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Linda Castañeda, Greg Johns and Alan Carlson take home honors at the 39th Annual New Mexico Music Awards
Jason’s Music clients Linda Castañeda, Greg Johns and Alan Carlson were each awarded NMMA statuettes for music recorded in 2025.
Castañeda took home Best Original Song honors for a song written about the declining mental and physical health of her beloved husband, Claudio entitled “You Don’t Even Know.” Linda has been a finalist at the NMMAs for a couple of years now and this is her first win. The song was recorded and produced by Dave McCrae at Third Eye Studios in Tijeras, NM.
Greg Johns walked away with his second trophy for the song Dear Dave and Sue,” winning in the Singer/Songwriter category. The song was recorded and co-produced by John Wall at the Wall of Sound Studios in Albuquerque. This is Greg’s second win, his first coming in 2024.
Alan Carlson walked away with the Best Country Album award for his first effort, “Cupid’s Alley,” recorded and produced by Ron Crowder at InCrowd Studios in Albuquerque. Alan and Ron are currently working on a new album together.
Jessica Cummins is a poet, author, artist and photographer originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico and was awarded a Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest prize in 2017. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English/Creative Writing and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science with a certificate in Archival Studies from Louisiana State University. Her writing comes from her experience as a widow and mother of three boys.
He second book of poetry, Tangential Lucidity, contains poetry, lyrics and artwork from the past few years and will be released in September. Pre-order your book here and be sure to bookmark this page to keep up on all the new and exciting things coming your way from our newest talent.
Coming September 11th. The Death Monkey Rides-A Radio Clown’s Battle with Thoughts of Suicide by Phil Sisneros. Pre-order your copy now!
Phil Sisneros was for two decades the most popular radio personality in New Mexico on the most popular radio station in New Mexico, KKOB-FM. His oversized personality as “The Bean” endeared him to everyone, but he was hiding a dark secret. He had been dealing with Depression since childhood. His advice for those also carrying the weight of Depression. Get help!
His journey from near suicide to successfully taming the Death Monkey is instructive and inspiring. Whether you are dealing with Depression or know someone who is, this book is a must read.
Order your copy here today for delivery on September 11th. $18.00 plus tax and shipping.
Alan Coleman is a singer/songwriter living in Peralta, New Mexico. A musician with decades of experience, he has decided to begin recording and releasing his music. His first album, Cupid’s Alley, is available on all streaming platforms and his music is available for lease to film, television and all media.
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 available on all streaming platforms.
Congratulations to L.E. Austen on the publication of her first novel, The Holy Doves. This will be the first book in a series. Jason’s Music Publishing was instrumental in getting her book formatted, edited and online in a matter of just a few weeks of its completion. It is available online in print and eBook formats on Amazon. Follow her online at https://www.facebook.com/theholydoves
We recently helped singer/Songwriter John David Peters with his latest release, In the Living, a collection of new music recorded at Ron Crowder’s InCrowd Studios in Albuquerque and published by Peters’ Silver Frog Music. The 14 songs reflect Peters’ long history of writing music that is thoughtful and introspective with songs.
We recommended producer Ron Crowder who surrounded Peters with top flight talent including Fernando Garavito on drums, guitarist Dimi DiSanti, Justin Bransford, bass and , pianist Brant Leeper. We then uploaded Peters music onto over 30 streaming services and helped design the four-panel wallet for the physical CD. We are currently working with David on digitally releasing music from his first album, In the Lonely.
Find out more about him on his website, https://johndavidpetersmusic.com/
Greg Johns-Singer/Songwriter-Greg had stopped performing and writing music altogether when he was inspired and encouraged by a small group of songwriters in New Mexico to start writing again. After a few starts and stops, Greg found himself back in the thick of things, winning Best New Song in 2021 at the Walnut Creek Music Festival in Kansas for his song Winfield Songs & Dreams.
In 2022, he recorded a new album, Now & Then, his first in over three decades and won Best Western Song from the New Mexico Music Awards in 2023 for his signature song, Rodeo Hippie. Greg has since put together the Semi-Large Band, a 5 piece Americana/Blues Band that has Greg performing for the first time in two decades.
Jason’s Music Publishing produced Greg’s album from start to finish at Wall of Sound Studios in Albuquerque, working with award winning engineer and producer John Wall. We worked with Johns from the beginning, setting a budget for the project and pre-production. We contracted the studio, engineer, musicians, mastering facility, photography, created and produced the artwork and contracted for the manufacturing of the album. We handled all financial arrangements making sure everyone was paid in a timely fashion so that the only thing Greg had to think about was making great music. We also designed and produced Greg’s website https://gregjohnsmusic.com/
We are currently working with Grammy nominated songwriter and New Mexico Music Awards winner Zenobia on her memoir. Zenobia earned a spot in the Broadway musical Hair in 1968 at the age of 18. From there, she went on to work with top name artists including Paul Shaeffer & Paul Jabarra on their hit song “It’s Raining Men” and singing and recording with other artists including Luther Vandross and Melissa Manchester
Zenobia moved on to advertising for the biggest advertising agencies in the world, J Walter Thompson and Young & Rubicam where she directed top flight talent including , Steve Martin, Sylvester Stallone, James Brown, Regis Philbin, coach Bobby Knight, Ron Carter, and Phoebe Snow winning numerous advertising awards along the way.
Zenobia continues to tour and can be seen in film and on television in small roles.
Jason’s Music Publishing is handling the entire book project, from research to ghostwriting, editing, publication and distribution. Find Zenobia online at https://www.musicbyzenobia.com/
Daniel Talache is an award winning Native American blues guitarist from the Nambe’ Pueblo north of Santa Fe. We created and maintain a viable website to assist Daniel in his marketing and booking efforts. http://dannytandthestealingthunderband.com/
Linda Castaneda is a recent addition to our stable of artists. A songwriter for decades, Linda finally decided that it was time to share her music with the world. After attending one of our workshops, Linda reached out and asked for our help. We began by transcribing her music, copyrighting her songs and recommending award winning producer and engineer Dave McRae of Third Eye Studios in Tijeras, NM for her recording project.
We have uploaded her music to 36 of the top streaming services including Amazon Music, iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora and YouTube, created a logo and artwork for her music uploads and are reaching out to top name artists to pitch her music for consideration.