Since 2004, I’ve been doing these little blogs entitled Goodbye 2004, 2005 at the end of each year, and now it’s time for Goodbye 2006. I’d say GB 2005 was by far the most raunchiest. I ended the 2005 post by saying:

• If the saying "what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger" has any truth to it, I should be bulletproof for 2006.

Well, I’m not sure I was quite "bulletproof" but I was a little more guarded to all the bullshit and kept the mentality of "it is, what it is"….so what was 2006 like for me? Well…here are some thoughts on my 2006. [THIS IS THE LONGEST POST I'VE EVER DONE, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE TO READ...JUST SCROLL DOWN TO THE "FOAM" VIDEO].

Lotza people DIED in 2006…Last year started off with Shelly Winters and Wilson Picket and ended on President Ford and James Brown (and of course Saddam). I keep a DEATH Category on my journal but I’ve slowed down on reporting every single death…it’s a little morbid, and yet last year there were just too many to keep up with.

On the 1st of February 2006, I met the gal who is now my manager [Waves "Hello" to Candice]. I popped in the set of a TV show called Starving Actors(a show that I’m supposed to have some of my music in but I’m not really sure what’s going on with the show). It’s really nice to have a manager…not only is it a big help, but people take you more seriously.

On Feb 20, 2006, I got a callback for the CBS show Rockstar: Super Nova…That was exciting. I got the call before anyone knew who the band was to be and by time I actually did the audition, it was pretty obvious I wasn’t a good fit for Tommy Lee and Crew Still fun though

Meanwhile, started doing the score to a movie titled "Reel Guerrillas" which starred Joel Moore. This was my 1st time scoring an entire film. It was work but FUN work and now I have my 1st IMDB Credit..YAY LOL

Hmm…let’s see…some time in April of 2006 I taped and put together a music video for friend Tony B. That was fun and painless. The video didn’t come out quite like I envisioned but I liked the dark Meet the Beatles lighting and feel to it.

Also in April I De-Friended someone. I’ve only done this maybe 2 times in my entire life but this one is probably the one I’m most bitter about. Basically, I was never paid for work I did on writing and producing and then wasn’t given proper credit on the project. I thought about taking this person to court, but I’ve never taken anyone to court…it’s really not something I want to do so I backed down. To this day, I find out this gal is reading every journal entry I write… probably hoping I say something about her. So since I’m pretty sure she’s reading this, let me take a moment and say: Ms. Diva-Wanna-Be, go fuck yourself and please stop reading my journal you pathetic bitch!

Let’s see…speaking of Evil things that can kill you… last year, I cheated and started smoking again after quitting for 2 years. It’s so amazing that 1 cigarette can get me back to my old addiction of a pack a day (even after 2 years!). I’ve since quit AGAIN and I now think of myself as a Smoker who just doesn’t Smoke. Boy I still want one though…there isn’t a day where I don’t think of having one

In July 2006 I was contacted by NBC’s "StarTomorrow"…You guys remember this…it was the online TV Show that made me beg everyone for online votes Being part of this show was truly a BIZARRE EXPERIENCE. I was in Chicago when they were shooting their Casting Episode so I wasn’t even sure I was going to be on the show…when I returned from my trip they said "come on in and shoot for it" so I had about 2 weeks to get the band and everything else together for the 4 songs we taped. I wasn’t even sure if I was on the show until my videos started appearing…very strange!

My 1st round, I beat out The Egg People and I remember being very excited about that 1st win. I’m now told that the Egg People lead singer is one the Cover-Band Vocalists on "Dancing With The Stars"…The rest of the rounds were so exhausting and filled with online and personal drama. I’m super glad that I made it all the way to the Final 5 though. To this day, I keep getting emails and comments from people who voted for me saying things like "we’re sorry you didn’t win" ….and since I signed something at the start of the show saying I wouldn’t talk about the contracts and stuff like that…my reply is usually something like "If you ONLY knew… I won by NOT winning" ….I can’t really say any more about this show but it DID bring some exposure and I made some friends by being on it and it DID open some other doors I wouldn’t have changed a thing….besides, it was pretty sweet to have my mug shot on the front page of NBC.com! That Ruled!

Music Placement… I’m supposed to have some of my songs in the movie "Anderson’s Cross" but maybe this is something that would fall into the year 2007 since it’s not released yet?…Oddly enough it was shot in 2004 Also last year, I got a song placed into the Fox Show BONES [air date 11/15/2006 "Aliens in a Spaceship"] I’m told there’s a chance I have another one placed in 2007-Fingers crossed!

One of the COOLEST things that happened to me in 2006 was signing an Endorsement Deal with YAMAHA! I’m very happy about that…More things I was honored and happy about?

I was nominated at the 16th Annual LA Music Awards for Male Rock Singer Songwriter of the Year and I WON that award! Also, another CD I co-produced and wrote songs for won R&B Album of the Year. More Awards? I got nominated for the JPF Awards for Male Singer Songwriter and placed 5th- Not quite as cool as taking home the LA Music Award but still pretty cool.

Off the wall stuff of 2006… I now have a Text Mailing List if you text the word bobgentry to the number 66937. This has turned out to be fun. I’m also hooked up through this Eventful.com site [Take a moment and Demand Me on your hometown damn it! ]

Q: The craziest Off The Wall Moment of 2006?

A: When my half-brother who doesn’t know I’m his brother, voted for me on StarTomorrow and left a few comments there…it’s going to be hard to top that.

In November of 2006, I did a show at the Key Club in Hollywood. This was SO much fun. Here’s a NEW VIDEO of the song "FOAM" with clips taken from this show. I’m scheduled to be doing another show Late January at the Key Club opening up for the band Great White. This event is supposed to be Hosted by Pamela Anderson. More to come on that when I know more. but back to 2006…

My last funny and yet cool thing that happened to me in 2006 was being placed in the Beautiful People Section of LA’s The Place online Magazine. I’m still getting teased for this

Ok…so that was most of my 2006. I’d say it was a pretty GREAT year for music stuff!

Oh, one last thing I could slide in here is that some of my videos have been picked to be part of this Cable TV On Demand thing. I don’t know all the details on this or when it’ll be up but I think soon… Comcast users will soon be able to view my videos on their TV sets after downloading them to their digital cable. More on this when I know. [this is a teaser]

Ok…let me close this post off…I blabbered on way too much already but there was quite a bit of stuff to include in my Year in Review…I’m pretty sure I left some stuff out too.

Let me end by saying….2006 was a GREAT YEAR for me and I will be very sad to see it go.

I wish all of you the VERY BEST 2007!

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