http://www.joelrakes.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:33:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello there. Have you been enjoying the free christmas music I've posted? Would you do me a favor...? If you have a myspace/blog/website/basically anything that takes HTML code... would you consider copying the code below and including the banner on your web area?  I want as many people as possible to download ... http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/12/02/help-promote-my-free-christmas-music/ Tyler from the most excellent blog "The Album Project" has done two nice little write up's on my record. Check it out: "Those who have an obsession, or rather passion, for this indie folk music which has become overwhelmingly popular in recent times are the people who should be writing down ... http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/11/23/reviewed-in-the-blogosphere/ My Grandpa Grady passed away a few months ago on September 25th. It was very sad as you can imagine. I was able to see him before he died, even though he wasn't able to talk or interact at that point. I also was able to go down to Clemson, ... http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/11/23/grampa-grady/ Back in July I stumbled onto an application for a huge emerging music festival in Philadelphia at my favorite venue, World Cafe Live. Somehow I got selected to compete as one of 30 bands. On Wednesday, August 20th I played with 5 other bands. I had my friends Grace, Ryan, ... http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/09/30/2nd-place-in-the-beta-hifi-festival-world-cafe-live/ My friend Pat called me today and told me to check out my CD on iTunes for an amusing little treat. It didn't take me long to figure out what it was... The "Listeners Also Bought" section is hilarious. Apparently someone who bought my CD also bought the Camp Rock soundtrack. Funny. ... http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/08/18/itunes-me-camp-rock/ For the past few years I've been really interested in being the "guest musician" at a Young Life camp somewhere for a session over the summer. This spring I asked around to some friends of mine that work from Young Life, and through a series of events my friend Jimmy ... http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/07/17/my-two-weeks-at-soundwind-young-life-camp/