Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Cello-bella CD coming...

A couple of days ago I submitted 10 of our song files to a distribution company so, if everything goes as planned, we should have our songs available for sale as digital downloads in 6-8 weeks. Last night we ran through some tunes with our violinist friend Ron Ellman. It was really fun jamming with him and the violin was a nice enhancement on swing tunes, like "Sugar Moon" and Pennies from Heaven. He's going to join us for a few songs on our next gig.

Best,
Alison

Sunday, August 23, 2009

The Story re-broadcast

Thanks to everyone who has written to us since our interview on Dick Gordon's radio program "the story" was re-broadcast last week. It is so exciting to see more listeners touched by our music. We continue to have so much fun doing it, and it's just wonderful making connections with people from all over the country!

As I mentioned earlier, we are in the process of releasing a 10 song CD. In fact, I was ready to upload the songs to CD Baby, but I have since found out that the company was recently sold. They are going through a transition period, and not providing their usual quality of service. So now I am on the lookout for a new distributer for our songs. I expect to have this situation resolved within the week, though, and we will send out an email with the scoop on where to get our songs to all who have inquired. In the meantime, if you would like to sign up to be on our email list (see the box on our myspace site www.myspace.com/alisondonahue , we will get you that info as soon as possible.

Best,
Alison

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Just want to let everyone know that Mike and I are getting very close to releasing our 1st CD! We have all the tunes and are working on the CD cover art. Just have to upload the songs to CD Baby and we're ready to go. Thanks to everyone who requested info on our CD, and we will notify you via email when it is available. In the meantime, we continue to play live in restaurants, stores, coffee houses, on the street and anywhere else we are welcomed.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

From Mike - Spent the last few days in Chicago visiting (among other people) six month old grand-daughter Marlow. She got a private concert and seemed to really enjoy the music, if sleeping through it is any indication. Chicago - what a town for a bike rider like me! Bike lanes going everywhere, and riding a bike gets you from point A to point B faster than driving. Especially with all of the road repair going on there. Ah, but there's no place like Detroit, either. Especially since Alison lives here.