Saunders Street Records Announces exclusive royalty sharing program for Parents who are Facebook Friends/Fans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — October 29, 2008 — Saunders Street Records (SSR) announces that with the release of William Saunders' 4th indie album "Chasing Daylight", a new profit (royalty) sharing program will be launched. The purpose of this program is to fund educational opportunities for children of parents who are either Facebook Friends or Fans of either William Saunders, Heather Thornton or Saunders Street Records, as well as draw attention to music education. Drawing for program selection will occur on November 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm cst.

Synopsis -- All proceeds from online sales of "Chasing Daylight" via Itunes, Rhapsody, Imusic, Napster, Amazon.com, etc. will be disbursed to 12 selected Facebook Friends, "Save the Music" Foundation, and the artist. The breakdown of percentage is:

• 50% Facebook Friend/Fan Pool
• 30% Save the Music
• 20% the Artist

12 nominated children (& their parents) will be chosen to participate in the program from those that request participation.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE -- In order to be considered "qualified" for this program, you must have a child or children of ages (4 - 16) and be a Facebook Friend or Fan of either William Saunders or Heather Thornton or Saunders Street Records.

You must post a wall request for consideration on the Saunders Street Records Facebook Page or send a message to William Saunders via Facebook. All requests for participate must be made before November 7, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. cst.

Parents must give their word that if selected the monies obtained will be used for educational purposes only and/or music education purposes.

If selected you will need to obtain a PayPal account so that disbursements can be made. Disbursements will be made on a semi-annual basis to the PayPal accounts for a span of 8 years.
You are encouraged to solicit family and friends to purchase "Chasing Daylight" online to support your child's education expenses.

Chasing Daylight is an instrumental album suitable for all listening ages and music tastes.


For further information, please email SSR at info@saundersstreetrecords.com

2010 Development Courses Pilot Program Announced

Know of any emerging musical artists that are wanting to empower themselves to either: 1) Be in the drivers seat of their own career or 2) want to educate themselves about the industry and the possibilities to avoid being take advantage of.

If so, we are looking for no more than 10 participants for a pilot program that will feature the key education opportunities from SSR.

The initial Pilot Program is comprised of several different course modules, training opportunities and other networking opportunities. All of these items will be offered on a ala carte basis in 2010. However, for pilot and trial purposes, they have been bundled together as a single offering. The following are the core course components:

• Organizational Skills for the Working Musician/Musical Artist
• Project Management for Musicians
• Decision Making
• Strategic Planning
• Web Strategies
• Music Business Fundamentals


In addition to the core components, you will have an opportunity to participate in special one-on-one training and follow-up (3 complimentary hours). This is called Career Coaching and it can be likened to working with a physical trainer, but for a music career. The principle is to employ positive reinforcement with motivating techniques that help you build and stick to good habits and plans.

You will notice we use the word “coaching” rather than instruction. It is our philosophy that learning requires more bi-directional feedback and we aim to “coach” you to new levels of achievement, not just teach to you.

Lastly, as a member of this inaugural class, you will be invited to a graduation dinner where members will have the opportunity to perform.

If you know anyone who might be interested have them email SSR at info@saundersstreetrecords.com