You have received the AfterLife, the life of Jason Eller and AfterNine.

October Dates for Jason Eller           http://AfterNineRocks.com

Fri, 1   (Grand Rapids, MI)           9:00pm  Tap's Sports Bar
          No Cover to get in.  $3 cover to get on 2nd floor (Dance Club)

Thu, 7  (Rutland, VT)                9:00pm  College of St. Joseph

Tues, 12 (The World)                8-12pm  LakeFxRadio.com  Interview
          Listen to http://LakeFxRadio.com for an interview with DJ Nikkolys @
Night.

Thu, 14  (Grand Rapids, MI)   9:30pm  Billy’s Lounge w/ Brian VanderArk
          Jason will be the guest opener for Brian VanderArk as he makes his
way into Michigan.  The first opener is TBA.

Sun, 24  (Middleville, MI)        6-10pm  Champs Bar and Grill – Bike Night
          Keeping the cycle season open as long as possible.

Newbies
So many new friends and fans of the music; this is great.  Without you signing
up to experience the AfterLife, the leaps made from previous years to now
would be nullified.  January 27, 1998 was Jason’s first show ever @ Four
Friends Coffee shop in Grand Rapids, and now here we are; geared up to travel
the country.

Opportunities
These last few months have created great opportunities. From GRTV, to
Celebration on the Grand, playing live on WLAV with Toni Gates to opening for
Brian VanderArk of the Verve Pipe:  it has been 6 years since we began.  And,
as in life, if we continue to look at where we were and where we are now, it’s
one step back (sometimes two), but at the end of the day we see forward
motion.  Here, we see personal growth and personal success.  It all depends on
what you use for your measuring stick: what others want for you – or what you
want for you. 

Living on the Road
“Baltimore, 3am.  I’ve just finished a drink at “The Horse You Came in On”
saloon and have retired to my Subaru for the evening, when a man, disheveled
and looking homeless knocks on the window of my car.  He says, “How about the
money you were going to give me when you were done at the restaurant?”  I
offered him nothing but luck and thought, ‘Either this guy is delusional or
this is the scam he uses to get money from strangers’.  With him on his way,
and I in my sleeping bag stretched out with Mercedes in the back, I spend my
first night in my car; a sight that will be seen more than once before this
first tour is over.”
Actually, “Life on the Road” is not a correct statement.  As of today, the
longest stint Jason has been on is two weeks; this from Michigan to North
Carolina, up to New York and one date in Connecticut.  The greatest reward for
all of this:  the awesome people.   There aren’t hundreds of people @ each
venue by any means, but cherished are those who stay for the whole show, then
hang out afterwards.  And the hotels…..wow!  It is so easy to stay up until
4am watching SpongeBob or VH1 Classics with ‘Glass Tiger’, when you don’t have
cable at home. So at this point, we wouldn’t say Jason is “living on the road”
just yet.  How about “Visiting the road?”
 
New York
What a great town.  It’s huge and the people are very friendly……Friendly
meaning people you say, “Hello,” to on the street either ignore you, grunt
their hello, or stop to have a conversation and ask you for money for
the “Children International Foundation”.  Oh yeah. Our ‘tech guy’ had his
computer stolen in Manhattan.  Son of a B!tch!  Hopefully, a new computer will
be delivered this week and AfterNine, the business, will surpass this setback.

Agent
It’s amazing the risks involved with an agent.  While on the road, 3 shows
were cancelled (including the Democratic Rally – due to hurricane Ivan), 2
were picked up, and AfterNine was paid for the cancelled shows, due to
language in the contract.  It can be nerve-racking at times when the hotel has
held $100 on the credit card and we’re calling the agent asking for 30 dollars
in the bank account for gas money.  It’s hectic sometimes, but it’s an eye-
opener to react to all the new experiences that come our way. 

Lake Fx Radio
Lake FX Radio is continuing to be a great asset and catalyst in Jason’s
success.  Not only are they continuing to rotate Jason daily, on October in
the 12th, Jason will be recording with DJ Nikkolys @ Night for that evening’s
show.  This will include an interview, and a CD spotlight where Jason gets to
talk about all of the meaning behind the songs.
Thank you to all of you who have put messages on the Lake FX Message Board,
please continue to make requests.  You can request any song off the cd. 
Listen to Lake FX radio on the web and add to the message board @
http://LakeFXRadio.com

Merchandise
T-Shirts are now available at each live show for $12.  A copy of the DVD from
Jason's show and interview with GRTV would be available now, but was in the
computer bag when it was stolen.  It will be available soon, once the
insurance company comes through for the stolen computer.

Personal Emails
Thank you for all the personal emails that have come in regarding
questions on cancellations, life after a steady paycheck, and general
friendship-type stuff.  All of your emails will be returned.  If you have not
received a response, we apologize.  You may have been the one we missed.  It
is
the personal emails that keep AfterNine alive when shows cancel or things
don't
go quite the way they were supposed to.

Song Spotlight
”This is a heart breaker.  With my computer stolen, I do not have access to
all of my songs, but plan to continue this section next month.  If there is a
song you’d like to have explained please email me personally
(Jason@afterninerocks.com) or simply reply to The AfterLife.”

That's it.
   That's the AfterLife

AfterNine

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