$400+ donation to Ear Candy Charity!

Recording, producing, creating, and marketing my album Bits and Pieces was a charity project I started back in the summer of last year. The ultimate goal was to sell as many copies of my new CD as I could, and all the money would be donated strait to Ear Candy, a non-profit organization that provides under-privileged youth access to music education. If you haven't bought your copy, what are you waiting for? You can buy them from me in person, or you can order online! For only $15, you'll get eleven songs (including two mash-ups!) that I recorded, produced, and mixed all by myself! And, of course, all the proceeds from album sales are donated directly to Ear Candy. You can listen to samples of every song by clicking here!

I surpassed a big milestone of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS raised for Ear Candy, so I sent the first big check to them!!!

Because I donated this money before the end of 2011, the donated was MATCHED DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR by the Kiita Foundation! This means that my Head Indie Clouds project has donated a total of $411.56 so far in support of music education!

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Holiday special promotion + gift for B&P owners coming soon!

The holiday season is right around the corner, and so is a Bits and Pieces special deal!

To sell more albums, I would like to hold a holiday promotion, such as a extra bonus track or two (holiday songs?). But I am interested in what you all think. What do you want to see in this special holiday package? Bonus tracks? Christmas/holiday songs? Music video?

And for those who have already purchased Bits and Pieces: I will give you whatever extras that are included in this package for free as a way to thank you for your support.

WANTED: Bits and Pieces reviews!

Now that 54 of you own Bits and Pieces (!!), I would like to collect your thoughts on the album. More specifically, I am asking you to write a review on the album.

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You'll notice that, if you go to to my Bits and Pieces CD Baby page and scroll down to the bottom of the page, there is a section for album reviews. At the time of writing this post, the section is empty; there are zero reviews. Having good reviews on CD Baby is a great way to attract the attention of potential buyers who are browsing CD Baby for music. Every album sold is more money donated to Ear Candy and more awareness raised for the cause.

Some things you could mention:

• If you recommend others to buy Bits and Pieces
• Your favorite song
• Your favorite part of the album
• The design (cover, back cover, booklet inside the album, CD graphs, etc.)
• What is unique about Bits and Pieces
• The Head Indie Clouds blog
• Anything else you can think of!

If you are a satisfied Bits and Pieces owner, and you would be willing to write a brief review on the album (even just a few sentences would be fantastic!), here's what you can do:

54 albums sold so far!

Hey everyone! So far, FIFTY-FOUR copies of Bits and Pieces have been sold, and more people are still telling me they plan to purchase a copy soon. That is incredible! Thank you so much to all the support for this project! (If you haven't purchased Bits and Pieces yet, you can listen to samples and buy the album here.)

Ear Candy publicly promotes Head Indie Clouds & Bits and Pieces!

Ear Candy has graciously promoted Head Indie Clouds/Bits and Pieces on their Facebook, yet again!

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I wasn't completely clear on the definition of philanthropist, so I figured some of you may not, either. Hehe.

phi·lan·thro·py

1. The effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations.

2. Love of humankind in general.

3. Something, such as an activity or institution, intended to promote human welfare

Bits and Pieces featured on CD Baby!

Now that Bits and Pieces is available for online purchase, the album has been featured on CD Baby on several different occasions! It is so exciting!

Here are a few screen-shots! Click the images to make them bigger so you can read them!!

Out of all of the albums that have been recently added to CD Baby's online store, Bits and Pieces was chosen as #2 to be featured in the Soft Rock section! CD Baby chooses the top eight new albums of the Soft Rock genre, and Bits and Pieces ranked #2!!

Bits and Pieces also ranked #1 in the New Arrivals- Piano category!

Bits and Pieces is also being considered for being featured in the "Editor's Top Picks" section of the site, too!!