Tue, 18 Dec 2007

Dec 18, 2007, 16:34 [home/music]
Another Jason Silver

Play this MP3:
A few days ago I stumbled upon a web site that mentioned someone named Jason Silver… and it wasn’t me.

Now, I’ve met a few Jason Silvers before, so that wasn’t what amazed me… what was so cool was that this Jason Silver was also a pastor. In fact, he was also a musician, and a worship leader! What are the chances that someone out there has your name and is doing the same job as you, with the same talents and abilities as you? I know this world is a big place, but come on! This is crazy!

Here’s a link to his web site, where I first stumbled upon him. (He’s since changed his name to Jay Silver). Here’s the church he works at, where the attached picture came from.

Here’s a link to an MP3 from his new album, called “Broken,” which will be released in September of 2008!

How cool is that?
~Jason

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Fri, 14 Dec 2007

Dec 14, 2007, 22:35 [home/music]
CBC Radio 3

Tonight I discovered that CBC radio has a section for Indie artists— no idea if I’ll get any exposure this way, but it can’t hurt to try. Here’s the link:
CBC Radio 3 / Bands / Jason Silver

~Jason

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Wed, 12 Dec 2007

Dec 12, 2007, 21:22 [home/music]
House Concerts

Hey, quick note— I wanted to ask you if you’d ever heard of house concerts?

If you’re in Canada, you’ll find more here:
http://www.acousticroof.ca/

Otherwise, you might want to check this one out:
http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/

The basic idea is that people who like music, open their home as a venue for house concerts… they decide the type of music they want to host, how many people they can seat in their living room, and then put their venue online for artists to see (on one of the sites above).

Artists can then contact these hosts, and if it’s a good fit, you’ve got a concert! The artist and the host work together to publicize it, decide ahead of time how much to charge per visitor, that kind of thing.

I’d love to play in this type of a setting, so if it seems like something you’d be interested in, let me know! Maybe I could come to a concert in your living room?!?

Thanks muchly,
Jason

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Tue, 04 Dec 2007

Dec 04, 2007, 22:56 [home/journal]
Jacked, Cracked, Hacked

Well, it finally happened to me.

Around 6:30 tonight, some jerk broke into my Gmail account, then used that to request passwords from my domain name and hosting web sites. He then changes the passwords of all these sites, and began purchasing additional services in my name.

Fortunately I am very sneaky, and I was able to yank this all back from him and reverse most of the charges on my credit cards. There are still one or two outstanding issues, but I think it's mostly taken care of.

I don't get why people are so evil. Is life so hopeless that we treat one another this way?

~Jason

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