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Message from Fran:

3 Years!

After 6 months of planning and tweaking I officially launched CIYH in June of 2006. I’d had a good run of playing clubs, coffeehouses, colleges, and performance halls, and was ready to take on a new challenge. The idea of house concerts had become so appealing that I couldn’t ignore how important they were becoming, and how much better they could be served.

Plus, they were my favorite gigs.

Three years later and CIYH is a community of more than 1,000 members, held together by the idea that artists deserve a listening environment, and that their entertainment value should be measured by something other than alcohol sales.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for being a part of this. — fran

Kerrville

A long blissful weekend of music, socializing, and camping. It’s like no other music festival. It was amazing to see that half of the 32 New Folk finalists were CIYH members. Congratulations to winners Carrie Catherine and Rebecca Loebe. Kind thanks once again to Camp Sweetness & Light and the Rouse House. Camp “Jews Don’t Camp” was missed. 8^)

L.A. Acoustic Music Festival (2 free tickets)

One of our favorite house concert hosts has taken on the monstrous task of putting on a folk music festival in Los Angeles. It is this weekend (6/6,7), it is important, and you won’t believe the stellar line-up. (Griffith, Cockburn, Lindley, Thompson, LaFave, the Refugees…) If you live within 100 miles of L.A. - you should go. Early shows start at noon. http://www.laacousticmusicfestival.com — the 7th person to email bodiehouse at aol.com with “ciyh” in the subject will win two free tickets!

Major CIYH improvements:

Busy. Busy. Busy.

New artist profiles, with some cool new options, and… a fantastic new “advanced host search” page for artist members.

ARTISTS: Want to search for hosts who can do a Thursday in the Atlanta area, who have edited their profile in the last 3 months and done at least one show? Now you can. advanced host search!

New CIYH Hosts: (artist members can search “member since 2009-05″ using the advanced search. )

New House Concert Presenters in… AB, ON(2), CA (3), FL, GA, IA, IN, OH, VA(2), WA, and our first host in France!

New CIYH Artists: (A big thank you for your support.)

Look for these new artists here! Anders Fransson, Anna Gilbert, Annette, BettySoo, Cabin Fever NW, Cee Cee James, Cindy Kallet & Larsen Grey, Davey O., Elly Wininger, Ginny Mitchell, Hannah’s Field, James W. Barnhart, John R. Butler, John Randolph, Justin Jude, Kelly McFarling, Kimwei, Laura Brino, Lisa Bianco, Maria Sebastian, Michael Chapdelaine, Mila & Molochka Band, Nick Motil, Rob Heath, Tami Neilson - The Kitchen Table Sessions, The Honey Dewdrops, The Marvins, Tom Richardson, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike.

Renewed Artists: (A HUGE thank you for your continued support!) Annelise LeCheminant, Julie Christensen, Singalong with Phoebe, Suzahn Fiering, Marshall Artz, Dennis O’Rourke, K.C. Clifford, Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga, Kelly’s Lot, Melissa Greener, Perpetual Motion, Clarke Buehling, Chris Carder, Teri Wilder, Steve Eulberg, The Border Blasters.

Schwag Star of the Month:

Thanks to Tripping Lily for sending us a pic of Monica in her CIYH shirt. Send your CIYH pics to franatfransnyder.com

Tip for Artists: Log in here

Here are two things you should do to spruce up your upgraded artist profile.

1. Add a quote! Make one up if you have to.

2. Add captions (titles) for your links. Many hosts like the format of myspace and sonicbids - simply because they are used to it, and they know how to easily find the stuff they want. So add your myspace link, and title it “Myspace.” If you don’t add a caption, they will see “Link 1″ and “Link 2″ - not very enticing.

Look for hosts by using the new advanced host search!

Tip for Hosts: Log in here

Keeping your profile up-to-date is no longer “optional.” The BIGGEST reason I started CIYH was to provide a helpful, UP-TO-DATE resource to help artists and hosts. While we will continue to make efforts to reach out to hosts who have not shown activity, we will remove host listings if their profile has not been edited in 9 months. Any kind of edit (adding calendar dates, changing your booking status or instructions, even your address) will show us that you are still using the site.

Please help us serve our talented artists by providing accurate information, or letting us know if you are taking a break. Thanks!

Next up: We’ll tweak the (free) host flyers for you next month. Suggestions? Write me.

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Please share this information with people you like. — fran