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FRAN GRAY
 

 "really if you go for unusually good guitar music and strong songs (and reading this 
magazine rather suggests that you do) then you can't go wrong here." 

-Comes With A Smile Magazine

 This is the website of  award winning songwriter and musician Fran Gray at www.frangraymusic.com
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NEWS,BLOG, DIARY
 
 

Musician's Atlas Radio CD Released

The Musician's Atlas Spotlight CD is out and it is wonderful. We are track # 1. This CD is being distributed by the Planetary Group to zillions of college radio stations in the U.S. Thanks to all of the wonderful folks at Musician's Atlas, Groove House Records and the Planetary Group.

Recently, ASCAP tracked over 12,000 plays of Fran's music in Great Britain. These were not related to the Musician's Atlas Radio comp which is primarily distributed in the U.S

Tune into the Overflow Radio Show on the River Gibbs FM
 

Tune into the Overflow radio show (starshipoverflow.com) hosted by the amazing Garry Lee. Hear us in playlist 27 on the River Gibbs FM, Saturdays from 5-8pm and Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10-11pm. 
This is a replay of the New Years Eve Party which we were part of.

I hope you'll tune into this great program hosted by Garry Lee.

(The Overflow is located in London so you have to do the international clock math from where ever you live in order to hear the show at the correct time.

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New Review from Myspace

"I honestly can't imagine why you don't have 3 or 4 Grammys by now. Your songs are so well written and composed and beautifully performed! I particularly like "If I Were You" and I listen to it a lot. When you hit the chorus I get that little tingle up my spine, you know the one you get when a certain song reaches the point that really does it for you? You know the one that makes you hate the songwriter, cause you wish you'd have written it, LOL? 

Anyway, thanks again, Fran, for sharing your wonderful music."

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Fan Review at Mp3.com 

"Eclectic Encounter is brilliant. It's the perfect mix of pop and passion with lyrics and melodies that penetrate both your mind and heart." Fan Review

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Top 40 and Top 25 at Songplanet

Hey There,

More Songplanet news. As of yesterday we were in the Top 40 radio songs at SongPlanet and on DJ Stone's Top 25.

My music was recently chosen as the June Favorite by DJ Stone and was featured at SongPlanet.

More news about that below.

Luv Fran

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We Were in the "Top Pop" at CD Baby

Hello!
 

Just letting you know that my CD Eclectic Encounter was featured on the CD Baby "Top Pop" page over the last two weeks.

CD Baby is amazing!
 

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Featured at the Musician's Atlas

The Atlas Artist Spotlight turns the high beams on dedicated artists who are pointed towards success. Collectively these artists have toured with multi-platinum recording artists; won numerous 
awards; their music is featured in film & TV projects; their records included MTV catalogues and many other successes.

See spotlight on Fran -CLICK
 

The Musicians Atlas also has a fantastic industry magazine. My feature also went into the hard copy, print edition of this magazine and off it went to stores all across the nation. I will be on the Musicians Atlas Industry Compilation CD as well.
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CD Baby -What Portland Sounds Like

Hey ya,

Here is a cool link at CD Baby that is a "Pop Portland Page" featuring album descriptions including mine.

Click Here
 

Have a great day
Fran
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Recent Shows and Singular Intent

I have been out and about. I had a blast playing at Salem Art Fair and Goldendale Festival with my friends on the main stages.

Singular Intent is for sale once again at CDbaby. They don't have the sound clips up yet but despite this discrepancey, there is only one copy left. 

CD Baby is awesome!
 

With Luv
Fran
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Songplanet Featured Artist

My song, "Alive" was chosen by DJ Michael Stone as his favorite of all the songs uploaded in June. 

For several weeks in June/July I have been in the Top Radio Artists and Top Radio Songs at SongPlanet. I was in the Featured Orbits Show with DJ Motmot on July 8th as well as in the Songsters Newsletter in the Featured Orbits Column. 

Thank you to the wonderful DJ's at Songplanet for playing my music. 

SongPlanet Rules!
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Fran's pages at:  SongPlanet,TheSoundRadio, Sound Click, UBL and Mp3.com

We are at theSoundRadio now.
 

Come visit us at SongPlanet
Soundclick and UBL

We are also at Mp3.com

Thank You 
Fran
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Overflow Radio Show in July

Tune into the Overflow radio show (starshipoverflow.com) hosted by the amazing Garry Lee. Hear us in playlist 11 during July on the River Gibbs FM, Saturdays from 5-8pm and Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10-11pm. (The Overflow is located in London so you have to do the international clock math from where ever you live in order to hear the show at the correct time.

We were 2 in the Top75 most played bands at the Overflow 
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We Were In The Radio Six International Greatest Hits Broadcast

We were in the Greatest Hits Broadcast at Radio Six International 6/6/07 and also in the re-broadcast of the Record of the Year Final Chart. Many thanks to the BBC's Toni Currie. I played live in his studio when I was in Glasgow and it was a BLAST!
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Thank You Oregon Art Beat

Many thanks to KC Cowan and Oregon Public Broadcasting for their amazing dedication to music and the arts and for granting permission for us to upload our Oregon Art Beat segment for use in the videos on this page. 

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New Videos, New Distribution Outlets, New websites, More Radio

Hello Beautiful People

The videos that I mentioned in my last message are on my page at www.frangraymusic.com. You may be reading this news at my official website which means you just need to look up to see them. If you are reading this news at Myspace, they are on the front page. They are segments from OPB's Oregon Art Beat show and from a YCTV segment shot at a festival in Washington. 

Also, there are several new distribution outlets listed in the "Buy Music" area on my front page. They include: Yahoo Music, Pay and Play, Musicsphere, Walmart/Best Buy, Mp3 Tunes

Also check this list at :
Super D Distribution for stores where you can order my CD's

We have new Artist Pages up at the Portland Mercury,and the Seattle Stranger,
 

Many, many thanks to Michiko and Chris from "Gone Fishing For Blue Skies" in Japan for featuring my music in their radio show through June.

They have been a great support to me.

Thank you!
Fran
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New Distribution through "SnoCap"

I have a new distribution outlet through SnoCap.(cdbaby partner)

See the Snocap Store where you can order my music "by the song" as an mp3.

It's located at my store on my Order page
 
 

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Northwest Radio

Check out my page at Northwest Radio

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College Radio Release

During the Fall of 07 one of my songs will be released to College Radio stations through the Planetary Group via the Atlas Radio Sampler.

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Compilation CD's We Appeared On Recently

Two Acoustic Rainbow, Poetman Records Radio Samplers with distribution to 1200-1300 stations world-wide included:

And Two Warrior Girl Releases
 


 
 

We are in the Songsalive CD Baby Gallery 

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Record of The Year

We had a nomination for "Record of the Year" at Radio Six International with the BBC's Tony Currie. Thanks to all of you for the votes and the support that put us on the "Record of the Year" final charts for the fourth time. The song that appeared on the Final Chart is "Finding You."

Radio Six International is heard in literally dozens of countries
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Updated Airplay Report
 

Below is a list of stations who recently played us:

Northwest Radio, Yellowbeat,The Overflow with Garry 
Lee, Women Rock Radio, NTG Radio, Kweevak 
Radio with Rich Lynch,Radio Six with Tony Currie, 
Gone Fishin' for Blue Skies

WFWM Frostburg,MD/ KZSU Sanford, CA/ 
Troubadour FM, Shirley, MA/ WVKR 
Poughkeepsie,NY/ WRUW Cleveland,OH/ WPLN 
Clarksburg WV/ KHEN Salida,CO/ WSLM Salem,IN/ 
WOAS Ontonagon,MI/WBRV Newark NY/ WFSS 
Fayetteville, NC/ WMCB Winston Salem, NC/ WZYX 
Cowan TN,/ WZAP Bristol, VA,/ WGDR 
MARSHFIELD, VT,/3WBC VIC Australia,/ SCAWC 
Denmark/ Radio Frequency Verte,France,/ Radio 
WavesIntern, France,/ Radio Neckarburg 
Germany,/Radio Winschoten The Netherlands,/ Town 
and Country RAdio New Zealand,/ Watford Hospital 
Radio U.K,/ CHIP FM Canada,/ 2VTR Windsor, NSA 
Australia,/ Slingas Independent Radio, VIC, 
Australia,/Radio Eastern BIC Australia,/ 3INR VIC 
Australia,/ CKWR Ontario Canada,/Radio G, Angers, 
France,/World Music Radio, Ontario,Canada,/ Radio 
Incontro, Italy,/ Sidestream, Brisbane Australia,/ RTW, 
Herford Germany,/ WMHB, Colby College, ME,/Radio 
Voce Spazio San Michele, Italy,/ Rubyfruit Radio 
Internet Radio,/KBAC FM,Santa Fe NM,/ Radio FM 
GOUD, Belgium,/ Feminine Groove Middletown,CT,/ 
Songriver, The Netherlands,/ Amazon Radio, New 
Haven CT/ 
Music Portal Magazine Radio and Podcast with Rich 
Lynch, Sheryl Clapton, Cool Creations, KOPN, 
Columbia,Mo, Don Valley AM Radio Show, Yorkshire 
England, Women Rock Radio and NTG, Rubyfruit 
Radio, Women in Music with Laney Goodman, Belgium,/ Feminine Groove Middletown,CT,/ Songriver, The Netherlands,/ Amazon Radio, New Haven CT/ 
Music Portal Magazine Radio and Podcast with Rich Lynch, Sheryl Clapton, Cool Creations, KOPN, Columbia,Mo, Don Valley AM Radio Show, Yorkshire England, Women Rock Radio and NTG, Rubyfruit Radio, Women in Music with Laney Goodman
 

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Live 365 Review

Hauntingly seductive and invitingly lonely, the song 
Nothin' from Fran Gray's upcoming CD is as far from 
vacuous as love is from loss. Gray creates a rare 
synergy of lyrics and atmosphere that extends 
beyond the terrestrial and into the ethereal." Live 365
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We Were in the Live 365 "Song of the Year" Top Ten Songs
 
 

Here are the results for the Live 365 Pop Up Radio
New Year's Eve Count Down for "Song of the Year" Top Ten

Zuzu's Petals - Congratulations Day
Lo And The Magnetics -Tachee
Garfields Birthday - Mr. Newton
Cheese - W
The Well Wishers - In Search of Alter Egos
Five Star Iris - Only Angel
Fran Gray - Alive
Benzos - All the Kings Men
98lb Weakling - American Jew
Hazel - A Little Story
 

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International Broadcast and Top Five Charter
 
 

We were quite late finding out that we had a song nominated for Record of the Year in Glasgow at Radiosix. While promotions had been going on for the other couple of hundred bands since June of 2006, we had exactly two weeks in December. But you all pulled together for us and voted us all the way up to number 5 on the Record of the Year Final chart for the internationally acclaimed Radiosix with the BBC's Tony Currie.

Thank you very much for helping us out like that!

We love you.

Fran
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Record of the Year Broadcast

January 1st at Radiosix International 1530 Greenwich Meantime (England, Scotland)

7:30 AM Pacific Standard U.S
 

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Thanks for dropping by
 
 

 

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Yahoo Music
 
 

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Or
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Oregon and California Stores
 

RADIO STATIONS

A Few Radio Stations to tune into where Fran either IS played or HAS been played.

Airplay Direct
 DPK

Amazon Radio

Northwest Radio

Gone Fishin' For Blue Skies

RadioSix International

Kweevak's Magazine  & Music Portal

AOL MUSIC

More Stations
 
 

FRAN FACTS

Eclectic Encounter won the following magazine and radio awards: Record of the Year, CD of the Year, Viewers Choice Awards( Music Portal/Kweevaks Magazine) was #2  in Garry Lee's Top 75 Most Played bands on England's Overflow Radio. The song" Back to You" from Eclectic Encounter was released to 1,200 radio stations on AR 19. The Song "Nothin' 'from Contemplating the Sun was released to1,300 stations world wide on AR 25
 

 - CD funded by the National Endowment for the Arts 
-CD of the Year  (twice)-Music Portal
-Viewers Choice Awards- Music Portal Twice
-Record of the Year Final Charts 3 or 4 times Radio Six
- Was featured on Oregon Art Beat
-Musician's Atlas spotlight for all of 2007
-  Featured in the KINK artist Spotlight 
- nominated Independent Artist of the Year 
- Comes With A Smile Magazine (Jeff Cotton's) Top Ten CD releases
-   Artist Spotlight at Goldmine Magazine

A FEW LETTERS

Hello Fran;

I've just listened to your wonderfull song "Nothin'" from A.R  volume 25 and added it to the playlist . Thank you, Peter Radio Hoeksche,
 The Netherlands
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"Dear Fran,
At the moment Your track NOTHIN'
from AR Volume 25 is placed among the 10 most requested titles at our RTW program.

Congratulations!

All the best and lots of success!"
June 27th Radio RTW- Germany

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 Fran I have produced and 
presented the weekly radio programme "Sidestream" on Brisbane, Australia 
Radio 99.7FM since 1992. I have recently been sent a copy of the AR Volume 25 
collection, which included your track "Nothin'. " I was impressed by this track, as I was with your earlier CD which has been featured on my programme.  I am interested in putting your new music to my listeners."