DBMC Bound for 2nd year in a row!
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August 27, 2010
Broda has been selected by GoGirlsMusic.com to showcase again this year at the 2010 Dewey Beach Music Conference in Dewey Beach, Delaware! Showcases will be held at McShea's on Friday, October 1st and Gary's on Saturday, October 2nd. Both venues are located on the Dewey Beach strip.
BILLBOARD World Song Contest!
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August 3, 2010
Broda's otherwise unreleased single, "For You", received an Honorable Mention in the 17th Annual BILLBOARD World Song Contest. Judges comments: "Appealing melodic theme. Infectious and uplifting." Not bad for an ol' gal from Farmville, Virginia in a "World" song contest!
"For You" featured on "Women of Substance Sing the Blues"
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March 11, 2010
Otherwise unreleased, "For You" will be featured on Women of Substance Radio's "Women of Substance Sing the Blues" Show (airing Fridays, 2-3 PM (PT) 5-6 PM (EST) March, April, and May! Check it out! Please show your support for Women of Substance Radio who has been so incredibly supportive of the music of Broda!
Broda back on Radio Crystal Blue!
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November 1, 2009
The music of Broda will be back on Radio Crystal Blue to be recorded as a podcast 11/01/09 and distributed on 11/02 or 11/03/09!
Here's how to tune in:
(1)via Archive:
http://cblue.lunarpages.com
and through my home page at
www.radiocrystalblue.com
I will provide a RealOne link and .mp3 link once the podcast is created.
1a: BigContact FeedPlayer, found at the above links contain the ability to
stream, download and save to iPod with the RSS feed. The player is useable
as a widget; one can take the HTML code and place on any site or blog. Look
for it at
www.radiocrystalblue.com
This show will be kept on the page for at least 4 weeks.
(2)Podcast: RSS :
www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss
Many thanks to Dan Herman and his continued support of the music of Broda! Together we can support his shows by tuning in!
Broda joins 2009 Squeaky Wheel Tour!
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October 8, 2009
2009 Squeaky Wheel™ Tour
October 17TH – November 4TH
Broda's performances on October 9th and 10th and November 6th, 7th, 13th, and 14th are very special dates, because these events are part of the 4th International Squeaky Wheel Tour for the Missing held from October 17th-November 4th every year. This all started because fellow musician Gina Bos walked out of a pub after a performance on October 17, 2000 and vanished. GINA for Missing Persons FOUNDation was created in her honor to utilize entertainment to educate the public about missing people. Over 850,000 missing person’s reports are made in the US each year. We only hear about the ones that have the most public appeal. The Squeaky Wheel Tour® is a 19-day event where hundreds of artists, entertainers, churches and gatherings all over the world profile missing people. Though this is a sad subject, we feel it is truly a celebration of hope because we have this opportunity to tell you about a local missing person and, by working together and simply posting a flyer wherever you may roam in the next week, we have a very real chance of bringing someone's loved one home. Since this grassroots campaign began in 2001, over 400 people profiled collectively at events like this have been FOUND. So, let’s have a great time and know that just by taking a flyer and posting it one of us could be the missing piece to bring someone home.
Please check Broda's calendar for the events taking place on these dates and plan to attend. Not only will you be able to take in a great show filled with music, but YOU could make the difference in finding the missing person(s) presented at the shows!
"Spiral Staircase" on Fall Playlist for Women of Substance Radio!
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September 26, 2009
Broda's title track, "Spiral Staircase" has made the cut for the Fall playlist for Women of Substance Radio's Acoustic show! Listen online on Wednesday nights from 6-7 PM (PT) or 9-10 PM (ET) at
http://www.live365.com/stations/breenoble (Link to it through Broda's website under the Links tab!
"Spiral Staircase" has also landed on the Fall playlist for Women of Substance Radio's Folk Show! Listen online on Tuesday nights from 6-7 PM (PT) or 9-10 PM (ET) at
http://www.live365.com/stations/breenoble (Link to it through Broda's website under the Links tab!
Many thanks to Bree Noble and Women of Substance Radio for the continued support of Broda's music!
Be a Blessing: You won't regret it, and they'll never forget it!
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September 14, 2009
When I was in high school, I received an envelope in the mail addressed to me, but the return address was ALSO my address. I opened the envelope to find a $100 bill with only a little note that said, "Keep On With Your Music". To this day, I do not know who sent me that note and $100. I sometimes wish I knew, but I figure it is someone who has somehow kept up with the fact that I am extremely active musically, be it teaching, directing, songwriting, or performing, and therefore I'm blessing them in return by doing exactly as they requested. I still have the note in my scrapbook, even though I don't need to; the memory is always there like a "Kodak moment" burned in my mind. I think of it often still to this day and what a blessing it was (and has continued to be for me).
Since that time, I have been blessed by many wonderful people. An unexpected payment of my vet bill even though my dog still passed away, groceries gathered together and gifted to me by friends when I was totally down and out financially, a generous contribution to allow me to complete the production of my debut CD . . . or even simply, a shoulder to cry on or a good belly laugh when I needed it most.
When these blessings were bestowed upon me unexpectedly, I remember asking my parents, "How am I EVER going to pay them back"? My father said, "There is one thing you should know when it comes to blessings, Brenda. When people bless you when you need it most, it is a blessing for them to be able to do it". I heard his words and generically responded with something like, "oh", but I never TRULY believed that was true . . . maybe didn't even REALLY understand it . . . until this past Friday.
Friday afternoon, I was feeling pretty bad...nauseated by the antibiotics I'd been taking (fearing I might yurk all over my office computer screen), and dealing with a horrible nagging pain in my side. After fighting it for awhile at work, I finally decided to go home and lay down with a heating pad for the rest of the afternoon and pray I would feel better for the mass company we had invited to our house the next day. On my way, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some yogurt (to offset the antibiotics a bit more).
There were at least 3 or 4 cashiers working, and all of the lines were very short. I was second in line behind a woman who was clearly just purchasing the essentials, a little bit of food, toilet paper, and milk. Once her items were rung up, her total came to $43.99. For those of you who do the shopping in your household, you know that, despite the price, that doesn't amount to much by way of "groceries". The lady proceeded to remove several cards from her wallet. It turned out they were prepaid cards. She attempted to run each one for the total without success. She apologized to the cashier (who patiently said, "oh you're fine"), and proceeded to dig in her purse. She pulled out a piece of paper which had what she thought the remaining balances were for each prepaid card. She asked the cashier to run certain balances for each. Beep. Beep. Beep. Still not successful. The lady kept her back and face hid from the mere two of us in line behind her, as she again apologized to the cashier (who again, very sweetly and patiently said, "you're fine, don't worry about it"). I was pleased with the cashier's behavior. Despite the pain in my side and queasy stomach, I too, was understanding. Been there. Done that. Unfortunately, the lady behind me was a different story, giving a continual, impatient, audible sigh. I shot her a look that said, "There are plenty of lines open. If you are that miserable and in a hurry, pick up your crap and go to another line". (How fortunate for her if she has never been someone who has had to pay for tampons with penny rolls . . . perhaps that has been HER blessing in life).
It was a good 20 minutes I stood there as the lady in front of me continued to call out amounts to the cashier to see if each card had enough to cover it. At last, she had the balance due down to $3 and some change. The lady looked into what few bags she had in the cart, pulled out this tiny bag of snack cookies, and returned it to the cashier to deduct from her total. The cashier did as she asked, put the small bag to the side, and gave the lady her new total: $1.32. The lady scrounged through her purse and produced a dollar bill. The cashier deducted it. The lady then began to dig, and dig, and dig for the remaining .32 cents. The cashier said, "We're good". The lady responded, "No, I owe you, $.32 cents". The cashier responded, "Don't sweat it. We're good. I got it".
I smiled at the cashier as the lady, hung her head, whispered a "thank you", and proceeded to push her cart out the door. Before the cashier even touched my yogurt, I pointed to the bag of snack cookies she had put aside and said, "Throw those on here, too, if you would". The cashier didn't hesitate, replied, "you got it", and (aware of what I was doing) proceeded to quickly ring me through so I could get out the door before the lady drove away. The cashier and I didn't not say any more to each other except for "Have a great day" as our knowing smiles to each other said all they needed to say.
I took a long, steady, but quick stride out the door, as I could see the lady was still pushing her cart to her car. The timing could not have been more perfect, as it was not my intention to embarrass her, nor to bring any attention to myself. Her back was to me as she stopped her cart on the diagonal at the back, left corner of her vehicle. Just as I approached, she went to unlock the back of her car. I quickly dropped the snack bag of cookies on top of her purse sitting in the cart, and made the sharp left out of sight between her car and the one parked beside it. As fortune would have it, I was parked across the entrance street in another area of the parking lot directly across from her car. I quickly got in, and watched out of mere curiosity.
Just as I closed the car door, I looked up to see her turning back to her cart. She reached for her bags, and froze for a moment. Then she walked to the other end of the cart and picked up the bag of cookies. She stared at them for a moment, and then looked up towards the store, to her left, to her right, and behind her. She froze for another moment, and then stared back at the cookies. Then she looked straight up in the air as if God himself had reached down and placed them there, and the most beautiful smile beamed from her face. She looked down at the bag of cookies in her hand once more, as she loaded one bag of groceries at a time with the other hand. Once her cart was empty, she scanned the parking lot again. No one was in sight. Then she just stopped, stared at the cookies, and smiled.
As I sat there watching from the car the same smile beamed across my face and tears of joy fell from my eyes, I immediately bowed my head and thanked God for giving me the opportunity to truly understand what Dad had meant, and I quickly proceeded to drive out of sight to head home...noticing that for those brief moments, I did not feel queasy, nor did I feel any pain.
To be a silent blessing to this stranger and see the amazing smile on her face from afar was truly one of the most incredible feelings I've ever felt. Friday night, and through the weekend, we had more and more friends arrive at our home little by little, and I spent the weekend reminded of how each and every one of them have blessed me in their own way through the years, and I hope I, too, have somehow blessed them.
We never know what impact we can have on a person's life, a person's day, or even a person's MOMENT. Be it a big burden we can help lift off of someone's shoulders, or something as small and simple as a dollar something snack bag of cookies, Be a Blessing: You won't regret it, and they'll never forget it!
Broda debuts on Writer's Block/WDVX!
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August 25, 2009
Dennis Double will debut Broda on Writer's Block/WDVX on Wednesday, August 26th between 10-11 PM!
You can tune in at WDVX 89.9 FM Clinton, TN, WDVX 102.9 FM Knoxville, TN, or simply tune into the simulcast on
www.wdvx.com!
Many thanks to Dennis Double for insisting that Broda "needs to be on the air"!
Broda to showcase @ Dewey Beach Music Conference
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August 24, 2009
Broda has been selected to showcase at the Dewey Beach Music Festival & Conference with GoGirls at McShea's on October 2, 2009 @ 9:30 PM
TryXo Announces Indiegrrl Conference Showcase Lineup
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August 17, 2009
Online music retailer Tryxo announced the line-up for its sponsored stage at Nashville's upcoming IndieGrrl Conference at the Hotel Preston. Spanning two days/nights (August 21-22), the Tryxo Entertainment Stage will feature some of today's top independent female performers as well as open mic sessions for yet undiscovered talent.
Tryxo founder and president Natalie Vandersluis will also be heading a workshop called "European Indie Music Scene" with valuable strategies for American female-based artists wishing to enter the E.U. market.
EUROPEAN INDIE MUSIC SCENE
Hosted by Tryxo's Natalie Vanderslulis
Friday, August 21st - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room 3 – Promo Productions Sponsored Room
Hotel Preston, Nashville
TRYXO INDIEGRRL SHOWCASES
Main Tryxo Entertainment Stage next to Exhibit Hall, Hotel Preston
Friday, August 21, 2009
1:00 - 1:45 - Open Mic
2:00 - 2:45 - Katie Pearlman
3:00 - 3:45 - Inky Glass
4:00 - 4: 45 - Sharon Abreu
5:00 - 5:45 - Erika Carey
6:00 - 6:45 - Lachi
7:00 - 7:45 - Jessica
8:00 - 8:45 - Amanda Abizaid
9:00 - 9:45 - Jen Woodhouse
10:00 - 10:45 - Rachel Lee Walsh
11:00 - 11:45 - Casey McKenzie
Saturday, August 22, 2009
1:00 - 1:45 - Open Mic
2:00 - 2:45 - Open Mic
3:00 - 3:45 - Open Mic
4:00 - 4: 45 - Open Mic
5:00 - 5:45 - Open Mic
6:00 - 6:45 - Brooke Trout
7:00 - 7:45 - Amy Clarke
8:00 - 8:45 - Broda
9:00 - 9:45 - STARK
10:00 - 10:45 - Alyson Greenfield
11:00 - 11:45 - Hannah Miller
Tryxo is an online music store offering DRM-free digital downloads of the best independent music to music lovers worldwide. Focused on providing artists with the best retail solution in the industry, the company offers free account registration and 75% royalty on all digital music sales. Recognizing the importance of providing a compelling music shopping experience in a competitive market, Tryxo offers uniform download price of $.59, high-quality music pre-approved by its staff as well as unlimited downloads/copies of purchased music for multiple computers and music players. Tryxo will be launching online radio streams to better promote its artists to customers.
http://www.tryxo.com
"Don't Sell Yourself Short" selected for WestSideWill's Unsigned Artist Showcase
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July 9, 2009
Broda Brenda Barringer "Don't Sell Yourself Short" (O.G. Magazine Song Contest Winner) has been selected for WestSideWill's Unsigned Artist Showcase Airing today. Hear the show, and vote for my song (by clicking on my name, "Broda") to help get it into the Top Ten show!
Thanks for your support!
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Broda selected by Radio Crystal Blue for airplay!
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February 26, 2009
Broda has been selected for airplay on Radio Crystal Blue based in Brooklyn, NY. Check back for updates on when Broda's CD debuts!
Just Cool Sounds, Inc. interested in Broda!
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February 20, 2009
JCSI has expressed an interest in adding Broda to their compilation CDs intended to market talented female singer-songwriter musicians to broadcast media and radio (specifically in the Chicago area). Broda has been added to their site's roster of artists they are interested in promoting. Check back here for updates as this unfolds!
Wynonna responds to Broda's Question at about 45 minutes in!
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February 12, 2009
Broda's Question was asked at about 45 minutes in the Live Chat with one of Broda's favorite artists, Wynonna!
Broda's Q: What advice would you offer emerging artists?
Watch the video for the answer (located at just over 45:05.
Broda selected for O.G. Magazine Compilation CD!
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January 22, 2009
"Don't Sell Yourself Short" was submitted for O.G. Magazine's 2008 Song Contest back in December. Broda received the selection notice today for the O.G. Magazine Compilation CD which will be distributed at O.G. Magazine Events and O.G. Style Events in Hollywood and Los Angeles, CA. Broda is featured in the Winter AND Spring 2009 print issues. See "Links" page to purchase your copies.
Broda & Indiegrrl
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January 8, 2009
Broda's "Hop in My Hooptie" makes TOP 25 SONGS and "Spiral Staircase" continues to Climb TOP 25 ALBUMS!
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November 4, 2008
"Hop in My Hooptie" stands in the TOP 25 SONGS (at #20) on Amie Street today. This is up a whopping 8 spots from yesterday!
"Spiral Staircase" continues to climb in the TOP 25 ALBUMS (also at #20) today. This is up a whopping 7 spots from yesterday!
Thanks for helping Broda keep on climbin'!
