Brandon Rice: News

Great news, I just got picked up by 4 more companies for Digital Downloads.
Sonys version of iTunes "www.Connect.com"
Interia which is a Polish service available worldwide@ "www.melo.pl/",
Tradebit is an alacarte' serviceavailable worldwide@"http://music.Tradebit.com"

I just got word that 4 companies have picked up my tunes for digital distribution. "www.AudioLunchbox.com", & Apples iTunes@ "www.apple.com/iTunes/store/",
Real Networks Rhapsody@"www.Rhapsody.com", and Napster@"www.Napster.com"
They say it can be anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months before those companies will have them ready on their sites. Nothing moves that quick in this business. Ill keep you all posted. I cant wait till it goes to Digital Jukeboxes so I can dial up some of my tunes in the local pubs, HA.

Go to the Press menu to read it. This guy is pretty fancy with words.

I have teamed up with a fellow in Australia to make a song for his short film. I have the perfect song. I will be recording it this week to add to his Film. I will keep you all posted.

Well today I sent in another 30 submissions to AAA radio throughout the US. I even sent CD's to Anchorage Alaska hoping they will enjoy Summertime or a little ray of sunshine and warmth. Tell your friends about me, tell your local clubs. Have them contact me at brandon@brandonricemusic.com or 1(951)852-8196 for bookings. I cant wait to come to your town to party especially if you all want to party with me. Lets have some fun, we only live once.
Love and Peace, Brandon

I have spent countless hours making up a video from the End of the Summer 2006 Block Party. If you are interested you can email me at brandon@brandonricemusic.com for a copy of the video, for $9.99 plus shipping you can buy direct from me. Shipping cost is a $1.11 in the USA. You can also buy through PayPal, same price. Click on the End of Summer Block Party Video Pay Pal link in my store.
Now is your chance to see me playing live on video, amateur style, before things get bigger. You will enjoy it. You'll be my biggest fans on the quest for regional, national, international success.
Love and Peace, Brandon Rice

We had the best surprise party for my Mom who just recieved her Doctorate Degree in education. Talk about little baby steps. My mom has done everything to make her dreams come true, always worked fulltime but always pursued the dream. After many years she has finally done it, she is a Dr, and I call her Dr Mamala. We threw a great party for her with some old friends, what a great time. Mom you deserve to be a Dr, I know what you went through to get where you are, if only other people knew. Maybe I'll have to write some songs, or you'll have to write some screenplays, HA!
Congratulations Mom. You are my alltime hero.
Love Brandon

Thanks everyone for coming out last night and checkin out the block party. I had a blast playing my songs for you, and thanks to those who bought my cd. It was alot of fun. I'll put together a video from the footage and post it on my site, might take me a week. Happy End of Summer. Today is the big Festival Del Mar, time to go get some bloody marys and start over.
Love and Peace, Brandon

Well last week I sent in CD's to all of the college organizations that are on the BDS Nielsen rating system. If your reading this Im hoping you heard some of my tunes spinning on the radio in your area. Tell your friends and local clubs that you want me to play in your town. Have them email me at brandon@brandonricemusic.com so I can book dates in your town.

Is the glass half full, or half empty? Some people can answer this question in the blink of an eye, I have always been stumped by this. It seems if someone can reveal your whole outlook on life by your answer? I once told my boss "the glass has liquid in it", he wasn't happy at my answer. It was very unpredictable for him. It was the only answer I knew. Since then I have determined that maybe a scientist would say "the glass has mass in it" and I also heard a mechanical engineer say "the glass was built 2 times to big". Food for thought on such a gorgeous santa ana day.

Well Im shaking a cold for the last 3 days, feeling mucho better. Have some tunes going in some surf videos next month for www.surfalotproductions which will feature on www.surfline.com

This is alot of work starting a grassroots movement without the support of a major label. Press kits, promos, radio, networking like a mo fo, still writing music, spinning my head around in circles. Its a hell of alot better than sitting in a factory watching time go by. The more I do, the more I learn, the more effective I can be in music as a career. I even applied to be an A & R Rep while Im doing all this business along with my music. As I can see, its all about making good friends.
Peace to you all, follow your dreams so you dont have to wonder later in life what it would've been like.
Brandon

Today I get to take my Mom to her final defense for her Phd. My mom is a real trooper, always wanted to be a Doctor and she stuck to her guns and after all these years she made it happen. I am so proud of her. Now I'll have to call her Dr. Mamala, HA!

Well Ive been devoting alot of time sending out cd's to radio and press. By the end of the day I cant even believe that I play music anymore. But I know this is part of the job as an indie unsigned artist, and I'm pretty diligant about understanding business, and know that it's important for my future. Thank god I dont have to lick envelopes or I would die like Goerge Castanzas future wife on Seinfield, HA!
Look out world, Im armed with cd's and stamps and a little bit of music that I believe in. Thats the key word, believe!

Ill be down at the Oceanside Pier today and tomorrow in the amphitheatre area selling CD's. Ill be in a booth thats selling the classic Lost Soul t-shirts. You cant miss us. $5.00 a cd, $15.00 for a shirt. Great deal.

Just click the PayPal Button link on the "Buy" page and you can make a purchase using PayPal. You DO NOT have to have a PayPal account to use this feature and you can use a credit card. If you have a PayPal account you can also use it to make a purchase.

CD Baby just let me know that they will be ready to sell my debut cd starting on August 20th. They said it takes up to 5 days to set up the account once they recieve my cd, which was today. So hold tight.

I just received my debut cd "The Middle Man". It will soon be available at www.cdbaby.com and also on every kind of digital download service thats available, such as www.itunes.com, www.napster.com, www.rhapsody.com, etc.
It is now available locally in San Diego at Lous Records in Encinitas and Spin Records in Carlsbad. It is listed under my last name "Rice" in the Rock/Pop category. For those of you who aren't local it can be ordered thoughout the U.S. at 2400 retailers who use Super D Distibutors but its probably easier to order online at www.cdbaby.com I am also setting up a Pay Pal account so you can purchase it directly off my myspace site at www.myspace.com/ricemusic

I am so glad I bought an air conditioner, I just hope I still have power to keep it ON.

Just sent the cd off for production, should be back and available on CD Baby.com by August 15th. I am really excited about finally having something tangible to offer my friends and fans. Hope you enjoy it.