One-Two, One-Two!

Ladies and Gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages – welcome to ROUND 5 of my “Learning to Fight” Blog as the ‘First Lady of NuFunk’ representing NuFunktonia, the Tdot Odot, Arktik Afriqua, and beyond!

I’m so proud to say that last Thursday was my VERY FIRST CD Release Party for my debut album ‘Learning To Fight’ and it was a total success! I want to thank everyone who came out! 'Learning to Fight' is now officially available on iTunes and it's been getting great reviews! So please purchase the album for yourself and leave me a good review:) Check it out!!

http://itunes.apple.com/We..bObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/vi..ewAlbum?id=335971131&s=143..45


Many people (like I used to!!:) might think that once you’ve made a CD – you’re Finished! You can just sit back and wait for eager consumers to pounce on your baby! But it just simply isn’t as easy as the ghost of Jim Morrision says in Waynes World 2 … ‘if you book them, they will come’

‘If you record a CD the buyers will come!’ Uhh.. not exactly. Since getting my packaged and ready to go copies of 'Learning To Fight', I've been setting up and sending out press kits, contacting press: online, radio, print, and television.

I was on CKLN "Loungin’: The Afterparty" with DJ Carl Allen this past Sunday (Oct. 18th), after a successful performance at Yonge/Dundas Square for 'Let The Sneakers Walk Again Benefit". Shoutouts to BrownMan for organizing the event and having me on!

I was also featured on Spirit Live radio - McClung's Rebel Grrl's Radio this week and had an absolute BLAST hanging out with hosts Ashley & Ronak as I promoted my CD release party and talked about the 'Let's Hear it For the Girls' collective (http://www.facebook.com/gr..oup.php?gid=15
5122856611&ref=mf)!You can listen to the show via this link:http://www.spiritlive.net/..?q=node/1050

It's been a busy, stressful, empowering, and productive few weeks preparing for this CD Release and I'm so thrilled it was a success. But now the REAL work begins. How else can I share the Dana Jean Phoenix experience both live and studio to more NuFunktonians, Torontonians, Phoenixtonians, and beyond? There's a whole new set of things I need to accomplish now that I've released my CD, and had my (first) CD Release party!

YES to errrbody in my hometown, I will be having a CD Release Party at Maxwell's Music House in Waterloo - Friday, Nov. 13th w. wordPEOPLE! Mark it down on ya calenders, folks. It's gonna be bananas!

Getting to this point in my journey, however, would NOT be possible without the help of so many people. I'd like to thank Peter Natale, Edwin de la Vega, Danny Argyle, Joel Joseph, Seok, Andrew Thompson, PHATT al, Ben Miller, Adam Bowman, and Ryan Boisselle.Thanks to wordPEOPLE and Morgan Joy for taking my CD Release Party to the next level!

Thanks to my Mom, Dad, and bro. A BIG thank you to my Videographers: Adam Schoales and Nate Storring. Also, Amanda Fotes. Thanks to Carl Allen, Ronak and Ashley at Mcclungs, Andrea Caldwell, and Hiro Tabata.Without these people, I would not be where I am now. Thank you all for making a dream of mine come true. I love you all...

and now back in the ring...



LEARNING TO FIGHT!

Let's Get Ready to Rumbbbleee!!