GMA Week with Adam Wright

Recently I ventured up I-65 to Nashville for the Gospel Music Awards Week to help support my friend Adam Wright, who was there with Indie Community.

Adam and I both arrived mid-afternoon Sunday, April 2 in time to hang out, grab some pizza, then head over to Rocketown and get ready for the Indie Community Showcase that night. The showcase featured Candlefuse, Solomon's Wish, Distal, Captured and Hyperstatic Union on the main theatre state. In the coffee shop, Judd and Maggie headlined the night, while North of Here, Adam and Josh Hilikar all were featured in accoustic sets.

The night went well, despite tornados moving through the Nashville area. Both mine and Adam's cell phone had numerous voice messages from friends and family checking to see if we were ok in the weather, while we were clueless about its strength. A few positive contacts were made that night with Grass Roots Music, some promotors and other bands.

After we made our way back to our motel in north Nashville and were able to get some sleep, we went back downtown in the morning on Monday to the Nashville Convention Center for the exhibition. We missed out on hearing Donald Miller speak that morning, but I still managed to get an Adam Wright CD in his hand and a DM book in Adam's hand.

The first day of the exhibition went well, as we made contacts with Poor Rich Folk from Ft. Worth, Texas and some other bands that hopefully Adam will have some playing time with in the future. We had the opportunity to stop Jars of Clay in the hall and talk with them briefly about BloodWater Mission and also managed to slip some CDs into the hands of some radio stations around the nation and world.

It's still early to see what effects last week will have on Adam's future music career, but the ball is rolling. Hopefully the career will be able to take off soon.

If you have not heard Adam play, please visit his myspace page and sample his stuff and check out his schedule. The "official website" will hopefully be back up and going in the months to come, as Adam is gearing up to hit the studio for his second recording project.

If you wish to purchase a copy of his first CD, Right By My Side, please visit CDbaby.com.