Please go to the link below...
http://www.mtscproductions.... and vote for Aubrie Calloway to win the USA World Showcase Talent Search.

It's so easy and you can vote a million times!!!!

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Well, lately I have decided that I have been in hibernation for just too long. I am making a great effort to get out, do some jamms, etc. So, the one night in maybe three years that I decide to actually head out to Bakersfield's version of an "Open Mic" (at Sandrini's), the guy who runs it doesn't show up! LOL! I gotta laugh! I'm sitting there, looking around  thinking, hmmmm is this it? My friend, Mike, shows up with his guitar looking pretty handsome, ready and warmed up to do his thing and low and behold...No Open Mic. I was asked if I could set up the P.A. since the other musicians there didn't know how to set up a P.A. system. As I began, I thought, you know if some stranger were up on my stage messing with my equipment when I wasn't there, I would be really pissed. So, I decided to leave it alone and headed out to Bakersfield's version of Open Mic...KARAOKE. GO figure! But I will say that I did have a great time at The Junction. My old friend, Mac Maclanahan, aka Sax Man, was running the show. I rocked out some Janis Joplin and Guns n Roses, while my three students who were enjoying the evening with me gave their renditions of Merle Haggard, Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton. Open mic, anyone?

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Hey check out these two songs from my old band Rain On Fire. I wrote these songs in 1994, had some airplay on KLOS in Los Angeles and in Europe. Let me know what you think.  Here is the link to my myspace music account.

http://www.myspace.com/deed...

hope u like it / hope u can find it!

Who wants to jamm? Originals, covers...I don't care. I am just aching to jamm. I like any rock music. I love acoustic. Let's rock out and have fun.

DO

• Always warm-up your voice at least 20 minutes before performing
  
• Stretch your neck, shoulders and back muscles before performing
  
• Consume a variety of nutritious foods and vitamins
  
• Attain and maintain physical fitness with regular aerobic and muscles strengthening
  
• Maintain a humid living environment (40 - 50 percent humidity)
  
• Maintain body hydration by drinking one gallon of water per day
  
• Use efficient vocal technique in speech and singing
  
• Use the voice judiciously
  
• Wash hands frequently...keep hand sanitizer available to avoid germs
  
• Take 2,000mg of vitamin C with rose hips daily, along with a good multi-vitamin
  
• Get plenty of sleep, especially before a gig or recording session

DON'T

• Smoke cigarettes
• Consume recreational drugs
• Drink too much caffeine
• Stay up partying the night before a recording session
• Share drinks or lick the faces of sick / contagious people :)
• Speak too much or too loudly, especially in noisy environments
• Scream or clear the throat EVER!
• Use over-the-counter preparations for colds and allergies, especially antihistamines

Up to two hours before singing, avoid these things...

chocolate, carbonated beverages, milk or any dairy products, FOOD, iced or overly cold beverages

Deedra Patrick Vocal Studios

661-589-4304