Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
first holiday show
So its the day of the philly show and right now, me, anthony, our tour manager brian, guitar tech ryan and holiday merch show guy kyle sit on a shoulder of I-95 15 minutes outside of philly.
Not fun
we rented a van from a band that one of our friends knew because we sold our van a few months back because we don't use it. One of the trailer tires blew the hell up and its 3 o'clock, we should've been there 2 hours ago. Nash and ben are there because they drove seperately.
This gets kind of funny. We called Valencia and asked if they could come in their van and pick us up so we could get our gear to the show. Their tech came and got us quickly which is awesome, the only thing is .... he doest have trailer keys. So we have all of our gear out on the shoulder, a trailer and no way to get into it. So as of right now we're waiting for some other dude to come with the key to open up the heavely trailer which will hopefully get us there in time to soundcheck and save the show. Bye for now. I'm doing a good job of not being pessimistic and grouchy because of this.
Ps- I hope santa brought everything you wanted for x-mas!
Not fun
we rented a van from a band that one of our friends knew because we sold our van a few months back because we don't use it. One of the trailer tires blew the hell up and its 3 o'clock, we should've been there 2 hours ago. Nash and ben are there because they drove seperately.
This gets kind of funny. We called Valencia and asked if they could come in their van and pick us up so we could get our gear to the show. Their tech came and got us quickly which is awesome, the only thing is .... he doest have trailer keys. So we have all of our gear out on the shoulder, a trailer and no way to get into it. So as of right now we're waiting for some other dude to come with the key to open up the heavely trailer which will hopefully get us there in time to soundcheck and save the show. Bye for now. I'm doing a good job of not being pessimistic and grouchy because of this.
Ps- I hope santa brought everything you wanted for x-mas!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
the standard
So we are on our way to burbank airport now... left our home away from home (when making videos) the standard in downtown LA.
It was a lot of fun and I can't say it was half bad getting to be in a warmer climate for a few days.
HIGHLIGHTS
- temperatures from 60-65 instead of 25-30.
-seeing JC from Nsync at the 101 cafe. (He was eating by himself)
- least amount of time we've ever had to shoot the band performance sequence (truth about heaven was the longest by far)
- the rooftop at the standard and the weird water bed things
- out of all the wardrobe, I got to keep my pants and shirt... which is ok. Ill be getting the belt soon.
Pictures of this to come too.
It was a lot of fun and I can't say it was half bad getting to be in a warmer climate for a few days.
HIGHLIGHTS
- temperatures from 60-65 instead of 25-30.
-seeing JC from Nsync at the 101 cafe. (He was eating by himself)
- least amount of time we've ever had to shoot the band performance sequence (truth about heaven was the longest by far)
- the rooftop at the standard and the weird water bed things
- out of all the wardrobe, I got to keep my pants and shirt... which is ok. Ill be getting the belt soon.
Pictures of this to come too.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
happy belated BLOG
oh my goodness. im so bad. i've been putting this off for some reason.
lets run through some things that have happened in the last month, shall we.
-tour ended. last show in chicago was awesome. TAI filmed their live DVD there. I miss all of them a lot. Cobra too.
-lauren and i have been trying to plan a european trip for march. theres talk of the band going to the UK again so what we'd like to do is when the tour is over she will come meet me in london and we will go to a few places. i have family in budapest, frankfurt and dublin. so we will save money on some accomodations.
-i threw lauren a birthday bash like 2 wks ago and it was SUCCESS! a lot of ppl got to check out my new place for the first time and i bought way too much tequila (the party had a mexican theme). pictures to come of this event soon.
-we are filming a new video for "hold the door" next week. to be honest i didnt like the treatment at all. ben was very very into it and i feel like i had a breakdown because i want to make an amazing video and this song is supposed to be our big song off of this record and i want it to get an all-around fair shot. in the end, things were tweaked and i feel a little better about it. i want our band to stand out, i dont want to slip through the cracks.
-on the last week of the tour i got another strat! i love it. i got it in cincinnati at an amazing guitar shop next to bogarts. i have since become completely obsessed with fender guitars, specifically the strat. im trying to become an exclusive Fender artist... its in the works so seriously wish me luck.
-ive been growing a beard for a while. its the longest ive ever had i think. its starting to itch. i originally didnt want to shave until our holiday shows but its getting kind of uncomfortable. how did ZZ top do it??
PS- do you like this guitar? http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0255800550
not gonna lie. i want one in my arsenal.
gonna write more things that i forgot about in just a few days. ily.
lets run through some things that have happened in the last month, shall we.
-tour ended. last show in chicago was awesome. TAI filmed their live DVD there. I miss all of them a lot. Cobra too.
-lauren and i have been trying to plan a european trip for march. theres talk of the band going to the UK again so what we'd like to do is when the tour is over she will come meet me in london and we will go to a few places. i have family in budapest, frankfurt and dublin. so we will save money on some accomodations.
-i threw lauren a birthday bash like 2 wks ago and it was SUCCESS! a lot of ppl got to check out my new place for the first time and i bought way too much tequila (the party had a mexican theme). pictures to come of this event soon.
-we are filming a new video for "hold the door" next week. to be honest i didnt like the treatment at all. ben was very very into it and i feel like i had a breakdown because i want to make an amazing video and this song is supposed to be our big song off of this record and i want it to get an all-around fair shot. in the end, things were tweaked and i feel a little better about it. i want our band to stand out, i dont want to slip through the cracks.
-on the last week of the tour i got another strat! i love it. i got it in cincinnati at an amazing guitar shop next to bogarts. i have since become completely obsessed with fender guitars, specifically the strat. im trying to become an exclusive Fender artist... its in the works so seriously wish me luck.
-ive been growing a beard for a while. its the longest ive ever had i think. its starting to itch. i originally didnt want to shave until our holiday shows but its getting kind of uncomfortable. how did ZZ top do it??
PS- do you like this guitar? http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0255800550
not gonna lie. i want one in my arsenal.
gonna write more things that i forgot about in just a few days. ily.
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