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With only 36 hours to go, After Edmund is closing in on their goal of raising $20,000 to help fund their new album. The band has been blessed by the outpouring of support that they have received over the past 28 days, raising over $17,700 of the $20,000 needed. However, there is still a little work to be done. If the $20,000 goal is not met by 12:00 am EST on February 24, 2012 the band will receive nothing. That’s right, the Kickstarter program requires that the goal be met by the deadline or there will be no funds collected and distributed. So it is time to band together (forgive the pun) and kick this project over the top.
In an effort to help the band reach its goal, ChristianDroid.com is donating $50.00 to the After Edmund Kickstarter Project in the name of their Biggest Fan. That’s right, if you are chosen as the band’s Biggest Fan, we will donate the money to the cause in YOUR name. That means that you will receive the $45.00 incentive which includes:
You’re very own Limited Edition After Edmund Kickstarter T-shirt! Plus an autographed, pre-release hard copy of the album! This also includes a digital copy of the album and we’ll put your name in the album credits.
And you will know that you have helped your favorite band achieve their goal of recording this new album.
Winning is simple. All you have to do is comment on this post and tell us why you think you are After Edmund’s Biggest Fan. The winner will be chosen by ChristianDroid.com on Friday February 24, 2012 and will be notified by email, as well as a post on this website. ChristianDroid will then notify the band of the winner so that they can award the proper prize to the winner.
So let us know today why you think that you are After Edmund’s Biggest Fan and you could get your name in the credits of the album, an autographed pre-release hard copy of the album, along with your very own Limited Edition T-shirt. And you will have the honor of being named After Edmund’s biggest fan!
Be sure to check the progress of the program at the After Edmund Kickstarter Page and check back here on Friday to see if you are their Biggest Fan!
Why are you After Edmund’s Biggest Fan?
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For several years, I hit a downward spiral. My anxiety and depression was beyond out of control. I couldn’t be around people or leave my house without a major struggle. March 19, 2011 I heard about a concert going on in my town. It took all my strength to go, but something in me just needed to be there. This was the first time I heard After Edmund play. During the show, I could feel everything in me heal. Little did I know that concert turned into a lifealtering event. The show helped me reestablish my faith in Jesus. I owe this band so much for helping me find my way back.
That's great. Thanks for your story. I hope it will be a blessing to others as well. Good luck.
AE are always saying that they don’t consider us just as fans but as friends or family. I have to say I really feel the same, for me they’re not just another band, but friends… Awesome friends I know that just so happen to be in a really awesome band! They’re the only band I can say that about. So as a friend I really wanted to support them, and back up them up, but circumstances prevented me from doing so!
my phone is messing up…I’ll try again later!
That’s ok. We got it thanks for the comment.
Well I am just because..
Short and to the point…well said.
AE are always saying that they don't consider us just as fans but as friends or family. I have to say I really feel the same, for me they're not just another band, but friends… awesome friends I know that just so happen to be in a really awesome band! They're the ONLY band I can say that about! So, as a friend I wanted to support them, and back up their project, but circumstances prevented me from doing so!!!
I can't say I'm their biggest fan because they're not just a band and I'm not just a fan!!! More like a BIG After Edmund family!
PS Mitch called me THE facebook girl, if that counts for anything! Haha!!!
Thanks for the comment, I guess I should have labeled the contest, Best Family Member.
Ha yeah I guess so.
I grew up in a home where I was raised what was right and what was wrong, where I learned what the difference between good was and bad. I eventually got tired of always doing the good. My junior year of high school I decided to go against almost everything I knew was bad. The summer of my senior year After Edmund was doing worship at a camp that I went to with my church. It was not a thing that I really wanted to go but one of the things where my parents forced me to go. The whole week I saw everyone going crazy and just crying for no reason and I did not understand why. I was ready to leave camp half way through the week but I was stuck there. I was hoping things were going to get better since I was unable to leave, and thanks to AE, things got A LOT better. Thursday night AE put on a concert and after the concert I asked Mitch if I would be able to talk to him for a minute.
That morning, during worship, Mitch was talking about that moment where you know that God is with you and you know can just experience him. During that talk all I was thinking was that I really wanted to experience what he was describing. So I asked Mitch about it and we were having a talk, and eventually the talk got down to him telling me that I have heard of Jesus but I didn’t really know Him. That night Mitch and their fill in keyboardist at the time Josh helped lead me to Christ. Since then I have loved that band.
There are a lot of problem that happen between my mother and father and I had never really found a way to help me get through the fighting and after that summer I found that listening to their music is the one way to help me deal with the fighting. I see them anytime they are anywhere near where I live, which has only been 5 times, but every time I see those guys it’s like I never left camp. It reminds me of that moment that they helped me realize I needed God in my life. All of these guys have become like my brothers. I thank God for them almost every day because I don’t know where I would be if I never met them.
SORRY IT WAS SO LONG!!
That's ok Amber we don't mind long replies, thanks for sharing your story with us.
Mar 22, 2009 was the day I first saw and fell in love with After Edmund. Their energetic set captivated my attention, and I was impressed when they switch instruments without missing a beat. After the concert we got to meet them and after talking to them I knew I will be a fan for life. I have a baby taylor guitar that I take to get autographs and AE is the only band that have signed it 3 times.(The guitar broke and the 2nd time I saw them they told me how to fix it, so I took it the next time I saw them to show them that it was fixed thanks to them.) I check their page frequently to make sure I don't miss them whenever they come to my area (I've driven almost 4 hrs to see them). They never disappoint and always make us feel like family. They hold a special place in my heart! Much love and blessings!
Thanks for the story. You should get bonus points for having a Taylor (I love mine) but I guess that would be cheating.
Wow, you definitely are a huge fan of these guys! You should win!
I knew AE back when they were Taken. We went to youth group at their church. Actually, we only were able to go because they gave us rides, usually to and from there. They went out of their way so, so many times for us. I was going through a lot at the time, had run away from home and was really struggling to find out which way was up and which way was down. When they played, everything made sense. My boyfriend (now husband) and I owe them so much. The support, love, and the music they gave us still amaze me. They’re all around wonderful people, and it shines through in their music. Anyway, sorry for making this so long, it’s just really hard to describe how much they helped me.
Don’t worry about the length. That seems to be the theme. It is great to see all of the wonderful stories about how everyone has been blessed by them.
Just can’t describe the awesomeness in under 10 sentences
(This is going to be an EXTREMELY long entry, just to give ya a heads up…)
So, why do I consider myself to be After Edmund’s BIGGEST fan? Well this is not something that is easily put into words. But I can try. As is with all good stories, I suppose I should start at the beginning… I met AE on Sept. 22, 2007 at SONfest at MVNU in Mt. Vernon. There were still 5 of them back then; Mitch, Ben, Matt, Yates & Adam, and they first caught my attention with their performance of the song “Clouds”. After they’re performance, I went back to their tent to meet them and get their autographs. All I had enough cash for at that time was for a $5 poster, and I can still remember Adam & Yates trying to talk me into buying their CD. “This thing is so hot it’s not even out in stores yet” is the line I believe that Adam used, lol. But since I was almost out of money, all I left with was just the poster. A few hours after this, I was walking to the concession stand to get something to drink and I ran into Mitch and Ben along the way. Mitch was all like, “Hey, aren’t you Deana?” And as embarrassing as it is to admit, I recognized him, but I could only remember Ben’s name at that time! Like always, Mitch just laughed and joked around with me, pretending to be insulted that I had forgotten his name already. I can say this much tho; I NEVER, EVER forgot his name after that, haha!! ^_^’
Back at that time, I was still in that awkward stage between High School Graduate and Real-Life Adult and I’ll admit that it was tough. I was the only, and still to this day, am the only Christian in my family. Back then I still lived with my parents tho, and my step-dad, step-brother, uncle, cousin, and even a few of our family friends would always tease me for going to church. I’m sure there are a lot of you out there who know what it’s like to be labeled as “that Christian girl”. And then everyone is always watching you, just waiting for you to screw up so that they can tear you down for your mistakes. Well that’s where I was at. That’s the world I was living in at the time that I met After Edmund. I was considered to be “too old” to be involved with my church’s youth group anymore, and “too young” to be a mentor yet. They did have a Bible Study group for others who were my, but I worked every night that it fell on so I always had to miss it. So church on Sunday’s was the only community I was receiving and I was still new to this whole “Christian” thing… Needless to say, I was still trying to find my ‘place’ in this world, and 5 years ago all I wanted to do was sing.
That being said, when the LEAD SINGER of this amazing Christian band that I had just seen on stage not 2 hours prior saw me in a crowd full with thousands of people, stopped to say Hello, and even remembered MY name, it was pretty flattering to say the very least. Like I said, I was struggling with figuring out who I was, and my self-confidence was not exactly very high that that point of my life. And I certainly didn’t feel “special” enough, for lack of a better word, to be remembered by anyone as important as Mitch Parks, let alone to be remembered by name at that! (And then I couldn’t even remember his name, lol!!) But after Mitch and Ben and I talked and got our pictures taken together, I left SONfest and I went to the bank to get some more money. I simply could NOT wait until February for their debut CD to come out on sale in stores, not after that. I wanted it NOW. I was officially hooked at that point, simply because one of them remembered me and then took the time to stop and say “Hello”. (Pun intended, lol!)
When I went back to meet the guys again and buy the Album, Matt wasn’t there again. He was the only one of them that I had not seen yet. Sadly to say, I never did meet Matt at SONfest that day. But I did joke with Adam that I would just have to come see them in concert again so I could get Matt to sign my CD and poster… And that is exactly what I did too, lol!! When their debut CD “Hello” came out, my mom drove my boyfriend and I all the way from Mt. Vernon, OH to LaGrange, GA to attend the CD Release party in their hometown. I’ve never done that for any other band before, and I probly never will again. So why was After Edmund so special then? It was because of the song “Come and Rain Down.” I had bot the CD in September at SONfest and it quickly became the most coveted CD in my vast collection of albums, lol. And even tho I had heard the song several times while driving in the car, the words never really hit me until about the middle of December.
“It doesn’t get any lower than this; lonely, abandoned, and helpless. How can I feel any worse than now? Is it too late to escape or get out somehow?”
That is the opening line of the song. In the 2 months that had passed from SONfest to the night I actually LISTENED to this song for the first time, my best friend of 3 years had stopped being friends with. We went to the same church and met in youth group and we did pretty much everything together. But then she decided to get involved with the wrong people and started drinking and partying. Being that I was worried about her, I told her parents some of the bad choices that she was making, thus causing her to stop being friends with me. She, like so many other people in my household, made fun of me for going to church and said that I was lame for not wanting to “live it up” and enjoy my twenties. I had taken about 3 weeks off of church and I had never felt more alone. I picked up all these extra hours at work because I had nothing else to do, and I needed something to occupy my time. It was almost Christmas time too, on top of all that, and I was just SOO stressed out!
So when “Come and Rain Down” came on and I listened to that opening line, I simply lost it. I broke down crying so hard that I had to pull the car over in order to compose myself. It was after midnight tho, so thankfully no one was around. But I can still remember just sitting in the driver’s seat worshipping Jesus and asking for him to come and rain down in my life. I had NEVER felt so connected to Him outside of a Church building like that. It was amazing! And it was in that moment that I officially became After Edmund’s #1 fan, haha! I said to myself, “I have GOT to meet these guys again and thank them for making such wonderful music.” The few months prior to this moment, I was just a girl that liked the band and listened to their album about once a week in my car. But after that night, I became a full supporter and made it my goal to always encourage them in whatever way I can =)
Which brings me back to the reason why we drove clear to Georgia when “Hello” came out. I had told my mom about them, and even tho she doesn’t like going to “churchy-like” things, she still agreed to drive us there. And along the way, I played their CD and she actually listened to it with me… and liked it, haha! Seeing them in concert made her even more of a fan too, and ever since then she started to support me going to church. She even went with me a few times after we got back from GA!! We got to meet their amazing friends & families, and they even let us join them for dinner after the concert at iHop (which was conveniently attached to our hotel, lol!) I told them how much their songs meant to me, and I even FINALLY got to meet Matt for the 1st time!! I sat beside Mitch and he gave me some awesome pointers on singing and leading worship, and encouraged me to keep chasing my dream. It was definitely a life-changing experience, for sure.
After Edmund is a band unlike any other, to put it lightly. I have been to MANY different concerts, and met SEVERAL different artists, but not a one of them seem to dedicate as much time at the end of a show to meeting the Fans as they do. Not only that, but they don’t just do the whole shallow greeting, no! They actually take a moment to get to know you, connect with you, find out your name, and just show that they care. And then they actually put forth an effort to remember the people they meet and stay connected with them on facebook too. I have never once sent one of them a message and not gotten a response back. It may take them a few days, but they ALWAYS do reply! To me, THAT’S how you reach people. The greatest gift a person can give is to give a moment of their time. And After Edmund has ALWAYS done that for me, as well as several of my friends that I have brought out to concerts with me. Mitch talked to me about my father, he talked to my little brother about some stuff that he was going thru, he talked to my best friend Jenny about her dad’s health problems, and I know he encouraged my mom too. Ben has also listened to me and gave me some pretty solid advice on some issues in the past before, and Adam was always there to talk when he was in the band too. These guys are more than “just a band” to my; they’re my friends. I can’t go very long without seeing them before I start going thru AE withdraws, lol!
Hence the reason that, including SONfest and the CD release party in LaGrange, I have seen After Edmund a total of 16 times in that past 4.5 years since I first met them!!! I’ve been to EVERY show they’ve played in Ohio since SONfest of 2007. (Well, all but 1 that is, but in my defense we did TRY to go to the show in Lima, OH. It’s not MY fault that AAA routed us to the WRONG SIDE of the state when they gave us our Trip Tic!! I’ve lived in OH for all of my life and I never knew that there were 2 Lima’s here until I tried to go to an After Edmund concert in one of them, haha!!!) And during the times when AE couldn’t come here, I’ve gone to them. I’ve taken road trips to Georgia, West Virginia, and Indiana. Because of After Edmund I have seen so many places and tried so many new things, and I have so many awesome memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life!! One of my favorite memories tho was helping my neighbor, who is a professional cake baker, make an After Edmund cake to give to the guys when they came back to play at SONfest again in September of 2008. It was out 1-year anniversary after all, and I wanted to do something special for them. So I had her make this cake for them to take back out on the road with them, haha!! (AE CAKE: http://oi44.tinypic.com/maf3ba.jpg)
I’ve always done everything I can to support them. I’ve hung posters up over town to get the word out whenever they’ve played here in my area. I’ve called radio stations requesting them frequently. Every time I go to a show, I always try to bring someone new who has not met them yet. And pretty much ALL of my friends are AE fans now too, cuz I listen them like ALL the time, lol!! I think I own pretty much EVERY t-shirt they have made in the last 4 years, as well as a signed copy of all their posters, CD’s and the DVD too. I always get something new each time I go to a show, and if it’s something I have already, then I start handing out the extra merch to my friends. And speaking of my friends, I have met 2 of my closest friends to date right now because of After Edmund! Kelsie and I met when we worked at their Merchandise Tent together at SONfest in 2008. And I met Angie because she messaged me to help her out with getting a fan-made MySpace page up for them a few years ago, back when MySpace was still cool, tehee! I did design 2 of the different layouts for the fanspace tho, back in its time that is. (I’m pretty sure we’ve all converted to facebook by this point tho, as far as I know.)
Getting to more recent events, however, when I first heard about this Kickstarter Campaign I couldn’t NOT support them. I looked over all of the incentives and I decided that the Lanyard (to get into any show for the rest of my life) would be the perfect thing for me, giving how many AE concerts I’ve been to already, haha! So I saved up every spare penny that I could until I was FINALLY able to make my donation last Thursday night at the end of the livestream show. And I seriously would have gone so far as to sponsor a song even if I’d of had it, because that’s how much I believe in them, and that’s how badly I wanna see this new record be as successful for them as possible! They are the most amazing, talented, humble, honest, caring, thoughtful, funny and down-to-earth group of people that I have ever met. And the world would certainly be a MUCH brighter place if there were more people like them in it, that’s for sure. =)
But you know, I could go on for hours like this, just telling the stories and sharing the memories of how many times this band has helped me, inspired me, encouraged me, made me laugh, and just been there for me in the past 4 and ½ years. However, I do believe that it is way past the time for me to wrap this thing up… So in closing, I feel like I am After Edmund’s biggest fan because I simply cannot imagine a world without AE in it. I don’t even know where I would be right now if this band were not a part of my life today. I do know that I probably wouldn’t be the bubbly, confident, and “CrazyD” that everyone knows me as today tho, that’s for sure. I have grown and became more confident and more in-tune with who I am because of the awesome message that After Edmund’s music puts out. Their words have encouraged me and helped me when nothing else could. Their music has helped bring me closer to Jesus and other people around me as well. I mean, they leave their wonderful families behind to go out on the road and share their testimonies, spreading the love of Jesus in the message that they give out to a new crowd each night. I am so very thankful to them for what they do. I owe them so much, and words can never begin to explain how much this band means to me…. And to think, all of this might not have happened if Mitch hadn’t taken the time to simply just stop to say “Hello” to me that day at SONfest 2007. So guys, if you are reading this, know that I love you and I appreciate everything that you do!! And I am looking so forwards to watching you grow in the years to come too!! =D
Thanks for sharing your story. If we were judging solely on length, I think you would win by a mile. I really appreciate reading all of the stories that everyone is sharing and yes they will be reading these. Good luck.
I attended a Dnow event in my hometown as a youth counselor. As a 50 something youth counselor. I have been in church ministries for many decades. At this event they had some rock band called After Edmund. And they looked funny, and were so young and hipster.
Well, next thing I know, here comes two of my youth group guys hauling in a speaker, then another one carrying in guitar cases. What is going on here? Then, Mitch is out there playing basketball with the kids. Then, Ben is demonstrating some chords to some kids, letting them use his guitar. Then, they are sitting down eating chicken nuggets among the kids.
Wait a minute! These guys are the real deal, they know Jesus like I know Jesus! They love these kids. I was convicted of my judging a book-by-it’s-cover attitude. I have not been the same since. Since that day, my walk with God has been enhanced, my faith has increased, and He has put me in situations I never dreamed. I was delivered of an aversion to Christian music; that is, of any sort; not a good thing for a lifelong musician. I led my lost sister to Christ. God put me in a leadership position at my church that I never dreamed would occur. I sang at a rap concert. On and on, and it started with speaker toting kids at an AE event.
Oh, and I really like the music. Good musicianship, good heartfelt lyrics. I can just hear the intro to some of the songs and I am in tears.
I guess I am not the biggest fan, but I certainly owe you guys a debt of gratitude for letting God use you. I pray for you every day and I am so proud of you for being diligent to do the Lord’s work.
Thanks for the comment. I am glad to learn I’m not the only “old person” one here. Of course I’m kidding. Age is a state of mind. And I’m out of mine.
I would like to start by thanking my first grade teacher for instilling in me the love of music…and my ancestors for my deep enjoyment of humor. Most importantly Jesus…His perfect plan leading to this moment…and of course I thank the judges for picking me as the best fan…and I can still picture…WHAT?…I did not win?…what about the confetti?…the fireworks?…the parade?…my trophy?..why are you pulling me from the stage so briskly?
Seriously though…I love the band…love that they love Jesus and that God is using them in a mighty way for His Kingdom. Happy they have so many great fans even is I’m not the best…the last shall be first anyway..lovinspoonful…Mazel
Thanks. This put a smile on my face this morning. Good luck.
I first met after Edmund on oct 24 th 2010 not sure if that’s the right date but I do know it was in oct in harrington Delaware at the awaking some of the kids form my youth had told me about them since I didn’t go to youth camp in Denton Maryland “camp ignite ” that summer they came back and said how awesome they were and how great their music was ! I started listening to them brought the album hello and spaceships and submarines !:) so the night of concert my youth pastors tried getting up in early to hang with them again of course I was excited to finally met them , no lucky we couldn’t get in early they wouldn’t let us
so we had to wait outside in the cold until it was time to go in I could see them which made me even more excited ! So as soon as the doors opened my sister and me and our other friends ran to the front row on seats and got them so they Mitch and Ben came out and hugged my friends they had went to the camp then talk for few a walked away I was to shy to talk to them at frist when the worship started I ran up the front by the mic by Mitch so as the event went on we had a break to go buy things and stuff me being shy I didn’t so I didn’t talk to them 
do after the break was there concert my youth group left in the middle early bc we had a lock in 
so we left didn’t even get a chance to met them so I went threw withdrawals until I saw them again like Iam sure every after Edmund fan does lol!:) so this past summer they were going to be at camp ignite again as soon as I heard about it was signed up and everything I was solo excited to finally met them for sure and spend a whole week with them ! So as soon as I got ticamp got my stuff in mycabin and all we went to the main building can’t remember what I was called so , we went over the rules and I was looking around the room and saw Mitch I was excited lol so later on in the week we sat Mitch ,Ben , Austin , Nathan (fill in drummer for Matt ) the camp is in the 3rd week in july so anyways as we were eating we were talking and all the Boys were being. Crazy lol we left and they had to go to do worship sound check for that night ! Before that my friend Kelsey was like we should ask Ben to play UNO I was really shy and this was before I started sitting with them in the middle of week so after finally saying no a few times I finally got up courage to to walk up to Ben and tap him on the shoulder and say hey Ben he said yeah? I was still really neverous with Mitch , and Austin staring at me lol ! I said do you wanna play UNO with us ? He said yeah when now? I said yes he said ok so he got up got his phone and we walked to go play UNO ! As we were playing as still really shy and neverous then warned up to him! So as we were playing he got a phone call from one his wife so he left gave us high fives and left 
so for the ready of week I would see them and sit with them at meals ,so finally it was there concert night (thursday night ) my friend Kelsey and me stayed in there and ended up go to there merch table and buying stuff , then went to go get it signed and all we frist saw Nathan then Mitch he asked hs If we were ready for shoe of course we saidyes ! He laughed Kelsey said were gonna be right up front he laughed and said right on so after we went back outside and waiting by the door again we ran up by mic by Mitch ! After the show we talked to all of them got pictures and all ! Ben still owes us an UNO game lol 
so it was time to go home Saturday morning i wasn’t ready to leave yet I had overcame so much and I want shy around them anymore lol I looked for them to say bye but I later found out a few mins after I left they came in room. To say.bye 
so anyways I went home went to youth and church on Sundays and it wasn’t the same as camp I started to go threw withdrawals bad lol but I get to see them for the 3rd and 4th time tm night in Harrington Delaware at un+Ed for worship then Saturday in va can’t so guys if you if see this thanks for helping me overcome being shy and helping me threw so much do you guys tm sorry that this was sooo long !:)
I forgot to say thanks sooo much guys I love these boys and idk what I do without them in mlivers as friends there like my brothers I’ve never had!:) again see you soon after Edmund !:)
My life lol sorry Iam on my iPhone darn spell check lol
I thank for God for them everyday idk what I would do without them sorry again !
No problem, thanks for the comments Brittany. I would have to say that you certainly are the most persistent.
Good luck.
I first heard of After Edmund in March of ’09 by my daughter Selena. One of her school teachers with the group FCA took a group of kids from his class to a concert in Ardmore, Oklahoma that included, After Edmund, Building 429, Kimber Rising and Above the Golden State. My husband, two daughters and my brother and his wife all went, except…me! I regret to this day not going because they had the priviledge of hearing After Edmund for the first time. When my daughter came home she said, “Mom, you should’ve gone! There was this band there called ‘After Edmund’, and they were AMAZING!!!” Her words exactly! Luckily she bought their CD ‘Hello’ and I started listening to it. My first impression was, “This is teenager music” lol! At the time I was going through some sort of change, mid-life crisis…I think! But the more I listened to it the more I enjoyed it and from then on was hooked!
. What really encouraged me was that they were and still are so interactive with their fans. As soon as I decided to say hey to Mitch, it didn’t take long for him to say hey back! I was very pleasantly surprised.
. Soon after she made me one of the page administrators temporarily so I could change or add anything about the band. The best part was getting posts from the band itself and getting thanked for what I did. I felt like a million bucks!!! My new found love for After Edmund got to be in my everyday language so much so that my husband thought I had a “thing” for these guys! Haha!!! Well, the “thing” is that I DO love these guys, but in the way God would have me love them. We share God as our Father, so we are related in that sort of way, lol! These guys are not only super talented in what they do, they love JESUS!!! And that’s what I love about After Edmund! They deserve a chance to get the rest of the world hooked on their music and the message behind it.
So they should all know by now who After Edmund is!!!
I decided to Facebook them and sure enough found and friended all of them, including their wives
After that, I somehow came across the band page “After Edmund fans unite”. The page owner asked if I could post things on the page about After Edmund because I guess she noticed how much I was posting about this band. So I gladly accepted
Everywhere I go, I try to share what I know about After Edmund. All my family (including church family) know that I am a BIG After Edmund fan. One day we went on a trip with the youth from our church. Somehow we were in charge of what music to listen to. Of course, I had all of After Edmund’s CD’s with me, so for two hours up there and back, they listened to nothing but After Edmund music.
My goal is to meet these guys in person so I can thank them for what they do. For three years I have tried to get them to come back to Oklahoma. I will continue doing that until it happens. I also pray over these guys all the time for God to continue working through them so that many will come to know Him, Jesus Christ, as their personal savior. I believe that is what their goal is too, to reach many through their music & faith in God. If and when I do get to meet them, I will thank them for that first and foremost. And I will be one happy FAN if I win this! Thanks for the opportunity to share my story.
Livvy Riggle
That\’s a great testimony Livvy. I love reading about how these guys bring families together with their love of Christ and their music. Good luck.
I love After Edmund! The first time I heard them, I was obsessed. I even introduced them to my sister and brother and now they love them too! I persuaded my brother to take “Dance Like You’re From the Future” to school on a cd and show it to his homeroom class to try to get them to dance to it for a schoolwide talent show. His class loved it and that is the song they used. I take credit for that… Lol. Seeing a bunch of 4th graders dance on a stage to After Edmund is one of the most amazing things ever. I just think After Edmund is awesome and I am so grateful for their music. And I am definitely their biggest fan. (:
I bet that would make a great video. Thanks for the comment.
Unlike many of these fans…I don’t have a moving story related to After Edmund. I have always enjoyed their music and appreciated their bold Christian stand. When I first heard them on Power FM (a local Christian rock station) the name reminded me of the new Narnia movie and immediately I was interested. I then fell in love with their mix of rock and synth and I love Mitch’s voice: it is unique and definitely high quality. When I saw that they had a kickstarter, I was excited to get the music just for donating, but honestly, I felt that they needed ME to help with this album and I sincerely hope they make it in the next 9 hours. You got this!!!
Well said. I know they appreciate the help because we all are making this album happen. It is your album. And you are right it is in the bag. Awesome job to everyone who is helping.
Oh goodness.. Writing is not my forte, but here I go!
) and I was pretty skeptical at first when I heard all of the synths. That’s when I looked up some live performance videos of theirs on Youtube. – I have this horrible habit of needing to make sure the person can actually sing, and doesn’t just rely on reverb, etc. – I was shocked. I literally jumped out of my chair, ran to my mom and said “I just heard this awesome Christian band that uses a ton of keyboard AND the lead singer can sing”!
Why am I After Edmund’s biggest fan?
I first heard about After Edmund from Miss Kimmy (Got to love her!). She kept posting videos of this guy with wacky hair singing (Mitch
I saw them live for the first (and only so far) time last year in Hampton, VA. My dad drove me an hour or so both ways so I could see them. I had made them cookies and brownies and my dad let me hang around afterwards to talk to them. This is when they were dubbed ‘the sweetest guys on earth’ in my mind. They were so appreciative of the cookies I had made and they actually TALKED to me like a friend instead of just nodding their heads and trying to push me through a line. I came home incredibly impressed by their love for sharing Jesus and connecting with people.
At that same time, I was still healing from an incredibly deep wound and was having a very hard time forgiving certain people in my life. I felt compelled to buy some more of their stuff on iTunes and that’s when I came across ‘Fighting for your Heart’ for the first time. My chin hit the floor and I sobbed as I listened to the words. God used the guys of After Edmund and their music to tell me it was time to let go and forgive.
I’m not only a huge fan/friend because of this, but also because I believe they are incredibly talented and effective in bringing the gospel to this generation. As a fellow musician, I’m always impressed with what they come up with and they inspire me to stretch myself out of my ‘let’s play some Mozart’ box.
I am so excited to be able to help them make their new album, to be able to share my appreciation for their music and how much effort they put into what they do. Let’s rock these last few hours!!!
Brownies will get you extra points every time. Thanks for the comment.
I AM AFTER EDMUND’S BIGGEST FAN! ever sense 4 of July 4 when i saw them preform at ‘I Love America’, sense this i have been hooked on there music! because im friends with them on Facebook i have been able to compete in there mini online contest, i have won there tee-shirt design contest, and i have drawn a cartoon picture for each of them…. those where once all of 4 of there profile pictures on Facebook! I AM TOTALLY ON OF THERE BIGGEST FANS!! AND I REALLY WANT THEM TO MEET THERE GOAL!
Well, you’re in luck! The goal was met a few hours ago!
Thanks everyone for your comments. I had the pleasure of meeting with After Edmund tonight before the Raleigh NC concert. I can tell you that each of your comments have meant a great deal to the guys. They have read these stories of how they have touched your lives and your testimonies have touched their hearts, as well as mine. Thank you so much for participating.
I wish you all could win but there will be a winner selected and announced tomorrow. May God Bless each of you and thank you for helping AE achieve their goal.