Christine Lavin’s XM Radio show shines spotlight on Oasis Sampler

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Christine Lavin – folk pioneer, founding Bitchin’ Babe,

and an Oasis CD client herself – hosts the XM Satellite Radio program Slipped Disc with producer Bill Kates. She was kind enough to send us a note recently saying that she’d be airing a generous chunk of the latest OasisAcoustic sampler CD on her show; the segment will air four times.

Tracks featured included “I Should Go” by Levi Kreis, “Ain’t So Green” by Carsie Blanton, and “The Starbucks of County Down” by long-time Oasis client Greg Trafidlo.

They also featured work by other long-time Oasis clients and friends such as Janis Ian and Grace Griffith.

Christine and Bill also discussed on the air Oasis as a manufacturer who “goes the extra mile” for independent music clients.

Thanks Chris!

–Micah

Micah Solomon

President, Oasis Disc Manufacturing

An Astounded Jenny Reynolds “wins” Oasis prize in Austin

At the poolside party in Austin where the grand prize Oasis Disc Manufacturing drawing was held, the winner was none other than incredible Arts supporter Vic Heyman, who — with no personal plans to start a recording career — later that night transferred his winning entry to local Austin songbird Jenny Reynolds. (Jenny is pictured above, astounded and claiming unworthiness for Vic’s gift.)

Jenny has two upcoming CDs (studio and live) and will be applying the Oasis prize to them.

See more re. the exciting Southwest Regional Folk Alliance conference (SWRFA) and other Oasis goings-on in Austin here.

Video/Blog:Oasis clients perform live from Austin

Here’s Oasis Disc Manufacturing client Jaime Michaels a few minutes ago done

performing a mini-showcase in Austin, Texas, soon after the UPS truck pulled up with his brand new Oasis-pressed CD. Oasis is here in Austin participating in the annual Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA or SWERFA, depending which way you lean), which sponsors these great little guerilla showcases for artists of all stripes.

There is nothing flashy about a Folk Alliance conference. The Fashion Police, luckily, don’t make rounds here, or they would have the whole lot of us rounded up and arrested for multiple violations. More importantly, there’s precious little snobbery here; this is as close to a level playing field as you’ll find in the music business.

The level of notoriety of the performers here ranges from not-so-much to nationally famous. At the very same time I was listening to Jaime and shooting this video clip, Grammy award-winning songwriter Jon Vezner* was performing a similar guerilla showcase literally next door, in similarly austere surroundings.

Louis Meyers, the Executive Director of the Folk Alliance and the legendary co-founder of South by Southwest, put it this way to me, earlier today: “If there’s one thing we have here,” Louis said, “It’s the songs. We may not have the flash, but we have the substance. And more and more, Nashville and LA are realizing this and are coming to these conferences looking for the hits — and licensing-friendly material — of tomorrow.”

*Vezner, in the classic “share the wealth” tradition of the Folk Alliance, in fact helps teach a new generation of songwriters at the Oasis-sponsored Songcamps run by Paul Reisler.