Thursday, September 24, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
In Church
(e)
So, lately my schedule has been looking an awful lot like a dream I had years ago.
-Work on score for beautiful short film
-Prepare for big Chicago show
-Plan for wedding
It's as if someone looked into my mind during high school graduation and pulled out a perfect situation.
Preparing for the show tomorrow has been a long and difficult task. The thought of performing these songs live to an audience at one time seemed impossible but we knew we could do it if we found the right people to join us. In came my longtime friend, Kate. We met at Berklee and she has become an invaluable key to unlocking our live sound. I decided, since this will be an entirely new experience for us and all of you, that I would let you in on what you expect to hear tomorrow night. So here it is, in no particular order, our set list.
-Dead Bodies
-The Resting House
-Mountaintop
-Winter 1
-Ghosts
Hope to see you there.
So, lately my schedule has been looking an awful lot like a dream I had years ago.
-Work on score for beautiful short film
-Prepare for big Chicago show
-Plan for wedding
It's as if someone looked into my mind during high school graduation and pulled out a perfect situation.
Preparing for the show tomorrow has been a long and difficult task. The thought of performing these songs live to an audience at one time seemed impossible but we knew we could do it if we found the right people to join us. In came my longtime friend, Kate. We met at Berklee and she has become an invaluable key to unlocking our live sound. I decided, since this will be an entirely new experience for us and all of you, that I would let you in on what you expect to hear tomorrow night. So here it is, in no particular order, our set list.
-Dead Bodies
-The Resting House
-Mountaintop
-Winter 1
-Ghosts
Hope to see you there.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Neighborhoods
(b)
Our apartment just lost many many square feet, but for a good cause.
As you can see, music equipment is slowly growing in our place. Some good rehearsals have taken place here, all in regards to our show at Empty Bottle coming up on September 2nd. Everyday we're learning how to clearly represent our songs to you live. What started as a daunting task, to play the songs on Living Bodies live, (one that I seriously considered not tackling, rather bringing up the idea of writing other versions) has resulted in solutions upon solutions for every problem we find. It's going to be one of my most fulfilling and satisfying nights after our show on the 2nd, just knowing we figured it out and are playing the songs how they should be played.
With that said, a few announcements:
1.)
Color Radio (www.myspace.com/colorradio)
Metavari (www.myspace.com/metavari)
Flights (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic)
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - The Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Doors open at 8:30PM. Show starts at 9:30PM
21+
$6 day of show BUY ADVANCED TICKETS FOR $3
2.) You can now listen to Dead Bodies on our MySpace page. Spread the link (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic) if you enjoy it.
3.) On Facebook, we posted our video for Old Wings. While you're there, become a fan of the page and you'll receive other goodies for being a friend of ours.
Our apartment just lost many many square feet, but for a good cause.
As you can see, music equipment is slowly growing in our place. Some good rehearsals have taken place here, all in regards to our show at Empty Bottle coming up on September 2nd. Everyday we're learning how to clearly represent our songs to you live. What started as a daunting task, to play the songs on Living Bodies live, (one that I seriously considered not tackling, rather bringing up the idea of writing other versions) has resulted in solutions upon solutions for every problem we find. It's going to be one of my most fulfilling and satisfying nights after our show on the 2nd, just knowing we figured it out and are playing the songs how they should be played.
With that said, a few announcements:
1.)
Color Radio (www.myspace.com/colorradio)
Metavari (www.myspace.com/metavari)
Flights (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic)
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - The Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Doors open at 8:30PM. Show starts at 9:30PM
21+
$6 day of show BUY ADVANCED TICKETS FOR $3
2.) You can now listen to Dead Bodies on our MySpace page. Spread the link (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic) if you enjoy it.
3.) On Facebook, we posted our video for Old Wings. While you're there, become a fan of the page and you'll receive other goodies for being a friend of ours.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Empty Bottle - September 2nd, 2009
After a year long hiatus...
Color Radio (www.myspace.com/colorradio)
Metavari (www.myspace.com/metavari)
Flights (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic)
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - The Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Doors open at 8:30PM. Show starts at 9:30PM
21+
$6 day of show BUY ADVANCED TICKETS FOR $3
Color Radio (www.myspace.com/colorradio)
Metavari (www.myspace.com/metavari)
Flights (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic)
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - The Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Doors open at 8:30PM. Show starts at 9:30PM
21+
$6 day of show BUY ADVANCED TICKETS FOR $3
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Show Prep
(b)
The time is here for us to start playing out again. The last two weeks we've been dedicating a lot of our time focusing on how to actually play our music live. Eric added instruments upon instruments building the ambient sound found in most of our new songs. I also recorded three guitars in a few songs (at the end of the Winter 1 and Dead Bodies, for example - listen closely and you might hear them). We never want to play with tracks (For those unfamiliar with what I mean: Tracks are parts in the songs that cannot be played live due to not enough members and/or equipment. A lot of bands play with string tracks - Coldplay. Let it be known that I'm a fan of Coldplay). We want to have a live show be a unique experience, as it should be.
So we've been building our live shows from scratch with keyboards, loop pedals, and finding people to play with us. Our first show will be chaotic for us, once again, as it should be. I like seeing shows where the band is never in complete control of every aspect of their set. That there's always room to add something, leave something out, or (although I dread this word because of jam bands) improvise.
Click any of the pictures to be directed to our Flickr page with more pictures of what we're doing.
Schedule:
Color Radio (www.myspace.com/colorradio)
Metavari (www.myspace.com/metavari)
Flights (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic)
September 2nd, 2009 - The Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Doors open at 8:30PM. Show starts at 9:30PM
21+
$6 day of show BUY ADVANCED TICKETS FOR $3
The time is here for us to start playing out again. The last two weeks we've been dedicating a lot of our time focusing on how to actually play our music live. Eric added instruments upon instruments building the ambient sound found in most of our new songs. I also recorded three guitars in a few songs (at the end of the Winter 1 and Dead Bodies, for example - listen closely and you might hear them). We never want to play with tracks (For those unfamiliar with what I mean: Tracks are parts in the songs that cannot be played live due to not enough members and/or equipment. A lot of bands play with string tracks - Coldplay. Let it be known that I'm a fan of Coldplay). We want to have a live show be a unique experience, as it should be.
So we've been building our live shows from scratch with keyboards, loop pedals, and finding people to play with us. Our first show will be chaotic for us, once again, as it should be. I like seeing shows where the band is never in complete control of every aspect of their set. That there's always room to add something, leave something out, or (although I dread this word because of jam bands) improvise.
Click any of the pictures to be directed to our Flickr page with more pictures of what we're doing.
Schedule:
Color Radio (www.myspace.com/colorradio)
Metavari (www.myspace.com/metavari)
Flights (www.myspace.com/flightsmusic)
September 2nd, 2009 - The Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Doors open at 8:30PM. Show starts at 9:30PM
21+
$6 day of show BUY ADVANCED TICKETS FOR $3
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