Pieces of My Dream

Today, I heard my song "How To Tell If Your Man Is On The Down Low" on the radio. Atlanta's top rated radio show "The Frank and Wanda Morning Show" played the song for the first time during a trite discussion with J.L.King.

Once I realized what the show's topic was about *call from my boo Dereck,* I called V103's Assistant Program Director Tosha Love to remind her that she has my CD and at least could play it during the discussion. Then I called radio personality and friend Jean Ross who works at WAOK - V103's sister station that's housed in the same building to ask her to take a copy in to the morning show. Props to her because she's the first person on radio that I know of that played the song and another song "Shake Yo Body" from the CD. Then I called J.L. King on his cell phone (his alter ego "33" and I are friends - blog on this soon to come) during one of the commercial breaks and told him to make sure that the show played it. But at that point, I was at a loss as to what else I could do to make the play happen.

So then I decided to go down to the station and sit in their lobby in hopes to meeting with someone who could help me achieve a piece of my dream. I followed employees of the radio station into the bathroom and passed them a CD to take in to my favorite morning show. I badgered (not really but really - Janet Jack is sooo sweet and hardworking) the receptionist and noted to everyone at the station within my voice that I wasn't leaving until my song was played. After being in the lobby for about 45 minutes (naturally, no one would meet with me on the spot) and after passing about 8 copies of my CD "Closets on Fire," AND a whole lot of prayers (momma taught me to pray) my phone began to blow up.

First my friends and co-workers at ARCA called. Then my friend and dancer Coy called in which I could hear it blasting in the background. Then my best friend David called and I could still hear it in the background. Then about thirty more calls came in from friends to say congratulations and that they heard the song. How hot is this?

I jumped. I danced. I shouted. I thanked God. I celebrated with the rap group visiting the station early in hopes that Tosha would listen to their new CD and song, in hopes that V103 would do for the them the very thing that they were doing for me, PLAYING AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST'S SONG. For this group, I suddenly moved from a fellow independent artist to expert on how to get a song played on V103. This was a great feeling.

So with a lot of perserverance and nothing short of a blessing, I've achieved another piece of my dream. I hold on tight to soon, and hopefully very soon (a brotha got some bills to pay and a daughter to put through college) very soon, these little pieces are going to add up to a dream fulfilled.