Tuesday, June 09, 2009
How goes it, canters?
Monday, May 18, 2009
The Lost Road Recording Update:
Here is the current state of the hardest recording project of my life, complete with photographic evidence.
Saxophones: Complete
Bass: Complete
Contrabassoon: Complete
Sick Stash: Complete
Trombone: In Progress
We should aim for getting all the vocals done this summer. That should be pretty easy for Sponz and me to do while we're at camp. For Isral we'll have to try to work something out...maybe a weekend in Milwaukee, but then I don't know if his neighbors would appreciate that. We'll figure something out.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Just spent $15 renewing Land of Sandcastles on tunecore...Let's hope we can sell at least 2 copies this year.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Hey, boys.
Last weekend was awesome. The show could have been better, but the practicing was great. I wouldn't mind doing that again in the future.
You guys left some stuff at our place. Sponz, I've got your Cherubs shirt, I've got someone's sleeping bag and a book (something about tripods).
We should invite Adam to this blog.
Last weekend was awesome. The show could have been better, but the practicing was great. I wouldn't mind doing that again in the future.
You guys left some stuff at our place. Sponz, I've got your Cherubs shirt, I've got someone's sleeping bag and a book (something about tripods).
We should invite Adam to this blog.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
♪♫Everybody everybody look at me....do do doo do do da da dee
I wear the tightest pants in history ♪♫
Anyone know adam's email address or anything? He left his sunglasses in my car.
Also...that show was a lot of fun
I wear the tightest pants in history ♪♫
Anyone know adam's email address or anything? He left his sunglasses in my car.
Also...that show was a lot of fun
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Deal
All right. I'm back now, and I'm working on getting things together for this weekend. So here's a million things:
Practice:
-I currently have a room reserved in the music building here for both Friday and Saturday evenings. I'm working on getting Saturday afternoon also, in case that would be easier for us, but I would need to find another room.
-Friday we can get going pretty much right after I'm done with all my classes and stuff around 5:00. We would have until midnight.
-Saturday afternoon TBD, but I'm guessing if I can get the space, we could do it anytime in the afternoon.
-Saturday evening I have a 7:00 call time for
an orchestra concert that starts at 8. If you all end up staying for that evening, you should go to it. It should be pretty dece. I'm not sure how long it will go, but we could practice as soon as I'm done until midnight.
-Sunday if we were set on practicing, we could
probably find a place and just set up and do it, if we're feeling ballsy. I have a large open area in the basement of my apartment that would definitely be big enough, but that might piss off some people. We could also try stages or classrooms that are open and just go for it until we get kicked out.
-If we just wanted to work with the horns or anything like that, we could use practice rooms all day on Friday and Saturday until midnight.
Equipment:
-Dan, I'm assuming you're making a stop at home at some point to get drums and stuff. We would also need our PA to practice with. Just so you know, I have the gig back with mics and cables, and one of the mic stands. We'll also need Isral's amp, red box, merch?, and trombone(s). Not sure what Matt wants, just make sure we have his music notebook.
-Oh yeah, and you might want to bring the carpet from our room, because where we're practicing will either be wood or tile. So you'll probably want that for the drums.
-We have a large storage unit we could store all our stuff in if we didn't want to leave it in the car overnight.
-I have Shafty.
Housing:
Anyone and everyone is welcome to stay at my place for as many nights as they need to. We have a spare bed, 1.5 couches, a broken recliner, and floor space. The only thing is you might want to bring your own blankets and towels and stuff, because I don't know what we have for extras of those.
Transportation:
So I think the only problem with this right now is how Matt and I are going to get back to the Chicago area after the concert. I would prefer to go back that night after the concert, just so I can miss the least number of classes possible. There's a chance that my roommate will go to see the show, in which case we could get a ride back with him. I don't know yet if he can go though. Maybe if Dan is still just slacking around these days and doesn't have anything going on the next day, we could convince him to bring us back, stay the night, and then go back in the morning. Any other ideas anyone?
Times:
-I need to know what time our show officially starts, so I can let my roommate and others know.
-What time would we need to be there? When would I need to leave here? I have to figure out if I'm going to miss classes and stuff on Monday.
Chill:
I'll try and think of something sweet for us to do when y'all spend the night. One thing's for sure...we're going to have to hit up some late night Los Burritos.
How does this sound? Let me know if there's any questions or problems, and what else I need to be thinking about. See you soon.
P.S.
Oh baby...June 23rd
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Okay, here's a tentative plan based on the information I have so far, and pending confirmation on Wheaton practice space...
1.) Friday afternoon I drive down (with Adam? with Sponz?) to Wheaton (via Milwaukee, picking up Isral?). Matt also gets himself to Wheaton. We practice Friday night. We hang out.
2.) We practice Saturday afternoon or perhaps late evening. We hang out.
3.) We practice Sunday afternoon.
4.) Isral (and I? and Adam? and Sponz?) return to Milwaukee Sunday evening.
5.) David and Matt and whoever aren't yet in Milwaukee do so Monday afternoon.
6.) We get ourselves to the Rave and play a sick show.
Any questions/comments/corrections?
1.) Friday afternoon I drive down (with Adam? with Sponz?) to Wheaton (via Milwaukee, picking up Isral?). Matt also gets himself to Wheaton. We practice Friday night. We hang out.
2.) We practice Saturday afternoon or perhaps late evening. We hang out.
3.) We practice Sunday afternoon.
4.) Isral (and I? and Adam? and Sponz?) return to Milwaukee Sunday evening.
5.) David and Matt and whoever aren't yet in Milwaukee do so Monday afternoon.
6.) We get ourselves to the Rave and play a sick show.
Any questions/comments/corrections?
Saturday, March 07, 2009
No go on the practice space/gear storage
From our pastor:
Could we practice at the Rave?
From our pastor:
Isral,
Right now this will not work out because of some important stuff, discussions, decisions being made at Westminster. We actually just got a request to "tidy up" all our stuff because this Tuesday March 10th they are beginning the process of selling the building and want us to consolidate our stuff. IF we did (or do) own the building, my hope is that we'll have the building to use for stuff like this all the time! So please pray that as decisions are made in the next couple months that God's hand of favor is on us!
grace
dp
Could we practice at the Rave?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
