Pay It Forward
After our Easter Sunday church service, I had the opportunity to talk to a young man I’ve had a few conversations with. I wanted to touch base with him because of something exciting that had happened to him.
His band, The American Hotel System, won the opportunity to open for Bon Jovi. Yes, THAT Bon Jovi.
Christian shared with me how his band received the opportunity to play with Bon Jovi.

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Bon Jovi started the Opening Act Contest because of something that happened to them when they were first starting out. Bands didn’t get to tour or radio play without a record deal in those days.
Bon Jovi began to talk to DJs around the country. Out of all of the DJs they approached, 8 DJs chose to play their record without them having a record deal.