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love, ryan
11/23/09
chilling, recording, preparing
since i have the day all to myself, i decided to write some random thoughts that i've been having.
1. a couple of us have been looking into the permaculture/urban homestead thing.
2. i'm hiring a piano tuner to work on the family piano which i grew up on learning to play.
since a lot of my style was influenced by playing on the piano in the living room. we decided recording in my living room might be an interesting way to cover some of my parts.
3. its a very nice day. i'm taking a walk.
4. started recording my dreams. maybe i'll be able to sort something out of my subconsious in a few months or years.
5. just ate a reuben.
6. practicing in a couple hours. at the house.
1. a couple of us have been looking into the permaculture/urban homestead thing.
2. i'm hiring a piano tuner to work on the family piano which i grew up on learning to play.
since a lot of my style was influenced by playing on the piano in the living room. we decided recording in my living room might be an interesting way to cover some of my parts.
3. its a very nice day. i'm taking a walk.
4. started recording my dreams. maybe i'll be able to sort something out of my subconsious in a few months or years.
5. just ate a reuben.
6. practicing in a couple hours. at the house.
11/9/09
Yucca Tap Room Overload
No, that is not the name of a new local cover band. But, that is how it felt Saturday night at the Yucca Lounge. We played avec mon frere Neba who played a sweet set right before we went on. Then Dry River Yacht Club delivered their best performance I've seen yet. Maybe the venue adds something to local performances. I'm not sure, but for anyone that hasn't been to a Yucca show, the place is just large enough to accomodate a goodly sized crowd, and small enough to allow our music to consume every square foot. As for our set, the vocals felt crisp from on stage, and the new position of the stage, (they flipped the floorplan of the entire venue!) allowed the sound to carry well. I noticed that it also feels much more comfortable trying to get from the front door to the bar since the stage had flipped. (See the clever diagram I crafted below in paint!)
So, for those of you that were able to make it, I hope you enjoyed the experience as much as we did. We still have some copies of the Pray for Pills demo that we made. So message us if you would like a copy.
1luv,
ryan
11/4/09
High Quality footage of our Flagstaff set + Upcoming Show at Yucca
So the show in Flagstaff went well..
That is if you didn't get the boot due to the curfew at midnight. For those of you that had to stand from the door to hear us, we extend another apology, and can assure you that we are already planning another show for the city of Flagstaff, since we practically consider it our second home.
As a small treat, if you haven't seen it yet, our friend from flagstaff, mike -aka "inertlife"- filmed the show in HD (high def, sweet!) and the audio came out pretty well. He has posted up each segment of our set along with our fellow band Caecelia's set.
I'll start with our show opener; a yet unnamed song that features judd on cello, thus befitting the temporary moniker "cello song"....
VIDEO BY INERTLIFE
I decided to throw another song up here for viewing/listening pleasure so for those of you that didn't make it up to flagstaff in the near 20 degree weather you can hear one of the new songs we premiered that night as well.
VIDEO BY INERTLIFE
Both of these videos represent more of the chill side that we have been exploring lately and hopefully there are many more bright sunshiny days to inspire us. Also, to all of our friends here in phoenix, we are playing saturday night at the Yucca Tap room, free show, and also the first time we have played on the new stage so things will be exciting. We might also have a few cd's with a demo of one of the new songs on it for ear candy.. So come and check us out, and check out the rest of the flagstaff show.
Ps. It's gonna be a bright, (bright!) bright, a bright sunshiny day.
1luv,
rian
loose lips sank ships
That is if you didn't get the boot due to the curfew at midnight. For those of you that had to stand from the door to hear us, we extend another apology, and can assure you that we are already planning another show for the city of Flagstaff, since we practically consider it our second home.
As a small treat, if you haven't seen it yet, our friend from flagstaff, mike -aka "inertlife"- filmed the show in HD (high def, sweet!) and the audio came out pretty well. He has posted up each segment of our set along with our fellow band Caecelia's set.
I'll start with our show opener; a yet unnamed song that features judd on cello, thus befitting the temporary moniker "cello song"....
VIDEO BY INERTLIFE
I decided to throw another song up here for viewing/listening pleasure so for those of you that didn't make it up to flagstaff in the near 20 degree weather you can hear one of the new songs we premiered that night as well.
VIDEO BY INERTLIFE
Both of these videos represent more of the chill side that we have been exploring lately and hopefully there are many more bright sunshiny days to inspire us. Also, to all of our friends here in phoenix, we are playing saturday night at the Yucca Tap room, free show, and also the first time we have played on the new stage so things will be exciting. We might also have a few cd's with a demo of one of the new songs on it for ear candy.. So come and check us out, and check out the rest of the flagstaff show.
Ps. It's gonna be a bright, (bright!) bright, a bright sunshiny day.
1luv,
rian
loose lips sank ships
10/29/09
Show in Flagstaff tomorrow night!! The Joint w/ Caecelia
We'll be heading up north to play in the frigid, near arctic scene of flagstaff. Supposedly we heard its going to be in the 20's so we are all bringing our mits. Unfortunately, since we live in phoenix, none of us own any mits. My fingers are already cold just thinking about it. The cool temperatures have already began to roll in on phoenix and we've all been trying to adjust.
As for the studio, Judd has finished recording guitar and I beleive raph is up next. we'll all be really busy, (as we have been for the last couple weeks) we are very excited to play tomorrow night and will have a followup show here in the valley next weekend at the stomping ground.. i.e. Yucca Tap Room. We'll be playing with friends Neba, Kirkwood, and Dry River Yacht Club.
We plan on playing some new songs tomorrow night and playing some that we haven't played in a while. Plus we are playing with our good friends Caecelia who have been hard at work preparing for a future upcoming release. Yum.
Stop in at the Joint tomorrow night in Flagstaff around 8pm and we'll all have a good night.
P.S. I heard the Joint was recently renamed but if you were going to the show you probably already knew that. Oh yeah and we'll have some cd's to hand out with new tracks on it so come get one and give it to your friends.
As for the studio, Judd has finished recording guitar and I beleive raph is up next. we'll all be really busy, (as we have been for the last couple weeks) we are very excited to play tomorrow night and will have a followup show here in the valley next weekend at the stomping ground.. i.e. Yucca Tap Room. We'll be playing with friends Neba, Kirkwood, and Dry River Yacht Club.
We plan on playing some new songs tomorrow night and playing some that we haven't played in a while. Plus we are playing with our good friends Caecelia who have been hard at work preparing for a future upcoming release. Yum.
Stop in at the Joint tomorrow night in Flagstaff around 8pm and we'll all have a good night.
P.S. I heard the Joint was recently renamed but if you were going to the show you probably already knew that. Oh yeah and we'll have some cd's to hand out with new tracks on it so come get one and give it to your friends.
10/11/09
October Show on the 30th at the Joint w/ Caecelia and album progress.
Another session in the studio. We laid some finishing touches to Jim's bass last week and we have been in the basement laying down some new jams.
We have been up to quite a few new meanderings.
To begin, on wednesday, we were "podcast interviewed" (podcasted?) by mediocrityinside.blogspot.com.
I'll post the link to the podcast interview next week, since they are probably still editing it. We had a lot of fun, just chilling in our living room, since they're podcast is mobile.
Now, in the coming week. We are focusing on the show up north in Flagstaff, a couple local bands from Flag have been added to the bill, to include A Cloud for Climbing, and Acous Tick. We'll be hitting up the Joint to flyer and you might see some posters around the city in the next week since we just had the official flyer completed!!
Well actually, in the last 10 minutes ,I've found out that there might be a few more bands to be announced on that show. So more fun for all. As for our new secret pursuits, well, they are secret. Some bands that we are digging on right now are Serngetti & Polyphonic and AU, who craftily enough are playing at Modified on the 23rd of this month at Modified with Why?... Interesting punctuation I know, but Why? is the name of the band so it's a little different.
We are adding stuff to smallleaks.com and will be bringing you guys new samples to enjoy.
Have fun today. All of you.
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We have been up to quite a few new meanderings.
To begin, on wednesday, we were "podcast interviewed" (podcasted?) by mediocrityinside.blogspot.com.
I'll post the link to the podcast interview next week, since they are probably still editing it. We had a lot of fun, just chilling in our living room, since they're podcast is mobile.
Now, in the coming week. We are focusing on the show up north in Flagstaff, a couple local bands from Flag have been added to the bill, to include A Cloud for Climbing, and Acous Tick. We'll be hitting up the Joint to flyer and you might see some posters around the city in the next week since we just had the official flyer completed!!
Well actually, in the last 10 minutes ,I've found out that there might be a few more bands to be announced on that show. So more fun for all. As for our new secret pursuits, well, they are secret. Some bands that we are digging on right now are Serngetti & Polyphonic and AU, who craftily enough are playing at Modified on the 23rd of this month at Modified with Why?... Interesting punctuation I know, but Why? is the name of the band so it's a little different.
We are adding stuff to smallleaks.com and will be bringing you guys new samples to enjoy.
Have fun today. All of you.
10/4/09
Jim recording BASS + updates to new www.smallleaks.com
So we are getting pretty close to "launching" smallleaks.com
It's going to be our new hub for blogging and band specific topics. We'll be posting up all of our new videos, any musical stuff we are working on, and cataloging our many travels, to include the remaining studio time for the second album, local shows, and tour blogging.
We have a many big hopes for the near future. Right now, we are trying to keep a steady balance of creating new matierial and recording the stuff we have been working on for the last year to two and a half years.
We have captured some cool footage of stuff we have been doing recently, and compiling some of that into little vignettes, (which will be ready soon, for your veiwing pleasure).
We are also planning on releasing the album in a few new and creative ways. Of course, "download" method has grown quite popular in the last couple years, and for those that primarily go that route, we are definitely going to make it worth your while to purchase the collectible version, but we will also be throwing in unique content no matter which way you choose to support us.
The bottom line that we are emphasizing, is that our music reaches the ears of other like minded socially active individuals that care about making an impact in any shape or form. We know you are out there, and we want everyone to know that there are millions more that share the same beliefs. Kind of like Orwell describes in 1984, the idea is universal, and we all want the same thing- however, unifying the world can be near impossible when voices are not being heard.
Now, as for our time in the studio, we have a countdown running for completion and release of the new album. It's currently down to only 96 days and some odd hours. You can see the running countdown at Small Leaks if you like watching days countdown by the second. At this time, drum tracking is complete. London is pretty excited to have everything laid down. Now, while Jim is doing his bass we are focusing on our show in Flagstaff at the end of the month.
We'll be playing with our good friends Caecelia so it's sure to be a fun show. Evan and I finished the flyer for the show and Jarett is going to lay the font down. Expect some wheatpasted flyers on the streets of Flagstaff in the near future. We are also going to be playing on local Flagstaff radio stations in the next few weeks.
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We are all overjoyed to have the opportunity to be recording at Zona records. The atmosphere really fits our general attitudes and we hope we can all grow through solitude that the studio provides each of us. I know I take something away from being alone for awhile. Sometimes, life can seem so fast, its hard to stop and really explore your own creativity. Having no task at hand but to create music is pretty much a dream that each of us share and having weeks in which to take part in it is really something that you don't get to experience every day. Hopefully all goes well over the next couple weeks and remember to check out Small Leaks !!!
1luv, ryan
small leaks sink ships
It's going to be our new hub for blogging and band specific topics. We'll be posting up all of our new videos, any musical stuff we are working on, and cataloging our many travels, to include the remaining studio time for the second album, local shows, and tour blogging.
We have a many big hopes for the near future. Right now, we are trying to keep a steady balance of creating new matierial and recording the stuff we have been working on for the last year to two and a half years.
We have captured some cool footage of stuff we have been doing recently, and compiling some of that into little vignettes, (which will be ready soon, for your veiwing pleasure).
We are also planning on releasing the album in a few new and creative ways. Of course, "download" method has grown quite popular in the last couple years, and for those that primarily go that route, we are definitely going to make it worth your while to purchase the collectible version, but we will also be throwing in unique content no matter which way you choose to support us.
The bottom line that we are emphasizing, is that our music reaches the ears of other like minded socially active individuals that care about making an impact in any shape or form. We know you are out there, and we want everyone to know that there are millions more that share the same beliefs. Kind of like Orwell describes in 1984, the idea is universal, and we all want the same thing- however, unifying the world can be near impossible when voices are not being heard.
Now, as for our time in the studio, we have a countdown running for completion and release of the new album. It's currently down to only 96 days and some odd hours. You can see the running countdown at Small Leaks if you like watching days countdown by the second. At this time, drum tracking is complete. London is pretty excited to have everything laid down. Now, while Jim is doing his bass we are focusing on our show in Flagstaff at the end of the month.
We'll be playing with our good friends Caecelia so it's sure to be a fun show. Evan and I finished the flyer for the show and Jarett is going to lay the font down. Expect some wheatpasted flyers on the streets of Flagstaff in the near future. We are also going to be playing on local Flagstaff radio stations in the next few weeks.
1luv, ryan
small leaks sink ships
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