More coverage about my Jingle Contest Win

The Nashville Scene, our own really cool free paper, had a cool post about me winning the Nashville MTA jingle contest.

Read it here

Also the Nashvillest blogged it too. Check out that post here

Of course the song is here
» Listen to “Brand New Way”

My iYule App was on Conan O’Brien

Holy Cow!!!! Conan O’Brien just did a hilarious bit about countdown clocks and one of the gags featured the iYule.

Cali Lewis, Paul Colligan, and I made iYule last Christmas, which is a great little video of the Yule Log and Christmas music that works on iPhones, iPods, Zunes, Apple TVs, etc.

And while I have a moment to plug it, iYule is still ready for your holidays. Get one, and portions of proceeds help some of our favorite charities.

Check out the segment on Conan

8th Bonus Track Released

I have just released the eighth update to the Ones and 0s album which is a live video recording of “Slightest Blue”.

Like with most of the extra material on Ones and 0’s this version of “Slightest Blue” has never been released before.

I just won the Big Gig Jingle Contest

I just has won the Music City Central (MCC) BIG GIG Jingle Contest this past week and you can of course listen to the winning jingle right here. The jingle is now all over the radio as the official commercial for the Nashville MTA.

My jingle, titled “Brand New Way” edged out 91 others for the top prize. I got $1,500 cash (donated by corporate sponsor Balfour Beatty Construction), special recognition, and earned the opportunity to perform at the October 24th Grand Opening. Awesome, huh? I am totally stoked!!!!

» Listen to “Brand New Way”

The jingle contest was to promote the opening of its new downtown transit station MCC, and was open to anyone ages 15 and older who live in the Nashville Metro Services Area. 

Each entry had to be an original, 60-second jingle in any genre promoting MCC and the many benefits of public transportation. Celebrity judges and industry experts, including those who work on Music Row, chose the winner. 

The celebrity judges included: Kirk Whalum (Grammy-nominated musician); Beverly Keel (Tennessean columnist); Tim Fink (Vice President Writer/Publisher Relations for SESAC, Inc.); Paul Kwami (Musical Director for Fisk Jubilee Singers); Woody Wood and Jim Chandler (Woody & Jim, 107.5 The River); Karen Leipziger (KBA Award-Winning Publicist); Deen Entsminger (Belmont University music professor and bus rider); Thomas F. “Freddie” O’Connell (MTA Board member); and Otho Webster (Division Vice President Balfour Beatty Construction, corporate sponsor for the contest.)

Humanety Auction

I have been asked to participate in a really neat new idea for charity, called Humanety.

Humanety is an innovative new method of aiding charities.  Fans bid on auctions to meet their favorite celebrities, and this helps raise awareness and funds for worthy causes. These meetings are conducted over Internet video conference, and shared with the world via the Humanety web site. Our celebrity participants, or “Humanetarians” as we call them, are leaders of any sphere or discipline: world famous entertainers, business leaders, sports legends, musicians and authors.

“Humanety was created as a new way to help support and promote a wide variety of worthwhile causes.  My team and I have had the remarkable opportunity to get to know some of the most interesting and influential people of recent history.  We want everyone to have the chance to not just meet but get to know the leaders who have inspired or positively affected their lives.  Humanety enables these once-in-a-lifetime meetings, gives the whole world a chance to know these people a little better and learn more about the vital causes they actively support.”  - Michael Campbell, CEO & Founder

I am honored to be a part of this, not really thinking of myself as a “celebrity” but more of a person that likes to show his face around the inter-webs.

Check out the site and even join in the auction. I’ll be doing a little private one on one concert for the winner and all the money goes to my charity of choice, Songs of Love.

My interview on Effing the Dog

The very witty and talented Mike Vardy has me on his show, Effing the Dog,  this week to chat about what I am up to these days. 

Check out the interview here at the Effing the Dog Podcast

7th Bonus Track is released

I have just released the seventh update to the Ones and 0s album which is a old song from the vaults of ancient Geoff Smith tunes. Its an old demo of mine called “Don’t Look Now”.

This was back in the day when I thought I’d be a John Mayer/Dave Matthews songwriter type of guy. Yes I was doing the coffee shop circuits in Austin, Texas those days. This song is a bit more introspective than I seem to be these days, but it feels good to revisit an old friend. Hope you all like it. “Don’t Look Now” has never been released before.