http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/music/ Music news, technology ideas and creative marketing information for musicians. en thekatjacobs@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-17T03:02:00-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/i-have-a-great-gift-for-you/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/i-have-a-great-gift-for-you/#When:05:26:00Z Pardon my excitement, but I just discovered that one of my very, most especially, super duper favorite songs is available for free. FAH-REE, I said! I won’t tell you what song it is or who it’s by. Can you guess? No cheating now...take a guess in the comments. Who is the artist? What is the song? I’ll post the link to the free song in the comments. (I’m seriously so happy for you...Come on, get excited now people!) Music 2008-07-02T05:26:00-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/music-monday-cindy-morgan-broken-speakers-and-free-music/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/music-monday-cindy-morgan-broken-speakers-and-free-music/#When:20:21:45Z Howdy campers! As I was getting ready to write up my post for Music Monday, I found that my speakers aren’t working on my ibook. No, speakers. On Music Monday. I think there may be a camp gnome working against me. So...if you have a Music Monday post of your own (it can be about anything related to music), please link to it in the comments. I had been planning to post my interview with Cindy Morgan, but I need to edit it make myself sound cool. Trust me, that takes massive amounts of editing. Win A FREE Cindy Morgan CD Speaking of Cindy Morgan, I’m giving away one copy of her latest CD. Just tell us about your favorite Cindy Morgan song in the comments and you’ll be entered. More Free Music And for those of you who don’t win the cd, here are some links to great free music. Hearitfirst.com Sign up for the email newsletter. Every week they send out a free song and links to interesting videos and interview. Freeccm.com Freeccm.com is a venture of INO Records. They currently have songs from Fee, 33Miles and PCD. With artists like Sara Groves, Mercy Me and Addison Road on their roster, this is definitely a site to bookmark. Downhere Of course, for the month of June, Downhere is giving away their entire album. Go get it. The Archives I’ve got a free music category on my music blog. Check out the archives to find some great free music. Do you know of any artists who are giving away a song or two? Please share it in the links. DON’T FORGET Since it’s TSLOK Camp Week, everyone who writes a Music Monday post or adds a comment to this post, will get a link to their blog (I’ll add them tonight).  Music Monday, Music 2008-06-16T20:21:45-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/free-music-from-downhere/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/free-music-from-downhere/#When:04:39:59Z Are you in need of a summer soundtrack? Have I got a deal for you. Here’s the news straight from Jeremy: In anticipation of our September 23rd release “Ending is Beginning”, my band - downhere - is giving away our current studio release, “Wide-Eyed and Mystified”, as a free download through the month of June. Click here to download Downhere’s album. Click here to check out Jeremy’s blog. Check out Glenn’s blog here. Click here for more info on Downhere. I first heard these guys when I worked at KSBJ and they did an acoustic set during one of our staff meetings. Great music, great guys and a great price. Off you go... Music 2008-06-06T04:39:59-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/please-pray-for-steven-curtis-chapmans-family/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/please-pray-for-steven-curtis-chapmans-family/#When:03:07:01Z One of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman’s six children was killed this afternoon when she was struck by a car in the driveway of the family’s Williamson County home. I can’t even imagine what their family is going through and will go through. Please pray for them. Please read this article for a better grasp on how you can be praying for them. Faith, Family, Music 2008-05-22T03:07:01-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/music-monday-cindy-morgans-new-album-beautiful-bird/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/music-monday-cindy-morgans-new-album-beautiful-bird/#When:05:31:58Z I have always really like Cindy Morgan’s music. Her raw, passionate voice combined with her songwriting skill consistently produce songs that I listen to over and over and over. Well, much to my joy, she has a new album, Beautiful Bird, releasing tomorrow, May 20, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to hear a preview of it. The album as a whole is great. Its musically pretty diverse. She moves effortlessly between radio friendly pop songs, soulful blues/country songs and her classic gorgeous ballads. After my first listen to the new album, my runaway favorite track is called Lion and Lamb. They say a great song reminds you of a place you’ve never been. Well, this song is about heaven and needless to say, I’ve not been there. Yet. But the production is so rich and her voice is so haunting (in a good way) that it totally...um...reminds me of heaven. Ok. That sounds weird, but I trust you know what I mean. Another favorite is The Sun Shines Through, a song about hope that is filled with gorgeous vocals. I love the simple instrumentation in it - mostly just a guitar and a bass (at least I think it’s a bass - I’m not a musician - so I could be wrong on that). Either way, it’s a great song… I won’t do a song by song rundown like most album reviews do. I’ve never actually really liked album reviews. Musical tastes are so diverse. What I like, you may not like and what I don’t like you may love. So I’ll just end this review by saying that I’ll be buying this album the day it releases (tomorrow). I recommend you do the same. Until then, check out more about Cindy Morgan here: Website: http://cindymorganmusic.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/cindymorgan Music Monday, Music 2008-05-19T05:31:58-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/for-the-sake-of-all-that-is-good-and-right/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/for-the-sake-of-all-that-is-good-and-right/#When:04:02:00Z This evening I’m sitting on the couch next to my sweet husband with my laptop, researching some artists for upcoming interviews. You’d think that would add up to a lovely evening wouldn’t you? You, my friend, would be 10 kinds of wrong. Why? Because instead of listening to this artist’s great music, on their nicely designed web site, I’ve been sent to purgatory Myspace to listen to their songs because they don’t have their own music on their own website. Really. What if you came to my blog to read my posts and I had lots of pictures of me, videos, a store...but no actual blog posts? That wouldn’t make any sense would it? Neither does sending people from your website to Myspace. Myspace is ugly, annoying and unreliable. For the sake of all that is good and right, please post your music on YOUR site. Why do so many artists do this? I honestly don’t understand. Teach me. Music Promotion, Technology and Music 2008-05-17T04:02:00-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/great-quote-from-bono/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/great-quote-from-bono/#When:15:21:30Z “Religion is what happens when the Holy Spirit leaves the room” -Bono ht: Chad aka The Blogstar Faith, Music 2008-05-16T15:21:30-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/shaun-groves-robbie-seay-and-tslok-summer-camp/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/shaun-groves-robbie-seay-and-tslok-summer-camp/#When:16:30:00Z Robbie Seay Giveaway Winner Contrary to what the above title might imply, I’m not actually giving away Robbie. Liz wouldn’t like that. I am, however, giving away a copy of his latest album, ironically, titled Give Yourself Away. I know you’re waiting on pins and needles, so without further ado, the winner of the album is: MamasBoy Thanks to everyone for participating. Stay tuned for more fun Music Mondays. He Said What?! Shaun is such a nice friend. How do I know this? Because in his post on Monday (warning, there is a disturbing logo at the top. Ok, it’s not really disturbing. It’s actually funny. In a disturbing sort of way...), he listed me with 4 other bloggers. (Begin singing, “Which of these is not like the others...?") I don’t know how Sophie (Boomama), Kat, Shannon (RIMD), Melanie (Big Mama) and Ree (Pioneer Woman) do it.  I really don’t.  How does a mother - sans servants - have time to blog? To give you a sense of the caliber of these other bloggers, may I tell you that Ree, had a post last week that had 14,000 comments. 14 THOUSAND. (”...which of these just doesn’t belong...?") Like I said, Shaun’s a nice friend. Thanks Shaun for sneaking me into the big leagues. Hopefully, the blog police won’t arrest me for impersonating a real blogger. Check out Shaun’s blog, buy his cd, and most importantly consider saving a child. TSLOK Summer Camp Speaking of blog friends, I want to throw out a teaser for something that’s going to happen here May 25-30. It’s called TSLOK Summer Camp. It will be an entire week of getting to know each other, singing by the Camp Fire and eating gross camp food. Or something like that. Stay tuned.  Music Monday, Music, Blogging 2008-05-15T16:30:00-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/music-monday-the-soundtrack-of-your-youth/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/music-monday-the-soundtrack-of-your-youth/#When:05:18:00Z Mine was… Gee, can anyone guess? I was probably about 6 years old and my dad and grandparents were taking my brother and I to a theme park in Wisconsin (we lived in Chicago at the time.) As we were driving up, I saw a billboard that said “degarmoandkey with *********AMY GRANT********” That’s not actually what the billboard looked like, but that’s how my little 6 year old eyes saw it. When I floated back down to earth, I noticed my family all smiling at me. What a wonderful surprise. The show was great even though it started raining halfway through (it was an outdoor ampitheater). I remember she made some joke about how we didn’t need to take showers since we were getting so wet. I laughed and laughed like only a 6 year old can when someone they think is cool says anything remotely resembling funny. What was your first concert? Music Monday, Music 2008-05-12T05:18:00-06:00 http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/phil-wickham-live-from-portland/ http://www.thesecretlifeofkat.com/site/phil-wickham-live-from-portland/#When:02:51:00Z If you’re reading this right now, you probably are at home enjoying an peaceful evening. Why not enjoy a peaceful evening WITH great music? Phil Wickham is broadcasting his concert in Portland tonight - LIVE - 9:30pm Pacific time. Check it out. You’re welcome. Music 2008-05-10T02:51:00-06:00