December 2009

A few things:

First and foremost, the Record Machine is offering my album plus 4 other great TRM releases from earlier this year for only $15. Honestly, all 4 of the other albums get my solid seal of approval – they are awesome. For $15, this is a great deal.. When it’s all said and done, I’ll probably get a good 37 cents from your purchase, so you know I’m telling you about this out of good-hearted honesty rather than greed!

Next, please remember to download the new Christmas album I put together with my friends – it’s free! And it’s called “The More the Merrier Christmas”. Here’s the music:

Also, if you didn’t get it last year, there’s another free Christmas album I did. Check out the discography link on this page and you’ll find the download and the story there.

Thanks for stopping by!

About a month ago, I had the idea of getting some friends to help me put together a free Christmas album for lovers of good music.. I literally hand-picked some of my favorite musicians from around Lawrence and around the world (Joshu in Tokyo!!) – and they were kind enough to contribute some songs to the project. The Record Machine posted the album on their site today as a free download – you can stream/listen to the whole thing below or follow the link to download it off of www.therecordmachine.net. I hope you like it! Merry Christmas! Tell your friends!!

Buzzgrinder.com did a little review of my new music and the $2 special:

http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2009/stream-sam-billens-new-record/

I’ve also been getting some mentions in the Pitch Weekly for the past few days – here’s some links:

(the first one is a mix of local music that Jason Harper put together – thanks Jason!)

http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/12/centurions_mix.php

(this is a little review of the Republic Tigers cover that I put together a few weeks ago – download the song here, too!)

http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/12/sam_billen_covers_the_republic_tigers.php

Also, we’ve decided to extend the $2 for a few extra days for all of you slow-pokes out there! If you haven’t downloaded the album yet, get on it! We’re extending the special until 12/11!!!!

Check out the post below to stream the album!

This is an awesome promotion that my label, the Record Machine, is doing for one week only! Check it out! Listen to the whole album for free then purchase it for just $2!!

Please tell your friends and ’share’ the player on your blogs, facebook, or whatever!