Free Tunes from Author Stefan Petrucha

YA author Stefan Petrucha knows how to market. In his latest announcement, Petrucha invites fans to his site get free tunes inspired by his Time Tripper novel series, as well as his September single title release, Rule of Won.

Here are the details from the author himself:

Author/Graphic Novelist Stefan Petrucha here, asking you to check out the new music page at www.petrucha.com for access to three FREE tunes inspired by my books; the TimeTripper series and my upcoming novel from Walker, The Rule of Won. These are intended to promote the novels, so copy ‘em and pass ‘em along as much as you like.

In the days to come they’ll also be available at popular download sites such as iTunes and AmazonMP3, so instead of simply getting them for free, folks will have the chance to pay for them and help support the starving creators. Ain’t democracy grand?

Does using music to promote a book work? The heavy metal rocker Wake up to Reality (TimeTripper) by Jazan Wild has already been downloaded over 30k times, and the series has been enjoying some new attention at sites like Goodreads and sundry blogs, so I can’t help but think the song has a little something to do with getting the word out.

I first met Jazan when he asked me to script his Carnival of Souls comic series. The ideas and the artwork by Kevin Conrad were so terrific I couldn’t refuse. Turnabout is fair play, so I asked Jazan to come up with a song for TimeTripper, and this was the fantastic result.

Once Upon A-Time was a more laid back song I originally wrote for TimeTripper, but never had a) a chorus or b) the means to record it, until recently. Aforementioned chorus, lead vocal and amazing guitar work were provided by my talented brother-in-law Rob Sunderland. Sarah Kinney joins me on the backup vocals. I wanted something that would recall the sixties and the work of the Grateful dead. While I’d never say we got anywhere near to matching Gerry Garcia & Co, I hope there’s a ripple of them in there somewhere. For Jazan, the piece reminded him more of Jim Croce, so what can I say?

I’ll be promoting The Rule of Won more heavily when we get closer to its September 2 release date, but the song is up now. It’s a bit of tongue-in-cheek alt rock fun with yours truly on lead vocals, piano and guitar, with Rob on bass, lead guitar and backup vocals.

So, that’s the current collection! I’ve had a deeply amateurish relationship to music since high school, so, really, this is mostly an excuse for me to play around – and if some folks get a kick out of listening, so much the better. Would love to hear what everyone thinks, so please feel free to use the Contact button on my web page. Pax.

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Comments

[Stefan Petrucha]

Thanks for posting this Angela!