Life Gets In The Way…

Hello all! Welcome to this weeks TAGLINE! Its been a fun week, and theres lots going on…so, lets get to it.

This weeks topics:
- A Day Late – Life Gets In the Way…
- A great week of gigs
- ‘Days Like These’ EP news
- Harmony Grace comes to Key West!
- World Cup Madness
- KFC Hoax
- Random Thoughts
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Sorry that this weeks blog is a day late. Its been a it crazy the last week with gigs, prepping for the start of promo for ‘Days Like These’ and Laureen and Harmony Grace coming into town. My schedule has been hectic and I just havent had time to sit and write the last couple of days. As I type this now, we are just back from gym/lunch and Laureen is feeding Harmony Grace. We have about an hour before we head out to dinner and then prob home for the night. I love the pace but unfortunately I’m late on the blog! 
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So, playing in Key West has its ebb & flow nature sometimes. Busier times of the year mean bigger crowds and conversely, slower times mean smaller crowds. That said, it doesn’t always affect the quality of the crowd. Some of the most fun I’ve ever had here were to smaller bunches of folks. This past week, has been exactly that. It been a little slower in town, but the nights have been busy. And the quality of the crowds has been fantastic. Lots of weddings/bachelor/bachelorette parties and truly fun, upbeat happy people looking to have a good time. Two of my gigs at The Lazy Gecko (which are all four hour shows) turned into six hour shows because the crowd and I were just in a zone and I didnt want to stop. No one was on after me, and the bar gave me the ok. Sometimes, when lightning strikes, you go with it. So I made 3 simple rules…#1 – They keep drinking, #2 – they keep tipping both me and the bartenders, and #3 – they sing loudly to all the songs. They do that, I’ll play an all request show from here on in and stay as long as all three rules keep going. They turned into two of my longest but most favorite Key West shows I’ve ever had. I’m hoping its a good sign of what the summer here will be like!
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Promo for ‘Days Like These’ has officially gotten underway. We are heading for 6,000 Twitter followers, 4,000 Facebook Fans, are holding #1 on Reverb Nation for my local area in MA and more. We are setting up a bunch of online radio and some traditional radio, press, interviews, PR and more. I’m truly excited about this EP and can’t wait to get it out! But til then, there will be a lot of teasing. I posted a video sampler of the EP it its had over 500 views in less than a week between my YouTube page and my record labels page. We will be giving away an electric guitar, lots of downloads of my catalog and more. Its gonna be an awesome time getting ready to put this EP out!
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Laureen and Harmony Grace landed in Key West Sunday night. Its Harmony Grace’s first real trip. She flew on her first airplane and did amazing. She fed on the way up and down and slept the rest of the flight. She’s had a fun time here in Key West so far meeting all the Aunties that are fawning over her! Dani, Jorden, Melissa, Joy, Laura, Jenn…everyone just steals her from us and holds her all night. She is alert and enamored with all the new faces. Its amazing to see her trying to put it all together. She’s really starting to find coordination and you can see her trying to touch everyone and connect with them with her eyes. Its so wonderful to see all our friends having such a fun time with her. This is her first of what will be many trips here, so I’m looking forward to her having a ton of friends here!!!
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Have you been watching the World Cup? Yeah, me neither…lol. Look, I get it. IT brings everyone together. Cool. I dig the camaraderie of watching a game and getting into it. What I don’t get, and never will, is the bandwagon need to be cool. SOOOO many people are SO into it…really? Because I’m willing to be they don’t watch ONE soccer game at any other time. And I guess the holier than thou attitude that comes along with “I LOOOOVE SOOOCCER” just annoys me. I hope Team USA does well, but I’m still not gonna stand around saying I’m a fan. 
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Did you see the story about the KFC Hoax? If not give it a quick read…
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/24/local-report-brands-story-kfc-booting-pitbull-victim-hoax/
I feel SO bad for this child. Not only did she have to endure being attacked by the family dogs, her shitty parents use her to try to get money, and they outright LIE and basically steal $135,000 from KFC as well as SO many generous people who took pity on their ‘story’. They should be forced to pay back every cent, they should be prosecuted for slander and theft, and their child should be taken away. What they did is nothing short of extortion and I hope that KFC goes after them.
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Random Thoughts;
- I’ve got a triathlon coming up in 2 weeks…and can’t seems to stop eating Ruffles potato chips and Frito Lay French Onion dip…eeesh. Hence why I don’t have six-pack abs. That said, I owe a lot to my trainer Jenessa Berger for constantly keeping me inspired.
- Harmony Grace’s favorite Binky is her Monkey one. Due to that along with her long toes and fingers, she’s inherited the name Liddle Munkey Gurl.
- LeBron James has opted for free agency. Further proving to me that he’s a douche.  

Thats about it for this week. Chime in and let me know your thoughts. Thanks for an amazing week online and off and for all the feedback on last weeks blog! Talk next week!
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