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Greetings friends and fans,

It's been a while since my last update on this newspage. It seems these days facebook is the way to keep up with whats going on so please check out either my facebook or myspace page!  I am currently in the early stages of planning and writing for a new project.  At this point there is no release date set but I will update as things progress. Now that the kids have gone I have recently moved my studio to the upstairs of my detached garage and have switched my recording platform to pro tools so there is much to learn!!! This area was previously used for a game room so much of the construction was already done.

 "City Streets" spent 46  weeks on the smoothjazz.com indie charts   and continues to sell on cdbaby, itunes and amazon.com.  The first single "Lost in the Moment"  received good response from radio and has been played on numerous stations around the US and other countries! It made it to # 21 on the charts! City Streets also received very positive reviews!The musicians include, Jim Adkins, Bill McGee, Matthew Steele, Greg Terry, Cham Laughlin and Lee Covington.  Every song has memorable hook lines and melodies and fits quite nicly into the smooth jazz genre. The sales of all my music has now reached over twenty one thousand! I would like to thank all of you who have purchased a cd, mp3 or song from itunes. Every sale means alot to any artist!

Thanks as always for checking in!

Jim

  

 

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JIM ADKINS City Streets Clear Image Records

As I listen to Virginia guitarist Jim Adkins’ new album CITY STREETS, I’m pondering as to what it is about his music that makes me feel so good. The first song of Jim’s that I remember being enamored with was “Into the Storm” from his 2002 release TURNING POINT. Now, two albums later, CITY STREETS evolves and continues the outstanding quality I heard in that first listen to his music six years ago. This isn’t just a good album… it’s a great album… make that exceptional, it’s an exceptional recording! My ultimate test of any song is whether or not I would stay with it until it ends, even though I’d be delaying an activity such as getting out of the car or shutting off my iPod or Roku. There is not one track on this new album that I wouldn’t want to savor in its entirety before doing something else. Again, I have to ask why that is, and without delving too deeply into some analysis best left to a musicologist (or perhaps a psychologist) I’ll simplify it and call it an organic, simple elegance of expression. I love his melodies, the tone he brings out of his instrument, his pacing, his economy of notes, his soul, as it were, coming through his music. Jim Adkins’ CITY STREETS works beautifully for me. I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t work exactly that way for you!



JIM ADKINS City Streets Clear Image Records

As I listen to Virginia guitarist Jim Adkins’ new album CITY STREETS, I’m pondering as to what it is about his music that makes me feel so good. The first song of Jim’s that I remember being enamored with was “Into the Storm” from his 2002 release TURNING POINT. Now, two albums later, CITY STREETS evolves and continues the outstanding quality I heard in that first listen to his music six years ago. This isn’t just a good album… it’s a great album… make that exceptional, it’s an exceptional recording! My ultimate test of any song is whether or not I would stay with it until it ends, even though I’d be delaying an activity such as getting out of the car or shutting off my iPod or Roku. There is not one track on this new album that I wouldn’t want to savor in its entirety before doing something else. Again, I have to ask why that is, and without delving too deeply into some analysis best left to a musicologist (or perhaps a psychologist) I’ll simplify it and call it an organic, simple elegance of expression. I love his melodies, the tone he brings out of his instrument, his pacing, his economy of notes, his soul, as it were, coming through his music. Jim Adkins’ CITY STREETS works beautifully for me. I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t work exactly that way for you!



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