terry's Eighth Notes 
Can't believe it's already May. Allergies are in full bloom along with nature and Michigan is both beautiful and weather quirky.  Seventy degrees one day and snow the next.  Hopefully we're on the glide path to spring now....*ACHOO*! *sniff*. Sorry.

Shows...
In the last newsletter I mentioned we'd been out to the Steeple Coffeehouse in Southborogh MA where we opened for the Crocketts to a sellout crowd.  Matt (bass), Kirsti (vocals, flute), and I drove out there and we had a great time.  We stayed at Neale Eckstein and Laurie Laba's place, which of course is home to the Fox Run Concert Series.  Neale also has a studio there and we showed up at 9:30 on Friday evening-- in time for me to do some impromptu backing vocals for Russel Wolff's upcoming CD.  Very funny man.  The Steeple is a great venue and Gary Kavanaugh, who works his buns off, treated us like royalty.  What a great warm audience.  We came back to Neale and Laurie's which is usually "folk central" and dove into leftover Asian cuisine of all sorts and music biz chatter with Neale, Laurie, Russ, and the members of Groovelilly who had just played at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse.  In the wee hours, Gary showed up after settling things at the Steeple.  We crawled up to bed and then got up for the 11 or so hour drive back to Detroit.  The three of us had a great time actually.

Thanks again to everyone who came out to the Sterling Hts, MI Coffeehouse CD Release party.  What a lovefest.  We hope to repeat that energy in Auburn Hills on May 14, See below. 

On April 19, the three member band opened for David Roth at the Ark.  This was the third show on the CD release tour. The response continues to be  extremely positive with strong CD sales to back it up.  David was wonderful as usual, weaving stories that are inspirational, hysterical, or poignant.  If you get a chance to see him, ask him to read an email he got (originally written in German and translated through a free online auto translater).  It had us in tears, we laughed so hard.  He is a wonderful spirit and was one of the artists we featured in our If There's Light.org showcase at the national conference in San Diego in February.

Radio...

Some new additions this past month to radio play include another play from Bob Harris on his thursday night national UK Country show as well as several songs on the syndicated FM Odessey show hosted by Fred Migliore.  For the small amount of promotion that has gone out so far, we're doing very well. 

Upcoming Schedule

What you can do...
Spread the word!

Radio: Please, if you hear a song from the CD played on air or online, write and thank them and continue to encourage them to play us. 
If you have a favorite folk show, write them and ask them to play "love, lose, repeat". If you do, send us a copy of the email so we can make sure they have a copy of the CD. :)
Press:  If you have a favorite music column in your paper, write them and tell them about the CD. Again, drop us a line if you do and we can follow up with a CD and press kit.
Friends: We're seeing amazing results from simple word of mouth.  Encourage your friends to listen to your copy of the CD and to go to the website to get their own.  (www.terrygonda.com or www.loveloserepeat.com if you can't remember that. *smile* )
Become a member of the Key Club:  Those energetic fans of Terry who are part of the What Key? team.  They get special member benefits and do what they can to promote shows that come to their area.  Write us if you're interested.
Throw a house concert.  Yes you. Just like Cheri's sister Amy, you can have Terry play live in your home or condo/apartment clubhouse.  Birthdays, anniversaries, or any reason whatsoever.  Contact whatkey if you are interested at booking@whatkey.com and you can check out http://www.houseconcerts.org/.