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expat fort worthian jim yanaway of "finger poppin' time," amazing records, and legendary stardust cowboy fame writes:
Ken,
I know it is not logistically possible for you to attend these meetings, but I want you to know about a new plan hatched in Austin that could be beneficial to many recording artists you know.
Here is some info about organizational meetings of the Texamericana group that Barbara K from Timbuk 3 fame is putting together to promote Texas Music via non-commercial radio (not to exclude commercial, but the focus is on non-commercial for now). The administration of the organization is non-profit, but everyone else would make money from it. Barbara has some really well-thought plans for this she has been working on for the past 18 months.
It sounds like it very easily could be a win-win-win-win-win situation for promoting nationwide Texas musicians (or ones that perform in Texas) via monthly compilation CDs sent to radio stations, income-producing and attention-getting for the musicians or participating record companies, income production for financially-strapped community radio and the compilation CDs able to be used as fund-raiser bonuses to non-commercial station financial contributors focusing those persons toward the artists own full CDs for full retail sale, and links through the Texamericana website to the musicians or record companies for direct sales of their own CDs, along with consigned CD availability through a Texamericana website store.
( Boy, that looks like it should be a personal record for me on compound sentences with hyphenated words !!! )
There is far too much solid info for me to convey it all in this short E-Mail. If you are interested, Barbara K can certainly fill you in on details. She is hosting organizational meetings at Threadgill's WHQ Central, 301 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas, Wednesdays in May and June from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. There are already a lot of very experienced, accomplished and bright people getting involved, and this does seem to be very feasible.
I think the basic concept would be profitable in many ways for many deserving persons, and it is likely there would be other beneficial gains from the connections anyone might make through the participants in the organization. With the caliber of persons likely to be involved, it could be productive on many levels for a lot of people. I guess just about anyone could do even better in all this business, no matter how well any one might be doing already. It's definitely worth checking in to to see how it might benefit individual goals.
If you know Barbara K, you will realize a major motivation of Barbara is just to help as many persons as she can, and the concept is borne from well-grounded realistic altruism. Also, since she travels worldwide so often, she clearly sees how the US commercial media is a propaganda machine for Bush and his band of pirates. She is a major advocate of grassroots freedom of speech through non-commercial radio in light of the Clear Channels and Emmises taking over the US and trying to thwart anything other than the corporate party-line spew. (That last part is my own viewpoint, but I am guessing you know what I am talking about.)
Barbara K can explain the entire concept much more thoroughly in a very concise and understandable way. If it is pulled off as she has envisioned, it could be immensely beneficial to many, many people and organizations.
You can get more info from the links below included in an original E-Mail from her I am now copying and forwarding.
This, I believe, is worth checking out.
That is all for now. Thanks. (PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR SHOULD BE INVOLVED)
Jim Yanaway
>From The Original E-Mail About Texamericana Sent Out By Barbara K:
Howdy, Pardners!
Recording Artists and their music business associates are cordially invited to The TEXAMERICANA SOCIAL HOUR, at Threadgill's WHQ Central, 301 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas, Wednesdays in May from 4:00 to 5:30 pm.
An afternoon soiree of conversation, coffee and cobbler, compliments of Eddie Wilson and Threadgill's, The Texamericana Social Hour will present and allow for open discussion the Goals and Activities of TEXAMERICANA - a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to create additional sources of funding for charitable organizations through encouraging musical and cultural diversity.
Texamericana's First Goal:
Posse Up and Protect the Voice of Freedom - Support Public Radio
Recording Artists are making their music available to become an additional source of funding for beloved community sponsored Non-profit Public Radio Stations across the USA.
By simply consigning some extra CDs to Texamericana.org, an internet non-profit music store, Recording Artists are enabled to designate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their CDs for a donation to the community sponsored non-profit radio station of the purchaser's choice.
Ask not what radio can do for you, ask what you can do for radio.
For more information, please contact Barbara Kooyman, e-mail: bk@texamericana.org, phone: 512.263.8599.
Don't be shy now. See you Wednesday.
Barbara Kooyman
Executive Director, Texamericana
bk@texamericana.org
www.texamericana.org
Some folks still believe in the power of music.
Ken,
I know it is not logistically possible for you to attend these meetings, but I want you to know about a new plan hatched in Austin that could be beneficial to many recording artists you know.
Here is some info about organizational meetings of the Texamericana group that Barbara K from Timbuk 3 fame is putting together to promote Texas Music via non-commercial radio (not to exclude commercial, but the focus is on non-commercial for now). The administration of the organization is non-profit, but everyone else would make money from it. Barbara has some really well-thought plans for this she has been working on for the past 18 months.
It sounds like it very easily could be a win-win-win-win-win situation for promoting nationwide Texas musicians (or ones that perform in Texas) via monthly compilation CDs sent to radio stations, income-producing and attention-getting for the musicians or participating record companies, income production for financially-strapped community radio and the compilation CDs able to be used as fund-raiser bonuses to non-commercial station financial contributors focusing those persons toward the artists own full CDs for full retail sale, and links through the Texamericana website to the musicians or record companies for direct sales of their own CDs, along with consigned CD availability through a Texamericana website store.
( Boy, that looks like it should be a personal record for me on compound sentences with hyphenated words !!! )
There is far too much solid info for me to convey it all in this short E-Mail. If you are interested, Barbara K can certainly fill you in on details. She is hosting organizational meetings at Threadgill's WHQ Central, 301 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas, Wednesdays in May and June from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. There are already a lot of very experienced, accomplished and bright people getting involved, and this does seem to be very feasible.
I think the basic concept would be profitable in many ways for many deserving persons, and it is likely there would be other beneficial gains from the connections anyone might make through the participants in the organization. With the caliber of persons likely to be involved, it could be productive on many levels for a lot of people. I guess just about anyone could do even better in all this business, no matter how well any one might be doing already. It's definitely worth checking in to to see how it might benefit individual goals.
If you know Barbara K, you will realize a major motivation of Barbara is just to help as many persons as she can, and the concept is borne from well-grounded realistic altruism. Also, since she travels worldwide so often, she clearly sees how the US commercial media is a propaganda machine for Bush and his band of pirates. She is a major advocate of grassroots freedom of speech through non-commercial radio in light of the Clear Channels and Emmises taking over the US and trying to thwart anything other than the corporate party-line spew. (That last part is my own viewpoint, but I am guessing you know what I am talking about.)
Barbara K can explain the entire concept much more thoroughly in a very concise and understandable way. If it is pulled off as she has envisioned, it could be immensely beneficial to many, many people and organizations.
You can get more info from the links below included in an original E-Mail from her I am now copying and forwarding.
This, I believe, is worth checking out.
That is all for now. Thanks. (PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR SHOULD BE INVOLVED)
Jim Yanaway
>From The Original E-Mail About Texamericana Sent Out By Barbara K:
Howdy, Pardners!
Recording Artists and their music business associates are cordially invited to The TEXAMERICANA SOCIAL HOUR, at Threadgill's WHQ Central, 301 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas, Wednesdays in May from 4:00 to 5:30 pm.
An afternoon soiree of conversation, coffee and cobbler, compliments of Eddie Wilson and Threadgill's, The Texamericana Social Hour will present and allow for open discussion the Goals and Activities of TEXAMERICANA - a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to create additional sources of funding for charitable organizations through encouraging musical and cultural diversity.
Texamericana's First Goal:
Posse Up and Protect the Voice of Freedom - Support Public Radio
Recording Artists are making their music available to become an additional source of funding for beloved community sponsored Non-profit Public Radio Stations across the USA.
By simply consigning some extra CDs to Texamericana.org, an internet non-profit music store, Recording Artists are enabled to designate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their CDs for a donation to the community sponsored non-profit radio station of the purchaser's choice.
Ask not what radio can do for you, ask what you can do for radio.
For more information, please contact Barbara Kooyman, e-mail: bk@texamericana.org, phone: 512.263.8599.
Don't be shy now. See you Wednesday.
Barbara Kooyman
Executive Director, Texamericana
bk@texamericana.org
www.texamericana.org
Some folks still believe in the power of music.
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