CDs make GREAT Christmas Gifts!

Don'tcha think?

You can order @ CDbaby or find me on iTunes.

Ho ho ho ho.

iTunes

Catch It When You Can is now available for download on iTunes! How cool is that? The only drawback, those who download don't get to put their hands on the awesome hand printed box.

Online Sales

Today I got an email that, at long last, my cd is on sale at cdbaby! Cdbaby is an online distributor of independent music. You can buy "Catch It When You Can" or download it. You can also write a review. I would love to hear what you think!

In the near future I will be shutting down the paypal portal and let cdbaby take care of sales for me. They will also distribute to other online entities (like iTunes, Amazon, etc.). How cool is that?

So if anyone would like to purchase a cd (Christmas is right around the corner!) click this link:

Emily @ cdbaby

P.S.

Cdbaby had me fill in sound-alikes for myself. Sort of a "If you like ______________ you'll like Emily Dunbar!" I said Natalie Merchant, Nanci Griffith & The Dixie Chicks. If you have a better answer, let me know!

Overwhelmed!

Saturday night was my cd-release show. I did two sets with the Emily Dunbar Band: Jay Bayles (bass), John Bonham (drums--seriously, my drummer is named John Bonham!), Robin Harrell (vocals) and Todd Brown (guitar). This basically means, I got a bunch of talented friends together and we had a ball. The Hastings Business Improvement District agreed to sponsor the event, which we held in a new downtown park. My brother in law Gus got some folks who run a taco truck to come sell delicious Mexican food and my friend Angela is friends with icecream man, who set up shop in the parking lot. I did interviews with the Hastings Tribune and our local NBC affiliate--both ran nice stories. I knew we had the making of a good night, but was still nervous about how it would all go.

It could not have been a more perfect night.

It dipped down into the upper 60s. More than 200 people showed up with lawn chairs and filled the park. No trains came by and blew their horns (we were less than a block from the tracks!). People enjoyed the music, food and weather and bought cds.

I've been so thrilled with the response. I've gotten so many nice emails and such great chatter on facebook. Friends of friends are ordering discs through the blog. It has been wonderful.

Thanks, everybody!

CD-Release

Well, if you pre-ordered a CD, you should have it by now...or maybe Monday. I started shipping them on Thursday afternoon. Enjoy! And thanks so much for supporting this project. You're encouragement kept me going through the LONG months of getting it done.

Tonight I have my cd-release show in downtown Hastings. There is a little park (Central Park) that is adorable. I'll be playing with a band. There will be food vendors--a taco truck & the icecream man. Paul and my friend Susie will be manning the cd sales table. It's free and open to the public. I'm very curious what the turn out will be. There are posters up all over town. The newspaper ran a story and so did the local news station. It could be big.

I even bought a new dress.

I'll post pictures of the event soon.

Hope you are enjoying your cds!

IT'S DONE

The CD is ready!
I'm shipping out discs to everyone who pre-ordered this afternoon. I can't thank you enough for your support and patience.

If you don't live in the Hastings, NE area and want to order a cd, info is on the sidebar!

Thanks!

Watch the movie below to hear an mp3 (it's the only way I could think of to get audio on here!)

Awe-Overload

As I type, Tom is recording the bass part for Ohio. We have been working like maniacs with amazing results. My brain simply cannot sustain a permanent state of awe, but if it could, it would. I couldn't be happier with how this is going.

We play the basic guitar track to which Tom programs the drums and then he says, "Okay, bass." And then he records the bass. "What next?" he asks. "Manolin?" I say. And so it goes. Once we have all the parts we want, Tom mixes it a bit and then I sing the final vocal track. This process takes a couple of hours for every song.

We are working our way alphabetically through the song list. We did four yesterday. We're on number four today and will do one more.

Exciting development: Tom will send tracks to Peter Lainson so Robin can record harmony vocals at Peter's house in Hastings. We'll send them back to Tom and Robin will be on my CD! Hooray for the internet!

That's all for now. There is work to be done!