I launched a college radio promotional campaign earlier this summer to get my CD played by as many college DJs as possible.  Well, so far, the promotion has been very successful.  My CD is now in rotation in over 100 stations, with possibly more to come!  I appreciate all the love and wish to offer a tremendous and sincere thanks to all the DJs who gave my CD a chance!

Hey all - hope everyone’s enjoying the winding down of summer.  September is my favorite month of the year, hands down!

I recently played at Indie Music Night in Princeton, NJ.  It is a once-a-month event hosted by indie artist Sarah Donner, and she assembled an impressive array of talent for the evening.  I was featured along with Amy Campbell, Kate Klim, Christopher Morse and Kiernan McMullan.  Sarah also took a guest turn as well.  All the acts were incredible and the hometown crowd of regulars were very supportive.  It’s a great event and Sarah should be proud for putting it together and allowing all of us songwriters to connect with one another.

Here’s a link to a review of the evening by Mark Boutros.  Enjoy!

Mark Boutros’ review of my recent performance at Indie Music Night in Princeton - http://silradio.com/?p=326 

For more on Indie Music Night - check out Sarah’s official myspace link:  http://www.myspace.com/indiemusicnight

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy.  To the contrary, it’s been an exciting summer with hopefully more to come in the fall.  In June, I commenced a radio promotion largely targeting international radio stations and the results have been very promising so far.  My CD has been requested for airplay in radio stations in several countries including Australia, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK, Ireland, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, Macedonia, New Zealand, Germany, Poland, Turkey and Belarus!!!  In addition, last week I launched a college radio promotion targeting 300 stations here in the US (with a smattering in Canada as well).  I hope the college promotion will be even more successful.

I also have a few gigs coming up at the end of August.  Here they are:

Saturday, August 22 - Tea Lounge, Park Slope - 9pm and 10:30pm sets (acoustic guitar with piano accompaniment)

Friday, August 28 - KJ Farrell’s, Bellmore - 10pm - midnight (backed by a band on that one!)

Saturday, August 29 - Indie Music Night at Griggstown Pavilion in Princeton, NJ, hosted by Sarah Donner - 6:15pm - 6:45pm

Hope to see you at my upcoming shows!

I know we’re not even in the summer yet (at least, not officially) but I wanted to share the news that later this fall I will be playing during New York’s 2009 M.E.A.N.Y. FEST, which will take place from September 24 - October 3 in NYC at several venues.  I’ll post an update later on in the year with more details!

Also, a few weeks ago, I had my first radio interview with Dr. Blogstein during his Radio Happy Hour!  It was a lot of fun.  I uploaded the interview on my site, so be sure to check it out when you can.

Here’s a link to Dr. Blogstein’s site - http://www.drblogstein.com/

Just a little plug here for my friend and music consultant Daylle Deanna Schwartz, former rapping teacher, noted author, speaker and current cheerleader and supporter of all things musically independent.  Her latest book for independent artists - the 3rd edition of Start & Run Your Own Record Label - just came out, and if you’re an independent artist looking for some guidance as to start conducting your business (because, like or not, your music IS your business), I urge you to buy a copy.  It’s a comprehensive look at what you need to do to set up and conduct your business.  Yes, while it’s written from the perspective of running your own label, as an independent artist, that is essentially what you are doing - i.e., running your own label, be it as either a DBA, LLC, corporation or whatever business vehicle by which you conduct your business and present yourself to the world.  In other words, YOU are the label and you are running a jack-of-all-trades operation, from soup to nuts.  This book will help you with the basics and sort things out a bit to make it easier.  It will also inspire you.  Check it out.

And to plug myself a bit, I am thrilled to appear in the book giving a short blurb regarding my thoughts as to why I left the world of tax law to pursue my dream of living the rest of the my life as a singer-songwriter.  Thanks, Daylle!

Here’s a link to Daylle’s site - http://www.daylle.com/

Got some great news!  ”A Better Life” was recently announced as one of the runner-ups in Mike Pinder’s SONGWARS songwriting competition!  Mike Pinder is one of the original members of the Moody Blues, and SONGWARS is a quarterly songwriting competition aimed at promoting the work of independent artists.

The best part is that A Better Life will be issued as part of a compilation CD showcasing all the winners and runners-up for this quarter!  It should be released by mid-2009.

The good reviews keep on coming!  Here’s the latest review of my CD, courtesy of Wildy Haskell in his blog, Wildy’s World!  Here’s a link to the review - http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2009/02/review-scott-krokoff-better-life.html

Wildy seemed to like most of the album, with his favorite song being Autumn Sky.  He also singled out Sparrows and Holy Fire for praise.  His review, however, is not without some constructive critique.  Wildy thought the album sounded almost too pleasant as a whole and that I would have benefitted taking more risks on the album.  I’m not sure I agree but I understand his point.  Besides, there’s nothing wrong with receiving some constructive criticism, and I did inform him that on my next effort - currently in the works - I was already planning to explore different avenues both musically and lyrically and take more of the “risks” that Wildy would like me to take.

In any event, thanks to Wildy Haskell for the very solid review and be sure to check out his blog, Wildy’s World, for more reviews of upcoming artists!  http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/

Today, my song A Better Life was chosen as the Single of the Day on SingleOfTheDay.com, hosted by blogger/musician Jody Whitesides!  Jody is one of the many prominent bloggers and podcasters out there promoting independent artists.  Here’s a link in case you missed it - http://www.singleoftheday.com/2009/01/29/a-better-life/

It’s been a short while since I blogged here, so why not give everyone a quick update on how things are going.

Last week, I played a private house concert out in Freehold, NJ, hosted by my very good friend, George Dierna.  It happened to be last Saturday, when the metropolitan area got hit with some rough weather, so the timing was not good.  Fortunately, I nevertheless had a decent turnout and those who attended had a great time (myself included).  I was, once again, accompanied by my friend and renowned classical pianist, Alan Wasserman.  We played most of the tracks from my A Better Life CD and also played a few new songs that will likely appear on my next album.  We closed with a cover of Ripple by The Grateful Dead, a nice way to end the show.  Thereafter, most of the attendees hung around for a few hours as we feasted on wine and cheese (well, not me, but everyone else did), pate and heavenly desserts.  Thanks to all who braved the rough weather to attend, and special thanks to George for being such a great host as always!

There will be more news to come!  2009 should be an exciting year!