Christmas at Rivenmaster’s Place 2012

Christmas 2012

This is our fourth Christmas here at Rivenmaster’s Place, and with each passing year we are blessed with an even greater abundance of new talented youngsters from all over the world.  This year has been no exception and without question has been our biggest and most successful year yet!  I want to thank each and every artist, their families, managers and promoters for their contributions to this site. Without them, Rivenmaster’s Place would not exist.  We also would like to take this time to wish each and every one a Merry Christmas. Of course to you our readers and subscribers we wish you a very Happy Holiday Season and thank you for your continued support and gifts to this site which keep us going year after year!

Last year we brought you on a journey of Christmas’s Past, Present and Future.  This Christmas we are pleased to present you with some extraordinary Christmas videos from some of our talented featured artists. To conserve space, we have linked each ‘Song Title’  and ‘artists photo’ to their New Christmas Video.  After viewing each video, please be sure to visit their websites and subscribe to their social media sites.

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Sam SantiagoSam Santiago

All I Want for Christmas

Sam Santiago has really grown as an artist this year!  In addition to appearing three times on television and performing at many prestigious events in California, he also released his Debut CD. I was honored to work very closely with Sam this year and look forward to many years of friendship and writing about him in the future! You can also find Sam on ITunes and Amazon.com

Sam’s Website

Aj SilvaAj Silva

There’s a New Kid in Town

What can I say about Anthony Silva that I have not already shared or has not already been proclaimed by thousands of his fans?  Aj Silva continues to be one to watch both now and in the future!  His outstanding talent and perfect pitch along with his great looks makes him a sure candidate for signing in 2013! Aj Silva is a true star in the making, and I count myself honored to be called his friend. Aj also has one full CD and one Single available for sale on iTunes and CD Baby.

Aj Silva’s Website

 

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Introducing Joachim Bischof

Many singers, especially those of the younger variety, often concentrate on one style of music – whether that be Pop or Rap or Country.Although only 15-years-old, Joachim Bischof distains being categorized, being put in a box that would limit his choices in the music he sings.

Jochim BischofMany singers, especially those of the younger variety, often concentrate on one style of music – whether that be Pop or Rap or Country.

Although only 15-years-old, Joachim Bischof distains being categorized, being put in a box that would limit his choices in the music he sings.  For Joachim loves music of all kinds – loves to listen to it and, most of all, loves to sing it.  So he asks: Why only pop or classical music? Jazz or country? Operetta or opera?

Joachim’s love of all kinds of music feeds his wish to make people happy with whatever the music he makes — whether that’s a song by Roger Cicero, a classical piece from Winterreise by Schubert or something more recent by Boyzone.  He has been blessed with a voice that allows him to magnificently perform music of many styles and from many cultures.

At age 15, he’s progressed beyond puberty and his voice has matured.  He’s mastered his “new” voice incredibly well.  While It’s far from “perfect” in his eyes, it’s very, very polished.

Joachim Bischof was born on October 13, 1996 in Mühlbach, a small town in Salzburg, in the beautiful province of Austria. Being from Salzburg, Joachim is in very good company as that is also where Mozart lived and composed most of his music. He was first exposed to classical music at the famed Salzburg Festival Hall (think “Sound of Music”) at just three-years-old when he watched the rehearsals for Camina Burana, a production that his choirboy older brother would perform in.  His mother reports that Joachim found it very funny to hear a grown counter-tenor voice and laughed so much at the sound that mother and son were asked to leave the rehearsal.  But from that point on, music became a very important part of Joachim’s life. No matter what he’d be doing,  he could be heard constantly singing. Continue reading “Introducing Joachim Bischof”