Congrats to our contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners of our Hannah Georgas CD giveaway: Khara, Rebecca, Mike, Judy and Rodman! And thanks to everyone else who participated. We hope to bring you many more contests/giveaways in the future, so keep checking back here.

Giveaway Extended!

Hey guys, lise here. Just letting you know that we're extending the giveaway one more day in honor of President's Day Weekend, so we'll be congratulating the winners on Tuesday. For a reminder, we're giving away 5 copies of Hannah Georgas's debut EP The Beat Stuff. If you like Feist, Ingrid Michaelson, and/or Regina Spektor, you'll probably love this EP. If you're not familiar with her sound, we got one more mp3 for you below. To enter the giveaway, click here for more info.

Let's Talk [mp3] (iTunes)

GFP Giveaway!

Hey guys, time for another GFP giveaway. Remember that time when we posted about Hannah Georgas? Well, we got 5 copies of Hannah's debut EP The Beat Stuff to giveaway to some lucky GFP readers this week.

How to win? Simply email us at guiltfreepleasure@gmail.com with the subject line: "GFP Giveaway". We'll pick 5 emails at random and email you back to let you know you've won and to inquire further mailing info.

We're accepting submissions starting now through the end of Sunday the 15th (or more specifically, til it hits 12am Monday morning)

Good luck!

Predictions: Apple Commercial Music

Hannah Georgas is a quirky Canadian indie/pop songwriter whose debut EP The Beat Stuff was just released nationwide January 27th. Her songs are the infectious sort, with toe-tapping hooks, lyrics that perfectly dance with the folksy strums of the guitar ("Let's talk about Lo-ah-ah-ah-ve, let's laugh about li-ah-ah-ah-fe") and topped with the delicate yet prominent female songwriter voice thats not afraid to go crazy. The EP is phenomenal, but the first time I heard Hannah, it was just the song "All I Need" that drew me in. The song starts out with the simple gentle plucks of the ukulele, gradually met with the glockenspiel and a few low chords from the piano. Things start going from there, as the drums come pulsing into the song after 3 minutes to start the cascading whirlwind of indie pop punch that honestly I just can't get enough of. Although "The Beat Stuff" is an equal contender, I immediately thought this song would make for the perfect Apple commercial, and so here we are today.

But then there was moment in time when I was feeling extremely dorky and decided that it was not enough to envision such a commercial, I needed to actually create it for your viewing pleasure. So enjoy the mock-up below. By the way, I recently got a call from Hannah's manager, and it looks like a few steps have already been taken to try to get this to become a reality. Nothing definite yet, but who knows, this could actually be coming to a television near you.

All I Need [mp3] (iTunes)