http://www.brianheadwelch.net/tour.html

Friday Apr 24, 2009
Phoenix First Youth Pavilion 7:00pm – Phoenix, AZ

For more information, go to www.myspace.com/thexgen
Saturday Apr 25, 2009

Phoenix First Youth Pavilion 7:00pm – Phoenix, AZ

For more information, go to www.myspace.com/thexgen

Thursday May 14, 2009
The Black Sheep 8:00pm – Colorado Springs, CO

For Tickets and Information go to www.sodajerkpresents.com

Saturday May 16, 2009
Gator’s Bar and Grill 7:00pm – Farmington, NM

Advanced Tickets may be purchased at Gator’s Bar and Grill OR McCain Mobile Audio 4000 E. Main St. Farmington, NM 87402 (505)324-8419
Monday May 18, 2009
Tequila Jungle 8:00pm – Lubbock, Texas

For more information: www.fastlaneconcerts.com
Tuesday May 19, 2009
The Door 8:00pm – Dallas, Texas

For more information: www.fastlaneconcerts.com
Thursday May 21, 2009
Scout Bar 8:00pm – San Antonio, Texas

For more information: www.scoutbarsa.com
Friday May 22, 2009
Salem Auditorium 8:00pm – Tomball, Texas

For more information: (281) 351 8223
Saturday May 23, 2009
Midnite Rodeo 3 7:30pm – Abilene, Texas

www.frontgatetickets.com
Thursday Jul 2 2009
Cornerstone Festival, MAIN STAGE 10:15 PM - BUSHNELL, Illinois

Date: Thursday July 2, 2009 Event: Cornerstone Festival, MAIN STAGE Location: Bushnell Illinois Time: 10:15 PM For Tickets and Information go to www.cornerstonefestival.com
Saturday Aug 29 2009
Thomas & Mack Arena 8:00pm – Las Vegas, Nevada

For more info go to www.exitconcerts.com

Save Me From Myself

For a brief time, Jars of Clay’s new project, The Long Fall Back to Earth, can be heard on the web on a Gydget widget.

Ashley’s new album, God Don’t Never Change, which will be released May 24. You may pre-order a copy, which will ship in early May. MP3s are available now!

Be sure to read the Liner Notes about these great tunes.

The Lost Dogs - Waterstone Bass from Take 2 Productions on Vimeo.

Derri Daugherty, from the band The Lost Dogs, giving a description of the Waterstone Rainwood EQ Acoustic Bass Guitar used during the bands recent Route 66 Tour.

Waterstone donated the bass as well as a GLH Acoustic Guitar to support the bands efforts in filming a documentary of their adventures along Route 66.

The Ebay auction for the bass ends May 1.

Hey, while I have your attention, I want to tell you about the new HM-branded internet browser that’s been released. It’s free and it’s customized for the Mozilla Firefox browser (look for the Internet Explorer version later this year). The features of it are so cool (and a long time overdue), like a video player, podcast player, news feed sidebar … and there’ll be improvements soon, which include a customized RSS feed for the news, tour dates, and a music player to join the podcast player. Go here for more information:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11520

Nashville FORECLOSURES and Other AMAZING Deals!!

Consider Buying Real Estate NOW…. This real estate market is a GREAT market to buy in!!!! Interest rates are extreeeeeeemely low, as well as rock-bottom foreclosure and fire sale home prices. Call me, it’s my day job until I can pay my bills doing music. . . .

40th Annual GMA Dove Award Recipients

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Steven Curtis Chapman

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Tenth Avenue North

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Steven Curtis Chapman

SONG OF THE YEAR song title; writer; publisher (award to the writer and publisher)
“Give Me Your Eyes”; Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram; Sitka 6 Music/Essential Music Publishing (ASCAP), Peertunes Ltd. (SESAC), Grange Hill Music (SESAC), Windsor Way (SESAC)

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Brandon Heath

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Natalie Grant

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Casting Crowns

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bernie Herms

RAP/HIP HOP RECORDED SONG (song; album; artist; writer; label)
“Do Yo Thang”; The Yearbook; KJ-52; Jonah Sorrentino; BEC Recordings/Uprok

ROCK RECORDED SONG
“Lost”; End Of Silence; Red; Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves, Chad Cates; Essential Records

ROCK/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG
“Washed By The Water”; The Heat; NEEDTOBREATHE; Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart; Atlantic Records

POP/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG
“Give Me Your Eyes”; What If We; Brandon Heath; Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram; Reunion Records

INSPIRATIONAL RECORDED SONG
“A New Hallelujah”; A New Hallelujah; Michael W. Smith; Michael W. Smith, Debbie Smith, Paul Baloche; Reunion Records

SOUTHERN GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
“Reason Enough”; Dream On; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Ernie Haase, Joel Lindsey, Wayne Haun; Gaither Music Group

BLUEGRASS RECORDED SONG
“They’re Holding Up The Ladder”; We Are Family; Jeff & Sheri Easter, Lewis Family, Easter Brothers; Russell Easter, James Easter, Edd Easter; Daywind Records

COUNTRY RECORDED SONG
“I Wish”; How You Live Deluxe Edition; Point of Grace; Cindy Morgan, Phil Madeira; Word Records

URBAN RECORDED SONG
“Get Up”; The Sound; Mary Mary; Warryn Campbell, Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Eric Dawkins; Columbia Records, Integrity Music

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
“Free At Last”; Down In New Orleans; The Blind Boys of Alabama; Traditional; Time Life Music

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
“How Great Is Our God”; How Great Is Our God; LaRue Howard; Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash; EMI Gospel

WORSHIP SONG
“Mighty To Save”; Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan; Hillsong Publishing

RAP/HIP HOP ALBUM (album; artist; producer; label)
Ordinary Dreamers; Group 1 Crew; Andy Anderson, Christopher Stevens, Sam Mizell; Fervent Records

ROCK ALBUM
Satisfied; DecembeRadio; Scotty Wilbanks; Slanted Records

ROCK/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Never Going Back To OK; The Afters; Dan Muckala; INO Records

POP/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Revelation; Third Day; Howard Benson; Essential Records

INSPIRATIONAL ALBUM
Great God Who Saves; Laura Story; Ed Cash; INO Records

SOUTHERN GOSPEL ALBUM
Lovin’ Life; Ernie Gaither Vocal Band; Bill Gaither, Guy Penrod, Marshall Hall, Wes Hampton; Gaither Music Group

BLUEGRASS ALBUM
We Are Family; Ricky Jeff & Sheri Easter, Lewis Family, Easter Brothers; Jeff Easter, Sheri Easter; Daywind Records

COUNTRY ALBUM
Around the Bend; Randy Travis; Kyle Lehning; Warner Bros. Records

URBAN ALBUM
The Fight of My Life; Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin; Zomba Gospel

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM
Down In New Orleans; The Blind Boys of Alabama; Chris Goldsmith; Time Life Music, Integrity Music

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM
Change the World; Martha Munizzi; Aaron Lindsey, Israel Houghton; Martha Munizzi Music

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; Various; Harry Gregson-Williams; Walt Disney Records

CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
Absolute Modern Worship for Kids 4; Various; Chance Scoggins; Fervent Records

SPANISH LANGUAGE ALBUM
Rescatame; Seventh Day Slumber; Alejandro Allen, Susana Allen; BEC Recordings

SPECIAL EVENT ALBUM
Passion: God of This City; Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall, David Crowder*Band, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill, Fee, Matt Redman; Nathan Nockels; Sparrow Records, sixsteps Records

CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Peace on Earth; Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Mark A. Miller; Beach Street

PRAISE & WORSHIP ALBUM
A New Hallelujah; Michael W. Smith; Michael W. Smith; Reunion Records

MUSICAL (title; creator; publisher (award given to creator)
God Bless the USA; Sue C. Smith, Joel Lindsey, Russell Mauldin; Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing

YOUTH/CHILDREN’S MUSICAL
An Island Christmas; Wayne Haun, Shelby Haun, Joel Lindsey; Lillenas Publishing Company

CHORAL COLLECTION
I’ll Say Yes; Carol Cymbala; Brooklyn Tabernacle Music

RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING (product; art director; graphic artist; illustrator/photographer; label)
Revelation (Third Day); Tim Parker, Becka Blackburn; Tim Parker; David McClister, RW Sims; Essential Records

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO (title; artist; director; producer; production company; label)
“Slow Fade”; Casting Crowns; John Erwin, Andy Erwin; Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures; Beach Street

LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO ( title; artist; director; producer; production company; label)
Alive and Transported; TobyMac; Eric Welch; Tameron Hedge, Dan Pitts; Broken Poet Productions; ForeFront Records

This Saturday, April 25th, the Biola Media Conference will roll out the red carpet for three veteran entertainment professionals who have achieved an unprecedented level of success both in Hollywood and as human beings, with the Robert Briner Impact Award.

This award was created to honor artists whose work has made a significant mark in mainstream culture through entertainment. The award was named for Robert Briner, who encouraged people of faith and conscience to enter media professions.

The Biola Media Conference is honored to present lifetime achievement awards to three remarkable media pioneers: Howard Kazanjian, Al Kasha and Ken Wales. Each exemplifies Robert Briner’s worthy aspirations.

And you should sign-up for their killer email announcements, too.

Stryper will announce the first 5 shows of the Stryper 25th Anniversary Tour this Friday via Stryper.com

The first 5 shows of the tour will go on sale the following week on Friday, May 1st via each of the venue’s respective ticket companies.
People signed up on the band’s e-mail list at Stryper.com will have special “pre sale” information for certain shows on the 25th Anniversary Tour.

Keep checking Stryper.com, the Stryper Facebook Profile, Group, and Fan Page, Stryper on Twitter, and the Stryper Myspace Page for information as it is released!

Bride is now posting songs from the pre-production section on the “Bride
Secret Site.” This site is only opened for those that are taking part in the
fan financed CD. The reason for the “Fan Financed CD” is to raise the
necessary funds for recording, mixing, mastering (Tsar Bomba), for hotel
accommodations, for food during the sessions, for any contributing
musicians, for gasoline and transportation. Lots of little expenses turn
into a mound of money in the end.

Here is how the “Fan Financed CD” works:

Without a major label to finance the project,  we must finance the new project
on our own.  What this means is that you will help us finance
our new project.

This is how it will work: GO TO www.bridepub.com
Or GO TO: http://www.bridepub.com/bridedon.htm

- Donate $20 or more to Bride to help finance the new project and we
will get you a signed copy of the release when it becomes available.

- We will also email you links to places where we will post
pre-production “rough” recordings of the songs so you can listen to the
project as it is happening.   This will also allow you to send us email comments
and participate in the production of the next Bride release.

-There will be new pics posted here along with commentary, song lyrics and
explanations etc.
It will really involve you in this project.

- The project will not be completed and pressed (in CDs) until sometime in late
June or early July.  We’re sorry for this delay, but that is how long the
process takes.
If you choose to help us, you should receive your copy in this time frame,
but we
will keep you posted via the Web site as to the progress we are making.

It is a pretty simple process.  Basically, you are buying your CD in
advance, which will help us produce a better product.

Once you have contributed you will be emailed the URL for the “Secret Site.”
Anyone sending checks or money orders be sure to include your email address.

We accept Paypal or US money orders.

Send Paypal to bride@bridepub.com or checks or money orders to:
Bride
309 Churchview Road
West Point, KY 40177

NEWS

The annual Kansas City FilmFest and Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee have joined to form Kansas City FilmFest on April 22-28, 2009. Location will be the newly redone AMC Mainstreet Theatre at 12th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo., near the famous Sprint Center and Power and Light District Entertainment Center.

During April 22-28, there will be screenings of feature films from over 20 countries, plus workshops and seminars on a variety of subjects including a demonstration of the HD Red camera, a lighting seminar and introduction to a grip truck. Films highlighted include “Breaking & Entering,” a film about getting into the film and media business, Scot Hamilton Kennedy’s Oscar-nominated feature documentary, “The Garden,” Kevin Willmot’s latest film starring Wes Studi, “The Only Good Indian”  and Ty Jones supernatural thriller, “Last Breath.”

AMC Mainstreet Theatre is a landmark in Kansas City and was formerly the Empire Theatre. Extensive renovation is complete and includes a restaurant.

For more information and ticket prices, the web site is www.kcfilmfest.org.

Submitted by Marie Asner

Mike will be playing songs from the 77s’ latest release “Holy Ghost Building” as well as the ‘more miserable’ and saddest songs he can find from his collective 77s/Lost Dogs/solo past. In addition, he will be previewing songs from his upcoming solo album. You will not want to miss out!  When was the last time Mike played solo up here anyway?!?!?  It’s been way too long.

May 1st - 7:30pm
Living Word Foursquare
490 NW Crosby Ave, Oak Harbor, WA
For more info contact Jack or Kat at 360-632-7904 or 360-632-1052

May 2nd - 7:30pm
venue TBA
Roseburg, OR
For more info contact Rich at 541-643-6292

May 3rd - 7:30pm
Cozmic Pizza, 199 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR
Tickets available at http://LAMConcerts.com
For more info Linda@LAMConcerts and 541-729-7771

May 4th - 7:30pm
Woodhaven Community Church
22240 SW Washington St, Sherwood (Portland area), OR
Tickets available at http://themuzikmann.com
For more info doug@themuzikmann.com

With this tour Mike is offering a pre-show “Master Class” (approximately 5pm) giving you, the fan, a unique opportunity to get inside his head and hear the stories behind the songs you all know and love. The Master Class concept is Mike’s response to years of requests from fans for personal input regarding songwriting and guitar playing.  Preregistration is required.  Go to http://www.myspace.com/micro77s to find a class near you.

Linda