Ah, Las Vegas, the city I love to hate.

Unless I’m there with 100+ independent music artists who are serious about our music and learning from Tim Sweeney & Associates how to develop our music careers. Then Vegas is the place to be.

The info Tim has to share is priceless, but the connections with other music artists is, if anything, even more valuable. I’ve been invited to perform in New Jersey and Chicago, so watch my music schedule for some out of town gigs later this year.

One highlight of the Music Strategies conference is always the concerts where every participant gets a chance to perform. Enjoy the video below, filmed live on Saturday night, and let me know what you think!

(Kinda cool that I get to say I played Caesar’s Palace.)

And now, after an exhausting day of trying to catch up with emails and client deadlines (yeah, right), I’m going to keep this post short and head out for a walk by the Bay.

Steve Myerson on keyboard, Kristin Korb on bass, Jay Setar on drums.

And in case you can’t understand the words, here are the lyrics:

Online Dating Blues

Late one night, you’re all alone at your machine,
Suddenly a website appears on your screen.
It’s a dating site. (You know the kind) You think, “What have I got to lose?”
(Well, $34.99 a month, it turns out!)
That’s how it starts, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues.

So you type in your credit card to start shopping for men.
You check off what you’re looking for: handsome, rich and thin.
Only three guys pop up. And honestly, if you had to choose… 
(Maybe being single isn’t so bad after all!)
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues.

You check your mailbox in the morning. You stay up late at night.
You know you should be working, but instead you’re on the site,
Reading profiles, and checking email every hour for any news.
(On the hour, and the half hour, too!) 
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues.

Now you’ve browsed three dozen profiles, and you’re starting to wonder
Why all of the men your age want someone fifteen years younger!
It’s enough to make a girl just want to give up and go out shopping for shoes!
(Time for a little retail therapy.)
That’s when you know you’ve got the Online Dating Blues!

—

You decide to take a gamble, so you email seven guys.
But your ego takes a beating when not one of them replies!
It’s like playing the slots in Vegas: most of the time you lose! 
(But you keep trying for that jackpot.)
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues.

Now you’re deep in correspondence, the best you’ve had in years.
You start to get your hopes up then the guy just disappears!
He won’t return your emails or your phone calls, it’s like he handed you a Rubik’s Cube.
(Now you’re obsessing, driving yourself crazy trying to figure it out.)
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues.

You check your mailbox in the morning. You stay up late at night.
You know you should be working, but instead you’re on the site,
Reading profiles, and checking email every hour for any news.
(Ah, hell, you know you’re checking it every five minutes!)
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues.

Now you finally get a date, but when he walks in the door
You realize his pictures are from 20 pounds ago!
(And he wasn’t a stringbean then…) I guess it’s just called “paying your dues.”
(This kind of thing happens to everyone online.)
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating,
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating,
That’s how it goes, you’ve got the Online Dating Blues! 

©Melissa Dinwiddie 2009