Adam Update!

Hey everyone, I hope that you’re all keeping well. I’m just sitting here thinking of everything I’ve done in the last little while and everything yet to come, and it’s exciting times! As you all know CMA week has passed now, what a great week it was! I became busier as the week progressed, having first hosted the “Aristo Summer Show” on the 7th, and then doing the “ Countriest of Country” show on the 8th of June.. I helped out with “Make A Wish” one day, standing in for my friend Matt Farris. I took this little 11 year old girl around to the different booths in the convention center along with her mom and dad, because it was one of her dreams being made true to meet all the artists.. I’m glad I had the opportunity to help out with that. On the 11th of June, myself and Amber Hayes entertained the Girl Scouts Of America at AristoMedia. Needless to say, it was an early morning, the girl scouts looked a little tired and I’m sure I did as well lol, but over all, it was a great experience and everyone left with a smile. :) Through CMA week, my wife, myself and our friend from Arizona attended the late night LP Field shows. These shows to me are a huge highlight, because not only do they feature some incredible entertainers, but to be in the audience witnessing the volume of people and the volume of screaming, just caps it off for me and reassures me that this is what I want to work towards. I would love for my band and I to play that big stage someday!! Once CMA week wrapped up, I had a few days off and then I wrote with Keith Follese and his wife Adrienne Follese on the 16th. We wrote a cool uptempo song called “ Cabin Fever”, but still have to get it demoed up good though.. As you all know from my passed tweets, I was in Dallas the weekend of the 18th for my wife’s 10 year anniversary with Southwest. Pretty cool time that was! There were like 4,000-5,000 people in attendance, along with a catered dinner, which was awesome! Like with any big event though, they sectioned out a period of the evening to give awards away, well they gave a lot away that evening.. My wife was there for her 10 year anniversary, but there were some of the original Flight Attendants in the audience who have been with Southwest for 40 years, now that’s a long time! Another feature I thought was kinda cool, and took you through time from the beginning to present, was when we were walking into the huge ballroom area. Lined up along both sides of the walkway, were flight attendants wearing the different flight attendant uniforms over the years.. It just kind of put you in the moment which was neat.. Now I’m looking ahead, and I’m so excited for the fact that I will be recording the beginning of July!! I’ll keep you all posted as things progress.. Thank you all for staying so supportive and dedicated and I really can’t wait to get some new music out and see you all out on the road again! Stay in touch!

God Bless!

Ag)

Update!

Hi everyone. . . I know a little time has past now, but I wanted to thank you all for your messages of sympathy towards the recent passing of my cousin Bradley. Although we will miss Brad so much and nothing can ever replace him, we've been comforted somewhat in knowing that he is with his Dad now. On a happier note, the band and I just did two outdoor shows at the Sunshine Village Ski resort in Banff Alberta, Canada. It was an awesome experience being able to take the 20 minute gondola ride up the mountain to get to the stage where we played both shows. First show was awesome, weather was great, sun was shining, people skiing in the distance, and then stopping for a break to come watch our show! The second show was awesome as well, quite a bit of snow fall, but man was that beautiful to see the snow fall while being however many thousands of feet up on the mountain. I'm looking forward to the acoustic show I'm doing in Jacksonville Florida coming up August 6th, I know that it still may be too far for some of you to attend, but hey, it would give you a good excuse to go to Florida... right? ;). Before that show though, and if any of you are in the Nashville area, I'll be part of a show put on by my friend Billy Yates called the " Countriest of the Country Show"! That show will be on June 8th. I'm getting closer to the stage of recording again!! Ive done a couple demo's recently, but nothing quite compares to the excitement of recording my own projects, so I'm looking forward to starting into that again! Anyhow, thank you all for your continued messages on Facebook and twitter, and please forgive me if it takes me awhile to get back to you at times, these fingers of mine can only type so fast! Lol . I hope you all have a great rest of the week, and I'll be updating you all as more stuff comes up.

Best Wishes

ag)

New Web Site!

Hey everyone, I would just like to personally welcome you all to my new site.. It was down for a little while to get out a few kinks, and to reface it a little bit, but now it's back thanks to the hard work of my friends and team at Aristo Media. I appreciate all of you, and the support that I get from you all, it never ceases to amaze me.. Just to fill you all in on my life as of late, as far as the music goes, I am still working hard at it and will continue to.. I'm writing whenever I can, in fact I'm writing with Victoria Shaw on the 27th! Some great songs have been coming out of these writing sessions, which I'm very excited about.. I know at times it seems like forever and a day since I've had new material out, but rest assured there is a game plan, some truly great songs and a whole lot of dedication and passion dedicated to this dream of mine that WILL never stop. It's hard to believe sometimes looking back at how long I've been at this now, I had my first hit song "Horseshoes" in 2000.. Ever since then it has been an amazing journey... A journey that I can't wait to continue. I know you've all heard the recent news of my marriage... We are both very happy and content and really do appreciate all of your congratulatory messages.. they mean a lot:) I can not wait to see you all out on the road again, and will be working on recording new songs in the very near future. It takes time to write the best songs and find the best songs, it's something that shouldn't be rushed, because it needs to fit and feel right. I want to provide you all with another project that I am whole heartedly proud of, that's my goal and always has been as well as everyone who has dedicated their time, and efforts to this project! Anyways, I love getting your messages and tweets. Please do continue sending them, and stop by and see the new site www.adamgregory.com if you haven't already. Tour dates will be posted as they come in. There are some to be added, which will be added shortly for you all to view. Thanks again everyone for the years of support and here's looking into the future, a future full of endless possibilities for all of us. God Bless you all

2/16/2011: Writing & Benefits!

Hey Everyone,

I've really enjoyed being able to read and respond to your messages on my Facebook and twitter. Thanks for the continued support! So in saying that, I've realized that I haven't written a journal in quite awhile. Life's been pretty good, I can't complain. Been able to write a lot lately and record some demos which has been awesome. Just recently, I recorded a really good demo with Victoria Shaw of a song she and I wrote together. When I heard the finished demo for the first time, I was like, “Wow, did I do that?!?” Lol, as Steve Urkel would have said haha. It turned out real well, I'm very happy with it! You've probably noticed that I have some shows coming up between now and the end of March that I'm pumped to do! Unfortunately a few of the shows though, I wish could be under somewhat different circumstances. I say that because they are shows dedicated to people battling cancer right now. I think it's absolutely awesome that people can come together and do a benefit, open up their hearts and raise money for these angels and bring awareness. The sad part I'm getting at is, that those people are suffering and fighting for their lives day in and day out. It's hard to see them go through what they're going through. I wish their pain could go away and they could get back to living the lives they once had. For me, it really puts into perspective how lucky I am. I was just talking to my mom and dad the other day about this very topic, and how we often take things in life for granted and spend a lot of time stressing over the small stuff of everyday, when in the end it means nothing. If I were one to go through life always hung up and stressing over something, well then I'd be missing the importance of life, and the blessing that it is. Clinton, Savannah, Denise, Grandma and whomever else is out there fighting these terrible illnesses, my heart, my prayers and my thoughts go out to all of you, hang in there. Please if you haven't done so already refer to my website, Facebook or wherever else regarding my upcoming appearances, and would love to see you at the shows. Thanks so much everyone, and hope I haven't talked your ears off too much, just was pouring my heart out a little bit. Have a good, safe night and stay warm.

God Bless!

ag)

12/16/2010: Songwriting!

How's everyone doing with this cold weather? It's even pretty cold here in Nashville, today it was in the 30's, low 40's, but it has been in the 20's as well. I talk to my mom and dad quite often back home and they give me the scoop on the weather and the going on's there, and they said it's getting quite cold there in Edmonton. Today was a pretty amazing day also, I had the honor of writing with Aaron Barker! Aaron has written so many incredible songs over the course of his career and has had #1's with George Straight, Lonestar and many many more. I met him at his office today and I tell you, this guy is what songwriting is all about. The stories he can tell are endless, and you know that his songs truly mean something to him because he's lived most of them if not all of them personally. We wrote an awesome song called " Don't Make Em Like That anymore". I'm inspired by people like my mom and dad, and my grandma and grandpa who have managed to keep the flame burning and have made their marriages last a long time. My parents aren't far off of 30 years of marriage and my grandparents just celebrated their 50th the last time I was home. That definitely speaks volumes in todays world it seems. That thought inspired me with the title " They Just Don't Make Em Like That Anymore" which I presented to Aaron. Once Aaron got wind of where I was going with the idea, the rest was history and an amazing ballad came out of today:) Just wanted to mention again incase I haven't said it in awhile, but I really do appreciate you all. The endless support you all have given me is incredible and I cannot wait to get back out doing shows again so I can see you all at the shows. Hang in there guys, I'm just trying to get all the ducks in a row, write some more new material and then get on some shows. Anyways, I just wanted to fill you in on the excitement as of late, and I hope that you all have a great evening and stay healthy and warm.

Best Wishes to you all and God Bless!

ag)

10/26/2010: Halloween In Canada!

I've been having a pretty good time up here in Canada, and now that the snow has fallen, I feel like I myself have fallen into a bit of a hibernation state, haha. It's true, this kinda weather puts me in the mood to want to sit around a fire, in the house of course. Being that Halloween is just around the corner now, there are lots of Halloween shows and movies on TV, that I've been watching with my family. My niece and nephew have decorated my Mom and Dad's upstairs living room, because my niece is having a Halloween party on Saturday. Yup, the house is going to be over run by 7 year olds. It'll be fun and she is so excited for the party. My nephew is having a few of his buddies from school as well. I bought my Mom a bread maker a number of years ago now, and I tell ya, that thing has been well worth the money, because she has been making lots of home made pizzas where if you were to shut your eyes, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between these homemade pizzas from your classic Pizza Hut, Dominos, kinds of pizzas. They are excellent! I want to mention too, that my Grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary was a success and went out with a bang... Literally. There were about 32 people, family and friends, that attended the 50th celebration and the Chinese food we ate was awesome!! Upon leaving the restaurant, myself and a few others were not yet out of the area in which we ate, when all of sudden something sounded like it landed on top of the ceiling above us, followed by the restaurant shaking and the lights flickering on and off. It was really strange, we didn't know what just happened at that point, because it sounded like a bomb touched down or something. We then proceeded outside the restaurant to find out that a transformer had exploded in the building right next to the restaurant. I went up to my Grandparents and said, "Wow your 50th sure went out with a bang". We were able to catch a DLO show as well when I first got home and it was good to be able to hang with the band again. We're all really looking forward to the show happening at the Winspear Center on the 6th of November, and we hope that we'll be able to see alot of you out at that show. Just in case you don't already know the details for the show, you can always check for that info on my website at www.adamgregory.com. Anyways, I had mentioned in earlier twitter messages that I'll be carving 10 pumpkins this year for Halloween. Well, I've decided to down grade and just keep it at the 5 I already have. I figure that should be enough to put around the house here. Hopefully I can let my creative juices flow when carving, and carve something cool in each of them. Well, that's about all, just wanted to update you all. Look forward to seeing you all again. Please hang in there as I'm doing, the band and I will be back out touring again and we're pumped for that!! Thank you all for the support

God Bless!

ag)

10/7/2010: Show In Phoenix

Last week was pretty cool. I was able to spend the week in one of my favorite places in the country… Phoenix! I was contacted by a lady who was putting on a Charity event to raise money for a 12 year old loved one she lost to Leukemia Lymphoma. It just seems like cancer claims the lives of so many people, and I too have been affected by it, having lost relatives to cancer. My grandma is doing very well by the way, her last test result came back and everything looked pretty good. Thank you all for keeping her in your prayers, it means a lot. Anyways, getting back to the Charity event, it was myself, Matt Farris and a three sister trio called Firefly who performed that night at AZ Country USA. We had a great time and the evening brought in about $1,400 for the Charity. I’d like to thank Rita again for putting on that event, and for asking me to be part of it. It certainly puts the importance of life into perspective for me especially when I do such charities. During my stay, Matt and his family accommodated me by letting me stay at their house. They have this sweet movie room upstairs in their house that has a big projector screen, so you can guess that I was up there watching a few movies! Not to forget to mention they had custom reclining chairs that with a push of a button would electronically recline. They were awesome!! Thank you guys for letting me stay the week. It just happened to be that during my time there, the Rascal Flatts show was rolling through town. Matt had worked out with KMLE to get some comp tickets to the show, so a group of us were able to attend that show as well. Chris Young and Kellie Pickler were the openers for Rascal Flatts and they all did an awesome job. Kellie Pickler had mentioned onstage that she was battling some sort of bronchitis infection, but she still was able to deliver her songs and the crowd wouldn’t of even noticed a difference. In preparing for the Rascal Flatts show, there was a big guitar opposite the stage where the announcers stood to introduce the band, and at first I thought that Rascal Flatts would start the show off by appearing at this guitar, but they didn’t. This guitar was a crowd noise meter, and the crowd was directed by the announcers to scream Rascal Flatts over and over, and the more we yelled the name, the more the guitar would light up. As soon as it lit up all the way to the top of the guitar, the backdrop on stage showed some backdrop patterns on it for a minute or so, and then out of no where, there was an explosion of flames which lit up the whole front of the stage, and the backdrop opened up and out walked Rascal Flatts. They had an amazing light show, several different themes in the backdrop, made it very eye catching. Almost forgot to mention, prior to the show, over at the KMLE booth, there was karaoke going on. Matt Farris and I decided to go check it out. When we got over there Matt disappeared for a few minutes, and when he got back he asked me if I’d like to sing Crazy Days Karaoke style. Now I’ve sung karaoke in the past, and that was all fine and dandy, but never before have I sung my own song Crazy Days to karaoke, so I was a little nervous as to what to expect. To my surprise the background music sounded dead on and was in the right key even, so that was a pleasant surprise. I went up on the KMLE stage there and mentioned to the audience that I had never sung karaoke to my own song before and they all cheered at the fact that I got up there to do it. Once I started into it, I could see people singing along with me, which was cool to see. So that was pretty much that evening in a nutshell. I was able to meet up with some other friends as well while I was in town this time, which I’m glad I was able to. The last few days of the week, Matt, his family, myself and some other friends of his, stayed at the Wild Horse Pass Resort Casino. This was where the Colgate show took place on the 2nd of October. Matt did a great job competing and although he didn’t win, I believe that with the passion he has for the music he does, that he’ll stand just as good of a chance as anyone at pursuing his dream. Way to go bud, you did a great job!! Anyways, that basically was my week, again in a nutshell. I hope that you’re all doing well. Until next time, bye for now.

God Bless

ag)