Each one is someone just like me and just as passionate about their particular genre of music. In fact, some of them put me to shame. There are those who post 3 or 4 times a day. I prefer to stick to a one-a-day schedule, but that’s because, generally speaking, not much changes from day to day in the jazz and blues world.

Well, one of my fellow bloggers is having a contest and it is a very cool contest and I hope you don’t mind if I diverge from talking about Sad Salamanders and Miles Davis and point you to it. You only have until May 25th to enter and you can win a $25 iTunes Gift Card.

Click right HERE for the contest along with the rules and the place to enter. The blog is called “Crooner Culture.” Hey, folks, it’s $25 and as much music as you can download for that amount.

Perhaps one of these days I will manag to get my stuff together enough to have a contest or giveaway of my own. I probably should make sure I know the proper rules for giving away stuff and then find some cool prizes first. I doubt an empty can of peaches or a used nail clipper would really appeal to anyone.

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This blog is brought to you by the very cool people at b5media.  They are a great bunch of people and they have given me an outstanding forum to talk about a kind of music that I truly love.  They have given me a forum where I can meet other jazz lovers like Chip and those who spend time here and comment here.  I have found that writing on this blog is as much a learning experience for me as I hope it will be for those who spend time reading here.  I am already adding Jaco Pastorius to my list of artists to look into further thanks to yesterday’s entryand Chip’s comment.

So, I am taking today to tell you about some other cool things that b5media is doing.  The great thing about them is that they are contests and you could win some truly cool prizes.  So, I hope you check them out and have a little fun. Then check back here soon and maybe you can learn something new about some jazz artist you had never heard of all over again.

All Poker Addicts – Win some great gear from the World Poker Tour -
http://www.allpokeraddicts.com/blog-contest-win-wpt-gear

Hockey Beat – Win a Vermont Teddy Bear Company hockey bear, makes for
a great holiday gift ($75 value) –

http://www.hockeybeat.com/win-a-hockey-bear-with-a-funny-caption

Rackets and Balls – Win a Vermont Teddy Bear Company tennis bear,
makes for a great holiday gift ($75 value) –

http://www.racketsandballs.com/contest/

Cool prizes and a little bit of fun.  If you happen to mention to them that you saw those links on this blog and how much you appreciate the Jazz and Blues Lounge, well, who am I to stop  you?

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Sadly, I will not be able to attend.  I don’t think I can get away from my full-time gig to fly off to Vegas.  However, if you happen to BE in Vegas or are planning on attending this festival of Blogging-ness, then there are a couple of things you should know about as it associated with b5media.

Poker GameWe’re also going to have a poker table in our booth- we will be giving away prizes such as iphones, wiis, ipods, xbox’s, etc. How it works is attendees can collect b5 chips throughout the conference in several ways:-          Be seen wearing a b5media T-shirt          $1000 chip-          Answer b5media trivia                                   $500 chip-          Tell us our secret password                         $500 chip-          Awesome swag trade                                    (depends on how good the swag is J)-          Drop business card in box                            $250 chip-          Use your chips to play poker and win (or lose L) even more!-          Beat b5media’s CEO- Jeremy Wright- and DOUBLE your chancesEach day, we will have an auction in our booth (at 2:30 Thursday and Friday) and attendees can use their chips to bid on the prizes. As noted, we will be doing a secret password. You blog the password, and we will be putting in on the b5 blog. We have one that you can put up now and then I will send out updated ones throughout the conference that you can put up on your blog so that attendees will keep going back to your blog to be able to get more chips. Participants only need to approach someone in our booth with the password and they will get a token. For example, the password might be something like: “b5alicious”. 

Other

Also, our booth number is 309, in case anyone gets lost.

OK, I hope I have not given anything away I shouldn’t have here.  Did I just give away a contest?

Anyway, the above information was sent to me from someone within b5media and I hope I don’t tick her off for, essentially, publishing her helpful hints as I received them.

Enjoy the time in Vegas.  If you come across any cool blues and jazz music news or information out there, let me know.

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There’s a bunch of prizes you could win.  They include the following:

Prize Package #1:

• $50 Amazon Gift Certificate
• Five Lebron James basketball cards, including a 2004 Upper Deck Rookie Card graded a Gem Mint
• Ohio State Buckeyes Rug from Milliken Rugs

Prize Package #2:

• $50 Amazon Gift Certificate
• David Beckham Bobblehead
• Soccer Bear from The Vermont Teddy Bear Company

Prize Package #3:

• World Poker Tour Chip Set
• Other World Poker Tour Merchandise
• UFC Classic DVD Set

Prize Package #4:

• Fox Sports Tailgating Handbook: The Gear, The Food, The Stadiums
• “Haunted Baseball” by Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon
• “Greatest Team Ever” (Dallas Cowboys) photographs by Ron St. Angelo, essays from Norm Hitzges
• Florida Gators Rug from Milliken Rugs

Prize Package #5:

• Six Brett Favre Football Cards, all mint condition or better
• Fox Sports Tailgating Handbook: The Gear, The Food, The Stadiums
• Autographed copy of “Romo – My Life on the Edge: Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons” by Bill Romanowski
• Family Guy Stewie football

Prize Package #6:

• Mio Fitness Watch
• Hockey Bear from The Vermont Teddy Bear Company
• World Poker Tour Merchandise
• Trident playing cards

Prize Package #7:

• 2007 Topps Series 2 MLB Cards – Sealed Box
• Life Fitness Watch
• USC Trojans Rug from Milliken Rugs
• Family Guy Stewie football

Each package will also include a World Poker Tour t-shirt, a copy of “Ricky Barry’s Super Sports Trivia” from Square One Publishers and Dr. Adrianne Ahern’s “Snap Out of It Now!”

There are two fun ways to win. You can enter our sports trivia contest, or you can write on your own blog about one (or more) of the b5 sports blogs.

You must enter the contest before Friday, October 12, 2007 at 12:00 noon ET.

Check out the link above for how to enter.

Thanks for your kind indulgence and this little commercial.  Tell them Bryan from the jazz and blues lounge sent ya.

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