this is my life

thanks for the comments, guys!

this marks the... somewhat halfway point for tonight, but not really. haha

i had an educational lecture this morning--it was on concerts and what can go wrong. it was interesting, because essentially it was a large room with 50 or so 'concert committee directors' from around the country, and it was all of us sharing terrible experiences/problems/issues we've had with our concerts in the past, what we need help with now, and future problems we can forsee. then we kind of went around and talked about how to solve these problems, how to increase attendance, different promo ideas, how to deal with cracked out and wasted bands, etc. it was really insightful!

i just got back from hearing from a few bands and comedians, and scored a computer in the 'business section' to check the comments and update you guys.

i'm getting ready now to head into the marketplace, which is a huge room with hundreds of booths representing labels, bands, speakers, activities, etc. its kind of a free for all and its where you talk to agents to make things happen. so its good to know you guys like FLOREZ (because i too think they'd be INCREDIBLE for a lawn concert). i'll swing by their booth and talk to the agent some.

i just got done listening to a handful of bands, a lot of them hailing from the same genre - acoustic and female. they were alright, but one sounded EXACTLY like a mixture of regina spektor and colbie caillat, so it wasn't anything original. the other sounded like a less popular version of kate voegle, so who knows.

i wasnt too impressed.

this one dude could REALLY belt it out, and he was good, however he sounded like tyrone wells and didn't really talk to the audience at all, i think he said something once. so thats kind of a bummer.

however, here's an idea:
i was talking to callie (who is on SAB and is currently the director of cultural arts on campus). she said she's had an idea for awhile for concerts and cultural arts to 'team up' and make a coffeehouse in the rasdall gallery (cultural arts is responsible for the rasdall gallery in the student center). so, essentially, we'd bring the band, they'd bring the location, and we'd supply a night of coffee, conversation, and music. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA. the dude who just sang would be great for this!

here's the people i just saw, if you want to check them out:

anthony david (the coffeehouse dude)
alex winston (lesser known kate voegele)
jessica sonner (regina/colbie)
jupiter one (the singer also played the VIOLIN, a chick played the keyboards, and it was kinda cool!)

AND CHECK OUT FLOREZ!
because you guys expressed interest and i want to make sure more than 3 people (including myself) are onboard.

peace out!