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This year so far has been really productive for me and my music.  At the beginning of the year, I had my mind set to release a new album this year but then in March I, finally, released a music video for my song "Truly".  

It's been pretty well received by those that have seen it.  If you haven't seen it yet, it is on YouTube at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCQewq8MdM

Thanks in part to this video release, there has been new found interest in my Little Red Box album.  Available here http://theLittleRedBox.com

So as of right this minute, I have decided to delay a new album and continue to promote Little Red Box.  The good thing this is, I have been working on new music for about a year and a half. So it's pretty much ready to go!

"Truly" has also been getting spins and added to radio stations around the country and the internet.  In the past week, it's been added to these stations:

Billboard airplay:

• WXJZ/Gainesville, FL

• WEIB/Springfield, MA 

• KUNV/Las Vegas, NV

Smooth Jazz airplay:

• WFSS/Fayetteville, NC

• WJAB/Huntsville, AL

• WMWM/Salem, NC

• WMRT/Marietta, OH

• SmoothJazz.com/Global Radio

• GrooveSuite.com/

• TM Studios/Music sampler used for retail in store airplay, armed forces radio

• WITD at Live365.com/

• SmoothJazzAndMore.com/

• ChocolateJazz.com/

• CJazzChannel.com/

• GotRadio.com/Jazz So Smooth

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it gains momentum and continues to be added on more and more radio stations.  Very shortly I will be shooting another video for my song "Keep Loving You" and hopefully will start doing more shows.  I'm getting the band geared up for the summer and I hope to see you on stage somewhere!

Thanks for your support!

D. Edward

Chungo Boogie Music

It's been a long time, I shouldn't of left you w/o a dope beat to step to

Happy 2013!
It's been too too long since I last posted to my blog but I hope you have found me in other places in the webosphere!

I've been working on new material, for over a year, to follow up my Little Red Box release and also trying to get LRB out there for everyone to hear.  I had been working to produce a video, since last spring, for my song Truly, but due to a not so reliable film maker, that project seemed like it would never happen.  Thanks to my very good friend Pierre Parker, (film maker and drummer for Lenny Williams), I finally found a film maker that could make this happen with me.  His name is Will Yick. We released the video on March 8, 2013 and it's well received.
So long story short, I was ready to let LRB go and release a new album, when the new Truly video breathed new life into the project.

As you may, or may not know, I also perform with the legendary R&B group ConFunkShun.  After seeing the Truly Video, their road manager, Rickey Richardo told me "You know the music on Little Red Box is classic music and doesn't have a shelf life" meaning continue focusing on promoting LRB instead of pushing to release something new right now.  Him saying that and all the other positive responses I have received about the video, it made me rethink the new release date.

So I've decided to release a few more videos from LRB over the next few months and am currently promoting Truly as a single to Smooth A/C (Jazz) radio.  The campaign began today May 6 and it's been added to the rotation of 2 stations, so far.  KUNV in Las Vegas, NV and WEIB in Springfield, MA!
So please listen to your local Smooth Jazz/AC radio station and request it! Call them and tell them you love it and to play it more!!! :-)
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Truly - Official Music Video

It's been a while... here's what has been happening

I've been busy the past several months and have neglected my bogging! Please forgive me. Since I last wrote , I've been busy promoting Little Red Box. I've also been playing with ConFunkShun and some other local bands. I've done a few really fun shows with ConFunkShun in Las Vegas and The Sleeptrain Pavilion in Concord, CA. The Concord show was preety big and at home. It featured CFS, En Vogue, Toni Tony Tone, Lenny Williams, The E Family(w/Pete & Sheila Escovedo) and MC Hammer. The Vegas show we did was with Brick. They were all so cool and nice, it always humbles me to be around such legendary artists and to have them be so kind. I was also playing with a local group of musicians(Rene Escovedo, Ben Reyes, Steve Laciak, Johnny De La Cruz) that collectively are called "A Gozar" which means "to enjoy" in Spanish. I have so much fun playing with them because they play a great cross section of music. From Johnny Cash to Jay Z to Otmart Liebert to original music.
Now about my own project...I've gotten the live band together and we will be playing our debut show at The Depot at San Francisco State University on Nov 2, 2011. It's a great band and it's sure to be a great show. I'm very excited to finally get it together. I've done a radio interview with DJ Malachi for Luv Luv Radio. The East Bay Express newspaper also did a great review of Little Red Box. This is what they wrote: "D. Edward, Little Red Box
"Oh, that raspy, chalky, sleepy, forlorn, borderline soft-rocky male tenor.
Balladeer D. Edward does it with near-perfect intonation, bouncing off words, squeezing phrases, and bending vowels. At his best, he sounds a lot like John Mayer."
Rachel Swan - East Bay Express." Getting reviews like this affirm that I doing the right thing. On an unfortunate note, my friend and singer, Tamara Green, who sings Homeward Bound with me and her struggle with Breast Cancer was the inspiration of this song, is once again fighting cancer. I HATE CANCER!!! There is a fund set up for her and her family, The Tamara Green Wellness and Caring Fund, to help the financially and I hope that you will donate whatever you can to help. I will also be donating half of the profits of album sales of Little Red Box. So if you buy an album I will give half of everything I make from it. I love Tamara and her family and she's a fighter and inspires me everyday!
Well that's it for now and I know I say this in every blog but I will be updating my blog more often. I PROMISE!!!
All Love to you from
D. Edward
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The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure

Well the 4th of July weekend is here and the weather in the San Francisco Bay Area is spectacular. There is no other place in the world with weather like we have here.
I have a duet on Little Red Box called Homeward Bound it features my friend and breast cancer survivor Tamara Green. I was inspired to write it, by her experience dealing with the horrible disease called Cancer. I am truly blessed to have her singing with me on this song!
I've decided to donate a $1 for every CD or full album download sold, between July and September 2011 to the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure Organization. So please buy your copy of Little Red Box today!
Let's help find a cure for cancer and also have some great music to listen to, while supporting a great cause!
Love and Peace
D. Edward

June going on July

Well June has been pretty busy. The CD was released June 1st and it has been getting rave reviews from everyone that has heard it! It a Pop/Soul release. If you haven't checked it out yet go to theLittleRedBox.com website and take a listen. Buy it, if you like and please tell EVERYONE you know about it.
It is also being carried by Rasputin Music stores throughout Northern California. They have 9 locations check their website for a location near you. They have it listed in the SOUL music category alphabetically in the 'E' section under D.EDWARD. I also think it's important to support brick and mortar music stores. Not that I'm against online stores because it's also available at CD Baby and iTunes, Amazon and most other online retailers.
Little Red Box features guest appearances by musicians who have/do work with Stevie Wonder, Con Funk Shun, Goapele, Martin Luther and Lenny Williams. The Little Red Box concept is Love, plain and simple. Falling in it, finding it, being inspired by it and how it can achieve greatness through it.
I'm currently working on the live band to promote and support the new release!
I hope you will buy a copy or download and I hope you will come out and support the band when we play in your area!

All love!
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I look forward to seeing and hearing from you soon.

It's June already!

Let me first start by once again saying sorry it's been so long since my last blog update. I've been working very hard on getting my new CD Little Red Box ready for release. It's all set and will be on sale in a week!
I'm designing a new website theLittleRedBox.com that will be the hub of all information regarding the new release. You'll be able to purchase downloads directly from me or through all the normal channels like iTunes, Rhapsody, CD Baby Amazon etc...
I'll also have one song available as a free download from the Little Red Box site.
I've been getting very good responses so far from folks who have heard the music. You can listen to the music now at on the site. There are also some songs on You Tube
I am so happy with how the new material has come out. I'm working with a publicist and two songs (Truly and Keep Loving You) have been added to DFW iRadio playlist in the Dallas Fort Worth area http://www.dfwiradio.com/
It will soon be on the air in Santa Barbara at the UC Santa Barbara radio station and hopefully KPFA radio in Berkeley. I'm hoping UC Riverside's radio station will pick it up soon too. I'll also be targeting non Clear Channel stations around the country too.
I'll be posting much more often now that everything is done and ready to go. Keep up with the music at the Little Red Box website!
I hope to hear from YOU and you'll definitely be hearing from me very soon!

It's amazing how much time it takes to produce a CD

It's been a while since I last blogged about what's been happening. The process of writing, producing and recording a CD is long and labor intensive. I have loved every minute of it. I wanted to take my time this time around to produce something that would be worth the wait and work. I think I have achieved that! I love it and hopefully you will too. The Little Red Box CD is finally in the production stage and will be available for purchase in the next few weeks.
My complete focus has been the new CD. Although I have been doing some studio work for others as well. I have been recording percussion tracks with a group called "R00K" and also recording at Studio Trilogy in San Francisco with an R&B artist named Chase with Grammy nominated producer pc muñoz. I've also got an endorsement deal with 2 companies called Kickport and EarFliters.net. Kickport just unveiled their latest product called the Cajonport. I'm enjoying working with it in my cajon, (which is a percussion instrument). Google it to see what a cajon looks like.
Beside, the studio work, I had been mixing the tracks for my CD daily. It seems that everyday I would hear things differently and would then mix the tracks over. This process went on for about 2 months! Seriously everyday for 2 months...
I finally got them to the point where I was absolutely happy with the mixes and then I had them Mastered at Studio D Recording in Sausalito CA. I'm excited that I they mastered it for me and now I can say that my CD was mastered at the same studio that acts like Earth Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin, Faith No More, members of the Doors, and Santana have worked at. They make magic happen!
The artwork has been finalized and all the paperwork has been completed. Now it's time to get this baby out to the public.
I've uploaded tracks to my reverbnation.com page for folks to listen and purchase before the official release date. You can go to http://www.reverbnation.com/dechung to check them out for yourself. It's a free site.
You can also go to my facebook site and listen. http://facebook.com/chungoboogie

I promise it won't be as long for another blog. Please leave a comment and join me on Facebook and Reverb Nation. I would love to hear from you!
All Love