Promo Tour Day 3

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 GALVESTON, TX

Two of the three TMI Boyz (Huskey and Sayeed), the DJ (XO), and one of the two managers (Reese) is from Galveston, so this is home base for TMI. We didn’t have much to do here but go to the FYE in-store because the guys have already worked this market to death over the past 4 months or so while finishing the album.

This is the second trip to this FYE location in a couple weeks, so we don’t expect the turnout to be too ridiculous. But we were surprised as friends and family did turn out again to support the group.

We just found out yesterday that we hit #1 on the Billboard charts for Rap single CD sales, and #8 on the Billboard HOT 100 CD single sales chart. Fucking awesome!!! That was NOT our goals, but it’s a welcomed plus. This will help us at radio and with our perception with the public. Our publicist, Nancy Byron (who is awesome, by the way), sent an email blast out to the industry, and my phone has been ringing from major labels for the past few hours. We have no intention of signing a deal, however. As an indie label that is properly financed, we have more going for us independently than any major could offer at this point.

It’s kinda like the difference between being a jet ski on the ocean. We are small and energetic and can move and turn easily. If we see a dangerous area we can turn our steering to avoid it, and the jet ski reacts immediately and accordingly. Major labels are like huge cruise ships. It’s difficult for them to maneuver and turn easily, but they are able to go long distances and feel very little wake or turbulence on the sea. The other boats get out of THEIR way instead of waiting for them to zip around them like a jet ski. Being a jet ski makes it easy to react to the market conditions that currently exist in this industry. That is why all of my indie labels have been doing better than the majors as a whole.

AB came through. He’s an incredible rapper (who happens to be white) that’s down with the TMI crew. He’s managed by Reese. He’s very soft spoken, but a beast on the mic. All the way back to Houston, Resse played the music he had with AB on it. He is no joke!

--wendy