Typically I’m not one to go for internet schemes, but this one is awesome. Its a search engine that enters you to win stuff everytime you search.  Its put on by Publisher’s Clearing House, so its legit.  I’ll admit, I wasn’t a believer but one guy in my office has already won a movie ticket and a $500 gift card to Home Depot.  The best part is that if you refer anyone and they win, you win the same prize they do.  I love pyramid schemes.  If you want to sign up, let me know and I’ll refer you.

So I’ve decided to give this whole twitter thing out.  I’ve been told its like blogging on crack.  Great, as if I don’t have a hard enough time coming up with something every couple of days to post on this dang thing.  I mean most of its filler but I’m enjoying it so far.  So, if you feel the need to stalk me and get updates as to what I’m doing every couple of hours, you can check me out HERE or follow me via the RSS on the right side of this page. 

This is Sam Martin.  He’s one of our writers that we’ve got a development deal with and he’s amazing.  He’s also one of these people I would watch for in the future. We just got some new songs of his here at work that I’ve been rocking most of the the day.  It’s in the vein of Coldplay and U2.  I must admit, I’m sold on the heavy vocal delay alone.  While I can’t put the new stuff up, I encourage you to check out his website.  His older material is available for free on there and you can also watch some his videos.  What are you spinning (if thats possible in a digital world)?

Ok, I mean really… This is the one year I’ve really tried to get into American Idol.  I figure, I’m in the industry, and this is something that everyone talks about, I need to watch it.  After this last episode, I’m wondering if Idol producers even have a clue as to what their viewers want.  How can anyone complain about song choice when they are giving us entire shows dedicated to crap like Neil Diamond and Dolly Parton?  Sure they had a couple of decent songs, but an entire show dedicated to that?  It was so ridiculously boring that I couldn’t make it through the whole show, I had to turn it off.  Someone needs to fire the music supervisors for the show, this is terrible.

PS: Could the judges make it any more obvious that they want David Cook to win?  He’s good, but lets be fair here…

Luckily no one was seriously hurt.

Can your boss shred on the B3?  Does your boss’s Leslie scream so loud that it makes your ears bleed? Mine can. Last night I got the chance to go to the Dove Awards afterparty and it was unbelievable. For those that don’t know, my boss is Eddie DeGarmo. He was one of the pioneers of Christian Rock with a band called DeGarmo and Key. I knew this but from everything I had gathered, I expected it to be a little on the cheesey side. I was so WRONG. My ears still hurt from seeing one of the most rockin’ shows I’ve ever seen. Not only did these guys still have it, but they could easily run circles around a lot of todays pop acts. They were tight, technical, and flat out amazing. The musicianship was top notch, and I can’t wait to see them again. 

As many of you Nashvillians know, this week is GMA week.  For those of you that don’t know, the Gospel Music Association puts on a series of events all over town for anything and everything to do with Christian Music.  Working for EMI has had its benefits this week.  Yesterday I was able to go to the Songwriter’s showcase.  It was hosted by Mark Hall (Casting Crowns) and Bart Millard (MercyMe).  This event featured the writers of the top songs in Christian Music this year based on radio, as well as several Song of the Year nominees.  It was amazing.  Leeland and Mac Powell were the highlights for me.  It was really cool to see some of the writers we publish do their thing.

Today, I went downtown to watch some of the webisode tapings for WorshipTogether.com. This is an EMI owned website that showcases our top worship leaders.  I realize webisode isn’t very descriptive, so I’ll elaborate.  Basically the songwriter tells the story of how they wrote the song and then they give a quick rundown of how to play the song.  We taped songs from some amazing writers including David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, Leeland Mooring, Steve Fee, Matt Maher, and Kelly Minter.  I encourage you to check them out. The rest of the week promises to be downhill from here.