This week's blog: "Top Ten of 2010" at http://ow.ly/3uLqr

Hi everyone,

My wife Dee Dee made me aware of Lisa Kent's latest

update about Chris' ongoing fight with his cancer. Because of treatments

and the side effects and his deteriorating health, Chris will be unable

to tour in 2011. Since he's been not only fighting his cancer but

amazingly still working on the Road with Lorrie Morgan, Melinda

Doolittle, and others this will create a significant financial hardship

on the Kent family right when they need to focus on…

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Dear friends who record and release music... I'd like to help protect your interests by sharing the following cautionary tale:

 

I got a frantic message from an indie artist this week. She had a very upsetting note from one of my cowriters, saying to have her attorney contact her. He had been surfing the web, noticed that she cut his song and released it to radio. Problem was, he had not received any mechanical money or signed a…

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This week's blog: "The Perfect Ornament" http://ow.ly/3rYxZ

There is no substitute for experience. I've done every one of these things wrong... that's how I know what to tell YOU about giving a great performance...

1. Sing full voice when rehearsing/preparing for a gig, don't just do vocal exercises. You have to have not just correct form, but also sheer vocal stamina to
   
   perform well.
2. Wear shoes your feet feel great…

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“How Online Ticketing Helps Indie Artists” by Gary Bradshaw

As an independent artist you have some additional challenges as well as some additional freedoms and one area most artist overlook is the ticketing of the events they perform. Ticketing whether it is free or paid can be a huge connector to your audience plus a huge revenue generator. Both are very valuable. Online ticket distribution can be used for free events as well as paid events and the advantages are the…

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Check out this week's blog: "Layer After Layer" http://panashstyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/layer-after-layer.html

Had to move back to Canada in the spring following a cancer diagnosis but I'm doing really well and enjoying being on the east coast, apart from the real winter that's about to come upon us.

Read all about my adventures on my blog http://larrywayneclark.wordpress.com/ and if you need Christmas presents consider my CD, available at http://www.larrywayneclark.com/cd.html