If you watched the audition shows for this year's American Idol, you might remember Shaun Barrowes. His smooth, jazzy sound probably didn't come off as "commercial" enough for the producers to put him on the show, but he has capitalized on that bit of exposure to expand his fan base. These fans even gave him enough votes in an online contest at
http://www.slicethepie.com that he won 1st place and prize money to help him finance his album (and users there can profit from the sales of those albums, too - a neat idea for helping independent artists).
To let more people hear his music and promote his album, Shaun is giving away one song as a free MP3 download:
Download. When I Take Your Hand (right-click the link and choose "Save Link As..." or the like to save the file to your computer). Give it a listen and see what you think.
His album, Big Bang Theory, will be re-released all over the world on Sept. 23rd. He will also be releasing a new film around the same time.
To find out more about Shaun and his music, you can visit his sites at:
http://www.shaunbarrowes.comhttp://www.myspace.com/shaunbarroweshttp://shaunbarrowes.blogspot.com