Entries Tagged as ‘Japan’

June 20, 2008

Bringing the idea to life.

As I get older and pick up more responsibility, I find myself working harder to secure a good life. This involves hours of implementing and employing new marketing strategies to make money as an independent musician.

One of the new ideas I have turned into reality has been organizing my own concert and drumming up [...]

May 1, 2008

Inducted into the Numata music Hall of Fame

Woooo Hoooo!
I just wanted to share the news that I’ve been inducted into the Numata Music Hall of Fame!
The category is for best white foreign musician!
For those of you who don’t know about it let me explain:
Numata is a city in Japan of about 50,000 people.
There are approximately 10 white foreigners here.
There are two musicians.
I [...]

April 30, 2008

The trip back to the west coast (home).

The trip back to the west coast (home).
Well, after flying back to Canada for 4 weeks to tour the west coast and visit family, I found that trying to kill two birds with one stone isn’t as easy as it seems. Thanks to UBL and all my fans to help me win the Ultimate Band [...]

April 30, 2008

Track of the Month on Fame Games!

My song “She’s Just Like Summer” has won track of the month on an amazing radio show called Fame Games (meermusic.com).
Fame Games now belongs to abc radio ( ABC Radio Networks has 4,400 affiliate radio stations reaching more than 105 million listeners in the 12+ demographic each week… )

I couldn’t be happier!

The other songs [...]

April 30, 2008

ARTISTdirect.com Interview

Interview

Kelly Pettit
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:01
The winner of UBL’s Ultimate Band Contest walks us through his musical journey
Canadian native Kelly Pettit knew from a young age that music was his passion. After playing in numerous bands and releasing CDs independently, his journey in pursuit of his dream eventually took him clear across the globe to [...]