Sweetest Mirah, yep everything you hear is me.
Incidentally, I put up a bunch of my songs on a music sharing website called soundclick, and emailed all my friends about it.
So then they pushed one of the older songs from this thread up to number 25 on the charts for that website, it's the one about Saved by the Bell that has the synth line and superfake drums.
Clicking here will stream that song, and bump it in the charts, w00t! So anyway, I thought that was really cool.
Just for context, this is how those stats fit in context:
Even Stupid sh*** Makes Me Cry
# 133 in Country (highest position was 133). Total songs: 36,747
# 25 in Alternative Country (highest position was 25). Total songs: 5,346
Honestly, that's probably the most encouraging thing to happen to me in a year. I know it's just because people are my friend and doesn't really reflect the relative merit of the song, but it's still sweet to know that my friends would care enough to actually take a listen, you know?
By the way, the link above effectively "outs" me. My real name is Matt Lyons, and you can see my pics and stuff here:
http://www.myspace.com/mattlyonsband
and download all my songs for free here:
http://www.soundclick.com/mattlyonsband
Again, all my stuff is free right now because it's not very well produced or anything. I may try to sell stuff someday if I actually go into a studio and need to recoup money from that but I don't really see that happening any time soon. All I really want to do is keep on writing and playing shows and making friends.