You folks are somethin' else!

Thank you. So many people came out to the show at the Tin Angel! Wow. It was amazing to play such a full house our first time at the venue. Lots of people brought groups of their friends (Brian R especially rocked that department) and a sweet time was had by all.

Must mention a few individual kudos.... first to the amazing JEFFREY TENNANT, drummer from Phoenix, AZ. My last blog was a plea to friends to tell their friends about the show. Jeff emailed within minutes with a brilliant and generous idea: to sponsor tickets as radio giveaways.

Thanks to Jeff we had additional coverage of our shows on college campuses in Wilmington and Philadelphia, and announcements on the radio on Tues and Wed. Advance ticket sales spiked, and we brought folks to the show who wouldn't have been there otherwise.

Also, undying gratitude to my mother and brother for all their rallying efforts, and as always, to the amazing Greta Larson, for always dealing with me calmly when I am at my most stressed.

The whole experience was so instructive, from soup to nuts; booking the venue, choosing the co-bills, contacting the press, doing interviews, working with the other two bands on the bill, working with the venue, finding last-minute rehearsal space... never a dull moment.

The show itself was terrific, but it was also frankly a bit of a blur - we drove down and back the same day (thanks to Carl, my drummer, who has an awesome band van). Wish I could re-play the whole night in my mind and catch all the details I missed at the time. Wouldn't that be grand? (And NO, I didn't videotape it. I know, I know! but I don't have a video camera, and I don't know anyone who does. That's on my gear wish list. I DID get it audio taped, but it's a board mix, so you mostly hear me and Josh on guitar, since we were direct in.)

Anyhoo, onward, perhaps upward (that's always the hope, isn't it?) If I had a big money tree, I would say the next thing is recording recording recording. The band has really brought my songs to full bloom, and I would looooove to capture that. I think with the full band sound we could knock a number of things outta the park: licensing, festivals, download sales, booking new venues. Who knows what else?!

But, no money tree, so the immediate next thing is our usual recurring gig at Suite this Wednesday, some more catching up on sleep, and then some more planning to figure out a workaround for the money tree. I'll figure out something. Where there's a will, there's a way. : )

A thousand thanks, again, to everyone. Successful gigs are such a team effort, and I feel blessed to have so many wonderful friend and supporters hither and yon pulling for me.

XOXO,

-Elaine