Jordan E. Spivack: News Updates

I am still the #1 Most Active Jazz Artist and the Fan Favorite #1 Jazz Artist on MTV's SoundTrack site! and now I am the #2 Most Active World Artist and the Fan Favorite #1 World Artist! So, if you've been voting for me, keep those votes coming! And if you haven't voted yet, please read the instructions from News of 8-8-08 below, set up your profile, and start voting! Remember, your "Custom URL" is either your first name, nickname or your initials.

Also, new pics are on their way soon!

This is exciting news: I am currently the #1 Most Active Jazz Artist and the Fan Favorite #1 Jazz Artist on MTV's SoundTrack site! If you've been voting for me, keep voting! If you haven't voted yet, read the instructions from News of 8-8-08 below, set up your profile, and start voting! You are allowed to vote once an hour - once you're logged-in, don't log-out - save MY page in your "favorites", then when you go to my page, you can vote again without signing in and out. It's easy, it's fun, and you'll be helping me out more than you know! Thanks to all who have voted, are voting, and will vote - I really appreciate you time and effort. If you have any questions, just drop me an e-mail, and I'll be glad to help you out with the process. This is getting so cool!

This past Thursday, August 7th, 2008, our beautiful cousin Shayna Lopez passed away in her sleep. She was only 23 years old. Our love and prayers go out to her heartbroken family, her Mom (my cousin) Paula, Dad Elie, brothers Jake, Lee and Randy, and her Grandma (my Aunt) Sadie. Yesterday (Sunday) was the funeral in Brooklyn, NY and burial on Long Island. Over 300 grieving mourners, extended family and good friends, attended the funeral. We will greatly miss this very special young woman, and we will never forget her. Please go to the photo gallery to see four very special pictures.

Shayna Lopez - 1985 - 2008.

Rest in peace.

ATTENTION: I need everyone who reads this to please go right now to MTV's SoundTrack for JORDANESP and vote for me on my page: http://soundtrack.mtv.com/profile/0B81E840101841EB8000101841EB8
First, sign up (click "sign up" at the top of the page, and when it takes you to that page, click "not an artist? sign up here" and fill in the blanks, including creating your own Password - for URL fill in your first name or your initials). Then LOGIN. Click "Artists", then click "Jazz", then click on my picture. This will take you to my profile page. Then scroll down and VOTE FOR ME! Here's why: On MTV's SoundTrack, votes are what get me noticed. The more votes I acquire, the more exposure I’ll get. This is how I can get my picture, name and music on the front page of the site, and how I can get noticed by the MTV music supervisors, and more. So tell everyone you know to go to my SoundTrack page and click the VOTE button to "give me some love". Also, you can listen to my music on the page by clicking on "Echo, The Gecko", (enable "pop-ups" for this site only), vote for "Echo" by clicking on the "thumbs up" sign, then click "play" on the pop-up page. Listen to any song you want by clicking on the song title. I know it sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy. (Simply print out these instructions as a guide if you need to.) Thanks in advance - I really appreciate your effort! And just maybe this will lead to something really good!

July has proven to be the Hottest Month Ever - for the first time my website received over 24,000 hits in one month - absolutely incredible! Including visitors from 60 countries all around the world, www.jordanesp.com is proving to be popular with the populace! Thanks to all my family, friends, fans, and casual visitors - I really appreciate your support and love.

Here is a list of the countries whose citizens visited this site in July: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Europe Region, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Niue Island, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and Zambia - pretty impressive list! Please keep those hits coming!

My "Echo, The Gecko" received Honorable Mention in the Children's Song category of the 2008 Malibu Music Awards! Many of my fans have been requesting to hear this little tune that also won Top 10 honors in the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition, and was originally written for the Rockland Learning Center Montessori School where I am the Music Director. So I'm putting "Echo, The Gecko" on the Listen to My Music page, so everybody will get a chance to hear what all the fuss is about. Hope you like it!

This past Thursday, Joe and I had the honor of being in the presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at Radio City Music Hall in New York City! We had excellent orchestra seats (11th row back from the stage) for his talk on The Four Noble Truths (the truths on human sufferings 1. Life means suffering
2. The origin of suffering is attachment
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable
4. The path to the cessation of suffering).

There was a huge crowd for the 2 hour program. I found the whole presentation very interesting, informative and inspiring - an experience to remember. Check out the new pics in the Photo Gallery - fascinating stuff!

CD Baby is having a huge SALE on my CDs! Starting today, you can purchase "Think Lovely Thoughts" for $9.99 or download it for $8.99, and you can purchase "My Provincetown" for $7.99 or download it for just $6.99. And you still get 20% off for purchasing 2 or more copies of either CD. So go to the "Buy My CDs" store by clicking on the link on your right, and use the CD Baby shopping cart conveniently located at the top of that page to place your order - it's that easy. If you don't have these CDs yet, or if you've been thinking of buying copies for friends, this is the ideal time to do it! But don't wait too long - this sale won't last forever. Act now - and enjoy!

I'm wishing all my family, friends, fans, and visitors a very Happy July 4th weekend! Be safe, and enjoy!

They just started selling "Think Lovely Thoughts" and "My Provincetown" on AmieStreet.com, and to kick
things off they are giving my fans $5 to download my music.

All you have to do is click on the link below to get $5 to download my music or songs from tens of
thousands of other great independent artists.

Just click the link below - when you get to the Amie Street page click "Get Started Now", follow the instructions and start saving!
http://amiestreet.com/l.cdbabygift

Or to find my Amie Street page instantly, click on this link: http://amiestreet.com/artist/36343

Sunday, June 22nd: The 30th Annual June Piano Recital was a big success, with 20 of my best students performing at Rockland Conservatory of Music in Spring Valley, NY. The program featured fine new original compositions by Michael Grossbarth, Manny Silverstein, Adam Gloc, and Sammy Solomon-O'Connell, and also included my performance of the World Premiere of my original composition, "Split Second". The Recital was attended by approximately 80 enthusiastic parents, family members and friends. Student of the Year was Adam Gloc, Most-Improved Female was Rachel Refkin, and Most-Improved Male was Ethan Jaynes. The Quantum Leap Award went to Michael Grossbarth. Graduating students Danielle Rubin and Leah Le'ora Lichtenstein were also honored. Joseph Lanzone prepared the delicious refreshments. I dedicated the Piano Recital to the memory of my Dad, Gershon Spivack. Despite the tremendous thunderstorm raging outside, a good time was had by all! See the pics in the Photo Gallery!

Also, on June 21st, Joe and I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Jim and Katherine Einstman at the Warwick Center in Warwick, NY. Everything was beautiful - the couple, the crowd, the setting, the reception, and the festivities. We had a great time, and wish the happy couple all the joy in the world! See the pics of us, and the glorious flowers and sunset behind the chapel!

Great news! "Think Lovely Thoughts" is finally available for Download from Apple/iTunes.com! Just go to the Buy My CDs link and click on the orange "Apple/iTunes" letters, and you'll be taken to the Think Lovely Thoughts CD page! OR use this link now: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=282400966
AND you can Download Music for your Mobile at iPhoneMuziek.nl at http://www.iphonemuziek.nl/justadded/index.php
Just scroll down to the "Think Lovely Thoughts" pic, click, and follow the instructions!

Today's Rockland Learning Center Graduation Ceremony in the North Rockland High School auditorium was a resounding success, with the children singing their little hearts out! Led by dedicated teachers Jackie and Dorry, under the watchful eye of school director Maryann, and with musical guidance by yours truly, the students gave the enthusiastic audience of loving parents, families, relatives, and friends quite a show. This was followed by a delicious feast graciously donated by the school and the children's families. Congratulations to all, and I'm already looking forward to next year's extravaganza. I'm wishing everyone involved a very happy and relaxing summer. Always a pleasure working with professionals!

Tomorrow is the graduation of The Rockland Learning Center Montessori Pre-School where I teach music one day a week to 75 three-to-six year olds. They'll be performing 20 songs, including 10 that I wrote especially for the school, and I'll be the accompanist. All their parents, families, relatives, and friends will attend - should be a lot of fun!

Another record has been set - the month of May has yielded over 23,000 hits! And in the past year this website has had approximately 200,000 hits - simply astounding! I am so proud and humbled and impressed! Thanks to all of you who have made jordanesp.com such a resounding success!

To celebrate, I am giving away a free download of my award-winning solo piano composition, "Toccata" - just go to the Listen to My Music page, click on the appropriate line (broadband, modem, or hi-fi), or right click on your mouse and choose "save target as . . ." to own this live-in-concert recording. And click on the title "Toccata" to get the full info. Enjoy!

To all my family, friends and fans, I want to wish you a very happy Memorial Day! Here in Nanuet the sun is shining, it's about 80 degrees - a simply beautiful day, perfect for picnic or pool, or just laying out on the deck to begin a new tan. Whatever you have planned for your day, I hope it's enjoyable!

On a more serious note, on this day we pay tribute to the brave men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces, those who have sacrificed their lives in wars both past and current, and those who serve us now in Iraq, Afghanistan, and all around the world. Let us all pray for peace and for an end to all wars.

Recently our beautiful cousin Barbara dropped in for an overnite visit, and we had a lovely time with her. Here are the great pics. Always a pleasure to see you, Barbara, and you know that we love you a lot!

Check out the Photo Gallery for new pics of our beautiful cherry tree and colorful pansies - spring is alive and well - I love this time of year! Also see our 2 pretty and sweet parakeets in all their glory - this is a lively pair!

The month of April has proven to be this website's most popular to date, with a record-breaking 21,500 + hits! Thanks everyone for making www.jordanesp.com such a spectacular success!

This past Wednesday, April 23rd, was my website's most successful day ever! I received over 2,100 hits, and that was the third day this month that I went over 1,800 hits. So thanks to everyone who has visited, for making April a terrific success. Please keep coming back for more!

Also, welcome to my new visitors from Benin, Cyprus, Kenya, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay - I hope you enjoy what you see here, and will return often. I really appreciate your interest in my music!