CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter
December 2003

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This is a special holiday edition of the
CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter.

Merry Christmas!

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CONTENTS

SITE NEWS:    Free Music Drawing, New Reviews, etc.
RADIO NEWS:   Top 20, New Tracks, & more
MUSIC NEWS:   CNET buys--then flushes--mp3.com
HOW YOU CAN HELP
SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS

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*** CelticChristianTunes.com SITE NEWS ***


FREE MUSIC DRAWING

The number of entrants in each of our drawings is only about 10% of 
the size of our mailing list. The odds of winning are probably 
greater than you think, so if you haven't entered before, it doesn't 
hurt to give it a shot!

Congratulations to Shary in Arizona, who has won three great seasonal 
albums in our most recent drawing. The winner of our next drawing 
will receive: Eden's Bridge's "Isle of Tides", Robert Coates' "Peace, 
Be Still", and Fathom's "Available Light". The next drawing is 
expected to happen in early January.

The current contest cycle will be a short one, so enter today!

To enter the current contest, just fill out the form at 
http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/surv.shtml.


NEW ALBUM REVIEWS

We've recently posted new album reviews for the following:

Eden's Bridge
"Isle of Tides"

Carol Arblaster
"Holy Thorn"

We've also temporarily indexed reviews of Christmas albums in our 
archive so you can find them easier this month.


NEW WEBSITE LINKS

Since our last edition of the Newsletter we've added links for the 
following artists:

The Electrics
Frank van Essen


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*** CelticChristianTunes.com Radio NEWS ***


THIS MONTH'S TOP 20

Here are the current 20 most popular songs on 
CelticChristianTunes.com Radio, based on a combination of factors, 
including listener votes, "Buy" and "Wish List" clicks, and log-offs 
while songs are playing. The list is in the format Artist - Song - 
Album.

1. Iona - Reels - Heaven's Bright Sun (disc 2)
2. Bob Halligan, Jr. - The River is Here - Deep Still
3. Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning - Roma - Patrick
4. Michelle Tumes - Feel - listen
5. Maire Brennan - The Light on the Hill - Perfect Time
6. Kerri-Ann Rostad - Lamb Of God - Deep Still
7. Ric Blair - Taime Im' Chodloch - Break The Walls
8. Phil Keaggy - And On That Day - True Believer
9. Eden's Bridge - Holy, Holy, Holy - Celtic Reflections On Hymns
10. Ceili Rain - Jigorous - Erasers On Pencils
11. Beyond The Pale - Tiarna De - Beyond The Pale
12. The Electrics - Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Livin' It Up When I Die
13. Kildare - I Believe There is a God in Heaven - Resurrection Dance
14. Runrig - Big Sky - In Search Of Angels
15. Margaret Becker, Maire Brennan, Joanne Hogg - Jesus Draw Me Ever 
Nearer - In Christ Alone-New Hymns of Prayer & Worship
16. Margaret Becker, Joanne Hogg, Kristyn Lennox - Repentance - New 
Irish Hymns #2: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit
17. John Doan - Where Horses of Faery Hide - Eire: Isle of the Saints
18. Iona - Songs Of Ascent (Part 1) - Open Sky
19. Eden's Bridge - Sanctus - Celtic Reflections On Hymns
20. Beyond The Pale - Captain O'Kane/Morning Dew - Hill Of Sallows


NEW TRACKS

You can currently hear new tracks never before played on 
CelticChristianTunes.com Radio from Caroline Bowles, Ceili Rain, The 
Crossing, Eden's Bridge, Fathom, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning, Iona, 
Phil Keaggy, Lianna Klassen, Michael W. Smith. In addition to these 
timeless songs, we've rotated in dozens of Christmas tunes for your 
enjoyment as well!


TO LISTEN: Visit http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/list.shtml.

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*** MUSIC NEWS ***

For more information about each of these items, please visit the 
artists' websites through CelticChristianTunes.com.

There's very little to report this time around, but we thought this 
was worth mentioning:

Vivendi Universal recently sold the mp3.com domain CNET, who suddenly 
closed the popular site this week. For years, mp3.com has provided a 
means for 250,000 artists--mostly independents--to market their CD's, 
and a location for fans to download a plethora of free legal music. 
This development occurred so quickly that it was probably completed 
before most of the artists even knew their online presence was 
disappearing. CNET has announced that it will start its own free 
service for independent musicians early next year at 
music.download.com. From that site:

    "...we're hard at work building a free music download
     site that will address the needs of the independent
     artist community and the music downloading community.
     Launching in early 2004, music.download.com will offer
     artists free file hosting and a presence on the Web,
     and will give music fans free access to a universe of
     downloadable songs."


If you have any news tips that our readers will want to know about, 
be sure to drop us a line at Cory@CelticChristianTunes.com.

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some of the costs of maintaining CelticChristianTunes.com and 
CelticChristianTunes.com Radio station, please visit 
http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/donate.shtml for instructions. 
Thanks!

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