O-kay so most official holidays are more legit than Valentine’s but aside from Christmas and Halloween, few are in our faces more than Valentine’s Day. IT IS EVERYWHERE. Love it or hate it, you can’t escape it. This morning alone, Peel’s Restaurant was serving red-hot mini cookies, Dunkin’ Donuts had heart shaped donuts, and CVS was clearing out half the floor for little fluffy teddy bears (really, who is buying these) and chocolates (o-kay I get that 100%).
So let’s break this down. It’s happening either way, so you can do one of two things: Deal with it or complain about it. I think it’s better for all of us if you (and I) just deal with it. So the wonderful staff here at The Orchard has taken a stand in support of this arbitrary holiday. You have no excuses now because we’re equipping you with what you need to embrace Valentine’s this year. This is your Valentine’s Survival Guide from us to you:
February 14th may be Valentine’s Day, but it’s also the release date for the brand new single, “You’re The Kind of Girl“, from soul singer Lee Fields on Brooklyn’s Truth & Soul Records. To promote the single release in a way that would make this ladies man proud, we wanted to do something a bit more creative than the usual press release.
We teamed up with ProFlowers.com to offer Lee’s fans a 20% discount on orders sitewide for the month of February. So even if you’re too late for Valentine’s Day, you can apologize to your honey after the fact with an even bigger bouquet than you thought you could afford!
Folks can sign up for the Truth & Soul mailing list on their website or on Lee’s Facebook page, and they’ll receive a a free download of “You’re The Kind of Girl” along with an exclusive ProFlowers discount link.
We put the promotion together with the help of The Orchard’s fantastic design team, who built the splash page on Truth & Soul’s website, and designed the banners and “coupon” we used with our Marketplace partner FanBridge‘s Facebook app on Lee’s page. We also used SoundCloud’s embeddable email unlock widget to collect email addresses on the Truth & Soul site.
Along with his backing band The Expressions (featuring members of The Dap-Kings and The Menahan Street Band), Lee Fields releases his sophomore album for Truth & Soul, titled Faithful Man, on March 13th.
There aren’t many artists who keep their cool well into their fifth decade in the business, but this R&B veteran is one. With a career spanning 43 years and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet-tender voice, the music he’s making today is some of the best of his career.
Truth & Soul Records has elevated their visibility in the realm of digital media by launching their very own iPhone Application. The iPhone app will be a one-stop-shop for fans of Truth & Soul and will deliver video, audio, and other updates straight to the user’s iPhone. The application is free of charge and available now at the iTunes Store.
Catch Lee Fields rehearsing his smash hit “Ladies” available on the Truth & Soul iPhone Application. Click the link below to download the application:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318904078&mt=8
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Welcome folks, to another Daily Rind Newsletter! We’re bursting at the seams this week when it comes to free tracks, but first let’s take a look at our Featured Artists. First up we’ve got soul legend Lee Fields, with his incredible Truth & Soul debut, My World. Grab the lead leak “Love Comes and Goes” below, along with a brand new remix of the title track from Stones Throw artist Aloe Blacc. Our other featured artist this week is an exciting new signing from Frenchkiss Records (yes, the label that brought us Passion Pit and The Dodos), The Antlers, with their already critically acclaimed LP Hospice.
Now on to that immense batch of free tracks – there’s catchy indie-pop from Generationals, reggae-tinged indie rock from Sean Bones, one of Wu-Tang’s own deities U-God, and another type of deity in certain circles – Mike Gordon from Phish, who guests on the amazing new track “Arc of the Sun” by Assembly of Dust. Also make sure you pick up the brand new funky sounds of Budos Band and everything else up there! We have some great new videos from Swedish sirens The Sweptaways and the Evil Genius DJ Green Lantern as well, along with plenty more goodies Bubbling Up, In Stores Now and Coming Soon!
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Track 1: U-God “Train Trussle” from Dopium [Babygrande]
Track 2: Grand Puba “I See Dead People” from RetroActive [Babygrande]
Track 3: Royce da 5’9” “Part Of Me” from Shake This / Part Of Me [One Records]
Track 4: Lee Fields “My World – Truth, Deception, & Lies Remix feat. Aloe Blacc from My World [Truth & Soul]
Track 5: Soulive “Too Much” from Up Here [Royal Family Records]
Bump music: Dim Dim “Shut” from Whip [Audio Dregs]
