Bonaduce & a bunch of brats....
Current mood: amused
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Just thought I would pass the word around. A new reality show is premiering on VH1 this Thursday night (March 20) called "I Know My Kid’s A Star." It is hosted by Danny Bonaduce (Partridge Family, Shock Jock) and will be released here in the US as well as internationally! If you get a chance, please set your Tivo  or DVR and check it out!

Again, thanks to all of you who bought a copy of my CD. Your support is greatly appreciated! If you are interested in joining my official mailing list please visit me at www.jenbye.net.

As always,

peace & mysteries...

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"Mexico’s" movin on the KIAC Big 501
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Music

In week number 4, "Mexico" creeps from 31 to 29 on the KIAC Big 50. Baby steps!


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Currently reading : A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam By Karen Armstrong Release date: 09 August, 1994

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"Mexico" moves to 31 on the Big 50!
Current mood: geeky
Category: Music

Now in it's third week, "Mexico" moved up another 5 slots to 31 on the KIAC Big 50. This is now the 3 track of mine that's made the list!


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Review by Glasswerk National
Current mood: breezy
Category: Music

Glasswerk National
Written by Ant Standring
3rd February 2008

Uber Alles California! Jen Bye (JB) is a godsend with the voice of an impish cherub with a tiny chip on her shoulder. She plays piano and guitar with an ease that astounds and perfectly suits her calm vocals.

Invincible: JB is an opinionated Lisa Loeb lookalike of a woman reflecting on her crazy environment that is her life... apparently. Delivering her conflicting tales of loathing and loving, her trial and triumph enduring soul is exposed with a syrupy smugness not heard since our dear old Alanis Morissette (who coincidentally (?) swears like a sailor too) hit the scene. The music is executed well, albeit restrained by its programmed boundaries. All in all, this is a great track that some how deceives the listener into unfairly stereotyping JB as an opinionated woman...

Tomorrow: Immediately showing us JB's versatility, this bluesy old time lounge jazz track echoes any Norah Jones vibe, owing for the distinctly different and far less unique vocal that I now realise resounds Kristen Hersh or perhaps The Sundays lead singer Harriet Wheeler. Nevertheless, it's still an undeniably wonderful voice that's heard amidst a sensitive and emotive track.

Arse: Not ass, arse, that's right arse! Odd for an American, maybe, but then they've always loved our British terminology haven't they?! Enough... Throwing Muses (TM) worthy, this track about 'pulling' is driven along nicely with raucous guitar and urgent drums that suitably carry a biting vocal and 'Bright Yellow Gun' spirit, that great song about, well, the same thing really. No damage done here, it's a nice delivery of something perhaps a little too predictable.

Mexico: There's more of a pronounced, shaped vocal delivery here that resounds AM more and more the more you listen. Thankfully, the more emotive (and sometimes whiney) singing and epic soft rock sound distract wonderfully enough to please. The track seems a little directionless and seemingly becomes repetitive before its time. Great sounds not shaped poorly, just below par-ly.

San Francisco: Continuing with the same style vocal, this track is instantly stronger, accessible and well paced track engages the listener with its simplistic composition that succeeds with its 'not trying to be clever' self. This is a real triumph that optimizes the JB sound, away from any cynicism. Vonda Shepherd fans should enjoy this whole lot too.

Anyone: Expertly capturing the TM sound once again, JB offers up a safe track that, aside from the enticing lyrics, offers nothing new on yet another quality track.

Heaven: A finely balanced and sweetly delivered up-tempo track that brims with a much welcomed optimism and cheeriness brings this EPK to a close, leaving behind it an urgent wanting for more.

So there you have it, a fantastic set of songs that resound oh so many great bands and female vocalists before her that it's practically impossible to find anything disappointing amidst her music. Bravo JB!

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Jen Bye compared to Paris Hilton???
Current mood: amused
Category: Music

Apple, Tesco 'most to blame' for Music Biz Crisis?

by Gael Digital Media

In an story reported on The Register's website (read it here) the writer's story is on a report by consultants Capgemini for the Value Recognition Strategy working group. While the report has not been made public, the writer Andrew Orlowski conjectures that the report suggest that Apple and Tesco and not P2P file sharing pirates are to blame for the woes of the music industry in Britain (which is mirroring the rest of the world).

The music industry World Wide is having a sales and profit crisis. The sliding sales are not a result of unbundling tracks from albums, which Apple was not the first to do with iTunes as Andrew Orlowski reports, the by track model was first done by the Napster store which opened before iTunes. The author of the piece would have us believe that Apple did this with iTunes first. Intresting that the author of the report sighted by Andrew Orlowski doesn't take into account changes and consolidation in music industry itself and the decline of the retail music store caused by the music industry's attempt to control what the stores sold and marketed. These two factors alone currently share most of the blame, as does the fact, in a lesser portion, that the music buying public is tired of being force fed a diet of music celebrity BS while, real talent is often left to self promote, self publish and self release.

The so called, Indie Labels use to be an outlet for great talent, today most of these Indie Labels are just churning out the same low budget, no talent crap that the Major Labels are churning out. I'm not saying that their are no, talented artists signed to Indie or Major Labels, there are some great Recording Artists signed to a label. The problem is all about ROI (return on investment) for all the labels big and small that are not 100% releasing artist owned. We'll look a two Recoding Artists, the first is Paris Hilton, the second is Jen Bye. You are a record label (indie or major). You can sign only one new recording artist from the choices presented. Paris Hilton has no experience and no real talent, Jen Bye has lots of experience and is a excellent musician, singer and song writer. Well the ROI is simple you'd sign Paris Hilton because she is a known celebrity with instant celebrity status, an instant name. Which translates to a much higher ROI. Jen Bye while a great talent has a much lower ROI. Jen is not a celebrity and few people outside her fans know who she is or would connect her to anything celebrity related. With Jen, it would cost the record label much more money to promote her recordings then it does to promote a celebrity that can generate press for months by showing up some place and flashing a bit of crusty well used crotch.

A recording label is a record label (even so called Indie labels) if it not 100% owned by the artist(s) who's recording are released by that label. Sticking the term Indie in front of it, does not make the recording label any less of an artist rip-off machine. The indie label artist contracts are no less gouging to the recording artists then a major labels' contracts. In fact, in most cases indie labels rip-off and gouge the recording artists more then the major labels do.

The Internet is really starting to slowly shift the balance for music buying and the way music is marketed and who and how it's marketed too. Radio Head aside the fact is the you can be a fully independent recording artist and still find fans all over the world to market your music too. As digital media content improves in quality more of the digital content will be focuses on the independent artists. There are already a number of Internet delivered digital media programs (podcasts) that feature and focus on independent recording artists such as "Not MTV" and "Dinner with the Band" as their are many more independent artists then there are signed artists the seeds are being sewn for many more digital media programs that do nothing but, focus on independent recording artists. Digital media content providers like Revision 3 and On Networks are currently the ones to watch in this regard. As video based digital media delivered over the internet takes off expect independent artists to get much, much more exposure. As this happens all recording labels will have to change their business models to keep from becoming a real dinosaur. A music labels currently need all the retailers they can get physical and virtual to slow the erosion of music sales. They also need to be focused on listening to their customer. Ringles and Flash drive based music singles and albums are flash in the pan failures. Kids don't want gimmicks they want instant, cheap, easy to access, high quality, DRM free, and they only what to buy the tracks they like. If the music labels can't deliver it, they will get it elsewhere on the internet.

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Album review by The Music Manor
Current mood: amorous

"What makes Bye's new record powerful are the places she takes the listener; places of different vantage points from which and within the audience can feel the songs. Sometimes you're taken back into the past as though it's in the thick of a painful present. Sometimes the feeling is retrospective like an old faded photograph in the mind that never seems to fully decay. All of it's real and none of it is." ~Greg Debonne, musicmanor.com

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"Mexico" jumps from 43 to 36 on KIAC Big 50!
Current mood: froggy
Category: Music

For 8 weeks, "Heaven" held it's ground on the Big 50. Starting at 46 moving up to 19!!. After finally dropping out, "Mexico" jumped in! Now in it's second week ranking at 36.


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"Heaven" sits at 22 of 50 on KAIC’s Big 50 Hitlist!
Category: Music

Now in week 7, "Heaven" has proven to have a little staying power and is holding strong at 22. Also my friend Carrie Wade also moved up to 42 with her track "Needles in the Waves".

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Currently playing : Star Wars Battlefront II Release date: 01 November, 2005

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Heaven reaches 24 in it’s 6th week on the KAIC Big 50!
Current mood: devious
Category: Music

For 6 consecutive weeks, "Heaven" keeps rising! From 49 to 24!! Also my friend Carrie Wade has joined the line up with her track "Needles in the Waves" at 45. Check it out on the KAIC Big 50 at Independent Artists Company!


as always, peace & mysteries...

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Heaven rises again on the Big50!
Category: Music

"Heaven" holding it's own for 5 weeks now on KAIC Big 50 at Independent Artists Company!


as always, peace & mysteries...

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