Last Tuesday, JD had a big party at which the filming for his music video of “The Greyside” was completed.  Lots of folks showed up and it was kind of a wild night, especially when the firetruck showed up.

View scenes from the party!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=37003302

JD Feighner to appear at South Park Music Tour, Saturday, June 28th, Patio, 3-4:30PM.  Y’all come on out!

“By Emily H. Lanigan

www.southparkmusictour.com

Dates: June 26-29
Location: Fairplay, CO

The South Park Music Tour is the highest festival in the country, according to its promoters, and that’s not just a nod to the fact that Fairplay is just under 10,000 feet in elevation. Hell, even the zip code ends in 420.
But beyond that, the South Park Music Tour is a gem for discovering bands and the lineup is made up predominantly of emerging artists. If each week you look at the local calendar and wonder who a lot of the local bands are, this is the festival to check out. Lots of Colorado bands play the festival and the ones who aren’t local regularly tour the region.

TRAVEL TIME:
(As calculated by mapquest.com from Denver, Colo. to Fairplay, Colo.)

Total Est. Time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 85.95 miles

YOU NEED TO KNOW: The old saying in Fairplay is “Come on vacation, leave on probation.” So, if you must break the law while in Fairplay, be very, very discreet about it.”

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 Wavy Baby achieves 5 star status at Garageband.com

“The five-star display is graded on a steep curve: almost 65% of songs receive 2.5 - 3.5 stars, and only the top 1% of songs receive more than 4.5 stars. “

http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSjZFK_Zms

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Electronic Press Kit:

www.sonicbids.com/jdfeighner

JD Feighner’s song, “Wavy Baby”, has been named Pop Track of the Day at Garageband.com for April 8th! 
 
Visit this link to hear the song (and review it* –this helps move the song up on the charts):
 
http://www.garageband.com/genre/pop
Click on “Track of the Day” (Note you will only find the song here as “Track of the Day!” on Tuesday, the 8th–or use link below)
  
*The rankings chart is a list of all the songs in a current genre or contest, ranked with the best tracks at the top based on reviews by Garageband listeners.
Each time a song is reviewed, it moves up or down the rankings chart based on its reviews and reviews of other songs on the site.
Some songs climb the charts faster than others, but our system ensures a level playing field for all songs: every song gets the exact same chance to climb to the top of the rankings. 
 
Hear more of JD’s music at:
 
http://www.garageband.com/artist/jdfeighner

Electronic Press Kit:  www.sonicbids.com/jdfeighner

The tracks for “Sundays at 1620″ are being mastered for the album’s release…….JD’s been in the studio ALOT!  So, not too much to report on.

 EXCEPT, Garageband.com has awarded “Wavy Baby” Track-of-theDay status for April 8th:

http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSjZFK_Zms

To listen (on the 8th of April), go to:

http://www.garageband.com/genre/pop

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So, JD had this two-day gig in Mammoth last weekend and decided it is “so dorky, it’s cool” to take Mom along……. and also gave her free rein to write the blog on this gig.  So, ta! da! Everyone….JD’s Mom!

“JD flew into San Diego where I picked him up and we headed up the I-15.  As we got closer to Mammoth, we were engulfed in a raging snowstorm with winds gusting up to 50 mph.  It was difficult to drive; and, whenever we had a white-out situation, we would just stop the car until it blew by.  Eventually, JD had to lay down in the snow to put the tire chains on–I would have taken pictures of that scene, but that would have meant that I’d have to be out in the snowstorm, too.  BBBRRR!

We did finally arrive safely Thursday evening.  JD was ’stoked’ about the fresh snow since he hoped to get in some skiing while on the mountain.

The Mammoth Mountain Inn was great.  As JD said later, ‘They really know how to take care of their talent.’  JD had a nice upper floor room with a loft.  He could have had quite a party in there.  Hmmmm………good thing I came along!  No, seriously, the Inn is a great family hotel and we were treated very nicely by everyone there (besides which, MY son does not PARTY–Tee!Hee!). 

Anyway, JD went skiing for a few hours both Friday and Saturday.   Conditions weren’t perfect, but the snow was beautiful and he enjoyed the exercise.    

When it came time for him to play, JD was able to use his sound engineering skills to tune up the PA system which was brand-new and needed a little bit of tweaking.    Once on stage, JD was friendly and relaxed with the audience who enjoyed speaking with him between numbers.  All ages loved the music and seemed to appreciate his original work the most.  People came for a drink but loved the music and stayed for dinner to continue listening.

The guy who booked JD into this venue heard three songs and said, ‘Perfect! Great voice! I’d like you to come back soon!’  A number of people also came up to me and told me that they had enjoyed the show.  Of course, I was very proud and enjoyed listening to JD, too (as I always do).  I took plenty of pictures (I know you are saying, ‘No kidding!’).   This was such a special and relaxing time spent with my son.

When JD’s gig was over on Saturday night, we departed, just as we had arrived, in a blinding snow storm.  The mid Sierras were expecting 30″ of new snow and JD was due back in Colorado on Monday.  So, we departed at night and into another storm arriving in San Diego at 1:30 Sunday morning. 

It was great to be able to spend time with JD and actually have time to talk about where he is in his career and where he wants to go with it.  I can’t wait to see him achieve some of these goals.  And…….I can’t wait until the next time he wants to be “dorky..cool” and lets me tag along again.  Thanks to all of you for letting me chime in.  Signing off, JD’s MOM”

JD Feighner will be appearing live at the “Dry Creek Bar” in Mammoth at the Mammoth Mountain Inn, on Friday and Saturday from  2-5PM.  If you are in the area, come out, mingle and hear tunes from his upcoming debut album, “Sundays at 1620″.  For more information, visit:www.myspace.com/mellowride

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