Brand New Christmas Song

[crash8_durham]

My friend Kelly Pettit called me a few weeks ago and asked if I would like to write a Christmas song with him. I of course said YES!.

Kelly and I wound up with Christmas Everyday which he is performing on a new cd entitled A Very Vancouver Christmas. This cd is a charity project with proceeds going to SPCA. Kelly perfoms the song and the song will be track number one on the cd.

I am very greatful that he included me on this project and I am thrilled at the way the song turned out. Kelly did a great job.

An upcoming web site will provide you a way to buy this cd which will be for charity so you can feel good about yourself at the same time. The link is:

http://www.veryvancouverchristmas.com

you can currently hear the song on my myspace

http://www.myspace.com/markclay

Please feel free to add the song to you myspace site if you have one for the holidays.

thanks everyone
take care
Mark

[crash8_durham]

we got to see the cover art today

[pophead2k]

Great stuff. Love the Christmas song.

[crash8_durham]

hi
thanks so much for listening and for the kind words. I loved working on it

[crash8_durham]

Radio Debut

This is from an email I sent to local folks here in my area but I thought Id share it here. Its much or info than you all need but just wish me luck so I don't end up sounding like a fool on the radio.

thanks


Tomorrow morning (Thursday December 7th), The local radio station in
Front Royal Va (where I live) will be playing Christmas Everyday by
Kelly Pettit. This is the song Kelly and I wrote which is now
featured on both our myspace sites. There will be a brief interview
about the song, the cd (A Very Vancouver Christmas) and the charities
the cd is raising money for.

This song is currently entered in the NSAI song contest in Nashville TN.

you can currently hear this song on the following sites

http://www.myspace.com/kellypettit
http://www.myspace.com/markclay

This will begin at 8am or shortly after.

If you live in the area please tune in. Their number on the dial is 95.3 FM

Thanks to all the friends Kelly and I have here for being so nice and
supporting us and this song.

thank you
Mark

below I have included information about the CD and charities from
Jenn. She is the one who produced the cd and headed up the entire
project.

This album is the child of three grown ideas. I wanted to find a way
to showcase some of Vancouver's amazing new musical talent, while at
the same time involve and give back to the community. I also wanted to
pay tribute to non-traditional Christmas and holiday music and the
people who make it; so what better way to get everything I want for
Christmas, than through the production of this CD!

"A Very Vancouver Christmas" is an album of original Christmas/Holiday
music, in aid of the BC-SPCA and the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau.
100% of proceeds will be donated to our charities.

In August 2006, 10 of Vancouver's most popular musicians and bands
were invited to join this project for charity. In just a few short
months they wrote and recorded their own original Christmas/Holiday
music. The results are amazing.

"I consider many of these musicians to be the 'next
generation' of
Vancouver's finest, and they have been hand picked because of their
talent and marketability.

Musical styles are varied, from jazz and blues to
rock, country and
indie music. All of the material is original with a
Christmas/Holiday theme. We are expecting radio play, and hoping this
will be an annual event, with live performances, as one of the goals
of this album project was to make these musicians and their music
available to a wider, non club going audience.

All artists and services are donated, and, as
mentioned, all income
from sales will be split between the charities: BC SPCA and the
Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau. CDs will cost 10$."

Jenn Ashton, Producer
Burnaby, B.C.
November 2006

[crash8_durham]

below is the bulletin with the information from the radio interview I got to do this morning. It was a lot of fun

Thanks so much to Randy Woodward and Lisa Parker for letting me come on the air at Front Royal's Oldies 95.3 WFTR. You can call to request Christmas Everyday on WFTR or ask about information on the SPCA by calling the station at 540-665-9595.

Today they were the first station to play Christmas Everyday. We talked about the song, the artist (Kelly Pettit), the cd (A Very Vancouver Christmas) and the charity (SPCA).

It was a lot of fun and they will be playing the song during the Christmas season as part of their holiday programming.

If anyone is interested in hearing the interview send me a pm. The song, of corse, can be hear on WFTR as well as on myspace at

http://www.myspace.com/markclay
http://www.myspace.com/kellypettit

you can purchase the cd A Very Vancouver Christmas right now at

http://veryvancouverchristmas.com

or on ebay by simply searching "very vancouver christmas"

all money from the sales of A Very Vancouver Christmas go to charity


thanks
Mark

[crash8_durham]

the web site is now up and running. you can sample all the new christmas songs

http://www.veryvancouverchristmas.com

[crash8_durham]

they finally have the web site up and running correctly. It looks pretty professional. Pictures of all the artists and lots of cool information.

http://www.veryvancouverchristmas.com