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Fred

Americana Music-- Keep It Real

About Me

Check out the new August "Media Guide" at www.RegionalRootsRadio.comIf you are planning a fall Release contact us NOW!PS: We are preparing a Christmas Edition so get your Christmas Singles in by Oct 30th
About me:

"Americana Music--Keep It Real"

"Oh yeah, that's what it's all about alright, but saying it and doing it are two different things!"

Current Clients Services P R Services About Us Start Here

Americana Radio Promotion and Publicity for Independent Artists and Labels

I'm an Independent Radio Promotions person, working with indie Americana, Texas musicians and Indie Labels. My name is Fred Boenig, I was the PD at WDVR in NJ from '96-'01 and left to help the artists I loved that couldn't afford to hire the "Top Promoters" in that format that ran the chart and the Americana Music Association. Big Kev now is the MD there. Since then, we have made great strides to "Level" the playing field for the Indies. This year was the first year an Indie Artist made .. 1 "Hayes Carll" We charted 5 Indie artists in the Top 10, 4 of which happened in the past year! That may not sound like much but in the 10 years of this format only one indie has ever made number 1. Currently we have the highest percentage of Charting Indies it's just over 90% of our clients chart in the Top 40. No one else is working that amount of "Self Released" artists at that rate. My website is a free resource for you to use. www.AmericanaMediaPro.com
On a more personal note, I retired at 43 and decided to follow my passions, music and radio. I'm currently building a TV studio and have plans to develop a new radio format to help independent "Roots" artists. I do 12 hour of live radio a week. I have two sons Search (20) and Austin (16) both are really nice kids. Hard working and smart each in their own way. I spend much of my time helping radio stations around the country develop their "Americana/Roots Format" as well as record my favorite artists in my "Living Room" studio. We've recorded some great ones, BR549, Buddy Miller, Raul Malo, Slaid Cleaves, Hacienda Brothers, Dan Penn, Rodney Crowell, Hayes Carll, Chip Taylor, Dave Insley, The Blasters, Alicea Nugent, Lisa Hayes, Buck Jones, Michael Oneill, Carrie Rodriguez, Tom Gillam, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rosie Flores,Red Stick Ramblers, Jay Boy Adams and Will Kimbrough. I love to cook, do yoga and watch "Scrubs". Love to camp and do festivals, Fly Fish and Travel. Not a beach person, but give me a mountain and I'm in heaven. I renovated three homes in the past 5 years and am working on one currently. I love the West, mostly Colorado and Wyoming. Like to watch movies and believe in "Peace". I guess I'm a hippie at heart. ..
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My Interests

Radio, Texas, Americana Music, Recording Music, camping, work, work, fishing, work, creating a TV show, work, live music, work and home improvements! Oh that's work too? Hum? I used to be fun! Well I'm kind of Retired! Music is my work so isn't that Money for Nothing? What was the rest of that now, something for free? Well, I do get music for free, but that doesn't seem like it?

I'd like to meet:

Check out the new August "Media Guide" at www.RegionalRootsRadio.com

If you are planning a fall Release contact us NOW!

PS: We are preparing a Christmas Edition
Please get your Christmas Singles in by Oct 30th

Music:

Moot(Who The Hell is Moot Davis?) Davis, Randy (get your ass back to sunday school) Weeks, Wayne The Train) Hancock, Trailer (It ain't home till you take the wheels off) Park Troubadors, Rodney Crowell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bob Dylan, Rosie Flores, Tom(Hey, I'm Still Alive)Gillam, Billy Joe Shaver, The (Lead Headed Phil)Blasters, The (You Broke My Shower)Blazers, Pete "My Pal" Anderson, Chip (Fred Who?) Taylor, Ray (Screw you We're From Texas)Wylie Hubbard, Slaid Cleaves, Ray (too High) Condo, Billy Lee (Screw SUN RECORDS) Riley and all the rest of those Real "Outlaws"

Television:

History Channel, Sopranos,Scrubs, The Daily Show, Fox and CNN News(now that's Fair and Balanced) Oh yes the Weather Channel and the Comedy Channel

Books:

Skook, Hit Men, Mansion on the Hill, I'm working on my own book

Heroes:

The NYC Fire department, My (adopted dad) Dan Bacon, the solidiers in Iraq and anyone brave enough to risk it all for others. People who fight for the little guy. People that aren't afraid to do the right thing even when it they have something to lose..... And someone very special that made a promise to a dying friend and has kept that promise their whole life. Might have been the only promise that person ever kept, but It's one more then I ever did.

My Blog

After

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Posted by Fred on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:27:00 PST

When I get Over you

When I Get Over You;     Randy Week...
Posted by Fred on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:00:00 PST

Fall is in the air

Wish I could explain what it is Wish I knew myself so I could understand it That thing that doesn't stop or go away It's always there even in my sleep Always right there That thing that makes a perfec...
Posted by Fred on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:31:00 PST

Secret Anniverseries

Secret Anniversaries One Year to the day Blue looking into green that last touch Those tears Not realizing your mind was somewhere else Already making plans Now I guess I should have known It was just...
Posted by Fred on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:20:00 PST

Smiling at the sunshine

Smiling at the sunshime The one that comes from a place not in the sky Thinking about and remembering when Warming my morning coffee singing along to the CD in the player Stopping for a moment to fee...
Posted by Fred on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:50:00 PST

Morning comes too quickly

Waiting on morning dealing with concerns Wondering how much  one can take Breathe Thinking Smiling Realizing morning comes way too quickly Thinking holding back just knowing it's  going to ...
Posted by Fred on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:33:00 PST

Ring Ring Ring?

That's the sound that can set things right Just a tiny sound in a world full of noise Ring Ring Ring How hard can it be to make things right Ring Ring Ring  ...
Posted by Fred on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:45:00 PST

Pacing The Cage

A beautiful fall day A day to take my breath away Now my thoughts must be tempered Like a tiger pacing the cage They walk quietly yet every step is repeated precisely in the same spot. Over and over a...
Posted by Fred on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST

Ma Bell invention!

Well?  Nothing?  now that's Sad
Posted by Fred on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:54:00 PST

Let the Mystery Be

A friend of ours called this morning said you wondered if I canceled my Christmas present.  I'd really had hoped by now you'd realize how much you mean to me.  That no matter how my life has...
Posted by Fred on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:21:00 PST