SOLD-OUT "Stages" CD Release :)

Thanks to you all who made it out to last night's "Stages" CD Release concert at the Wildish Theater! For those who wanted to be there but couldn't get tickets before they were sold out, so sorry you couldn't be there with us... we missed you. Wish we could have magically created about a hundred more seats in the room :) However, there will be video and lots of pics soon! And more performances coming around before you know it. Our next full-band show is on the coast at Eden Hall on May 22nd (http://edenhall.com/page2.html), which is the same venue at which we recorded half of our live "Stages" album--great, intimate concert venue. Hope to see you then!

In the meantime, if you would like to check out the new merchandise that had its premier at the show last night, it will be posted to my website within the next day or so! "Halie Loren" and "Halien: United Fans Of Halie Loren" (the new fan club started on Facebook :)) themed T shirts (and tank tops) and stickers galore...

To all who attended, thank you, again, for making this show such a success in all senses of the word. It was truly an honor to celebrate this milestone with you all! Can't wait to do it again :)

My music going national and international!...

There has recently been a plethora of really cool new happenings in the world of my music... and I wanted to share some of them with you all who have been friends and fans of mine for quite some time now. It's all very exciting for me!

First, U.S.-related news:
I've just been picked up for nation-wide distribution by Burnside Distribution, and can be found at stores all over the country. Woohoo! If you find that your favorite local music store doesn't carry my CDs, please let me know by emailing whitemoonprod@comcast.net.

Now for the international part:
For the past few months, my CDs have been really catching on in Japan. At HMV Japan, the country's largest online music retailer, my new CD "Stages" is the #4 seller in the overall Jazz category at HMV. In the sub-category Jazz Vocals, "Stages" is #2, and has been at the #1 more than once already since its release mid-March. My 2008 CD, "They Oughta Write a Song" has also been in every top-5 position on the HMV charts, and is still a top-20 seller listing at #12 and #15 in jazz vocals.

"Stages" was also ranked #21 in jazz at iTunes Japan the last I heard, and has been hovering between the 50th and 20th position at Amazon Japan for most of the time since its release.

Japanese fans and music writers have written positive reviews and blogged about my music. Eiko, amazing wife of my friend and accompanist Matt Treder, helped to create a facebook fan page to chronicle these amazing (to me, at least) developments.

It is crazy and wonderful... life is good! And, for me, unprecedentedly busy. But undoubtedly good. I'll keep you posted on other current and upcoming developments very soon, so please check back for more juicy tidbits :)

~Peace, music, and jazz-hands!~

Halie

Live CD "Stages" released!

My new live CD, "Stages", has just been released! Through my new distribution deal with Burnside Distribution, "Stages" and all of my other albums are now available nation-wide (and online, of course). If my music is not available in your favorite local music store, please let me know by sending an email to whitemoonprod@comcast.net.

The CD features five stellar musicians (Matt Treder/piano, Mark Schneider/bass, Brian West/drums, and Tim McLaughlin/trumpet) performing jazz standards, original songs, and jazzified pop/rock songs from two concerts recorded on the Oregon Coast in 2009. You can hear samples at www.cdbaby.com/halieloren3