Big Fat Teddy is currently working on the next DIY CD release after his recent “Hurt” DIY CD Release in January 2009. The new CD will be called “Born To Run” and feature a sampling of some great country and folk greats as well as remakes of some of BFT’s older originals which were never [...]
Archive for March, 2009
BFT Announces New Upcoming CD
Posted in Big Fat Teddy News, tagged alt-country, cd releases, country music, folk music, music, new cd releases, new music, upcoming cds, upcoming performances on March 30, 2009 |
Concert Dates & Lyrics
Posted in Gig Dates, tagged acoustic music, big fat teddy, concert dates, concerts, gigs, music, richmond va on March 19, 2009 |
For current concert dates please check out “Gig Dates” category from the right side of the page. All current dates will be posted there. For those of you who would like to see some of BFT’s original song lyrics, please choose “Lyrics” category on the right side of this page and it will list my [...]
Making Your Music Sing Through The Noise
Posted in Music Editorials, tagged advertising, bands, branding, cd's, country music, entertainment, entertainment management, guerilla marketing, guerilla pr, image, image making, marketing, marketing music, mtv, music, music promoting, musicians, promotion, rock music, sales on March 5, 2009 |
All of us musicians and aspiring ones alike are up against such great odds when it comes to getting people to take notice of our music. The odds of actually breaking through the competition and “noise” out there in the music business (even just on a local level) is often next to zero if not [...]
Big Fat Teddy Releases New CD “Hurt”
Posted in Big Fat Teddy News, tagged acoustic music, big fat teddy, bruce springsteen, cd, cd releases, cd reviews, country music, guitar, johnny cash, music, new cd releases, new cd's, rock and roll, waylon jennings on March 5, 2009 |
Big Fat Teddy proudly announces the release of his latest CD “Hurt” which culminates six months of false starts, rough recordings and general frustrated musical mayhem. The CD features 21 of BFT’s favorites from country to folk to rockn’ roll. “I really wanted to create a CD six months ago but it just never did [...]
I Was Country When Country Was Cool
Posted in General Commentary, tagged music, waylon jennings, country music, guitar, marketing, entertainment, songwriting, alt-country, alternative country, arts, classic country, corporate, corporate music, country stars, kenny chelsey, music marketing, nascar, old country, outlaw country, radio, rednecks, satellite radio, white trash, willie nelson on March 19, 2009 |
I grew up on outlaw country music in the likes of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Bobby Bare just to name a few. There were some good hits in the 70′s and early to middle 80′s. But, after the middle 80′s it seems country music took a nose dive for corporate dribble and manufactured redneckism [...]
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