What happened next...

Heyas! I had to cut yesterday's post short because I have this thing where I need to sleep! Despite Blogger claiming it was posted at something like 3pm it was actually at 8 or 9pm! I then went on to stay up advertising until late. So my timing was well off yesterday, and the same is likely to happen tonight...fingers crossed it won't!

So, Miss Thom's second album was called The Pink and The Lily, and was released with RCA. It was released on the 26th of May 2008. The track 'Devil's Beat' was released a week prior to the album as a single, and it was released on the 19th of May 2008.

Before release, newspapers and critics doubted how well the album would do. When it was eventually released, the album gained extensive airplay on BBC Radio 2.

Despite the initial success, the album failed to make it higher than #25 on the UK charts and the single failed to make it higher than #52. The following single, 'Saturday Night' failed to chart at all on its release.

Sandi said:

"I feel like my second album was too rushed. I felt under quite a lot of pressure when I was making it. I was out on the road and my label was really hassling me to get it finished. "I admit I was disappointed with it and now, when I look back, it was released too soon. "There were some things that were overlooked. It wasn't thought out properly. So, with my next album, I'm going to put my foot down and spend as long as it takes to make it."

In February 2009, Sandi announced she would make her 3rd album as an independant artist. Sandi said she was unwilling to continue working with RCA due to demands and decisions stemming from their desire for her to deliver bubblegum pop.

In July 2009, Sandi released a 'Best Of' album on the budget label Camden (part of the Sony-BMG group). It consisted of an 18 track compilation from her 2 previous albums and various B-Sides. The album failed to enter any charts upon release.

Okay, once again time has run away! Hope you enjoyed this new post, I will try and draft a new one to be typed up on Friday, this time about Merchants and Thieves, Sandi's latest album! Until next time guys!

Megan xxx

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Sandi Thom....who is she?

Heya everyone! So, for my first blog post that is actually about Sandi, where better to start than how she first started appearing on peoples' radios and across the internet?

So first I think we should start with the basics? That sound good to you guys? Good!

Sandi was born on the 11th of August 1981, and was originally named Alexandria Thom. She was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire, and studied at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen.

During the time she spent at Robert Gordon's College, Sandi was in a band called 'The Residents' between the ages of 14 and 17. She sang and played keyboards whilst travelling across Scotland playing in pubs and clubs.

Sandi was the youngest student to be accepted at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, being accepted at just 17 years of age. She continued to study here until 2003 when she graduated with a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts.

Sandi moved to London just a year later to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter. She came to work with 3 co-writers: Jake Field, Duncan Thompson and Tom Gilbert. After only a year of living in London she signed to Windswept Pacific Music ( an independant music publishing company) and its UK arm, P&P Songs, recieving an impressive £25,000.

Sandi went on to sign a record contract with the small record label, Viking Legacy, who released her debut single "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" (2005), which failed to gain major airplay or sales and resulted in the release of her debut being delayed.

Sandi's first 'tour' was entitled '21 Nights From Tooting' and consisted of 21 performances from the basement of her flat in Tooting, London. This took place between the dates of February 24th and March 16th in 2005. The venue had a capacity of 6 (10 including the band), but was streamed via Streaming Tank, entertaining over 100,000 web viewers.

Following the success of the largely web-based tour, 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker' was re-released on the 22nd of May 2006 with RCA Records. The song gained airplay exposure and on download sales it achieved #15 in the general charts and #7 in the official downloads chart. On the 4th of June, the song replaced Gnarls Barkley's Crazy in #1.

Sandi's first album, 'Smile...It Confuses People' was released in the UK on Monday, June the 5th 2006. It soon debuted at #1 in the chart dated 11th of June, selling over 700,000 copies worldwide.

The song 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)' was later nominated at the Brits Awards for Best British Single.

"I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" was the 47th biggest selling UK single from a female artist since 2000 according to the Official Charts Company as of January 2009.

Okay so that's all I have time for today everyone, I'm gonna do my best to get another blog post about Miss Thom up tomorrow, but until then, hope you enjoy this wee video, let's see if you recognise the song!

Megan xxx

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Hey Everyone!

Heyas! So, guess the formal thing to do is introduce myself, right? Well I'm Megan, a true Thomkat, dedicated to listening to Sandi's music and where I can helping to promote her.

Now this is where a lot of people will stop and think 'Hold on, what? But why? What do you get in return?'

Well truthfully, I get 20% of each merchandise sale she makes through my own personalised affiliate link.

So when she's sold £500 of merchandise I get a nice little check for £100! How awesome is that?

And you my dear friends, well you don't pay any extra! Only effort you have to put in is to visit her site to my link if you're going to make a purchase!

Now before you all think I'm being greedy. I mean an extra £100 every now and then on top of a big juicy salary?! Selfish right? Well...that's okay because I'm a GCSE Student with no salary whatsoever except for the odd penny here and there for jobs around the house.

Let's face it, only job I do is voluntary!! I've worked for Cancer Research UK and TACT Wildlife Rescue Centre voluntarily.

So what with rising University fees and what not, I'm getting pretty desperate! I'm no fool I know it'll take a long time to get that check rolling in but hey, £100!? Better than a lot of people my age are getting even if it's once a year!

So yeah sorry if it comes across that I'm trying to make you feel guilty, I promise I'm not! Just trying to gain your trust so you know I'm not being greedy haha!

So this blog, it isn't going to be full of this kinda thing, and it isn't going to be me begging you to buy Sandi's merchandise, it's going to be me telling you about her, not just her, but anything I can think of connected to her, e.g. Guardian Angels Records, Gibson Guitars and of course, the big one, Scotland!

My aim is to help you get to know her as I do, and help you grow close to her and let you follow her along her journey. So grab your mouse and follow me as I tell you all about this fantastic Scottish singer who has made the exciting journey from being an unsigned young woman with a fiery passion for music to a signed artist with that same intense passion!

Next blog shouldn't be long in being published everyone!

Megan xxx

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