Saturday, August 29, 2009

DEMI LOVATO!!!

what a day this was.....

I arrived at the arena about an hour and 15 minutes early.. went to pick up vip package at will call.. they tell us to go to the other will call on the COMPLETE OTHER SIDE of the arena haha.. walk over there waste more time.. get in line.. get tickets, meet and greets, soundcheck, etc! Go inside.. HUGE line already.. hour early and this many people in line for soundcheck?! Haha! Wait for about thirty-forty minutes then they take us in! :) Ended up with great seats right in the center :)

While waiting for Demi to come out, her band played a few songs and we just sat and listened and finally... (THIRTY MINUTES LATER) Demi came out! :) Everyone just like sat there cause she looked different and no one noticed her but I stood up and was like AH. DEMI. IS. HERE. EVERYONE. haha! She looked so tiny haha!




DEMI sang about three or four songs... catch me, two worlds collide, and another.. totally forgot.. so long ago haha! :)

Then she answered a few questions.. not mine :( but someone else asked it! I was going to ask how it was working with John Mayer... anyway she finished said bye see you at m&g then vanished! :)

I went up to the stage to talk to Mike Manning, Demi's guitarist... told him how we talked on facebook and he promised me a guitar pick.. he was like OH YEAH and handed me one :) LOVE HIM! Then we tried taking a photo while I was on the floor and he was on the stage.. didn't work out to well since there is a gate in between the stage and floor so he got off the stage and took a picture with me on the floor.. once again LOVE HIM (: he is sooooo nice!


Left for the meet and greet....... waited in line to go up the meet and greet for about 15 minutes then waited another 15 minutes while we were up there haha.. so much waiting! Finally Demi comes out.. once again not many people noticed haha but ME :) Talked to the girl in front of me and then it was my turn..!

AH. I walked up to her and was like omg I can't believe this... and I started tearing up like crazy.. I held in my tears as best as possible cause I knew I had to look good in the picture! I showed her the picture of her and I in New York since I had met her the previous week at the Trump hotel! :) She was like omg I remember you... you were the only one I took a picture with and I'm like yeah sorry about that haha!

Then she started signing it and the guy running the meet and greet goes "HEY! THATS ME IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT PICTURE" lol.. we were cracking up! Then we hugged and she told me not to cry haha! :) We went to take the photo and I go "hey! lets do a hugging picture" and she was like "okay! sounds good!" It turned out great!!! :)


Demi looked quite pale compared to me haha! :) After taking this picture, I realized her phone was there... should have asked her who she was texting lol! :) So took the picture hugged her again.... I seriously did NOT want to leave :( The next person came and I was still standing on the side shouting things at her like "bye Demi" "look out for me section 3 front row lol "thanks!" she was like okay thanks for coming see you later! :) I noticed 3 boys sitting in chairs on the side of demi and one was Nick Santino! :) I didn't say anything to him though (:

Finally left haha and made my way to the food area.. I was so hungry from not eating all day... waaaaayy toooooooo excited! :D Then headed to see where my seats were and bumped into some friends along the way :) chatted with them for a little then saw my seats and went back to my mom by the food area.

Fifteen minutes later we headed to our seats and saw my friend and her family.. talked to them until the lights dimmed.. went crazy since I was still with my friend when my seat was all the way in front row... ran like crazy and nearly knocking over one of the old lady security guards on the floor.. and made my way to my seat.. !

Jordan Pruitt came on right when I went up there haha.. so quick! I made it just in time! :) I was leaning against the stage, well gate since there is a gate before the stage.. and people were like trying to kill me haha! :) I was so squished it was slightly INSANEEEEE! lol. Jordan is so pretty and has such an amazing voice! She sang about three songs or so :)



Next was DAVID ARCHULETA! Love him! He was amazing! David sang a lot of songs... don't remember how many but of course apologize, zero gravity (one of my favorites!), crush, a little to not over you, and a few more! His guitarist, Mike Kompras was playing directly in front of me! :) He kept tossing out guitar picks but they always went behind me or some random spot.. my mom stood by the catwalk and when Mike went over there, he handed my mom one haha!

Then... he want back to the stage a few minutes later, got more picks and handed me one haha. I LOVE HIM <3>



MIKE!

Anyway, David finished and their was a twenty minute intercession till Demi came out. Finally Demi came out, I went deaf for about thirty minutes haha! We had the greatest eye contact and she definitely remembered who I was every time she smiled in my direction..... I even got a picture of her looking at me! I video taped almost each song and put them all up on my youtube: youtube.com/jordancerx3! This was my favorite concert EVER! She is such an amazing performer especially for being 16 (she's 17 now but was 16 at my concert ha)! So during Demi... Mike came and sat with my mom lol the ENTIRE TIME :) After the concert he texted her saying to meet him for dinner so we went and he took us! :) the rest of david's band was there as well.. so awesome! They're SO nice!! Then Mike drove my moms car to the tour bus area since he had to be back at bus call and had no way of getting there.... this was around 12-1am lol! Got back there talked with Demi's band and David's while David slept in the tourbus next to me lol.

Here are some photos of Demi Lovato!















DEMI LOOKING AT ME :)
She was so CUTE! :) LUCKY girl!

INSANE HAIR FLIPPING :)


Eating dinner with David Archuleta's keyboardist, Kendra! :)
TOUR BUSSES at 1am haha with Dennis (on the right) and MIKE! (left)... David Archuleta was sleeping or in that bus behind me, lol :)

-Jordana-

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Push Play

So I skipped my post about Grease since it wasn't a concert.. just a show I went to see :)

PUSH PLAY!
I am so happy they finally made their way to Florida! I thought they'd never come! So I checked their Myspace for tour info updates and found out that they were coming to my local radio station. The radio station wasn't doing any contests online or on air so I was curious as to how we get to go see Push Play perform at the station (Y100). 

About three days before, Push Play started contests on twitter just saying to re-tweet (re write) what they said (Push Play Ft. Lauderdale) ... so I did that for a few days and found out I won along with just about everyone else that re-tweeted that!

I then realized that I had my permit test at the DMV the same day as Push Play at Y100! Thankfully, my appointment was in the morning and Push Play wasn't performing till 2:00! I had to pass my permit test in order to see Push Play that day so Push Play kind of motivated me to pass which I did! :) I was then on my way to see Push Play!

I Got there super early and was of course first in line. I talked with a few other girls and my friend Melody and then went inside. They checked my name off and then they took us to to this place in the studio where we sat and had pizza.

Then they brought us to the room where the Yundergrounds are and we sat and waited for Push Play to come out (front row!) Push Play came about five minutes later and performed three songs and did a little Q & A :) They played Where I Belong, Midnight Romeo, and Heart Attack. They answered questions such as favorite pick up line, stuff about themselves, and then my question: where do you see yourself in the next year or two? CJ: THE MOON. The rest of them said hopefully touring!


Then we lined up to take pictures with them. I went to the stage before they headed to the line and asked CJ for his water :) He said "I will finish the last bit and give it to you" (there was nothing in the water haha). He gave it to me and then I asked for guitar picks from them. They all said that they each had only one on them but Steve said "If you come to our show tonight" (they had another show that night at a record store), I will give you one!


I knew I had to go.. not ONLY for the guitar pick haha but to see them again :)

The third show they did was the same night as the Y100 event at Radio Active Records. I went with my friend Jessica, her sister, and my other friend Melody :) We got there on time actually early I guess since Push Play arrived much later after we did. They played Heart Attack, Midnight Romeo, Where I Belong, Away Away, Dreamers, and Hot N Cold. Filmed each of those.. videos are on my youtube!

When they finished, I went up to Steve and said "you promised me a guitar pick and same with CJ" and they go "OH YEAH" and both reach into their pockets. Steve had his out first and handed it to me and CJ gave his to my friend Jessica.


Afterward they hung out and took pictures with everyone for about an hour or so.. it was a fun night and they are all really nice guys! :) I was so happy I had the chance to see them again.



-JORDANA-

Monday, August 3, 2009

AMERICAN IDOL

Sorry.. I am really late on putting these blogs up and youtube videos too! Almost done with American Idol videos and then I'll be done with videos for now :D

This was my first time going to an American Idol concert and I really enjoyed it! Usually I'm in camp for the summer so I miss when American Idol is in town but this year I stayed home so I had the chance to go! :) I got there about an hour early and headed to the food area because I was starving :) Then I went to see my seats! I was on the floor far back from the stage but I still had a perfect view and a great camera to see the view even better with :) Everyone sat during the performances besides the single ladies one (OF COURSE) so I stood the whole time and took pictures/videos ! :) 

Speaking of pictures... I took a total of 523 pictures and I video taped almost each song that each Idol contestant sang (they each sang about 3 or 4 each) totaling to about 37.. haha!

Anyway... hung out at my seat saw some friends talked to them for a little bit.... then the lights dimmed *cues INSANE screaming * and it began! :) 

(I'll just list the order of who came out first not all the songs they sang) If you want to know what they sang..... watch the youtube videos I put up! I put the name of the song under the description of each video!

#10: Michael Sarver! 
#9: Megan Joy Corkrey
#8: Scott MacIntyre
#7: Lil Rounds
#6: Anoop Desai
#5: Matt Giraud
#4: Allion Iraheta
#3: Daney Gokey
#2: Adam Lambert
#1: Kris Allen

They had mini slideshows for each person with about two pictures of each contestant and put their name up on the screen to show who was coming out next :)

Adam and Kris did great! When Adam came out, I, along with many others, grew deaf haha :) The screaming was worse then the screaming at a Jonas Brothers concert! Danny Gokey was also amazing and he gave a speech.. Allison also!! Adam sang five songs, one of those was a duet with Allison to Slow Ride. It was amazing! I filmed it and put that video on youtube! Kris sang five as well.. some songs on guitar and some on piano! 

The finale was great! They entire group came out and sang Don't Stop Believing as well as the chorus of Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye & that was about it :)

Be sure to check out the youtube videos I put up! :)





-JORDANA-



Sean Kingston!

This is going to be a short one since it wasn't necessarily an actual concert.. ill explain that :)

The Sean Kingston concert I guess you can say... was a contest called a Yunderground. Y standing for Y100 (my radio station). Whenever an artist is in town, & is free they make a contest called Yunderground and you can sign up to win :) 

When you sign up, you don't know who the artist is going to be. You actually don't know until you get to the studio and the artist walks through the door. So basically you just have to think who's in town and just hope its someone you like! :) I have done it before with Kevin Rudolf!

The day of, my mom told me she had won! We headed down to the studio around 5:15. When I went for Kevin Rudolf, they had us wait outside in a line and there wasn't many people there but for Sean Kingston they allowed everyone to wait inside and there were tons of people there already! 

No one knew who was going to be there (I had an idea because someone had told me but just in case I didn't say anything.. oh btw the person that told me was RIGHT haha) ! I guess they all got their early just to be there haha.. they hadn't been there before so they probably had no idea what they were doing and what time to be there.

So we waited in line and I talked with some other girls in line about who they thought it was. One girl said Jonas Brothers. I clearly told her that she was crazy and that they weren't even in Florida haha. THEIR ON TOUR OBVIOUSLY. Getting The Jonas Brothers to Yunderground is a tough brake because of their schedule and their popularity :)

Anyway,  line began to move..they checked my name off and they took us straight to the room :) waited a few minutes and then they introduced Sean Kingston and he performed three of his songs :) he answered a few questions and then we headed over to a table and took some photos with him and he autographed a picture of himself!

He wasn't the most personable person.. but I was so happy to be there so I didn't really care haha.


-JORDANA-