tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79583946972820124602011-08-03T21:55:06.834-07:00Gig's BlogGig Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680657478559526991noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958394697282012460.post-40651476182575757672010-06-09T10:39:00.000-07:002010-06-09T10:39:44.878-07:00SwampDaWamp - "Rock This Country"<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/djdwvc0_l1M/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/djdwvc0_l1M&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/djdwvc0_l1M&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7958394697282012460-4065147618257575767?l=gigmichaels.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gig Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680657478559526991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958394697282012460.post-40743261611430675762010-03-05T10:01:00.001-08:002010-03-05T10:01:11.229-08:00here we go!<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGIGMIC%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGIGMIC%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGIGMIC%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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</style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hey All!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I finally got enough off my ass to start a new blog series. I hope you all dig it. Please let me know as we go what you think, leave comments and be honest. Tell me what you think about things; ask me anything as I am full of opinions! I just think it’s cool to share with you all what’s going on with my journey in the music business as well as my position on personal beliefs. Of course there are 5 other guys in the band and I’m sure they will all differ a little on things, but this is just from my perspective, so don’t hold them liable! lol!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OK jumping in to my new blog;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last week I and our record label rep Mark went on a biz trip to Nashville for the CRS events going on. Coincidentally our Jager rep (we are sponsored by Jagermeister) Steven Puente was in town to attend their Jager Country Tour show at the Wild Horse Saloon, featuring Eric Church and Josh Thompson, and he had invited us out.. We met over sushi and saki and later went to the show where they treated us as good as it gets for VIP status. We are doing 4 shows on the tour in Florida next week (03/10 – 03/14) so it was cool to meet the tour crew as well as Eric and the guys. I was very impressed with the opening band at The Wild Horse, it was Sean Patrick McGraw. These guys tore it up! You should check him out </span><a href="http://seanpatrickmcgraw.ownednetworks.com/home"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://seanpatrickmcgraw.ownednetworks.com/home</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We didn’t get to see Eric perform, we met him and shot the shit and all but because of our schedule for the evening we had to bolt. Shit was going on all over town for CRS…We stumbled over to the bridge bar located on the 30<sup>th</sup> floor of the renaissance hotel where madness ensued.. I met Jimmy Van Zandt on the elevator and we shot the shit for a while.. I made it over to meet Bridgette Tatum and you got to check out her shit <a href="http://www.bridgettetatum.com/">http://www.bridgettetatum.com</a> she was as good as gold, as was her manager Carolyn Miller and I have to mention my dear friend Kirsti manna, coincidentally Bridgette and Kirsti wrote “Lady” on our latest cd “Rock This Country” which is pegged to be a hit soon!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Man the drinks were flyin and the people were elbow to elbow on the 30<sup>th</sup> floor that night! I LOVE THEM ALL! We made so many acquaintances it’s just stupid! But good for a band in our shoes….<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The next morning we left Nashville headed for Huntsville Alabama to the Crossroads club with our dear friend Michael Buffalo Smith in tow. If you don’t know who Michael Buffalo Smith is just google his name. Buffalo is one of the greatest people you could ever want to meet, and he is a top notch musician that also runs Gritz magazine </span><a href="http://swampland.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://swampland.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> what a terrific human being he is. We went to GritzFest at the Cross Roads in Huntsville, Alabama, a show to be remembered!! I got to hang with Jimmy Hall, Tommy Talton , Tommy Crane, Guy Gilchrist, Bonnie Bramlett, so many others I was just beside myself…. Guy and I have decided to do a co-write in Nashville in a couple weeks, I will keep you posted! That’s it for now. I will be tweaking this thing out so bear with me..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Todays closing statement;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Face Book philosophers. Myspace pornographers. You Tube Philanthropist.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ut66ESWixtU/S5FFklKebpI/AAAAAAAAABM/4C5OfYIsnbI/s1600-h/Look....it%27s+Gig%21%21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ut66ESWixtU/S5FFklKebpI/AAAAAAAAABM/4C5OfYIsnbI/s320/Look....it%27s+Gig%21%21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7958394697282012460-4074326161143067576?l=gigmichaels.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gig Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680657478559526991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958394697282012460.post-53284343524159320242010-03-03T21:02:00.001-08:002010-03-03T21:03:07.975-08:00TestingHey yall,<br />just getting this set up to do some serious blogging.... blah blah blah....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7958394697282012460-5328434352415932024?l=gigmichaels.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gig Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680657478559526991noreply@blogger.com0