3 Reasons To Follow Lou Anders on Twitter

I thought that it would be fun to put the spotlight on one of my Twitter followers each Friday, so here ya go.

Here are 3 Reasons why you should follow Lou Anders (@louanders) on Twitter:

1. He is the Editorial Director for Pyr Books.
   This makes him responsible for some of the best Science Fiction & Fantasy novels published in the past 5 years.
2. He is a Great Spokesperson for The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Literature Community. Lou is a frequent guest on all of the Genre focused podcasts and is an eloquent and passionate advocate for our community.
3. He published one of my songs in a Mike Resnick book. :-) Lou really gets the new world that we live in and is willing to try lots of new things, like publishing the sheet music to a song in the appendix of a Sci-Fi Novel.
   

What are you waiting for? Go and follow Lou now! @louanders

3 Reasons To Follow John DeNardo on Twitter

I thought it would be fun to spotlight one of my Twitter/Social Media friends each Friday, so here ya go.

John DeNardo (@sfsignal) is my favorite Twitter follower this week. Almost all of my musical success can be attributed to John DeNardo (well, that's what he keeps telling me). Seriously though, John shared my music with the huge audience of Sci-Fi Fans that he has over at SFSignal.com

Top 3 Reasons to Follow John DeNardo on Twitter:

1. He's the Head Honcho over at SFSignal.com: SFSignal has over 11,000 daily blog subscribers. That makes John a big deal.
2. He's really funny: Seriously, DeNardo is side-splittingly funny. Side-Splittingly is grammatically correct, right?
3. He's a great community organizer: SFSignal has really become the genre hub and lots of cool authors, bloggers and fans contribute to the site.
   

For all things Sci-Fi, subscribe to the feed at SFSignal and follow John on Twitter (@sfsignal)

I'm Performing at Confluence (Pittsburgh Sci-Fi Convention) This Weekend.

This coming weekend (July 22nd-July 24th) I will be a guest at Confluence, The Literary Sci-Fi Convention in Pittsburgh, PA.

I will be performing a set of my original music on Friday evening:

Friday, July 22nd 9:00pm: John Anealio (Solo Concert) in The Redwood Room

This is a great con with lots of cool guests like Robert J. Sawyer, Jon Sprunk & S. Andrew Swann. If you are attending, please stop by at my concert and say hi. Be sure to follow my Twitter and Google+ streams for con updates.

Hope to see you there,
John Anealio

3 Reasons To Follow Patrick Hester on Twitter

I thought it would be fun to spotlight one of my Twitter/Social Media friends each Friday, so here ya go.

Here are 3 Reasons to follow Patrick Hester (@atfmb) on Twitter:

1. He is my co-host on The Functional Nerds Podcast: In all honesty, Patrick does almost all of the work.
   
2. He Hosts and/or Produces the SFSignal Podcast, I Should Be Writing & Functional Nerds Podcasts: I've often said that when Patrick gets sick, 50% of genre podcasts go silent.
   
3. He Wears A Cool Hat

Patrick is also a great writer and I look forward to the day when his new novel gets published.

What are you waiting for? Go and follow Patrick now! (@atfmb)

Free MP3! "George R.R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch"

To celebrate the long awaited release of George R.R. Martin's A DANCE OF DRAGONS, I'm offering my "George R.R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch" for absolutely free. Just click the Download button on the player above.

If you are reading this post in a feed reader, click here for the free download.

George R.R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch

If you really like this song, please click the Share button on the player above to automatically share the music with your friends on Twitter, Facebook or your blog.

I hope you enjoy it,
John Anealio
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Anealiopalooza on the "Get Published" Podcast

I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Michell Plested for the "Get Published" podcast. Take a listen and download the podcast:

John Anealio on the Get Published Podcast

Michell and I talk about writing and recording music, getting published, the parallels between music and writing, social media, conventions and lots more.

Hope you enjoy it,
John

Free MP3! "Cecilia" (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)

You can download my cover of "Cecilia" by Simon & Garfunkel for absolutely free! Just click the Download button on the player above.

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Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)

Before I became a Geek Singer/Songwriter, I spent years performing cover tunes in coffee shops and bars. During that time, I learned literally hundreds of songs. No doubt, this had a pretty positive effect on my own songwriting.

I've been thinking a lot lately about putting out more material, so I figured: "why not share some of these covers that I spent so much time learning?"

This recording of Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia" was recorded for a demo CD that I made with a cover band that I used to play with called Inflatable Soup. (the name is an anagram, figure it out and you will learn that the band had a pretty weird sense of humor) Here's the personnel list:

John Anealio: Vocals, Guitar & Bass
Joe Cunningham: Saxophone & Harmony Vocal
Jonathan Ward: Drums & Percussion

If you live in New Jersey, be sure to check out Joe's awesome, horn-powered cover band: Alternate Groove

I hope you enjoy it,
John Anealio
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