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Profilin’ : Mary H.

Mary Hale aka Murry, Hale Mary, or Mj. Call her whichever one tickles your fancy. Down to the basics of Mary: marketing intern at Front Gate, music business student at ACC, hat aficionado, entrepreneur, animal lover, planner, and dreamer.

1) What do you do at Front Gate Tickets?

Learn. A whole lot! Being an intern with little experience leaves plenty of room for knowledge and growth. Thanks to the uninhibited guidance of Shrie Spangler and the rest of the Front Gate crew I have learned how to comfortably navigate through many aspects of marketing and social media. Front Gate has me writing blogs, tweeting, Facebooking (yes, that’s a word), promoting shows, and helping plan awesome parties. 

2) What are some bands that you’re really digging right now?

My guilty pleasure playlist, that I jam way too often, consists mainly of really bad 90′s music but we won’t get too into that. Most recently it’s a whole lot of SPOON, SPOON, and more SPOON! Can’t listen to them enough lately. Other artists that put a pep in my step include The Kooks, Mason Jennings, The XX, Rodriguez, The Weeks, The Lumineers and an array of local talent like Jack Wilson, The Bipolar Bears, Shakey Graves, Luke Walker, DB Rouse, and Whiskey Shivers.  Check out these artists on the Spotify playlist below, link directly to the local artists by clicking their name, or go straight to Spotify and start a playlist of your own! 

3) What’s the best show you’ve ever seen?

Where to start! Don’t believe I can pinpoint it to just one show. However, to save you guys some time I can certainly narrow it down to just a few that are permanently stuck in my good times flashbacks. Considering the amount of times I have seen them live and they have never failed to leave me drenched in sweat with a huge smile from rockin’ my face off is Pepper. The energy they bring to the stage makes you forget about “the real world” for a while and lose yourself in the music. Not to mention the copious amounts of dancing, or in my case jumping around like a fool. My favorite show of theirs was when they played at Stubb’s a few years back. Yesod Williams threw his drum stick to the crowd which of course turned into a huge wrestling match and I defeated them all to walk away with Yesod’s drumstick. Best moment ever! Another great one to mention was Brandi Carlile when she played at Austin City Limits back in 2011. She inspired and uplifted the entire crowd with her original words of wisdom and absolutely beautiful singing voice. Nobody in that crowd left without a feeling of empowerment. Which is what truly amazing talent should do! 

4) What’s your absolute fave movie or book and why?

Easy answer. Anchorman! Not only for the reason that it has the worlds funniest man, Will Ferrell, as the star but the fact that after watching it my entire body aches from laughing so hard. Side note: I can recite the entire movie dialogue, mostly in order, from memory. Try me. 

5) If you could hang out with one band/artist or music industry mogul who would it be?

The first woman in the history of the recording industry to gain the CEO title of a popular record label. And that would be Sylvia Rhone! It took her twenty years but she worked her way up to that title from starting as a secretary at Buddha Records. Her passion for music, determination, and perseverance are all traits that make Sylvia Rhone the most bad ass women in the music industry. 

6) Would you care about sharing an interesting tidbit about yourself?

Well the fact that the majority of my family has an awesome artistic ability, that somehow got left out of my gene pool, leaves out any hobbies like painting or drawing but I do love scrapbookin’! Which is good considering the thousands of pictures I have piled up in shoe boxes. From gifts to personal photo albums I love creating a story through the years with different pictures and designs all from my own little mind. 

 Quick shout out to my puppy love Murphy and his best friend Willow. Who can’t love these cuties?!