Backspace Records is an “artist friendly” independent record label with a diverse roster of artists. Translation: we are a small label that is open, honest and fair with its artists, has a philanthropic component, and makes great music for families. We own a full recording studio and my husband is a musician and producer. He does all thing “creative,” and I run all things business related. We have a blues artist, an indie/rock/pop artist, and a children’s music artist. Our latest album, The Baby Grands, has been dubbed “ALT rock for kids.”
What inspired you start your business?
My husband was in a touring rock band for twelve years. After being successful in the “mid-time,” it was time to move on. When he got a “real” job, the music became a hobby. He was helping people play and record for free, just for fun. Well, the word got out, a “pay it forward” person/investor heard about us, and the business was born. While the business was being born, so was my son. Our latest release was inspired by the birth of our son and our inability to find much quality children’s music that we actually wanted to listen to.
How long has your business been in business?
We have been in business about two years, with the last year being much more intense than the previous.
What did you do in your past work life?
I was a high school guidance counselor for nine years! Going from the school system to the music industry was quite interesting, for sure.
What is your ideal workday like?
My ideal workday would include a balance of time with my son and quiet time to make calls, emails, network etc. I haven’t had one of those yet, but we manage. Read more…
Thank you to everyone that entered to win the Puppy Plays the Classics DVD. This DVD kept Bizzie Princess busy on election day why we were watching Obama win!
The winners were selected at random by random.com. The winners are Carla, Renee Simmons, Tena @ Punky Monkey’s, Renée aka Mekhismom. Congratulations. I’ll be emailing everyone. If you don’t hear from me (spam filters) please email me your address to 411 at bizziemommy dot com.
I hate being seeing. I hate using a “sick” day for REAL “sick” time so I’m sitting here at my desk, feeling sick. My head feels like it could actually explode, implode, or whatever.
I have too much to do to be sick. I have two reviews to write, orders to ship, blog posts to write, christmas shopping to shop (had to keep with the theme), mompreneur interviews to post, tv shows to watch, kids to play with.
Go away cold or whatever you are, I have too much to do!
On Thursday we rushed over to Bizzie P’s Christmas special, we skipped last years at the moment I’m not sure why. But before I get into the event I have to give kudos to the hubs, he picked out the dress and got her ready for the event while I was at work.
The event was pretty chaotic or pretty organized depends on how look at it. After all it can’t be easy getting a bunch of 2, 3, 4 and 5’s year olds together at once at night to sing Christmas carols. Bizzie P’s group was the 2nd to perform singing their renditions of Jingle Bells and Head, Should, Knees, and Toes.
Before letting you watch the video I have to say a couple of things. One, she is not scratching her tushy in the video. Turns out her tights were falling down, luckily the Hubs fixed them just in time as they were sitting underneath her tushy when he pulled them up. Good thing they didn’t fall to her little ankles. To the left of her is C, her BFF, they have been at the same school since they were both about 8 weeks old. So they are pretty “tight”. Together they steal the show with their buddy, M.
So to sum it up, I had a flat tire this morning that the Hubs had to change when we already 15 minutes late for work. This past week we finally got our heater fixed, and then our dishwasher broke. I broke the garage door opener when it slipped out of my hand. Our DVR broke and erased, we replaced it with another broken one, only to get the new one that neither of us can figure out how to use. It seems like everything is falling apart or breaking down these days.
So when I finally got into the office this morning, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself. What can possibly go wrong? It’s weird how the stupid little stuff can have such a dramatic effect on my. After all my dad walked away from an accident that totaled his car, my kids are both healthy and happy, my husband is healthy and mostly happy (meaning he’s happy but would love a ton a money, probably a wife that cooked, and some other things not worth mentioning here). So what the heck am I complaining about? Read more…
Okay so I have to be completely honest here. I’m not the gamer. The last video game console I owned was a Nintendo system. It was probably the first one that was made. I played Super Mario Bros and owned maybe two other games, a Summer Olympics one and a BMX racing one. Yes I was quite the athlete in my virtual world.
But lately I have been drawn to the Nintendo DS, its small; it comes in PINK, and seems like the perfect device for my “mommy time out” moments. I don’t say free time because that doesn’t exist in my world. I juggle a full-time job, a business, this blog, and another one, a toddler, a dare-devil one year old, a husband and a household. Well scratch the household part because there is still a pile of clothes sitting on my couch.
This coming year I plan on scheduling in some “mommy time” on a daily basis. But what do I do during “mommy time”? Well l had no idea until I started seeing a bunch of Nintendo DS commercials lately, it’s like they were calling my name. Liv Tyler and Nicole Kidman are moms and they both have a Nintendo DS at least in the ads they do.
This is too cute to pass up, enter our giveaway for your chance to win one of 4 copies of this adorable DVD.
Puppy Plays the Classics
Puppy Plays! And so will you! Meet Ollie, the irresistibly cute pup who always sniffs out adventure. In the first of the series Puppy Plays the Classics, Ollie and his puppy friends take viewers on a fantastic journey inspired by classical music, all while learning valuable life lessons.
The score is based on classical favorites by, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Wagner and more. Check out our product review for more information.
This is going to be a quick giveaway so I can get these DVD’s out for the holidays.
For you chance to win one of these DVD’s all you have to do is:
1) Leave a comment in this post
2) For a second entry, tweet about the contest and use the tag #puppy, don’t forget to let me know you tweeted.
3) For a third entry, subscribe or write a post about the contest on your own blog. Don’t forget to let me know you did!
I will stop accepting entries on Monday, December 15th. The winners will be announced on the 16th.
This is a picture one of our good friends. He took this picture of himself. To see some more of his pictures go to www.robersonimages.com. What do you think?
After the hubs decided to slap some perspective on me this weekend I remembered what my original goals were in life. It’s actually pretty funny. This blog, my online baby boutiques, everything was all started to hopefully generate enough money so I could quit my job and spend my days writing screenplays in the hopes that one will eventually be sold.
I can’t even remember the last day I had time to even write FADE IN, it was some time before Bizzie Princess. Why I’m not sure it’s necessarily my “goal” these days I do fantasize about becoming a sold screenwriter.
Which leads me here.
I have been kinda sitting by the sidelines waiting for my traffic to increase, waiting for the sales to come, and hoping for comments on my blog. Until I realizes the internet isn’t the place to test out the “if you build it they will come” philosophy. That isn’t how the web works. It’s about traffic. Success depends on traffic.
What it doesn’t depend on is the “prettiness” of your site or how creative your blog header is. (Yes I know prettiness isn’t a word, and if you knew me you would know that I so don’t care) It depends on TRAFFIC.
So I thought it was high time I get off my lazy ass and start working on increasing the traffic to both my blog and my online baby boutique so I can continue to build more blogs and more online stores. I am addicted to working on the internet. I just love, love it!
The Cocktail Cafe provides a mix of mom talk with a splash of style. Recognizing there were few resources for moms that address “their” needs, Rhea took her interest in fashion, family and writing to create an online community of sassy, stylish moms looking to find balance, happiness, and little fun along the way. Cocktail moms everywhere log onto The Cocktail Cafe for its fresh and unique take on parenting, fashion for moms, news and reviews of the hottest boutiques and mom bloggers.
What inspired you start your business?
After getting married and immediately starting a family, I instantly became a stay at home mom. Being the first one to get married, I felt so out of place amongst some of my longest and dearest friends. I felt so alone and sufered from postpartum depression.
I started to The Cocktail Cafe from my own personal struggles and victories. I wanted to create a place that moms can come in, vent, laugh, think, share, but most of all, my blog celebrates the woman behind, motherhood, marriage and business.
Unlike any other mommy site out there, at The Cocktail Cafe, its ok to let it out over a cocktail and be U.
How long has your business been in business?
I have been blogging for over a year now but this is my 2nd attempt at blogging for myself
Mompreneur: Kimberly Rowell
Thank you to everyone that entered to win the Puppy Plays the Classics DVD. This DVD kept Bizzie Princess busy on election day why we were watching Obama win!
I hate being seeing. I hate using a “sick” day for REAL “sick” time so I’m sitting here at my desk, feeling sick. My head feels like it could actually explode, implode, or whatever.
So to sum it up, I had a flat tire this morning that the Hubs had to change when we already 15 minutes late for work. This past week we finally got our heater fixed, and then our dishwasher broke. I broke the garage door opener when it slipped out of my hand. Our DVR broke and erased, we replaced it with another broken one, only to get the new one that neither of us can figure out how to use. It seems like everything is falling apart or breaking down these days.
Okay so I have to be completely honest here. I’m not the gamer. The last video game console I owned was a Nintendo system. It was probably the first one that was made. I played Super Mario Bros and owned maybe two other games, a Summer Olympics one and a BMX racing one. Yes I was quite the athlete in my virtual world.
This is too cute to pass up, enter our giveaway for your chance to win one of 4 copies of this adorable DVD.
After the hubs decided to slap some perspective on me this weekend I remembered what my original goals were in life. It’s actually pretty funny. This blog, my online baby boutiques, everything was all started to hopefully generate enough money so I could quit my job and spend my days writing screenplays in the hopes that one will eventually be sold.
Mompreneur: Rhea Brown
