Well folks, I am at the dawn of a new era.  Heh ok, that sounds way too dramatic.  But today IS a good day because last night I made my maiden voyage into the world of live internet radio and man was it KOOL!  So here is the skinny, a short notice shout to the poets out there.  Tonight October 13^th 2007 at 10 P.M. Central Time I will be broadcasting live on Shoutcast!  Yee haa!  What is Shout Cast you ask?  Well nothing less than a platform for free expression empowering the people and allowing the global spread of user generated media to overtake the world with its far reaching expanse through the global internet backbone.  Oh…and it’s a little dealy where u can hear an aging goofball like me whine a bit with the guitar in my lap ;-) 

So How to get the SONray Shoutcast hookup and a bag of chips?  Simple download Win Amp for free here. Now once installed you want to open Media Library and there is a bunch of external links to choose from for Internet Streaming. 

Click on Shoutcast Radio (under “Online Services”) and on the Shout Cast Page in the search box type Monkey Crater This is the name of the feed provided by my new found friends at www.monkeycrater.com I REALLY appreciate the technical expertise provided by Denson and OddThomas, a thousand thank yous to the MC team for making themselves available and basically letting me weaze their gig on the internet Radio tip!  That means I am grateful that they allowed me to take advantage of the platform they provide for free.  You Guys ROCK! 

So anyway… in the results you find for Monkey Crater you will see “SONray Radio Live from the Canyon” (this will only show up during the broadcast and very soon we will make a 24/7 feed of recorded music but for now you will only find it 30 minutes before the start of the show and for the duration.

So there u have it gorgeous people!  Yours Truly Casting the Pod, Blasting the Mod, Shouting The Cast with a song tight and fast…..ok im losing it! 

ENJOY!

Hello all you gorgeous people.  Here is an update concerning the attention "Wherever I Journey" is getting and offers from record companies.  There is a well established label in L.A. that has done a draft arrangement of the song.  Itr was incredible for me to hear what I can sound like with the right people turning the knobs (I am no producer for sure).  This record label is well established and does full promotion in house from publicity to distribution thru Sony - Universal - 101 - and now (as of a week ago) Interscope. There have been offers from two smaller independent labels too but this first one as I said is the smartest  choice.  So I am excited at the prospect of working with them in any context because I have heard their production work and it is stellar. (click read more to get the rest of this story)

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls I am excited to announce the Street Team! In my foray back to the land of pixels I have had an incredible time meeting new people and of course playing live music.  When people would ask me how they can be notified of an upcoming performance, I would always say…”add me to your buddy list”  I  don’t know why…;-)  I realized that I have no way to communicate en masse without starting a formal club or team.  This is a little sad because loads of people have asked for invites and added me as a buddy.  SO….in comes the “SONray Street Team” to provide a solution.  I hope you will make the time to JOIN so we can be in communication.  If you have trouble accessing this link, you can always click on my profile in game and navigate to the street team.

On a similar note, I want to thank Juliaaidens and the Pirates Keep crew for all the support and plugs.  If you are not a member of the Pirates Keep you REALLY need to join.  It is an amazing neighborhood and group of people and I am glad to call it my virtual home.  I am blessed by how relationships I have made in just a short time have blossomed and I am glad to call many Pirates Keep alumni friends.  If you’re not a member, you’re missing out.  Go ahead and JOIN!

Thanks to all for attending last Saturday’s live music event.  Again I was flattered by the turnout.  We had to close the event within the first 10 minutes because so many of you showed up! 

This was the first event held at Troubled Waters (my new pad)  Thanks to Juliaaidens, LadyJ and Bartbrat for your visionary design concept of this outstanding outdoor concert venue in the round.  I was told by all that it provided an optimal listening experience for every seat.  More props to Julia for putting the word out and promoting the event, I’d say it couldn’t have gone more smashingly (aside from a better live performance by me)

­I’m looking forward to hosting more live music events and testing more new music in this venue.  Yepp no doubt about it…2007 looks to be an exciting year!  Thanks to all of you for being there!

Much Love,

SONRAY

It’s been exciting for me to begin this venture in offering new music in its infant form to all who visit.  I myself in my old age have always appreciated the more stripped down versions of songs like Clapton’s Layla done acoustically.  I think that when a song is written and delivered right then the message can pierce the heart regardless of the production values. 

I invite and encourage you to register here on the Café.  I will be making more new music and will be updating you all with an email or two a month.  Your info will never ever be shared or sold and you can opt out anytime.  So go ahead and take 2 minutes to register so we can communicate.  REGISTER HERE!

Feel free to make comments and send requests.  I love the feedback and have been blessed by your input.


God Bless! 

SONRAY

Well guys, it only took 3 years from the moment of conception.  This site I mean, I talked about doing it during the beta.  It always took a back seat because after all...This is'nt serious....is it?   I mean "DUDE" it's just a silly game / platform right? 

Well your ole pal SONray is not in agreement with that sentiment.  I have met some WAY cool people here and to tell the truth, I am having a blasty blast!  So...what does it matter where one draws inspiration from...so long as he is inspired right?

This is my first transmission from the command center here at SONray Studios.  Don't know where it's all going yet, Hey...I may not have arrived but at least I've left!  "Houston we have ignition"....BLAST OFF!