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Here’s the latest from Jason’s Music Publishing

Alan Colman Releases “Cupid’s Alley”

Alan Coleman has been writing music for decades and decided it was about time to put some of them out into the universe. Hence, “Cupid’s Alley,” a collection of 10 songs written by Coleman and produced by Ron Crowder at his InCrowd Productions in Albuquerque. Studio personnel featured included Justin Bransford on bass, guitarist Claudio Toulouse, harmonica master Phil Arnold, Brant Leeper of keyboards, pedal steel player Jon Graboff, fiddler Karina Wilson, and Crowder on drums and backing vocals. Coleman provided rhythm guitar and vocals.

The music is unique in that it is modern Americana but influenced by older country and folk music. Some of it sounds as if someone has discovered some unreleased Hank Williams music. Beautifully produced and executed.

Jason’s music assisted in having the CDs produced by editing the artwork and reviewing and uploading the artwork and audio files to the manufacturer. “Cupid’s Alley” is also available on all streaming platforms.

John David Peters latest release, In the Lonely is available now.

Releasing his third album in as many years, John David Peters newest album is available now on all streaming platforms. The latest album was once again co-produced at InCrowd Productions in Albuquerque with New Mexico Music Award winner Ron Crowder who recorded, mixed and mastered the project in addition to his production duties. Released on Peters’ Silver Frog label, the album features the talents of guitarist Claudio Tolusse, bassist Justin Bransford, keyboard wizard Brant Leeper and violinist and string arranger Karina Wilson.

Jason’s Music Publishing assisted with the production and manufacturing of the physical CD, editing artwork and making sure that the project made its way to over 30 streaming services including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pandora.

The Holy Doves emerges as a title to watch in 2025

Congratulations to L.E. Austen on her selection as a 2025 Featured Title on AmericanBookFest.com for her debut novel, The Holy Doves in the categories of Visionary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Thriller & Adventure, New Age and Religious Fiction.

AmericanBookFest.com Best Book Awards were launched in 2003 and continues to honor, promote, and feature self-published, independent, and mainstream titles! Now in its 22nd year, The Best Book Awards are one of the largest mainstream book award competitions in the United States. In 2009, The International Book Awards (IBA) were created. Currently in their 17th year, the IBAs are announced online each June.

The American Legacy Book Awards launched in 2023. The American Legacy Book Awards (ALBA) inclusively honors books published between 2010–2025. Located in Los Angeles and Phoenix, American Book Fest is involved in numerous aspects of the publishing and entertainment industries.

Here’s what authors are saying about AmericanBookFest.com

“Your team provide greater opportunity for independent authors and publishers and is well appreciated.” —Carroll Blair, International Book Award Finalist

“Thank you for sponsoring the International Book Awards. Marketing for my novel, Simon Says, will be greatly enhanced as a winner.” —William Poe, International Book Award Winner

“Thank you wholeheartedly for helping the writing industry expand our professional horizons and foster exponential growth as highly recognized and most deserving achievers in the field of writing.” —Michele Wright, Ph.D., Author, DEAR SUCCESS SEEKER: Wisdom from Outstanding Women, Atria/Simon & Schuster

“This is the organization to join and support. They care about the authors. Good people, honest and true. You have my support! Stay the course and keep fighting for all authors on a fair field. Kudos!” —Steven Ray Ozanich, Author

“Thanks to the IBA team for making this contest possible. I live in South Africa so an international placement makes an enormous difference to my marketing possibilities.” —Fiona Ingram

“These awards really can help consumers understand higher quality publications available in the marketplace.” —Daniel Jackman, Director, Global Insight Communications, LLC

“This honor really helps with my book marketing. Thanks so much for your hard work and professionalism!” —Mary Hollowell

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Linda Castañeda releases her latest single, “Poison”.

Linda Castañeda has released her 2025 New Mexico Music Award nominated song Poison. Recorded at Third Eye Studios in Tijeras, NM under the direction of producer and engineer Dave McCrae, Linda has high hopes for the single. Linda’s story is one of persistence. A writer since her teens, she traveled the works, raised a family and finally decided to copyright and produce her music. After attending a copyright and publishing workshop from JMP, she began to record and publish her music. To date, she has released more than a dozen singles and continues to produce more at this writing. Find her music on Amazon, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Music and nearly all streaming platforms worldwide.

Production assistance for Louis Sheridan’s “Things I Didn’t Know About My Country Girl” video

This February, Jason’s Music Production team coordinated production for country music artist Louis Sheridan’s latest video, “Things I Didn’t Know About My Country Girl.”

Louis Sheridan won the New Mexico Music Awards best Country Song in 2023 and 2021. Most recently he was recognized by the European, EMCA music charts.

Jason’s Music Publishing was tasked with casting the musicians and two-step dancers, locations, audio production and playback and on set production. Working with the artist and his film production team, we were able to help put together a first rate country music video that was released worldwide on March 25th.

See the complete video now on YouTube. The song is also available on CD Baby, Apple Itunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and other major platforms.

Formatting and publishing assistance for Michael Perlin’s forthcoming book, Home Sweet Albuquerque Home-A Closer Look at the Huning Highlands

Michael Perlin has written 5 books to date, all looking at the history of Albuquerque’s historic homes and architecture. Heretofore, Michael has done most of the publishing work himself, but had missed critical issues in publishing like copyright registration. We were privileged to assist Michael in registering his previous books with the US Copyright office and assisted with with his latest book by formatting his artwork and copy for publication. You can find Michael every weekend at Linda Thorn’s and Lanny Tonning’s Old Town Farm west of Old Town Albuquerque talking about Albuquerque’s historic neighborhoods. His next project will examine the history of the Duke City’s Heibenstreet family.

Free Copyright and Publishing Workshop at the Wheels Museum in Albuquerque

The New Mexico Music Awards in conjunction with Jason’s Music Publishing and The Wheels Museum of Albuquerque present a General Publishing and Copyrighting workshop on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 at the Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 from 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

The workshop will cover the basic aspects of copyright law and publishing concepts including local and national distribution through retail outlets for music, books and film. The workshop will be presented by Jose Antonio Ponce, producer of the New Mexico Music Awards and owner of Jason’s Music Publishing.

The workshop is free, but donations to the Wheels Museum will be accepted. The Wheels Museum is a 501(c)3 organization in the Albuquerque Rail Yards dedicated to collecting, preserving, and creating educational exhibits about the history of transportation in Albuquerque and New Mexico with emphasis on the impact on the development of the area. Collections embrace the history of the railroads, the impact of the rail yards on Albuquerque, as well as automobiles, horse and wagon, and other modes of transportation.

Seating for the workshop is limited. For more information, contact us a contactnewmexicomusicawards@gmail.com

Linda Castañeda performs Christopher’s Song at New Mexico Veteran’s Memorial Ceremony.

Jason’s Music Publishing songwriter and recording artist Linda Castañeda was asked to be part of this year’s Veteran’s Memorial Ceremony in Albuquerque where she performed her song “Some Boys”, also known as Christopher’s Song. Written for veteran Christopher Adlesperger, the song helps to explain the valor and dedication that many veterans have with regard to their service. Christopher was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Linda has been writing music for decades and only recently began recording her music. Some Boys has now made its way to Washington, DC, finding its way to the National Director of Veterans Caregiver Program from Washington DC, who is going to broadcast Christopher’s song to all of the veterans on his feed. The song has also found its way to veteran’s communications Director in Kansas City who will add it to the podcast for the veterans. Thank you Linda for letting us be a part o your story.

Winfield Songs and Dreams reaches 100k

Greg Johns song Winfield Songs and Dreams reached 100,000 streams in just the past 3 months, a pheromonal achievement for any song. The song, written by Greg and Linda Johns and Bill Graham is from Greg’s 2022 album Now and Then. The song memorializes the annual Walnut Creek Music Festival that takes place Winfield Kansas every September. The event celebrated its 84th year in 2024. Every year the festival crowns a flatpicking world champion.

While Greg has been attending the festival for a quarter century, this year he brought his Semi-Large Band to the festival to perform. The song will likely get a further boost from their performance there. Greg and the band are working on another album due for release in late 2024 or early 2025. Here’s looking forward to getting to a million hits.

Winfield Songs and Dreams and Greg’s Album Now and Then are available on all streaming platforms.

L E Austen’s first effort is a hit!

When the Universe is filled with a brilliant flash of blinding light, Bria Tanaka and Joseph Pirelli have no idea that their lives are about to change in unimaginable ways. The light sets off a series of suspenseful events. The Guardians, who for centuries have been keeping track of The Holy Doves, female descendants of the First Messiah, set out to protect them, A fringe group of religious fanatics is also tracking down The Holy Doves to eliminate them and the danger they pose to the traditional Church.

The Holy Doves is a well researched historical novel that is captivating and a wild thrill ride. And this is just the beginning. L E is working on the follow up to this amazing first novel.

Check out these five star reviews!

Could not put this book down! Very well written and fun to read.

Riveting story that is hard to put down.

A very creative, surprising story. Fast paced with a lot of drama and a satisfying conclusion. There is high level tension in this fascinating novel. An amazing story from a first time author.

I loved The Holy Doves! The plot is intricate, and the ending is completely satisfying.

Available to retail outlets and libraries through Ingram Content Group or for individual purchase online now at Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel, Books-a-Million, and Better World Books in the US. Also available at Indigo Books in Canada and in the UK at Abe Books and Blackwell Books.

John David Peters releases In The Lasting, his second album in as many years.

John David Peters follow up to his award winning album In The Living has all the brilliance of its predecessor. In the Living took home the Norman Petty Producers Award at the 2024 New Mexico Music Awards for co-producers Peters and Ron Crowder.

In the Lasting offers original Americana composed entirely by Peters and once again arranged by Peters and Crowder and features some of the southwest’s top talent including guitarist Dimi DiSanti, Bassist Justin Bransford, vocalists Rachel Montenegro and Kari Simmons and keyboard player Brant Leeper. The album will be showcased in Chicago at the annual Folk Alliance Midwest Region conference.

Jason’s Music Publishing collaborated with Peters’ Silver Frog Music by coordinating the packaging and audio file to create a limited edition CD and distributing the new album to digital music outlets including Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube and over 30 other digital music providers worldwide.