Winner! Guitar Strap GiveAway

Happy May Day Everyone~  Mum’s the word, and it’s a great day to celebrate Spring, Summer…

AND winning a new guitar strap for your guitar or uke!

Thanks to all for posting your comments to this post in early April to enter the Jamz Guitar Strap giveaway.  I promise for the next one- I will close entries after 1 week so you won’t have to wait so long to win

Our winner is…
jenni104   ! Woo-Hoo! Jenni says in her post that she likes the designs with skulls and the Aboriginal artwork.   So, I will announce on FB & tell Jim at Jamz.   (Jenni- contact me via email this week to get your free strap.  I don’t find an email for you…  Or leave your FB link.)

If I don’t hear back from Jenni this week- I will announce the runner-up this weekend,  so check back.

Congrats to Jenni!!!!

Check out this week’s Macro’s here…

Free Guitar Strap- GiveAway

To celebrate Spring, I’m hosting a giveaway for Jamz Guitar straps! For you and the guitar player you know~ pass this on.  I use Jamz guitar straps  because they’re Fun, designed with VERY cool fabrics, non-leather, and made by a small, family run US business.  I especially love them for my ukuleles.  Oh, and my guitars too.  It’s like dressing up my instruments

Jamz has over 100 designs now (from tribal & southwest, to flames & skulls, to Emo, leopard spots, flowers, & action heros…).  Truly something for everyone.

$35.00 Value. Open to US and International folks.

To win ONE  Jamz Guitar strap- just leave a comment here on this blog post.  Which one will you pick?!

To double your odds, go to my Facebook page & click “like”.  I post music, pics & vids there. Come back here & post to let me know.

To triple your chances of winning- go to Jamz Originals Facebook page & click “like”. Come back here & post.  Jamz has pics of the newest straps on Fb.

I will randomly draw a winner May 1st from all the entrees. So that I can contact you when you win- be sure to leave your email, or be reachable by Facebook; it’s amazing how many avatars don’t have contact info…

Yay!! It’s Spring!

Winner for Guitar Strap GiveAway!

Thanks to those who participated.

Christine Sotelo is the winner of the May Jamz Original Guitar strap giveaway~  Yay Christine!!  Leave me your email either here or taralinda22@gmail.com, so that you can place your order with Jamz right away to get your stylish new guitar strap!

Can you believe it’s June 1st!  May just jetted by.  Aay!  I’m going to stay in my May mindset for just a lil’ longer… pure denial May showers, Spring, blooming newness, projects begun, buzzing to get them done…

This is a pic taken in Singapore some years back, looking down off of a bridge. This man mended umbrellas. Everyday in the afternoon, warm rains would shower the city. He seemed  so content working in the rain.

Slow Down~ It’s raining… & 2 Cool Give-Aways ~ for Beads

Today’s rain is a great reason to slow down just a bit…

Mixing songs for the new CD came to a halt last week when the 13th Muse showed up with another song. All the way from Cuba (more on him later- I had a poem ready to post about the encounter when my computer crashed.  But I’m not going to complain since it was the day the world was meant to end…).

So we started recording this fun new son Cubano tune “One Sweet night” on Monday, and I’ll be  writing/singing this one in Spanish. Hopefully back in the studio early next week.

Over the weekend we started shooting a fun new music  video- all over San Francisco. yay! Rehearsing new music last night. Bringing  new bandmates into the fold.  Life is spilling over.

Since I can’t post finished songs yet- or make much jewelry now, I’m going to start posting more about the artists who are über inspiring & prolific where & when i’m not   like in jewelry.

Here is an artist/designer whose work I adore now- Kristen Gluckman (Matsudabunch) makes these cool sterling silver charm necklaces that are edgy & fun. I treated myself to one because this weekend I have a gig sitting in w/ SF punk band Ready! Ricochet. On accordion!  This is a lil’ ironic- because i started on drums in punk bands.  And let’s just say that punks don’t normally wake up thinking about accordion players. 

And here are 2 very cool give-aways!  If I could stop to learn anything right now (beyond jazz chords on my accordion)- HOW to enamel metal beads is high on my jewelry todo list. And the artist i would want to learn from, Barbara Lewis, is  publishing a new book about it Called “Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry: A workshop in Painting with Fire”. To celebrate the release of her book, she is hosting this giveaway- a $75 value!  Go to her blog here to find out the details of how to win. 

And here is an uber cool Give-away of wares thrown in by a BIG group of amazing artists and hosted by Art Bead Scene: Check it out here & enter to win!  Winner will be picked on May 30th

Photo is from Lorelei’s Blog.