Or so said Ian Eskelin on Sunday night at the Songwriter’s Showcase. Adam Agee, the lead singer for SK, couldn’t be there so Ian had to sing the Stellar Kart song he wrote, “Me & Jesus,” alone… Interesting song choice to be included in the Songwriter’s Showcase. Enough said.

Moving on, yesterday (Monday) was so busy that I didn’t have a chance to sit down and connect to the web to blog. I was trying to get Sunday’s video footage edited, but kept running into more things during the day to record! On Sunday I shot one 1-hour tape, but yesterday I shot 2 full hours! Hmm… I think I’m getting a little carried away… speaking of which, we saw the Carried Away girls in the Holiday Inn lobby this morning and they looked quite exhausted after some early morning interviews.

Back to yesterday, I checked out the Exhibit Hall booths - which are actually now located in the Convention Center hallways instead of the actual exhibit hall area - and tried my best to win either a $100 Best Buy gift card or a flat panel tv. Not that I could get a tv home with me… There was one booth that creates in-ear monitors for artists (and anybody else who wants to pay $250 for them) and they create a mold of your ear with this goo stuff. For the sake of (hopefully funny) video, I let them do that to my ears and it felt weird.

Last night I went to the World Vision showcase which I REALLY enjoyed. I had to make a quick stop by the hotel before it started, which meant I arrived a little late, at the end of the first downhere song being performed. A few other acts that went on after them included Shawn McDonald (I just LOVE his music!), Take 6 (they are SO insanely talented!!), an African guy who survived the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, and also the Glory Revealed Tour which includes Mac Powell, Shane & Shane, Brian Littrell, Shawn Lewis from Hyper Static Union, and some others.

Later I went by the nightclub “Fuel” to the Street Level Artists Agency showcase and saw Ginny Owens, the legendary Phil Keaggy, the return of Wes King, Randy Stonehill, new artist Jason Gray, and downhere again. There were a lot of other artists that played before and after I was there too, and although it probably doesn’t sound like the most popular lineup, the place was pretty packed and it really felt like I was watching LEGENDS as I watched Keaggy and King and Stonehill play. Keaggy is one in a million with the talent he has for playing the guitar and I’m always honored to hear him play. After downhere played, I couldn’t take the cigar/cigarette smoke anymore so I had to leave. (Incidentally, this was the first venue all week that’s allowed smoking during a show, so otherwise that’s been nice.)

Right now Nancy’s trying like crazy to sort thru her zillion+ photos from the last few days and get them online. I’ve got a Melting Pot deal today with a bunch of artists from one label group. I think it’s like a “speed dating” kind of thing, which I’m not really sure how effective it will be to talk to 20+ artists and bands in 4 hours, but we’ll see. I’ve got to get ready and head over there right now… hopefully the first video will show up online today. Check back later!

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