Halloween Music CD Give Away

Well...today is a special day. In honor of just getting my 60th follower, I am going to do a give away too. I haven't done one before, so bear with me. But I have something that I know will be a most spooktacular thing to win in a Hallowe'en Give Away and I've been dying to share, so this is the perfect excuse. I do not understand all the workings of having people go to other websites and post things, so this one will be very easy. You only have to leave a post on this blog entry letting me know you want to be entered...easy enough. And if you are the lucky spook who wins, I will need you to email me a mailing address. I will also ship out of the country, so no problems for my friends in Canada. You also do not need to leave multiple posts because one is plenty. I will put all the names in my Witch's Hat and let my kids draw it out. How is that for a scientific selection method? We will do the drawing and post the winner on Saturday, October 10th. That's 2 weeks.

Now for what you'll win.... You may or may not have noticed in my sidebar, an advertisement for a music CD titled "Swingin' at the Séance" by the marvelous Moon-Rays. First, let me tell you what a fabulous CD this is for any Hallowe'en lover. And if you're a fan of vintage Hallowe'en....even better, because the majority of these swingin' tunes are from the 20's and 30's big band era. Here is a better description for you. "This year the Moon-Rays have given you the ultimate Hallowe'en treat! They have gone back in the studio to really dust off the skeletons in the closet and record twelve tracks of the best Hallowe'en songs of the 1920's-1940's. Songs originally made famous by artists like Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Bing Crosby, Louis Jordan, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. These songs, many of them never re-recorded before, take you back to a time when Hallowe'en parties were really swingin! To take on the recording, the Moon-Rays used the same instrumentation and arranging that were done on the originals, which meant recording with a full big band on several of the numbers. So if you think that Hallowe'en music started with the Monster Mash in the 60's you're in for a very pleasant shock, because these songs are the real deal, and they are SWINGIN baby!!!!!!"
So why have I chosen this to give away? Because first, I can personally attest to this being my absolute favorite Hallowe'en CD in my collection. And secondly, because yours truly was the artist/photographer who had the pleasure of doing all the art work for the CD. So you can only imagine what an exciting assignment it was to design a Hallowe'en CD....right up my witchy lil' alley! The band picked the theme they wanted to go with, in this case being the Séances so common to the Hallowe'en parties of old...and I worked closely with them to give the CD the visual excitement to match their stellar music. In the end, we couldn't have been more pleased with the final product. I played this at our annual Pumpkin Carving Party last year and it was a total hit. The Moon-Rays music is equally enjoyed by young and old alike. My kids love "The Headless Horseman" and "Skeletons in the Closet." The whole CD is swell, I give you my word!

So think about it, and if you want a Free Hallowe'en CD to liven up this year's bash, then throw your name in the hat! And this is not a requirement at all, but if after you get the CD in the mail and listen to it...if you dig it as much as I do, then please tell your friends about it and send them to the Moon-Rays MySpace page. They also have 3 other CD's of spooktacular Hallowe'en music as well. They are a top notch group of musicians and I like to support my fellow artists! Check out their video of "Swingin' at the Séance" below...oh so spooky!