Lynn News

*September 2011- Lynn's unreleased song "LONG SLOW KISS" is named a FINALIST in the LOVE SONGS category of the prestigious UK SONGWRITING CONTEST scoring a near perfect score of 9/10 for the song. 
Click the thumbnail below to see the full view of the certificate.
                                                    
                    

*May 2011 - Lynn's original Christmas song "Christmas Mistress" places as semi-finalist in the Song Of The Year songwriting contest.



http://www.songoftheyear.com/placements/LynnCareySaylor.html

*October 2010 - Lynn's song "Hold On And Breathe" is singled out for an Honorable Mention nod in the Song Of The Year songwriting contest.

http://www.songoftheyear.com/results/lynncareysaylor.html

*June 2010 - Lynn releases the first CD on her new Guitar Girls Records label,
a 4 song EP for talented 14-year-old Charissa Mrowka. The CD can be purchased
as a pre-sale item for just $5 (FREE U.S. shipping through June 15th) OR as
part of a "combo deal" for $10 that includes the EP and Lynn's 2007 released CD
"You Like It Clean". That's 15 total songs for just $10 + shipping!:

CHARISSA 4 SONG EP $5 (plus shipping)

 SPECIAL COMBO DEAL! CHARISSA EP + LYNN CAREY SAYLOR CD
(only $10!) plus shipping

 *May 2010 - Lynn launches her own record label, Guitar Girls Records!:
http://guitargirlsrecords.com
 
*We have posted some special discounts, free shipping and "combo deals" for
Lynn's music and merchandise to celebrate the new year and new DECADE!
Please visit  THIS LINK for details and purchase links.
We have also posted links to purchase signed photos ONLY on Lynn's photo page,
as she gets a lot of requests for those.  They are only $5 with FREE shipping to
U.S. addresses and reduced shipping worldwide! You can find the purchase links for signed/personalized photos HERE

*Lynn's song "Million Miles" makes its way onto playlistresearch.com's
list of mainstream radio worthy songs discovered on the Internet!
Playlist Research is focused on helping webcasters and traditional media find the best
online music possible. Songs are listed under the month they were discovered by Playlist Research and are not necessarily new releases. The main criterion for selection is that
the song must sound more artistic than anything on mainstream radio in 2009. 
"Million Miles" was included in November 2009's shortlist of worthy songs:
 PLAYLIST RESEARCH'S "MUSIC OF THE INTERNET 2009"

    
*November 12, 2009 - Lynn's song "This Is Your Life" named SONG OF THE DAY at Fame Games.  Fame Games is part of the ABC/CitadelMedia Radio Network and heard worldwidevia the Internet and the following terrestrial radio stations
(with more being added all the time!):


KGHP-FM     89.9   Seattle, WA
WFNX-FM   101.7  Boston, MA
KFFG-FM     97.7   San Jose, CA
WRVE-FM    99.5   Albany, NY
WZEW-FM   92.1   Mobile, AL
WXEG-FM   103.9  Dayton, OH
KWMT-FM   92.9   Tucson, AZ
WKRH-FM   106.5  Syracuse, NY
KENZ-FM    101.9  Salt Lake City, UT
WVOD-FM  99.1    Norfolk-Portsmouth NC
KVSF-FM    101.5  Albuquerque, NM
KPTL-FM    106.3  Des Moines, IA
WCYY-FM  94.3    Portland, Maine
WQKE-FM  93.9    Burlington, Vermont
KKMG-FM   98.9    Colorado Springs, CO
OCI-FM     101.6   Costa del Sol, Spain
OCI-FM      94.6    Costa Blanca, Spain

Watch part 1 video of the radio broadcast in which "This Is Your Life"
wins track of the day:


 

*LIVE singing performance March 29th in Raleigh, N.C., and guitar auction for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving):

Lynn was VERY PLEASED to participate in the auction of the ONE-OF-A-KIND guitar, which was handcrafted and designed by her friend/guitar builder Rob Videtto (pictured below with the guitar), as well as appear at the inaugural "WALK LIKE MADD" event on March 29th in Raleigh, North Carolina to sing her anti-drunk driving song, "I Wasn't A Friend" for the walk participants gathered to raise money for the fight against drunk driving.  This was a high profile event attended by the President of MADD and then Senator from North Carolina, Elizabeth Dole.

Lynn signed the back of guitar following her live singing performance at the event, which was held on the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh.  100% of the proceeds of the auction went to MADD.  Lynn's performance at the event was made possible by the generosity of MADD and Zebbra Oliver who brought Lynn and her song "I Wasn't A Friend" to the attention of MADD's North Carolina branch.  Oliver's 19-year-old son, Johnathon Ferguson, was killed by a drunk driver in October 2005 and she was a participant in the "Walk Like Madd" event Lynn performed at. The guitar has a specific logo dedication on the headstock, which was created by Vicky Adair, that indicates the guitar was lovingly made in Memory of Zebbra’s son specifically, although the money raised was in honor and memory of ALL victims of drunk driving and their families.  Lynn additionally donated 50% of all the net download money from the single "I Wasn't A Friend" purchased through her page at http://blastmymusic.com/Lynncareysaylor to the "John's Team" fund up until the date of the auction in March.

*Lynn's song "Blink of an Eye" is featured in Trailer for the popular CW network TV program "Smallville" and couldn't be a more perfect fit for this show, about a young Superman.

Watch it below and read Lynn's Blog about who made it and what it was created for.

*In addition to being at  iTunes and others Internet retailers, we are pleased to announced that Lynn's music may now also be downloaded at Internet retailer giants AMAZON.COM AND WALMART.COM

 

Click here to download Lynn's album or single songs at
Walmart.

*A Lynn Carey Saylor featured interview appears in the February 2008 issue of Autona magazine (Germany). Click magazine cover below to read:

*A joint SPG Guitars and Goodsell Amps advertisement featuring Lynn Carey Saylor can be found in a recent issue of Guitar World magazine with Jimmy Page on the cover.

 

*LYNN BEGINS PUBLIC APPEARANCES FOR NOTED ROAD SAFETY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION RADD IN DECEMBER 2007
AND HAS BEEN ADDED TO THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS LIST OF CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS AND ENDORSERS.

See more photos and read about this event which took place at Univeral CityWalk at Lynn's blog on her drunk driving awareness page.

*"THIS IS YOUR LIFE" SELECTED FOR COMPILATION CD GOING TO MAJOR LABELS, PUBLISHERS

September 21, 2007: "THIS IS YOUR LIFE" has been selected to appear on a MusicGorilla.com Compilation CD.  Lynn song, which is track 2 on her current CD "You Like It Clean", was one of only 3 songs selected for this opportunity among all artists submitting to it via Sonicbids: http://sonicbids.com/ItWorks/event_view.asp?event_id=916

Although the CD won't be available for RETAIL sale, the CD will, according to the site, be sent to "many Major and Indie Label A&R reps at labels such as Hollywood, J, Octone, Velour, Epic, The Beggars Group, and Virgin. Additionally, the CD will be sent to some specific, targeted music publishers. The material on these CDs is considered solicited material and will be heard."

*PRESS RELEASE -- Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Lynn Carey Saylor signs 3rd major endorsement deal

Atlanta, Georgia based Goodsell Amps has signed the Independent Los Angeles based recording artist to endorse their products and joins The Dean Markley Company and SPG Guitars in a growing group of companies aligning themselves with the up and coming artist.

Los Angeles, California, August 23, 2007 -- Lynn Carey Saylor, whose 2007 Independent melodic Rock/Pop album "You LIke It Clean" is receiving rave reviews and buzz on the Internet, announces her 3rd major guitarist endorsement deal.  Previously signed to  well-known and respected string manufacturer The Dean Markley Company and Boston based guitar manufacturer SPG Guitars, Saylor has now added the Atlanta based Goodsell Amp company to her growing list of endorsement deals.  Goodsell Amps will be featuring Lynn in print advertising, beginning with a co-op ad with SPG Guitars in the October issue of Guitar World Magazine.  The Goodsell Amp endorsement is notable in that Lynn Carey Saylor is the first female artist the company has offered an endorsement deal to.  Established guitarist/artists the company currently endorses include Gilby Clarke (of former Guns n' Roses and Rockstar Supernova fame), Butch Walker (Epic artist and noted producer/songwriter for artists such as Pink, Avril Lavigne, American Hi-Fi and others) and Country superstar, Vince Gill. Goodsell Amps also has endorsement deals with guitarists who tour with superstar artists, such as Randall Waller, guitarist for Shania Twain.

*JULY 31st, 2007- Lynn's song "THIS IS YOUR LIFE" has been selected as one of 20 songs to be featured on the compilation CD, "Great Independent Pop Music Vol 1"

 The compilation will be featured and sold on the online mp3 store, GreatIndieMusic.com, and distributed digitally on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, as well as on physical CDs, which will be sold through CDBaby, etc.

"This Is Your Life" was also recently picked up for licensing by Canadian company, Octobertunes.  "This Is Your Life" is track 2 on Lynn's current CD, "You Like It Clean".  You can hear the song on her myspace page player at http://Lynnsongs.com

*JUNE 13, 2007 - SPG Guitars endorsement artist Lynn Carey Saylor & legendary Free, Bad Company and current Queen lead singer Paul Rodgers participated in a silent auction for the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation at a benefit concert held at The Avalon on June 13th. The SPG guitar signed by Paul and other artists who played the event's concert, including former Heart guitarist Howard Leese and ACDC drummer Chris Slade, raised $1,200 for the foundation, which benefits the families of fallen or injured police officers in the line of duty.

        

More photos here:
http://www.starpowerguitars.com/lapd_benefit.html

*MAY 5TH, 2007 - LYNN ATTENDS THE FIRST LOS ANGELES WOMEN IN MUSIC (LAWIN) HONORS EVENT AT THE RENAISSANCE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL

       
Lou Rawls Jr., Lynn, producer/musician Sean Fodor
photo by P.J. Stratton

The red carpet event honored the career achievements of songwriter Harriet Schock (of "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" fame) and also mainstay KOST 103.5 FM radio station on their 25th anniversary of broadcasting.

 *SPG GUITARS AD FEATURING
LYNN CAREY SAYLOR IS IN THE CURRENT ISSUE OF VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE

*APRIL 2007, LYNN CAREY SAYLOR STARTS NEW PAGE AT MYSPACE TO PROMOTE HER ANTI-DRUNK DRIVING MESSAGE AND SONG ABOUT THE SUBJECT, "I WASN'T A FRIEND": http://myspace.com/enddrunkdriving
Please join Lynn in the fight against this preventable problem which devastates ten's of thousands of families each year.  Lynn is currently looking for corporate sponsors to help with funding to get a video made for "I Wasn't A Friend" which will give a visual to the song's powerful anti-drinking and driving theme. Lynn also wishes to donate the license free use of the song to accredited drunk driving non-profit organizations for use in campaigns against drinking and driving. To view the song lyric and hear the song, which is specifically about the consequences and anguish the day after not stopping a friend from driving drunk, please visit the myspace page at the above link.

*APRIL 2007, FEATURED CD REVIEW OF  LYNN CAREY SAYLOR'S ALBUM "YOU LIKE IT CLEAN" PUBLISHED AT MELODIC.NET:

"Don't be fooled by her name that has that Country feel over it, Lynn is a rocker and only works with the best or should I put it this way - Brian May and American Hi-Fi frontman Stacy Jones wanted to be on Lynn's album.

Her husband Skip produced the album with a million dollar buck sound as the result and it's not so strange since vocal phantom Steve Perry (Journey) has recorded in the same studio and he won't settle for anything less than the best.
Lynn has written 10 of the album's 11 tracks herself and if I didn't know better, I would believe that this was a Greatest hits collection taken from her 5 albums but oh no - "You like it clean" is the debut and you can only admit that she's just as good as writing great rock/pop songs as she looks.

Normally a cover like the Pat Benatar hit "We belong" would stand out as one of the best songs here but it doesn't, after the super strong start with amazing songs like "Million miles", "This is your life", "I wasn't a friend" and the title track with more hooks than the most popular fishing lake in Alaska - the Benatar cover just feels like a part of the family.

This album is huge!"

---Kaj Roth, Melodic.net (http://www.melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=5599),
April 2007

  *SPG GUITARS FULL PAGE ADVERTISEMENT FEATURING LYNN CAREY SAYLOR IN THE MARCH  2007 ISSUE OF PREMIER GUITARS MAGAZINE:

Click here to view the ad which appeared on page 61 of March 2007's Premier Guitar Magazine
 

*MARCH 2007, FEATURED CD REVIEW OF  LYNN CAREY SAYLOR'S ALBUM "YOU LIKE IT CLEAN" PUBLISHED AT AREUONSOMETHING.COM:

Click here to read the review by Scott "Dr. Music" Itter
 

*LYNN CAREY SAYLOR HAS SIGNED AN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH LEADING STRING MANUFACTURER, THE DEAN MARKLEY COMPANY:

Lynn Carey Saylor is now officially signed on as an endorsement artist for the  DEAN MARKLEY COMPANY and her name has been added to the illustrious list of talented endorsed artists on their official website, whom Lynn is very proud to be associated with.  Among the artists Dean Markley endorses are such world famous and legendary names in music as Bo Diddley and Bruce Springsteen to 21st century hot acts like Panic At The Disco and All American Rejects to fellow female singer/songwriter/guitarists Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan.

For the full list of artists Dean Markley endorses, see this link (alphabetized by first names)

*LYNN CAREY SAYLOR ADDED TO THE PLAYLIST OF "GIRLS ROCK RADIO"

The following songs from Lynn's new album "You Like It Clean" have been added to the playlist of GIRLS ROCK RADIO (girlsrockradio.com): "Million Miles", "This Is Your Life", "What We Can't Have" and "We Belong."  Playing many more Internationally known female artists than Indie artists, it is a testament to the quality of Lynn's music that 4 of her 11 album cuts are now included alongside the songs of such big name artists as Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Liz Phair,  Evanescence, Sarah McLachlan, Gwen Steffani, Kelly Clarkson, Shakira, Pink, Pat Benatar, Heart and many more.  This is a GREAT station to tune into if you love music by female singer/songwriters. 

                               
 *LCS T-SHIRTS IN MULTIPLE STYLES, MOUSE PADS, CLOCKS and other items bearing Lynn's name and likeness now for sale at Cafe Press:

Please visit this link for all currently available products for purchase: http://www.cafepress.com/lynncareysaylor
 

RELEASE OF "WE BELONG" PROMO VIDEO:

Now posted, this video includes the mixed (but unmastered) album version of the song and in studio rough cut footage with Lynn Carey Saylor, Brian May, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro, Danny Miranda and Spike Edney who all appear on the recording of the song.  Lynn grants approval for those wishing to add the video via HTML link to their sites and web pages with the specific request that if they post the video, they please also add a link to http://Lynnsmusic.com and note that this is where they can buy the CD this version of "We Belong" appears on.  Go to the Video page
 

*GUITAR ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH SPG GUITARS:

Lynn Carey Saylor is pleased to be reposting this announcement, which is from her new guitar endorsement company, SPG Guitars:
"September 26, 2006 - SPG Guitars has begun production on custom made guitars for Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Lynn Carey Saylor. These guitars will be custom tailored to Lynn's specifications and hand-made in our local manufacturing shop. More information, press release and pictures will be announced within the next few weeks."
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