Social Media

I'm not a blogger, I am not disciplined enough to write on a regular basis, but I had to write today and talk about my love for Canadian Independent Country music.

Just last night I was letting my good friend hear "You Can't Say I didn't Love You" by @AaronPritchett, undoubtedly my favorite song by AP. Then this morning I hear "My Way", and remember the first time I heard it. I wondered how it was I had never heard of this @AaronPritchett, guy before? It was the beginning of a beautiful love affair with the music of Aaron.

All this thinking about Aaron led me to thinking about the independant artists who are hot right now in Canada. @taraoram, @victoriabanks, @jessiefarrell, @tonyakennedy and the list goes on. While Aaron had music that had been released before I heard of him, I heard of all the previous mentioned ladies before their first singles hit radio for the most part.

The reason for this? Social Media. UGH I just said the catch phrase I never wanted to say. Yup. Social Media. UGH! My poisons of choice when it comes to this is Facebook and Twitter. I love them both just as much as I hate them. Why hate them? They run my life. Most people would say then disconnect. I can't I am addicted.

Why do I love it? @jessiefarrell is a perfect example. I watch the CCMA awards and follow her twitters. I may see the awards on TV, but I feel I am there with her play by play twitters from behind the scenes. I get a peek into what an artist goes through pre and post show with her updates. I feel I am making a difference 2069.31 miles away from the storms that hit the Big Valley Jamboree, because I am retweeting messages to and from @jessiefarrell helping people find each other.

I could go on all day about the cool things that have happened since I started on twitter, but I am pretty sure they would bore you, while they are all very exciting to me. However the best reason is because I feel connected again to country radio in Canada. Something I have not felt since I left radio in 1998.

Have a peek at the artists I mentioned above. You will find some sweet music just waiting to be heard, and also amazing talent right from home. Garth who? The real talents are all here baby.

Great Canadian Talent, Independent or not so Independent
@taraoram
@victoriabanks
@jessiefarrell
@tonyakennedy
@AaronPritchett
@jasonblainefans
@AdamGregorySong
@StevenLeeOlsen
@one_more_girl
@thejasonmccoy
@DericRuttan
@AaronLines

Take a look, have a listen, buy a CD and support local talent!!!

The Chosen Few

In our lifetimes we are lucky when we meet the chosen few who appear to stand out like no one else. While I know my best friend isn't perfect, and is just like anyone else, he is perfect to me.

I met Steve when I was 16. Like any other 16 year old I was going though a challenging period in my life. I didn't know who I was or where my life was going to go. I met Steve not a moment too soon. He has been there for me through more crisis than I care to remember. He has been there through every breakup, reconciliation and joyful moment.

All too often I take for granted that he is there when I have a bad day. But he is always there. Sometimes I call not to vent, not to ask for advice or anything else, but just to hear his voice. Even though I love my mom and her wisdom, there is just something about hearing Steve on the phone; he is like that blanket you carried around for security when you were a kid.

Every now and then I make sure to thank him, because I don't know who I would be today if it hadn't been for him kicking my ass to stay in school, or being there the first time I had my heart broken.

Through the years I have had to explain too many people, that it is infact possible for a guy and girl to be friends and not have a romantic interest in one another. And the proof is in the best friendship I have ever known.

Thanks Steve for the best friend a girl could ever ask for. I love you dearly man!

8,121,600 seconds

That is how many seconds are left approximately until my ULTIMATE concert experience. Anyone who knows me knows that I am in love with Keith Urban. Anyone knows me well, knows I also have a love for Taylor Swift. I rock it out to her constantly, she sings the songs of my loves that have gone right, gone wrong, and will hopefully go VERY good in the foreseeable future.

On June 6 2009, I will rock it out live from the 6th with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban on the same stage. You can not possibly imagine how excited I am right now. Armed with my Digital Camera, and a huge smile, I'll be seeing my two favorite singers, and songwriters, at the same time.

Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing.

Who do you think when you think of the "One"?

Maybe its the boy you grew up with. The one you thought you would one day marry. But realized before it was too late, that though you loved him you weren't in love with him.

Do you think of that first person you kissed. The kiss that was so sweet it made you see fireworks. In the middle of your living room, everything seem to fade away?

Or do you think of the person you lost your viriginity too? It wasn't the most romantic setting that you dreamed of with rose petals and candles. But it was that moment when you first felt things you never knew existed.

Maybe it was that first "Movie Moment," when he pulled you into the street in the middle of the pouring rain. He pulled you into him and kissed you. It was the most magical kiss of a lifetime. And you will never forget how you felt. Because that moment told you, that you were loved.

Or maybe the "One" was the boy who loved you unconditionally, and you should still be with. But you just had to say no. You came to realize later it was because you were shallow. And if you were still with him to this day, you know it would be the great love of your life. Too bad you didn't give it a chance.

Maybe it was the man you met who turned your world upside down. For the first time, lost in his eyes, you realized you were in love for the first time. While he wasn't Prince Charming, he was the Romeo to your Juliette. And though your love wasn't to last physical time, it would last an eternity in your heart.

Maybe its the only man you have ever both truely loved, and truely been in love with. And smiling when you see him with his girlfriend. Because you want your "One" to be happy. And that above all means you found real love.

Or maybe it was the more subtle love in your life. The one you weren't quite sure you loved, but you were almost tied to for a lifetime, because you almost shared the miracle of life. Only to lose that bond, and that miracle, along with your friendship.

I don't think as humans we can ever truely know who was "The One" in our lives. I think it's part of a bigger plan we can never truely understand.

Bring on Spring

I love spring, I always have. Now most people ask me "Do you really like the smell of dog shit?" Well no I don't but that is the only draw back to spring. I just love the melting snow, and the crisp air. Not too hot, not too cold, just beautiful.

I also love the fact that the snow is melting, going away, not a pain in my arse to have to shovel, just goes.

Spring also means bonfires, and drinking on the patio are soon to come. Also means road trips without black ice and cars driving off into the ditch. No more 9 and a half hour trips to Indiana!!

Spring is the best time to fall in love, or at least get over the romances that broke up over the winter. Yay for moving on !!!

I anxiously await the promise of new, with the oncoming spring!!!