YEP.
It’s true.
And I’m not even a natural blonde.
So here’s what happened…
In anticipation of releasing a new song, I compiled a list of about 250 blogs that were likely to share it based on their taste in music. One of which, was A Journal of Musical Things curated by Alan Cross. It took me weeks to send out all those submissions, and Alan’s was the very last one. After a few days, he wrote me back. He said he loved the song and that he wanted to play it on his show on 102.1 The Edge, and to email him an MP3.
I freaked out. I was so excited! I replied immediately with the MP3, my bio, EPK, all that good stuff. Then I took to social media to tell everyone I know to tune in.
So there I am, in my car, waiting to hear “Not Waiting”. Daniel’s in the house making a drink, I’m honking the horn as Alan starts… “new up and coming artist, Keegan Chambers, from York Region…
…with her new single ‘MIDNIGHT SKY’”
My heart stopped.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
I jumped out of the car and flung open my Macbook air, shaking as I typed “Alan Cross” into the search bar.
And there it was. I had attached the wrong f****ing MP3.
I froze.
I had been waiting for this moment practically my whole life - hearing my own original song on the radio. And I had accidentally sent him my cover of Miley Cyrus’ Midnight Sky, WHICH WASN’T EVEN RELEASED YET!
I mean, thank god it wasn’t a demo or literally anything else. BUT STILL! I robbed myself of the moment I’d been excitedly anticipating for days.
How embarrassing. What an absolute epic fail. lol FML.