Changing Midstream is the third album from singer/songwriter/ saxophonist Stacey Knights. With age comes wisdom and this go around, Knights focuses on her jazzy voice, using her sax as a highlight. Knights has received critical praise from American Idol Magazine as a Best Emerging Artist of 2006, also winning their Jazz competition in March.
Changing Midstream blends sassy sax-infused songs filled with swagger in "Do I;" haunting lyrical gems in "Flag Covered Box" and touching, heartfelt pieces with delicate instrumentation in "Voices."
Nashville A-list musicians (Steve Hornbeak Faith Hill´s former keyboardist) provided the backdrop for Changing Midstream, allowing Knights to stretch her abilities on vocals and sax. With a streamlined sound and a shift to Adult Contemporary, Knights is poised to soar even higher with this album.
Discover the charm, soul and vulnerability unlocked from within Stacey Knights.
For more information, visit www.staceyknights.com

I'm working away on the promotion of the Rock 'n' Blues Academy Benefit concert at Catherine Hickman Theatre this Thursday Aug 2, at 7:30. We've made flyers and posters and gotten news submissions in. Tix are 10.00 and the YMCA Prodigy Program will benefit from proceeds. The kids are so talented and you must hear the incredible young guitarist who will open the show! The theatre is perfect for our concert and the 192 seats available are super-comfy. Hope to see you there!

Ah, summer´s here again…for me it´s a slowing down period for work - hard on the wallet but good for retooling the career machine for bigger and better. There is hours of uploading and expanding my internet presence, finding new musician sites for potential exposure. It´s sort of fun but there is always the question of fruitful. I repeatedly set my intention for better gigs because I want bigger audiences and concert settings to do what I consider my purpose.
Currently I´m in the midst of selecting a promoter for radio play, updating my press kit and bio, entering other contests for songwriting, building electronic press kits for different sites that expose your music to buyers, applying for consideration at festivals and concerts around the country, and trying to find a publisher, and a great booking agent to go outside of my current area. That´s a lot of typing and calling! Thank God for the internet, because so much can be done there.
One thing I am trying to do is to streamline all the places I can be found and to get a calendar that is universal to all the sites where I am listed. I may be in luck if I can only remember what site I saw that on….
And the other thing I will do is probably change the newsletter to become a link to read it on my website. That way you can just go to my calendar page and see what shows are coming up. Saves me a little time and just as easy for you to go to for info.
Some highlights from this last couple of months.
-My CD release party was a huge success!
-I took 2nd place in the American Idol Underground Big Push Contest.
-In May, I was listed as one of the top emerging artists for 2006 by American Idol Underground and I got a write-up in the American Idol Magazine.
- I was chosen as one of 44 out of thousands of applicants to be listed in the Independent Artist Registry, an independent talent evaluation service for record labels, promoters, and talent buyers and the new book with my listing came in the mail today (I was excited!!!)
- Part of my prize from American Idol contest that I won last year was a promotion package to 400 radio stations through a company called MUSICsubmit.com. My campaign for the new CD begins this week.

Just added this blog to keep you updated on recent events.