The 3rd World Rocker

Oh man, its been a while since I got up here, I apologize to all the avid reader, all 3 of you =)

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I had received an email from Rob of ilyAIMY, bring to my attention the HORRIBLE new bill that the city counsil is thinking of passing, this bill will literally kill any potential “live entertainment” in the Baltimore area, including weddings and even jam sessions, JAM-SESSIONS-PEOPLE.
****The vote for this bill is on MAY 6TH****
So lets get envolved and stop this insanity.

The list list of City Council members.
Here is the actual bill.
Here’s a City Paper article about the whole thing.

Thanks Rob for the info
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Alright, here’s what’s been going on w/Me:
Wednesday | 4/1/09
Seriously, Not an April fools.
Teporah & I were on 89.3FM WPFW, on “From The Vault” hosted by Glady’s Brooks. It was an hour show, Teporah & I got to play some songs live on the air, I got to Djembe as well as sing a couple of my original songs =)
It was SO much fun.

Then later that day I had an Hour set for the Acoustic Baltimore Showcase at Bar Hon, which also went really well. My whole set was recorded and aired on Umberlla Radio. Speaking of which, they are trying to set up and interview/performance with me soon. So hopefully you’ll be hearing about me being on the internet radio soon =)

Thursday 4/2
Was the open mic night at The Java Mammas. It was supposed to be the New Song Night, but since Rob & Heather weren’t there, I guess people thought that it wouldn’t be done. There for not many people signed up for there. Michael Berkowitz & Rick Millman both had a “Sad Little Bells” song, which they will replay on which ever night the new song night gets “re-done”.

A band called The Sunflower Specticle came over and rocked the house, they were loud, and proud. And a whole lot of fun to watch. There were about 7 of them, all crammed in the little area infront of the counter (because I decided to go with the old set up) and just played funky loud music.

My PA was acting VERY strange, but Chris of The Honest Miskates totally saved my life. Apparently he has a similar system and was able to get it working. For some reason the sounds would only come out of “monitor”, so it was weird to say the least. Non the less, I was able to broadcast the night, and Heather watched it, YAY!

Friday (today) 4/3
After work Insha Allah (God Willing), I will be picking up Meezo and we’ll be seeing K’naan play in Baltimore. Should be a fun show, I enjoyed K’naan’s CD, but I haven’t seen him live (except for Youtube). Meezo on the other hand thinks he’s a genius, so I’m sure he’s looking forward to it =)

Window into the Future:
I have several gigs & mini-gigs coming up, including one that may end up being Next Thursday 4/9 at Joe Squared, but nothing is official in that yet. Check out my MySpace or my ReverbNation page for more details.
Also I’m not sure if I had mentioned that I am now a proud memeber of the Baltimore Songwriter’s Association, and I’m trying to see if I could get on the board of the BSA, we’ll see =)
The membership is only $25 a year! and you get to be part of a WHOLE bunch of events, and shows, I’ve already gotten 3 gigs already from it, and more are on the way. So if your a songwriter in the Baltimore area, make sure to check out that site and join up =)

Its been a crazy few days, but the music makes allll better.