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Hi All, Yehaw! I did it! LOL.. you'd think I'd just invented a cure for redneck-itis but nawww... I just completed the rest of the news for y'all to enjoy. Be sure to read page 2 as it covers the latest news from the USA Songwriting Competition!   Also, I hope to have a nice surprise for y'all very soon. I'll be working on it and get it to you as soon as I can.. but this ol' redneck gal needs a bit of a rest now and then... especially now. LOL MKOC Store Find Books, Music, Videos, Software, Electronics, Website Hosts/Servers .... Don't pay the high prices you find in the stores. I've researched the links posted to give everyone an opportunity to buy great things at the best prices. Artist Info Artists, be sure to check out the "Info" section as it's been updated with even more info.. web links, sheet music, instruments and more.

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Song Clips Added.. Just Click a Song Title to hear music in Real Audio Narvel Felts Until The End of Time Joe Tinoco Five Cards on the Mantle Red Johnson Veteran's Day Tommy Riddle No Right to Cry Tony Oliphant Can't Change Your Mind Debbie Miles You Ain't Been Worth A Dime Hoyt Hughes WWW.Gone Tecia McKenna Goodbye's What You Got Harold Hill San Antonio Sweetheart The song collection above are some of my favorites of the MKOC Official Artists. Please take time to visit their web sites to hear all the music and choose your favorites. Write me, and maybe your favorite will be the next song showcased.

Narvel Felts     NarvelFelts

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Joe Nichols JOE NICHOLS RECEIVES THREE ICM NODS Joe Nichols earned three major nominations from the Christian Country Music Association for the 13th Annual Inspirational Country Music Awards. Joe's "I'll Wait For You" is nominated for Song of the Year and Video of The Year. He's also up for Mainstream Country Artist of the Year, along with fellow multiple nominees Alan Jackson, Josh Turner, Blue County and Martina McBride, who received two noms each. Blue County's "I Get To" is up for Song of the Year, while Martina's clip for "Anyway" earned her a Video of the Year nod. Alan's other honor is in the Album of the Year category for his Precious Memories CD, while Josh scored a Songwriter of the Year nod. more!   JOE NICHOLS CELEBRATES REAL THINGS IN NEW ALBUM By: Edward Morris Joe Nichols began recording his current album, Real Things, at just about the same time a new regime took over at his label, Universal South Records. Former Sony Records executive Mark Wright replaced Universal South's founders and senior partners, Tony Brown and Tim DuBois, who had originally signed Nichols. more! Note from Marli: I bought Joe's "Little Things" for my Ma for her birthday and as with all of his CDs, she just loves it.. as do I. I highly recommend this CD for your collection! It's one of those "must have" CDs. Buy Real Things Here

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Thirty Tigers launches the Song of America project John Mellencamp, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Martha Wainwright, The Black Crowes, Andrew Bird, Devendra Banhart, Tim O'Brien, Bettye LaVette and many others contribute tracks to this unique 50-song, three-CD set compiled by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, Grammy-nominated producer David Macias and producer/musician Ed Pettersen. Song of America traces the history of our country through new versions of culturally significant songs- we are very proud of the results. All proceeds will benefit National History Day, Folk Alliance, The Center for American Music, and The Americana Music Association Thirty Tigers 1604 8th Ave South 2nd Floor Nashville, TN 37203 615.664.1167 email

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan MUSIC IN THE DIGITAL AGE. People don’t talk face-to-face so much anymore. They send simplistic text messages. They exchange emails, a medium so cold that it needs little cartoon faces to express emotion. We stare into various electronic screens… television, computer, cell phone, I-Pod, and whatever else is new. We sit nearly motionless and watch the motions on the screens… actors, athletes, game show contestants, reality show competitors, and computer animated figures that battle intergalactic foes, steal cars, kill cops, and generally duke it out. When our guys win a TV sports event, we take it as our personal victory, as if we did something special, when all we did was watch. They live. We watch. More than 40 minutes of every television hour are commercial, injecting fake needs, desires, and disease symptoms directly into our brains. Ask your doctor. The TV’s even talk to us in stores and malls. You can’t turn them off or tune them out. Big Brother. Traveling between our home screens and the store screens, we stick digital things into our ears to talk to people without actually having to be with them personally, or we carry around 5,000 of our favorite songs to ward off real life. Who has 5,000 favorite songs? Or even 500? Do these new music lovers know that an mp3 made at the standard bitrate of 128 is much lower in sound quality than a CD, lower in quality than a good vinyl LP on a high-end sound system, and way lower than analog studio wide tape? Digital music is all numbers. Think of the numbers as a flight of stairs, with a ball of music bouncing down in small hops. Analog music is more like a ramp, with the music ball rolling smoothly down. Listening to a piece on digital and then on analog, is like looking out a window, and then taking the screen off. Major labels don’t mail as much hard product to radio stations as they used to. It’s cheaper and faster to put MP3’s up on the internet, and have the radio people download them. With the public being hooked on plugging stuff into their heads, you’d think that music sales would skyrocket, but just the opposite is happening. CD sales are way down, and nobody’s making much on digital downloads, except the makers of I-Pods. Once a fan downloads a song he can share it around the world for free. Still the record companies keep selling $.99 digital single downloads, killing their own CD album sales. They’re afraid to be left behind, in case it ever starts to pay off. Today it seems to be about keeping up with the trends. To some of us it will always be about the music. Jack Blanchard © 2007 Download Jack and Misty's music at: Soundclick or SnoCap Please visit our Home Page at: www.jackandmisty.com THE JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN ONLINE CD CATALOG: http://www.elvinsystems.com/jm/catalog.htm

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Paul & Helen Mateki THE FABULOUS MATEKIS ALL LISTENERS VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR SONGS! PAUL & HELEN - DOING EXCELLENT ON CHARTS ALSO WE ASKED SPECIAL SONG FOR 9-11 TO BE PLAYED, AND MANY DJ'S DID!  HUGE .......HUGE......THANKS! "OUR CHILDREN ARE ASKING" HAD BEEN RELEASED A WHILE BACK on WHP! This song is a major wake-up song to the world about 9-11 and the affect it had on our children. Please listen closely and all opinions are welcomed...send to rhonnies@aol.com AIRPLAY WAS APPRECIATED! RECORDING ARTISTS: "THE MATEKIS" ON WHP songwriters: Paul Mateki and Rhonnie Scheuerman (MP3 below) Howdy y'all...please check out our #1 Music Network site and give us a listen...your votes would be much appreciated also...tell your friends...God Bless...PAUL & HELEN ?????? http://www.numberonemusic.com/paulamphelenmateki/ PAUL & HELEN MATEKI Plays today:     223 Total plays:     10116 Profile views:     3316     THE FABULOUS MATEKIS - GREAT SONG on WHP COMPILATON #81 RED SIDE OF TOWN" THE FABULOUS MATEKIS HAVE ANOTHER TERRIFIC SONG on WHP # 79 - THE RIGHT THING- songwriter: PAUL MATEKI Thanks very much DJ's in USA and around the world, thanks for wonderful airplay of this song. The Matekis on WORLDWIDE MOST PLAYED ARTIST CHART MAY 16-31-07 # 216 AM/FM ONLY  (total artists reported 2,514). THE MATEKIS ON ROOTS CHARTS.. MANY THANKS DJ'S! THANKS GARY BRADSHAW for opening these Roots charts to Indie Artists ...YEAH! PAUL & HELEN MATEKI on ROOTS GOSPEL CHART - SEPTEMBER 20TH ROOTS GOSPEL CHART at #6 PAUL & HELEN MATEKI CD PAUL & HELEN MATEKI "37 WEEKS ON TOP CHART! PAUL MATEKI NOW AT # 17 "GOD LOVES YOU, SO DO I"  22 WEEKS ROOTS FOLK CHART NOW AT #5 thanks DJ's so so much!!! THE RIGHT THING" 24 weeks TEXAS ROOTS CHART- ENDING SEPTEMBER 12-07 WAY TO GO PAUL & HELEN 4 SONGS ON THIS MAJOR STATE CHART # 47 " THE MATEKIS "PAUL & HELEN" #59 " THE RIGHT THING #72 - PAUL MATEKI " GOD LOVES YOU SO DO I" ECMA LATEST CHART THE MATEKIS & PAUL MATEKI HAVE MANY SONGS. SEPTEMBER 20TH TOP 100 ECMA #90 "God Loves You So Do I" ECMA CHART Sept. 20th (total songs 2377) #359 THE MATEKIS "GOD LOVES YOU SO DO I #532 PAUL MATEKI "QUICK TRAIN" #569 THE MATEKIS "MY ONE AND ONLY" #575 THE MATEKIS "MOUNTAIN MEMORIES" #738 PAUL MATEKI "DON'T LOVE MEAN FOR EVERYMORE" THE FABULOUS MATEKIS...SENDING HEARTFELT THANKS TO DJ'S! THE MATEKIS ARE POSITIVELY GREAT ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS & SONGWRITERS. Bob and I are very happy to count them as dear cherished friends, and I also love co-writing with Paul. We have done many songs, and we enjoy seeing the DJ's playing them. We met years ago at a convention, and have mutual respect for one another. We (Bob and I) are delighted to see the way DJ's accept their songs, and we agree they are truly terrific...THEY ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO THE INDIE MUSIC INDUSTRY. They encourage other artists, and you can find their songs on WHP (GARY BRADSHAW compilation). WHP COMP. #75 THE MATEKIS with "ONLY TIME WILL TELL" HAPPY TO SEE ~THE MATEKIS~ played on the Live 365 rooms and Western Heart room! DJ's thanks ....YOU are always faithful to The Matekis airplay..and they are most grateful! DJ's thanks for your wonderful airplay of their songs: "THE RIGHT THING" "GOD, LOVES YOU AND SO DO I" "ONLY TIME WILL TELL" "MIGHTY FINE DOG" "OUR CHILDREN ARE ASKING" THE MATEKIS are proudly promoted by: GARY BRADSHAW (WHP) RHON SCHEUERMAN (RhonBob Promotions) RhonBob Promotions 2657 Myers Drive Kodak, TN 37764 Visit RhonBob Promotions website ...the world does!! http://www.rhonbob.com DJ'S....RhonBob Promotions is keeping up with the times and the heartbeats of your listeners! We care enough to only promote top artists with top songs and taking them to the next level in their music career. We spotlight DJ's and tell you about the artists we promote .We are thankful to the hard working DJ's for airplay for the artists we promote!

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From Danny at SongU.com: John Wesley Coutts 9-19-07 Hi everyone, It is with much sadness that I email you all to let you know that our friend and fellow SongU.com member, John Wesley Coutts passed away on Wednesday morning. His presence will be greatly missed, but his contributions, talent and spirit will leave a lasting footprint. I hope we can find some peace in knowing that at the time of his passing, thousands of people all around the world were listening to his music and sending positive energy and prayers to him. In John Wesley's honor, we hope the emails to his Yahoo account will continue from around the world from those who have heard his songs and took the time to listen. His family will continue to read those emails and it will give them comfort to know John's songs and talents were heard and enjoyed by others. It will serve as a testament to his legacy. Thank you all for coming together as a community to show your support. They say faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. And so while I do not have proof, I do believe with some sense of certainty that John Wesley is looking down on us now as if to say, "Don't worry. I'll tell God you said hi." -Danny ------------------------------------------------- Danny Arena www.SongU.com Courses, Coaching, Connections

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Codie Prevost After being selected to take part in the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards Weekend as part of the songwriter's cafe, Codie Prevost and his band will be sharing the stage this fall with Doc Walker and Emerson Drive. (From Left To Right - Donny Parenteau, Shawn Blackman, Codie Prevost, JR Vautour and Wendell Ferguson) http://www.codieprevost.com Buy Codie's CD Here!

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The Jokers Wild Band Enters Top 100! The Jokers Wild Band has broken in to the top 100 on the Music Row Country Breakout Chart! "Please Catch Me" is at Number 98. "Please Catch Me," Jokers Wild's second single from their upcoming From Texas With Love cd, is an up-tempo country tune and was written by co-producer and keyboardist Buck Aaron Thomas and lead guitarist Gary Wayne Zaiontz. "If you are so totally in love with that special somebody that they take your breath away every time they enter the room, then this is your song!" says Buck. The Jokers Wild Band, a 6-piece country / rock band, based in San Antonio, Texas, was formed in the first quarter of 2002 and has since entertained crowds from South Texas to Northern Montana. In 2006, Jokers Wild was honored to perform for former President George Bush, Sr. The Jokers Wild Band is scheduled to headline the Admiral Zachary Fisher Birthday Celebration Show at Brook Army Medical Center, Fisher House in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, this Friday, Sept. 21, from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM. For Additional Information: To request a copy of "Please Catch Me" as an MP3 or cd single, photos, or to schedule an interview, please contact Laura Claffey with Wildfire Publicity at wildfirepublicity@comcast.net. "Please Catch Me" is also available on the Media page by going to the Wildire Publicity website. Radio is encouraged to also contact Jerry Duncan Promotions. www.Jokers-Wild-Band.com EPK Wildfire Publicity PO Box 558, Smyrna, TN 37167 Phone: 615-825-0019; Fax: 760-437-4633 Laura Claffey www.WildfirePublicity.net

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