><!-- m --><br /><br />If you're not familiar with the song, check it out on my Mixposure home page. And if there's another tune you'd like to have made into a ringtone, let me know, and I'll get 'er done for ya!<br /><br />-TJ

Live From New York!


By TobinJames, 2009-12-05

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Got a couple of videos from a recent gig.&nbsp; Hope you enjoy 'em!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">-TJ</span></p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-g1CZaZVzuk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-g1CZaZVzuk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p></p><p><br /><br /> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8Kz4TcR1j4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8Kz4TcR1j4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>