Good Friday to you all !

So a few days ago, I decided to get Google Alerts working for me, and I'm semi-impressed with it.  It picks up some real Great Big Sea content, but it also picks up a lot of other non related GBS stuff.

All in all though, I'm impressed with it.

 Take for example this morning, I opened up my Gmail, and here's a Google Alert, which has a mention of Great Big Sea.

http://ciliandis.livejournal.com/106397.html

It's a tiny mention, but it's a Great Big Sea fan, writing on her live journal.  A very small reference to Great Big Sea, but -still- it's there. It kind of made me smile, thinking people all over, are affected by Great Big Sea's music.  It's really a small world, isn't it.

Quote: 

"Also: apparently Great Big Sea in the car on the way down was not received as enthusiastically by the other passengers. Even though it was Billy Peddle! Billy freakin' Peddle, come ONNN. How can you not rock out to that. Sigh. I am in Boston with the wrong company, damnit."

 

Another good Google Alert :

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJUYpXPbUsKaEGLEn2XZZ21H6f5w

Great Big Sea and Donna Summer? Concert schedule packed with diverse lineups

4 hours ago

VANCOUVER — They're not exactly artists you'd expect to see on the same bill: Buck 65 and Tom Petty, Great Big Sea and Donna Summer, Jay-Z and Crowded House.

While the summer concert season boasts a jam-packed schedule this year, organizers are relying on diverse and eclectic lineups to draw in the crowds.

It's resulted in a Winnipeg Folk Festival headlined by mod hero Ray Davies, an Ottawa blues fest rounded out by Great Big Sea, and Montreal's Osheaga rock weekend featuring soul singer Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

Here's a a very interesting snippit about record / album / CD sales:

On this side of the pond, eclecticism has become a hallmark of Ottawa's massive Bluesfest. Despite its name, the 10-day festival includes such diverse acts as indie queen Feist, disco diva Donna Summer, Celtic party band Great Big Sea and folk legend James Taylor when it kicks off July 3.

All this concert activity is a reflection of plummeting CD sales, which have made touring an essential source of income for bands.

"They're looking at other ways to get out there, and there will always be a market for live music," says Brophy.

"They spend a month and $10,000 on the album, but then the next two years playing 500 shows. That's their core business now."

The album - which used to be the product of months of agonizing studio work - has become another piece of merchandise stacked alongside T-shirts and stickers at a concert.

"You can't underestimate the desire for a music fan to want to be in the same place with 15,000 other people, listening to and screaming along to their favourite songs," Brophy says.

"I am in Boston with the wrong company, damnit."

And i am in Bawlf with the wrong company.