Let's Dance Tonight Teaser Video 3

They keep on coming! This happy little bird likes grooving to Let's Dance Tonight!
What about you?

Let's Dance Tonight Teaser Video 2

 

This is the second 'Teaser' for an upcoming collage of dancers I have planned for Let's Dance Tonight.  I hope you enjoy it!

Where do people listen to Rich Thomsen?

You might be tempted to joke "WHEN do people listen to Rich Thomsen?"  Nobody is handing out that data yet, but I've got some fun tidbits to share.  The first relates to the music I've been releasing since the beginning of 2014. 

My distributor, CDBABY, shares some location data for sales and streams, which I sat down to review this evening.  While I only get state information for iTunes sales, I can map out buyers and streamers by country for all the music outlets.  As you can gather from the map below, I've got listeners in 3 continents and 8 states! 

Thank you for your support!  It seems like everyone wants their music for free these days; I really appreciate folks who take the time to buy independent music or add your favorites to a playlist on a streaming service.  Those contributions, no matter how small, will help encourage the continued creation of new sounds for everyone to enjoy.

So enough about my music stats...how did I put the above picture together?  Did you know you could create maps like this in seconds using Excel 2013 and a 'Bing Maps' add-on?  I'm not an Office power user, but I can say with confidence that it's really easy to do.  My wife showed me how to do it in minutes, and I found a blog with more detailed instructions here:

http://www.dirkstrauss.com/how-to/use-bing-maps-in-office-excel-2013#.U_U3Umd0wy8

With Excel 2013 it didn't even care whether I entered country abbreviations, zip codes, or state names: how cool is that!



Let's Dance Tonight Teaser Video 1

I'm trying some new things with song promotion this month, including these dance driven promotional spots for Let's Dance Tonight.  There's more to come!

REINVENTION CDs Now Available!

I'm so excited, I'm holding the first shrink wrapped CDs of REINVENTION!  Reinvention contains a variety of styles: soft pop, electro pop, soft rock, piano/vocal, and grungy rock!

You can get your own CD or digital version of REINVENTION by clicking on the Buy Music link at the top of the page, or go straight to the CD purchase page by clicking: HERE.  The CD's look less expensive than iTunes, @$5.69, but Kunaki charges $4.30 for first class shipping, bringing the physical product total to $9.99.  You can avoid the shipping charge by buying one from me directly.  I'll happily sign them on the spot!

This is a big milestone for me.  If you've been holding out on getting your own copy of REINVENTION, this is a great time to add it to your collection.

If you haven't heard any songs off of the album yet, head to SoundCloud for a preview:
https://soundcloud.com/richthomsen/sets/song-reader

Getting some REINVENTION CD's made this week!

It took me about 4 hours to get the preparation done, but I'm queued for some physical CDs coming to me some time next week.  These are samples, to make sure I designed the artwork correctly.  While I was going to just order one, Kunaki's rates are so good I'm taking a chance at my first run and ordered more.  The other news here is that I'll soon have CD's for sale from RICHTHOMSEN.com, shipped straight to you!