Gig reminder

Hey guys just a reminder to let you know I will be playing at The Liquid Lounge in Dallas on Tuesday May 29th at 7:30 sharp in case some of you Big D guys wanna come hear some original acoustic music.
This is the Emergenza Acoustic Hero competition I was talking about....I am hoping I will get the chance to represent Texas in the nationals :)
Be sure if you come out to raise a hand for me ;), I am playing 6 original tunes and there will be 8 other original acoustic players there to entertain as well.

For those who can't make it I will let you know how it turns out.

Good luck, wish I could make it.

I work weekday evenings. :( Otherwise, I'd be there.

Good luck Billy, just don't ::BaHump::up.

Good luck man

Break a leg Billy! ::rock::

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Originally Posted by Ataim

Good luck Billy, just don't ::BaHump::up.

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No pressure right....lol

Thanks for the good wishes guys I appreciate it.
Looks like I am going to have a round 20 fans coming out, I might at least win that guitar after all ;)

Hey Billy, have any more info? I'd like to pass this on to the news desk... it sounds like it would make a good local interest type story.

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

No pressure right....lol

Thanks for the good wishes guys I appreciate it.
Looks like I am going to have a round 20 fans coming out, I might at least win that guitar after all ;)

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Well just how many fans does it take? We just might have to see what we can do about that!

Yeah, Emergenza is putting it on.
It's called "Acoustic Guitar Hero" the website is www.acousticguitarhero.com
The Austin,Tx. winner will be performing in Dallas along with the contestants
here's the event info.....

DALLAS: MAY 29th
Liquid Lounge
2800 Main ST. Dallas, TX 75226
Audience 17+
Line-up:
Billy Blaze 7:30
Patrick Font 7:55
Mark Brandt 8:20
Justin Ross 8:45
Austin Winner 9:10
Vince Lujan 9:35
Jeff Widman 10:00
Joe Kirkland 10:25
Paco Estrada 10:50

The winner from here will go on to represent Tx, in the nationals at "The Bitter End" (a legendary venue) in New York, and the winner of that competition will then move on to play the "Taubertal Open Air Festival" in Germany for a crowd of 50,000 people....record executives included!

Let me know if you need any more info.

Would love to see you guys out there Andy!, you could meet and hang out with the crew.
I believe there will be someone famous there in the Jury that decides who moves on.

If I hang out with the crew, do I get a "I'm with the Band" t-shirt?

prolly not but you will likely get some shots bought for you ;)
and get to meet some real good people.

Will there be an armadillo chase scene?

I'll be with you in spirit. I'm working that day and don't get off until 7 or so. No way I can get to Dallas in time to see you perform. Darn!

Well, I won the 1,500. guitar but didnt get to move on to the next round, maybe next year.
It did come down between me and another guy so I feel real good about being able to walk away with something, it's not everyday that you pay nothing to enter a competition and walk away with a hefty prize ;)
Thanks for all the good wishes, I am looking forward to next years competition!

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

Well, I won the 1,500. guitar but didnt get to move on to the next round, maybe next year.
It did come down between me and another guy so I feel real good about being able to walk away with something, it's not everyday that you pay nothing to enter a competition and walk away with a hefty prize ;)
Thanks for all the good wishes, I am looking forward to next years competition!

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::Banana:: Awesome! You deserve it. Way to go! ::Banana::

What kind of guitar? Congrats!

*#%! Side effect of 3 day weekends...I spent most of yesterday thinking it was Monday. I coulda made it too.
Oh well, congratulations!

It was a lot of fun and I had quite a bit of support, won the guitar with a spread of two votes so it was close but it....even if I walked away with nothing it was a kick in the pants, I had a great time.
I also learned a couple of things from this years competition that will help me next year if they do it in Dallas again.

here is the guitar I chose, comes with a brown hardshell case with gold hardware.

http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=1331&sid=65

Sweet, congrats Billy. I love the sound from the Takamine

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Originally Posted by Magma

Sweet, congrats Billy. I love the sound from the Takamine

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+1, my Tak sounds sweet and I never have to tune it! 16 hours total in my front seat (no case) to and from College Station, even played a Starbucks down there and it was in perfect tune when I got back to Lubbock. Never touched the tuning keys.

A friend has a John Jorgensen(sp?) Tak That has an amazing richness to it

I just got back from getting my strings of choice (Elixer mediums) to put them on in place of what the guitar came with....can't wait to hear what it sounds like with good strings...lol
The guitar has a sweepable midrange bass, and treble EQ, a built in tuner, a preamp tube, and an rca jack to use an extra pickup and blend between the tube and the other pickup (way cool)
I am really diggin the fact that the guitar itself has an onboard tubed preamp!

Nobody played the Ovation last night...lol, I told the guys its got a round back and I have a round front...haha that makes it hard to control.

I think had I brought less people I would have advanced to NY but since I had the audience vote in the bag the other guy got to go, they said it was between me and him....I just figure since they had to give me the guitar they sent him on to NY. I will be back next year though if they hold it in Dallas again. I am just happy I came out a winner.

It's kind of like being paid over 200. per song :D

Here's a link to some photos
http://billyblaze.net/emergenza2007.html

Did anybody record any of your greatness?

lol, I did record it and am trying to figure a way to get it on the PC...it was recorded with a Hi8 camera...but the Emergenza folks were also running recording equipment but I haven't heard from them yet if I will have access to the video.

Congrats Billy! Sorry I missed it.

Congratulations! You are the official MME Balladeer in my book. BTW the two songs you've shared with us are both 5 star in my iTunes playlist.

Billy, If you can get me the hi8 tape I can pull the audio for you

Awesome Magma...That sounds like a plan.

Thanks again for the support and kind words guys.