Jody Gnant on Weekend America: Saturday, January 26

Hey Gnant fans — check out NPR’s Weekend America program on Saturday, January 26, for an in-depth story on Jody Gnant and her lifecast. The story will run almost nine minutes, and will include interviews with Jody and some of her friends and fans, as well as some music from Jody’s latest album, Pivot.

Stations and air times differ by region/state, but you can find a list of stations and air times here. If you miss the live radio segment, you should be able to catch it online here, after it airs.

Reporter Rene Gutel put this story together, on the heels of a widely-heard shorter NPR segment she did on Jody, which aired Thursday, January 24. You can stream that segment here.

Be sure to tune in tomorrow! There’s nothing better on the radio right now anyway.

How “Independent” Can An Independent Artist Be?

I just got this letter from Kempion (a regular on our stream at jodygnant.tv) and I wanted to share it with you immediately.  Thanks for “getting it” Kempion.  Keep on rocking the free world (and parts of Canada!)

HUGS

\o/

How “Independent” Can An Independent Artist Be?

By Matt – a.k.a. Kempion

Jody Gnant, singer/songwriter and independent recording artist, is the best example of what it means to be an independent artist. Jody Gnant is a pioneer in a network of tangled chaos, yet she brings it all together seamlessly in a marketing model of her own design.

While capturing every moment of her life on her lifecast, Jody has assembled a legion of supporters. Her supporters come from all around the world and from all walks of life.  They give their support to what they know is a worthy cause: Jody Gnant and her music.

As Jody says, “none of us are as powerful as all of us.”

In the roughly six months Jody has been broadcasting her life, Jody has brought together an eclectic group of people whose skills support what Jody is trying to accomplish – which is nothing short of changing the recording industry, if not the entire world.  Programmers, script writers, graphic designers, web designers, computer and network specialists — as well as fellow musicians — routinely lend a helping hand to Ms. Gnant and her projects.

Jody Gnant is very much an independent artist and a capable woman in her own right, but the power on the Internet has added a dimension to Jody Gnant’s career which no one could have imagined at the outset… that is except, of course, for Jody.  With the influx of new ideas, new friends with skills, and a broadening fan base, Jody Gnant is realizing her dreams one day at a time.

The Internet has also given Jody more avenues to reach out to supporters and to sponsors.  Recently, Jody has acquired several sponsorships, including Pathway Clothing (http://www.pathwayusa.com), Zipfizz (http://www.zipfizz.com) and Averatec (http://www.averatec.com) to name a few – with others considering their sponsorship of Jody Gnant and her music.  These sponsors came onboard with Jody as a result of her being accessible via the Internet.

Most importantly, Jody’s business model has created a fan base: The Legion.  Hundreds, if not thousands in number, The Legion drives Jody, keeping her on track and motivated.  The Legion is the catch here.  Where do they come from?  They come from everywhere.  Who are they? They are you and me, us… We are Legion… and we are growing.

As The Legion grows and gains strength worldwide, and its voice is heard by business and industry, Jody’s passion – her music – will get out for the world to hear.  This kind of marketing strategy has never been attempted before, and certainly nothing of the scale of The Legion has ever gained a head of steam.  What will happen in the end, we can only speculate, but we do know it’s working because Jody is selling CDs to fans in far-flung places.

With cross-cultural appeal which ignores all borders and walls, how can Jody Gnant go wrong?  She has already succeeded in proving her strategy works.  Now, it’s just a matter of who is willing to take the plunge with Jody.  We know The Legion stands ready to inundate potential sponsors.  We know embedded advertising works.  Will the world-wide business community step up and share in the rewards?

Gettin’ Jiggy with Diddy and Jody Gnant

As most of you know, the Super Bowl will be in Phoenix this year, and it brings more than a hundred high-profile parties with it. Over the course of the weekend, everybody from 50 Cent and Paris Hilton to John Travolta and Hugh Heffner will be in town, and I for one will be getting almost no sleep. Starting Thursday, I’ll be hitting the hottest hip-hop parties in town – a merriment marathon that’ll kick my happy ass until Sunday afternoon. I’ll be covering performances by Diddy, Snoop Dogg, and Ludacris for the Phoenix New Times Super Bowl blog, and I’m thrilled to be teaming up with Jody Gnant on Thursday night for “Super Thursday” at Axis/Radius.

Diddy, we’re doin’ your party.

The two blocks surrounding the Scottsdale venue will be closed for outdoor music performances. Diddywill be there, performing for an hour and a half. Next and Valley rapper Pokafasewill also be performing. Inside the club, Nick Lachey and NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson will be hosting the Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic Tournament. Confirmed guests include Michael Jordan,Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Charles Barkley,Justin Timberlake, Carson Daly, Jerry Rice, Carmen Electra,Lance Armstrong, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

And Jody and I will be there – on the red carpet, up near the front of the stage, in the VIP area. And she’s going to be recording and co-hosting video clips of the event on her Ustream for use in the Phoenix New Times Super Bowl blog. You never know who we’ll run into. Super Thursday is January 31. Be sure to hit up www.jodygnant.tv and www.phoenixnewtimes.com/superbowlfor the scoop.

Gutterkitty and Gnant on the red carpet? Now, that’s entertainment.

(You can also follow Super Bowl party coverage on Twitter: www.twitter.com/phxnewtimes_sb)

Who the heck is Gutterkitty, and why is she in my trash can?

Hello blog readers! Thanks for stopping by and resting your eyes here for a moment. Before I commence babbling, I’d like to thank Jody Gnant for introducing me to moguling.com, sure to be the baddest mamma jamma ever, especially now that we’re all up in it. [Insert green-smiley-face-with-purple-tongue-hanging-out emoticon here].

By way of introduction, my handle is Gutterkitty, and my real name is Niki D’Andrea. I’m the music editor at Phoenix New Times, a division of Village Voice Media, which makes me both revered and reviled. My musical tastes run the gamut, from classic rock and punk to hip-hop and classical. The only music I have a hard time listening to is extremely experimental, avant garde stuff. I have a coworker who listens to what I call “anarchy jazz,” and it often sounds like (for lack of a better metaphor), geese getting sodomized by elephants.

I am not PC. This gets me into trouble sometimes, but it gets me into FUN more often. I am always out and about, whether hobnobbing with hip-hop moguls like Ludacris or hanging with Jody Gnant at crazy company parties. Jody and I will be taking a road trip to Los Angeles this weekend, so I’ll be sure to blog from there. Instead of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, it’ll be like Fun & Loving in Los Angeles — no imaginary bats flying at our vehicle, just good friends, good tunes, and good times (but if there ARE bats, I’ll take a picture).

That’s it for now. I’ve got a story on Super Bowl parties to finish. See you again in cyberspace soon.

“Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.” — Margaret Cho

Welcome Gutterkitty!!!

There are so many cool things happening lately, and I’m really excited to have a blog that’s actually easy to use (that won’t get haxored) so that the memories don’t get forgotten in the whirling dervish that is now my life.

One of the cool features of Moguling is that it allows me to add contributors to my blog (which is good because it means that ya’ll won’t have to wait for me to update.)  And I am so proud and extremely grateful to introduce:

Niki D’Andrea a.k.a. Gutterkitty

(Jody Gnant and Niki D’Andrea at Phoenix New Times Holiday Party 12/07)

If Gutterkitty contributes to mah blog, this place will never be boring – so thanks for making me cooler by proxy, Niki.

Love ya girl!

Looking forward to YOUR version of what happens when we get together.

Hugs. XOXO

Moguling FTW!!!

I just wanted to take a quick moment to say thanks to all the fine folks at Moguling!!

They’re a really cool solutions-oriented company interested in making blogging wayyyy easier for folks like me.

So thanks, Moguling.

Thanks for believing in dreams.  Thanks for being in you.  And thanks for taking chances on people like me.

XOXO,

Jody

Thank you Pathway!

ALL of the clothes that I’ve been wearing have been courtesy of the kind folks over at Pathway USA.

Thank you for believing in the little guy.

I will forever be a Pathway fan, because you believed when others still thought we were a little crazy.

HUGS .o/

Our tour of the Pathway offices and design facilities.

Song Lyrics

Not sure if everyone knew this… But our lyrics are available on the website in the music section.

And if you ‘d like it to be realllllly easy, I’ll put them here, too.

Hounds of Romance
Me Who Changed
Lower Level Ghetto Livin
Eternally Grateful
Lavandaria Sucia
Song in D
Quality Time
From the Middle
Over
Great Day

Lucky Night
Take Me To My Kingdom
What We Don’t
In A Sense
Boy Blue
We Meet Again
I Will Remember
The Gayatri
My Little Dancer
Prophecy
He and Beauty

FINALLY got Revver to accept my Ustream.tv Videos!!!!!!!!

I’m so excited…

It’s on!