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Cyro Baptista is the founder of the percussion and dance group “Beat The Donkey”. “Beat The Donkey” has members from America, Israel, Europe and Brazil. New York is where all the members make their home. Baptista describes the multi-ethnic performance group “Beat The Donkey” as a moving portrait of life in New York City. Click here to watch videos of “Beat The Donkey”, very good fun to check out.

You can hear tracks of Robert Walter’s “Giving Up The Ghost” at Latch Music Radio.

“Giving Up The Ghost” is a good time toe tapper. Robert Walter’s vintage keyboards and traditional R&B and jazz roots with electronic and reggae dub elements takes you on a sonic adventure exploring the eternal groove. One can appreciate the inspiration of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, James Brown and P-Funk with this recording. This music will be a hit with people who are into jazz, soul, blues, roots rock jam bands. Robert Walter proves you can play cool music and have people listen and have a good time. Music is supposed to be fun! Check it out today.

Musicians for “Giving Up The Ghost”

Robert Walter - Hammond Organ, Fender Rhodes, Piano, Synthesizers, Samples, Effects
Cochemea Gastelum - Alto Sax, Amplified Alto Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Effects
Will Bernard - Guitar
Chuck Parada - Percussion
Joe Russo - Drums (tracks 1,3,6,7)
George Sluppick - Drums (tracks 2,3,4,5,8,10,11,12)
Chris Stillwell - Bass (tracks 1,2,3,7)
Mike Fratantuno - Bass (track 9)

Tracks for “Giving Up The Ghost”

1. Glassy-Winged Sharp Shooter
2. Aquafresh
3. Convex+Concave
4. Circle Limit
5. Bygones Be
6. Dump Truck
7. Easy Virtue
8. Clear All Wires
9. Bet
10. Underbrush
11. Sacred Secret
12. Giving Up The Ghost

Click here to learn more about “Giving Up The Ghost”. 

Making Music Customers Feel Secure

I have been using Cafe Press since I started Latch Music. Until recently I had only used Cafe Press as a place for Latch Music T-shirts, mugs and so on. I now sell music all my music at Cafe Press, The Latch Music Store. I have sold my CD’s at other music places that were here to day and gone today. Cafe Press has been the most stable company that I have had my products involved. Having all my music products in one place at the Latch Music Store with a strong company like Cafe Press has made my Internet work more efficient. I upgraded The Latch Music Store to a Premium Shop to be able to sell all my CD’s and have greater control of my products. Cafe Press has been around since 1999, the same year the Latch Music website started. The most important step I have learned about creating a successful business on the Internet is making customers feel secure about spending their money. Cafe Press is clear and concise about their customer service information. The customer service that Cafe Press provides will make the customer of any Independent Artist more confident about their purchase. With Cafe Press your creative product is made according to each order which allows you more artistic freedom. No need to worry about your product overhead. You may be able to make a bit more money if you produce a thousand units of your art and do-it-yourself. I would rather have a smaller profit margin with each item sold and provide better customer service. Better customer service in the long run will create more sales with fewer headaches. Cafe Press is worth the time to check out.