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		This page will feature an electronic newsletter and will be updated monthly to let you know everything going on with the Spencer/Bullock and Sojourn.
		November 2001 Updated guestbook so it works again. Old submittions are stored here for those of you who want to see who else has visited.
		September 1999 Sorry for the delay in new updates, but Sojourn has been in the studio for the past year working on a new album for Point Music/Aor Heaven. The album is now done, finally!! Its a great mix of modern Aor/Pomp with a move towards the progressive side of Sojourn. The artwork is now being completed and we will post some of the ideas on this site soon. The release date of the album will be announceed soon but should be sometime this fall.
		November 1998 The Point Music sampler is out with a new Sojourn song, to order go to aorheaven.com also Sojourn has finally finalized a deal for a new Sojourn album to be released sometime in 1999. Point Music/Aor Heaven will be releasing the album in all of Europe and Song Haus Music will release the album in the US. Also check out the Dave Mendenhall album which features many great musicians including Sojourn, Spencer/Bullock Bass player Dane Spencer. Also avaialble either at aorheaven.com or in the US go to cdnow.com or musicblvd.com or amazon.com Dave Mendenhall engineered both Sojourn albums and has a great voice, in the vein of "Asia" the band.
		August 1998 Nile Rodgers Ramps Up Music Firm - Venture Includes Former Touchwood Distrib., New Label (backstage- 740 words - August 01, 1998) By Ed Christman NEW YORK-Nile Rodgers, co-founder of Chic and a well-known record producer, is getting back in action on the business side of the music industry with the purchase of an independent distribution company and the start-up of a new label. Rodgers has acquired Touchwood Distribution and renamed the company Sumthing Distribution to coincide with the launch of his Sumthing Else Records label. The first release from the Sumthing label will be a live album from Chic, recorded in Budokan, Japan, in 1996 on the day before the group's co-founder, Bernard Edwards, passed away. That album will also include the last four studio tracks completed by Edwards and Rodgers. Touchwood, a 4-year-old company previously affiliated with the label of the same name, is currently on the map through the distribution of the self-titled album from the DLR Band, the latest project from David Lee Roth. The set has scanned 28,000 units since its release in June, according to SoundScan. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Touchwood, the label, sold its distribution company because it wanted to focus its energies on music. The label recently merged with Zero Hour Records to form Touchwood Zerohour Entertainment (Billboard, July 18). As to why he acquired a distribution company, Rodgers says, "I really wanted to be in a position to influence the destiny of product, especially my own product." In addition to the DLR Band on Wawazat! Records, Touchwood also distributes Alchemy Records, Cash Only Records, Dancefloor, Echo International, Flex Records, Gamma Records, Harmony Park International, Horse Play Records, Koala Publications, Lizard Records, Radio Mafia, Pelican Sound Recordings, Pendulum Entertainment, Say See Bone Records, Song Haus Records, Uproar Entertainment, Whirled Records, and Xemu Records. The company also is still distributing the Touchwood family of labels, with a decision pending from Touchwood Zerohour as to whether that relationship will continue. Sumthing Distribution executives decline to provide current sales volume, but Billboard estimates that the company will achieve $7 million in sales in the current year. Rodgers adds, however, that with the labels he is negotiating to bring on board, Sumthing could generate $15 million to $20 million in billing in its first fiscal year under the new ownership. Sumthing Distribution is overseen by Irv Biegle, president. Biegle's history in the record business includes stints at Motown, Bell Records, Casablanca Records, and Boardwalk. Andy Uterano, previously VP of sales and marketing at Touchwood, has been promoted to executive VP/GM of the newly named company. Prior to joining Touchwood, Uterano spent 22 years at WEA. Rodgers says that in addition to Biegle and Uterano, a key executive helping oversee his various interests is Budd Tunick, who is VP/GM of Nile Rodgers Productions. Rodgers foresees independent distribution experiencing a resurgence in the next few years and plans to position Sumthing Distribution so that it can capitalize on opportunities that come its way. "I want to grow it, make it bigger, and make it more effective," he says. The company has 19 employees and expects to add staff as sales volume dictates. Rodgers is having a "comprehensive Web site" built to highlight Sumthing's product, he says. Since Rodgers also is a partner in computer game company American Softworks Corp., the site will offer fans the ability to play computer games. Rodgers, who first came to prominence in Chic, was one of the prime movers, with Edwards, of the disco movement in the late '70s/mid-'80s. In addition to its band, the duo wrote and produced songs for Sister Sledge and Diana Ross. After Chic disbanded, Rodgers went into producing full time, helming David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and Madonna's "Like A Virgin," among other projects. The upcoming Chic album, expected in September, includes a performance by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. Rodgers also plans to record a solo album. He believes those albums?and others on the Sumthing Else label?will fill a void in the current marketplace. "Almost 99.99% of all R&B records today are done the same way, with sequencing, drum machines, and loops," he says. "What my label is going to be about is recording artists that make records that are live" and are played live, instead of singing to track or with a DJ. "Where I come from, music is played and recorded live. Sonically, that's a different sound than the way R&B music is recorded nowadays," Rodgers says.
		July 1998 Sojourn has just finished mixing 3 new tracks for their new album due to be released in early 1999. Point Music/AOR Heaven will be releasing 1 of the new tracks on a music sampler sometime this summer. The titles of the new tracks are: Stands in Line Heart of a Poor Boy Dear Cousin Eddie We will keep you posted on the music sampler release date. Wishing Well Entertainment has the new Sojourn compilation album in stock,as well as the Spencer/bullock album. Visit their web site at: http://getnet.com/~wishwell/index.html This on line music catalog service has imported, domestic as well as hard to find cd's dealing mainly with AOR/Pomp and Melodic Rock.
		May 1998 The new Spencer/Bullock album "Games of the Heart" was released Tuesday May 5, 1998 by Touchwood Records. You can now order the album direct via the Internet at CD NOW or at MUSIC BLVD. In Europe the album is available through AOR HEAVEN. The Sojourn compilation album is now released and avaliable at AOR HEAVEN. Point Music and AOR HEAVEN did an excellent job digitally re-mastering the album as well as reproducing the orginal art work of the first Sojourn album, and combining the Sojourn logo of the second album for a great new album cover. Both Sojourn albums complete on 1 CD for the normal price of a single CD.
		February 1998 Sojourn has signed with Point Music Germany to re-release its two albums "Lookin' For More" and "Different Points of View". It will be a limited CD numbered edition. We will let you know when it will be released and how to order the CD. This will be the first time ever for these albums available on CD. Also great news is Sojourn will reform to record a new album for Point Music. All new material should be a good one. Recording is to start in early April and continue through 1998 with a early 1999 release date in mind. Spencer/Bullock has now finalized the art work for their new album and Touchwood will announce the release date soon. Still with all the Sojourn activity going on Spencer/Bullock are now gearing up to promote their new album "Games of the Heart".
		January 1998 Spencer/Bullock have finalized a distribution deal with Touchwood Records. The Album will be released in the first quarter of 1998. It will be released in the U.S. as well as Europe at the same time. The Band is currently working on the final art work for the cover of the album with Vance Hawkins Design and Travis Chase. As soon as its completed we will post the cover on this home page.
		November 1997 Starting in October Spencer/Bullock mixed their debut album "Games of the Heart" at Rosewood Studio. Guy Randall supervised and mixed the sessions with Dane and Kevin producing. The album has now been mastered by Blair Leishman at Digital Source Studios and is ready for release sometime in early 1998.