February 2019
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February 24th, 2019.
February 18th, 2019 at Teavolve’s Open Mic w Marc Evans. A pretty spectacular night at Teavolve. Though plenty of people came out because they knew Marc Evans, it didn’t seem like the majority of them had come specifically to see him. I’ve got theories about how social media contacted different audiences than normal, but really…
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February 16th, 2019.
It’s the nature of the job at our level – or maybe at any level? I mean one day you’re playing stadium gigs for sold out arenas and ten years on you’re playing country fairs, right? Well – on our level it’s even MORE of a roller coaster. Thursday night it was a two thousand-seat…
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February 14th, 2019.
Valentine’s Day saw ilyAIMY performing at the 5th Annual Frederick Showcase – a yearly presentation of local musicians at the truly spectacular 2000-seat Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, MD. We were partnered with J Berd (hip hop), Mr. Husband (an Indie rock, slightly country-ish act) and local singer/songwriter Luna. Sound check. The sound…
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February 12th, 2019
Some upDates… February 5th found me taking my entire day to drive down to Falls Church, VA to play at JV’s as their open mic featured artist. Previously I’d been exposed to this as being a primarily singer/songwriter-oriented event – but tonight they had BOTH kinds of music : Country AND Western – and I…
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February 11th, 2019.
Competition and Music I shouldn’t REALLY read the Washington Post. A bastion of good reporting, after the Trump election I feel like it’s spiraled in on itself as a self-referential, liberal echo chamber that can have five articles on their front page about how Trump’s media coverage allowed him to run for president, media coverage…
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February 5th, 2019.
I had a friend ask me last night if I thought we were going to hit our country’s “eat the rich” moment soon – she expressed hope that she wished we would. I asked what brought up the question and she was like: “reddit?” Eat the rich? Or release xenomorphs on the poor? Having more…