/basic e-news/ Vol 5. - Issue 6 [November 12th, 2005]

Since you are getting in the Christmas shopping frame of mind... I did want to remind you that the most recent studio project we released (last fall) was our God Came CD that is full of great Christmas carols done in a new "basic" way, as well as two basic originals, including the title track. It's a really fun collection of Christmas favorites, that you'll want to play year round! (Seriously... we do, and we have some friends who have told us they play it even in the summer time...) :-)

The CDs sell for $15 at our website, and if you check our e-store there are links to the many other places you can buy the CD, including Amazon.com, and iTunes.

If you're looking to bolster your Christmas music collection, we'd like to recommend this CD. If you are wanting to get a cool gift for friends or family, we'd like to recommend this CD. If you just really wanted to make a donation to basic music ministries, we'll send you free CDs for each $15 donation. ;-)

(he he) :-)

We do think you'll love the CD if you do not already have it, and just wanted to extend this invitation to check it out, at our store, or any of the stores linked from that page, including.........

iTunes. The world's leading distributer of online music. We are definitely hooked. If we want/need new music, that is the first place we check. Albums are $9.99 or less (sometimes a bit more) and songs are $0.99/each! Great deal.

We mentioned a few newsletters back that iTunes now carries almost every basic song available (except for the few live CDs we have released) but now there's more! They have a few nifty features I wanted to tell you about:

(1) Gifting: You can now send people songs that they will own on their computer (or can burn to CDs)! So, if you wanted to send a friend our Christmas CD, as mentioned above, you could go to that page in iTunes and click the little "Gift" icon and then when you buy it, it will be emailed to that friend instead of being downloaded to your computer. Pretty neato.

(2) iMix: Not a new feature, but a handy one I wanted to let you know about. If you go to the main iTunes Music Store page, you'll see a link for iMixes. These are playlists that people have put together and uploaded to the iTMS as an "iMix" that other people can find (throuh a search for an artist or album or something) and listen to/purchase those songs. You can make playlists from your favorite music, and include a basic song or two... or all of them if you like... and that will help a few more people find our music. And, I bet you'll have fun doing it! :-)

(3) Reviews: They have also added a feature where customers can review each CD available at iTunes, including ours! So, if you are so inclined, we'd love for you to write a short review of any (or all?) of the CDs for other people to read that might help them in deciding to check the music out. Just click on any of the CD links below to go to the album page in iTunes, and start reviewing!

That feature is not limited to iTunes either. If you would like, you can also leave reviews at:

CD Baby: cdbaby.com/all/basicmm
Amazon: basic CDs at Amazon

Thanks for your feedback, and helping other people discover our music :-)


Another Road Trip (1996)	Lord, Hear My Voice (2000)	Come As You Are (2002)	God Came (2004) The Christmas Album

For a convenient link to all of our albums in one place at iTunes, click here.

Just wanted to let you know some of the things we're doing here as we wrap up. I mentioned vacation. That was wonderful. We look forward to that one week where it's just our family, relaxing, playing and enjoying each other's company for one full week. Great stuff. Aside from that, we are definitely still keeping busy around here. My (Greg's) web design business has become a full-time endeavor. Check out some of the stuff I've been doing at the BWD website: www.bwd-graphics.com.

And, if you have not heard yet, I have begun another podcast, besides the basicmm radio podcast. I started a show called the Buffalo BIlls Review with my brother-in-law and another friend, and we're having a blast... and apparently so are our listeners! We've gotten lots of great feedback from all over the country, even all over the world! If you haven't checked it out, I would encourage you to, even if you're not a Bills fan. It's pretty fun stuff in general, but obviously moreso for Bills/Football fans. We have done cool in-depth interviews with a few former players (Don Beebe, Darryl Talley) and have one scheduled for a week from Monday with Frank Reich, who has some amazing football stories, and is also a Jesus follower. I am looking forward to talking with him. That show will post sometime at the end of November.

So... I'm having fun. :-)

The kids are growing up! Ian is almost SEVEN, and doing so well with reading and his other school work. Mom has him at a second grade level and beyond in some areas! Alex is jumping right in also, at age four. He likes to keep up with big brother. :-) Kirsten is now approaching two years old (Feburary) and is super cute, and also loves to keep up with both big brothers.

Jen is doing well with the baby. It's getting bigger (and so is she...) :-) And really starting to move around in there. All is healthy and well. Thank you for praying for us through this pregnancy and last. We are excited to meet this baby, even though we are still months away.

Thanks so much for your support. We look forward to seeing you either next weekend, or sometime during the Christmas season at one or more of our events. If you're able to purchase a CD, that would be wonderful. If you are interested in buying a bunch as Christmas gifts, give us a call or e-mail us for a bulk discount! :-)

Don't forget, if you want to read this, or other e-newses online, go to basicmm.com/enews.

Hope to see y'all out there sometime soon!
Greg & Jen Campbell
basic

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