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"...fuses
a mojo mix of rock, soul, jazz, reggae, blues, and psychedelic music... a sound that is as
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FREEWORLD RECORDING NEWS --
We've FINALLY finished recording our new CD, and we're presently
shopping it around to various local, regional & national record labels
for a scheduled release sometime in the Spring/Summer of 2008!! Yep,
that's right - and we were SOOOO FORTUNATE to have Producer
Extraordinaire & Memphis Music Iconoclast Jim Dickinson produce our 5th
full length CD. (In case you don't know Jim, he's produced, performed
&/or recorded with artists such as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Aretha
Franklin, Sam & Dave, Arlo Guthrie, The Replacements, Big Star, Ry
Cooder, & his sons The North Mississippi Allstars among MANY others!)
Check out his bio & resume at: http://www.zebraranch.com/jim_bio.htm
&/or http://www.zebraranch.com/resume.htm
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An important bill will be considered in Congress this month and your
help is needed.
The Recording Academy and its sister charity MusiCares have been strong
advocates for the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act
- H.R.1424. This legislation would work to end insurance discrimination
against people with mental illness and addiction, and thus allow more
music people in crisis to access the critical treatment they deserve.
The Act has passed the Senate and will be considered by the House of
Representatives soon.
You can help make the difference and help pass this important bill so
vital to our community. It only takes a few minutes to contact your
representative in Congress. Simply click the following link to begin:
http://capwiz.com/grammy/callalert/index.tt?alertid=11090911&type=CO
Thank you for your help advocating on behalf of the music community.
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UPDATE - All of FreeWorld's music can now be digitally downloaded
through the new BurnLounge digital distribution system, so please feel
free to check out an online digital music store & DOWNLOAD AWAY!!
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Just reminding you that FreeWorld's acoustic side project "KALEIDOSCOPE"
plays a frequent dinnertime set at Alfred's on Beale from 6pm-9pm. We'll
also be performing later this month at The Brookhaven Pub in East
Memphis on Thursday, 3/20/08.
Make sure to drop in & catch the rotating line up of Richard, Brian, Jim
Britt, Richard Thomas & David Cousar play "unplugged", acoustic versions
of many of your favorite songs by artists such as The Grateful Dead, The
Band, Gov't Mule, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Phish, Ben Harper, The Black
Crowes, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, FreeWorld, & MANY MORE... DON'T MISS
IT!
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David Thorn from Vexar Entertainment put together a St. Jude Target
House Benefit CD entitled "Wednesday Nights in Memphis" which features
many of the artists (FreeWorld included!) that have performed there for
the children over the past couple of years. MAKE IT A POINT TO BUY A CD
FOR THE KIDS at VexarEntertainment.com/cd.html or drop in to Spin Street
and say hello to our own E.J. Dyce while you buy a copy of the CD!!
Dave also continues his weekly, hour long internet radio program called
"The Vexar Entertainment Hour" as a Podcast that streams from http://www.VexarEntertainment.com
with new Webisodes added every Monday. It focuses on unsigned, indie
rock from the Midsouth - from acoustic to metal. If you have an MP3
you'd like him to play, email it to thorn@vexarentertainment.com . Make
sure it's high quality, radio friendly and in MP3 format, & HELP SPREAD
THE WORD!!
The recently recorded FreeWorld single "Save Our Soul" (featuring James
Govan on lead vocals) was recently #1 on their TOP 10 listener request
line -- SWEET, THANKS Y'ALL!!
You can purchase your own personal copy of "S.O.S." at either Rum Boogie
Cafe on Beale Street, at The Stax Museum of American Soul Music on
McLemore Avenue, or at ANY FreeWorld performance...
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The local record label 'Inside Sounds' http://www.insidesounds.com
recently released Fried Glass Onions - Memphis ROCKS The Beatles, (Vol.
3) which features yet another batch of classic Beatles songs recorded by
some of the best musicians, vocalists, & bands that Memphis has to offer
- with FreeWorld performing a particularly psychedelic version of the
Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" (a copy of which you can hear on our
MySpace page)... BE SURE TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE CD WHILE THEY
LAST -- IT ROCKS!!!
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Make sure you check FreeWorld alumnus Ross Rice's newest media venture
at:
http://www.rollmagazine.com
It a new Arts & Entertainment magazine he's created with the help of his
wife, Jamaine, and several additional associates for his new home region
of Upstate New York.
CHECK IT OUT - IT ROCKS!!
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Check out this recently published online article on our dearly departed
original drummer Jimmy Ellis at: http://www.visnat.com/entertainment/music/blueswax/bluesbeat.cfm
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Check out FreeWorld on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2X8W9JaRMY
This is some really nice footage of us (with special guest percussionist
Semajt) covering Paul Simon's "Late in the Evening" at our home away
from home - Blues City Cafe on Beale Street. It was recorded last fall
by the Travel Channel as they filmed us for a segment of their "5-Takes,
USA" reality travel show.
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UPDATE - All of FreeWorld's music can now be digitally downloaded
through the new BurnLounge digital distribution system, so please feel
free to check out an online digital music store & DOWNLOAD AWAY!!
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If you are a MySpace user, check out FreeWorld's profile & become our
newest "Best Friend" at: http://www.myspace.com/FreeWorldJams
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Just reminding you that FreeWorld's acoustic side project "KALEIDOSCOPE"
plays a dinnertime set at Alfred's on Beale EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY &
WEDNESDAY EVENING from 6pm-9pm. We'll also be performing this month at
The Brookhaven Pub in East Memphis on Thursday, 10/18, & at Alfred's on
Beale (as 'Electric Kaleidoscope') on Wednesday, 10/24.
Make sure to drop in & catch the rotating line up of Richard, Brian, Jim
Britt, Richard Thomas & David Cousar play "unplugged", acoustic versions
of many of your favorite songs by artists such as The Grateful Dead, The
Band, Gov't Mule, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Phish, Ben Harper, The Black
Crowes, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, FreeWorld, & MANY MORE... DON'T MISS
IT!
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UPDATED!!
Our dear friend and "hippie" clothing & accessories designer Melody Dawn
has recently updated her website located at:
http://www.melodydawndesigns.com
New items have just been added, so check it out & pass it along to ALL
of your friends as well! JAMONIT, MELODY!! :-)
She's also added an entire page of Sale items left over from this summer
that she REALLY wants to move, so check out the website! Custom orders
have resumed as well, so if you need a Panic Hoodie for fall tour you
better let her know ASAP, the list is filling up!!
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David Thorn from Vexar Entertainment put together a St. Jude Target
House Benefit CD entitled "Wednesday Nights in Memphis" which features
many of the artists (FreeWorld included!) that have performed there for
the children over the past couple of years. MAKE IT A POINT TO BUY A CD
FOR THE KIDS at VexarEntertainment.com/cd.html or drop in to Spin Street
and say hello to our own E.J. Dyce while you buy a copy of the CD!!
Dave also continues his weekly, hour long internet radio program called
"The Vexar Entertainment Hour" as a Podcast that streams from
http://www.VexarEntertainment.com with new Webisodes added every Monday.
It focuses on unsigned, indie rock from the Midsouth - from acoustic to
metal. If you have an MP3 you'd like him to play, email it to
thorn@vexarentertainment.com . Make sure it's high quality, radio
friendly and in MP3 format, & HELP SPREAD THE WORD!!
The recently recorded FreeWorld single "Save Our Soul" (featuring James
Govan on lead vocals) was recently #1 on their TOP 10 listener request
line -- SWEET, THANKS Y'ALL!!
You can purchase your own personal copy of "S.O.S." at either Rum Boogie
Cafe on Beale Street, at The Stax Museum of American Soul Music on
McLemore Avenue, or at ANY FreeWorld performance...
________________
The local record label 'Inside Sounds' http://www.insidesounds.com
recently released Fried Glass Onions - Memphis ROCKS The Beatles, (Vol.
3) which features yet another batch of classic Beatles songs recorded by
some of the best musicians, vocalists, & bands that Memphis has to offer
- with FreeWorld performing a particularly psychedelic version of the
Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" (a copy of which you can hear on our
MySpace page)... BE SURE TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE CD WHILE THEY
LAST -- IT ROCKS!!!
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Also, don't forget the weekly "Juke-N-Jamm" show on WQOX - FM 88.5 on
Saturday afternoons. Check out their website (plus see some live
FreeWorld performance photos at:
http://www.jukenjamm.com/juke/photos/FreeWorld1/FreeWorld.htm
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The Memphis Public Library's "Memphis
Music Archives Project" is currently collecting as much of our Memphis'
music history as they can possibly get their hands on. Anything with
historical significance you can offer them in the way of audio &/or
video recordings, photographs, print & media publications, flyers,
posters, or miscellaneous documents will be welcomed. Jud
Phillips is also conducting video interviews to augment their print
archives. Please make it a point to contact Jud or Patrick via e-mail
at jud@phillipsmemphis.com or odanielp@memphislibrary.org for additional
information about the project, to set up a video interview time, &/or to
drop off your historical contribution.
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In a related item, Tommy Warren (station manager for the Memphis Public
Library's WYPL-TV & FM) is currently spinning Memphis related music on
the air -- 8 HOURS PER DAY, 7 DAY PER WEEK!!! Please drop off any CDs
you have legitimately, commercially released to the broadcast center
located in the Main Branch of the Memphis & Shelby County Public Library
at 3030 Poplar Avenue. Leave them for Tommy Warren, and say hi if he's
available!
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We now have access to an
entirely new batch of FreeWorld merchandise options! Check out
http://www.cafeshops.com/freeworldjams
to view all of our new items - from adult & children's apparel, to tote bags,
coffee mugs, frisbees, clocks, mouse pads, calendars, & postcards, etc. Please
feel free to avail yourselves of these cool, new merchandise options!
Many bands have great websites, but are not able to give their fans downloads of
all their music in a safe and profitable way. There is a new website that can do
just that, and you can link to it here at
http://www.qtrnote.com. We
have ALL our music there (as do many other Memphis Artists) and we should all
support a company willing to promote the best of what Memphis Musicians have to
offer! Please visit their website and check it out.
If you are not a member of The Recording Academy (NARAS) and would like to see
about becoming one, please contact me directly or check out
http://www.grammy.com
for more info. To keep your Recording Academy membership current for the coming
fiscal year, please contact either Courtney or Katherine at our Memphis
Chapter's brand new offices (located in the heart of the South Main Historic
District at 493 S. Main St., ph# 901.525.1340).
 We would like to thank all of you who have placed orders directly through us for our CDs - it is much appreciated, I assure you! In particular, copies of our new "Live from Memphis" CD are moving off the shelves at an incredible
rate, as they are available in almost
all of the retail music stores
located in
Memphis & the Mid-South area thanks to the kind folks at Select-O-Hits Distributing. If
you would like to order a disc (or 4!) by mail, click the logo
for
an
attachment that will make
the process easier for you. Please print it out, mail it in with a check or money
order.
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