Hi Folks,

I've been asked to write an article for the 2007 Songwriters Market book on what to do as a songwriter in the major music markets (and how one might differ from another). If you have any thoughts on that topic, please post your feedback on the post on the general message board (or here if you want). I have to have it done in about 10 days.

We just finished up with Native American music (lots of Flutes!) and we have 34 more genres to finish out of 72. (But many are nearly done and/or likely in the mail back to us).

This weekend I have 2 guests coming from LA for the brief stay during their tour. Frequent Awards nominees Ali Handal and JPF Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year Cindy Alexander. I am looking forward to interviewing both of these talent artists/writers and will let you know how it all goes. If you're in Indianapolis, they'll be doing 2 shows here on Sunday.

We also invested in a new JPF Camera for the Roadtrips and music awards. It's a Canon 30D. If any of you are photographers, and have suggestions for lenses (we're looking at a wide angle and a telephoto) we'd love to hear what model you suggest.

Also, I was speaking with Horizon Award winner Amber Brooke and her Mother recently. Amber just finished a TV Pilot for ABC where she plays a genius college student who along with some other students solve crimes. The descriptions sounds fun, so we'll see if it makes it on the schedule next year. She is also preparing to open for Bruce Springsteen and just finished doing a Disney Movie last month where she has a large role. More updates on that when I have info. We also discussed a long standing desire I have to expand JPF beyond just music into Film/TV, Screenwriting, Acting, Directing and Photography. (I'd also like to add Painting, Sculpting and other artistic disciplines in the future). If anyone else wants to explore those ideas/topics, I'd love to hear from you as well.

So, I am still awake from another 24 hour work day (well.. actually only 23.5 hours.. but I am not quite done yet). I think I will got take a nap before pluging into the next stack of CDs!

Have a great weekend and check here daily for a new Blog. I can't believe I've already made it 20 days!

Brian

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