Greetings and welcome to the Ellis Paul Digest! If you're new to the mailing
list, it's great to have you join us. For those of you who have been with us for a while,
we are making a few changes from the original mailing list. First of all, we will be
sending this out every month. The format as a whole will pretty much stay the same:
news from the management office, "Notes from the Road" from Ellis, and a
concert schedule for the upcoming month. I would like to welcome Suni Edson, who will be
the editor of this newsletter. Ellis and I are thrilled Suni will be helping us out in
this capacity.
Ellis is going full steam ahead with plans for promoting the new double CD
"LIVE," which will be in stores on March 14th. We are now accepting pre-release
orders for "LIVE," which we'll ship to you around the release date. See http://www.EllisPaul.com for ordering info and a track
listing.
To mark the "LIVE" release, Ellis will be doing several online
"appearances" on the release date--Tuesday, March 14th:
> At 12 noon EST, Ellis will be live in the studio at http://www.RADIOBOSTON.com.
> At 8 pm EST, chat with Ellis live on http://www.TWEC.com.
Get your questions ready--these chats are usually a lot of fun.
Ellis' website (http://www.EllisPaul.com) is
looking great. Check it out when you get a chance. There are new shows added
to the gig information page almost daily. Ellis has been active in contacting folks
on the discussion board, so feel free to post your questions and comments--big brother
will be watching...
The buzz around Ellis is growing with the news that the new Jim Carrey movie, "Me,
Myself and Irene," will feature Ellis' song "The World Ain't Slowin' Down."
The song will be played twice during the movie, including in the final scene where the
song will be played in its entirety. The pre-movie publicity has already begun, and Ellis
will be dating supermodels soon...(just kidding).
Once again, Ellis is up for a Boston Music Award--this year for Outstanding Male
Singer/Songwriter. Please help the cause by picking up a ballot in this Friday's
BOSTON HERALD or by calling 781-306-0441 and having one sent or faxed to you. All
ballots must be postmarked by March 6th.
Thanks for supporting Ellis.
Best Regards,
Ralph Jaccodine
Manager
http://www.EllisPaul.com
NOTES FROM THE ROAD (from Ellis Paul) -- Jan 26th, 2000
Snowbound in Medford, MA... January has been relatively quiet weatherwise--makes sense
that snow should come in bulk. This month has been split between Atlanta and
Woodstock, NY, working on demos of new songs with Jerry Marotta in NY and Kristian Bush
and Don McCollister in Atlanta. I haven't done many shows, but I did play in Rhode
Island for the first time at the Stone Soup Coffeehouse, which was a great night.
The new songs sound pretty good in the studio--two of them were written in-house as
we recorded them. Nothing like a pressure deadline... :)
The "LIVE" album artwork has been submitted to Rounder and it looks good as
well. The cover is me writing the word "LIVE" in mid-air with a
flashlight--with time-lapse photography, the whole word comes out. It is due in
stores on March 14th and is a double album with cuts from the studio, concert halls, and
smaller venues.
Really looking forward to the upcoming year and the results of "The World Ain't
Slowin' Down" being the featured song in the Farrelly Brothers' upcoming Jim Carrey
movie, "Me, Myself and Irene." Keep an eye out for that in June, and I'll see
you when I'm out there playing...
Thanks,
Ellis
