Carlyn Hutchins - April 2010 Newsletter

Hello everyone! I hope you're enjoying this early spring weather - I know we're all a bit rain and flood weary in Massachusetts, but I am choosing to look at the bright side of it. To me, it's a sign that the growing season is just around the corner, and that makes me a very happy woman!

This month's free song download is "Urban Tragedy", in honor of it having been chosen for Women of Substance Radio's program "Music With a Conscience", which aired during March. If you missed it, then just click the download link at the bottom of the email and you can get it for free! If you're reading this in a blog, then email me directly and I will send you the MP3 instead.

I have a couple of shows coming up soon: one on Saturday April 3rd and one on April 10th, which is a late addition to the schedule. Way off in the future is a show at The Soule Homestead, get it on your calendar now!

Saturday April 3, 2010 7:30 PM: Upton House Concerts in Upton, MA - Opening for Chuck E. Costa! Seats are $15 each, for reservations please email rob@robertmattson.com or call 617-899-0799.

Saturday April 10, 2010 8:00 PM: Driftwood Folk Cafe in Plymouth, MA - Opening for 2008 Guitar Magazine Guitar Superstar Vicki Genfan! The originally scheduled opening act can't make it so I'm a last minute fill in. Seats are $15- to buy in advance, please visit the Driftwood Folk Cafe website. To see Vicki's videos, visit her YouTube page.

Saturday August 14, 2010 6:00 PM: Soule Homestead Saturday Music Series in Middleborough MA - Opening for Kerri Powers! This is a rain or shine show, $7 cover charge.

SOCIAL NETWORKING! You can visit me at these social networking sites, where you can keep up with some of my wacky posts in 140 characters or less, watch video, or read about what's new or where I'm playing. Yay!



RADIO! In addition to a couple of songs placed on Women of Substance Radio, I've had airplay on Radio Crystal Blue, Something About the Women (WMFO 91.5 FM Medford, MA), Catskill Community Radio's program "The Road", MVY Radio's Local Musicafe, and most recently on the Pride Showcase on QNation FM - thanks Bill, and all the other DJ's too!

MUSIC! You can buy CDs and MP3s directly from me at The Store. But if you were interested in buying my music from other retailers, that's cool too, so here are the links!

iTunes
CD Baby
Tradebit
Great Indie Music
PayPlay

Thank you all so much for your support, and I hope to see you at a show soon!

Carlyn
www.carlynhutchins.com

March 2010

Hello fine mailing list folks! Maybe you've noticed a change in email format over the past several months. Well, the reason is that I just can't seem to make up my mind which service I'd like to stick with, so I've been trying a few different ones lately.

I want to let you know that I have a couple of shows coming up, one on Friday March 19th and one on April 3rd.

Friday March 19, 2010 8:00 PM South Shore Folk Music Club at The Beal House Kingston, MA. $5 members, $6 non-members. Co-bill with Bethel Steele!

Saturday April 3, 2010 7:30 PM Upton House Concerts in Upton, MA - Opening for Chuck E. Costa! To reserve tickets please email rob@robertmattson.com or call 617-899-0799.

Please feel free to drop by and visit me at these social networking sites, where in most cases you can keep up with some of my wild and wacky posts in 140 characters or less, watch video, or read about what's new or where I'm playing. Let's hear it for microblogs!

RADIO! "Urban Tragedy", a song from Lust Love Lost can now be heard on Women of Substance Radio! It was selected for their new program "Music With a Conscience", and you can tune into the program every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 3-7 pm Eastern time during the month of March - so cool! I've also had recent airplay on Radio Crystal Blue, Something About the Women (WMFO 91.5 FM Medford, MA), Catskill Community Radio's program "The Road", and MVY Radio's Local Musicafe.

Some of you have written to ask for a list of where you can buy my music. Well, you can buy directly from me at The Store. But, if you were interested in buying my music from other retailers, that's cool too, so here are the links!

iTunes
CD Baby
Tradebit
Great Indie Music
PayPlay

Thank you for your support, and I hope to see you at a show soon!

Carlyn

"Urban Tragedy" on Women of Substance Radio!

Carlyn's song "Urban Tragedy" was selected for Women of Substance Radio's new program "Music With a Conscience"! You can tune into the program every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 3-7 pm Eastern time during the month of March - so cool!

Got $500? How about $750!

Thanks to everyone's extremely generous contributions, we have raised $750 to be donated to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti relief efforts! I will be making that donation soon, and submitting the paperwork to my employer, who will be matching our contribution dollar for dollar.

Additionally, the very generous attendees of the January 23rd Driftwood Folk Cafe concert helped raise an additional $515, which will also be donated to Doctors Without Borders and submitted for a matching contribution! I know that overall, this doesn't seem like a lot of money, but it is going to go far. This donation could prove the difference between life and death for some Haiti earthquake victims.

I am so proud of all of you for making these donations, because it would have been so easy to walk away, to turn a blind eye to the devastation and suffering. I have been seeing Twitter and Facebook posts stating that Americans should be ashamed of themselves for donating so much time and money to the people of Haiti when Americans are equally in need. Needless to say, I do not share this sentiment. I don't know how we cannot help, and I think it speaks to our humanity to come together and answer a cry for help, even for those in foreign countries.

To everyone who helped me meet and surpass the $500 goal, I cannot thank you enough, and I certainly can't thank everyone by name because the list would be much too long. You know who you are though, and I am very grateful for your generosity. You all rock!

A New Year, A Plea for Help

Happy New Year to you!

While I hope that you are having a fabulous new year so far, I'm writing mainly to ask for your support. The magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day. As an individual, I, like most of you, feel pretty helpless. But as a group, we can do much by making small contributions! I am reaching out to each of you to help me try and make a difference with the relief efforts. My goal is to raise $500 for Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization.

I'll start off the pot with $50, and will also donate the full purchase price for each sale of my new EP "So Far From Lost" to this worthy organization. Five bucks gets you some great new music you can download for your iPod or MP3 player. More importantly, your $5 will be going to an organization dedicated to provide emergency medical care for the men, women, and children affected by the earthquake in Haiti.

Now, I understand you might not be comfortable with the whole digital download thing. Maybe you're just one of those folks who really likes simply having a hard copy CD. No worries, I have that covered too! You can order an autographed copy of the new EP directly from me for $8 including shipping. Just visit The Store to order!

My next show will be on February 27th, opening for Chuck E. Costa at the Upton House Concert series, hosted by my friend Rob Mattson. I hope you will put it on your calendar and come and hang out with us at Rob's house, because it is going to be a really fun show!

Thank you so much for your attention, and for your support! If you would rather your $5 go directly to Doctors Without Borders, please donate directly to them, but tell 'em I sent you!

Peace, hugs, and love,

Carlyn


Visit me at these social networking sites!


Twitter
Facebook
MySpace
ReverbNation
YouTube