"Love is in the Air" on New Label REEL Records Now Available

Oakland, CA. Nov. 15, 2001 --- Veteran singer and comedian Tom Patrick has released his first CD "Love is in the Air" on REEL Records recently. Featuring songs from the 1940's to the 1970's the CD has been in production by the new record and recording company for the past year. "I'm ecstatic and had a great time making it!," said Patrick. " We need to put "Love in the Air" now more than ever. There's no way I can adequately thank the many people who have helped me make this dream a reality!" The music was provided by various musicians in the San Francisco Bay area including Del Martin, Brent Rudman, Sweet Louise and Tommy Twotone among many others. Musical arrangements provided by Pridis Music as well as Hollywood arranger and composer Adam Watkins. The disk was recorded at "Magaritaville" a bay area recording facility and mastering was done at 510 Studios in Oakland, CA. Discmasters will be doing the mass replication. REEL Records is a new record company dedicated to new and emerging artists.

"Love is in the Air" is now available for online purchase exclusively at CDbaby.com. There are also sample MP3 files from the CD on the e-tailer site. The total running time is over 40 minutes and the follow songs are featured;

Produced by Tom McAuliffe (Patrick's alter ego), a San Francisco Bay area producer and engineer, on the new label REEL, various digital audio technologies were used in production including Digidesign's Digi 001 with ProTools 5.1 on an Apple Mac G4 with Numan, Marshall and Nady Mics piped through a Mackie 1602 Mixer to an AKAI 4-track reel to reel recording deck for some basic tracks and direct to hard drive on most others. Cover art direction and design was by leading bay area artist Gene Buban from www.genus.com with photography by native Californian digital photographer S. Harvill. REEL will be releasing other artists in the near future according to the record company.

"Music really is a universal language, as I’ve traveled all over the world the one thing that’s always been true is the unifying and healing power of music. Lord knows we need that these days more than ever," said Patrick. "The songs on the 'Love is in the Air' CD are all very close to my heart. The big band song 'Witchcraft' was the song my irish fire fighter father used to get my mom to marry him. I’ve rocked with 'Feeling Alright' by Dave Mason in every band I’ve ever been in. Soulful Harry Chapin’s 'Taxi' also tells the story of how I first came to California only to run into my old girl friend from the east," he explained. The classic 'Mack the Knife' is the song that I’ve usually closed my cruise ship performances with. The wonderful ballad 'Into the Mystic' by Van 'the man' Morrison was the first song I ever sang with a horn section." In support of the new release Patrick will be performing in the western US over the next year.

Tom Patrick's "Love is in the Air" is now on sale at the best place for independent music on the internet CDbaby.com! http://www.cdbaby.com/tompatrick

Singing Irishman!

Tom Patrick to Compete in National Singing Contest

Aug. 6, 2001, San Francisco, CA. - REEL Records announced today that cruise ship performer “Tom Patrick” McAuliffe has earned the right to compete in Talent Quest 2001 a national talent contest with over $25,000 in prizes that was first held last year. The semi- finals will be held at the Ramada Express Resort & Casino outside Las Vegas, NV the week of Sept. 4 with the grand finals happening in the main ballroom on Sept. 8th, 2001. Over 50 semi-finalists from around the united states have won the right to compete in the finals after karaoke competitions at the local and regional level.

“Talent scouts, record producers, film and television producers and a host of entertainment personalities will attend the entire National Finals event. Every contestant attending the final event will be looked at for such talent as impersonations, new or unusual singing style and comedic singing performances,” said Bill Keller Director of the contest. In edition to the competition various Karaoke manufactures and music equipment makers will have demos and products on display. There will also be nightly Karaoke in the resort’s night club.

“Win or lose I’m thrilled to be representing Northern California,” says Tom Patrick. “Karaoke not only allows anyone to have some fun while singing, it also helps performers hone their craft. Where else can I easily find a 16 piece orchestra to play with? Wish me luck!”

Talent Quest features three contest categories; Male, Female and Duet. 15 contestants will be awarded recognition with First Place walking away with a $5,000 cash prize plus a four week singing engagement contract at a large Nevada Hotel or Resort, a 1 day recording session at a well known Nashville recording studio and 100 CD’s of that session. The competition is co-sponsored by Singer Magazine, Priddis Music, JVC and Chartbuster Karaoke among others.
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