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Video Blog Episode 6.

Song title: A man who loved me?

To contribute to kickstarter fundraiser: CLICK HERE

Hello from the insane mind of Geri X:

We are getting close to Christmas and even closer to the New Year.

Most of you know (if you’ve been watching my video blogs) that I will be leaving for a West Coast tour come January 20^th.  Not only is this an acoustic tour, but its solo, which means me by myself in the car with only my guitar and amp and the road. This is the first time I will be heading out on the road by myself and needless to say I am both excited and nervous.

You can never prepare enough for what might happen out there and the nature of the game of being a touring musician (or a musician in general) is that “what can happen, will happen”. I think we all know that from my track record this summer… With that said, I am fundraising again. This time it’s a bit different. I created a profile on KickStarter (a website specifically built to help projects get funded). The catch there is that at the end of the 30 day fundraising period if I haven’t hit the goal I don’t receive any of the money.

So, again, I am asking for your support in helping me hit the goal to be able to go out on tour a little less strapped and stressed. If the car breaks down, I’s like to be able to fix it, if a gig falls through, Id like to sleep in a bed instead of on a bench. Bottom line is, this crazy thing I’m doing, I’m doing for the love of music and the fans. I can’t do it without you. Whatever you can contribute would be greatly appreciated and rewarded. This fundraiser works almost like a guaranteed raffle. You receive something for each dollar donated.

Please, please, please visit this link: Kick Starter Geri X Fundraiser

Donate $1, $5, $20, $50, $500…whatever you can do will help me more than you know. This would be the greatest Christmas present yet if I can reach a goal for funding this tour.

Thank you guys for your continuous support and for having my back, I’m lost without you.

Love,

Crazy Geri X.

DONATE WHAT YOU CAN FOR GERI X’s SOLO TOUR in 2011!

Video Blog Episode 4 featuring Noah Engh THE KID FANTASTIC www.thekidfantastic.com

Any contribution that you can comfortably make will help. All donations are greatly appreciated!

<3
Geri X

To whom it may concern:

I would like to set the public record straight as to the dealings of last night.

First, thank you so much for coming and being a part of it. I spent so much time preparing for this night, making the cds, making sure all looked well, slide show, lights (with the help and generosity of JThor Productions), promoting and having a lengthy sound check to make sure all works. Technical things aside, I was just excited as all hell to put out another cd and play a show in my home town because it always feels good.

I have been battling what seems to be the flu this whole week and although I though I’d be ok, I apparently wasn’t.

So, to set the record straight, NO I did not get drunk,wasted,sloshed or blazed. I was sick. My voice was gone during soundcheck but then started to come back during our first acoustic set, and by the last song my arm from the elbow down all the way to the tips of my fingers cramped ( which is why I stopped playing ) and my vocal cords felt like they were strung on so tight they would snap. EmergenC, flu meds, and a lost voice was my combination for disaster.

To recap: I was not drunk, or intoxicated. I was sick and still am, which is why I walked back stage and cried. This was the first show I have never finished and I am so so sorry. I feel like I’ve failed you guys, but there was no way for me to finish.

Thank you again for coming out, and if you didn’t get a chance to grab an EP, they are still for sale here on our website under the store tab.

I hope last night was not a discouragement to coming to my shows in the future. I hope I’m allowed a bad night and a sick day in this industry.

Love you all

Geri X