Austin Prime's Blog

One of my best memories was my trip  to New York City in 2010 when I was nominated and made it to the final rounds of the Shorty Awards.

This year, I’m back at it… but in a much more fitting category… radio! Help me be ‘the next big thing!’

It’s simple! All you need is 2 minutes, and a Twitter account! Just click here. Fill out the nominee as ‘AustinPrime’ and make sure the radio category is selected.

Help me on this adventure. I’m so excited to see what happens!

Listen to what I have to say:

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 Alright so here’s the deal… I entered CW Richmond’s VJ contest. I am now in the top 20. Tomorrow I’m going to Buffalo Wild Wings on West Broad from 6 to 10 pm for the elimination/top 4 part of the contest.

There is an audience vote for part of this contest… and I need those votes. The more friends and fans I can have there… the better. I’d really appreciate all the support I can get!

Plus… it’s no fun to be at a contest and trying to do something with no one you know. Makes it a little awk. Ya know?

RSVP on the Facebook event!

Thanks!

 First I was featured in their newsletter, now I’m on their homepage (with Damien Fahey of MTV/NBC, Molly McAlleer of the internet, and David Ortiz of the RedSox!)… and I’m in their newest newsletter! I feel famous.

Check this out:

VYou Newsletter - Featured Users (Austin Prime)

VYou Homepage (Austin Prime)

VYou Newsletter – Themes (Austin Prime)

Get started asking me questions on VYou by clicking here!!

Alright Richmond… this is my last year to travel with the Titan Marching Band.

My freshman year we traveled to Florida and we marched at Disney World and at Universal Studios. This was the first time I traveled with a big group and it was probably one of the best times of my life. I haven’t forgotten a second of it.

My sophomore year we took a cruise to the Bahamas. The Bahamas was by far the most amazing trip I’ve ever been on. The food, the dancing, the karaoke, and being with friends who love to make awesome music. Can’t get much better than that.

Unfortunatly, we were unable to travel my junior year due to low interest in the trip and funding problems.

This year the Titan Marching Band from Cosby High School is set to go to the Bahamas again and perform with over 80 members of the marching band on the Carnival Sensation cruise.

To help pay for this trip we are doing a raffle ticket fundraiser. I’m working hard to sell these raffle tickets to friends and family and I’m trying to get the word out to my social media friends as well.

These raffle tickets go towards 5 gift baskets that are being drawn for at the band’s Holiday concert. (Being present at the concert is not required to win, but you should go anyway!) The baskets all have different themes. There is a sports basket, a music basket, a chocolate  basket, a salon basket, and the big one… the vacation basket! Each gift basket is worth at least $150, and I’m pretty sure they’re worth a lot more than that.

So far the baskets have all kinds of good stuff in them. The sports basket has Richmond Flying Squirrels family four pack of tickets, gift cards, Richmond Kickers tickets, two tickets to Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina basketball game, and more. The music basket has tickets to see the Wizard of Oz at the Landmark Theater in March, gift cards, guitar lessons, voice lessons, and more. The chocolate basket is full of all kinds of chocolate and gift cards. The salon basket has massages, lotions, incense, a one night at Ridgeview Bed & Breakfast in Madison, and more. The vacation basket has a two night stay in Williamsburg, an oil change, and other traveling goodies. The bags are still growing, this is just to give an idea of what’s in them.

1 ticket is only $5. 3 tickets are $10 and 7 tickets are $20. Unfortunatly I can only sell tickets to my friends in the Richmond area because shipping would be difficult and most of the items in the baskets are for the Chesterfield/Richmond area. If you would like to make a donation to my trip though, you can still do that!

If you would like to buy a raffle ticket, please send me an email here and I will get back to you very quickly. Again, please note that I can only sell tickets to people in the Richmond, Virginia area.

Don’t want to be a part of the raffle but still want to contribute? Anyone can make a donation with the ChipIn widget at the bottom of this page.

If you’re a Richmond, Virginia company and you’re interested in contributing to the baskets that’s awesome and you can contact me here.

Say ‘nighty night’ Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with Austin Prime on HitzRadio.com! I’ve started a new segment called “Nighty Nights” where my listeners call in and say goodnight to a special someone, their other half, to a friend, or just everyone listening! It started off great and I want to continue the segment! Start calling me every Mon, Tues, and Wed around 11:30 pm eastern to get your calls! This is a great opportunity to be on the radio with Austin Prime.

Yours truly will be starting Monday night at 7:00 pm Eastern on HitzRadio.com!

Be ready for instant requests, the Top 7 @ 7, celeb gossip, question of the night, your calls, and of course… the BEST HIT music COMMERCIAL FREE! It all kicks off Monday! You wont want to miss this! Tell a friend, or two!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! The point of Thanksgiving of course is to give thanks for what you’ve been blessed with. So, I want to challenge all of my blog readers and twitter followers to tweeting one thing you are thankful for each day with the hash tag #Thankful. So you’re tweet could be something like: “I am #Thankful for ____” or “I am thankful for___. #Thankful.” Something like that. Hopefully doing this everyday will get the #Thankful hashtag trending and the hope is for people to be thankful for what they have. You can help get the idea about this out there by using the social networking links below (Digging, Re posting on Facebook etc.) and by using the Retweet button at the top of this post. Thanks so much and happy Thanksgiving!

Alright, so I decided it was time to take my ‘next step’ in my last blog post, and I think I have finally discovered what my next big step is… singing!

Download the file here: Austin Prime – Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA Cover.

Want to win a $5 Amazon Gift Card?! It’s simple. I’ll tell you how to win. But first you may be wondering why I’m giving it away. Well, because I want to celebrate 1,000 followers on Twitter!

Here’s how to enter yourself.

1. Press the Retweet button to the top right of this post.

2. To get a second entree, post a comment to this blog post as a guest. When posting as a guest be sure to use your real email address.

3. Sign up for my website. And post another comment here with your registered account.

More options may be coming soon so keep checking back.

Looks Like I am going bald! I hope not. Wish me luck tomorrow at the doctor! I have to get my blood drawn!

Thanks to everyone who has donated hair to me on Daily Booth