MATT THIEN: shows

So, halfway through the set, the March 14th Atlanta tornado touched down. The rain poured down so hard that the enclosed patio at Java Monkey flooded. We had to scramble to get all the equipment to dry ground. It was like a scene from a movie where everyone came together to 'save' the day! It was a true crazy experience always to be remembered in my music career! Check out the video that was recorded as the storm was hitting the area.

So, this was my first show where I had my CD's for sale. I sold 6 of them! I can't complain there were only like 30-40 people there anyway. I guess that's not a bad percentage! I must remind myself that it's not about CD sales, but about making a lasting impression on people in a good way!

I played a bunch of songs and Chase Lamondo represented his smooth chill surfer style! Ya'll definitely need to check him out at myspace.com/chaselamondo

Well, thanks to all the people who came out...it was cool meeting some of you who already know my songs! Thanks to everyone who has my songs on their myspace pages, etc....I LOVE YOU!

So, 20 performers, 3 get called back, 1 wins! As usual 3 'out-of-town' acts get called back. So, I've played there twice now and both times they've catered to the out of town folks. Don't think that these acts that got called back were bad, they were really good. It's just frustrating being a local guy who is just that...'a local guy'!

Enough of my ranting. I played a new song called "Wake Up" and everyone seemed to like it! It was so new that I didn't even have a second verse set in stone, so I winged it and it turned out all right! I also played 'Find my Way' and it turned out very well!

I love performing on that stage...to think John Mayer used to play on that stage and probably think the same thoughts I did...OK, maybe not, but just let ME think that!