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Hello, 2006

Hey Soul Mates,
I hope that all of you had a nice New Year's Eve & Day. We nearly washed downstream yesterday, but here I is. Sunday, a group of us went for a New Year's Day walk around Lake Hollywood. It was a perfectly overcast day. Perfect for walking several miles anyway. Thanks to all who made the journey.

Well, it's January and it's time to get in gear. As you may know, we are putting out a new single this month, entitled Everything My Heart Desires. Yes, it's a love song. We are looking forward to getting it to each of you. The performance was recorded live, no overdubs.

Most importantly... we need the help of our female fans. Granted, this will be a cyber-single, available on-line only, and it's going to be free. But, we still want it to be accompanied by a picture sleeve, in case any of you decide to burn it to disc, etc. For the single cover, we want as many of our lady Soul Mates to send in their favorite photo of themselves, preferably a head shot. [No nudes please, no matter how artistic.] The artwork will be a collage of your beautiful faces.

Please send your picture as an attachment to
rhs@rushhoursoul.com. The picture should be no smaller than 1"x1", 72 dpi, in Jpeg or BMP form. The larger/higher quality the picture the better. We appreciate your participation. Hopefully at least 20 of you will want to help out. This should be fun and you may be on a record cover. How cool?

(Disclaimer, of course. By sending us this picture, you affirm that you own the copyright in said image and are free to donate it to us. You also grant us unlimited usage of the photo for promotional purposes on-line and in print with no expectation of compensation. As in, we can't pay you. But we certainly thank you. Sending in a photo is no guarantee that your image will appear on the sleeve. Oh, and please send it by Friday, Jan 13. Thanks!!)

Gotta get out into the California Sun.
Love, Power, Peace
And a happy, success-filled, healthy and prosperous New Year to you all.

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