Thursday, October 30, 2008
CFCW Edmonton!
This morning I woke up around 6:00 a.m and had an interview with my hometown country station CFCW in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I had a good time chatting with Sharon. Afterwards, she was complimentary towards me and said that the interview sounded awesome. That made me feel really good. Following the interview, I had another one scheduled for 10 a.m.. I was able to get a little more sleep in before I did that. The interview was with another station from back home and they were excited to have the opportunity to chat with me as I was with them. After that, I had time to relax before meeting the bus downstairs at 5 p.m. to go to the Grand Ole Opry house. Yes, we had the opportunity again last night for the 3rd time to play the Opry stage. What a thrill again that was! It never fails, I always get the excited nervous feeling before walking out on that stage. It's not a scared feeling by any means, it is a rush of adrenalin that I feed off of while on stage. The performance was a magical moment once again for Chad, Mark and myself and yet another experience we will never forget! The bus took us all home after that and I packed up my suitcase for my trip out west. I had a chance to call home and talk to my parents, and then went to bed shortly after that.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Pancake Pantry and North Carolina
I woke up around 9:15 this morning. We went to breakfast at the Pancake Pantry. For those of you who are not familiar with Pancake Pantry, it is a pretty famous eating place in Nashville. I love their pancakes and especially their hashbrowns. I had some time to kill after that, so I went back to the loft and laid down for a little while. I packed some clothes for our one day trip to Greensboro. At 4 p.m., Shelley was waiting out front to pick us up and we all went to the airport to catch a flight to Greensboro, North Carolina. I hope you've all had a great night and I'll talk to y'all soon, goodnight.
God Bless
ag)
God Bless
ag)
Video Shoot
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you know the video shoot for "What It Takes" was a huge success! I can not wait for you all to see it! We used two different locations for the shoot; the first being a house and the second being an old dusty warehouse. For the house shots, we got everything from me coming home from the grocery store, to cooking breakfast for a girl, to having a pillow fight and feathers flying everywhere. Roman White was the director of the video and I must say I was very impressed with not only his directing skills, but his whole attitude and how he made the whole experience enjoyable for everyone.
For the second shot, we were in an old kind of warehouse place that was rustic and dirty, but it had the look that we were going for for the video. That's where we captured all the performance shots. There was super cool lighting and other special effects. The shoot wrapped up at around 7:30 p.m.. I got some Hooters' hot wings and then went back to the loft and chilled and shortly after that went to bed.
ag)
I just wanted to let you know the video shoot for "What It Takes" was a huge success! I can not wait for you all to see it! We used two different locations for the shoot; the first being a house and the second being an old dusty warehouse. For the house shots, we got everything from me coming home from the grocery store, to cooking breakfast for a girl, to having a pillow fight and feathers flying everywhere. Roman White was the director of the video and I must say I was very impressed with not only his directing skills, but his whole attitude and how he made the whole experience enjoyable for everyone.
For the second shot, we were in an old kind of warehouse place that was rustic and dirty, but it had the look that we were going for for the video. That's where we captured all the performance shots. There was super cool lighting and other special effects. The shoot wrapped up at around 7:30 p.m.. I got some Hooters' hot wings and then went back to the loft and chilled and shortly after that went to bed.
ag)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Shopping, Video Treatments and Food!
Yesterday I woke up thinking I had a writing session, but actually it's scheduled for tomorrow. Instead of writing, my manager Lawrence and I did a little shopping. I guess you could say that, haha. When him and I go shopping, we pretty much buy the store... especially when I have a video shoot coming up. We needed a lot of selections to choose from. Lawrence's dad came into town yesterday too. He met up with us at the store and he waited patiently while I tried on clothes, so thank you Wayne. I went back to the loft after that and grabbed a little Mexican food from across the street. I gulped it back fairly fast. Shelley came over to the loft shortly after to help me get all my video wardrobe stuff together and then at 3 p.m. we all headed over to Big Machine Records where Sandi Borchetta talked about video treatments with us and looked over all my wardrobe stuff. Everyone was super excited and eager to do the video. The rest of the night I had off to relax. God Bless!
ag)
Writing Again In Nashville.....
Today I woke up and headed over to Curb Records to write with Nicole Witt and Skip Black. We wrote an awesome song called, "The First Time." After writing, I came back to the loft and chilled. Later I went and got take out from PF Changs. I love that place and the food is awesome! I'm heading to bed now because I have a super early morning tomorrow and a BIG day ahead of me. We are shooting the video for "What It Takes." Wish me luck everyone! I'm super excited about shooting the video and watching the whole project come together. God Bless!
ag)
Monday, October 20, 2008
Back In Nashville....
Yesterday we started off the morning in Gainesville, Virginia and drove to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Once we arrived, Mark and I quickly got ready for our show with WGGY. It was a show to benefit Breast Cancer and it was held at a bowling alley. It was set up as a guitar pull and Jeremy McComb, James Otto and myself were the entertainment. Each of us did 4 songs to a very supportive crowd. I even wore a pink shirt that they handed out to everyone that said on the front " I fight like a girl" lol, but on the back it had Froggy 101 strikes out breast cancer.
After we were done there, we left to try and find a place to eat. We drove quite a ways and came across Perkins. The food definitely hit the spot. We were all starving by that time. Then we drove on to Allentown, Pa. We stayed the night and got a few hours sleep. We woke up this morning at 6:45 a.m. and headed to the Lehigh Valley airport. We are now waiting to catch our flight home to Nashville. I hope y'all have a great day and I will be in touch with you soon. God Bless!
ag)
After we were done there, we left to try and find a place to eat. We drove quite a ways and came across Perkins. The food definitely hit the spot. We were all starving by that time. Then we drove on to Allentown, Pa. We stayed the night and got a few hours sleep. We woke up this morning at 6:45 a.m. and headed to the Lehigh Valley airport. We are now waiting to catch our flight home to Nashville. I hope y'all have a great day and I will be in touch with you soon. God Bless!
ag)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wrote A Great Song In Nashville
While in Nashville, I co-wrote a smash with Seth Jones and Sam Tinnesz. We started writing at 10 a.m. and it took us like an hour or so to complete the song, but I tell you what... we were stoked about it! It's called, "The Last Thing On Your Mind."
After we got through writing, I took the Corvette back to Carl Black and picked up my manager's truck for him. I loved cruising around in that Vette. The fact that it was a stick shift brought the enjoyment level up even more. I went back to the loft after that and went across the street to a mexican restaurant where I ordered take out to take back to the loft. I went back and stuffed my face. It must sound like I eat a lot because I talk about it a lot. It's just when your schedule is so up and down like mine, you try to eat whenever you get a free second which isn't very often. Last night at around 6:30, my manager and I went to a SOCAN publishing event down on West End and mingled for about an hour and a half. I saw some familiar faces that I haven't seen in quite some time and I met a lot of new people too. It was a good evening out. Little Joe, our limo driver, took us back to the loft after that and I quickly packed up and went right to bed.
This morning I woke up at 5 a.m. Shelley picked me up out front at 5:45 am and we headed to the airport to catch our flight to New Orleans. We just arrived in New Orleans and I'm sitting on the curb waiting for Shelley to come by and get me in the rental vehicle. Thankfully I have a Wifi card and get Internet. I'm getting up on the times, lol. We are driving to Lafayette from here and I have a radio visit when we get there and then a show later on tonight. Please wish us all luck out here. Your prayers mean a lot. Have a great day and God Bless!
ag)
After we got through writing, I took the Corvette back to Carl Black and picked up my manager's truck for him. I loved cruising around in that Vette. The fact that it was a stick shift brought the enjoyment level up even more. I went back to the loft after that and went across the street to a mexican restaurant where I ordered take out to take back to the loft. I went back and stuffed my face. It must sound like I eat a lot because I talk about it a lot. It's just when your schedule is so up and down like mine, you try to eat whenever you get a free second which isn't very often. Last night at around 6:30, my manager and I went to a SOCAN publishing event down on West End and mingled for about an hour and a half. I saw some familiar faces that I haven't seen in quite some time and I met a lot of new people too. It was a good evening out. Little Joe, our limo driver, took us back to the loft after that and I quickly packed up and went right to bed.
This morning I woke up at 5 a.m. Shelley picked me up out front at 5:45 am and we headed to the airport to catch our flight to New Orleans. We just arrived in New Orleans and I'm sitting on the curb waiting for Shelley to come by and get me in the rental vehicle. Thankfully I have a Wifi card and get Internet. I'm getting up on the times, lol. We are driving to Lafayette from here and I have a radio visit when we get there and then a show later on tonight. Please wish us all luck out here. Your prayers mean a lot. Have a great day and God Bless!
ag)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Cricket Communications Promotion Going Well
Yesterday I woke up bright and early and headed to another radio visit. My first stop was at 7 a.m. and the second was at 9 a.m. Both visits were in Portland, Oregon.
I sure wish that we had more time to sight see because I've heard that Multnomah Falls is quite beautiful. Following the two visits, I had a little time off so I went back to the hotel and laid down for a few hours to catch up on some much needed sleep.
After resting for a few hours, I met up with Shelley, Barry and Larry down in the lobby to head over to my Cricket appearance. It was another great turnout. We had quite a few people show up to hear me sing and get autographs. After my appearance, we were all starving, so we grabbed a bite to eat when we left Cricket and headed back to the bus.
I had a show last night at around 8 pm at The Ponderosa Club. The band and I did an hour set to a very responsive crowd. Once the show was done and I had signed autographs, I went to the bus and packed up some clothes to fly to Nashville. I called it a night shortly after that.
Shelley and I met in the lobby first thing this morning and headed to the Portland airport to catch our flight back to Nashville. The flights were on time, but our bags did not arrive with us. Hopefully they will get here soon. Well, I hope that you all had a great evening.. I hung out with friends tonight and now I'm back home getting ready for bed, so I will sign off for the night. God bless you all!
ag)
I sure wish that we had more time to sight see because I've heard that Multnomah Falls is quite beautiful. Following the two visits, I had a little time off so I went back to the hotel and laid down for a few hours to catch up on some much needed sleep.
After resting for a few hours, I met up with Shelley, Barry and Larry down in the lobby to head over to my Cricket appearance. It was another great turnout. We had quite a few people show up to hear me sing and get autographs. After my appearance, we were all starving, so we grabbed a bite to eat when we left Cricket and headed back to the bus.
I had a show last night at around 8 pm at The Ponderosa Club. The band and I did an hour set to a very responsive crowd. Once the show was done and I had signed autographs, I went to the bus and packed up some clothes to fly to Nashville. I called it a night shortly after that.
Shelley and I met in the lobby first thing this morning and headed to the Portland airport to catch our flight back to Nashville. The flights were on time, but our bags did not arrive with us. Hopefully they will get here soon. Well, I hope that you all had a great evening.. I hung out with friends tonight and now I'm back home getting ready for bed, so I will sign off for the night. God bless you all!
ag)
Friday, October 10, 2008
Seattle Reminds Me Of Vancouver......
This morning we left our hotel in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and headed to Seattle. We arrived here and did my first radio visit at 2 p.m. with Dial-Global. Following that, we made another stop at KKWF "The Wolf." Seattle sure is a pretty city. From what I have seen so far, it kind of reminds me of Vancouver, Canada. The buildings are close together and there's water around us, which makes the scenery refreshing and beautiful. After today's two visits, we are driving to Portland, Oregon. Have a great day everyone and I'll talk to y'all soon. God Bless!
ag
ag
Thursday, October 9, 2008
On The West Coast.....
Hey everyone,
I'm in Spokane right now and I am having a great day. First thing this morning we went and visited radio station 96.1. I had an interview with Lynn Daniels, followed by an on-air performance. She was a great interviewer and quite an incredible lady. We all enjoyed chatting with her and all the other wonderful people at the station. Following that we brought Mark back to the bus, which was at the venue, and then we went on to our second Cricket Mobile in-store appearance. We're really not sure what to expect when making these visits because the idea is so new, but both times have been great turnouts. What I'm doing is going on-site to the Cricket locations to do a meet and greet, sign pictures and do a couple of acoustic songs for the people there. We then get people to sign up for a drawing where the winner will get 2 round-trip airline tickets, 2 nights accommodations, and the opportunity to hang out with me and the guys for a day at the show of their choice in 2009. So, if you see where I'm going to be at a Cricket Mobile store near you, come out, say hi, and sign up to win the trip! You will also get to hang with me for a day. It's a pretty good deal and I'm looking forward to eventually being able to hang with the winner at a future show. Now I'm back at the bus. We are doing a show here tonight at Big Al's Country Club in Spokane. It is a free show with donations going towards the Children's Miracle Network. After the show, we will hop on the bus and spend the night here in Spokane. We will then head out first thing in the morning for Seattle. Thank you guys and have a great evening. God Bless!
ag)
I'm in Spokane right now and I am having a great day. First thing this morning we went and visited radio station 96.1. I had an interview with Lynn Daniels, followed by an on-air performance. She was a great interviewer and quite an incredible lady. We all enjoyed chatting with her and all the other wonderful people at the station. Following that we brought Mark back to the bus, which was at the venue, and then we went on to our second Cricket Mobile in-store appearance. We're really not sure what to expect when making these visits because the idea is so new, but both times have been great turnouts. What I'm doing is going on-site to the Cricket locations to do a meet and greet, sign pictures and do a couple of acoustic songs for the people there. We then get people to sign up for a drawing where the winner will get 2 round-trip airline tickets, 2 nights accommodations, and the opportunity to hang out with me and the guys for a day at the show of their choice in 2009. So, if you see where I'm going to be at a Cricket Mobile store near you, come out, say hi, and sign up to win the trip! You will also get to hang with me for a day. It's a pretty good deal and I'm looking forward to eventually being able to hang with the winner at a future show. Now I'm back at the bus. We are doing a show here tonight at Big Al's Country Club in Spokane. It is a free show with donations going towards the Children's Miracle Network. After the show, we will hop on the bus and spend the night here in Spokane. We will then head out first thing in the morning for Seattle. Thank you guys and have a great evening. God Bless!
ag)
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
October 7th, 2008
We are raveling to Boise today. We left the loft in Nashville around 4:00 a.m. this morning. The band and I had our big show last night and it was a total success. Prior to my show, I also was able to attend a little bit of the Crossroads taping of Def Leppard and Taylor Swift. They sounded great! There was actually a point in the show where Taylor looked over at me and and was trying to wave or get my attention and it didn't register to me that she was waving at me, lol. About a half hour before the Taylor taping, we headed towards Studio A to start setting up for my show. I can't begin to tell y'all how amazing the stage looked where I played. The whole setup (room, sound, food, drinks) everything was done very professionally. There was a backdrop made up with my initials (ag) that hung on the stage behind us. Behind that was a huge blue curtain type backdrop with lights hanging all over it. Overall, it was just an amazing event and evening. We all got about an hour to 2 hours worth of sleep last night and now we are on the go again, but it's all good and we are having fun! Once we get to Boise, Mark and I have some things to do for Cricket Mobile and some other promo type stops before the show this evening. It's gonna be a jammed packed day, but it will definitely test what we got and how good we can go on little sleep. Thank you all for the continued support and God Bless!
ag)
Monday, October 6, 2008
CRICKET PARTNERS WITH ADAM GREGORY ON MULTI-PLATFORM PROMOTIONAL PARTNERSHIP
Exclusive Ringtones, In-Store Events and Interview Contest Brings Fans Behind-the-Scenes of Life as a Touring Musician Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, has partnered with Big Machine/No Strings Attached/Midas Records country artist Adam Gregory for a multi-platform promotion.
The partnership will include in-store appearances at Cricket retail locations, exclusive mobile content including custom ringback tones and interviews, and cross-promotion of Gregory's fall club tour dates with partner radio stations nationwide.
Gregory will visit 22 Cricket markets through the end of the year. He will appear in Cricket stores in each city to meet fans, sign autographs and preview advance music from his forthcoming debut album in the United States. Fans will have the chance to win concert tickets and custom Cricket merchandise.
Several lucky fans at each store will have the opportunity to interview Gregory and learn about his life as a touring artist. Fan interviews from each market will be posted on the local Cricket micro-site, Gregory's website and the 'C.A.G.E.' (Cricket Adam Gregory Experience) microsite featuring interview videos, photos, information on the exclusive ringback tones and more. Gregory will select the best interview at the end of his tour, and the winner will receive a trip to a 2009 Adam Gregory concert and exclusive behind-the-scenes access to life on the road with country music's newest rising star.
"I am so honored to be partnering with such an innovative mobile provider like Cricket," said Adam Gregory. "They are giving my fans a glimpse into what life is like on the road. This has always been a dream of mine, and it's exciting for me to be able to share that with my fans and hopefully inspire other future musicians."
Gregory will be making in-store appearances at Cricket locations in the following markets as part of his fall 2008 tour:
Tuesday 10/7: Boise, ID
Wednesday 10/8: Spokane, WA
Friday 10/10: Portland, OR
Saturday 10/25: Greensboro, NC
Wednesday 10/29: Raleigh, NC
Friday 10/31: Tucson, AZ
Monday 11/10 Nashville, TN
Tuesday 11/11 Nashville, TN
Saturday 11/15: Lexington, KY
Wednesday 11/19: Louisville, KY
Tuesday 11/25: College Station, TX
Friday 11/28: Denver, CO
Saturday 11/29: Ogden, UT
Tuesday 12/9: Syracuse, NY
Wednesday 12/10: Rochester, NY
Thursday 12/11: Buffalo, NY
Friday 12/12: Dayton, OH
Tuesday 12/16: Cincinnati, OH
Friday 12/19: St. Louis, MO
Saturday 12/20: Kansas City, MO
** Dates are subject to change
Cricket customers will have access to custom ringback tone versions of Gregory's single "Crazy Days" and his new single "What It Takes" through Cricket's Mobile Web service. "What It Takes" will be delivered to country radio stations October 9, and will begin going for adds on October 27.
"This is a great opportunity for Cricket to bring extra value to our customers, beyond affordable unlimited wireless service. Exclusive ringback tones and behind-the-scenes access with an emerging artist like Adam Gregory are a great way for our customers to get to know this rising star and learn more about what being a musician is really like," said Larry Atwell, director of data services for Cricket.
The partnership will include in-store appearances at Cricket retail locations, exclusive mobile content including custom ringback tones and interviews, and cross-promotion of Gregory's fall club tour dates with partner radio stations nationwide.
Gregory will visit 22 Cricket markets through the end of the year. He will appear in Cricket stores in each city to meet fans, sign autographs and preview advance music from his forthcoming debut album in the United States. Fans will have the chance to win concert tickets and custom Cricket merchandise.
Several lucky fans at each store will have the opportunity to interview Gregory and learn about his life as a touring artist. Fan interviews from each market will be posted on the local Cricket micro-site, Gregory's website and the 'C.A.G.E.' (Cricket Adam Gregory Experience) microsite featuring interview videos, photos, information on the exclusive ringback tones and more. Gregory will select the best interview at the end of his tour, and the winner will receive a trip to a 2009 Adam Gregory concert and exclusive behind-the-scenes access to life on the road with country music's newest rising star.
"I am so honored to be partnering with such an innovative mobile provider like Cricket," said Adam Gregory. "They are giving my fans a glimpse into what life is like on the road. This has always been a dream of mine, and it's exciting for me to be able to share that with my fans and hopefully inspire other future musicians."
Gregory will be making in-store appearances at Cricket locations in the following markets as part of his fall 2008 tour:
Tuesday 10/7: Boise, ID
Wednesday 10/8: Spokane, WA
Friday 10/10: Portland, OR
Saturday 10/25: Greensboro, NC
Wednesday 10/29: Raleigh, NC
Friday 10/31: Tucson, AZ
Monday 11/10 Nashville, TN
Tuesday 11/11 Nashville, TN
Saturday 11/15: Lexington, KY
Wednesday 11/19: Louisville, KY
Tuesday 11/25: College Station, TX
Friday 11/28: Denver, CO
Saturday 11/29: Ogden, UT
Tuesday 12/9: Syracuse, NY
Wednesday 12/10: Rochester, NY
Thursday 12/11: Buffalo, NY
Friday 12/12: Dayton, OH
Tuesday 12/16: Cincinnati, OH
Friday 12/19: St. Louis, MO
Saturday 12/20: Kansas City, MO
** Dates are subject to change
Cricket customers will have access to custom ringback tone versions of Gregory's single "Crazy Days" and his new single "What It Takes" through Cricket's Mobile Web service. "What It Takes" will be delivered to country radio stations October 9, and will begin going for adds on October 27.
"This is a great opportunity for Cricket to bring extra value to our customers, beyond affordable unlimited wireless service. Exclusive ringback tones and behind-the-scenes access with an emerging artist like Adam Gregory are a great way for our customers to get to know this rising star and learn more about what being a musician is really like," said Larry Atwell, director of data services for Cricket.
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