Hi everyone,

I'm still busy promoting the CD - so far we have raised over €4,500 for the 3 worthy causes, The Irish Cancer Society, The Irish Hospice Foundation and The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. Within a few weeks of the launch night they each got a cheque for €1000 and recently a further €500 each.

Thanks to everyone who has helped to achieve all this. I suppose it's only a drop in the ocean but considering these are all small non - corporate donations this total represents a lot of people supporting the 3 causes.

Radio The CD has been getting airplay on local radio, southside on Dublin South Radio 93.9 FM from Dundrum Town / Shopping Centre, and northside on Dublin City 103.2 FM.

Dublin South Community Radio 93.9 FM - 1st place has to go to Mike Purcell - his "Mike on the Mik" on Dublin South Community Radio 93.9 FM has been playing a track every Mon 7-8 pm for the last 8 weeks - he's playing the tracks in order and usually at around 7.15pm every Mon. This week he played "Hello in There" so I'm predicting "Fire and Rain" next Mon. - thanks Mike !

DublinCity103.2 FM - Also, I recently did an interview on Dublin City 103.2 FM recently with "Sin E" producer Kieran Kelly - he played 2 tracks and I sang 3 songs live with chat in between. He will be playing tracks on Tuesdays 9 - 11pm in coming weeks.

Countrymix 106.8 FM - I've been promised some airplay on Countrymix 106.8 FM in coming weeks , hopefully Sundays 10am - 1pm by Paddy Cole and/or Paschal Mooney.

LMFM 95.8 ( Drogheda ) - More airplay is promised on Sundays also on LMFM 95.8 ( Drogheda ) by Dermot Finglas' "Country & Irish" 12.00 - 2.30 pm and on Dundalk 100 FM by Dermot Neary's "Shades of Green" 3-5 pm which also goes out on Tues, Weds, Thurs 12 - 1pm

If you can't get reception of the local stations above you can listen to them live on the web - just "Google" the station and on it's website look for "Listen Live" or similar .

With so much music out there I don't know if occasional airplay helps sales that much but its nice to get, since it doesn't happen too often ! When I've got some more sales outlets organised I'll try my luck with the national stations and some of the regional stations that feature country, folk etc.

At the moment I'm staying "local", selling to friends and acquaintances and their connections etc. but planning to branch out when that avenue is saturated .

Sales Outlets Over the summer I've been meeting friends who couldn't make it to the launch and they have been buying cd's to support the causes. For anyone I know who didn't manage to get one yet I can have them when we meet - I might even get you a pint or a coffee in return !

Since early summer the CD has been on sale in Metro Music, upstairs in Rathfarnham Shopping Centre as well as the Iona parish centre and the church shop in Knocklyon.

It is now on sale in some centre city outlets that feature roots music - Claddagh Records in Temple Bar and the Sound Cellar , Nassau St.( Grafton St. end )

The cd can be bought the IMNDA's online shop. I'm grateful to friends who sold 300 CD's on the launch nite in May - Bridget & Teresa who wouldn't take no for an answer ( ! ) , Mick, Mary & Bob, Gerry and Anne.

Since then I've other great people selling it for me also - thanks Sheila, Dave, Grace, Graham, Alice , Miriam, Mary & Eileen !

Gigs I done a few folkclub type guest spots over the summer and sold cd's, also booked a few private functions ( golf clubs etc.), but when I get back from a weeks holiday 5th Sept I'll be hoping to line up a few pub gigs - I'm promised a few dates in the "Farmhouse Bar" at Taylor's 3 Rock so I'll keep everyone posted.

Website

I've been so busy I still have video of the launch party to edit and hoping to get it online in coming weeks - for those who didn't see them I have posted still pics from the video on MySpace and Facebook - checkout the "sparkly" slideshow on my MySpace blog !

More info pics, blog, and progress/updates on my My Space page.

Once again thanking everyone for your support and interest.

Best wishes,

Tom Horan