Aside from some small personal setbacks, it has been a great week already! It's been the best week of pledging already and it's only Tuesday! We have had 18 pledges so far this week and if we can keep that up it will probably be our biggest week so far!
In a group setting, I wanted to thank everyone for your pledges! It's been a rough few years trying to get things going with my career again, since the label shut down. YOU truly are the only thing that has kept me from throwing in the towel. This business is not for the faint of heart, and I am learning quickly how much mine can take! I won't go into great detail but here is s small clip into my life since becoming an indie artist:
- "You are amazing and need to be heard!" (Radio Programmer)
- "You have one of the best and most powerful voices in Nashville!"
(One of the top 3 managers in Nashville...possibly in the world)
- "You are the next big thing" (Record label President)
There were over a hundred conversations I had with people in radio and in Nashville just like this but you get my point! It was all I heard for the first year that I was on my own, so I thought that surely someone was going to work with me! I don't think that highly of my talent personally, but to have these men and women say this stuff to me meant A LOT! I knew it could possibly take some time, so I waited for ANY of these people to make an offer to work with me. Fast forward to this morning......
Nashville has an interesting way of telling you how amazing you are and then pretending they don't even know your name overnight! That can be pretty tough on your mind! I have showcased for several labels, had conference calls, emails, and everything else you could think in the last few years, and the response is always positive. BUT....I seem to either sound or look like one of their current artists or they just don't give a reason at all! Don't get me wrong, I hope to one day find someone in Nashville that I trust to work with again but as the months go by, there are a few that I wouldn't trust with my life or yours!
Basically this is to bring up to speed on my life behind the scenes of shows, cd's, and social media! It doesn't do me any good to vent it every day on facebook where everyone loves to blow everything out of context, but I feel like it's ok to tell you here! The fact that you believe in me enough to help my continue to make albums during this time, means that I should believe in you enough to share this part of my life!
I am VERY excited about this new project, about the upcoming shows, and 2013 in general! It's amazing what God can do in the midst of your struggles, and I can't wait to see what he has in store for me next!
If you are reading this and have already pledged, it would help me greatly if you would share my pledgemusic link on your pages (facebook, twitter, blogs, ect.) We raised $20,000 in 3 days on the last fan funded project but that was before facebook decided to charge to make ANYTHING visible!
http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/bentonblount
If you are reading this and have NOT already pledged, check out the pledge music page and see if you would like to get involved! It would be great if one person wanted to pledge $50,000 and we would be on our way BUT.......... it would also be great for 10,000 people to pledge $10!!! Anything helps and I am thankful that you even took the time to read to this point!:) Have a blessed week,
Benton
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