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Casey Shea featured on NYTimes blog "Freakonomics"

Check it out! Good friend of MajorWho, Casey Shea, was featured yesterday in an entry in the Freakonomics blog on the New York Times website (the paper of record!).

The Freakonomics dudes put Casey's song, "Everybody’s Getting Bailed Out (Except for Me)," in an article about the latest in "Recession Pop Music."

The Latest in Recession Pop

By Stephen J. Dubner

If things keep going as they are, Billboard is going to have to start a new Hot 100 chart just for songs about the Great Recession.

Earlier we posted a music video of “Fannie Mae Eat Freddie Mac and Cheese.” Here now are two more recession blues:

“Credit River,” by Constantines:

Constantines - Credit River

And “Everybody’s Getting Bailed Out (Except for Me),” by Casey Shea:

“Credit River” is noisy and apocalyptic; “Everybody’s Getting Bailed Out …” is hushed and hopeful. They are both worth a look and listen.

Very, very cool.

Road Recovery: Happy Holidaze on Q104.3

Our recently completed holiday track, "Happy Holidaze" by Road Recovery's house-band Crazy James was aired over the weekend on Q104.3 in New York. DJ (and big Road Recovery supporter) Jonathan Clarke played the track and had some lovely words to say about Road Recovery.

Listen to Jonathan Clarke's Intro

You can hear the entire song on Road Recovery's website.

Gene Bowen of Road Recovery recording a hidden vocal track on "Happy Holidaze"

If you are interested in supporting Road Recovery, click here to find out how you can help.

Gerald Menke plays pedal steel on Lady Roses by Alec Gross

End of Year special.. New songs and Happy Holidaze!

As we wind down our year, and finish up some new tracks, MajorWho- James Walsh, Sheldon Steiger, Jeremy Sklarsky and Carla Bissi would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and successful 2009.


Please take a moment to check out some newbies in the MajorWho jukebox below..
Alec Gross: Lady Roses.. just beautiful..

Royse Brothers- RB: It Is You! Its not mastered yet- but we wanted you to hear it..

RB

Todd Show at Rockwood

Come get in the Holiday Spirit with a spectacular, heart warming performance by Todd Alsup!

**The weather outside might be frightful, but the music will be delightful!**



Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St
Friday, December 12 @11:00 pm

No Cover! 18+ with valid ID

Come unwind with a great night of music- but be sure to come early for the best seat in the house!

Bring your friends and spread the word!

MajorWho Media is an artist development and music production and publishing company founded by Sheldon Steiger and James Walsh. Visit our website and blog for community updates.

Paula Valstein, Panic

Paula Valstein & Producer Sheldon Steiger

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're back in the studio with Paula Valstein. 'Panic' is an amazing song with a string arrangement by Randy Woolf and special guests bassist Graham Maby and violinist Jennifer Choi. Keep listening.

Highlights: NACA Northeast Conference

This weekend (Nov. 6-9) definitely turned out to be a great one at the NACA Northeast Conference. Although it was cold and rainy outside, it sure was warm and welcoming inside the CAMP Marketplace! Our booth was bustling with curious college students; walking away with Todd Alsup gift bags and a one-of-a-kind song by Alec in the making.
A few booths down from us were these crazy guys with all sorts of exotic animals! Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Well, not really, but he had an alligator, a South American raccoon, a fox, a couple snakes (Todd's favorite), a bobcat, and a chinchilla! I was happy to have pet both the fox and the chinchilla (cutest animals ever!)
Todd was given the chance to shine by performing at the 11:00 showcase on Saturday morning. As usual, he gave the performance of a lifetime, engaging the crowd with his energetic personality and voice. He did awesome singing in front of a crowd of more than 1,000+ people! Alec Gross had a great following as well and was in the running to perform a few songs for the on-sight selected showcase.
After Todd's showcase, we all relaxed outside. Slowly, the students emerged from the room and came over to congratulate Todd on such a wonderful performance! Later, at the 4pm CAMP Marketplace, our booth was flooded with students who wanted to meet Todd. Many of them told him how amazing he was, while others mentioned how much they connected with his music. Todd was a celebrity for an hour, and we must have given away almost 80 bags! It was CRAZY! Alec did well for himself too! Alec wrote 50 personalized songs for enthusiastic students. Every student that heard their song reacted with overwhelming joy and laughter!
Overall, it was a successful weekend for everyone. We met some great people, made some awesome friends and hope to visit them at their campus in the near future!
The picture above is the MajorWho Booth #629! From the left- Jeremy Sklarsky, Carla Bissi, Alec Gross, James Walsh, Todd Alsup.

It's A New Day - will.i.am

This is awesome:

We all win!! Congratulations AMERICA

A new dawn of American leadership is at hand…

Todd Alsup in Billboard!

(Click to read the full text of the article)

Here's a great article written by Katie Hasty in her Billboard Underground column about Todd Alsup.

Here are some highlights:
...Alsup's buoyant attitude and bright, high-energy music could hit a home run with new, young fans...

...With a style on par with Gavin DeGraw or OneRepublic, Alsup's music could find a place on the radio with any number or pop-oriented stations. "Pop and soul and R&B don't have to be mutually exclusive he says...

Thanks Katie!

NACA - Great Success!

Carla Bissi, Todd Alsup Jeremy Sklarsky, James Walsh, and Alec Gross at the MajorWho Booth at NACA MidAtlantic 2008

MajorWho is back home after a great weekend in Lancaster, PA at the NACA Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. MWM was there with artists Todd Alsup and Alec Gross. They made a lot of great contacts with student leaders and activities planners from colleges across the region.

NACA is really an incredible thing. Students want entertainment on their campuses, but don't have the means on their own to seek out artists, especially independent ones. This gives artists like Todd, Alec, and the others we work with at MajorWho the chance to directly reach the bookers on these campuses.

We're really looking forward to another conference next week in Hartford, CT, where Todd will be showcasing - which we noticed really does make a huge difference. We had a great time there to be sure - but we can't wait to reach the people the best way we know how: Todd singing at the piano for 700 college students.