Stalking the Red Headed Stranger, or How to Get Your Songs into the Hands of the Artists Who Really Matter Through Show Business Trickery, Underhanded Skullduggery, Shrewdness, and Chicanery, as Well as Various Less Nefarious Methods of Song Plugging: A Practical Handbook and Historical Portrait is the funniest, hippest, longest-titled how-to book you'll read this year!!
Stalking the Red Headed Stranger is a guide to the art and history of professional song plugging. But this isn't your run-of-the-mill history book/instruction manual. It is an in-depth, up-close look into the real music business by industry insider and Grammy Award nominee Randy Poe, who has represented literally hundreds of the greatest songs in the history of popular music, including “Stand By Me,” “Happy Together,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Under the Boardwalk,” “Hound Dog,” “What a Wonderful World,” “Spanish Harlem,” “Chapel of Love,” “Summer in the City,” “Love Potion No. 9,” and “Kansas City.”
But wait! There's so much more! Interwoven throughout this entertaining and enlightening book is the hysterical saga of the author as he chases American icon Willie Nelson across Canada – via plane, taxi, rental car, and even ferryboat – in an attempt to pitch a single song to the Red Headed Stranger. And what happens on Willie's bus doesn't stay on Willie's bus.
Dom Famularo has been traveling the globe preaching the gospel of drumming for over 30 years. An intense performer, Dom is one of the most respected solo drum artists in the world, with a career built solely upon his unique skills as a drummer, educator, author and motivational speaker.
He has presented master classes and clinics around the globe in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Columbia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Peru, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Russia, Israel, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Costa Rica, Honduras, Puerto Rico, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Canary Islands and South Africa.
He has directed and emceed major drumming expos around the world, and has been one of drumming's most sought-after private instructors for over 40 years. Students regularly fly in from around the globe for intensive study with Dom...currently teaching over 1,000 students from over 20 countries at his WizDOM Drumshed studio in NY. A major player in the percussion industry, Dom acts as Education consultant for Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks, Mapex Drums, Evans Drumheads, Hudson Music Publications, Wizdom Media for whom he oversees programs worldwide.
From Goldmine - In September — 20 years after Nirvana’s juggernaut “Nevermind” album was released — Fender shipped to stores its latest Cobain-related guitar: a replica of the Nirvana frontman’s battered 1965 Jaguar featuring the instrument’s unusual details.
"It’s been a few years in the making,” says Justin Norvell, Fender’s director of product development. “This Jaguar was one of his main guitars right when Nirvana broke huge, so the ‘Saturday Night Live’ appearance, Reading Festival, Glastonbury … they all featured the Jag. We just wanted to have a guitar that was more authentically representative of what he played and was known for playing.”
The Kurt Cobain Jaguar signature guitar, which is part of Fender’s limited-edition Artist Tribute Series, Visit www.fender.com
According to NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Sales of Whitney Houston’s albums were expected to increase after the singer was found dead Saturday, Feb. 11.
In the United States, Houston’s music has skyrocketed to the top spot at many online retail sites. "Whitney Houston — The Greatest Hits" held the number two spot at Amazon.com, right behind Adele’s self-titled album. As of 2 p.m. on Monday, Houston had seven albums in the top 10 at Amazon.
At iTunes, as of Monday afternoon, Houston’s interpretation of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” had the best ranking among all songs. She was also represented in the top 10 with “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and “Greatest Love of All.”
Here is a Selected List of the Winner's at last night's Grammy Awards - Great to see Adele winning 6 - inlcuding Record & Album of the Year
Check these Out and you can see the matching songbook to Adele's Winner Album at: