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We just got notified that on the Artist Underground Country chart for August 5, CJ's song, "Kissed Me Goodbye," was ranked as the #1 Country song! See and listen here:
Artist Underground Country chart
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Being ever the creative artist, CJ has now branched out into mixed media art. Her unique, one-of-a-kind creations have already secured her a place at the Old Church Gallery at Zion National Park. See them for yourself!
Art Creations By CJ
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Popular entertainment paper the Las Vegas CityLife reviewed "A Songwriter's Collage," in their May 1, 2008 issue, calling it "a treasure trove of country-radio hits for any slick Nashville producers and singers in search of quality." Our thanks to Jarret Keene for a great review!
You can read the article for yourself by clicking here. Or read the text below:
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Las Vegas-based songwriter CJ Borden originally hails from California, but spent some years in the Nashville music scene. She hasn't penned a big radio hit, yet which is surprising given the high level of craft that characterizes every tune on A Songwriter's Collage, an 11-song showcase for Borden -- and a treasure trove of country-radio hits for any slick Nashville producers and singers in search of quality.
Most of the material is narrative driven, and standouts include "Louis Vuitton," in which a hillbilly girl moves to Park Avenue for a piece of the American dream, and the ballad "Shine," where a small-town boy enlists in the aftermath of 9/11, only to end up receiving a 21-gun salute back home. On the lighter side, there's the hi-tech dream girl of "21st Century Fox," which contains the best couplet in country-music history: "Man, she worked me over, I threw a muscle in my back/ Staying up all night playing 'Alien Attack.'"
-- Jarret Keene, Las Vegas CityLife
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CJ's new single, "Louis Vuitton," has been added to Clear Channel radio's NEW!, which is available to more than 10 million people per month on nearly 500 radio station web sites across the country!
Help us out - send CJ's song to the top of the charts! Click on the link below to listen to the song, and move it up the charts!
http://www.kwnr.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=127684
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Just released this week.. the DigiVegas Indie Podcast has dedicated Show 75 to CJ and her CD, "A Songwriter's Collage." It includes a full-length interview with CJ and several tracks featured from the CD. Be sure to take a listen!
You can find the DigiVegas podcast on iTunes or at www.digivegas.com.
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If you're a fan of Recording Magazine, you know it's a great source of information for musicians who choose to do their own home recording. We were excited to see that CJ's song, "It Never Crossed My Mind" was featured in their Reader's Tapes section.
Unfortunately, you can't read it online, but you can probably find it at your local Borders or Barnes and Noble. They were very complimentary of the song and performances, but they had some issues with drums and the recording of CJ's vocal - basically, both critiques aimed at Paul (sorry, Paul!). But hey, it's a good feature!
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CJ's first single of 2008, "Louis Vuitton" is going out to hundreds of Country radio stations tomorrow. It includes XM and Sirius country stations, along with many, many more stations and networks across the country and in Australia and Europe. Please call your favorite station, and be sure to request it! If they don't have it, send them to this site! Thanks so much!
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CJ was recently featured in an article in the Centennial View News, a local paper in Las Vegas. You can click on the link here, or read the article below.
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Musician Puts Writing Talent To Use On CD
By Lauren Romano
View Staff Writer
Musician CJ Borden says she is many things, but most of all, she is a songwriter.
"The goal is to get my own music heard and recorded by artists in Nashville," Borden said.
The Southern California native said she had always performed at church and for her family, but really knew she wanted a career in music in her early 20s.
"What really pushed me was when I was living in Ohio," Borden said. "I was working with a drummer and telling him my ambitions, and he got me in touch with a guy who owned a studio. He told me I was good. It took one person to say 'yeah you're talented,' and I started doing jingles and commercials. I have also done voice-overs."
Borden said the studio owner also gave her the advice to write her own music, so she would not be compared to other artists.
"Right then and there I started writing," she said.
Borden's husband, Paul Bordenkircher, said his wife gets many of the stories she tells in her music from her day job as a registered nurse.
"It's a good job," she said. "It's just not the desire of my heart."
Borden said most of the songs she writes are just about stories that relate to people. She said she wrote the song "Sam" after seeing casino security throwing a homeless man out of a hotel.
"I saw that and thought 'that's a story,' " she said. "Maybe this guy was a gambler. Who knows how he got to that place. I see stuff like that and it triggers something."
There are 13 tracks on her mostly country album, "A Songwriter's Collage."
"My family says some of my songs are sad," Borden said. "I write real life, and real life isn't always happy, but I do write the fun, up tempo stuff, too."
Borden said if it weren't for her husband, who does all the mixing and sound editing of her songs, she wouldn't have her first solo album. The couple has a recording studio in their Centennial Hills home and do most of the work there.
For some of the tracks on the CD, Borden hired musicians from studios in Nashville to perform.
"I really wanted this to be top notch, that's why I wanted top players in Nashville involved," she said.
Two songs, "American Skies" and "Sam," are sung by men.
"Some of the tunes are more male oriented," Bordenkircher said. "It would make no sense with her singing."
The CD has been released on the independent label Mesa Sand Music.
"Independent labels are a big deal now with the Internet," Bordenkircher said. "Some major artists have left major labels to go independent."
While Borden said she is always working on her own music, she also performs as a keyboard player and singer with the local band Killian's Angels. She auditioned for the band after it already was established and has been with the group of six women since she arrived in Las Vegas almost three years ago.
"It's kind of frustrating to find an actual working band," Borden said. "But, Killian's Angels really work."
She said Killian's Angels are going to learn a few of her songs and add them to their set list. The band performs around the valley, including a regular gig at Brendan's Irish Pub inside The Orleans.
"My focus is to pitch songs out, but if people want to play me on the radio, that's OK," Borden said.
Borden's debut single, "Kissed Me Goodbye," has been making its way onto podcasts and can be heard along with other tracks at www.cjborden.com. Her next single, "Louis Vuitton," is expected at radio in January 2008.
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CJ's CD project, A Songwriter's Collage, will be featured Nette Radio on November 7. The feature will include several cuts from her new project, including the Americana flavored track "American Skies," the bittersweet patriotic "Shine," and the upcoming single for January, "Louis Vuitton."
You can find Nette Radio through iTunes or by going to www.NetteRadio.com.
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