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Sky Jazz Internet Radio - Sky Jazz radio will be featuring a cut from the Inner Vision CD throughout the week of May 16,2011 on their Discoveries show. Thanks to Mike Smith & Sky Jazz for the support.

Check out the new video for ...and now this brief interlude from my latest albumInner Visions. CDs and downloads are available from CDBaby and Abstract Logix as well as iTunes and all the usual suspects.

Bill Cornish / Mark Isham track - I have always been a fan of trumpeter/composer Mark Isham. Last week, he started an interactive thang called Sketch Art where he posted a skeleton track of himself playing and invited responses, remixes, etc. You can hear my track here. Drums, synth bass and trumpet are Mark. The rest is me filling in the blanks.

Inner Visions is now available - My new CD Inner Visions is now available from CDBaby and Abstract Logix. It will soon be up on iTunes,Rhapsody and all the usual download places as well. Check out a preview here.

City Beat Reviews The Odd Get Even - Ryan Bradford reviewed the debut album from The Odd Get Even for San Diego magazine City Beat:

"Remember that episode of Freaks and Geeks when the Neil Peart-obsessed kid experiences the revelatory drumming of Buddy Rich for the first time? While snobs argue about the differences between lo-fi, s**tgaze and post-whatever, these musical veterans bust out a combination of B-movie sleaze, sexploitation and prog that can awe the most jaded hipster. "

And now for something completely different... - Time to mix things up a bit! I will be relocating from sunny San Diego to the Chi-Town area. Yes, I know, it snows there.

Looking forward to exploring a new home and creating music with new friends. I'll miss all my San Diego friends very much but am anticipating a cool new adventure.

I still have a few So-Cal shows left so come on out and say hi!

Support the Haitian Relief Effort - The earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti have touched all of our lives. Starting on Monday, January 25th and continuing through February 7th, online distributor CD Baby will donate $1 from every CD sale through our website, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99, to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti.

Click here to order my albums through CD Baby to support this cause. Also, The Odd Get Even debut album may be ordered this way as well.

Zindu live - The November 20th, 2009 Zindu reunion show is now available on the Live Music Archive site. It was a blast sharing the staging with my Zindu bandmates again. It was the first show we had done together in about two years.

Fragile - The track Fragile from the Sojourn CD has been nominated for a 2009 JPF Award for Best New Age Song. The annual Just Plain Folks Music Awards are one of the largest. Nominees were chosen from approximately 42,000 albums and 560,000 songs. Winners will be announced in August.

The Odd Get Even - An album is on the way from Bill's new jazz-funk-fusion project The Odd Get Even. The project is a collaboration with long-time Ike Turner drummer Bill Ray. Recording and mastering & artwork are complete.

More details soon....

Outbound Music - Online retailer / radio station OutboundMusic.com has chosen me as a featured artist for February, 2009. Thanks for the support Courtney!

New Track - I just uploaded a new track called Esperanto to my MySpace page. It will probably make it onto a CD at some point, but I wanted to post it here to share it.

This one started out life as part of drummer-extrodinaire Bill Ray's Open Source Music experiment. (Bill is known for, among other things, his work with Ike Turner, The Wild Truth & Earl Thomas. Be sure to check him out at BillRayDrums.com.) Bill Ray laid down a funky foundation, I added keys and some odds and ends percussion, and my ex-Zindu bandmate Chris Hale donated a percolating bass-line.

Enjoy.

Crystal Recording - For those of you that remember me from Crystal days, a new melodic rock compilation CD has just been released in Germany entitiled Munich's Hardest Hits Volume 9. Crystal's classic tune I'm a Dreamer is featured on the collection.

JazzReview.com Reviews Sojourn - The new CD receives a glowing review from JazzReview.com. Read it here.

CDs now available through Earthsong Online - Both Sojourn and Horizons are now available through online retailer Earthsong Online. Earthsong specializes in the best of instrumental, world and new age music. Drop by and check them out!

Sample Track from the new Sojourn CD - A sample track from the new Sojourn album is now up on my MySpace page. A worldbeat / jazz style track entitled Walking in Cairo, it also features Anthony Sarain(Damaru, Middle Earth Ensemble, Plato Soul) on sax / flute and Frank Lazzaro (Damaru, Middle Earth Ensemble) on percussion.

Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the many webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date. Internet radio needs your help! Read more...

New CD! - Recording, mastering and artwork for Bill's newest CD, Sojourn, is complete. Continuing in the instrumental storytelling tradition of Horizons, it is an eclectic journey spanning genres from ambient to fusion.

Sojourn should be available by mid-June, 2007. Stay tuned for details...

Sirius Music / Emanations is a music program which is broadcast on VOX-FM out of Wollongong, Australia. Hosted by Paul Headron at 9:00 AM every Saturday morning, the show spotlights ambient, world and progressive music. The title track from Bill's Horizons CD is currently on their playlist, and the track Shinto is slated for inclusion soon. Thanks to Paul for the support!

StockTradersHQ.com is a live Internet radio braodcast that features real time trading/market information. During breaks, they are featuring music from the Horizons CD. you can check out the broadcast by clicking here.

CDs From the Artist - Indie music website CDsFromTheArtist.com is currently featuring Bill as their Spotlight Artist

Hurricane Katrina Relief - Over 5000 musicians affliated with the CDBaby website chose to donate ALL money from the sale of their CD over a seven week period to the American Red Cross disaster relief fund. A total of $165,060 was raised by the artists to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to all who bought a copy of Horizons through this special fundraiser!

GotRadio.com's New Age channel has chosen Bill Cornish as a Featured Artist:

"Gotradio is proud to introduce Bill Cornish to our New Age community. Bill has many musical influences from rock to jazz. His new cd, Horizons, has a refreshing contemporary new age/smooth jazz flavor."

Click here to check out the GotRadio site.

The Road Less Traveled - Shonan Beach FM, a jazz and mixed-format radio station based in Hayama, Japan, featured the track The Road Less Traveled from Horizons on their show on Friday, November 12, 2004.

Beach FM reaches out to approximately 200,000 people living around the famous Shonan Beach area of Japan. The show, called Yellowbeat, is broadcast in both English and Japanese and features music from around the world.

As always, special thanks to Michiko and Chris of Yellowbeat for their support!

Days of Summer Included on New Project - A national production company that is compiling music from artists in and around the San Diego area has chosen the song Days of Summer from Horizons for inclusion in an upcoming project. The San Diego Travel Guide CD will be distributed to over 50,000 travelers in the San Diego area. Release is scheduled for Spring of 2005.

Editor's Pick - Bill was recently an Editor's Pick at CNET's download.music.com. In their words: "Former rocker Bill Cornish takes a cue from chill fusion artists such as Deodato and Shadowfax with the adept, effervescent Days of Summer. He manages to go George Winston one better with an infusion of drama on The Road Less Traveled."

Downloads from indie jazz and new age fans for the past couple of months have surpased 1200. Thanks to all who came and listened!

Horizons in Japan (Part II) - Shonan Beach FM, a jazz and mixed-format radio station based in Hayama, Japan, featured the track "The Drifter" from Horizons on a show on June 11, 2004. Beach FM reaches out to approximately 200,000 people living around the famous Shonan Beach area of Japan as well as to the world through its Internet connection. The show, called Yellowbeat, is broadcast in both English and Japanese and features music from around the world.

Special thanks to Michiko and Chris of Yellowbeat!

New Horizons Review - In a recently published review from JazzReview.com, Sheldon T. Nunn states "Horizons is an album that allows for spontaneity, mesmerizing harmonies and a qualitative perspective in getting the message across to his listeners."

Read the full review here.

Horizons in Japan - Radio show Earth Feeling - Love FM, based in Fukuoka, Japan, reports that the Horizons CD was number 2 on their list of the top 20 CDs played for January, 2004. Also, the title track ranked number 5 in the top songs from the February playlist as rated by listeners. Thanks for your support, guys!

Be sure to also check out their Internet companion at Radio Nonbiri.

Songs for Peace... - Bill's tune Shinto was recently featured by the New Songs for Peace project. It is a global project intended to promote peace, cultural acceptance and understanding for those who work towards peace throughout the world. The project includes works from artists such as Kitaro.

Also, the featured lyric for February, 2004 was the title track from the Thomas Connor Band CD, Teach Peace.

Praise for Horizons... - South of Mainstream reviews Bill's latest CD, Horizons: "Any fan of new jazz should give Horizons a listen," says reviewer Holiday. You can read the review in its entirety here.

Indonesian jazz station Warta Jazz featured the cut First Snow from the new Horizons CD in their December playlist. Thanks for the support, guys!

Review of the In Celebration of Life jazz project - A recent review of the In Celebration of Life CD by Ty Sante, host of the Sunday Morning Lite Jazz show on LITE100.5 FM in Las Vegas gives honorable mention to Bill's track, Days of Summer: "Standouts like Carla White, Calvin Keys and Bill Cornish add splash and sophistication..."

Over 51,000 Served - MP3.COM closed its doors on December 1, 2003. At last count, my page there had generated over 51,000 plays / downloads. Thanks to all who came and listened!

Songs will continue to be available for listening and downloading at Ampcast.com.

Horizons is Here! - Horizons, the latest CD from Bill, is available for purchase now on leading websites such as TowerRecords.com, cdbaby.com, and others.

Get your copy here!

The Gods Have Spoken - GodOfMusic.com is the largest independent music review site on the Internet. They have recently published a compilation of reviews of some of the best independent artists on the net. The book, "The Gods Have Spoken, features a review of Bill's song A Change of Seasons and is available from Amazon.com.