STOP the Holiday Music

Beware of the "Ides of November"...no wait that was March I missed it. Sorry my Roman history is not what it used to be. Well since our last post the USA has elected a brand new President, my home town Phillies won the World Series (we broke the curse) and gas is now very close to $ 2/gallon. Definitely signs that all is not completely bad in the world :)

That brings me to a very important subject this time of year. Why do several radio stations insist on playing Holiday music the Day after Halloween?? Does anybody ANYBODY want to hear Holiday music for 2 straight months??? I mean after hearing it for weeks on end it certainly takes the "special" out of the holiday feeling for me. Am I crazy or does anybody else agree with me? We've launched a Special Poll at LoveSongs.com to get your opinion at Holiday Music Poll . Personally I'm boycotting any station that plays Holiday music before Thanksgiving...that is the very earliest I want the beautiful "Silent Night" to be entering my ears.

Speaking of Holiday music you can stop our Lyric section starting November 28th to get all your Christmas, Santa and other Holiday Lyrics (note this is the day after Thanksgiving :)

That's all the ranting for now. I hope you and your family are weathering the economy and please be sure to remember what we are really thankful for this Thanksgiving...just being alive and having each other!

~Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com

Happy Halloweeeeeeeen!!

Well the month of October flew by and if you're like me your holding on tight as the economy and markets are on a crazy ride. The good news is gas is down to $ 2.49 in my neighborhood and the market staged a huge 900 point rally yesterday. That's what I love about America, there is always hope things will get better.

Here's the scoop on whats new at the website:

• New Voting Polls - We've got a new Daily Voting poll at Lovesongs.com - please check it out on our home page - We'll have a special Halloween song vote Thursday through Saturday come vote for your favorite.
  
  
• Adoption Song Free Download - Several years back I was asked by a radio station to write a song for a mother who had recently given up her baby for adoption. For the full story and to download the song please visit "So Many Things"
  
  
• FREE Ebook Available - Would you like to write a love song for that special someone in your life?? Well I'm here to tell you that anyone can do it even if you have no musical experience and dare not sing out of the shower :) We've got a simple 8 Step Process for you to follow on your fun journey to creating your first love song for someone...to start the adventure please visit Write a Love Song
  

Here's an interesting article about a Musical Highway in California . Seems although its popular the endless music all night is driving the residents crazy.

That's all for now folks...new newsletter will be going out in 10 days or so. If you are in the US of A please don't forget to vote next week..if you don't vote you can't complain about who wins :)

~Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com

Website updates Sept 30 & Moreeee!

That's right we launched our first set of updates one day early (so we could get the bugs out :)). LoveSongs.com now has a wider page format so we can place more content within. New features that just rolled out include a Daily Poll (new poll every day :)) and a Weekly Trivia question (thanks for the answers coming in already). If you have a suggestion for a new Daily Poll or Trivia question please email them to me at Site Feedback.

Our Wedding Music section was greatly expanded with our updates yesterday. Now featuring 3X the number of song suggestions for your Ceremony and Reception. Please check out the new format at Wedding Songs

Our October newsletter will be going out tomorrow Oct 2nd and this will be our very first HTML format newsletter (yes I know I know we're behind the times :)). If you'd like to receive our updates 1x/month just enter your email address at the top of any our pages in our Email News box.

Whats next you say?? Here's a few things coming up very soon:

• Adoption Song - We have a very special song entitled "So Many Things" that was written for a mother who gave up their child for adoption. We'll be posting the song and lyrics online early in October and reaching out to Adoption agencies to let them know its available.
  
• Wedding Blog - We'll be starting a monthly wedding blog written by well respected wedding planners from across the land. Stop in each month to readly timely tips for planning your special day.
  
• Love Song FREE Ebook - "How to Write a Love Song & WOW The One You Love" was co-written by myself and songwriter Ande Rasmussen . We'll show you how anyone get create the most unique gift for someone you love no matter what your budget is.
  
• Love Song TShirts - Just in time for the holiday season, we'll be offering Love Song TShirts with many different styles available.
  

That's all for today kiddies...I hope this weekends stock market crazyness isn't affecting you too much. Best bet would be to turn off the TV and radio and check back in after the election....don't forget to vote of course :)

~Vincent James @ LoveSongscom

Rock Hall of Fame Nominees announced

This week the new group of nomimees were announced for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Maybe we should come up with a "Love Song - Hall of Fame"..hmmmm...stay tuned :)

This years nine Rock HOF Nominees include Run DMC (remember "Walk this Way" with Aerosmith), Metallica (heavy metal stadium rockers from LA) and famous guitarist Jeff Beck. Other nominees this year are singer Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, War, Bobby Womack, and disco and R&B group Chic. Definitely wide range of musical styles represented although we need to check our love song list vs. the current Hall of Fame to see who's missing. The five leading vote-getters will be announced in January and inducted April 4 in Cleveland.

Next Wednesday Oct 1st is our launch date for our LoveSongs.com Daily Poll and Weekly Trivia question at LoveSongs.com and we'll also be introducing a wider page layout as well. Before October is over we'll have a greatly expended Wedding Song selection and many other updates as change is a flowin'.

I hope your week is goin' great and pls stop back for our weekly update next Tuesday....thanks all!

~Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com

LoveSongs.com - We're 10 Days old....again!

Thanks to all the folks who've written in to welcome us back. LoveSongs.com has been back online for 10 days and it feels so good! As promised we are moving forward with some fun new content. Here's whats on deck for October:

1) Daily Voting Poll - Each day we'll feature a fun new music-related poll where you can tell the world what you think.

2) Weekly Trivia - Yes that mindless trivia that fascinates us all...we'll be posting some new interesting facts each week.

3) Wedding Music Update - We'll be updating our wedding music selection and adding some helpful articles for anyone planning a wedding.

To close out this week, our thoughts and prayers go out to the folks down in Texas, Louisiana and other areas hard hit by Hurricane Ike. Anyone reading this who is in a position to help please go directly to the Red Cross site for info.

That's all for now...please have a great week and stop back for another update soon!

~Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com

LoveSongs.com Back Online!

Well it was a very rough summer for me personally but the website is back online and things in my life are getting back on track. Look for weekly updates starting this month and if all goes well in my partner search we'll have daily updates by early 2009. Thanks for visiting and pls check back next week to see whats new.

~Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com

American Idol ROCKS Out

The Winner - Well just like I was hoping the rocker David Cook was inaugurated as the new American Idol for 2008. I must confess to putting in 30 or so votes for DC on Tuesday night but the margin was so huge (12 Million votes) thats hardly scratching the surface. Now we can only hope and pray they find DC some quality songs as good as the ones that Daughtry has been putting out lately (its all about the songs my friends). If they get some great songs then David C will have a career that lasts beyond the initial publicity flurry that every idol receives. As Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard have proved, IDOL does not guarantee a long lasting career.

Our Idol Winner - David Cook also took 40% of the Vote on LoveSongs.com...check out our Final Vote talley on Idol Poll

My Idol Song - Of course I still think that my tune "I Am The One" should have been in the running for the Idol Winners song. Please check it out at "I Am The One" and let me know whatcha think.

Website Updates - These are moving slower than planned but they are progressing. We are now up to 3300 Song lyrics and our initial Wedding section updates will launch this Tuesday 5/27

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! - Please have a great Memorial Day weekend and please remember all those who served and sacraficed for the freedoms we sometimes take for granted.

That's all see ya next week on Tuesday with another update!

~Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com

Welcome to our first real blog posting!

I say first real post because now you can actually post comments back to us with your thoughts & opinions (comments will be reviewed at least 2x/day and posted). So get your pens ready to rock'n'roll!

American Idol - Well this week brings us to the final 3 for American Idol. All the hoopla over David Archuleta's Dad being banned from the Idol rehearsals is certainly interesting. I know its not easy but sometimes the parents gotta take a back seat and let their kids do their thing. I for one am definitely curious to see which one of the three steps up their game for this week. All 3 have the chops so it comes down to song selection, song arrangement and then nailing the performance when it counts. I'll post an update to this blog tomorrow nite after the show with my views.

Love Songs Update - Well LoveSongs.com is chugging along with updates. We now have close to 3000 song lyrics for you along with almost 200 artist pages so you can easily find your favorite songs. You can now also submit new or corrected lyrics directly to us by clicking on Lyrics Submit

Wedding Updates - Our Wedding Section changes are running a little behind but you will start seeing them this week. Please email your best or most interesting wedding pics or short video clips to wedding@lovesongs.com for consideration for our new Pics & Video section.

Love Songs on Myspace - We recently launched our new MySpace page last week and you can hear several of our client songs we've done for Weddings, Anniversarys, Bat/Bar Mitzvahs and other events. Take a listen at Love Songs on MySpace . And Yes we'd like to be your friend :)

Live near Philadelphia? - If you live in the Philadelphia area you can see'n'hear me play with duo each Saturday nite at the Towne House in Media/PA. Great food, no cover and we play lots of your favorite tunes from the 50's to today and mixing in some of our Custom Love Songs

That's all for our first real post...if you wanna comment on anything please do and we'll get your comments up within 12 hours for our viewers. Thanks all!

Vincent James @ LoveSongs.com