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Showing posts with label Follower Giveaway. Show all posts
The Monthly Follower Giveaway Winner for May 2012 is:
Dessy Bakardjieva
You have until, Well a bit past midnight this time, to claim your prize. Since the post today is coming so late, you will have until midnight tomorrow night (May 2nd) to respond to this post and comment to claim the prize. You can either comment directly or you can email me at virgilallenmoore@live.com to let me know where you would like the prize shipped to.
As for the prize... This month winner will get a signed copy of Demon Vampire. Since the Goodreads giveaway went so well, I will be giving away the book on this site as well for next month. Just remember that you will have to be signed up as a blogger follower (using Google Friend Connect) to follow the site and be eligible for the monthly prizes.
Remember to comment, because if the winner doesn't respond by midnight on May 2nd, the first to comment on this post will take the prize instead. Happy viewing and as always you can find the book on Amazon.com here. Make To BUY IT NOW;)
The goodreads giveaway was so successful that I'm doing it again. This time, the prize is even better. Not only do you get the book, Demon Vampire, you will get a signed CD from the band Jagged Row, as well as a combined care package to enjoy both the book and the band.
The giveaway should be up shortly, so stay tuned to sign up for it. In the mean time there will still be another giveaway on the blog. Make sure to follow the blog to be a part of it. Currently there are only 64 people on that giveaway list, if you aren't on the google friend connect list to the right, you aren't eligible. Make sure to sign up and win.
The Prize for The March Follower Giveaway is a signed CD and Photo from the band Jagged Row!!!
Make sure to follow the blog openly using the follow link below to be eligible to win. The drawing will be held on March 1st. But remember, you have to respond by midnight that night if you are chosen. If you don't, the first person to comment on the post will get your prize instead. So yes, attendance mattered on DemonVampire.com
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I first mentioned Jagged Row a little while ago as a band I noticed
through a friend. Since then, things have been going well. They agreed
to a full interview, and today I have the results of that effort.
Enjoy Jagged Row:
1. I'd like to start by asking how you came up with Jagged Row? It invokes a certain jaded feeling. Did something happen in your lives that made you come up with the name? We actually came up with Jagged Row from a previous band name! Originally I (Jaci) was a solo artist singing and writing a pop-style of music, and the guys became a back-up band for me. Chad, (the rhythm guitarist at the time...now our bass player) suggested they be called "Those Guys". We thought it sounded kind of catchy, so when people asked, we were "Jaci Butler and Those Guys". Only a few months after we got together though, we decided we'd start to write together. Matt, (the lead guitarist) and I wrote one song and we instantly realized we had good chemistry! We wanted to become a band and write more music together. We shortened the name to Jaci & Those Guys so it sounded more like a band, but people still kept thinking we were a solo artist! We had to come up with another name. It took us nearly a year to come up with a name we actually liked. During that time we started writing heavier music that the guys liked to play and I fell in love with singing rock music! We went through hundreds of names and even gave up for awhile and decided to stick with Jaci & Those Guys to release our first album under. Just a little while after the release, we got to thinking more about names. Chad suggested we just go by JAG, a acronym for "Jaci And Guys". The military already had that though. I suggested Jagged, but too many bands all over the Internet had taken that. We needed something fresh! We kept the Jagged and thought about where we were all from: Rowlett, Royse City, and Rockwall. Those three cities are "the three Rs" of our area. Jagged Row was born! :)
2. It's nice to hear a full four piece band with a talented female singer. Did your band always have five people? Or did it begin with only a few? Thank you! Yes, Jagged Row has always had five people. There's Trevor Quiett, our drummer, Chad Ragsdale, our bassist, Matt Venhaus is our first lead guitarist, and Chris Lee is basically a second lead guitarist. We've always felt that with the music we play, it just wouldn't be as full sounding with out that second guitar part! I sing lead and Matt and Chad sing back-up.
3. Jaci, this question is for you. On stage you seem pretty comfortable. When did you first sing in front of a group? Ah, I love this question! When people ask me this, I always tell them, "Since I could talk!" and that answer is the full truth! I used to stand up on the kitchen table at family gatherings and sing my heart out! The first time I actually performed in front of a crowd besides my family, was my elementary school talent show in first grade. I sang "Sweet Nothin's". I have always loved the spotlight and singing is my passion. Always has been, always will be. Being onstage is the most incredible feeling in the world! I've never wanted to do anything else in life but perform and I plan to do that the rest of my life as the lead singer of Jagged Row! :)
4. You've done over 200 shows, that's impressive. What was your best night? Wow! That's a hard question to answer. We'd have to say the State Fair of Texas this past year. On October 14th, 2011 we got to open for Finger Eleven on the Chevrolet Main Stage. It's probably our best show to date. There were around a thousand people just at the stage and even more walking around the whole fair. We got to play a set earlier in the evening then another one after dark. We remember so vividly right before we walked up the stairs and onto that stage hearing the whole crowd chant our name before that second set! The rush and feeling of that was mind-blowing! We got up on that stage and played and sang and performed our hearts out! By the end of the show people had thrown up notes and lucky bracelets, etc. that they wanted us to have! One of the notes read, "To Jagged Row, I love you! <3 Alvie!" (I have it stuck to my bedroom mirror still! -Jaci) After our set was over, and we played the last note, the crowd immediately started chanting to have us back. We threw picks and sticks and towels out to the crowd and had to apologize for not being able to play another song. (It was in our contract to stop at a certain time.) The best part about it was that the security guards backstage told us, "We've been working this fair for 25 years, and have never heard an encore for a band!" That night was the most adrenaline rushed, exhilarating show we've ever gotten to play! We just hope for many more in the near future!
5. Did you ever think you'd have such a track record after only a couple of years as a band? We knew when we started this band that we wanted to take it all the way to the top. Did we think after only a few years, we'd be this far along? No. Are we happy we are? Yes! It's been a lot of hard work and there is just more to come but we're ready for it! :)
6. "Meant To Be" has such beautiful vocals and longing lyrics. Tell me, what heartache provoked these words? I'm going to take this question! (Jaci) Matt wrote the music for this song and when I heard it for the first time, I fell in love. I knew this song needed passionate, strong lyrics. Trevor had just brought a poem to me that he had written. A line in it was "The distant thunder sings a quiet song to me...as my eyes close, I'm engulfed in a storm of dreams". Matt had originally envisioned there being rain at the beginning of this song since. I knew from the moment I read that poem, these words had to go in it. I took these lines of the poem and wrapped lyrics around it I had written. I based my lyrics off the words I was so mesmerized by in Trevor's poem. This was at a time early on when we first really grasped the fact that we all wanted the same goals, the same dreams, and we all wanted to accomplish them together. This song made me think of that. I knew that all of this was meant to be! Words just started flowing and the song became what it is today. I changed the words to "The distant thunder sings a quiet song to me and as my eyes close I'm engulfed with the fact, that this is meant to be". The bridge sings, "Lost in a storm of dreams, searching for anything". Storm of Dreams became the name of our debut album.
7. Your band reminds me of Flyleaf in their more lighter waves. Were they an inspiration for you? We love Flyleaf! We've always liked that they were a hard rockin' band with female vocals fronting them. They were an inspiration to us in a way. Like you mentioned, in their more lighter waves. Jaci doesn't scream, but we do have a few songs where one of us screams along with Jaci's vocals. Bands like Flyleaf, Evanescence, and Paramore are wonderful and we'd love to be where they are at one day!
8. The band has so much presence behind it, a full sound that dominates the ear. Have you ever been told to tune it down during practice? Haha, thank you Virgil! We actually practice at Jaci's house. The living room over there is our "rehearsal hall". Luckily, her house is in a neighborhood where the houses are pretty far spread, so that the neighbors don't complain. Although, the neighbors next door to her had a son that played the trumpet and the neighbors across from her had a drummer for a son, so no one really says anything about it! Jaci does have to sometimes ask us to turn down our amps though! We get a little loud every now in then! Hahaha
9. That's Great! (Laughs) I'm noticed you take great pride in writing the lyrics for your songs. Is it a collaborative effort, letting the whole band in on the feel of each song? We do. What usually happens with the way we write, is Matt will bring us a song he's been working on and has recorded the music for in his home studio. Jaci starts working on the lyrics. When we start working on it, Trevor might put his touch on the drums, Chad will do the same for the bass and so on. Like we said though, Matt usually starts the ball rolling by bringing a song that he's already started arranging. When working on new music, we all throw out ideas and see which works best. We all have a really good chemistry together and usually can bounce our ideas off of one another. It's definitely a full collaborative effort.
10. Five years from now, who do you see yourselves touring with? Or should I say, touring with you. We love this question! Well, five years from now we definitely hope to see ourselves at the Grammy Awards! ;) We'd love to be touring with bands such as Bon Jovi, No Doubt, Maroon 5, Foo Fighters and so on! We'd definitely like to be as successful as those bands for sure! We have fellow bands around the same level as we are from around the same area as we are as well! We'd love for them to go to the top with us and get to tour with them. Bands including The Lasting Effect, Crel, and This City Awaits!
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I have spent the last week searching for bands to interview in the up coming months. Things are going well as of date. I have five band interviews lined up, starting with Jagged Row.
For now this is just a teaser post to let everyone understand that a lot of content will be coming next week. Be patient and subscribe to the Monthly Follower Giveaway. There will be CDs given out in the next couple of months. You could be a winner. Make sure to be on the correct list as well. Currently there are only 63 people that are signed up for the giveaway. That means that everyone reading this that isn't on the "following this blog" spot on the right hand side bar of the site, isn't entered and needs to click follow in that section to be eligible. That's a big gap. There are a total of 15,000+ followers for this blog. That tells me that most of you don't enjoy free things. Prove me wrong. Sign up to follow openly and win the Monthly Follower Giveaway.
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Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
By now you all should have realized the Goodreads Giveaway button on the right hand side of the site. If not, you're viewing this from feedburner or another RSS feed (, or possibly email), if so, you need to click on the site directly and sign up. There are over 250 people on the sign up so far and it's only been a week since it's been completely up. This is a giveaway that is separate from the main site in that only good reads members can sign up and it's independent of the Monthly Follower Giveaway held on the site.
The deadline is March 4th, the same day as the mass book buy scheduled to raise the Amazon.com ranking of Demon Vampire. Make sure to buy the ebook or physical copy on that day at 12pm EST. Every book sale counts if it's all concentrated on one day. You have got to love a little calculation;)
Jagged Row, the rock band will be interviewed here, on Demon Vampire The Blog.
I first found this band from a suggestion from a friend. I began listening to their sound. Several hours later I decided to contact them. I was not disappointed, being able to snag an interview and the chance for a future CD giveaway on the site.
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The site is doing well. It seems like just last week I was happy the site was over 42,000 hits. It's great news to celebrate. Make sure to Follow, the prizes come each month and you have to be an open follow and appear on the side bar's following list to be eligible.
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Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
I'm about 24,000+ words into writing Demon Vampire: Redgold, which is book two in the main series. It is a direct sequel to the first novel and picks up seconds after the life changing cliff hanger at the end of book one. This book covers the same time line as the side novella Special Science Report 1192.
This book will be near the same length as book one and should be out late 2014. Make sure to sign up and follow the blog to win a copy of the first book. So far there are only 62 direct followers of the blog. Make sure to openly follow the blog to be eligible for the Monthly Follower Giveaway.
Thank you for all your support. Please Comment & Subscribe to my blog. There's a prize each month and all you have to do is follow the blog openly. Click Here to Follow Directly.
Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
She has won the book Yesterday's Daughter by Sallie Lundy-Frommer.
Kayla has until midnight tonight, as per the normal rules of this Monthly Follower Giveaway, to respond to this post. All she has to do is comment on this post and she wins.
If not... The first person to respond to this post that isn't Kayla, will get it instead. So make sure you are the first to comment. Just because you think it's early, doesn't mean you have too much time to comment. Be quick and respond to this post. It's good to be the first, of course it's better to be Kayle right now, but we will see just how quick she is.
Thank you for all your support. Please Comment & Subscribe to my blog. There's a prize each month and all you have to do is follow the blog openly.
Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
You must be an open follower of the blog to be eligible to win.
If you are chosen, you have until midnight on the 1st of the month to respond to the winning announcement post. If you do not, the first follower to respond to the post will take your prize.
Then all you have to do is email me and I will send the winner the prize.
It's important to know that each prize is not the same. Although I do giveaway Demon Vampire the book, I also give away other books from up and coming authors. As well as CDs and other items that I and you would enjoy.
Announcing the February prize for the Monthly Follower Giveaway!!!
Sallie Lundy-Frommer's Yesterdays' Daughter
On February 1st, I will send out a post, stating the one lucky public follower has won the giveaway. They will have until midnight that night to respond to the post.
If they do, they win.
If they don't you might win. Be the first to post a comment on that post and if the assigned winner doesn't respond in time, you will win instead. It pays to be quick.
In the meantime, make sure to publicly follow the blog using the google connect on the right hand side bar of the blog. The winner is chosen directly from that list and nowhere else.
It's also good to subscribe via feedburner as well. Reason being, you don't have to be a public follower to win the rebound prize if the assigned winner doesn't respond. Yes, you read it right, it doesn't matter who you are in the terms of the rebound comment post. If you are the first to comment on the winner's post on February 1st and they don't answer and you do, you win.
So be sure to sign up all the ways you can to be ready for the post. It's usually early. From 4am to 8am. Before most people go to work and before others go to bed.
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Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
The January Winner for the Monthly Follower Giveaway is:
Lien Persyn
Lien Persyn, you have until midnight tonight to comment on this blog post or send me your mailing address to virgilallenmoore@live.com to receive your copy of Fangs Rule by Amy Mah: Vampire.
However, if you do not... The first person to comment on this post will claim the right to your prize. So respond quickly and before the midnight deadline. Time is of the essence.
Respond Quickly To This!
As a side note, if you are the previous month's winner, you are not eligible to win a consecutive month. Yes, that means you Andrea. However, starting next month, you, and all future winners will be able to win again. (As long as you don't win the prior month. Can't have one person win two months in a row, there needs to be an equal chance for all followers.)
As a side note to future winners of the Monthly Follower Giveaway:
If you are selected as the winner and already have the prize mentioned, all you have to do is email me about it and I will give you another prize. Availability is dependent on the time of year of course, as different books and other things come my way. Either way, I will work with you on making it a prize you will be able to read freshly and enjoy.
Thank you for all your support. Please Comment & Subscribe to my blog. It's Free.
Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder. (In the mean time, the link to the UK kindle version of Demon Vampire is here.)
The winner will be chosen in the same way as last.
On Jan 1st, Read the name of the winner and make sure to comment on the post.
The winner will have until midnight to comment on the post to confirm they read it that day. If they don't, the first person to comment on the post will take the prize! That's why it's important to pay attention to the giveaway on day one. If the announced winner is too slow to respond, you might win! So be the first to comment on the Monthly Announcement and you might win Amy Mah's Fangs Rule.
Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
Michael Clutton is an adept writer that has a thoroughly witty narration. His script is decisive and telling. Honestly, it reminds me of Michael Crichton.
Juice: Revolution is a vivid, nerve-tingling tale that has wonderful moments of highs and lows. The horror is striking, the humor is memorable. Clutton's main character is smart and blunt in a way that is refreshing to the dire situations he is placed in.
There has been silence from our winner. This can only mean one thing... A new winner must be chosen.
I had taken some thought on the matter. Realizing that what I am directly asking for is a mere attendance of sorts. To show up at the right time and place to get a free book. It's under this concept that I realized simply picking another person at random until some one responds, would be perpetual madness wrapped in a can of irritation. What did all those who actually read the winning post do? Did they waist their time? I say, no. It is my goal to reward those who "attended" the winning post on the 1st of the month. So it is with great pleasure that I announce an addendum to the rules of the giveaway.
If the monthly follower giveaway winner does not comment on the winning post, or respond by email before midnight that night, the first person to actually comment on the winning post, will win. So it is in your best interest, even if you aren't the monthly winner intially, to comment on the monthly winning post. If the selected winner doesn't respond, you will win instead. It's that simple.
This month, the winner did not respond in time. Only silence was heard the night of the 1st, and she will miss the chance to read the sweet pages of a free 500 page book. However sad this may be, another winner has emerged from this silence,
The Monthly Follower Giveaway Winner for December is Tanyaw1224!!!
December Winner
Tanyaw1224
Tanyaw1224, please comment on this post or email me at virgilallenmoore@live.com to claim your prize. You will get a signed copy of Demon Vampire mailed to you for free as long as you respond to this post by midnight tonight. Either comment on this post, or send me an email to confirm you want Demon Vampire, the 500 page novel, mailed to you just for following the DemonVampire.com
As with each winner, the response must be made before the end of the day at midnight. If there is no confirmation from the winner, a new follower will be selected as this month's winner. Make sure to respond ASAP when you receive this announcement. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the news.
On the 1st of December, the first monthly follower giveaway will have it's winner. Make sure to follow the blog publicly to ensure you have a chance at winning the book, Demon Vampire for free. All you have to do is check the blog on the 1st and see if your name was chosen. If it's you, just write a comment on that blog post by midnight that night. If you do, you win and I'll mail you the physical copy of the book later that week.
December
10th Virgil Moore will have a Book Signing at the store. From 2pm to
4pm on a Saturday. There will be a free book giveaway and a book package
raffle. There will be more info soon about the signing. For now,
prepare to show up in force at the store to show your support for a
local author.
For everyone that has been pacified by as the twilight craze that has washed over the masses, there ...is
now a book to get your mind off of it. This is the book for those of us
who believe vampires do no sparkle. This is an epic paranormal dark
mystery novel of 500 pages that has been redefining the vampire in the
way we have all wished them to be.
"If you enjoy vampires, you will be enthralled by mine." - Virgil Allen Moore.
Demon Vampire http://demonvampire.com/ Virgil Allen Moore will be signing his book from 2pm - 4pm. Raffle and giveaway will be held at 4pm.
Recently I had the pleasure of
listening to the melodic sultry of the band September Mourning (Facebook Link). Their
hypnotic tracks set my mind a blaze to write them a short email.
Weeks later, I can now tell you I will have the honor to interview
them on this blog.
September Mourning (Myspace Link), the darkly
loli-punk gothic metal band that toured with Marilyn Manson in 2009,
will answer questions about their songs, band, and style. It will be
a fresh perspective into what it means to be gothic.
As a bonus, there have been talks about
a September Mourning Follower Giveaway happening soon. I can't say
what will be given away as of this post, but I can say that it will
be announced in the next few weeks.
Make sure to follow the blog to be part
of the giveaway. On the 1st of every month, a winner will
be chosen and posted on the post for all to see. If it's you, all you
have to do it comment on that post by midnight that night. Then send
your address to virgilallenmoore@live.com
to receive your prize, absolutely free!
Thank you for following the blog if you haven't already. Make sure to tell your friends about following as well, as it increases your chances of getting monthly prizes.
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