I just received a Washington Blues Society nomination for Best Solo Blues Artist of 2009. This is a pleasant surprise! It’s nice to know that my efforts at playing acoustic Blues here in the Pacific Northwest have attracted some attention and appreciation by Blues fans here. Now, if I can just manage to find an agent, agency or personal manager willing to work with me, we can get this show on the road.

On Friday the 13th (3/13/09) I was invited by host Marley Walker to sing my song Wall Street Bail Out Blues on her long running Blues To Do Room program on public access SCAN TV cable channel 29/77 in Seattle. The video is the most recent version of this song that talks about our troubled economy. There was a wonderful group of folks in the studio audience that evening to support the band that would be offering a set of their music after my one song performance. Those listeners were full of energy and enjoyed my solo acoustic offering. You can check out the video at my OurStage page at the following link.

http://www.ourstage.com/fanclub/reggiemiles 

More fallout from Wall Street Journal writer Robert Tomsho's recent article, "No Dough in the Do Re Mi", featured on the cover of the WSJ on February 6th.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123387724064054525.html#identifier

This includes his article being released in the Euro branch of the Wall Street Journal on February 11th. His article will also soon be reprinted in the weekly French news magazine Courrier International. Their art department just contacted me with a request for a hi res photo to include with the reprint, scheduled to appear in their next issue.

I, of course, am both thrilled and amazed at the coverage that my song, "Wall Street Bail Out Blues", is continuing to receive via Rob's article. Who'd a thunk,  after all these years of being ignored by most of the main stream music media and denied attention by entire genres of music enthusiasts, music agents, agencies, festivals, bars, restaurants and yes, even some coffehouses, that I'd finally get more press than I could shake a stick at via this unlikely source. You can knock me over with a feather.

Stay true to your dreams!

In early October I wrote one of my latest songs called, “Wall Street Bail Out Blues.” Within four days of writing it, a video crew captured me playing it on the street at Seattle’s Pike Place Market and posted their video on YouTube. That video has now reached the attention of a writer for The Wall Street Journal who is writing an article about those who have written songs about our tough economic times. His article will be published  this week and I’m excited to read it.

Who knows where this might lead? Call me an optimist but I have a feeling that this could mean that a few more seconds of that elusive fifteen minutes of fame might be coming my way.

Hey, it ain’t the cover of the Rolling Stone but it’s not every day that a writer from a major worldwide news outlet seeks me out to talk to me about my songwriting. That’s a huge validation of my efforts at staying true to my vision. I must be doing something right.

Follow your dreams.

Reggie Miles