Greetings!! Lots of news to share, so I'll get right to it!

My project, The Road Home is working together with WCER, an independent internet radio station to share unsigned music globally in order to get more exposure to artists.

I wanted to let you know about this because I would love to hear YOU on the station! You can send MP3's (or a CD) with a photo and bio that we'll post like a biz card on the site. Whenever anyone listens to your songs and clicks on your link, they will see your bio, photo, links to your site, myspace, facebook, twitter and other social music sites!

If you like this idea, send an email to WCER and tell Derrik I sent you! We can also provide you with a banner for WCER if you'd like to post it somewhere to get more traffic to the site for your listeners.

Personally, we're all a bit fed up with the Myspace playlists load times and hiccups, so we're working to make it easier for folks to hear good music without all the Myspackle Hoo Haa. :) It makes it all the easier for venues and promoters to get straight to the music - which is what it's really all about for all of us, isn't it?

Indianapolis artists - do the same! WCER is developing an 'Indy Indie' station to promote you and some great organizations here in the city. Come grow with us - we're spreading the love!  Visit WCER, Cosmic Elephant Radio to look and listen to 24 hour streaming independent music!

I'm thrilled to tell you that WCER interviewed Mr. Adrian Belew this evening and we are really honored that he chose us for this exclusive, to discuss his project The Adrian Belew Power Trio. WCER will be broadcasting excerpts of the interview throughout the week leading up to the show, then will play it in it's entirety the day of!  The Adrian Belew Power Trio will be playing one of our favorite local venues, Radio Radio on the 18th this month! WCER and I hope to see you at the show!  Be sure to give WCER a Myspace add here and look for the group page on Facebook!

Thanks for reading and I'll see you soon! Hope to hear you even sooner!
Things are gearing up for The Road Home project - stay tuned for more news as we move to a larger space! I'll be booking shows so make sure you join the mailing list at The Road Home soon!

The future's so bright...we're all wearin' shades!

Very best to you all,
Gabrielle

OH, yes!!  If you are a photographer in Indianapolis and would like to see your prints in The Road Home photo gallery, contact me!  I have several photographers on board and will have a lot more wall space to fill soon.  It is my hope to showcase Indy's finest photogs!

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First, many thanks to you all for your friendship and encouragement - I've been pretty busy with the current project detailed below and hope you'll take time to pass along the information and give us an add!  www.myspace.com/theroadhomeindy

This photog has donned a 'music promoter for non-profit' cap for a house concert series in Fountain Square.  It's a labor of love and I've had some wonderful support from friends, family and artists who believe in this project.  I'm truly blessed to know them and thank them all from the bottom of my heart. 

I express my personal gratitude to The Road Home Board of Directors - Rhonda Bayless, Director of the Center of Wellness For Urban Women / Rick Garrett, musician and half of Patchwork Music / Holly Jae Smith, musician half of Patchwork Music / Jon Martin, President of left-handed affairs and harmony for Sindacato, respectively. 

Join our mailing list to help us spread the word for future shows, events and workshops!  The direct URL to our web site is www.agoldenpromise.com - The Road Home - sign up there or below to get your invitations to some wonderful shows!

Your email will not be shared, your privacy is of utmost importance to us!  Check back with us often!  Here's to music, fun and giving for years to come! 

Namaste,
Gabrielle Price, Photographer and Founder, The Road Home

(I think Maya speaks to every woman in this amazing poem, no matter the color of your skin.  Ladies, here is to ridding your beautiful gardens of choking weeds that won't allow you to bloom.  Life's too short.)

Still I Rise / Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.



Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.



Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.



Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops.

Weakened by my soulful cries.



Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don't you take it awful hard

'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin' in my own back yard.



You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I'll rise.



Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I've got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?



Out of the huts of history's shame

I rise

Up from a past that's rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.



Maya Angelou
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He who pities a woman, depreciates her.  He who attributes to her the
evils of society oppresses her.  He who thinks her goodness is of his
goodness and her evil of his evil is shameless in his pretensions.  But
he who accepts her the way she is does her justice. - Kahil Gibran

The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, suffering,
struggle, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons
have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that
fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen." Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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Respect to my ladies.  Help each other shine on, heads held high. 
Show 'em whatcha got!

Love to all of you!
Gabrielle

I heard a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
from the beginning...to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth
and spoke of the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
that she spent alive on earth...
and only those who loved her
know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own;
the cars....the house...the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard...
are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
to consider what's true and real,
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger,
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,
and more often wear a smile...
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read
with your life's actions to rehash...
would you be proud of the things they
say about how you spend your dash?

© 1996 / Linda Ellis
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For Jo Magenheimer / 1928 - 2009
A great lady who lived big beautiful dash.

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Thanks for your time and patronage and I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season!

Gabrielle

Two photographs published in one month - gotta love that!

Concert review, Justin Townes Earle show at Radio Radio, Nuvo Oct 15, 2008

Justin Townes Earle shot

A big thank you to Scott Shoger and Nuvo! It was a great show, great night for music.

and

Meet The Band feature in Indy.com Oct 23 2008

Meet The Band shot

Thanks to the GBR boys - Rich, Doc, Pooh Daddy, Creepy 13 and to Neal Taflinger of Indy.com (and congrats to GBR for their best local punk CD win at the PRN awards!)

Get out and support your local music scene and Indy talent!