Update: ONUTSS December Event - Performing Tom Paul/Robin Small/Abby Dobson/Serina G/Vivian Sessoms at Shrine December 15th 6-10pm $5

All,

Due to Keith Fluitt being called to for Labelle rehearsals all week, Vivian Sessoms from Albright has graciously stepped into his place tomorrow night.

We truly appreciate your attendance tomorrow night.

Please pass this on to friends and lets make this a beatiful hang tomorrow night.

Peace,

Tom




All,

I have been asked to perform on the ONUTSS http://www.myspace.com/onutss December Event at Shrine in Harlem
12-15-2008 6pm-10pm at Shrine World Music Venue
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, New York, New York 10026
Cost: 5.00
Take the 3 train to 135th and Lenox and walk over one block West to Adam Clayton Powell Blvd and down a block and a half to Shrine.

ONUTSS is run by Pam and Detrel have been running these events to promote Indie Soul artists for almost 3 years now. This is a great platform to meet and greet Artists, Managers, PR people, Marketing Strategists, Label owners, Promoters and Fans of Indie Soul music.
So bring your business cards and shake a hand make a friend like we do at these events.
Performing 2 original songs each with Chris Parks on guitar and Kevin Jenkins on bass will be:

Robin Small http://www.myspace.com/robinannette
Abby Dobson http://www.myspace.com/abbydobsonmusic
Serina G http://www.myspace.com/pinkdiamondg
Keith Fluitt http://www.myspace.com/mrkeithanthonyfluitt
Tom Paul http://www.myspace.com/tompaul6band
We will also sing some X-mas Soul Classics to round out the show.
Please come out and support all these artists and their dedicated musicianship who will be putting out their music in the coming year.
Please bring a friend and celebrate with Holiday Cheer.
Feel free to forward this information on to others who would be interested.

Peace,
Tom

NU SOUL SATURDAYS AT FRANK'S LOUNGE - Chester Gregory/LaSonya Gunter/Steve Wallace - 12/13 - 9pm $10‏

All,

Please come out this Saturday December 13th at Frank's Lounge http://www.frankscocktaillounge.com/ to see the performances of LaSonya Gunter, Steve Wallace and a CD Listening Party for Chester Gregory hosted by Fiona B.

Check out the artists music links below:
http://www.myspace.com/lasonyagunter
http://www.myspace.com/stevewallacemusic
http://www.chestergregory.com

Frank's Lounge is located at 660 Fulton Street btwn Lafayette and South Elliot.

The event starts at 9pm and the cover is $10

Please come through to this monthly event which showcases up and coming Indie Soul talents.
This is a great place for new artists can meet other artists, managers, record labels, marketing and PR reps that can assist you in getting your music to where you want.

I highly recommend coming down to this event to broaden your horizon's in the musical community.

See you there.

Peace,
Tom

The SundayBest Collective On the Radio and at Village Underground Sunday Dec 7th 2pm-7pm FREE!!!

All,

Please come out tomorrow for The SundayBest Collective myspace.com/sundaybestcollective at Village Underground from 2-7pm on West 3rd Street across from the Blue Note.
Trains to West 4th street stop A,B,C,D,E,F Trains
Check out the WBAI Interview link that Kateria was interviewed this past week to promote the show.
Read below to learn more on this special event tomorrow December 7th.
People selling their art-wear and special musical performances from Karen Bernod, Martha Redbone and Tomas Doncker.
This is FREE Y'all bust a move and get out that house to meet these amazing people.
Shake a hand make friend, there will plenty of great people at this event to meet.

Peace,

Tom

Hey Folks,

With only two days left to go before our premier event, I wanted to give you an update and reminder:

Listen to my Dec 4^th 7pm on-air interview with Basir Mchawi on WBAI 99.5 FM. Fast forward about 30 minutes (half way) to hear the segment (but the entire show was absolutely enlightening!)

WBAI Archive – Education at the Crossroads

Catch the last trailer highlighting the entertainment line-up:

Visit Youtube

Don’t forget to attend!

Sunday, Dec 7^th 2pm-7pm

Fat Black Pussycat Lounge

130 west 3^rd street – between 6^th and Macdougal

www.fbpc.com

And if you can’t attend, tell a friend anyway…

Visit our webpage for more information:

The SundayBest Collective

Or email us at:

sundaybestcollective@gmail.com

Hope to see ya there!

Cheers

The Katalist

ONUTSS December Event - Performing Tom Paul/Robin Small/Abby Dobson/Serina G/Keith Fluitt at Shrine December 15th 6-10pm $5

All,

I have been asked to perform on the ONUTSS http://www.myspace.com/onutss December Event at Shrine in Harlem
12-15-2008 6pm-10pm at Shrine World Music Venue
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, New York, New York 10026
Cost: 5.00
Take the 3 train to 135th and Lenox and walk over one block West to Adam Clayton Powell Blvd and down a block and a half to Shrine.

ONUTSS is run by Pam and Detrel have been running these events to promote Indie Soul artists for almost 3 years now. This is a great platform to meet and greet Artists, Managers, PR people, Marketing Strategists, Label owners, Promoters and Fans of Indie Soul music.
So bring your business cards and shake a hand make a friend like we do at these events.
Performing 2 original songs each with Chris Parks on guitar and Kevin Jenkins on bass will be:

Robin Small http://www.myspace.com/robinannette
Abby Dobson http://www.myspace.com/abbydobsonmusic
Serina G http://www.myspace.com/pinkdiamondg
Keith Fluitt http://www.myspace.com/mrkeithanthonyfluitt
Tom Paul http://www.myspace.com/tompaul6band
We will also sing some X-mas Soul Classics to round out the show.
Please come out and support all these artists and their dedicated musicianship who will be putting out their music in the coming year.
Please bring a friend and celebrate with Holiday Cheer.
Feel free to forward this information on to others who would be interested.

Peace,
Tom

Folk Singer Odetta passes at age 77

All,

If you ever had a chance to hear Odetta sing and perform live, you would know that we have just lost a Legend of Music.
I had the pleasure of seeing her perform in the Summer of 2006 at Prospect Park's Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. She was filling in for Bobby "Blue" Bland who was sick and unable to perform.
As frail as she seemed the power within her gave everyone in the audience the hope to keep striving for the meet their goals as she did that night.
There wasn't a dry eye in the air that night.
Truly an amazing performance and what a story teller.
Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77. The cause was heart disease, said her manager, Doug Yeager. He added that she had been hoping to sing at Barack Obama's Inauguration.Click on this link to read the full story.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/arts/music/03odetta.html?_r=1&hp
Need to know more hit this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odetta
Rest In Peace Odetta, you will be missed.
Peace and One Love,
Tom Paul

SundayBest Collective featuring artists selling their crafts and performances by Karen Bernod/Martha Redbone/Keith Fluitt/Tomas Doncker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sunday, December 7^th from 2pm-7pm

***FREE EVENT***

The Katalist has put together a really cool event in Greenwich Village called The SundayBest Collective.

The SundayBest Collective; a unique forum of hip artisans, trendsetters and entertainers was created to showcase the works and talents of their international, unknown and independent peers. This collective is not just the people; it's not just the artwork. It's an urban bazaar/cocktail party/networking event.

There will be music, mingling, and lots of people like you there getting their "party started". It's like a remix of what you typically come to expect from an average everyday flea market or art show because this event is meant to "match-make" lovers of beautiful things with those who create.

Whether it's art (both wearable and fine) or music, The SundayBest Collective is the event that brings it to the community-at-large in an environment without the heavy sell because the merchandise speaks for itself. See for yourself in this really cool video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZydsCwIlaFo

We have also recently added a terrific music line-up as well. You can see that trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ii1WQjveE

Visit these websites for more information on the event:

If you're on Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/sundaybestcollective

If you're on Facebook – type the term 'sundaybest collective' in the search toolbar and this event will appear in the result

If you need more details, feel free to reply to this message or email the Collective at:

sundaybestcollective@gmail.com

The SundayBest Collective

Sunday, December 7^th

2pm – 7pm

The Fat Black PussyCat Lounge

130 West 3^rd Street (near 6^th Avenue) – A, B, C, D, E, F trains to West 4^th Street

New York, NY

Reminder: Songwriting Circle on Tuesday night December 2nd 8pm 'til we finish - Free!!!

All,

Please confirm if you will be able to attend our Songwriter Circle/Collaboration on Tuesday December 2nd at 8pm til we finish.

If you need to get in and out early just let us know.

We give each person 20 minutes of the floor to show their tunes.

Please bring in a recording of 1-2 songs or if you prefer perform 1-2 songs as a way of introduction to your music. The songs don't have to be finished,they could be a song you are stuck on and this forum provides assistance like having your peers giving you their best opinions.

We do have keyboards and acoustic guitars here if you need to play your songs,bring tracks on CD's or on your ipod, we'll pull up your myspace page or website to play any songs you want to be heard.

We will discuss what we believe are our strengths as writers and how we can challenge ourselves to be better writers via songwriting techniques.

We will continue to meet again on Tuesday December 16th from 8 til we finish for our next December Songwriter Circle.

We will meet at my apartment located at 521 12th Street/Apt2L(buzzer outside is broken so Call me 917 533 4392) btwn 8th Ave and Prospect Park West in Park Slope,Brooklyn.

That would be the F train to the 7th Ave Stop or 15thStreet/Prospect Park stop. If you want the bus B69 (Navy Yard across Vanderbilt to Prospect Park West) or B75 Bus(downtown Bkln) which drops you off on the corner of 12th St and Prospect Park West. I am 1building off of Prospect Park West.

Call me at 917 533 4392 if you need further directions.

Hope you can join us as this has been extremely inspirational on so many levels.

Thanks,

Tom Paul
tompaul6@hotmail.com
917 533 4392