{"id":427,"date":"2006-04-05T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-05T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/04\/how-cool-is-this.html"},"modified":"2006-04-05T21:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-05T21:33:00","slug":"how-cool-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/04\/how-cool-is-this.html","title":{"rendered":"How cool is this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, talk about making your dream happen:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A British singer has signed up by a major record label after broadcasting live performances from her living room on the Internet.<br \/>\nSandi Thom, 24, is now on the books of RCA\/SonyBMG after signing with the label at her flat on Monday night.<br \/>\nShe built up a daily audience of more than 100,000 people around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/SHOWBIZ\/Music\/04\/04\/web.thom\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nYou want something, you&#8217;ve got to go out there and use whatever means to make it happen.  People notice success.  This is Michele&#8217;s inspirational minute of the day. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n(Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingnews.com\/archives\/week_2006_04_02.PHP#005485\">Right Wing News<\/a>, which is now my favorite site since he linked to us and sent us over 200 readers)<br \/>\nUpdated to add: see update <a href=\"http:\/\/reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/update-how-cool-is-this.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, talk about making your dream happen: A British singer has signed up by a major record label after broadcasting live performances from her living room on the Internet. Sandi Thom, 24, is now on the books of RCA\/SonyBMG after signing with the label at her flat on Monday night. 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