[Jamie-News] The Jamie Anderson Newsletter

Mon Jul 31 14:05:42 EDT 2006

The Jamie Anderson Newsletter

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Table of Contents
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1. Performances
2. Welcome and general blabbing
3. Download my songs from over 30 sites
4. New photos at website
5. Do you live in Arizona or North Carolina? Put on a house concert!
6. My song is number nine at Sirius OutQ!
7. Openings for guitar and songwriting students
8. Michele Balan on Last Comic Standing
9. Mailing list business
10. Ending quotes

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1. Performances
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Always check with the venue before heading out to a show.
More dates are being added all the time!

8/4        Charleston, WV, private engagement
8/5        Mansfield, OH, 8 pm, house concert, cmoore at richnet.net
8/6        Hart, MI, 7 pm, Comfort Inn, annual concert with Nedra Johnson, 
buy tickets in advance at http://www.nedrajohnson.com/jax/calendar/news.php
8/8 - 8/13          Hart, MI, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, teaching 
bellydance
8/18 – 20          Asheville, NC, Mountain Laurel’s Camping and Music 
Festival, mldozer at msn.com
9/16      Columbus, OH, Ohio Lesbian Festival, www.ohiolba.org
11/19    Durham, NC, Common Ground Theater, with Kathleen Hannan and Sheila 
Warner
12/3      Tucson, AZ, Greenfire
2007
316       Bethlehem, NH, Highlands Inn, www.highlandsinn-nh.com
3/17      Leverett, MA, Echo Lake Coffeehouse
3/24      New York, NY, People’s Cafe

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2. Welcome and general blabbing
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Hot enough for ya? Does your hair ignite when you walk outside? Do you just 
throw a steak (or tofu, ahem) out on the lawn and in a half hour pull back a 
charred hunk? Geez oh pete, it’s like living in the desert again only I could 
make coffee from the air. Good thing I’m taking off for the cool pines of 
Michigan and the women’s festival. It will be cool, right? Ah, but there was that 
year I taught bellydance where I proclaimed at the start of every workshop, “My 
goal is to have no one die. “ They always laughed but I wasn’t kidding. I 
made sure everyone had water and drank it often. We took lots of breaks and a 
couple of times, made use of the near by water spigot. What a sight, to see 50 
women lined up to get sprayed with water. We became human sprinkers when we 
shimmied. And I met my goal. Not only did no one die but there wasn't a single 
case of heat stroke. I'm not counting the Melissa Ferrick performance. 

Okay, got off on a tangent there. What I really wanted to open with was 
telling y’all about July. I started the month off with appearances at Durham’s 
Festival for the Eno. The following weekend I journeyed to the National Women’s 
Music Festival. I can’t believe it’s not illegal to have so much fun. The 
entertainment was stellar, from the beats of God-dess and She (who knew this 
folksinger would love rap?) to the pee-in-your-pants comedy of Lisa Koch. I had big 
fun emceeing the stages, showing off my lovely costumes – powder blue prom 
dress with tiara, anyone? On Saturday night I was presented with the Jane 
Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Music. I am honored and 
extremely pleased to be recognized. I’m in fine company too – the award has 
also gone to Alix Dobkin, Cris Williamson, Goldenrod Music, Lisa Vogel, Ronnie 
Gilbert and many others. Make your plans to attend next year’s festival. It’ll 
be at the same university in Normal/Bloomington, IL, in early July. More at 
www.wiaonline.org

The following weekend I mucked about in Maryland and Pennsylvania and after 
that, Fayetteville, NC. I love doing those small shows where I get to meet 
everyone.

I leave in a few days for the Michigan Women’s Music Festival. They didn’t 
book me to play – poopy – but I will be teaching bellydance and working for 
Goldenrod. Yeah, yeah, feel sorry for me as I teach a few hundred giggly women 
to shimmy. I’ll be dancing in the Candlelight Concert on Sunday where I’ll try 
very hard not to set myself on fire. Those two big torches and the candles 
they use to light the stage make me nervous. I'd be an amazing firey whirlwind 
but it'd be a really short performance. Maybe I should wear my glasses when I 
dance. 

On the way to the festival I’ll be catching a few gigs in the Midwest 
including one at the Comfort Inn in Hart, Michigan, just outside the festival. It’s a 
double bill with fab singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nedra 
Johnson. Vocalist Tory Kragt will be joining us! If you want tickets, you better buy 
them fast. The room is small and we’re almost sold out.

There’s info above about all my gigs. Hope to see you!

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3. Download my songs from over 30 sites
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You can now download my individual songs (or a whole CD) from over 30 
websites! Here are some of them: www.apple.com/itunes/store  http://music.msn.com 
www.musicnet.com www.BuyMusic.com www.Arvato.com www.Napster.com 
www.SonyConnect.com www.Emusic.com
www.PlayIndies.com

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4. New photos at website
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My website has been updated! Check out the new photos at 
www.jamieanderson.com/photos.html  Speaking of photos - if you have high resolution photos of me 
performing I'd love to see them. office at jamieanderson.com 

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5. Do you live in Arizona or North Carolina? Want to do a house concert?
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House concerts are a blast. It's like giving a great party with live music. 
All you need is space that seats 20 or more plus a good mailing list of 
friends. Even if you've never done it before, I can guide you through the process. 
Give me a shout at office at jamieanderson.com if you might be interested. 

Here’s what I’m looking for right now. Even if you can’t help me with these 
dates and/or places, let me know if you might be interested in hosting a 
concert at another time and where you live.

October or November    North Carolina (not triangle cities but almost 
anywhere else)
December 1 or 2           Phoenix area, AZ

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6. My song is number nine at Sirius OutQ!
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It’s been on their charts for the past several weeks. This week “Gone” from “
A Promise of Light” is number nine. Check ‘em out: www.sirius.com/outq

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7. Openings for guitar and songwriting students
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Got a hankerin to learn guitar or sharpen your songwriting skills? Take 
private lessons in central Durham on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, afternoons and 
evenings. Adults and kids (age 7 and up). All styles but classical. Beginners 
on up. office at jamieanderson.com.

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8. Michele Balan on Last Comic Standing
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She’s in the final four!!! You may know her because we’ve shared gigs and 
from her performances in Provincetown, women’s music festivals or gay cruises. 
She’s a hard edged New Yorker who never fails to make me laugh and folks, she 
really is one of the funniest on the show. Don’t vote for her because she’s 
lesbian, vote for her because she’s great. The winners are determined by 
audience (that’s us, people) votes. It’s on Tuesday nights on NBC. More at 
www.nbc.com/lcs

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9. Mailing list business
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You are on this list because you signed my mailing list at a concert or 
otherwise asked to be added. If you'd like to be deleted or if your address will 
change soon, you can update your subscription at 
www.jamieanderson.com/newsletter. To reach me directly, write to jamie at jamieanderson.com. Please don't 
forward jokes, news items, virus warnings or petitions. I love personal notes from 
fans, though, and try to answer every email. I do not share the mailing list 
with anyone else. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your friends, 
especially if I'm going to be performing in their area. Thanks!

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10. The ending quotes
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“Well, I had a stupid income for what I do.” – Angelina Jolie, on why she 
gives 1/3 of her earnings to charity

“There’s another force that wants to keep us from going to Washington, DC. It
’s the devil.” – John Jacob, Republican congressional candidate in Utah, 
blaming Satan for setbacks in his campaign

That devil just ruins everything. Unless you’re Angelina Jolie.

Stay away from Satan, y’all, and have a great August.

-- Jamie

Jamie Anderson
www.jamieanderson.com

Buy Jamie's recordings here:
Goldenrod: www.goldenrod.com 
Ladyslipper: 800-634-6044, or www.ladyslipper.org
Harmony Ridge: www.hrmusic.com
CD Baby: www.cdbaby.com/jamieanderson, www.cdbaby.com/jamieanderson2, 
www.cdbaby.com/jamieanderson3

Download Jamie’s songs from www.apple.com/itunes/store http://music.msn.com 
www.musicnet.com www.BuyMusic.com
www.Arvato.com www.Napster.com www.SonyConnect.com www.Emusic.com 
www.PlayIndies.com and many more!

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