Singer/Song Writer v. 6

Okay so my latest blog is about a small independent singer/song writer by the name of Eric Peters. I ran sound for this guy sometime around '02-'04(sorry i was busy back then). And from the moment i heard him play 'Bus 152' I knew i had to buy his latest album at the time (Land Of The Living).
Subsequently i have bought all of his albums, even the ones b/f LOTL, like his EP and the only LP from his former band Ridgley, and i love every one of them. He is such a talented writer that i have a hard time understanding why he hasn't got a record contract yet. Sure his 1st EP was an artist finding himself but so was Copeland's split w/ Pacifico or even their Beneath Medicine Tree album, not to mention Pedro the Lion's debut EP, Whole. David Bazan went on to create great & ground braking music thru PTL, Headphones, PaperBack, and now as David Bazan; but so has Eric. Its easy to understand why act such as Bazan or Copeland have gained such a following after sub-par debuts; their music speaks for it self. And so does Eric's! He is too talented and too good of a songwriter to go unnoticed.
My point is that he, Eric Peters, has progressed just as much as Copeland or Pedro/Bazan but w/o the critical or commercial success that they have had. And frankly this upsets me tremendously!
I went to see Eric play what i thought was show in Baton Rouge a few days ago; only to learn that he had only a 30 min time slot @ a coffee shop w/ no cover. I loved the performance but felt bad for an artist i admire to the utmost, he deserves better, and anyone reading this should check him out.
My favorite album from Eric is Land Of The Living, but The Miracle of Forgetting, and Scarce are equally as great. Please make time to check out his myspace; if you are fans of the Normals/Andrew Osenga, Matthew Perryman Jones, Andrew Peterson, Derek Webb, the Decemberists, Wilco, Lucinda Williams, etc. please check him out! I want nothing more than for Eric Peters to get signed to a record deal, he deserves it tremendously.