foot in the door?
SLR and I did her one song tonight at that awards show in VA…the applause sounded strong and enthusiastic, but she didn’t win the big one…*I* think it was because such a jazzy number stuck out too much against all that folk-oriented stuff…our 19 yr old Drummer was good–she’d never actually heard him play, she barely knew the kid…and the Bass player was good, *I* knew him, she did not…The important thing is that she got her foot in the Virginia door…some of my friends were there; it was kinda important that, after me talking about her for 4 years and 10 months they could hear for themselves what I’ve been hearing…I was interested in what a local well-known singer thought, but she told me “I wasn’t really listening, I was talking to [some guy] …” Well fuck you…and some guy I don’t like (who WON an award) called a friend (or she called him) and he said basically “I’m not gonna come down there now and listen to other songwriters…” Again, fuck you dude…He once climbed onstage (uninvited) and stomped all over me, vocally and guitar-wise…But those sour grapes weren’t enuff to spoil my night…
there was a gentleman there from BMI (the song publishers) but I don’t know if that’s gonna change SLR’s future…I think BMI means Better Make an Impression…dunno if she did or not…but judging from the posts on Facebook, she did…