What a Week! The Grammy Awards and Starting at Onesheet
As I begin this first tumbl, I wanted to introduce myself and touch on a few of my interests, one of which had its most important weekend of the year- The Grammy Awards. I am a music lover (yes, even Country), a technology junkie, and big sports fan- mainly The Saints, all things LSU, The Lakers, and Dodgers. I grew up in New Orleans and then moved to Southern California which explains my sports team affiliations. On a professional note, I just joined Onesheet.com in the last week, overseeing Marketing and Business Development. However, calling it work is a stretch as I get to work with great people and combine two of my favorite things- technology and music- and on top of that, we figure out ways to help bands improve and manage their web presence. While I work WITH a great team at Onesheet, I work FOR my dog, Louie, who’s picture you can find on here with plenty to come. I also manage a great band from San Francisco called The Family Crest, who you can check out here (http://onesheet.com/TheFamilyCrest/#).
This was a roller coaster weekend for myself and all music lovers, with The Grammy Awards and the unfortunate passing of Whitney Houston. The big winner on Sunday night was Adele, who won all six of the categories she was nominated for and all the major awards in her genre. Some other great stories on Sunday night were Skrillex who managed to take home three awards and Bon Iver who took home two awards, one of which was Best New Artist despite irritation from some as he released his first album years ago.
Of course, the night was overshadowed in some ways by the passing of Whitney on Saturday night. While her musical career is second to none and all of her #1’s speak for themselves, she held a special place in my musical heart as she was the first artist I ever saw perform live when I was about five years old living in New Orleans. So in all it was quite a week for me personally and professionally…and for music fans all over the world. I can’t wait to see what the rest of 2012 holds in store for all of us!
Talk soon,
Jim
