7th heaven Newsletter October 2009

7th heaven Newsletter October 2009

Welcome to the 7th heaven October Newslettter
Busy sums up this month. Most of the work being done is away from the stage. We have been working in the studio recording TONS of music. So this newsletter will be brief so we can get back to work on making music. Look for our new "U.S.A.-U.K." DVD now available when you purchase our "U.S.A. - U.K." CD.

New Music Video for "Still Be Here"
Our NEW "Still Be Here" music video is now online!
This video tells a story of Keith falling in love and has cameos of each band member thru it. Shot in one day in various locations. The girl in the video is a paid actress/model. This video is not suited for kids.

Check it out here:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/stillbehere.html

It is also on our YouTube, MySpace and Facebook pages.

Radio Interview and 7th heaven spins
I just did a interview with The Kat 105.5FM in Kanakee, IL that will air this Thursday at 8pm. So if you live in the south suburbs, tune in. They will play "This Summers Gonna Last Forever" & "Better This Way" off our "U.S.A.-U.K." CD. The website is: http://www.kat1055.com

For those who can't pick the station up, it will be streaming off a website afterwards, I will put that interview on our website and in our next months newsletter for all of you to hear.

7th heaven on WXRT?!?!
Yup... can you believe WXRT played 7th heaven? Not just once, but twice this past week. What makes this a interesting event is that we don't really fit into the demographics of the station. However, the DJ Richard Milne who does a show called "Local Anesthetic" decided to spin "Better This Way". So a HUGE Thank You to him for that. Ironically, it was a DJ from 101.9fm (a station that SHOULD be playing 7th heaven) that we met at Millennium Park this summer who told us about Richard, so Thanks to Jeff Corder as well.
WXRT: http://www.93xrt.com/wxrt-chicago-local-anesthetic/1522354
Email Jeff at 101.9 The Mix and tell him to spin 7th heaven: jcorder@wtmx.com

7th heaven at Durty Nellies THIS FRIDAY!!!!!
This Friday, October 23, we'll be at Durty Nellies in Palatine. You all have told us that this, along with John Barleycorn in Schaumburg, are the best places to see/hear 7th heaven. So make sure you bring out friends and new fans to have a great night with us. Get there early to see our friends "HiFi Superstar", check them out here: http://www.hifisuperstar.com/
Try to get to Durty Nellies at 9pm.

Thirsty Whale Remembered - Old 7th heaven show
This Saturday October 24, 2009 the Original 7th heaven members get together to celebrate the Thirsty Whale. The Thirsty Whale was a Rock club in River Grove, IL that all the biggest Rock acts came thru and played in the 70's & 80's. It is also where 7th heaven first got it's start by it's first "club" show. We were 15 years old at the time. Come out and see Tony DiGiulio, Richie Hofherr, Chris Senior, Nick Cox and Michael Mooshey play a couple songs from the past. It should be a great night to remember. We'll be on at 12 midnight.

Spend Halloween with 7th heaven
Boooooooooooooo... Join 7th heaven for a costume contest & concert at Chicago City Limits on Saturday October 31. Dress up, look crazy scary, funny, silly or just plain weird and win prizes. It should be a great night. Look for our friends "Chasing the Day" (who is on NTD Management now) to open the show. These are great guys.You can check them out here: http://www.chasingtheday.com/
Get to Chicago City Limits by 9pm and plan to have a great time that night!!!!!

7th heaven LIVE on the net RIGHT NOW!
October 9, 2009 we played Shark City in Glendale Heights, IL, a place we play often where we play a long set of originals and covers. Perfect Mix Sound did a webcast that night that people around the world tuned in and watched.. how cool. It even has our 30 songs in 30 mins medley. Since we have fans around the world who can never see a full show, or at least a club show of a mixture of things, we thought we'd share the cool video with all of you. Check it out here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2324647

New Music Video for "This Summers Gonna Last Forever"
This is a video that stars YOU!!!! Yup that's right, it's all YOU!!!!
Not a single shot of any of the band members are in this video. There's shots from around the world as well as some shows.
If you made is out to a show this summer and were singing along with us, we might have got you on film and you just might be in this video. Think of it as a nice scrapbook to our summer that we have shared with one another. Thanks for joining the party!!!
Videos can be found:
7th heaven website:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/thissummersgonnalastforever.html

You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8uiD9yoU8
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1143728025676
MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63273747


More Live Videos of 7th heaven for you
So the past few months we have introduced you to different talented people that have been in the crowd and taken great photos of the band.. now let's talk about videos. Meet "Mccrackin". I met Mccrackin over the summer when I did a brief interview with him before a unplugged show. Since then he has taken some great videos of the band LIVE... check them out:

Better This Way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zCTJJoGoOU

This Summers Gonna Last Forever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep57FbXvGjE

Gravity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0oYWFV6jHM

Interview with Mccrackin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfuVOc_Ox3c

DVD DVD DVD DVD
NEW ORIGINAL CD & DVD - U.S.A.-U.K. IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Our new original CD called "U.S.A.-U.K." is now available on iTunes. It is also available thru our "store" on our website and at all shows. The CD is $10.00 and contains 18 songs. If you only get one of our CD's, this is the one you should get. The entire CD can be heard on our jukebox. This product now comes with a DVD of all of our music videos off this CD.

Some reviews:
· Great songs are the heart of any great record and this album features great songs. - MelodicRock.com (Australia)
· It's hard to find something wrong with this U.S.A. - U.K. 100/100 - CrossRocks.com (France)
· Splendid 2nd release from the awesome US melodic rockers, which kicks out the sh** of the latest Def Leppard releases. - AORHeaven.com (Germany)
· In my opinion one of the best releases of year 2008. - Hardsounds.it (Italy)
· A remarkable piece of work - RockAvenueRecords.com (Japan)

Another good review of "U.S.A. - U.K."
Melodic.net (Sweden) just did a review of "U.S.A.-U.K." and gave it a good review:

"The Chicago based AOR band 7th Heaven is a bit like the town Reno, they're the biggest little band in the world with sold out records and national tours every year without a major label deal or airplays on radio. The 18 track album U.S.A - U.K is the first one with Keith Semple who replaced Andrew Blake in 2006, 6 songs from their 2003 album Silver has been re-recorded with Semple for U.S.A - U.K but we also get 12 new songs from this extremely underrated AOR band.
There was a documentary made about the Canadian metal band Anvil that became a blockbuster movie in the theatres this year, that told the story about a band that has struggled over 25 years without getting big. 7th Heaven is Anvil of AOR, bandleader Richard Hofherr writes songs that could've been recorded by Def Leppard except that Leppard is huge and 7th Heaven is not.

Songs like Better this way, Still be here and Electronic Karma should be Top 100 hits if there was any justice in this world."
http://www.melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=6212

FOR MORE REVIEWS, CHECK OUT OUR "PRESS" SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE

7th heaven Cruise - November 2009 - LAST CHANCE!!!
This is your last chance to join us on the next 7th heaven cruise. We will be sailing the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan & Cabo San Lucas) out of Los Angeles, CA on the brand new Carnival Splendor.  The sailing will be November 15-22, 2009.
RATES ARE VERY CHEAP!!!!!

Those who booked, our "Pre-Cruise Party" is Tuesday October 27, email us for the location.

For more info on the cruise, go to our 7th heaven cruise website.
Any other questions, email me at: Rich777@aol.com
You have to watch our 7th heaven cruise video from last year!!!!

7th heaven shirts, hats, hoodies, etc..
We have had a lot of requests to add more of our products that are available at live shows to our website store. We listened and we have started the process to add all our products online for everyone to purchase year round from around the world. Our updated online store will be released in November in time for the Holidays.

iTunes
All of our original CD's are now available on iTunes. Our new USA-UK CD, Silver, Live at Durty Nellies and Faces Time Replaces are all now available. You can even purchase 7th heaven ringtones on iTunes.
Don't forget to leave us a good review on iTunes.

Pop Medley 2 CD & DVD - 1 BOX LEFT
Our NEW Pop Medley 2 CD,
which features our new 30 songs in 30 minutes, is almost sold out!

This product was a limited run and will not be re-ordered, so those who have the first Medley CD and don't have this one, order it ASAP.

You can find more info about this Medley on our website's store section.
The CD & DVD combo digipack is only $15.00 plus $5.00 for shipping worldwide.

We took video clips of us in the studio putting our parts down, so check out a rare inside look at how we do what we do in the studio in this video.

Hear it on our online Jukebox.

Medley CD & DVD - Updated!
Since we sold out of the Original Medley CD/DVD over the past month, we decided to do the re-order and merge the new Pop Medley 2 onto this product. So this new Medley CD/DVD will now come with all three medleys (Pop 1, Pop 2 & Rock) on one CD and all three videos on the DVD as well. You can find out more info on this updated product on our website store.

New Music Video for "Gravity"
Our NEW "Gravity" music video is now online!
The video was shot at Naperville Ribfest in front of 60,000 people.
It was an amazing show to capture on video.

Check it out here:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/gravity.html

It is also on our YouTube, MySpace and Facebook pages.

Music Video for "Better This Way"
Check out the new music video for our song "Better This Way" off the "U.S.A.-U.K." CD. Shot over 2 days, this video is half storyline - half performance. The best place to see it will be our website under the 'video' tab and then click the 'music videos' channel.
Direct link is here: http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/betterthisway.html

Help us promote it by adding it to your websites.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZd1XZ4LeQs
MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=48168739
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1013773056883

Help us promote the song by sending your friends the video and feel free to leave us some feedback on those sites.

Music Video for "Cellophane"
Have you been to a 7th heaven show recently? If so, you are probably in the new "Cellophane" video. We collected shots from many of our shows over the past couple years and put together a kind of yearbook with many of you singing the song.
Check the video out here:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/cellophane.html

Help us promote it by adding it to your websites.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1d9kChAf_o
MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50342178
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1027937770992
October 23    Durty Nellies
October 24    Big Brother / Big Sister
October 24    Thirsty Whale (old line-up reunion)
October 27    Real Time Sports - @
October 29    Keywester - @
October 31    Chicago City Limits
November 5    Finn McCool's - @
November 6    The Lodge
November 7    Kams
November 12   Keywester - @
November 13    John Barleycorn - Chicago
November 15    7th heaven cruise
November 24    Real Time Sports - @
November 25   Chicago City Limits
December 3      Fatty's
December 5      Tailgaters
December 10    Finn McCool's - @
December 11    John Barleycorn
December 12    Shark City
December 15    Real Time Sports - @
December 17    Keywester - @
December 18    Austin's
Decmeber 19    Real Time Sports
December 26    THIS DATE/VENUE MIGHT CHANGE - STAY TUNED!!!
December 31    Hyatt Regency Chicago

@ = unplugged show
Thanks for all your continued support.
We love playing and as long as you keep coming out to see us play, we'll continue to be there.

Richard Hofherr
7th heaven
www.7thheavenband.com

7th heaven Newsletter September 2009

7th heaven Newsletter September 2009

Welcome to the 7th heaven September Newslettter
What a great summer we had! We have all shared so many good times and memories for a lifetime. To see all of you come out and support the band has been amazing and while we just did a huge workload we aren't slowing down at all... in fact we have TONS going on in our world. We are starting to work on a new original CD that we hope to have done by the end of the year. We also just started working on our HUGE box set that we'll be releasing early in 2010 (more info on that later). We also just shot a video for our song "Still Be Here" that we should have done next week.. so look for that. So here's a few more things we have going on.

New Music Video for "This Summers Gonna Last Forever"
This is a video that stars YOU!!!! Yup that's right, it's all YOU!!!!
Not a single shot of any of the band members are in this video. There's shots from around the world as well as some shows.
If you made is out to a show this summer and were singing along with us, we might have got you on film and you just might be in this video. Think of it as a nice scrapbook to our summer that we have shared with one another. Thanks for joining the party!!!
Videos can be found:
7th heaven website:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/thissummersgonnalastforever.html

You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8uiD9yoU8
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1143728025676
MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63273747


New Music Video for "Gravity"
Our NEW "Gravity" music video is now online!
The video was shot at Naperville Ribfest in front of 60,000 people.
It was an amazing show to capture on video.

Check it out here:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/gravity.html
It is also on our YouTube, MySpace and Facebook pages.


Pop Medley 2 CD & DVD - Almost Sold Out
Our NEW Pop Medley 2 CD,
which features our new 30 songs in 30 minutes, is almost sold out!

This product was a limited run and will not be re-ordered, so those who have the first Medley CD and don't have this one, order it ASAP.

You can find more info about this Medley on our website's store section.
The CD & DVD combo digipack is only $15.00 plus $5.00 for shipping worldwide.

We took video clips of us in the studio putting our parts down, so check out a rare inside look at how we do what we do in the studio in this video.

Hear it on our online Jukebox.


Medley CD & DVD - Updated!
Since we sold out of the Original Medley CD/DVD over the past month, we decided to do the re-order and merge the new Pop Medley 2 onto this product. So this new Medley CD/DVD will now come with all three medleys (Pop 1, Pop 2 & Rock) on one CD and all three videos on the DVD as well. You can find out more info on this updated product on our website store.


7th heaven Cruise - November 2009 - VERY CHEAP RATES
We will be sailing the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan & Cabo San Lucas) out of Los Angeles, CA on the brand new Carnival Splendor. The sailing will be November 15-22, 2009.
Rates start at $170 per person for a week!!!! ($24 a day)
THAT IS CHEAP!!!
Our rates are:
Inside room - $300 per person for 1st & 2nd person - $30 for 3rd & 4th person in this room
Outside room - $400 per person for 1st & 2nd person - $60 for 3rd & 4th person in this room
Balcony room - $550 per person for 1st & 2nd person - $90 for 3rd & 4th person in this room
add $214.57 per person for port charges and taxes.

If you have 4 people in a inside room, your rate will be $170 per person,
plus port charges and taxes.

I have a limited amount of rooms and if you want to go on this trip you will need to act fast.
Rates will go up on August 20.

You need $250 per person deposit down to lock in the rate and
final payment is due August 20, 2009. Air is extra.
Booking Form.

For more info on the cruise, go to our 7th heaven cruise website.
Any other questions, email me at: Rich777@aol.com
You have to watch our 7th heaven cruise video from last year!!!!



Another Photographer
It's amazing to see the quality of photos that some fans have taken.
Last month we turned you onto "Snack King". This month let us tell you about "Soulful Impressions" (Kurt Swanson). Kurt has taken the time to shoot some great photos of 7th heaven and when I saw the effort he put into building the website, I felt we need to share it with you.
Check his site out here: http://www.pbase.com/soulfulimpressions/7th_heaven


Back to School
Yup... it's time to go back to school.
Well be at U of I 4 times this semester:
Fri - Sept 18 - Kams
Fri - Oct 2 - U of I show on campus
Fri - Oct 2 - Frat Party
Sat - Nov 7 - Kams

We have been considering coming back to Western, ISU, Eastern, Northern and possibly Southern. We had stopped playing many colleges due to the cost of gas, however we have been considering re-visiting the schools. Stay Tuned!


7th heaven shirts, hats, hoodies, etc..
We have had a lot of requests to add more of our products that are available at live shows to our website store. We listened and we have started the process to add all our products online for everyone to purchase year round from around the world. Our updated online store will be released in October.


iTunes
All of our original CD's are now available on iTunes. Our new USA-UK CD, Silver, Live at Durty Nellies and Faces Time Replaces are all now available. You can even purchase 7th heaven ringtones on iTunes.
Don't forget to leave us a good review on iTunes.
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NEW ORIGINAL CD - U.S.A.-U.K. IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Our new original CD called "U.S.A.-U.K." is now available on iTunes. It is also available thru our "store" on our website and at all shows. The CD is $10.00 and contains 18 songs. If you only get one of our CD's, this is the one you should get. The entire CD can be heard on our jukebox.

Some reviews:
· Great songs are the heart of any great record and this album features great songs. - MelodicRock.com (Australia)
· It's hard to find something wrong with this U.S.A. - U.K. 100/100 - CrossRocks.com (France)
· Splendid 2nd release from the awesome US melodic rockers, which kicks out the sh** of the latest Def Leppard releases. - AORHeaven.com (Germany)
· In my opinion one of the best releases of year 2008. - Hardsounds.it (Italy)
· A remarkable piece of work - RockAvenueRecords.com (Japan)



Music Video for "Cellophane"
Have you been to a 7th heaven show recently? If so, you are probably in the new "Cellophane" video. We collected shots from many of our shows over the past couple years and put together a kind of yearbook with many of you singing the song.
Check the video out here:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/cellophane.html

Help us promote it by adding it to your websites.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1d9kChAf_o
MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50342178
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1027937770992



Music Video for "Better This Way"
Check out the new music video for our song "Better This Way" off the "U.S.A.-U.K." CD. Shot over 2 days, this video is half storyline - half performance. The best place to see it will be our website under the 'video' tab and then click the 'music videos' channel.
Direct link is here: http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/betterthisway.html

Help us promote it by adding it to your websites.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZd1XZ4LeQs
MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=48168739
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1013773056883

7th heaven Newsletter August 2009

7th heaven Newsletter August 2009

Welcome to the 7th heaven August Newslettter
There's times when the stars seem to align and a certain type of synergy seems to be working. Right now that is what our world is like. In the history of the band we have not had so much momentum. So many of you have so kind to come out night after night and support us. It really is appreciated. We don't always have the time to chat or tell you thank you, so THANK YOU!!!! :)

Why aren't you guys huge? On Radio? Signed? Etc...
Well, this is a interesting question we keep getting asked over and over again. The answer is a difficult one to answer but I can tell you that the reason we were just on WGN was because of YOU! That's right... a few of you took the time to call the station and tell them to have us and they contacted us. So when we tell you to call the radio and tell them to play us, it will work if we all work in numbers. If you think we should be somewhere email or call the place and tell them to have us or play our music. You would be surprised how often this actually works. A few of our shows have happened because a few of you contacted the people in charge and told them to check out 7th heaven... let's keep that going.. it's working.
YOU are our best salesmen.

New Music Video for "Gravity"
Our NEW "Gravity" music video is now online!
The video was shot at Naperville Ribfest in front of 60,000 people.
It was an amazing show to capture on video.

Check it out here:
http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/gravity.html

It is also on our YouTube, MySpace and Facebook pages.

Pop Medley 2 CD & DVD - Now Available
Our NEW Pop Medley 2 CD,
which features our new 30 songs in 30 minutes, is now available!

You can find more info about this Medley on our website's store section.
The CD & DVD combo digipack is only $15.00 plus $5.00 for shipping worldwide.

We took video clips of us in the studio putting our parts down, so check out a rare inside look at how we do what we do in the studio in this video.

Hear it on our online Jukebox.

7th heaven Cruise - November 2009 - VERY CHEAP RATES
We will be sailing the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan & Cabo San Lucas) out of Los Angeles, CA on the brand new Carnival Splendor. The sailing will be November 15-22, 2009.
Rates start at $170 per person for a week!!!! ($24 a day)
THAT IS CHEAP!!!
Our rates are:
Inside room - $300 per person for 1st & 2nd person - $30 for 3rd & 4th person in this room
Outside room - $400 per person for 1st & 2nd person - $60 for 3rd & 4th person in this room
Balcony room - $550 per person for 1st & 2nd person - $90 for 3rd & 4th person in this room
add $214.57 per person for port charges and taxes.

If you have 4 people in a inside room, your rate will be $170 per person,
plus port charges and taxes.

I have a limited amount of rooms and if you want to go on this trip you will need to act fast.
Rates will go up on August 20.

You need $250 per person deposit down to lock in the rate and
final payment is due August 20, 2009. Air is extra.
Booking Form.

For more info on the cruise, go to our 7th heaven cruise website.
Any other questions, email me at: Rich777@aol.com
You have to watch our 7th heaven cruise video from last year!!!!

7th heaven on WGN
We performed LIVE on WGN Radio (the Greg Jarret show) last Friday Morning. (Did we mention "morning" - I'm not sure I was even awake or there, after-all we are musicians and we never see the morning)

You can see us on here: http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/gregjarrett

7th heaven plays Millennium Park
We will be performing at Millennium Park in Chicago on Thursday August 13 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. This show is being sponsored by The Mix 101.9FM Chicago. Go here & here for more info.
Lastly, do us a HUGE favor and contact 101.9FM The Mix and tell them to play 7th heaven's "This Summers Gonna Last Forever".
Contact The Mix here: http://www.wtmx.com/contact.php

Jack FM Cruise with 7th heaven
We'll be performing a unplugged set on the "Anita Dee" cruise ship on Wednesday August 19, 2009 from 7pm - 10pm. You must enter to win tickets to this show. Free food and drinks, and a spectacular view of the Wednesday Night fireworks at Navy Pier, presented by JACK FM.

Enter the contest here.
Contact JackFM and tell them to play 7th heaven's "This Summers Gonna Last Forever".
Contact Jack FM here: http://www.bejacksfriend.com/index.php?go=contact_us

Snack King
e played Austin's once and this guy with a huge camera started shooting photos of us. We didn't think anything of it until we saw what kind of photos he shot and we were blown away. Our good friend Michael Liberacki, better known as "Snack King" has been shooting some amazing photos of us at various shows. His photos are on our website right now, our flyers and our ads in various magazine, as well as newspapers and posters. He also created a great video from our unplugged show we did in Long Grove last month.
Check out the Photos here: http://snackkingphotos.shutterfly.com/7thheaven
Check out "Another Brick in the Wall" (Unplugged) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUdUZy9vdRE
Check out "Landslide" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Ey3nW_IY

7th heaven Newsletter July 2009

7th heaven Newsletter July 2009

Welcome to the 7th heaven July Newslettter Our summer has been a blast so far!!!! Naperville Ribfest to over 60,000 people with Huey Lewis was amazing!!! Huey Lewis's band even watched us do our 30 song in 30 minute medley. Milwaukee Summerfest was another great time!!! Joliet fest and Downers Grove with Night Ranger & Joan Jett was great as well. We are moving at a FAST pace right now. In July alone we do 30 shows!!! Almost everyday we play somewhere!!!! So besides playing, we have a few other things going on, so let me update you.

This Summers Gonna Last Forever - Video - You!!!! This is the last chance to get those videos in. We will be editing the video in 2 weeks. We would you like to be in our next music video. Shoot yourself singing along to our song "This Summer's Gonna Last Forever"! We wanna see you having a great time with the song. Let's see what you got! The more creative the better. All you fans in other countries, shoot yourself in a area that shows your country. All ages. Kids. In the car. We won't be using your audio, just the video. Shoot the video and send it to us via our post box : 7th heaven, PO Box 66473, Chicago, IL 60666. If possible shoot the video and give us the raw footage. Email us if you want to load it onto a web server. Please get the video to us by the end of next week and we'll release the video in August around the World. If you don't have the song or the lyrics, get it here for FREE - http://www.7thheavenband.com/summer/

Take 5 Giveaway Want a FREE iPod with 7th heaven songs on it? How about FREE Pizza for a year from Panino's Pizza? Want $250 off Walter E. Smithe furniture? Or a FREE massage or facial or $100 off a new bike? All of these things are part of the "Take 5 Giveaway" which will take place at the Taste of Park Ridge Fest on Saturday July 11. To win you must fill out a form at Panino's in Park Ridge and you must be present to win. Furthermore, you can fill out forms at our merchandise table if you purchase anything at the fest. Your chances to win something are very good! Good Luck!

Pop Medley 2 CD Our new Pop Medley 2 CD, which features our new 30 songs in 30 minutes, will be released next week! You can find more info about this Medley on our website's store section. We will also have it online on our Jukebox next week. Look for a video for this medley to come out as well. This version of this product will be a limited edition, so pick it up quick.

This Months All-Age Outdoor Festivals These outdoor All-Age festivals are the BEST way to see 7th heaven! Make sure to come out and see us. Check out these dates: July 1 - Navy Pier - Fireworks July 2 - Oak Fest - Fun Fest on the Southside July 4 - Skokie Fest - Fireworks July 5 - Naperville Ribfest with Huey Lewis July 8 - Darien Park District July 9 - Norridge Fest July 10 - Byron Fest July 11 - Aurora Fest with Eve 6 July 11 - Taste of Park Ridge with Take 5 Giveaway and Tim Smithe July 12 - Rock Around the Block July 12 - Glendale Hts Fest - GREAT fest with fireworks July 14 - Buffalo Grove Park District July 16 - Mt. Prospect Park District July 17 - Dundee Park District July 18 - German Fest in Lombard July 21 - Hickory Hills Park District July 23 - Cary Park District July 24 - Streamwood Fest - Fun fest July 25 - Sugar Grove Fest July 26 - Elk Grove Park District July 26 - Taste of Lincoln July 30 - Carol Stream Park District July 31 - Palatine Park District Note: Park District shows are not festivals, they are mini concerts in a gazebo and usually don't have stages, but are nice ways to get a intimate show and enjoy the summer. Most of these shows will fall on weekdays.

iTunes All of our original CD's are now available on iTunes. Our new USA-UK CD, Silver, Live at Durty Nellies and Faces Time Replaces are all now available. You can even purchase 7th heaven ringtones on iTunes.

New 7th heaven shirts, hats, hoodies, etc.. We just ordered over 500 new shirts, all new designs. We have a style for all ages and all sizes. There's even a limited edition shirt with our photo on it. We added hoodies for the first time. New hats. More work shirts. Baby Dolls. Water Bottles. Bags. Guitar Pick Necklaces. Also make sure to pick up our new 7th heaven newsletter at the merch table at all shows.

We now accept Credit Cards at our Merch. Table You can now purchase all of our products at our merchandise table with a credit card. Hopefully this will help everyone who don't bring cash out to shows but wants our products.

Club Dates This Month We have a few clubs dates this month. July 7 - Cubby Bear - Post Cubs Game July 17 - Chicago City Limits July 19 - Sideouts Beer Garden - Unplugged July 22 - Potters Beer Garden - Unplugged July 25 - Real Time Sports - St. Charles July 28 - Real Time Sports - Elk Grove - Unplugged July 31 - Durty Nellies with: Men from Marz (Tony DiGulio's band) & He Said, She Said (Tammy Mooshey's band)

Michael Jackson R.I.P. We lost a GREAT performer last week. Michael Jackson was one of the best performers ever. The collection of accomplishments he made was amazing. He was a MAJOR influence on me as a performer, producer and writer. I always respected that he would stop at nothing to put his best foot forward and thought every detail of his work needed to be the utmost best. I respect that work ethic. When people die I think it's safe to say that in one way or another each of us stop for a second a reflect on our own lives. Michael Jackson shows me that the single most best thing one can do for yourself is to achieve. Achieve the goals you set for yourself and after you die, your accomplishments will stand on their own and no one can take that from you. They are more important than money or stature. When I think of Michael Jackson, I will always think of accomplishments. Thanks MJ!

NEW ORIGINAL CD - U.S.A.-U.K. IS NOW AVAILABLE! Our new original CD called "U.S.A.-U.K." is now available on iTunes. It is also available thru our "store" on our website and at all shows. The CD is $10.00 and contains 18 songs. If you only get one of our CD's, this is the one you should get. The entire CD can be heard on our jukebox. Some reviews: · Great songs are the heart of any great record and this album features great songs. - MelodicRock.com (Australia) · It's hard to find something wrong with this U.S.A. - U.K. 100/100 - CrossRocks.com (France) · Splendid 2nd release from the awesome US melodic rockers, which kicks out the sh** of the latest Def Leppard releases. - AORHeaven.com (Germany) · In my opinion one of the best releases of year 2008. - Hardsounds.it (Italy) · A remarkable piece of work - RockAvenueRecords.com (Japan)

New Music Video for "Cellophane" Have you been to a 7th heaven show recently? If so, you are probably in the new "Cellophane" video. We collected shots from many of our shows over the past couple years and put together a kind of yearbook with many of you singing the song. Check the video out here: http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/cellophane.html Help us promote it by adding it to your websites. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1d9kChAf_o MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50342178 facebook:="">http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1027937770992

New Music Video for "Better This Way" Check out the new music video for our song "Better This Way" off the "U.S.A.-U.K." CD. Shot over 2 days, this video is half storyline - half performance. The best place to see it will be our website under the 'video' tab and then click the 'music videos' channel. Direct link is here:http://www.7thheavenband.com/pages/video/musicvideos/betterthisway.html Help us promote it by adding it to your websites. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZd1XZ4LeQs MySpace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=48168739 facebook:="">http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1013773056883 Help us promote the song by sending your friends the video and feel free to leave us some feedback on those sites.

YouTube Interview with McCrackin I did a quick interview with McCrackin before our unplugged show in Long Grove at Strawberry Fest... Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfuVOc_Ox3c

Rain? Cancelled shows? This past week one of our shows was canceled due to the threat of rain. Many of you were curious if we were playing or not. We have our calendar all over the place. However the single best place to come to see if a show is canceled will be the front page of our website. I will always update our website as soon as I know if the show will be canceled. Many times the show won't be called until we are at the place, which prevents me from giving you fair warning, but when I can I will always change the home page on our website and the tour page. If you are unsure, check our website. Will also post on our Facebook page.

7th heaven Newsletter June 2009

7th heaven Newsletter June 2009

Welcome to the 7th heaven June Newslettter

Summer is Here!!!!! YEA!!!! We have SO much going on this month... TONS of shows!!! MANY new dates have been added and a couple changes. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE WEBSITE EVERY WEEK TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE.

So let me tell you what's going on with 7th heaven this month.

7th heaven just added to Milwaukee Summerfest

We'll be at Milwaukee Summerfest on Thursday June 25, 2009 from 12 Noon - 2:00pm. We will be at the Miller Lite Oasis Stage. Bon Jovi and Loverboy will be on later that night. This is the biggest music festival in the World and we are looking forward to performing at the fest. If you come out that day to support us, please wear your 7th heaven shirt!!!

This Summers Gonna Last Forever - Video - You!!!!

Would you like to be in our next music video? Shoot yourself singing along to our song "This Summer's Gonna Last Forever"! We wanna see you having a great time with the song. Let's see what you got! The more creative the better. All you fans in other countries, shoot yourself in a area that shows your country. All ages. Kids. In the car. We won't be using your audio, just the video. Shoot the video and send it to us via our post box :

7th heaven, PO Box 66473, Chicago, IL 60666. If possible shoot the video and give us the raw footage. Email us if you want to load it onto a web server. Please get the video to us by the end of June and we'll release the video in July around the World. If you don't have the song or the lyrics, get it here for FREE - http:​/​/​www.​7thheavenband.​com/​summer/​

Radio & 7th heaven

Radio has been a very difficult part of the music business for the past 10 years, in fact getting a song on radio is difficult and very political. To understand it a little click here (http:​/​/​abcnews.​go.​com/​video/​playerIndex?​id=​1879228)​and watch this. Anyways, the reason I added this to our email this month is because I want all of you in Chicagoland to help us go back to the day when you called the radio station and they actually gave a song a chance. Call 101.9FM The mix at: (312) 591-6800 and JackFM at: 877-​876-​JACK(​5225)​.​ We want to thank ClassX Radio (out of Cincinnati, Ohio) for playing 7th heaven in Full rotation! Feel free to call every radio station and ask them to play 7th heaven... even send them a mp3 of our music. You truely can help us more than you think!

This Months All-Age Outdoor Festivals

These outdoor All-Age festivals are the BEST way to see 7th heaven! Make sure to come out and see us. Check out these dates:

June 10 Bolingbrook Fest - Great Stage

June 12 Ohio Bike Week - HUGE show in Sandsuky, Ohio

June 13 Andersonville Fest - Great city fest

June 13 Pride o/t Fox RiverFest - One of the best summer festivals

June 14 Wells Street Art Fair - New city fest

June 14 Deerfield Fest - Park District fest

June 18 Elk Grove Rotary Fest - Fun fest

June 20 St. Josaphat Summerfest - New city fest for us

June 20 Elgin Brewfest - GREAT fest

June 21 Chicago Summerfest - City fest

June 25 Milwaukee Summerfest - World's Largest Music Fest

June 26 Downers Grove Fest - with Night Ranger

June 26 C. of the Holy Spirit Fest - Fun fest

June 27 Taste of Joliet - with Night Ranger and Joan Jett

June 27 Taste of Grayslake - New fest for us - fireworks

June 28 Strawberry Fest - Unplugged fest - great place

June 28 St. Daniels Fest - New fest for us

Fireworks

We just added two downtown fireworks shows. One is Wednesday, July 1 at Navy Pier from 7pm - 10:45pm with fireworks right above our heads. We'll be at Skokie fest July 4 from 8pm - 9:30pm with fireworks afterwards. June 27th show in Grayslake has fireworks. The Jack FM cruise has been moved from July 18 day to Wednesday August 19 at 7pm - 10pm onboard a cruise ship off Navy Pier with Jack FM. Fireworks will be above our heads on the boat... what a GREAT night!!!

iTunes

All of our original CD's are now available on iTunes. Our new USA-UK CD, Silver, Live at Durty Nellies and Faces Time Replaces are all now available. You can even purchase 7th heaven ringtones on iTunes.

New 7th heaven shirts, hats, hoodies, etc..

We just ordered over 500 new shirts, all new designs. We have a style for all ages and all sizes. There's even a limited edition shirt with our photo on it. We added hoodies for the first time. New hats. More work shirts. Baby Dolls. Water Bottles. Bags. Guitar Pick Necklaces. Also make sure to pick up our new 7th heaven newsletter at the merch table at all shows.

We now accept Credit Cards at our Merch. Table

Due to demand, starting next week you will be able to purchase all of our products at our merchandise table. Hopefully this will help everyone who don't bring cash out to shows but wants our products.

Blogger Heaven

The new blogger has been a cool addition to our website. I always thought it would be neat to have a place to chime in a share with everyone what is going on with 7th heaven on a weekly basis. We are using the blog two different ways. 1 - the "News" section of our site is now based on a blogger. 2 - the "Blogger" tab is all the things that don't really fit in the "News" tab, but are thoughts on our mind we want to share. I have been using it to keep everyone in the loop with what's happening behind the scenes.

National Acts We'll be with this Summer

This summer we'll be with a few GREAT bands on the same bill or day, most on the same stage. But either way, besides seeing 7th heaven you can see these acts on these shows:

June 25 - Summerfest - Bon Jovi, Loverboy, Puddle of Mudd, etc..

June 26 - Downers Grove Fest - Night Ranger

June 27 - Taste of Joliet - Night Ranger & Joan Jett

July 5 - Naperville's Ribfest - Huey Lewis and the News

July 11 - Aurora - Eve 6

Sept. 6 - Schaumburg Fest - Starship

Did you know 7th heaven was once managed by a member of Bon Jovi and a member of Styx?

Press Section

The "Press" section of our website is now fully functional. Our logo's, photos, graphics, etc. are all on the page. Check out all the Reviews on our CD's, broken down by the CD and country. Some interviews. Banners for you to add to your websites and even posters for you to download and print.

Take 5 Giveaway

Want a FREE iPod with 7th heaven songs on it? How about FREE Pizza for a year from Panino's Pizza? Want $250 off Walter E. Smithe furniture? Or a FREE massage or facial or $100 off a new bike?

All of these things are part of the "Take 5 Giveaway" which will take place at the Taste of Park Ridge Fest on Saturday July 11. To win you must fill out a form and attend the show. Winners announced during our set. Forms can be filled out at Panino's in Park Ridge and at 7th heaven shows at the merch table. Good Luck!

John Barleycorn

Next Friday, June 19 we play John Barleycorn in Schaumburg, IL. This has become our new favorite place to play. Great sound! Great Lights! Great people! Great place to see a 7th heaven show. This is our only club show for the entire month! We'll be on at 10pm! Get there early!

Elgin Brewfest

Elgin Brewfest is a GREAT fest in Elgin, IL. Known as the fest to go to to taste a variety of beers, the Elgin Brewfest is a fest that we have been playing for over 10 years now! Every year this fest grows bigger and bigger. Check the fest website to learn more. ElginBrewfest.​com

7th heaven cruise

Our next 7th heaven cruise will aboard Royal Caribbean's "Oasis of the Seas". We'll be leaving for a week from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and go to the Eastern Caribbean (St. Thomas, St. Maarten and the Bahamas). We'll be sailing out on February 20, 2010. You need $250 per person down to hold your room. You can put a deposit down and hold a room and pay your final payment in Decemeber or we also have payment plans that start around $80 a month ($20 a week). This ship is the newest and largest ship in the world. This ship is AMAZING! It is opened to the sky in the middle of the ship and has a outdoor concert venue with a outside movie screens.. too many things to list here.. They just added the Broadway musical "Hairspray" to the ship.. check out the website www.​7thheavenband.​com/​cruise to learn more. Also check out last years 7th heaven cruise here (video) http:​/​/​www.​7thheavenband.​com/​cruise/​video/​20087hcruise.​html

NEW ORIGINAL CD - U.S.A.-U.K. IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Our new original CD called "U.S.A.-U.K." is now available on iTunes. It is also available thru our "store" on our website and at all shows. The CD is $10.00 and contains 18 songs. If you only get one of our CD's, this is the one you should get. The entire CD can be heard on our jukebox.

Some reviews:

· Great songs are the heart of any great record and this album features great songs. - MelodicRock.​com (Australia)

· It's hard to find something wrong with this U.S.A. - U.K. 100/100 -CrossRocks.com (France)

· Splendid 2nd release from the awesome US melodic rockers, which kicks out the sh** of the latest Def Leppard releases. - AORHeaven.com (Germany)

· In my opinion one of the best releases of year 2008. - Hardsounds.it (Italy)

· A remarkable piece of work - RockAvenueRecor​ds.​com (Japan)

Pop Medley 2 CD

Our new Pop Medley 2 CD, which features our new 30 songs in 30 minutes, should be available in about 2 weeks. We have a few more parts to record and then it's off to press!!!

New Music Video for "Cellophane"

Have you been to a 7th heaven show recently? If so, you are probably in the new "Cellophane" video. We collected shots from many of our shows over the past couple years and put together a kind of yearbook with many of you singing the song.

Check the video out here:

http:​/​/​www.​7thheavenband.​com/​pages/​video/​musicvideos/​cellophane.​html

Help us promote it by adding it to your websites.

YouTube: http:​/​/​www.​youtube.​com/​watch?​v=​Q1d9kChAf_​o

MySpace: http:​/​/​vids.​myspace.​com/​index.​cfm?​fuseaction=​vids.​individual&​videoid=​50342178

http:​/​/​www.​facebook.​com/​video/​video.​php?​v=​1027937770992

New Music Video for "Better This Way"

Check out the new music video for our song "Better This Way" off the "U.S.A.-U.K." CD. Shot over 2 days, this video is half storyline - half performance. The best place to see it will be our website under the 'video' tab and then click the 'music videos' channel.

Direct link is here: http:​/​/​www.​7thheavenband.​com/​pages/​video/​musicvideos/​betterthisway.​html

Help us promote it by adding it to your websites.

YouTube: http:​/​/​www.​youtube.​com/​watch?​v=​kZd1XZ4LeQs

MySpace: http:​/​/​vids.​myspace.​com/​index.​cfm?​fuseaction=​vids.​individual&​VideoID=​48168739

http:​/​/​www.​facebook.​com/​video/​video.​php?​v=​1013773056883

Help us promote the song by sending your friends the video and feel free to leave us some feedback on those sites.

NTD Management signs 2 new acts

Check out two new bands that have joined our NTD Management family:

1 - He Said, She Said - This is Tammy's band. Tammy plays in our unplugged version of 7th heaven. This band is a huge party band that plays a wide range of songs all based around the party vibe. We just did a show together with them at Blarney's Island and you can check them out at www.​HSSSRocks.​com

2 - HiFi Superstar - This is a great quality band that brings back the energy and substance that the bands from the 1970's had. They play both originals and covers. They are not a disco band. Some compare them to Cheap Trick, Off Broadway, Fleetwood Mac, Chicago, Wings, Elton John, etc... We played together at the Cubby Bear last month and they had a great response. The band's two CD's are also now available thru NTD Records and on iTunes. Check them out at www.​HiFiSuperstar.​com

Rain? Cancelled shows?

This past week one of our shows was canceled due to the threat of rain. Many of you were curious if we were playing or not. We have our calendar all over the place. However the single best place to come to see if a show is canceled will be the front page of our website. I will always update our website as soon as I know if the show will be canceled. Many times the show won't be called until we are at the place, which prevents me from giving you fair warning, but when I can I will always change the home page on our website and the tour page. If you are unsure, check our website. Will also post on our Facebook page.

UPCOMING SHOWS

June 10 Bolingbrook Fest

June 11 Potters Place - @

June 12 Ohio Bike Week

June 13 Andersonville Fest

June 13 Pride of the Fox RiverFest - St. Charles

June 14 Wells Street Art Fair

June 14 Deerfield Fest

June 18 Elk Grove Rotary Fest

June 19 John Barleycorn

June 20 St. Josaphat Summerfest

June 20 Elgin Brewfest

June 21 Chicago Summerfest

June 25 Milwaukee Summerfest

June 26 Downers Grove Fest

June 26 C. of the Holy Spirit Fest

June 27 Taste of Joliet

June 27 Taste of Grayslake

June 28 Strawberry Fest - @

June 28 St. Daniels Fest

July 1 Navy Pier

July 2 Oak Fest

July 4 Skokie Fest

July 5 Naperville Ribfest

July 7 Cubby Bear

July 8 Darien Fest

July 9 Island in the City Fest

July 10 Byron Fest

July 11 Aurora Downtown Alive

July 11 Taste of Park Ridge

July 12 Rock Around the Block

July 12 Glendale Heights Fest

July 14 Buffalo Grove Fest

July 16 Mt. Prospect Fest

July 17 Dundee Fest

July 17 Chicago City Limits

July 18 German Fest

July 19 Sideouts - @

July 21 Hickory Hills Fest

July 22 Potters Place - @

July 23 Cary Fest

July 24 Streamwood Fest

July 25 Sugar Grove Corn Boil

July 25 Real Time Sports

July 26 Elk Grove Fest

July 26 Taste of Lincoln

July 28 Real Time Sports - @

July 30 Carol Stream Fest

July 31 Palatine Fest

July 31 Durty Nellies

August 1 Retro on Rosco

August 3 Ohio State Fair

August 4 Arlington Heights Fest

August 6 Hinsdale Fest

August 7 The Lodge

August 8 Wrigleyville Fest

August 8 Augustfest

August 9 Taylor Street Italian Fest

August 11 John Barleycorn

August 13 Millennium Park

August 14 Oak Brook Fest

August 14 John Barleycorn

August 15 Palmer College

August 16 Wood Dale Fest

August 19 Jack FM Show/Navy Pier - @

August 20 Beer Barrel - PIB

August 21 Beer Barrel - PIB

August 22 Grayslake Summer Days

August 25 Gaylord Convention Center

August 27 CD & Me

August 28 Navy Pier

August 29 W. Payton's Roundhouse

August 30 Castaways / N. Ave Beach

September 3 Potters Place - @

September 4 Naperville Last Fling

September 5 Blarney's Island

September 6 Schaum. Septemberfest

September 10 Fire Bar & Grill - @

September 11 John Barleycorn

September 12 Forest Park Rib Fest

September 15 Real Time Sports - @

September 17 Finn McCool's - @

September 18 Kams

September 19 The Lodge

September 20 Broken Oar

September 24 Keywester - @

September 25 John Barleycorn

September 26 Huntley Fall Fest

October 1 Fire Bar & Grill - @

October 2 Austin's

October 3 Big Brother, Big Sister

October 8 John Barleycorn - @

October 9 Shark City

October 10 Durty Nellies

October 24 Tailgaters

October 27 Real Time Sports - @

October 29 Keywester - @

October 31 Chicago City Limits

November 5 Finn McCool's - @

November 7 Kams

November 12 Fire Bar & Grill - @

November 13 John Barleycorn

November 14 Durty Nellies

November 17 Real Time Sports - @

November 19 Keywester - @

November 21 The Lodge

November 28 Durty Nellies

December 5 Chicago City Limits

December 10 Finn McCool's - @

December 11 John Barleycorn

December 15 Real Time Sports - @

December 17 Keywester - @

December 18 Austin's

Decmeber 19 Real Time Sports - @

December 26 Shark City

December 31 Hyatt Regency Chicago

@ = unplugged show

Thanks for all your continued support.

We love playing and as long as you keep coming out to see us play, we'll continue to be there.

Richard Hofherr

7th heaven

www.​7thheavenband.​com