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Having done a quick search of the internet I found a number of sites offering Empress Orchestra albums as free downloads. I can assure you that none of the companies offering this service have permission from the copyright holder to do so (namely me). Many of the companies, based in Russia, offer albums free for download when you pay a membership fee.

The companies know that what they are doing is illegal; but flout the law knowing that virtually no copyright holders will push for prosecution; it’s just too expensive.

Ironically, some of these sites warn you that it is illegal to download material without permission, as it may infringe copyright laws, this suggests that their sites are legitimate – NOT TRUE.

Some points to think about:

1. You are freely handing over your credit card details to companies that are quite happy to break the law.
2. Some of these sites contain malware, this is a spy-type software used to gather information from your computer.
3. You are helping a company that hold no rights to any albums to make money through membership.
4. None of the money you give goes to the writers or musicians of the albums that were made especially for your benefit as dancers and listeners.
5. The orchestra albums made can cost more than a chart CD to produce with only a fraction of the returns from sales.

These are just a few of the many points I could raise. The decision is of course yours to make, needless to say, if you like the music that we have recorded for you, then please buy from DSI as we would love to make you another album in the future.

I welcome your comments and questions.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

I had a brief conversation with the team at DSI about our albums ‘Always & Forever’ and ‘Hushabye Outcast’ and thought it would be nice to offer a discount to those wishing to purchase both albums at the same time.

As ‘Hushabye Outcast’ is a limited edition CD and DSI are the only distribution company selling both albums, I wanted visitors to our website to hear news of this offer first.

If you’re interested, please click on the image to the left and go directly to the DSI website.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

I’ve had dozens of emails recently asking whether the Empress Dance Band and Orchestra will be performing for dancing during the 2009 summer season from the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool.

Unfortunately the answer is “no“.

This year Leisure Parcs has decided not to cater for dancers during the evening and has opted instead to put on ‘Legends’ for five nights of rock music.

I believe that you can dance to the resident organists in the Ballroom between 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday, but no dancing at all on Mondays and Fridays.

As ever, we welcome your comments should you wish to share them.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

Thanks to all who have emailed and sent congratulatory texts about last nights show on BBC Radio 2. The host, Malcolm Laycock, featured no less than three tracks from our recent album and gave it an excellent revue.

For those of you that didn’t catch the programme you can listen to it via the BBC iplayer (click the link) though you’ll have to hurry as it’s only there for another six days. After that, you’ll have to buy the CD to hear the tracks again.

(The programme starts around 1 minute and 25 seconds in to the audio clip)

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

I just wanted to let everyone know that Malcolm Laycock from BBC Radio 2 will be playing a few tracks from the new Empress Orchestra album ‘Always & Forever’ on his show between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sunday 28 June.

As the BBC stopped playing music from the dance bands back in January of this year it represents quite an honour for us to be featured on the programme and hopefully you’ll have the time to tune in and hear what Malcolm thinks of the first album by the Empress Orchestra.

If you would like a copy of our album for yourself or someone you know, then please click on Buy CDs from the above menu to link to the DSI web site; it’s a cracking album and I know you’ll love it.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick