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I think it should be illegal to have to get out of bed before the sun shines through your window and you wake up of your own accord, which is why I slept until 11:30 this morning. I can tell you right now that I sleep a lot later on overcast days, unless, of course I have to wake up for something. I should just begin telling people it's against my religion to use an alarm clock. I've not made too much more progress on the projects I embarked on earlier this week. I've gathered data but it's all pretty much inconclusive. I did find a pretty good book that I think will give me a hand in this publicity business. I'm wishing I had the money to go on a shopping spree and buy anything and everything that may help teach me how to do this stuff. I'm pretty creative and have a solid idea of what job I'm trying to accomplish (obviously, or I do think I would be up the creek without a paddle..pardon the cliche) but there are tricks of the trade and I believe we have a disadvantage for being a band that has a relatively small and localized fan base. I decided to take a poll of what kind of people are listening to the guys via myspace, and 99% of the "friends" listed on their first two pages were listed for business reasons. They were either there for advertisement or they were there in hopes The Campaign would need them for some activity or another. I think one of the biggest problems they have with getting a solid audience is that they don't really know what image they're trying to present. They have multiple faces, and it's difficult to adhere their sound and attitude to a specific market. I suppose that could be a benefit later on in the game, it would at least make it easier for expansion, but for the time being it's driving me nuts. These guys are experienced, but now they've asked me to help them, and I want to give them everything that could possibly establish a great presence for the band. They've released two full-length albums (their debut album Jazz for Burning in 2005 and Blood for Nashville in 2006), and if you were to Google them there'd be multiple direct hits, they're just working on a new chapter of their band by dropping a few of the original members and adding Matt Ring on drums. The majority of them all played in a band together a few years back that, I believe, opened for The Misfits. I'll have to get back to you on the details of that, because I can't remember what all Matt has told me over the past two years. ha.