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127 – Interview with Jim Donio, President of NARM

Posted on March 10, 2010
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Recorded 09 March 2010

On this episode of With A Voice Like This I speak with Jim Donio, President of NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) about the association and the upcoming Chicago Crash Course (May 14 – 15) and Convention (May 15 – 17). Jim gives us a brief history of NARM, a description of the Crash Course and Convention and tells us about the the artist’s cost for the Crash Course and 1 year membership.

For more information about NARM, visit narm.com and the registration page for the Crash Course and Convention.

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126 – Toy Block Music ‘Eats Paste’

Posted on March 4, 2010
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Recorded 02 March 2010

This episode of With A Voice Like This is a very special interview with Joanna Quargnali-Linsley of Toy Block Music and Misery Loves Co. about the March 4th preview of the EP Eats Paste to be released April 1st of this year.

Joanna tells us about the overall project and how it came about, how the charity Pager was chosen to receive a portion of the profits from the sale of the EP and some of the different experiences. A few of the artists who appear on the EP called in as well to talk about their part in the process (as well as tell a few stories) and best of all? I got to play clips from 6 of the 7 songs that will appear on the April 1st EP release. Here are the songs on the EP and their respective artists:

• Oh Susannah – artist is Arlen Ginsburg ( Website – Facebook Fan page) [Monica DaSilva - vocals (Website - MySpace page)]
• Wheels on the Bus – Olin Langley (MySpace page) and SpaceFace
• Crawdad Man - Austin Collins and the Rainbirds (Website – MySpace page)
• There was an Old Woman – Anna Soltys (Facebook Fan page – MySpace page)
• The Cat Came Back - Alex Sanders (Facebook Fan Page for The Texas Funerals – Facebook Fan page for The Quincy Not-So-Fine Arts Society) and The MeowTones
• Wynken, Blynken and Nod – Stereo Sinai (Website - Facebook Fan page – MySpace page)

And here’s the seventh track on the EP, just recorded two days before the show, so a mix wasn’t available.

• Alice the Camel – David Kav (Website - Writing the Rails Website)

GERD Links
For more information about GERD and Infant reflux disease , you can go to

• http://reflux.org/ – Home of Pager
• http://infantrefluxdisease.com

Other sites mentioned in the show

• I Wear Your Shirt
• American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA)

One more thing…
If you’re listening closely in the show, I took it as a personal challenge to find a musical joke in the Toy Block Logo and I won. What did I win? A free copy of the Eats Paste EP. But I’m not going to keep it…Oh no, I’m going to figure out a way to give it away to a lucky listener. Got any ideas? Leave me a comment and we’ll see what happens.

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125 – Three Coins and a Buddy

Posted on January 26, 2010
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Recorded 26 January 2010

On this episode of With A Voice Like This:

4-AM

• How we worked on the three new demos on the 4-AM website’s Sights and Sounds page
• I play the excerpted demos of A Little Bit Me, Who Loves You Pretty Baby and It’s So Easy to Fall in Love.

Then I talk about my new as yet unnamed project with Tim

• How we’re using MIDI to fill out the band and tweaking the files we have
• Installing WordPress MU and how that works with GoDaddy hosting

And another project I’m working on for a submission for possible inclusion on a compilation of Children’s songs.

At Any Rate

• I talk about visit to Buddy Guy’s Legends last Saturday night listening to him during his residency in January 2010. Here’s where I sat:

• Listening to Mud Morgenfield (Muddy Waters’ son) sing with Buddy
• Buddy’s son play guitar with the band
• Buddy’s Lesson on the Blues influence in Rock and Role, live.

With A Voice Like This will be taking a brief hiatus to catch up on some back episodes and a little revamping. the next scheduled show will be the first week of March, but I could be back before then. keep an eye out, I’ll keep you updated.

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121 – This week and free tickets

Posted on December 15, 2009
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Recorded 15 December 2009

On this episode of With A Voice Like This I give a little insight about what it’s like to be gigging every day and how it all works. the surprises, both good and bad, the things that keep you going, the things you draw from for your performance and the fact that life and performing doesn’t happen in a vacuum, something that’s hit close to home this year again.

Free tickets
Okay, here’s the scoop, I thought it would be fun to have you see me on me. So here’s how it works. I’m offering two tickets to the show at two separate venues. But you have to be quick and be the first person to e-mail me to get them.

The first set is for the Wednesday, December 16th  8:00 show at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock IL. E-mail the subject White Christmas Revue to jim@4-am.net and I’ll set you up with the tickets, as long as you can really use them.

The second set is for the Sunday, December 20th 3:00 show at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago, IL. This time e-mail the subject White Christmas Revue – BAC to jim@WithAVoiceLikeThis.com and I’ll make sure you get them.

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120 – The Chicago Music Commission on the Web

Posted on December 7, 2009
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Recorded 1 December 2009

This episode of With A Voice Like This is all about the Internet presence of the Chicago Music Commission. I talk about all the offerings for the Musicians and music lover alike (In an effort for full disclosure, I am on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Music Commission). Here are the links talked about in the show:

• The Economic Impact Study commissioned by the CMC
• The Musicians At Work Forums page
• The Airport Music Program page, including the link to FlyChicago.com’s Terminal Tunes and the latest CD submission e-mail sent to the CMC e-mail list
• The Chicago Event Promoter Ordinance updates page
• The CMC’s Blog page
• ChicagoFestivals.net showing all the Free music festivals put on by the City of Chicago in one place
• The Chicago Area Music Business Database with maps and the ability to submit a business for inclusion in the database
• The Contact Us page where you can also sign up for the CMC’s e-mail list.
• The Chicago Music Commission on Facebook

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