Friday was EPIC!

Ok so this isn't about MY performances for once... I'll give the attention to some really awesome guys.

So... I entered this contest at a local venue here in Wichita Falls. I remember saying to myself.. WHY? I'm not going to win.... Well I did.

So I won the opportunity to hang with six bands and see how they run things in a more portable setting (Which I'm not used to in live Music Theatre).

So, The bands were all great but I want to talk about them as people because I got to know that aspect of their lives a bit better while I was there.(Being around so many power houses it was real hard sticking to the fact that we're all musicians... I wanted to fangirl SO bad... but that's not who I am.)

Papa Roach? All really super guys. Jacoby is very nice and I felt like a dork in front of him every freakin time he came around. But anyway... I really enjoyed cutting up with all of them. They were just nice which I greatly appreciated. Not to mention the energy during their performance was SO thick it was almost suffocating. LOVE those performance times when you can FEEL the energy... It's intoxicating. I live for shows like that.... I want to FEEL the energy and feel the songs... and with him, he spills his soul on stage and for those listening to more than the beat... it definitely "reads"... For the record... Jacoby was like a ghost (Or I just have tunnel vision, which I think is more the case with me)..I'd turn and there he was... SO quiet I didn't even notice him... so much that I was messing around singing a song during Stone Sour's set and he was there listening. Being a stinking blonde it didn't click that he had been standing there until the next day and then I freaked. I'm a pretty level headed chic so that just made my stomach and my heart jump. (I'm so self conscience about myself that I was almost embarrassed that he was there). I guess it's because I'm a singer that sings with everything I have so I feel exposed when someone hears me that I didn't intend to hear me in the first place. It's a quirk I accept.

Stone Sour? I spent most of my time talking to Johny and Roy (Bass and drummer). Both really nice guys. I really enjoyed talking to both and OMG beasts on their instruments. I spent my time watching them more than Corey, who obviously wanted NO ONE to bother him.... so I didn't. Too bad for him.. I'm a sweet chic... But yeah... and it was awesome that Johny had a bass with lighted frets.. while they were getting it ready for them I was looking at their gear. The pink guitar with polka dots was pretty fab too... A lot of ibenez out there.. I'm a Fender girl myself.

Otherwise? is a band I wasn't familiar with before Friday. Spent a lot of time with V their bass player. Young guy.. VERY sweet and smart. I noticed he was different. Couldn't quite pin my finger on it.. but he was cool just the same.V was awesome and I enjoyed watching them play. Definitely think they are going to be one to watch. Lots of energy in their performance.

In This Moment? Very theatrical which I could definitely dig coming from that background myself. Like Gaga with a harder feel. She was preoccupied with her Son who was with her so I didn't get to meet her but it wasn't because she was being standoffish and you take care of your babies first.

Enter The Fate? they were ok... I took the guys to the gym earlier in the day and had a nice conversation about our area so that was really nice.

Hell or Highwater? Really cool guys and really awesome band. One of the members had the coolest ear plugs and I had to look at them closer while he was back stage.

All in all... the entire day was amongst some pretty super people.. not only super musicians.. but hell.. they put up with me all day with my nerdiness. I tip my hat to you all... I will never forget it.

It was ALL... Much appreciated. I hope I wasn't too much of a pain :-)