New Media Expo 2008

Well, I must say it was quite the whirlwind trip. I jumped on the plane at 6am, finally getting to Las Vegas, checked into the hotel and the hurried over to the Las Vegas Convention center with my trusty acoustic guitar.

No sooner had I caffeinated myself at the starbucks next door, I was whisked away to the www.twitlive.tv booth where I got to hang out with none other than Leo Laporte. We talked about my new record, the state of independent music, etc and then I played a few tunes, like “I’m a TWiT” and “Ones and 0s”. I even snuck in a few bars of “Message in a Bottle” when he asked me about my role in my Police Tribute band.

It was so cool and I must say, Leo is very very good at making you feel very much at ease, while we went out live in front of thousands on his live stream.

The rest of the day was even more crazy. I got to meet more influential new media icons and finally got to put faces and handshakes to friends I already have known for years.

This being my third New Media Expo, I knew where I had to be in the evening. After a quick meetup at the Revision 3 party, I hustled over to the show to see Natalie Gelman, Chance, Jonathan Coulton, and the ever so awesome, Richard Cheese. Good times for sure.

Chris Marquardt helped me shoot some scenes for my upcoming video blog for RingtoneFeeder. 

Then I got up the next morning and many hours later, got back to Nashville.

Whew. Nice to see that we are still keeping at this crazy thing called New Media and Podcasting and Independant Music.

 

Here is a shot of me singing at the TWiT Live booth.