I guess I haven't written on here in a while so here are some updates for those of you who read this. Things have been pretty busy for us up here on Boston's North Shore. Since I've written last, we've had t-shirts pressed (you can get them for $10 at drivenrecords.bigcartel.com), played a couple of shows, and discovered some pretty sweet reviews of Redivivus where people have been way too kind to us. It's been a blessing to see how God is using our music.
To recap, we played a show up in Plaistow, NH on November 20. It was our first one without John (he's in Italy and will be coming back in a couple days if you didn't know) and it went pretty badly. Lots of technical difficulties and we didn't play nearly as well as we would have liked. We're really looking forward to having him back and getting settled down into a new five-man line up. Rafaell will stay on bass and we will have three guitars. I'll be playing more glockenspiel and piano if we can figure out how to work it in.
Last night we played in Lexington, MA at Trinity Covenant Church which was a much better show and a lot of fun. We played before a rap group called New Legends which I can safely say is the first time that has ever happened.
We're really excited to see things moving forward and we're looking to play out more (shoot me an email at glassamericaband@yahoo.com if you want to book us) and get more press. We're looking at a radio show in Boston that wants to interview us and play our music so hopefully that will happen in the near future. We've also been in contact with members of bands that we're huge fans of (Underoath, Caspian, The Glorious Unseen...go check them out), getting feedback on our music which has been very helpful.
Again, thank you so much for your continued support. We really appreciate it as we press on in this into the new year and beyond.
Jared
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
To Him Who Is Able To Keep You From Falling
So here we are two weeks out after Redivivus was released. It's been incredibly humbling to stumble upon reviews of the album and blogs that have been gracious enough to help promote it. It's kind of bizarre to me to see people actually really liking something that we did. And I have to step back and remember that it is entirely God's work and not ours. We are just vessels and would be completely useless without Him. I wanted to take some time to write out some of the themes and ideas behind the songs and the album as a whole. Hopefully it’ll give you a better understanding of the concepts of the record without hindering your own interpretation of the art.
After the school year ended for us this past May, we packed up all our gear and headed up to John's house in Cape Neddick, Maine, a small town on the coast. We had originally planned to have it be an EP of the five songs we thought really represented us as a band and that pointed in the direction we were going both musically and spiritually. With that goal in mind, we headed down to John’s basement studio and tracked drums for the five songs in three days. As the summer progressed, we found time here and there to do bass and then guitars. Somewhere along the line we decided to add three extra songs that we felt contributed to the overall feel of the album. These three songs ended up being some of my favorites because of how simplistic they are but also how incredibly significant they are to the motifs of the record. In the end, we came out of the studio with a 45 minute, 8 song album that none of us had expected when the project first was underway. We didn’t write these songs trying to “achieve” anything or to force any sort of concept. It just sort of happened which is (to me anyway) unavoidable evidence that it was God working through what we were doing. As such, I want to deflect the praise for it as much as possible (but I’ll take the criticism).
“Redivivus” means literally to “come back to life” or to be reborn. I’ll be honest, I decided on the name because I saw it on dictionary.com as the word of the day during the time when we were wrestling over titles for the record (we still thought it was going to be an EP at that point). At first glance (even in my mind) it seems like a pretty stupid way to name an album. But then I think of how amazingly providential God is and I know He uses little things like that to reveal Truth. I thought the word was original and conveyed the sorts of ideas that the album does. So I clicked on the little audio pronunciation icon on the webpage, heard the computer lady say it out loud (Red-uh-vahy-vuhs) and I was sold.
We took almost all of the imagery, concepts, and track titles for the album directly out of the Old Testament. I want the music to speak for itself but basically this album is about the incredible, unfathomable hope and peace that doesn’t make any sense that comes from Jesus Christ and His love for us. The record is very dark in spots but also very hopeful. God never intended us to go through life without any problems. In fact, life can be incredibly painful, sorrowful, and desperate. That’s why having a God who is so faithful, loving, and gracious is so amazing to me. I don’t have an answer for why we go through hard things but I know that God came to Earth as a man to feel the exact same suffering as us and through His suffering He gave us life and love with no bounds. With that in mind, Redivivus turned into somewhat of a mostly instrumental worship album with sparse vocals that praise the Most High in the middle of the worst in life.
The first track title, “We Hung Our Harps” comes directly from Psalm 137. The people of Judah had been exiled from their homeland because of their sin and their disobedience of God and sat near the rivers of Babylon while their captors tormented them by asking them to sing joyful songs of Zion. They hung their harps on the trees there and some rabbinic traditions say that the Jewish harpists even bit off their thumbs so that they couldn’t play their instruments anymore. That is unbelievable despair. My brother Corey did the album art for Redivivus and we loved the image of the harps hanging on a tree by the river. The juxtaposition of this extremely depressing image with the hopeful title “Redivivus” really appealed to us because we thought it was a good illustration of the hope in the midst of despair. We may ask, “How could a loving and merciful God allow His people to go through something like that?” But then I remember that His love for them includes punishment because He wants them to be as good as they can be. God did not aimlessly punish them for their disobedience. It was for a very specific purpose: closer communion with Him, which is an amazing blessing. And God’s justice is always mixed with mercy. We got another idea for a track title (actually two) from Isaiah 62 where it talks about God bringing His people home after their punishment. It says, “They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.” God redeems His people even after they have been unfaithful to Him, committing adultery in effect. Yet His love is so powerful that He forgives them and continues to chase them even when they turn from Him. What a crazy picture of love.
My favorite image of the album is “Gomer (Returning Home)” which comes out of the book of the prophet Hosea. God told Hosea to marry a woman (Gomer) who he knew was an adulteress and who would be unfaithful to him. God used this as an illustration to show Hosea what it was like when Israel was unfaithful to Him. After Gomer cheats on Hosea, God tells Hosea to go and redeem her back from her other lover. Hosea pays the price to bring Gomer home. When I read that I pictured what it must have been like for Gomer as Hosea went and brought her back home. She had been caught in sin and shattered Hosea’s heart and betrayed his trust. Yet Hosea goes and pays the price to get her back and then loves her completely even after what she did to him. That is exactly what Christ did for us. We were trapped in our sin that breaks God’s heart. But instead of filing for spiritual divorce, God sent His Son as a man to Earth to pay the price so that we can be redeemed and be loved completely again by God. How He loves us! The idea for this song came from the picture of Gomer walking home with Hosea after she had been redeemed. She had done all this terrible stuff to him but he loved her anyway. And that is exactly what God does for us.
Another title that we took right out of the Old Testament was “A Voice From Behind” which is from Isaiah 30:21. It says, “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” No matter where we are in life, God is with us and He guides us if we allow Him to. When we try to light our own way in the darkness, we will always fall.
Lastly, Sinai is about wandering in life. The song uses the illustration of the Israelites wandering and waiting for the Lord to provide for them. They questioned Him, were fearful, struggled with doubts about their own strength and the Lord’s strength. In the end, God, through His infinite love, provided land and blessing for His people. In the trials of our wandering and struggles, there is a Hope that we can cling to.
Sorry this has been really long-winded. Thank you so much for your support in this endeavor. We really appreciate it. We hope that you enjoy listening to Redivivus as much as we enjoyed making it. My prayer is that it might give you hope in hard things and that it points you to the One who sustains.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Through the Most High,
Jared
After the school year ended for us this past May, we packed up all our gear and headed up to John's house in Cape Neddick, Maine, a small town on the coast. We had originally planned to have it be an EP of the five songs we thought really represented us as a band and that pointed in the direction we were going both musically and spiritually. With that goal in mind, we headed down to John’s basement studio and tracked drums for the five songs in three days. As the summer progressed, we found time here and there to do bass and then guitars. Somewhere along the line we decided to add three extra songs that we felt contributed to the overall feel of the album. These three songs ended up being some of my favorites because of how simplistic they are but also how incredibly significant they are to the motifs of the record. In the end, we came out of the studio with a 45 minute, 8 song album that none of us had expected when the project first was underway. We didn’t write these songs trying to “achieve” anything or to force any sort of concept. It just sort of happened which is (to me anyway) unavoidable evidence that it was God working through what we were doing. As such, I want to deflect the praise for it as much as possible (but I’ll take the criticism).
“Redivivus” means literally to “come back to life” or to be reborn. I’ll be honest, I decided on the name because I saw it on dictionary.com as the word of the day during the time when we were wrestling over titles for the record (we still thought it was going to be an EP at that point). At first glance (even in my mind) it seems like a pretty stupid way to name an album. But then I think of how amazingly providential God is and I know He uses little things like that to reveal Truth. I thought the word was original and conveyed the sorts of ideas that the album does. So I clicked on the little audio pronunciation icon on the webpage, heard the computer lady say it out loud (Red-uh-vahy-vuhs) and I was sold.
We took almost all of the imagery, concepts, and track titles for the album directly out of the Old Testament. I want the music to speak for itself but basically this album is about the incredible, unfathomable hope and peace that doesn’t make any sense that comes from Jesus Christ and His love for us. The record is very dark in spots but also very hopeful. God never intended us to go through life without any problems. In fact, life can be incredibly painful, sorrowful, and desperate. That’s why having a God who is so faithful, loving, and gracious is so amazing to me. I don’t have an answer for why we go through hard things but I know that God came to Earth as a man to feel the exact same suffering as us and through His suffering He gave us life and love with no bounds. With that in mind, Redivivus turned into somewhat of a mostly instrumental worship album with sparse vocals that praise the Most High in the middle of the worst in life.
The first track title, “We Hung Our Harps” comes directly from Psalm 137. The people of Judah had been exiled from their homeland because of their sin and their disobedience of God and sat near the rivers of Babylon while their captors tormented them by asking them to sing joyful songs of Zion. They hung their harps on the trees there and some rabbinic traditions say that the Jewish harpists even bit off their thumbs so that they couldn’t play their instruments anymore. That is unbelievable despair. My brother Corey did the album art for Redivivus and we loved the image of the harps hanging on a tree by the river. The juxtaposition of this extremely depressing image with the hopeful title “Redivivus” really appealed to us because we thought it was a good illustration of the hope in the midst of despair. We may ask, “How could a loving and merciful God allow His people to go through something like that?” But then I remember that His love for them includes punishment because He wants them to be as good as they can be. God did not aimlessly punish them for their disobedience. It was for a very specific purpose: closer communion with Him, which is an amazing blessing. And God’s justice is always mixed with mercy. We got another idea for a track title (actually two) from Isaiah 62 where it talks about God bringing His people home after their punishment. It says, “They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.” God redeems His people even after they have been unfaithful to Him, committing adultery in effect. Yet His love is so powerful that He forgives them and continues to chase them even when they turn from Him. What a crazy picture of love.
My favorite image of the album is “Gomer (Returning Home)” which comes out of the book of the prophet Hosea. God told Hosea to marry a woman (Gomer) who he knew was an adulteress and who would be unfaithful to him. God used this as an illustration to show Hosea what it was like when Israel was unfaithful to Him. After Gomer cheats on Hosea, God tells Hosea to go and redeem her back from her other lover. Hosea pays the price to bring Gomer home. When I read that I pictured what it must have been like for Gomer as Hosea went and brought her back home. She had been caught in sin and shattered Hosea’s heart and betrayed his trust. Yet Hosea goes and pays the price to get her back and then loves her completely even after what she did to him. That is exactly what Christ did for us. We were trapped in our sin that breaks God’s heart. But instead of filing for spiritual divorce, God sent His Son as a man to Earth to pay the price so that we can be redeemed and be loved completely again by God. How He loves us! The idea for this song came from the picture of Gomer walking home with Hosea after she had been redeemed. She had done all this terrible stuff to him but he loved her anyway. And that is exactly what God does for us.
Another title that we took right out of the Old Testament was “A Voice From Behind” which is from Isaiah 30:21. It says, “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” No matter where we are in life, God is with us and He guides us if we allow Him to. When we try to light our own way in the darkness, we will always fall.
Lastly, Sinai is about wandering in life. The song uses the illustration of the Israelites wandering and waiting for the Lord to provide for them. They questioned Him, were fearful, struggled with doubts about their own strength and the Lord’s strength. In the end, God, through His infinite love, provided land and blessing for His people. In the trials of our wandering and struggles, there is a Hope that we can cling to.
Sorry this has been really long-winded. Thank you so much for your support in this endeavor. We really appreciate it. We hope that you enjoy listening to Redivivus as much as we enjoyed making it. My prayer is that it might give you hope in hard things and that it points you to the One who sustains.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Through the Most High,
Jared
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Redivivus Out Tuesday, September 8!
Hey guys! Just letting you know that the official release date for Redivivus is going to be Tuesday, September 8. We are looking into all the options for a digital release right now. The artwork for the album was done by my brother Corey (www.deamedesign.com).
Also, the entire album is streaming on www.myspace.com/glassamericaband now so go take a listen and get a copy on September 8!
-Jared
Also, the entire album is streaming on www.myspace.com/glassamericaband now so go take a listen and get a copy on September 8!
-Jared
Thursday, August 20, 2009
On the process and completion of the album...
Redivivus is done. We are so incredibly happy about how it has come out. Yes, there are blippy spots; yes, there are times at which I am certain you can tell that it was recorded with no budget in my basement and mixed by a person that has never done anything like this before; yes, there will be things that we’ll do differently the next time we approach an album, but let’s chalk that stuff up to the album sounding “organic” and contributing to its “charm.” We couldn’t be happier that this is finished, and that it feels finished. None of us think very highly of ourselves or of our music, but we are truly proud of this. We should start having ways for you to get your hands on it very soon.
Redivivus was recorded in my basement in Maine. We bought a bass drum microphone and bass strings before we started recording. This more than exhausted our band fund. We recorded the drums in three days after college let out in May. The rest of the recording took another two months. We tried things we never thought we’d get to try (playing a bass guitar with a bow, recording guitars through pouring rain, using volume pedals galore, even a glockenspiel we found for 90 dollars on ebay), we got on each other’s nerves, we laughed and had cigars and watched movies and ate taffy and made stupid videos and talked and grew together. Redivivus crystallizes our first year as a band and points in the direction of our future.
This album was a surprise to all of us, because none of us thought we were making an album. It started as a five-song, rough EP with no name and no uniting elements. It so happened, however, that in the process of recording, we became inspired to do more and more to make this thing feel like a cohesive whole. We had intro tracks and reprises and lyrical themes and a loose concept. We had long conversations about how we wanted the album to feel, and how we wanted it to make people feel. The biggest theme to the album, and indeed, the biggest theme in any of our lives, is that there is hope, whatever the circumstance. There is a major chord, even after a whole song in a minor key.
This is a far cry from how I felt about this album initially. I was totally overwhelmed and edging towards hopeless over the fate of our project. Over the course of the mixing and mastering process, though, a surreal thing happened, and I was able to step back from the art we were trying to make and be affected by it. Finishing this album became one of the most spiritual experiences I have had. Thank God for Jared’s simple but profound lyrical meditations. Thank God for Micah’s creative and poignant drumming. Thank God for Mike’s off the cuff bass-lines that serendipitously fit perfectly into every song. Thank God that we can aspire to create something of beauty in community with one another. This album was an act of praise for us and we hope you can listen to it with the same sense of contemplation and praise in which we tried to write it.
Thank you for any kind words of encouragement or constructive criticism, for prayers and thoughts and inspiration. Redivivus is yours as much as it is ours.
John
Redivivus Tracklisting:
1. We Hung Our Harps
2. ...and then the sun
3. Harbinger (Sought After,
4. If I Forget You O Jerusalem
5. Gomer (Returning Home)
6. A Voice From Behind
7. Sinai
8. The City No Longer Deserted)
Redivivus was recorded in my basement in Maine. We bought a bass drum microphone and bass strings before we started recording. This more than exhausted our band fund. We recorded the drums in three days after college let out in May. The rest of the recording took another two months. We tried things we never thought we’d get to try (playing a bass guitar with a bow, recording guitars through pouring rain, using volume pedals galore, even a glockenspiel we found for 90 dollars on ebay), we got on each other’s nerves, we laughed and had cigars and watched movies and ate taffy and made stupid videos and talked and grew together. Redivivus crystallizes our first year as a band and points in the direction of our future.
This album was a surprise to all of us, because none of us thought we were making an album. It started as a five-song, rough EP with no name and no uniting elements. It so happened, however, that in the process of recording, we became inspired to do more and more to make this thing feel like a cohesive whole. We had intro tracks and reprises and lyrical themes and a loose concept. We had long conversations about how we wanted the album to feel, and how we wanted it to make people feel. The biggest theme to the album, and indeed, the biggest theme in any of our lives, is that there is hope, whatever the circumstance. There is a major chord, even after a whole song in a minor key.
This is a far cry from how I felt about this album initially. I was totally overwhelmed and edging towards hopeless over the fate of our project. Over the course of the mixing and mastering process, though, a surreal thing happened, and I was able to step back from the art we were trying to make and be affected by it. Finishing this album became one of the most spiritual experiences I have had. Thank God for Jared’s simple but profound lyrical meditations. Thank God for Micah’s creative and poignant drumming. Thank God for Mike’s off the cuff bass-lines that serendipitously fit perfectly into every song. Thank God that we can aspire to create something of beauty in community with one another. This album was an act of praise for us and we hope you can listen to it with the same sense of contemplation and praise in which we tried to write it.
Thank you for any kind words of encouragement or constructive criticism, for prayers and thoughts and inspiration. Redivivus is yours as much as it is ours.
John
Redivivus Tracklisting:
1. We Hung Our Harps
2. ...and then the sun
3. Harbinger (Sought After,
4. If I Forget You O Jerusalem
5. Gomer (Returning Home)
6. A Voice From Behind
7. Sinai
8. The City No Longer Deserted)
Friday, July 31, 2009
Getting Close
The recording for Redivivus is finally done. We're really excited to get it mixed/mastered and ready to go. We have four of the songs from it up at myspace.com/glassamericaband and we'll have the entire album up for streaming once it's finished. You will also be able to purchase it from the major digital retailers (iTunes, Amazon mp3, Napster, etc), pay what you want or get it for free by telling five friends at noisetrade.com, get it for free at gimmesound.com/glassamerica, and others that we'll let you know about soon. Since this will be only a digital release (at least for now), we are looking into every available option to distribute our music. Keep checking back for updates. We are looking to finish and release it by the end of August. Thanks for you continued support!
Jared
Jared
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Redivivus
The bass and drums are finished for our debut album. We are anticipating a late July release. We are in the process of finding someone to do the art for it. We're really excited about how everything is coming together. We settled on Redivivus for the title of it. It means to be given new life. We thought it was a cool word to describe what we're trying to do with this album which is to illustrate through our music the pain, suffering, sorrows, and sin of this life and how God can redeem even that which seems lost, forgotten, or irrevocable. We can't wait for you to hear it.
Jared
Jared
Friday, May 15, 2009
In the Studio
Wednesday night we started on our EP (to be named later (my favorite option right now is The Peep EP (say it out loud))). Micah tracked drums for all five songs Wednesday night, yesterday, and all day today (well it's Saturday now so we'll say yesterday (move the other day back to two days ago)). After a long, grueling process with drums, we're ready to move on to bass and guitars. It took us a while because three of the songs are over 9 minutes long. We like big, beautiful songs (those same two adjectives can be used to describe how we like our water towers as well). So if you decide to buy the EP (which will probably be on iTunes, Amazon mp3, etc) it'll be a decent amount of music for the $5 or whatever they decide to charge for it. We also got the bass and some of the guitars done for some of the songs. We're hoping to release it by July or so. Keep checking back in.
(Jared).
Friday, March 20, 2009
Rumney Bible Conference, Rumney, NH
Howdy,
We just got back from good ol' Rumney, NH. We played at the same place that Micah, Mike, and I used to go for snow camp when we were in high school. Good times. We were supposed to be up there around 4 for sound check but there was no way that was happening because Micah and John got out of class at 3:10. It took us about 2 and a half hours to get there and we got lost for a little bit like we normally do.
We got up there in time for the first band, Scarlet Fade. We had a good time dancing. Fun music. Their vocals were really good. I guess they were a band of brother/sisters. Kinda like The Von Trapp Family Singers but not as heavy. The three girls did some pretty sweet harmonies.
After them, Talking To Chicago played. They were really cool guys and we got to talk to them for a while before and after the show.
The Vegas Report was after them and they made the rest of us look like jr. high kids mostly because of their stature but also from their musicianship and their demeanor. They did excellently once again. Always fun playing with them. This was the first time they played before us though so that was kind of weird. They were going to do a Beach Boys cover but the sound guy cut them off so they couldn't. I was pretty upset about that. The kind of upset when you're knitting and you prick your finger and bleed all over the yarn so that you have to throw it away and go back to the store to get more yarn as well as band-aids. I've never knit before. I don't know if I've said this before but go buy their EP, Vignettes, on iTunes or Amazon mp3. I actually seriously like it a lot and I would buy it even if they weren't our friends.
I thought our set went pretty well. Other than a couple screw ups, it was good. It didn't help that they made everyone use the same drum set so Micah was a little thrown off. But it was fine. It was a good time and we had fun playing.
After us, a band called A Beautiful Oblivion played. They're good friends with Eve 6 as am I and many others that I know.
Then there were fireworks which was really random but just a wonderful treat. They lasted for only about 20 seconds but they were the best March fireworks I've ever seen. Happy first day of Spring indeed.
Easy,
Jared
We just got back from good ol' Rumney, NH. We played at the same place that Micah, Mike, and I used to go for snow camp when we were in high school. Good times. We were supposed to be up there around 4 for sound check but there was no way that was happening because Micah and John got out of class at 3:10. It took us about 2 and a half hours to get there and we got lost for a little bit like we normally do.
We got up there in time for the first band, Scarlet Fade. We had a good time dancing. Fun music. Their vocals were really good. I guess they were a band of brother/sisters. Kinda like The Von Trapp Family Singers but not as heavy. The three girls did some pretty sweet harmonies.
After them, Talking To Chicago played. They were really cool guys and we got to talk to them for a while before and after the show.
The Vegas Report was after them and they made the rest of us look like jr. high kids mostly because of their stature but also from their musicianship and their demeanor. They did excellently once again. Always fun playing with them. This was the first time they played before us though so that was kind of weird. They were going to do a Beach Boys cover but the sound guy cut them off so they couldn't. I was pretty upset about that. The kind of upset when you're knitting and you prick your finger and bleed all over the yarn so that you have to throw it away and go back to the store to get more yarn as well as band-aids. I've never knit before. I don't know if I've said this before but go buy their EP, Vignettes, on iTunes or Amazon mp3. I actually seriously like it a lot and I would buy it even if they weren't our friends.
I thought our set went pretty well. Other than a couple screw ups, it was good. It didn't help that they made everyone use the same drum set so Micah was a little thrown off. But it was fine. It was a good time and we had fun playing.
After us, a band called A Beautiful Oblivion played. They're good friends with Eve 6 as am I and many others that I know.
Then there were fireworks which was really random but just a wonderful treat. They lasted for only about 20 seconds but they were the best March fireworks I've ever seen. Happy first day of Spring indeed.
Easy,
Jared
Friday, March 6, 2009
Hey,
We had a pretty sweet time tonight playing at the Living Hope Church of the Nazarene in Danvers, MA. We got there a little early so we played some football and wall ball with the guys in The Vegas Report. Definitely one of the best choices we've made as a band. Then we got pizza and hung out. A band called Ribs played first and we played after them. Our set went pretty well. A few of our friends came out to see us so that was cool. It was hard to hear everything because we were in this enclosed stage but people said the mix was good in the audience so we were happy about that.
After us, a band called Baby Boy H played and then our good friends and label mates on Driven Records, The Vegas Report, went on. Micah and I grew up with Josh, Mike, and Chris from The Vegas Report and have played in different worship teams with them so it's always good to play with them and hang out. It's also helpful that their stuff is amazing so that we don't have to pretend to like their songs just because we're friends. That's awkward. Their set was incredible as always and they played for a good 45 minutes. They are one of my favorite bands and I'm not just saying that. Not many "post-rock" bands can pull off what they do and they're not predictable like so many bands these days are.
After The Vegas Report, Junius played and they were a treat. Their sound is so huge and powerful but also really dark and engaging. They were awesome. They're also good friends with one of our influences, Caspian, so it was cool to open for them. Afterward I got to talk with their guitarist, Mike, for a little bit and he was a cool guy. Hopefully we can play with them some more in the future.
Jared Deame
We had a pretty sweet time tonight playing at the Living Hope Church of the Nazarene in Danvers, MA. We got there a little early so we played some football and wall ball with the guys in The Vegas Report. Definitely one of the best choices we've made as a band. Then we got pizza and hung out. A band called Ribs played first and we played after them. Our set went pretty well. A few of our friends came out to see us so that was cool. It was hard to hear everything because we were in this enclosed stage but people said the mix was good in the audience so we were happy about that.
After us, a band called Baby Boy H played and then our good friends and label mates on Driven Records, The Vegas Report, went on. Micah and I grew up with Josh, Mike, and Chris from The Vegas Report and have played in different worship teams with them so it's always good to play with them and hang out. It's also helpful that their stuff is amazing so that we don't have to pretend to like their songs just because we're friends. That's awkward. Their set was incredible as always and they played for a good 45 minutes. They are one of my favorite bands and I'm not just saying that. Not many "post-rock" bands can pull off what they do and they're not predictable like so many bands these days are.
After The Vegas Report, Junius played and they were a treat. Their sound is so huge and powerful but also really dark and engaging. They were awesome. They're also good friends with one of our influences, Caspian, so it was cool to open for them. Afterward I got to talk with their guitarist, Mike, for a little bit and he was a cool guy. Hopefully we can play with them some more in the future.
Jared Deame
Friday, February 27, 2009
Dear readers,
We had our first show in a while tonight and it was pretty sweet. Except we left the North Shore far too late and then hit traffic on the way to Suncook, NH. We got there 45 minutes late which obviously means that instead of having some other band go first, they waited until we got there and then made us play first. The show was supposed to start at 8 but I think it was more like 8:20 and we weren't able to sound check at all. Oh well.
We had a decent set and it was really fun. There were at least 3 people over the age of 34 there which is always a plus for us. None of the kids these days like our ambient sound. They were all there for the hardcore bands. I don't blame them. I went through that phase myself. I have a theory that might get me in trouble which is that there are very few people who actually LIKE hardcore music. Now, I'm not saying that no one does and if you honestly do, that's very valid. But you can't tell me that you're really listening to the music when you're trying to beat the crap out of someone while trying not to get your crap beat out of you. It's probably impossible to pay attention to both things at once. Anyway, that's my take on it.
My favorite of the night was probably The Wellspring Embrace. We're buds with one of the guitarists and they had a sweet set. Sweet enough to buy a T-shirt I thought. Very cool ambient worship stuff. I think worship done well is some of the most amazing music that is created. I hope we can play more with them in the future.
Well thanks for reading. Any questions, comments, suggestions, or whatever: feel free to leave us a message on myspace or something.
Jared
We had our first show in a while tonight and it was pretty sweet. Except we left the North Shore far too late and then hit traffic on the way to Suncook, NH. We got there 45 minutes late which obviously means that instead of having some other band go first, they waited until we got there and then made us play first. The show was supposed to start at 8 but I think it was more like 8:20 and we weren't able to sound check at all. Oh well.
We had a decent set and it was really fun. There were at least 3 people over the age of 34 there which is always a plus for us. None of the kids these days like our ambient sound. They were all there for the hardcore bands. I don't blame them. I went through that phase myself. I have a theory that might get me in trouble which is that there are very few people who actually LIKE hardcore music. Now, I'm not saying that no one does and if you honestly do, that's very valid. But you can't tell me that you're really listening to the music when you're trying to beat the crap out of someone while trying not to get your crap beat out of you. It's probably impossible to pay attention to both things at once. Anyway, that's my take on it.
My favorite of the night was probably The Wellspring Embrace. We're buds with one of the guitarists and they had a sweet set. Sweet enough to buy a T-shirt I thought. Very cool ambient worship stuff. I think worship done well is some of the most amazing music that is created. I hope we can play more with them in the future.
Well thanks for reading. Any questions, comments, suggestions, or whatever: feel free to leave us a message on myspace or something.
Jared
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
February 24, 2009
Thanks for stopping by. We're going to have this up and running for information about shows, recording, etc. Thanks for checking it out.
Jared
Jared
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