On Saturday, Kelowna’s Cynthia Leigh-Ann held her CD Release Party at the Habitat.  Here’s a follow up interview:

So you have a new CD out, what new oppurtunities are you hoping this will bring you?

Yes I do, and I am totally ecstatic about it, I had an awesome time producing my album with Producer Bob Gabelhouse he was incredible and the sound is tracks are better than I expected. We will send the full radio package to Joe Wood of RDR Music Group to submit to radio via a 16-bit wave file. as well we will have a tracker take care of the stations delivery of my music, pretty high tech stuff.

I am hoping that my CD charts, that would be incredible and get me really noticed by agents and labels; I am also sending certain songs to Tease, they put them on their site and send them out to TV, Movies, Artists, and other promoters that are looking for other uses like commercials, or other media venues looking for a good song that fits their needs. The Biggest benefit will be helping me to become a familiar face in the music industry, as well as put my music front and center, including sales, because marketing is a big part of the music business.

With your CD release party tonight at the Habitat, what can fans expect?  Are you enjoying playing your new songs live?

The CD Party is to let all of my fans, media, friends, and my family to come out, and celebrate with me as I launch my debut album on stage with a live performance along with some of my artist friends who will do some songs to add to the evening’s entertainment…

My fans can expect to hear me perform all of my new songs live, on stage for the very first time, plus they can sit down with me one on one and ask me all the things they never had an opportunity to do. I will also be giving everyone at the celebration a copy of my first five songs autographed as a memory of the event

I am loving the opportunity to perform my new songs, it is awesome to be doing it, it’s been a long time coming, but worth every minute of the journey.

I will be performing my songs again with others I wrote and some covers at The Merritt Street Music on the 2nd of September in Merritt; I am looking forward to being there, as I have fond memories of my performance days at Merritt Mountain Fest.

What are your plans to promote the new album throughout the remainder of the year?
I plan to really get out there and perform everywhere I can, because after my songs go to radio, the next most important thing is live shows and lots of them. My manager has already started booking me for the fall and 2011 in BC and Alberta, plus I will be touring hopefully in the spring break from university and Alberta in the summer. I can hardly wait to get started.

I plan to sell my CD in selected retail outlets and chains throughout Canada, and hopefully in beyond as things grow, we will be putting them on line music sites  as well , such as MySpace and YouTube, most definitely at my live shows and I am wishing that all comes my way and all my dreams come true with my new CD. Most importantly I want my fans to love my music, they are the ones that make us who really make it happen, and I love them all for supporting me all through my music journey