MMA's. Oh my.
What else can I say right now, besides thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who reads HowWasTheShow.com and came out in spades to support us this weekend. The Awards show was one of four major shows I saw last weekend (in addition to the Hexagon 24/7 local band showcase, Atmosphere, and the Summit Big Brew), and it was, as you can probably guess, the best and most rewarding experience of all of them.
I was nervous about presenting, but it ended up going well and I got to work with Erik Fawcett, who is a very sweet and intelligent man. Lucky for me, he kept me talking about music and writing up until the moment we took the stage, so I hardly had any time to get nervous. Do I look scared?
Well, I was. But I didn't fall or throw up or anything, so I was pleased!
The best part of the night, however, was when they announced our award. I'm sorry, this might be one of the more self-absorbed posts I make in a while, but damn it was fun! I almost started crying when I thought about how many people in the music community support us for what we do at HWTS, and the roar of applause when they called out our name was great to hear! I also enjoyed being hugged by all five members of the Alarmists while leaving the stage, tee hee.
The rest of the evening started moving pretty fast, I think I hugged about 100 different people and swirled around with a warm and fuzzy feeling in my gut for the rest of the evening. The best part, musically, was after most of the people cleared out and Doomtree played a set to roughly 50 people, which was made even better by the fact that I was able to bounce between the two rooms to catch a lineup of all of my favorite young local bands.
I was nervous about presenting, but it ended up going well and I got to work with Erik Fawcett, who is a very sweet and intelligent man. Lucky for me, he kept me talking about music and writing up until the moment we took the stage, so I hardly had any time to get nervous. Do I look scared?
Well, I was. But I didn't fall or throw up or anything, so I was pleased!The best part of the night, however, was when they announced our award. I'm sorry, this might be one of the more self-absorbed posts I make in a while, but damn it was fun! I almost started crying when I thought about how many people in the music community support us for what we do at HWTS, and the roar of applause when they called out our name was great to hear! I also enjoyed being hugged by all five members of the Alarmists while leaving the stage, tee hee.
The rest of the evening started moving pretty fast, I think I hugged about 100 different people and swirled around with a warm and fuzzy feeling in my gut for the rest of the evening. The best part, musically, was after most of the people cleared out and Doomtree played a set to roughly 50 people, which was made even better by the fact that I was able to bounce between the two rooms to catch a lineup of all of my favorite young local bands.
