Hi

Hey everybody! So, yesterday was the Homeschool Expo and I played Yourself for everyone. Darby, Preston and I also played Hold My Hand (Hootie And The Blowfish) and everyone was very pleased... I didn't sell any CDs, only one that Ron bought. The girl that was there from Lakeshore News (the newspaper) was really nice and she was asking me a ton of questions and taking lots of pictures so I bet we'll be in the paper.
I'll post pics soon. They're on my computer now, so that's good.
I'm working on making a few webpages on other music sites. Here are a few links. I'm still working on all of them, though.
http://www.purevolume.com/kristenmcneilly
http://www.myspace.com/kristenmcneilly
I'm also trying to get an account at MP3.com
So yeah! As far as sending stuff to record labels goes, I'm thinking of sending one to Tooth And Nail Records and Maple Music Recordings. Both are smaller and have some great bands signed. They both sign a lot of Canadian artists (Hawk Nelson, FM Static, Thousand Foot Krutch, tegan And Sara, David Usher), and I checked their sites for info on their A&R departments, both of which claim to be "Open to new music" and to "love new artists, just send us a demo CD". So yeah...hopefully that will work out.
I've been pleasantly surprised with the success of this new album. I didn't expect it to turn out so great! One thing that's really shocking me is that a lot of people are complimenting me on my voice, which I always felt was one of my weaker talents. ONe kid at the expo was saying "she has a perfect voice! It's just so perfect" and a bunch of the girls at Youth were like "you sing so pretty" (?)...so yeah! One lady from church (Brendan R.'s grandma - she's really nice) paid me twenty dollars, which was really, really generous, for my CD. Yeah, so the response so far has been great and I can't wait to start getting my music more out in the open.
Anyways...all for now!
-Kristen McNeilly :P