MySpace Fan Showcase @ Eddie’s Attic
So a back in June, Eddie’s Attic posted a MySpace Fan Showcase promotion asking that fans nominate their favorite Myspace artist to have them play a special free concert. Rules were that they couldn’t be signed with a label, they haven’t played the Attic already (other than Open Mic) and they where geographically viable to the venue.
After Audrey’s performance at Smith’s Olde bar in February for the “the devil stole the beat” concert, I had messaged her on Myspace as to how I could purchase her music. She was scheduled to perform at Eddie’s Attic on May 7th, so I also told her that I looked forward to seeing her again in Atlanta. She responded that she was working on putting a handful of songs that she had recorded onto a CD and that she would have them available by the 5/7 show. I went to the show and happened to catch her near the entrance after her performance and asked her how the CD was coming along. She immediately realized who I was and began apologizing for not having a CD available. She was still working on getting the songs together and she told me then that she would mail me a CD. The next day I got a message from her (she tracked down my original message to her) thanking me for coming to the show and saying how bad she felt that she didn’t have a CD for me, saying that she’s always good about keeping her word. In one of her messages, she told me that she always wanted to play at Eddie’s Attic and assumed that the best way to play there was to do an open mic.
So when the MySpace Fan Showcase promotion was posted in June, I immediately contacted Audrey to see if she’d be interested, since I knew she wanted to play there again and I knew that she qualified for the contest. She said that she was interested, so I submitted her name with a link to her page and music. And when the voting began I tried to get people to vote for her. When the final tally of votes was made, Audrey came in 6th. At first I was disappointed, but as it turned out, they took the top 9, so she was in! They had 3 separate Tuesday nights reserved in November for the 9 performances (3 each night).
Audrey’s show was on the 13th. As always, she was incredible. Even the other artists on the bill were amazed at her talent. I even received a personalized “thank you” from her while she was on stage, for the support I’ve given, which was really cool. And afterward we got to hang out and talk a bit.
I was able to purchase a CD from Mrs. Lochridge (Mom of Patrick Lochridge (Audrey’s keyboard player)) and have Audrey and Patrick autograph it for me. Audrey kept her word and got me a CD. It was an incredible night of great music from amazing people.
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