Tales from the Manager Part 2

These stories are so interesting to read & show the truths of being an artist & that it isn't always as easy as it seems. Thank you so much for sharing these 🖤💜

For whatever reason, I didn't hear about TBM on MySpace. Kill the Lights dropped for me on eMusic, the download subscription service. eMusic suggested Walking With Strangers for me, probably based on other stuff I was downloading at the time. Kill the Lights was the first song, and I was forever hooked. I don't know what other songs on eMusic led to the suggestion, but TBM was much different - and much better - than anything else I was listening to. BTW, the *last* song on the album - Movie - is still one of my favorites too.

I was a proud one of those thousand or so that was a fan on MySpace when ‘Kill the Lights’ dropped. I believe I nearly cried the first time I heard it.

So awesome Terry thank you <3

MySpace was such a great connection to bands. If my MySpace is still out there somewhere it is most likely rocking some TBM. Thanks for sharing this chapter of the story, Terry. I am loving hearing your part.

my first TBM song was from the TWS album, Remember Me...it was used in a Dark Shadows video tribute to the character Willey Lumos...boy that song struck a nerve considering how I just had a bad falling out with a very close friend...TBM had me...hook, line and sinker...

That’s very inspiring. I am a later discoverer of TBM in the beginning of ‘15. First song I heard and saw was the. “In the dark”. Video. Also TBM. Refueled my concert addiction. Thank you.

MySpace was so unique, only a few people had acces to it, since it was not that popular as nowadays social medías are. When Facebook, Twitter, started to gain popularity people started to move to those websites and abandoned MySpace 😞 with that a lot of great bands died. I’m glad to see TBM is still on the road, we all would like to see more action in social media. 😃

It is good to know that and how much Terry helped my favorite band :) And I remember MySpace, my profile is probably still active (if the website did not die). I got to know it through my best friend. MySpace was never popular here in Brazil, but I had one and I thought that it was fun and, it happened when I listed to TBM for the first time, around 2006 and 2007.

MySpace is where I discovered TBM. Found them through another band and watched the video for Blue. Instantly fell in love with the music and imagery. 💜

Siggy

I’m glad you care about the band as much as we do and have helped move them this far 💜💜💜 really good story Terry!

I was a regular visitor to Stoney Creek Ontario (by Hamilton) from 2001-2006. I was introduced to Canadian music then and had even went to Toronto to see Nightwish during that time. I had never heard of The Birthday Massacre, so I am thankful for you having launched them further. How did they end up on Pandora? That was my TBM gateway long after my Canadian trips had ended almost a decade later - and it was TBM that sucked me back into Canadian music and re-discovering all of the bands I had listened to in those early days of my part time Canadian life.

Thanks Terry...super interesting...and i would totally agree with you on Walking With Strangers...its an incredible album 💜🖤

Thanks for sharing these stories with us, Terry! 💜💜💜

Michael Gehrman

Very interesting, Terry!