Wow, once again it's been longer than I planned between newsletters. Sorry about that. Life has been crazy lately. Ok, crazier! However, I have managed to get some new songs done and the links to listen are below. There is also a very special event being held in Somoma Country to benefit one of my oldest and dearest friends that I want you to know about. So let's get to it!

First up is a new song I co-wrote with the very talented Mr. Jeff Marshall. (He likes to be called "Mr." so I humor him ;-) The song is called Fly Me Higher and was written for the music production library where we are both writers. This one took a while to write but we are very happy with the way it came out. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Next is a new version of Leaving the Fairytale Behind. This was a song I co-wrote with the amazing Athena Marie and was sung brilliantly by Jenna O'Gara. The original version was a tween pop sound but the new version is a little more grown-up acoustic version. I've wanted to do my own version of this song since we wrote it. I've performed it live several times and finally had the opportunity to record it. Once again, Mr. Marshall did the recording for me.  

On May 20th at 6pm at the historic Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, CA - my old stomping grounds - there will be a concert and silent auction to benefit one of my oldest, dearest and most talented friends, Allyson Paige. Allyson is a much beloved singer and songwriter in the Northern California music scene and is noted for her powerful and soulful voice and perfomances. While Allyson is currently battling cancer - successfully I might add - as a self-employed musician even with health insurance, the bills are piling up. Allyson's friends have put together this wonderful evening with some great auction items and I can promise you there will be some big names performing. Allyson will also be performing as well. Here is page set on facebook with all the info Rally for Ally. Tickets are only $15. I hope if you are in the area you are will attend. If you are not in the area but would still like to help you can do so by purchasing one of Allyson's cd's by visiting her website Allyson Paige. 

As always your support is greatly appreciated. Remember all my cds are available at iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon. Please be sure to leave me a rating or review as this will increase my chances of having my music discovered by others. Here's the link to my Facebook Music Page if you'd like to join me there. dh

I know it's only been a few weeks since the last update but I've added some new items to my merchandise page that would make great holiday gifts. There are signed cds, posters and now digital download cards, which make great stocking stuffers! All of these can be personalized however you like. 

And as a extra special bonus anyone who buys a signed cd, poster or digital download card will receive a FREE digital download card for my single Hallelujah! 

You can find signed cds and posters here:  Signed CD's and Posters link!

You can find signed digital download cards here:  Signed Digital Download Cards link!

In order to insure delivery before xmas it's best to order before Sunday, December 18th! 

Don't forget to check out my new Christmas song!

New for 2011 and available at iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon and more is my version of It Wasn’t His Child.  You can hear the full version on my website and it will be appearing on several radio stations as well. I hope you enjoy this year's holiday single! You can listen to it here. 

As always your support is greatly appreciated. Remember all my cds are available at iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon. Please be sure to leave me a rating or review as this will increase my chances of having my music discovered by others. Here's the link to my Facebook Music Page if you'd like to join me there. 

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!!! - Debbie

Once again, it’s been a few months since my last update – it seems I’m updating by season this year – so I hope you are all having a wonderful fall! Life has just been crazy lately and I feel like I’ve been on a non-stop version of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride - somebody stop this thing, I want to get off! I’m afraid I have to admit that I’ve been better at keeping up with my Facebook Music Page then my newsletter but that’s just because they made it so easy to do – damn you Zuckerberg! However, I have certainly not forgotten about the wonderful peeps on my mailing list! So here’s the special update just for you!

New Christmas song!

Just released last week and available at iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon and more is my version of It Wasn’t His Child. When it was time for me to record my latest holiday song I really wanted to do something acoustic and this song immediately came to mind. Written by Donald Skip Ewing, it’s not as well known as many other songs but I like the many meanings to the lyrics. Jeff Marshall, who also produced the track, played the incredibly beautiful guitars you hear. The artwork is by my long time artist Orlando Rios of CBL Studios. You can hear the full version on my website and it will be appearing on several radio stations as well. I hope you enjoy this year's holiday single! You can listen to it here.

More new music!

Also available for your listening pleasure though currently not available for purchase is You Saved Me. I told you about this song in a previous newsletter when we were writing it. It’s now been recorded and delivered to the library where we hope it will be placed in a film or tv show. My co-writers on this song are Michelle Krell Malone and Jeff Marshall. You can listen to it here.

ASCAPlus Award! 

In September, I was awarded my 5^th ASCAPlus Award for songwriting from the American Society of Composer and Publishers. It’s just a little acknowledgement of my work for the previous year but I’ll take it! 

As always your support is greatly appreciated. Remember all my cds are available at iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon. Please be sure to leave me a rating or review as this will increase my chances of having my music discovered by others. And of course, I also have the aforementioned Facebook Music Page for if you’d like to join me there. Big changes coming to the website before the new year as well! 

And one more thing before I go…

Carpe Kilimanjaro – a worthy cause!

My friend Zach Jordan who produced and directed my Good As Gone music video is working on a film that is both an incredible journey and a labor of love. As he explains it far better than I ever could, I hope you will take a minute to check it out here. 

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!!! - Debbie

Hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far. It was hot, hot, hot and humid here in Los Angeles last week but this week I'm am again thankful for the marine layer that has arrived off the coast and is making it a little more reasonable here on the westside...just don't go to the valley! Anyway, where ever you are this summer I hope you are keeping cool and speaking of cool (cheezy segue, I know) here are a couple of events I think you will enjoy!

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Santa Monica Relay for Life Show - This Saturday, July 16

 set time: 12:00pm

a 45 min acoustic set with guitarist Jeff Marshall

Relay For Life/American Cancer Society Event. Once again I'll be supporting the participants at the Santa Monica Relay for Life by performing. This event is open to the public, all ages, and FREE! A full day outdoor event of bands and activities to benefit ACS. Bring a blanket, chairs, snacks, whatever and sit on the lawn and enjoy the show. You can come by for just our set or stay for as long as you like. I say stay as two of my favorite artists will be going on after me. At 1pm Patricia Bahia will take the stage and then after that is Meagan Walsh! 

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All this summer on Woman of Substance Radio - Duets Show

July 6 - Aug 31 EVERY Wed, Sat & Sun (3-5 PM ET, noon-2 PM PT)

The awesome peeps at WOS Radio will be playing my duet with Mark Luna - When Two Become One - all summer on their special duets show. Mark wrote this song with Terry Burns and it is one of my favorites from my cd Good As Gone. Hope you will check it out! Duets airs EVERY Wed, Sat & Sun (3-5 PM ET, noon-2 PM PT) July 6 - Aug. 31!

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As always your support is greatly appreciated. Remember all my cds are available at iTunes and CDBaby. Please be sure to leave me a rating or review as this will increase my chances of having my music discovered by others. I also have a Facebook Page for my music if you’d like to join me there. 

Debbie

Well it’s been a few months since the last update and things have been busy. As I mentioned in my last email I signed a deal to write songs for a film and tv library. Last week we started recording the first song written just for the library. It’s called You Saved Me and it’s a co-write with my long time keyboardist Michelle Krell Malone. We are working with my guitarist Jeff Marshall who is also producing the track. I hope to have it done in the next few weeks and even though it’s for the library you will be able to hear it on my website as soon as it’s done. I’ll keep you posted on that.

Also last week I found out that I placed 2 songs in the Top 100 Finalists of the 2010 Great American Song Contest. The songs are I'm Leaving the Fairytale Behind, which I co-wrote with Athena Marie; and Believe a co-write with Rye Randa & Jeff Foxworth. Both songs are in the Pop category and I was thrilled -and a little shocked - to have 2 songs chosen in the same category for the same year!

This Thursday, I’ll be joining my pal Patricia Bahia at her cd release show at Genghis Cohen to sing back up vocals on one of the songs from her brand new cd Long Road Home. I’m looking forward to the show and am so happy to have been asked to join her.

As always your support is greatly appreciated. Remember all my cds are available at iTunes and CDBaby. Please be sure to leave me a rating or review as this will increase my chances of having my music discovered by others. I also have a Facebook page for my music if you’d like to join me there. 

I can't believe how fast the holidays have come upon me this year. I meant to send you an update at the beginning of the month and now next weekend is Xmas...yikes! Whatever holiday you celebrate, I hope that is a warm and wonderful and filled with friends and family!

So the really big news is that I've signed a deal with Studio 51 Music to represent some of my songs to film and tv as part of their Noise Cloud collection. Noise Cloud will be exclusively distributed by Pacifica Music. Studio 51 has had major success in providing music for Harpo Productions and is currently heard by approx 120 million viewers on a daily basis with over 10,000 plays annually. So let’s keep our fingers crossed my songs get picked up! 

I'm so excited about this opportunity. I've given them 3 songs already: Chasing Ghosts and Man Free Weekend, which I co-wrote with Alison Block; and Sounds Like Rain, which was co-written with Sunny Hilden and John DePatie and as you may remember appears on my Good As Gone cd. What I'm really looking forward to is writing specifically for the library. The writing has already begun and I'll absolutely keep you posted. As with all my music you will be able to hear it on my website as it becomes available!

And for the holidays, don't forget you can still get my Winter Wonderland cd or digital single available at CD Baby and iTunes!  Hallelujah, Good As Gone and Rustic Heart are also available thru those sites. Link to CD Baby page; Link to iTunes page.

Also available exclusively on my website is autographed merchandise including: signed cds and limited edition posters! If you order before Monday, Dec 20th I should have no problem getting the items to you via 2-day priority mail by Xmas Eve (US orders only). I'll even pick up the cost of postage! Click on the Merchandise page and then on the Signed CD's and Posters link.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and new year! As always, I greatly appreciate your support!

Debbie

Show Details: Nette Radio 3rd Thursdays at Genghis Cohen

Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010 Set time: 10:00 pm (show starts at 8pm & includes my good friends Patricia Bahia and Athena Marie)

Location: 740 North Fairfax, Los Angeles, CA 90046 (click on the link above for map)

Cost: $8 with this newsletter or the flyer! Joining me will be Jeff Marshall, John DePatie and Jeff Maddox. We'll be doing new songs and this will probably be the last show of the year so I hope you can make it out! Please tell the doorman you are there to see me.

Get the discount flyer here: NetteRadio

If you're not in LA check out the show on UStream @ ustream.tv/channel/netteradio 

2 New Songs are up on the site! The first is called Believe and is a pop song, which I co-wrote with Rye Randa & Jeff Foxworth. As many of you know Rye produced both of my full-length cds as well as my new single, Hallelujah but this is the first time we have actually written together. Rye and Jeff have been working together as The Ontic producing music for film/tv including the soundtrack to the Shawn White documentary Don't Look Down, which they did with Michael Johns. I had a great time working with them both. I am so very proud of this song, it is both a departure from the country sound of my cds and a return to the big vocal sound of the bands I grew up with.

The second song is Memory Lane, a romantic Americana style song, which I co-wrote with the lovely and talented Courtney Leigh Heins. With production/drums by Sebastian Sheehan of VAVV Studios, guitars/mandolyn/dobro by Bryan Dobbs and harmonica by my good pal Clem Jeffreys, we are thrilled with how this come out and actually have two versions, mine and Courtney's. Mine is up on the site now but I'll have Courtney's up as well very soon. I hope you will check out both songs and let me know what you think.

Hallelujah single now available on iTunes and I'm offering a special incentive to buy and review it! This offer will end soon! My recording of Hallelujah is now available at iTunes and I'm offering a very special bonus to anyone who buys the track through iTunes AND leaves me a written review. Spend 99 cents, leave me a written review and I'll send you a signed copy of either my Rustic Heart or Good As Gone cd. What?! That's Amazing! Yes, it is! So here's what you do, buy the track and leave me a written review. Then send me the email receipt from iTunes along with a note that includes the review you wrote. Once it's posted and I can match it to your email, I'll send you the signed cd of your choice. (Don't worry, none of you personal info shows up on the iTunes receipt other than your address, which I need anyway in order to send you your cd. Star ratings are greatly appreciated but in order to receive a free cd only written reviews count). Any reviews on any of your favorite music sites are greatly appreciated!

Coming up... More new songs - I can't wait to share some of the new songs I'm working on now! More show videos. More autographed merchandise is now available on the website. We have limited edition posters! And, something new, very soon you'll be able to get some of my photography as well as some limited edition jewelry that I am making. I'll keep you posted. As always, I greatly appreciate your support!

Show this Saturday, June 12 at 1pm in El Segundo!

Hi everyone!

I was just asked to 2 shows for ACS Relay For Life - Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back! These events are free, open to the public and for all ages. This is a full day outdoor event of bands and activities to benefit ACS. This is our 7th year playing these fun and inspiring events. Bring a blanket, chairs, snacks, whatever and sit on the lawn and enjoy the show. You can come by for just our set or stay for as long as you like. We go on at 1pm! Joining me will be Jeff Marshall and John DePatie on guitar; Jeff Maddox  on percussion and my good pal Clem Jeffreys from The Middle Class on harmonica, vocals and whatever else he comes up with.

To learn more about Relay for Life click here!

As many of you know I've been doing these shows for years now I hope you will come out and support the cause!

Show Details:
El Segundo Relay for Life 
Date:  Saturday, June 12, 2010
Set time:  1pm (we'll be doing approx 40 min set)
Location:  Recreation Park Softball Field, 640 Main St., El Segundo, CA 90245  Click here for map

Santa Monica Relay for Life
Date:  Saturday, July 10, 2010
Set time:  1pm (we'll be doing approx 40 min set)
Location:  Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA  Click here for map
 
New Music Update:

My recording of Hallelujah has been mastered by multi-Grammy winner Gavin Lurssen, the artwork is done and the track is now on it's way to iTunes! It should be there in the next few weeks and I'll send you an email as soon as it's available for purchase. I'll be offering a special bonus to anyone who buys the track through iTunes and leaves me a review. More details to come...

Also, more autographed merchandise is now available on the website. We have limited edition posters and cds! You tell me how you want it personalized!