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Girlyman Live CD Contest

Started by hadar · 1 year ago

Girlyman is my favorite band. There, I’ve said it, it’s official now. Of course, if you know me, or have visited this blog before, you’re probably laughing at the fact that there might be someone on earth who doesn’t know that yet.<br /%3 ... Continue reading »

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  • bob Mooney

    1 year ago

    think wild...
    them love you know I...
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Awesome! Girlyfans all over should understand that reference immediately.

    Those who don't get the reference, need to immediately go see a Girlyman show, so they can laugh along with us. ;-)

    Thanks!
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  • frank & suzy

    1 year ago

    very cool idea!
    My wife and I felt the same - more people need to feel the Girly-Love! after introducing many of our friends to the band's recorded music, we felt our friends (and us) needed more. We had traveled from Oklahoma to Nebraska to see them and then Oklahoma to Missouri when we figured, for the $$$ we are spending on the road, maybe we can talk them into coming here! So we found a space with a stage at a brand new music school in town (Norman Institute for the Performing Arts) and convinced their booking agent that we could pull off a show even though we don't really do this kind of thing.
    We had a great show with over 100 people and sold tons of merch. We made enough to cover our costs and give some to NIPA who had graciously offered their place for free.
    We are now in the beginning stages of helping some friends in New Orleans (who came up for our show) do the same thing.
    As far as the CD giveaway, I've already ordered one for us and a second to give away. If we ended up with yet another, we'd just pass it along to someone new!
    ~frank & suzy
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Awesome story, thanks for sharing it, and by virtue of this comment, submitting your entry. You have the distinction of being first, so you're currently assured of a CD, unless 10 other people top your story. :-)
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  • Laura

    1 year ago

    Hi!

    Thanks so much for putting this together. I'm excited to read everyone's stories. I, too, am a huge Girly-fan and am trying to introduce them to anyone who will listen. Let's just say that several people are getting Somewhere Different Now as a birthday present this spring!

    Another small attempt of mine was to make a music video for my current favorite Girlyman song, Everything's Easy. Let me know what you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCYvNAr3zFU
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Wow! Excellent! Lois and I just watched it, and we love the selection of photos that you put together to match the song. Well done!

    Now I have a little secret, that I shouldn't share, but I feel compelled to do so. I received an alert this morning which pointed me to this video. I was busy, but I clicked on it anyway, thinking someone had taken a video of Everything's Easy in a recent live performance. When I saw that it was a montage, I closed the window, because I (obviously) know the song very well.

    I can't thank you enough for entering the contest and giving me a reason to revisit the link. We thoroughly enjoyed watching your work! :-)
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  • Laura

    1 year ago

    Aww- thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had a great time putting it together. And I have tried to spread the link to the contest on several other sites, so hopefully you'll be getting some more awesome Girly-entries soon.
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Thanks again Laura. I just went to your video yesterday again, so your timing in writing this is spot on again. :-)
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  • krpmomma

    1 year ago

    My husband, daughter, and I are all HUGE fans of Girlyman! We would really love to get the Somewhere Different Now live CD so we can relive the one time (SO FAR!) that we have seen Girlyman in concert. My daughter was excited when she heard about the contest and we put together a little music video entry. Watch out Hadar- she may rival you for the #1 fan title!

    Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF3aL3jledk
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Awesome! Thanks for entering. Lois and I have already watched it five times and cracked up each time. :-)
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  • David

    1 year ago

    Top four reasons why I want a Girlyman CD!

    1) If it wasn't for me, there wouldn't be a Girlyman CD contest! (OR maybe there would be but y'all would've had to see them for the first time another time).

    2) Girlyman has already written a song for me, and from what I can tell--Ty still likes me.

    3) Memories are precious..."Tomorrow may bring us thunder or sun...I'd do it all again, I'd do it by the ton."

    4) I'm a Girlyman fan!
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    David wrote:

    > Top four reasons why I want a Girlyman
    > CD!

    > 1) If it wasn't for me, there wouldn't
    > be a Girlyman CD contest! (OR maybe
    > there would be but y'all would've had
    > to see them for the first time another
    > time).

    This is definitely true. If I think
    about it hard enough, I am reasonably
    sure that I likely wouldn't have
    discovered them if not for you.

    > 2) Girlyman has already written a song
    > for me, and from what I can tell--Ty
    > still likes me.

    LOL

    > 3) Memories are precious..."Tomorrow
    > may bring us thunder or sun...I'd do
    > it all again, I'd do it by the ton."

    One of my favorite lines of hundreds of
    favorite lines of theirs! :-)

    > 4) I'm a Girlyman fan!

    Amen!

    You're in so far, clocked in at #4.
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  • Laura M

    1 year ago

    So I would like to officially enter the contest and point attention towards my facebook profile :-)
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    So, I just checked your Facebook Profile (which, of course, isn't visible to most people who will see this comment), and I have to admit (unfortunately), that I don't immediately see the connection to the contest. :-(

    But, your next comment (the P.S.), is good enough to form an official entry nonetheless! :-)
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  • Laura M

    1 year ago

    PS: my main impressive reason for winning (besides liking the group, of course :-) ) is that I've listened to the tracks 242 times according to my itunes play count!

    And that only counts times its played on my computer!
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    OK, you're officially in! If I haven't lost count yet, then you are entry #5.
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  • Wes

    1 year ago

    I am officially entering "The Contest" There are many reasons why I think I could win one...but here are my upper-echelon ones:

    1) I was at Joe's Pub the same night Hadar/Lois (and David) first saw Girlyman. In fact, I could (perhaps) make a similar argument as David :)
    2) I was just as enthralled that night...and became an instant fan
    3) Since returning from that initial concert, I have mentioned Girlyman to anyone I think might be remotely interested in discovering them
    4) A live CD would be incredible (and bring back good memories of the first time I saw them, and the great friends I was with)
    5) About 5 months ago, I discovered the owner of this blog had broken a rule of his when he posted a music write-up...and failed to mention Girlyman (that was a good eye!) I was making sure they were consistently represented per the blog's norms
    6) I am planning on seeing them in July in Durham, NC
    7) A live CD will help me better promote them in my "neck of the woods" (and this is NC, so it is "the woods")
    8) My Facebook status update now mentions Girlyman
    9) I don't want to resort to begging...

    Ok...I think those are good ones!
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    You're definitely officially IN. All of the above are good reasons, and I think you're number #6 at the moment (not in sixth, just the sixth person to enter). ;-)
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  • Margaret

    1 year ago

    While I have no incredible stories to tell, I just thought I'd tell the plain and simple truth, for what it's worth.
    My deep abiding love for Girlyman was renewed this summer when my dad and I spontaneously went to a gig while visiting family in Virginia. We'd seen them at Falcon Ridge several years ago and remembered being really impressed with them, and we were not disappointed! Since then I have listened to their CDs excessively and obsessively, introduced a bunch of my friends to them, and brought a couple of those friends to a show in my native habitat - New York State. I even attempted to sing one of their songs solo to audition for my school's musical, and while even a far better singer than I could not hope to do justice to their music alone, I had a fantastic time with that and got the people running the auditions interested in Girlyman. I wear my Girlyman shirt often, and take advantage of the quizzical stares as a brilliant opportunity to spread the word.
    I will get my hands on that live CD somehow but I figured I'd take a stab at it this way. I'm counting down the days until a New York gig appears on the upcoming shows page...
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Hi Margaret. It's an excellent story, and Lois and I are very glad you took the time to share it and enter the contest! We're pulling for you to get the new CD in this manner, and we too can't wait for another NY date to be announced! :-)
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  • shaelen

    1 year ago

    Well, I haven't made a youtube movie nor have I hired an airplane to write "GO SEE GIRLYMAN" in the skies over 49 out of 52 states. Awesome though that would be. I first saw Girlyman a mere three weeks ago but since then trust me I have been busy spreading the word the old fashioned way! To date I have converted: 6 fellow Smithies via "put these headphones on and just listen!" My entire scenic design class by playing Joyful Sign and Little Star during drafting sessions, 3 more college students on the west coast (one of whom was in El Salvidor at the time. Yes I called long distance to El Salvidor to get one more person to the Girlyman concert in Monterey.) Add to the list my father who is a stickler about all things music, 1 Northeaster student who is a composer in her own right ( I have heard since then that all of her friends are now addicted as well.) That's 17 new Girlyfans in three weeks not counting however many my friend at Northeaster has created. I also just played a few tracks at work this afternoon in the theater and, while time has not yet shown how serious the addiction will become, there are now 4 theater electricians wandering around humming "Through to Sunrise."

    in only three weeks I have created over 17 new Girlyfans and I am nowhere near done. So long as my ipod has a charge and there are people around who have yet to gotten drunk off of the harmony I will keep spreading the good news of Girlyman!

    I deserve a CD because it will help me spread the word of Girlyman to more people! I live between three different places: Santa Cruz California, Northmapton Mass, and rural: corner of No and Where Vermont. so when I say that I am spreading the word of Girlyman far and wide I mean FAR and WIDE.
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Awesome entry! Lois and I loved reading it. More power to you!!!

    At the moment, you're guaranteed one, since there have only been 8 entries, and there are 10 CDs available. Only two days left, so unless there are some amazing last minute entries, you'll have one!

    At this point, we're also giving extra credit to the people who bothered to enter earlier (yours counts), so a bunch of "hey, I love them" entries will count toward the last two, but won't knock any of the existing 8 off their perch. ;-)

    Thanks for taking the time to enter and share your story, but even more, thanks for SPREADING THE GIRLYMAN GOSPEL! :-)
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  • shaelen

    1 year ago

    I forgot to mention I have spread the word WITHOUT MAKING ANY BOOTLEGGED CDs! I flat out refuse and insist that everyone buy the music legitimately so that the support the bad as well as their new addiction.
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    That's exactly how we feel! Thanks again!
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