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
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