How about some GREAT NEWS for a change?

SHAWN'S FIRST PUBLISHED SONG JUST HIT iTUNES!!!  Ridin' On The Rim - track # 6 on Heartsfield's new album "Here I Am".  

Not only did he write this song, he also sings on the track - he is the first voice you hear on at the beginning of each verse.    

He wrote this song about 4 years ago, when he was in high school, in the summer between his junior and senior year. The night before we were leaving to go to New Jersey,  there was a truck driving by, and someone said it sounded like it was riding on the rim.  He liked the phrase, and started writing.  He first performed it the next day for my parents and grandmother.  When he got to the 2nd verse, he stopped and said "you'll like this, Poppa," then proceded singing the phrase "my girlfriend finds a way to spend all my money."  

He recorded this song a few years later, before going back to his sophomore year of college.  The person who recorded it thought that a producer friend of his would like it.  It turns out this friend was in the process of putting together a new album for Heartsfield.   And that's how Ridin' On The Rim made it to Heartsfield's album "Here I Am."  A big thanks to Craig for starting the wheels of this particular truck in motion!

So go take a listen, buy the song, rate it on iTunes, and tell all your friends!!!

Or, if you prefer, here's the link to the CDBaby distribution of the album.