TJ Gaghan

Life is not a search for happiness. Happiness is a by-product of living the right kind of life, of doing the right thing.

February 14, 2008

H A P P Y _ V A L E N T I N E ' S _ D A Y

Hi Folks,

Wow, I made it to the Top 25! Thanks Soooo Much for getting me there! This is all about you and you're willingness to help me get my music heard. I am completely humbled and grateful to have all of you behind me.

Please continue to vote. It only gets harder from here. There's a lot of great talent competing here and I'm honored to share the stage with each of them but of course this is about moving ahead and I'd appreciate you all helping me to do just that. It's still daily voting so please keep the faith and try and vote EVERYDAY. I'm gonna need to do a lot better in this round if I'm gonna stay in this so do what you can to get as many people as possible to at least listen to my music and hopefully they'll be encouraged to vote and support me.

You may have noticed that FameCast's messaging system went down and I was unable to send you a timely update. I'd appreciate it if you'd allow me to send you updates directly. Just email me at Vote4TJ@gmail.com and let me know if you'd like weekly updates/reminders or daily voting reminders.
I BCC all email addresses so no one else will be able to get your info and I promise not to share your email address with anyone.

Again, Thanks for all of your support and please keep coming back. Below is the voting link for this round. Take Care of YOU...TJ



February 4, 2008

Man, its been a challenging last couple of days (personally) but your comments and support have all given me a strong measure of comfort. It's amazing how just a few words can help to keep your life in perspective. It's kind of like when you're walking down the street caught up in your own problems and someone passes by and says hi or even just smiles at you. That has the power to change someone's entire day and give them a new perspective. So thanks for smiling and saying hi to me and remember when you are walking down the street today - look around and allow God to touch your life or someone else's by smiling or saying hi to someone or even to just receive that gift from someone else. Just a thought ;-)


BTW, I could use your help in getting more people to listen to my music. I've been steady ranked at #24 even with 100+ hits on my video a day. I'd really like to make the Top 25 and with this auditing system the way it is it seems like every time they run it they take away a bunch of votes. So please do what you can to pass my name along it's really all up to you all right now and I truly appreciate everything you've done for me so far. Take Care and God Bless...TJ

January 24, 2008

First, Thanks to all of you who continued to vote! I made it to the Top 50 because of you and I am truly grateful for that. Just to show you how crazy this can be, the stage closed with me ranking 14 and my final rank was 47. That being said, I learned from last season not to focus so much on the ranking. Yes, I want to make it to Austin but the real gift is getting your comments of support and letting me know that you are behind me.

You people are awesome! I know this is a challenge for you all to consistently vote on a daily basis but it does my heart good to know there are people like you out there in this world that will do what they can to help someone along with there dreams and hopes. You people make this all worthwhile!

You all are helping me to grow in ways I have yet to understand but I am sure it will be reflected in my music as time goes by and I hope you all will be there to share that growth with me. Take Care and Keep the Faith. God Bless...TJ

January 22, 2008
Hey Folks,

I guess FameCast ran their vote auditing program since many people are experiencing the same extreme changes in their rankings as last season.

I'm still doing well, I dropped to #11 from #4 ranking this morning but that's still good enough to keep me in the Top 50. I do feel for people like "Death Got Killed" on the Rock Stage since they were knocked out completely from the Top 50. The same thing happened to me in Season 3 for the Top 10. You guys ROCK! period!!!

That being said, please just keep voting! It's the fact that I see my view counts go up and all the comments that you take the time to leave me that gives me hope and that desire to move forward.
The concept of this contest is neat but it's more about getting my music heard. (Have you listened to some of my other songs under the video tab?).
Please know that all of your encouragement and support means more to me than anything else. Its definitely never wasted time to show your love and support for anything or anyone! Thank you so much for all the support and love you've shown me.

I'd love to make it to Austin but, whatever happens, I want you all to know that you have touched my heart and soul just by showing up and taking the time to vote and connect with me on varying levels. Take Care...TJ

January 11, 2008
Just wanted to wish everyone taking part in this endeavor my heartfelt hope that you all have a wonderfully successful experience going through this process.
There's a lot of great talent out here and the "Fanatics" are the best group of supporters I've ever known. Your encouragement and comments mean the world to me and no matter how far I go in this I want you to know that you make it all worthwhile. Thanks sooo much.
I encourage your critiques and suggestions so feel free to write me at Vote4TJ@gmail.com. I joined this to expand my horizons so anything you can do to help that will be greatly appreciated. Take Care of YOU...TJ

January 4, 2008
First, I wanted to thank all of you that supported me throughout last season. It was my first try at this and you all made this a wonderful experience in-spite of all the ranking shakeups and changes in voting procedures. I've decided to try this again and I hope you will be there to show your support as diligently as you did last season. You all were awesome and I couldn't have asked for a better group of people supporting me!

What you do need to be aware of is that just because someone holds a steady ranking that it does NOT guarantee that when the stage closes that the ranking will stay. So please continue to vote as often as possible all the way through.
Because of the changes to rules and voting procedures that happened during the past season, I would appreciate it if you would at the very least "Join the Fan Club" so I can let you know when/if these things happen during this season.

I've also set up an email account ( Vote4TJ@gmail.com ) so we can communicate directly. I PROMISE, if you should contact me directly that I WILL NOT use your email addresses for any other purpose other than FameCast communication and I will keep that at a minimum. Additionally, I will ensure that all my emails are BCC'd so that no one else can read your email addresses.
That being said, I encourage you to contact me at Vote4TJ@gmail.com with any of your thoughts, suggestions, comments or just to say hi. I had a great time getting to know you all last time and look forward to hearing from everyone.

One last thought...
Please encourage all your friends and family, both on and off this site to visit me here and vote.

Voting Link:
http://www.famecast.com/contest/stage.php?stage_id=43&round_id=175&artist_id=5018

I can't do this without you. Thanks and Lots of Love...TJ

Below are my stats from last season:

Season 3, Stage 4: Singer-Songwriter

Open Round: Rank: 1 of 298
Top 50 Round: Rank: 1 of 50
Top 25 Round: Rank: 11 of 25

ARTIST WEBSITE:  http://www.famecast.com/tjgaghan

OTHER ARTIST WEBSITE:  http://www.youtube.com/tjgaghan

HOME TOWN: 
Washington, DC

INFLUENCES: 
Paul Rodgers, Bonnie Raitt, Cat Stevens, JT, Seals and Crofts, Collective Soul, Kansas, NickleBack, Tonic, Lynyrd Skynyrd, any 70's group, LIVE, Dishwalla, Taylor Dayne, Aretha Franklin, Carole King, Eagles, Firefall, Styx, Foreigner, Bad Company

ON MY PLAYLIST:  N/A