It's "WindsDay" - a Windy day

Featuring a woodwind musical instrument this "Windsday", specifically, the saxophone. Pictured below is my "Brass" Sax on a Dark T-shirt in the Saxophone section of Music Stuff & More @ CafePress.

This saxophone graphic comes in an assortment of colors and sizes and is available on a wide assortment of merchandise at Music Stuff & More @ CafePress. These saxophone graphics are beginning to be available as well on merchandise at Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle

• To visit the Saxophone section at Music Stuff & More @ CafePress
• To visit the Wind Instruments section at Music Stuff & More @ CafePress
  
• To visit the Music Merchandsie area of Music Stuff & More @ CafePress
  

"Toot" Tuesday - Tubas

Introducing "Toot" Tuesday. Starting today, on Tuesdays I will be featuring graphics of a wind instrument (arguably a musical instrument which can go toot) on merchandise.

This "Toot" Tuesday: the Tuba. Pictured below on a dark T-shirt...


Find much more tuba merchandise in the Tuba section of Music Stuff & More @ CafePress. See still more tuba merchandise here

Tomorrow, "Windsday", or Wind Wednesday. Stay tuned. Until next "Toot" Tuesday...

Please visit Music Stuff & More @ CafePress and @ Zazzle

New Music Graphics & Other Music Merch News

New Music Graphics - an assortment of several, both improved favorites as well as brand-new. Includes the Basic Black Traditional Treble Clef, the Beethoven graphic, and the "Wild" Piano Keyboard graphics, all now available on dark apparel. I've also re-visited my "B Sharp" and "B Natural" graphics, making them now available on dark apparel, as well as putting the two graphics together as, drumroll, "B Sharp B Natural." (I'm still rolling out these new "B Sharp", "B Natural" graphics, so keep checking back if you aren't finding what you're after.)

Brand-new music graphics include two versions of green eighth notes.

And, it's back to school! Find some of the musical stuff for back-to-school featured here.

CafePress has some new merchandise which does - and look for more - include music graphics. The new Ceramic Travel Mugs (would be especially nice for holiday gifts), more "InfiniStitch Embroidery" choices (for example, more cap colors), another drumroll, please - the brand-new Junior Jerseys (replacing the former Jr. Jerseys previously available). These new Junior Jerseys come in a light green, a neat thing with green now being considered the new black. (Green is "in", and much more popular than it used to be - it's an Earth-friendly thing. Look around - you'll see people wearing much more green.).

Last, but certainly not least, I'm continuing to expand my music offerings on Zazzle. My Zazzle merchandise, as on CafePress and Spreadshirt, will continue to be mostly music-oriented.

~ Music Stuff & More @ CafePress
~ Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle

Visit, also, the CafePress store's "NEW NEW NEW" section, as well as "Sales & Features", and, of course, "Music Merchandise."

And, since we're all pinching pennies these days, find some Music Stuff on the Cheap (under $10) @

~ Cheap School Stuff @ www.cafepress.com/chmdesign/5876855
~ Bernanke BARGAIN BIN @ www.cafepress.com/chmdesign/5214776
~ Journals on Sale @ www.cafepress.com/chmdesign/5893323

(For those of you who subscribe to my newsletter, yes, these three links are a copy-and-paste ; )

Closing with a final mention of my new Zazzle Music Stuff & More store - check out the musical Keds and Circle of Fifths (yes, they are round) Keychains.

Happy Fall & Back-to-School!

New Graphics & New Merchandise

...@ Music Stuff & More store That's the new Round Green Treble Clef pictured above.

Find more mercandise with this graphic.

Also, CafePress has just introduced "InfiniStitch Embroidery", with new merchandise - caps, a denim shirt, black jackets - to take advantage of this new technique. Visit the "New Merchandise" section in "NEW NEW NEW" @ Music Stuff & More to see a sampling.

Please visit "Music Merchandise" @ Music Stuff & More store

P.S.: While I'm here, I hope you got to see that great concert by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in North Korea. !

New Victorian Eighth Notes

Several new eighth note graphics in Victorian colors have been added to the Music Stuff & More store Pictured here is the Blue-Green Eighth Note.

Right now the Victorian eighth notes are being featured in the store's Sales & Features section (in the "NEW NEW NEW section"), but soon the musical note graphics will, appropriately, be located in "Music Symbols" with the rest of the musical note graphics in the Music Merchandise area of the store.

The Victorian-style musical notes come in the colors Peach, Blue-Green, Green, and Light-Gray (with dark blue-green accent). These music graphics are available on most of CafePress's merchandise.

Hip Hop Violin - Yahoo! Video

Love this, had to share...

Hip Hop Violin - Yahoo! Video

While I'm here...

Musical valentine gifts can be found @ Music Stuff & More. Check out the Love Notes and the Fermata Me (Yes, "Hold Me") merchandise.

Have a Happy Valentine's Day (and happy Primary!)

BIG buttons, new graphics, holidays coming...

...and I moved The Numa Numa Guy, Mario, and the Evolution of Dance lower down the Page. Now, back to business...

The new bigger - 3.5" - buttons are now available in my CafePress Music Stuff & More store, being added throughout the store as well as featured in the "Sales & Features" section.

Also, check out my spiffy new treble clef graphics. Note the "Glassy" Treble Clef (two variations) - I thought it was about time to have a treble to match the popular "Glassy" Bass Clef.

"Smoky Rose Gem" Treble Clef - what happens when I start playing with the "jewels" in my graphics software... : ) I think it's neat. I also like the way it works so well with both dark wear and light wear/ware.

Poke around the Music Merchandise section, including the Treble Clef section, you may spot graphics and merch you haven't seen before.

The Sales & Features section is also a place to keep an eye on for musical holiday stuff, coming, of course, real soon.

Happy Halloween.

Pathologist: Doctor killed Beethoven

Pathologist: Doctor killed Beethoven - Yahoo! News (AP)

Curious Beethoven news...

And, note, yet more news about lead problems.

BTW, speaking of Beethoven, do you know that Steinway (who now also owns pretty much every big band/orchestra instrument maker there is nowadays) uses the stock ticker symbol LVB? (get it?)

Sorry for the Silence! & Store NEWS

(Guess time flies and I hadn't noticed how long it's been since I've posted. Oops...)

Biggest news is...drum roll, please...CafePress finally has a sale. A good one, at that.

The bad news is that it starts in less than five hours! I would have said something sooner had I known. I first heard of it yesterday; first heard the start time this afternoon. Anyway, the sale...

Buy 3 T-Shirts and Get 1 T-Shirt FREE*
No coupon needed.

Starts July 21 at 12:01 am PT

This is a LIMITED TIME OFFER!

* Limited to one free shirt per order, free shirt must
be of equal or lesser value as purchased shirts and
cannot exceed a retail price of USD $30.00. Promotion
cannot be combined with any other offers or bulk order
discounts. Shirt sales subject to this promotion are
not eligible for refunds, exchange only. Eligible free
shirts are limited to Jr. Raglan, Jr. Ringer T-Shirt,
Jr. Spaghetti Tank, Jr. Jersey T-Shirt, Baseball
Jersey, T-Shirt, Kids Baseball Jersey, Ringer T-Shirt,
Men's Sleeveless Tee, Long Sleeve T-Shirt, Fitted
T-Shirt, Organic Cotton Tee, Value T-Shirt, Women's
Cap Sleeve T, Women's Long Sleeve T-Shirt, Women's
Tank Top, Women’s T-Shirt, Women's V-Neck T-Shirt,
Women's Plus Size Scoop Neck T-Shirt, Women's Plus
Size V-Neck T-Shirt, and Maternity T-Shirt, subject to
availability. This promotion is available for a
limited time and may be cancelled or changed at any
time for any reason, without notice. Void where
prohibited. [copy-and-pasted from CafePress, thank God...]

In other music store news, I've been adding new merchandise and a few new graphics, including music graphics. Please check out the "NEW NEW NEW" section in "Sales & Features" of the Music Stuff & More store.

One new music graphic is a Bass Clef Circle of Fifths (in this link it's on a clock).

In still more news I'm bearing down on my store work. Part of that is starting some work on a back-to-school feature section. Find it in the "Sales & Features" section of Music Stuff & More It's still a work-in-progress, but it is well under way, and there are a lot of music back-to-school stuff available there already.

See you sooner than last time (jeez!). Now to go update my iPod. (Love my iPod. Disclaimer: yes, I own Apple stock. Still enjoy my iPod and iTunes, long as the software works okay, that is...)

If you haven't subscribed to my monthly CafePress newsletter yet, please do. Join my many subscribers to this newsletter which I keep up with better than my blogs and website (rolling my eyes on that last one, yes, its renovation really is coming, jeez, I'm paying freakin' Yahoo $$ every month for that sucker... yikes)

Now...to iTunes, hoping my podcast update won't lock up on me again.... (more rolling eyes)

Please do visit my store and get your free T-shirt (see way above - that CafePress promotion, which starts in just a few hours). That's Music Stuff & More

Find the subscription form to my monthly CafePress newsletter near the bottom of this blog, also on the storefront of my CafePress store.

Have a nice weekend! Keep cool.

Music Stuff & More Store News

First, I've added much music merchandise to my CafePress store during my absence here. (It's something of a case of I can't be everywhere doing everything all at the same time...).

I've added much treble clef and bass clef merch, some more piano/keyboard, as well as other musical instruments, merch. And, brand-new merchandise: the new Junior spaghetti tank tops (in pastels now, as well as white). And if there happens to be any pregnant music-lovers, or lovers of pregnant music-lovers, out there - I've got the new maternity tops, which come in black or white. Find them with treble and bass cleves, also piano/keyboard.

I've added to the Circle of Fifths merchandise as well. Expect more - I've promised a couple of customers who sent me E-Mail requests that I'd have a bass clef C of 5 and a light purple C of 5 out before the month's out. So, some new music graphics coming, as well as new merch.

Now, got to go update and sync my iPod. It's off to the iTunes store, before I'm done with my workday.

Love my iPod. Love iTunes. Yes, I also own Apple stock (disclosure). ; ) And would love my iPod and iTunes just as much if I didn't.

Music Stuff & More store

NEW NEW NEW section of Music Stuff & More store

CHM Biz News Blog - for much more news about my CafePress stores and their new merchandise

And, a reminder, please subscribe to my monthly CafePress Newsletter for all the latest every month. See the subscribe/sign-up box on the sidebar and at my CafePress premium stores (such as Music Stuff & More)

I'll post more asap - there's been lots of interesting musical stuff happening! (Yes, even that which has to do with music only - not my stores. ; )

Now, getting out that USB thingie cord to plug my iPod into my computer. Then, dinner! (It's only 9 pm... yikes)

CafePress Music Stuff & More Coupons

Please check out the nifty automatically-updating CafePress coupon thingie with the latest CafePress coupon code. It's at top there on the left sidebar here.

There's always some fresh CafePress coupon code available with this.

BTW, this is the same CafePress coupon code long offered at my Music Stuff & More store. (OIOW, we can trust it on this blog. Bless you, copy-and-paste!)

Enjoy.

New Music Stuff

Check out, especially, the Music Merchandise section of Music Stuff & More - new shirts for kids, Women's Plus Size, and more new (and old)items added.

Also, my basic black-and-white piano keyboard graphic is now available in an improved size and on a transparent background (which means it can now be on dark shirts - not only black, but many colors, even red).

Love Notes & Update, Also Free Shipping

My apologies for not being back sooner!

My Music Stuff & More store is still having its free shipping promotion for Valentine's Day:

Free Super Saver Shipping on orders over $50 (before tax and shipping)
Coupon Code: VDAYSHIP

Featured in Music Stuff & More are some musical items for Valentine's Day - or whenever you like - "Love Notes" and "Fermata [Hold] Me" (BTW, the "Fermata [Hold] Me" has long been a popular item in my store.)

Also, please note that I've added much new merchandise to my popular "Circle of Fifths" section. More women's-sized items and more long-sleeves. Also, and best of all, IMHO, is the addition of more black merchandise as well as a variety of other new colors.

And, according to CafePress, some neat new merchandise is going to be added soon, starting later this month, which will include Women's V-Neck shirts, plus a bunch of neat new colors - teal, etc. Stay tuned.

Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com - Shipping Update

CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

Busy as bees? Sure you are, so am I! Hope you're enjoying the Season.

When I have a few moments to spare, I've been enjoying my new, first iPod, poking around in the iTunes store. (Gotta rip some of my CDs, too... Beatles, Prince, Christmas music, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Beach Boys... Etc., etc.) Bought Weird Al's "White & Nerdy" music video (guess I'm just too white and nerdy not to?), U2's "Vertigo" music video, and, showing just how white and nerdy I am in a Christmas way - the music video of that musical Christmas house, you know what I mean, if you're nerdy enough, that is.

Now, back to business - the CafePress Christmas shipping update and info...

Beginning December 8 the following shipping options will be offered:

• Free Shipping on orders over $50 = Will not make it in time for Christmas
• Standard Shipping = Order by December 11 to receive in time for Christmas
• 2-Day Shipping = Order by December 18 to receive in time for Christmas
• Next Day Shipping = Order by December 20 to receive in time for Christmas

Canada/International = Order by December 8, 11:59pm PST to receive in time for Christmas

Note that I've been putting up a lot of new music merch this past month - not new graphics right now, but putting already-present music graphics on new merchandise, such as women's size shirts, long-sleeve dark shirts, etc. I'll be continuing to do this week after week until I get it done. Want to convert some more music graphics for the new dark shirts, too.

Keep watching - much more's coming. Also, another way to keep up with my Music Stuff is to subscribe to my monthly CafePress newsletter - the sign-up is on my Music Stuff & More's Storefront

Music Dark Apparel : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

Music Dark Apparel : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

New Music Shirts!

More Long Sleeve T-Shirts. More Women's T-Shirts (also Women's Long Sleeve T-Shirts). More Dark T-Shirts. Still more color choices.

And, new color choices have been added to the Men's Dark T-Shirts (Navy, Khaki Green), Ash Grey has been added as an additional color choice to the Men's White Long Sleeve T-Shirts. The new Men's Long Sleeve T-Shirts come in either Black or Navy.

White Long Sleeve T-Shirts and Black T-Shirts now come in Women's sizes, with Women's Dark Long Sleeve T-Shirts coming in Black or Brown.

It's a lot to digest, even for me!

The new CafePress merchandise was added just last night. I've some examples of the new additions in the section linked to above, find more in the "NEW NEW NEW section" in "Sales & Features" on the Music Stuff & More storefront.

BTW, IMHO, the "gold" treble clef (and, surely, all the "gold" graphics...) look great on all the new colors. : D Check it out.

Watch for more and more of the music graphics to be added to the new merchandise. (I want to convert more music graphics for black/dark use as well.)

NOTES Wear : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

NOTES Wear : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

News about the new.

I have created a ridiculous amount of notes graphics on much merchandise and in several assorted colors. The link above is for "notes" merch to wear. The link for "notes" ware (stuff you don't/can't/wouldn't-want-to wear, obviously, unless you like to wear mugs as hats, etc.) would be and, in fact is, Notes Ware

The half note and the quarter note are featured on this graphic, paired, in "ruby" (red), "sapphire" (blue), "gold", "opal", and in the traditional basic black we all know and love.

Bass Clef Graphics : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

Bass Clef Graphics : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

I've been working long and hard on some new music stuff. "Gold" bass cleves - on black (or red), and on much of the rest of CafePress's merchandise. Some new novelty bass cleves - "glass", RGB Noise (labeled "Noiz"), a "silver" bass clef with a shadow shown... These are also on black (or red), plus on most other CafePress merch. Click the live links above to check them out.

I've also finally gotten around to a "gold" treble clef on black (or red). (The "gold" treble clef has been available on my merch for years.)

The new "gold" treble clef on black (or red, if you prefer - for the T-shirt)

And, find the new "gold" treble clef and bass clef on stickers with black backgrounds as well.

More coming. I'm not done yet.

NEW NEW NEW : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

NEW NEW NEW : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

From the Music Stuff & More's "Sales & Features"'s "NEW NEW NEW" section - new colors are now being offered on infant and toddler T-shirts and infant creepers, as well as the choice of white or gray for the adult sweatshirts - both the plain and the hooded. The new color choices for the infant and toddler wear is pink or blue. Of course white will continue to be offered.

Samples, as usual, are shown in this "NEW NEW NEW"section.

Coming soon - perhaps as soon as next week? - will be the choice of dark red (called "cardinal") in addition to black for the black T-shirts, which will now be labeled "dark T-shirts."

All of these color choices have been already been added to my stores, with the exception of the dark red ("cardinal"), which we're still waiting on as mentioned above.

I like these new additional colors, and that you, the customer, can choose the color you prefer.

Many of my graphics look better on pink or blue or white. And, I'm looking forward to seeing how my black T-shirts turn out on dark red. For example, the "gold", "brass", and "silver" "metallic" graphics ought to look real nice on dark red.

So, check out the new colors. I think you'll like them.

Music Stuff & More store & its Music Merchandise section.

Technicalities... A cadence is a cadence is a cadence...?

Find my new "Authentic Cadence"s in their own section in "Other Music Symbols" in the "Music Merchandise" area of my Music Stuff & More store.

These "I V I" cadences come in gray, white or black, and can also be found on black T-shirts.

Yes, these cadences started out as "Perfect Cadence"s, but then I decided that "Authentic Cadence"s were more accurate. "I V I" is sometimes - often! - perfect, but sometimes not, so...

(Maybe my dear late friend with the Master's in Music Theory was rolling over in his grave...? Okay, Jim - happy now? ; )

Besides this correction gives me a chance to pinpoint the exact location of these new graphics... (If it were less late and I were less lazy I'd be showing you a photo of them right here and now. Please click on the links above?)

New Music Graphics in Music Stuff & More store

Check out the NEW NEW NEW section. You'll find the Tuba Guy in "gold" and black as well as in black-and-white. For the more serious (or mysterious) musicians and music lovers amongst us, find the "Authentic Cadence" (yes, I V I) merchandise in black and in gray. Find these also on black T-shirts.

In fact, check out the Black Music T-shirt section and you'll find both the "Authentic Cadence" and the Tuba Guy (find him in the Musical Instruments section). (A gray ["silver"?] tuba guy is in process for black T-shirts and, perhaps, other merch.)

I may be putting up some other cadences and chord progressions as well.