Black Tie Lounge

I'm mad ticked off because I can't find the adapter for my camera. I recorded some video of Oscah's rehearsal from last night and was about to post it to his page on youtube and put the pics up. Looking for small things such as this remind me about how I always learn lessons when I'm looking for something. Funny how when you are missing something it becomes your favorite. It's crazy how I will look high and low for things that don't matter but the things that do I act like I can't search it out. I didn't mean to get philosophical with you but hey it is what it is. Preparing for this concert has been a big lesson in promotion. For one I'm very glad that I've gained support from The Roanoke Times, The New River Voice, and the NRV Current. I've connected with their Arts & Entertainment people and they each agreed to come out to the show. I hope they show up and that we can establish a solid relationship with them for the future. I'm prou...

I've been MIA from the blog scene for quite some time, so I have to return and give the people what they want. This week is pretty exciting. Oscah has his debut performance at Radford University. I'm excited. I've been learning more about media relations and how to approach reporters. I'm getting some insight into what it is like to work with artists, which has its ups and downs. To be honest, I'm being pulled in so many directions right now with finishing graduate school and looking onward to ward my career I have not been able to give his performances the attention that I have given if I was full time. As an aspiring PR account supervisor, I can't help but wonder how similar what I'm doing for him may be to doing client work. I'm holding my breath hoping that it is not this rough. I really wish I could have sat down with him and been more strategic about the moves he wanted to make and the PR programs that could support those efforts. We've been ab...

I forgot to mention that I passed my comprehensive exams!! With much prayer and support from others I got through it and I peformed. I was confident but you know how you got into something and never know exactly what is going to happen when you come out. I proved that I knew my stuff. My only discouragement was that my answers were not long enough or complete enough. I was given 4 questions each one an hour each. I had all my sources, but I packed so much into my answers that just to type out my responses took about 45 minutes alone. I was told that my responses should have been 5 - 8 pages long. Each of them was 4 pages max. So, I felt discouraged. I am proud that one of my committee members added a piece to a question on material I was unfamiliar with and was not previously exposed to. Even still, I worked the answers out. I saw my advisor the week before I got an official response and he told me as far as he was concerned I passed. This meant a lot because even though he is younger ...

It texted my friend that is finishing her MBA at Harvard Business School and she informed me of her blog. Then I thought about how I have not blogged since Oscah became the headlining act for Radford University's Spring Concert. To his credit he was featured in WUVT's Radio-a-thon, which was a great prep for the concert in about two weeks. I just came from Valley Towing, my car was towed while I was hanging out with some co-workers at the local spot. Now that's one more headache to get my credit card balance down. I'm not worried. I'm really not worried. I'm not sure if I told you all about my visit to NYC the week before Easter. Three of my closest friends traveled up for my friend's birthday --a female friend that I've known since sophomore year. It is always good to have good people in your life and that has been a common theme for me this past year. We made it out to the Nuyorican Cafe & Poet's Society. We did some shopping in Soho and visite...