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MANY THANKS to my friend, SALLY, for these directions on how to vote for me. I am in dire need of more votes, so if you could find it in your heart to go review my song and vote, I'd really appreciate it. love and peace, charley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~POST THIS BULLETIN TO 'YOUR FRIENDS" AND HE COULD WIN ! ! ! Charley Drumm (Blues) has made it to the 'waiting room" for an Indie Radio program. This is open any international artists in all music genres. He's moved along to the 'FINAL FINALs" for Radio Program # 142Q (He's PAST the PREVIOUS status of Fame Game's "GREEN ROOM" even. HE JUST NEEDS VOTES & NOW please!) 1. TO VOTE The simple way to vote is: EMAIL info@famegamesradio.com In Subject Line: Charley Drumm - Baby, You're Bad For Me RADIO PROGRAM 142Q DON't TRY to VOTE from the SCREEN or SITE...very confusing and TIME is of IMPORTANCE. (When ya have time go study it - Thanks!) 2. TO LISTEN AND 'IF' YOU WANT TO WRITE A REVIEW IN YOUR EMAIL a. Go to http://www.meermusic.com/fg_q.htm b. FIND his name ARTIST column "charley Drumm" SONG "Baby You're Bad for Me" c. THEN after you hear it you can write a review.. MOSTLY PLEASE VOTE FOR CHARLEY ASAP ! Charley's my space http://www.myspace.com/charleydrumm NOTE: ANOTHER ENTRY - SWEET LIPS He HAS another entry "coming up on their charts in their GREEN ROOM.- SWEET LIPS (easy Folk) You can VOTE WEEKLY on that one till it moves into the FINAL FINALs. Caution: SEPARATE EMAIL, same ADDRESS, NEW Subject Line of course - as it is a DIFFERENT song. VOTE NOW AND WEEKLY. THANKS to ALL for SUPPORT of Charley -read his story!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naz8d84D390 These two guys are two fine musicians from WALES, U.K. I met them both via MYSPACE, while networking with as many musicians as I can. These two artists are prime examples of the quality musicians I like to meet and get to know..charley

you can vote once a week for me in the FAMEGAME contest.. Body: 1. Cut and paste address at the internet ADDRESS line BELOW: www.meermusic.com/fg_greenroom.htm 2. Went on down to Contestant # 13 (Charley) and hit "vote" 3. OUTLOOK express Mail comes up (my computer can't deal with that from my computer) so 4. SO I WENT to my personal MAIL service called on NEW Mess copied the address info@famegamesradio.com 5. On Subject Line I typed: Vote for Charley Drum - Yes I know (cause thatz what it said on the OUTLOOK EXPRESS mail subject line) 6. In the body of the New Message box "content' area you can write a few comments. and apparently they will post them by # 13 at the site listed in #1 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' I have another song to be voted on in group 140Q. please be sure to show that song some love, too..charleyrocknroll, aka charley drumm.

I thank my new friend,SALLY, for these directions. If you can't be the most intelligent person around, surround yourself with intelligent people! Dear Charley and Charley's fans who need a little help: Here's what I did 1. Cut and paste address at the internet ADDRESS line BELOW: www.meermusic.com/fg_greenroom.htm 2. Went on down to Contestant # 13 (Charley) and hit "vote" 3. OUTLOOK express Mail comes up (my computer can't deal with that from my computer) so 4. SO I WENT to my personal MAIL service called on NEW Mess copied the address info@famegamesradio.com 5. On Subject Line I typed: Vote for Charley Drum - Yes I know (cause thatz what it said on the OUTLOOK EXPRESS mail subject line) 6. In the body of the New Message box "content' area you can write a few comments... and apparently they will post them by # 13 at the site listed in # 1 HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL to Charley and All Charley Fans I'm for support of all who make music as those of us who are 'challenged at making it" or 'don't make music at all" ENJOY our musician friends! HURRY AND VOTE! AND GET OUR 'FRIENDS' OUT THERE TO DO THIS CHARLEY NEEDS OUR SUPPORT ! Sincerely, Sally ok, there it is, in plain print..I can't, and wouldn't, vote for myself. I need you to do it for me, please. cd

Dear Charley, Congratulations! Your song ‘Yes, I Know’ made it out of the Green Room and onto Fame Games Qualifier show, 140-Q! This means that you will be competing to make it to the Track of the Week contest aired on Saturday, June 30th! In fact, Fame Games 140-Q was just uploaded to the net and is available to listen on-line at www.meermusic.com/famegames.htm! Please find below a list of all the bands and artists featured on 140-Q. We've included the relative fan votes and average reviewer scores for your information. Be sure to encourage your fans, family & friends to continue voting for your song before June 30th! Every vote and every review counts! Even if you don't make it to the main show the votes and reviews will still count towards future shows and you may still qualify at a later date, so keep them coming! Group Song Genre Location Fan Votes Reviewer Score WIL MARING Keeper of the Farm Easy-L, Folk, Pop Gobden, IL, USA 26 12.40 VESPER Saigon Grill With Kid Folk, Pop, Rock New york, USA 0 10.13 DAVID GEORGE It’s A Beautiful World Alternative Rock Los Angeles, USA 6 11.64 JAGA Negrita Rock, Pop Valencia, Venezuela 1 11.47 THE GENEVIEVES Genevieves Indie, Pop Flauldhouse, UK 0 11.58 THE INFLUENCE Ocean of Mine Alternative, Rock Virginia Beach, USA 0 13.77 BLACK KREEK My Struggle Rock, Heavy Metal Windsor, Canada 0 10.63 ROBERTO PHILIPP Simple Truth Alternative Toronto, Canada 2 12.07 KIREINA He Come To Me Pop Madrid, Spain 0 11.56 WOODY JAMES BAND Great Brave Cowboy Blues, Rock Chilliwach, Canada 0 11.92 MIKEY POWER A Man Called Poverty Reggae, Pop, R&B Toronto, Canada 0 12.22 JAMES WALKER Satisfied Rock, Alternative Atlata, GA, USA 12 11.31 CHARLEY DRUMM Yes, I Know Easy-L, Acoustic, Blues, Pop, Rock n Roll Hacberry, LA, USA 2 11.63 IF Missing Progressive Rock Petacciato, Italy 0 9.67 MIKE PARRISH & 6 GUN Texas In The Man Country, Southern Rock Houston, TX, USA 216 13.38

hopefully, you are better at following directions than I am, and you can actually find my song in the greenroom and vote for me. this site keeps me lost..if you are able to find my song and vote for me, please contact me and tell me how you did it!? hahaha. I'm an old guitar player, this "techie stuff" just bewilders the hell out of me..grin..charley Dear Charley, Good news! Your song "Baby You're Bad For Me" has now been entered into the "The Green Room" (See: www.meermusic.com/fg_greenroom.htm.) As always, our reviewers and listeners will let us know which songs they favor, and as a result of their initial vote, your song may advance to the next unassigned "Q" Edition of Fame Games. The amount of exposure: - During the Green Room stage (that's where your song is now) - relatively small, limited to reviewers and visitors to the site. According to our statistic server a typical song in the Green Room currently gets on average about 300-500 plays in a week. Songs advance based on listener & peer approval and may not initially involve full reviews. Fan votes are counted as well. All votes are supervised by our production team to ensure complete fairness of the process. - During the Fame Games Qualifier stage - large level of exposure, all the music is aired terrestrially and on the web. All songs receive multiple listener and peer reviews (including at least some logged by collaborating experts) and scores. Unique fan votes continue to be counted. - During the Fame Games Main show stage - at least double the exposure, and in case of Track of the Week/Month winners, that exposure doubles with each week. Additionally, all participants in the Main show have the best snippets of their songs repeated in our "Previously on Fame Games" section, for a month. All of this is still undergoing changes and modifications and we'll keep you posted on any alterations. We're explaining everything in greater detail on our site (www.meermusic.com/review.htm), specifically, turn to www.meermusic.com/articles.htm and www.meermusic.com/faq.htm to get more information about the details of our Transitional Phase.

If you are lucky enough to still be able to do this, call your DAD. He is waiting for your call, trust me on this. Or, call someone else's Dad, if you can't call yours, but if he is alive, your Dad is expecting your call, don't make him wait a minute longer. charley

Probably one of the most "taken for granted" aspects of our lives, is our mental health, that is, until illness saps your abilities to think straight. Your mental health then becomes the highest priority in your life. Compare it to an athlete suddenly becoming paralyzed, and then multiply that envisioned feeling by 100. Hard to do? Yes, I know. I never had a clue what mental illness was about, until it ran over me like a freight train over a puppy. Since I have been able to claw and scratch my way back from the GATES OF HELL, where MAJOR DEPRESSION dropped me off, my mental health is an everyday focus, like breathing. I'll die if I don't pay attention to it. You think I am being over dramatic? Then you are ignorant of the facts of MAJOR DEPRESSION and mental illnesses, in general. Don't worry, you are not alone. I have found the majority of people I've tried to explain what has happened to me, to be just like you. They don't have a clue. For people stricken with these diseases, there are many mental illnesses and levels of each, the fact that hardly anyone can relate to what is happening inside their minds, only exacerbates their situation. "FRUSTRATION" does not do the feeling justice. "HELPLESSNESS" and "HOPELESSNESS" are better descriptive words of how a person with MAJOR DEPRESSION feels. As in my situation, add the fact that a person's family, the base of support in a mentally ill person's cache of recovery tools, often do not and will not attempt, to understand what the disease can and is doing to their loved one. The family can make the situation "all about themselves" and leave the mentally ill person "out in the cold", to fend for themselves. Too many times, this is similar to signing a "death warrant" for the mentally ill person. One of the strongest symptoms of MAJOR DEPRESSION, is the temptation to end one's life, and be rid of the demons in their minds. Luckily, I read about my disease and was aware of this, or I would've been found with a bullet hole in my head, too. That doesn't mean the idea doesn't still cross my mind, I'm just aware of WHY I have those thoughts and that they are not MY thoughts, but those brought on by the disease. If you look at people that do incredibly out of character deeds, in most cases, I think, you could trace their actions back to their mental health issues and lack of support and understanding. Just like the athlete that is paralyzed, would struggle against all odds of never walking again, mentally ill people are faced with the daunting task of regaining their mental health, but odds are, there is no one there to "hold them up" while they struggle with what does work and what doesn't work. It's not as clear to the "outside world" exactly what the problem is. There is no plainly evident problem, like paralysis. Instead, mentally ill persons are often misconstrued as "bad people" and their actions are held to the same accountability as those without the maiming effects of mental illness, hardly a fair deal. Try making the paralyzed athlete race physically healthy opponents and see how fair that is. Am I starting to see a glimmer of clarity here? FATHER'S DAY is near. Instead of hoping my 2 grown children will contact me, since they haven't made an effort in the past, since my breakdown, I have elected to not sit and wait for an email that is not coming. That only breeds more fodder for the MENTAL ILLNESS to feed upon. I've blocked emails from them. That clears my mind of thinking there is a chance I will hear from them. I have taken the initiative and removed the possibility for sure. Now, I can concentrate on the tasks at hand, my future, and improving my mental health. There is plenty of new information about MENTAL ILLNESSES readily available by doing simple searches for MENTAL ILLNESS or MAJOR DEPRESSION. That's how I learned about my problems and what I was facing in dealing with my personal "war" with the disease. If you have close friends or relatives trapped in their own personal HELL of MENTAL ILLNESS, and you don't take the initiative to educate yourself about their disease, you are doing them a grave injustice and condemning your loved ones and friends to a continued life alone in their battles. You can hardly be considered a "friend" or a "loved one". KNOWLEDGE is power. Ignorance, in the face of information, is a shameful disgrace.

It's sometimes difficult to decide if starting my day off, emotionally in the shtcan, is good or bad. One view could be, I have set the mood for the entire day, ruined another day in my life. Another view, at least I got this out of the way for today and I can go on from here. The problem with the latter theory is, I feel like a fly with a pin stabbed through me, pinning me to a corkboard, for observation. I'm not going anywhere. Life sucks and then it sucks some more. I'll get over this mood. I always do. I have a great future planned and I will accept no other result. I just have times, when I have to "adjust the position" of my heavy burden, that I reflect on my situation. By far, not the best part of my day, yet, a necessary function to keep the straps of the burden from cutting too deep.