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As for McCarley, one story for you.

When we first saw her play, backed by band, in a coffee shop in San Diego…the place was packed standing room only with several hundred people. Before she came on stage, nobody was paying attention. The audience was all chatting noisily in various groups.

When she hit the first couple notes with her voice, everyone in the audience stopped talking and turned towards her, totally transfixed. It was as if, in that moment, nothing else mattered for that audience except listening to her sing.

When she paused between songs, everyone in the audience all spontaneously appeared to turn to nearby friends and say something along the lines of: “DAMN! She’s incredible. She’s going to be a national act and were gonna be bragging to our friends that we used to see her play coffee shops in San Diego.”

It was a feeling that we were all seeing a very exceptional performer, and we were of the lucky few to see her intimate coffee shop performances before she got discovered and went national, and put San Diego coffee shops far behind her.

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As for McCarley, one story for you.

When we first saw her play, backed by band, in a coffee shop in San Diego…the place was packed standing room only with several hundred people. Before she came on stage, nobody was paying attention. The audience was all chatting noisily in various groups.

When she hit the first couple notes with her voice, everyone in the audience stopped talking and turned towards her, totally transfixed. It was as if, in that moment, nothing else mattered for that audience except listening to her sing.

When she paused between songs, everyone in the audience all spontaneously appeared to turn to nearby friends and say something along the lines of: “DAMN! She’s incredible. She’s going to be a national act and were gonna be bragging to our friends that we used to see her play coffee shops in San Diego.”

It was a feeling that we were all seeing a very exceptional performer, and we were of the lucky few to see her intimate coffee shop performances before she got discovered and went national, and put San Diego coffee shops far behind her.

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As for McCarley, one story for you.

When we first saw her play, backed by band, in a coffee shop in San Diego…the place was packed standing room only with several hundred people. Before she came on stage, nobody was paying attention. The audience was all chatting noisily in various groups.

When she hit the first couple notes with her voice, everyone in the audience stopped talking and turned towards her, totally transfixed. It was as if, in that moment, nothing else mattered for that audience except listening to her sing.

When she paused between songs, everyone in the audience all spontaneously appeared to turn to nearby friends and say something along the lines of: “DAMN! She’s incredible. She’s going to be a national act and were gonna be bragging to our friends that we used to see her play coffee shops in San Diego.”

It was a feeling that we were all seeing a very exceptional performer, and we were of the lucky few to see her intimate coffee shop performances before she got discovered and went national, and put San Diego coffee shops far behind her.

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By the way I have listened to the links others have posted, such as
Antoine Dufour
The Swell Season
Andrew White

I agree they are all very good. I would definitely pay to see any of them when they visit the Bay Area.

In particular, I’m finding Antoine Dufour’s acoustic pieces to be very catchy. I’m not saying his music is marketable on a national level, but as a (amateur) guitarist myself, it is amazing to see what a pro like Antoine can do with that guitar.

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By the way I have listened to the links others have posted, such as
Antoine Dufour
The Swell Season
Andrew White

I agree they are all very good. I would definitely pay to see any of them when they visit the Bay Area.

In particular, I’m finding Antoine Dufour’s acoustic pieces to be very catchy. I’m not saying his music is marketable on a national level, but as a (amateur) guitarist myself, it is amazing to see what a pro like Antoine can do with that guitar.

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By the way I have listened to the links others have posted, such as
Antoine Dufour
The Swell Season
Andrew White

I agree they are all very good. I would definitely pay to see any of them when they visit the Bay Area.

In particular, I’m finding Antoine Dufour’s acoustic pieces to be very catchy. I’m not saying his music is marketable on a national level, but as a (amateur) guitarist myself, it is amazing to see what a pro like Antoine can do with that guitar.

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By the way I have listened to the links others have posted, such as
Antoine Dufour
The Swell Season
Andrew White

I agree they are all very good. I would definitely pay to see any of them when they visit the Bay Area.

In particular, I’m finding Antoine Dufour’s acoustic pieces to be very catchy. I’m not saying his music is marketable on a national level, but as a (amateur) guitarist myself, it is amazing to see what a pro like Antoine can do with that guitar.

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By the way I have listened to the links others have posted, such as
Antoine Dufour
The Swell Season
Andrew White

I agree they are all very good. I would definitely pay to see any of them when they visit the Bay Area.

In particular, I’m finding Antoine Dufour’s acoustic pieces to be very catchy. I’m not saying his music is marketable on a national level, but as a (amateur) guitarist myself, it is amazing to see what a pro like Antoine can do with that guitar.

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Here is an artist we had the luck to hear in person, when she played the coffee houses of San Diego.
Her career is now taking off; as I knew it would the first time I heard her singing. She has the total package.
She’s gorgeous. The camera loves her. Tons of energy on stage, audience cannot take eyes away. She has an exquisite voice. She knows how to write songs with depth but which are also VERY marketable. If there was a way to invest $100,000 in her, as a business, I would. She’s that good.

Erin McCarley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_SQxs6OIk

http://www.myspace.com/erinmccarley
(Listen to Pony rough mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaJK7AMPsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIzJUrViY4

And those great songs are not even her best stuff. Her best stuff is not currently available as it is under license for yet-to-be-released records. She was picked up by a national label.

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Here is an artist we had the luck to hear in person, when she played the coffee houses of San Diego.
Her career is now taking off; as I knew it would the first time I heard her singing. She has the total package.
She’s gorgeous. The camera loves her. Tons of energy on stage, audience cannot take eyes away. She has an exquisite voice. She knows how to write songs with depth but which are also VERY marketable. If there was a way to invest $100,000 in her, as a business, I would. She’s that good.

Erin McCarley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_SQxs6OIk

http://www.myspace.com/erinmccarley
(Listen to Pony rough mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaJK7AMPsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIzJUrViY4

And those great songs are not even her best stuff. Her best stuff is not currently available as it is under license for yet-to-be-released records. She was picked up by a national label.

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Here is an artist we had the luck to hear in person, when she played the coffee houses of San Diego.
Her career is now taking off; as I knew it would the first time I heard her singing. She has the total package.
She’s gorgeous. The camera loves her. Tons of energy on stage, audience cannot take eyes away. She has an exquisite voice. She knows how to write songs with depth but which are also VERY marketable. If there was a way to invest $100,000 in her, as a business, I would. She’s that good.

Erin McCarley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_SQxs6OIk

http://www.myspace.com/erinmccarley
(Listen to Pony rough mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaJK7AMPsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIzJUrViY4

And those great songs are not even her best stuff. Her best stuff is not currently available as it is under license for yet-to-be-released records. She was picked up by a national label.

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Here is an artist we had the luck to hear in person, when she played the coffee houses of San Diego.
Her career is now taking off; as I knew it would the first time I heard her singing. She has the total package.
She’s gorgeous. The camera loves her. Tons of energy on stage, audience cannot take eyes away. She has an exquisite voice. She knows how to write songs with depth but which are also VERY marketable. If there was a way to invest $100,000 in her, as a business, I would. She’s that good.

Erin McCarley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_SQxs6OIk

http://www.myspace.com/erinmccarley
(Listen to Pony rough mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaJK7AMPsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIzJUrViY4

And those great songs are not even her best stuff. Her best stuff is not currently available as it is under license for yet-to-be-released records. She was picked up by a national label.

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Here is an artist we had the luck to hear in person, when she played the coffee houses of San Diego.
Her career is now taking off; as I knew it would the first time I heard her singing. She has the total package.
She’s gorgeous. The camera loves her. Tons of energy on stage, audience cannot take eyes away. She has an exquisite voice. She knows how to write songs with depth but which are also VERY marketable. If there was a way to invest $100,000 in her, as a business, I would. She’s that good.

Erin McCarley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_SQxs6OIk

http://www.myspace.com/erinmccarley
(Listen to Pony rough mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaJK7AMPsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIzJUrViY4

And those great songs are not even her best stuff. Her best stuff is not currently available as it is under license for yet-to-be-released records. She was picked up by a national label.

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I did short oil, too early, at about $90/bbl. Within 45 days I was up 25% on that position, net, but that was thanks to the overall decline in the stock markets of about 20%. I should have sold that position THEN. FYI, it wasn’t technically a short oil position but more a short position on the Oil & Gas Index, as I bought the ProShares short ETF, “DLG” which is 2X leveraged for inverse gains against the Oil & Gas Index.

Now with oil having touched $120/bbl, i’m getting my butt kicked by still holding that DLG position. Of course, I’m not stupid. I never put more than 10% of my portfolio into that risky bet.

HOwever, oil has fallen $10/bbl in the last few days. Let’s hope that trend continues. There are A LOT of people much smarter than I who are experts on the oil sector and who are currently talking SPECULATIVE BUBBLE in oil, and are shorting oil.

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I did short oil, too early, at about $90/bbl. Within 45 days I was up 25% on that position, net, but that was thanks to the overall decline in the stock markets of about 20%. I should have sold that position THEN. FYI, it wasn’t technically a short oil position but more a short position on the Oil & Gas Index, as I bought the ProShares short ETF, “DLG” which is 2X leveraged for inverse gains against the Oil & Gas Index.

Now with oil having touched $120/bbl, i’m getting my butt kicked by still holding that DLG position. Of course, I’m not stupid. I never put more than 10% of my portfolio into that risky bet.

HOwever, oil has fallen $10/bbl in the last few days. Let’s hope that trend continues. There are A LOT of people much smarter than I who are experts on the oil sector and who are currently talking SPECULATIVE BUBBLE in oil, and are shorting oil.

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