New Booking Director + Awards Won & Lost!

It’s the August Noizeletter! Go get yer summer while ya still can… Meanwhile, here are this month’s Top Five Noizy Thingz…

1) Doctor Noize Headlines The NewWestFest This Weekend!

Doctor Noize is the Kids Music Adventure headliner at NewWestFest this weekend, a big music festival in Fort Collins, CO. Grammy winner Taj Mahal and Little Feat will also perform. Here’s the best part: All the shows — by all artists — are free. So come out and get yo boogie down.

2) Doctor Noize Lauded By Grammy.com!

Grammy.com — the web home of the Grammies and the folks at the National Association of Recording Arts & Sciences — published an article last month praising Doctor Noize for the educational value of my recordings and shows and dedication to charitable causes. Who do they think I am, Bono or something? I didn’t know the Grammy folks even knew who I was. If I had known that, I would’ve submitted my CD for last year’s Grammy awards. Do me a favor please and don’t tell them what a moron I am. Thank you so much. You’re a pal.

3) My First Place Award In An International Song Competition!

“A Little Extra” (from my adult album My Oyster) won first place in 2008’s WCS International Song Contest. This is hilarious on several levels: (1) It’s not exactly a new song that was released this year (or this century)… (2) It was entered in the “Pop” category because I felt it had the most simple and mainstream sound of all the songs on that album. But it was recategorized by the competition’s judges into the “Miscellaneous” category (where all the eccentric songs go), which it promptly won. If that doesn’t say anything about my naively obstinate attempts to impose adventurous music on the mainstream public, I don’t know what does. Finally…

4) “Don’t Be Silly” Is Almost But Not Quite An Award Winning Song!

I also submitted Doctor Noize songs to the competition. They didn’t win jack squat (a technical term in the music world roughly translated as “anything”). But “Don’t Be Silly” was given an Honorable Mention, a distinction not unlike being “the guy the girl you like would go out with if she wasn’t going out with the guy she really wants to go out with.” So congratulations to me. Or not. In that spirit, Dave Wooldridge at eButterfly of Marina del Rey, CA is this month’s Noizemaker Of The Month Runner-Up for his generous work on doctornoize.com. Almost congratulations, Dave! You were not quite honored on the Doctor Noize website that you helped improve this summer. That must almost make you feel great! (Sorry, no Silver medals here.)

5) And The Gold Goes To… My New Business & Sales (B.S.) Director!

My new B.S. Director is Lynn Woods! I’m grateful to the many fantastic applicants for the job. Lynn’s a dedicated music lover — ask her how many times she’s seen The Boss in concert, or visit the Doctor Noize Forum to find postings by Lynn and her totally awesome daughter Claire. With years of experience in sales and administration at HP and the travel industry and an abundance of positive energy, Lynn’s exactly the kind of person I want representing Doctor Noize. I’ll strive to do her proud on all but one unspecified day of each week, when I retain the right to fail miserably as I see fit. Lynn and Claire are Noizemakers of the Month!

Thanks for yer support from yer buddy for life,

Doctor Noize

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