Weezer last night was awesome, they have been one of the bands I swore that I must see before I died. Our seats were a little far away but everything sounded great without getting my ear drums blasted out. Nate found these vouchers for $20 tickets so it was defiantly worth it. They played an awesome mix of songs and all their hits. Angels and Airwaves was way better when they played at The Fillmore, with all the effects they use it doesn't really work well in an arena. Tokyo Police Club wasn't too exciting, most of their songs were very similar and they didn't have fun stage presence.
Tonight we have the Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue, Brokencyde tour in Lansing. I'm not too excited for it other than hopefully to make some money, I'm broke.
The new Jack's Mannequin album comes out today, go get it, it's amazing.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Waiting.
I am sitting at Panera bread right now enjoying some awesome soup. I felt like I should write a blog. We are about to have a meeting for Clockwork, just waiting on the other kids. I'm seeing Weezer tonight for $20, that should be sick.
End.
End.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Changes.
Things seem to be in a transition period lately.
Shows were doing really bad but from the looks of it the next couple of shows should be great... I hope I am right.
Friday Nate and I went and played sticks and pucks at the Hartland ice rink and I finally bought myself some skates and a new stick. I really can't wait to play more often, I haven't skated since March and I need to build my ankles back up (I tore all the tendons and ligaments in my right ankle when I was younger) and get my skating back. When I was younger hockey was my life. Everyday the neighborhood kids and I would play Hockey until we absolutely had to go in, when I was stuck at home I would play NHL94 and NHL95 on Super NES and make sure all the rosters were up-to-date (yeah, I was such a nerd). I broke my ankle one year (I broke a lot of bones when I was little) and as soon as they took the cast off and gave me the air cast I was putting my rollerblades on and in the street ready to play again. Sadly we never had enough money to where I could play ice hockey on a league and I didn't want to play roller hockey and pay for it when I could play in the street everyday for free. Gosh I miss hockey.
Anyway, today I went with my parents and my little sister to go look at a house. We've lived here since I was like 13 and we've been renting the whole time, since the cost of housing is down so much my mom figures it's time to get their own place. The house itself was decent, it was a two story with decent size bedrooms a good size living room and a hot tub (although the hot tub looks like it needs some major cleaning and work to make it usable). The house is almost double the size of the place we are living now so that would be nice to have that extra space. The house definitely needs some work, but that's expected. I am excited though because it's close to a lake so hopefully some sweet pond hockey can take place. Even if we do move here though as soon Matt can get a solid job and Fusion and Clockwork prove I can make a steady income I need and want to get out on my own. I'm pretty sure my mom thinks it's because I hate them but I just need to be out there living on my own, I feel it's time.
November 4th, pick up Alternative Press magazine, one of our photos of Fear Before will be featured in it. Hopefully that helps get us some more business from some bigger bands!
Busy week coming up, I'm ready!
Shows were doing really bad but from the looks of it the next couple of shows should be great... I hope I am right.
Friday Nate and I went and played sticks and pucks at the Hartland ice rink and I finally bought myself some skates and a new stick. I really can't wait to play more often, I haven't skated since March and I need to build my ankles back up (I tore all the tendons and ligaments in my right ankle when I was younger) and get my skating back. When I was younger hockey was my life. Everyday the neighborhood kids and I would play Hockey until we absolutely had to go in, when I was stuck at home I would play NHL94 and NHL95 on Super NES and make sure all the rosters were up-to-date (yeah, I was such a nerd). I broke my ankle one year (I broke a lot of bones when I was little) and as soon as they took the cast off and gave me the air cast I was putting my rollerblades on and in the street ready to play again. Sadly we never had enough money to where I could play ice hockey on a league and I didn't want to play roller hockey and pay for it when I could play in the street everyday for free. Gosh I miss hockey.
Anyway, today I went with my parents and my little sister to go look at a house. We've lived here since I was like 13 and we've been renting the whole time, since the cost of housing is down so much my mom figures it's time to get their own place. The house itself was decent, it was a two story with decent size bedrooms a good size living room and a hot tub (although the hot tub looks like it needs some major cleaning and work to make it usable). The house is almost double the size of the place we are living now so that would be nice to have that extra space. The house definitely needs some work, but that's expected. I am excited though because it's close to a lake so hopefully some sweet pond hockey can take place. Even if we do move here though as soon Matt can get a solid job and Fusion and Clockwork prove I can make a steady income I need and want to get out on my own. I'm pretty sure my mom thinks it's because I hate them but I just need to be out there living on my own, I feel it's time.
November 4th, pick up Alternative Press magazine, one of our photos of Fear Before will be featured in it. Hopefully that helps get us some more business from some bigger bands!
Busy week coming up, I'm ready!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Go Crazy! Go Crazy!
I feel like I am going nuts. So much has been thrown my way this past week or so. So much work has just taken over my life. At any given point in the day I have like 8 things that I COULD be doing, that's a fun feeling. Most of the things are good and are making me some money, where shows are NOT right now. Tonight's show was pretty much awesome musically, Jukebox the Ghost was just perfect and Say Hi was just talented. I don't get what some people see in music, why are bands that talk about "Gettin' Crunk" popular.... YOU aren't cool!
Tomorrow is Brand New at MSU and we aren't sure if we can get in or not, we were supposed to be guest listed because we know their agent but the school is being stupid. I better get to see them again, for some reason I have a feeling they won't be around much longer.
I found out today I am probably going to see Weezer on Monday for really cheap. They have always been one of those bands that I said I MUST see before I die. Hopefully that works out.
Well I have to go finish editing some Fear Before photos from Friday, their label rep e-mailed us today saying she needs photos by Friday so they can be in AP Magazine! Talk about friggen awesome!
Tomorrow is Brand New at MSU and we aren't sure if we can get in or not, we were supposed to be guest listed because we know their agent but the school is being stupid. I better get to see them again, for some reason I have a feeling they won't be around much longer.
I found out today I am probably going to see Weezer on Monday for really cheap. They have always been one of those bands that I said I MUST see before I die. Hopefully that works out.
Well I have to go finish editing some Fear Before photos from Friday, their label rep e-mailed us today saying she needs photos by Friday so they can be in AP Magazine! Talk about friggen awesome!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Oh No.
I haven't been able to blog since Friday. This weekend was pretty good. Fear Before was awesome, the photos from that turned out pretty sweet and they are really cool guys. I also got to hang out with the guys from Damiera a bit. They are relocating to Chicago for the fall to practice and do some recording I guess and they want to come to Michigan a lot so that should be sweet.
Saturday I saw The Swellers and We Are the Union in Ann Arbor. The Swellers were awesome as always despite Nick being super sick. They played a new song that reminds me of the Polar Bear Club, which gets me pumped for their new album. We are the Union killed it, they should be touring with Set Your Goals. We ate way too much food including Qdoba and Jimmy John's (I had my first Garg and it was way too much).
Sunday I woke up at Scott's, ate dry Cookie Crisp and then drove home and took shower then drove to his parents watched Tiger! Tiger! practice a bit then we headed to the PAC to setup for the Solidarity show. Overall it was a sweet show, it was cool seeing Wes play with Saints Never Surrender. Solidarity was awesome and their new singer is the drummer from Life in Your Way. They were awesome guys and all they were worried about after they played was watching the Green Bay VS Dallas football game. They are all about the Packers. After the show Scott, Irv, Justin and Brock (from Siren the Escape) along with Saints and Soildarity went to B Dubs to get some food and watch the game, it was a good time.
Monday, I didn't really do much other than sit at home and work on various projects that needed to be done. We have been confirming some really awesome shows (some not so much my favorite bands, but more of the level bands that we should be working with).
Today I just did more work and got some flyers printed and took to get passed out at the Sigur Ros show tonight. I have been so tired lately but have been sleeping pretty well, hopefully I'm not getting sick again.
Say Hi (To Your Mom) is tomorrow, that should be a cool and really chill show (Scott I hope you read that! haha).
That's it for now. Thanks for reading my ramble.
Saturday I saw The Swellers and We Are the Union in Ann Arbor. The Swellers were awesome as always despite Nick being super sick. They played a new song that reminds me of the Polar Bear Club, which gets me pumped for their new album. We are the Union killed it, they should be touring with Set Your Goals. We ate way too much food including Qdoba and Jimmy John's (I had my first Garg and it was way too much).
Sunday I woke up at Scott's, ate dry Cookie Crisp and then drove home and took shower then drove to his parents watched Tiger! Tiger! practice a bit then we headed to the PAC to setup for the Solidarity show. Overall it was a sweet show, it was cool seeing Wes play with Saints Never Surrender. Solidarity was awesome and their new singer is the drummer from Life in Your Way. They were awesome guys and all they were worried about after they played was watching the Green Bay VS Dallas football game. They are all about the Packers. After the show Scott, Irv, Justin and Brock (from Siren the Escape) along with Saints and Soildarity went to B Dubs to get some food and watch the game, it was a good time.
Monday, I didn't really do much other than sit at home and work on various projects that needed to be done. We have been confirming some really awesome shows (some not so much my favorite bands, but more of the level bands that we should be working with).
Today I just did more work and got some flyers printed and took to get passed out at the Sigur Ros show tonight. I have been so tired lately but have been sleeping pretty well, hopefully I'm not getting sick again.
Say Hi (To Your Mom) is tomorrow, that should be a cool and really chill show (Scott I hope you read that! haha).
That's it for now. Thanks for reading my ramble.
Friday, September 19, 2008
4:30am.
I can't believe it's 4:30am. I have to be up, showered, everything ready and to Nate's by noon and I probably won't fall asleep for another hour. I am pretty happy with the MySpace layout I am working on right now though. It's not really my style but this is my job haha. Let me know what you think. Click here to check out the layout I am working on!
Just a heads up, it is no where near done, that's just what I have done tonight, there will be wings incorporated with the moon somehow and there are still a bunch of other tweaks, images and info that will be added to the page.
Just a heads up, it is no where near done, that's just what I have done tonight, there will be wings incorporated with the moon somehow and there are still a bunch of other tweaks, images and info that will be added to the page.
Hope.
Big show tomorrow. Fear Before, formally Fear Before the March of Flames. I don't know why people are pissed about the name change. Everyone calls them Fear Before anyway, they are still the same band, oh well. Anyway, I am hoping tomorrow's show goes well, musically it should be awesome, I've never seen Fear Before but I really like their music and Damiera is in my top 10 list of favorite bands, it's always good to see Dave. On the business end of the show tomorrow I really hope it does well, I don't mean to be greedy but I need some money, I have bills to pay and lately shows have been slow which equals not much money for me to live on. Doing all that work and nothing to show for it sucks. Come on kids, come out to a concert that doesn't involve a band that is on the radio or has a video on MTV!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Slammed.
So much work that needs to be done. Between Fusion work piling up with the constant flow of flyers and posters that need to be made for all the shows we keep confirming and high school is back in so that means high school newspaper ads and this year we are advertising in more than last year oh and most of them are different sizes so it's not just copy and paste work haha. On top of that Clockwork is getting a flow of people wanting myspace layout and other artwork and then we are doing some shoots for bigger touring bands including Fear Before this Friday which I am super excited for. So much going on but I am excited, that means more money and hopefully more exposure!
I left my Four Year Strong CD (awesome disc, check it out) in Nate's car after going to our show tonight and was forces to listen to the radio since most of my CDs were in my case in the back window and luckily some Nirvana was on for most of the way home. That band makes me happy, I know it's cliche but really they influence either directly or indirectly many of my favorite bands, thanks dudes!
Too much work to really dive into what my full day included but to summarize, normal computer work, postering, disc golf with Nate and Jono, show in Saginaw that had 4 people at it, crappy diner, home, more work! More work in the morning then hopefully some Madden 2009 with the guys sometime later in the day.
I left my Four Year Strong CD (awesome disc, check it out) in Nate's car after going to our show tonight and was forces to listen to the radio since most of my CDs were in my case in the back window and luckily some Nirvana was on for most of the way home. That band makes me happy, I know it's cliche but really they influence either directly or indirectly many of my favorite bands, thanks dudes!
Too much work to really dive into what my full day included but to summarize, normal computer work, postering, disc golf with Nate and Jono, show in Saginaw that had 4 people at it, crappy diner, home, more work! More work in the morning then hopefully some Madden 2009 with the guys sometime later in the day.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wow.
Some people are so predictable. It cracks me up when people are just so empty that you can predict almost their every move. There's not much else I can say, but it just makes me laugh inside and feel more grounded. This blog makes me sound kind of full of myself but I feel deserving of this.
By the way, I don't sleep.
By the way, I don't sleep.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Metro Detroit.
So I pretty much spent my whole day in the "Metro Detroit" area. I woke up and took a shower then headed to Nate's house to go spend the day postering and flyering for our shows this weekend, especially for Fear Before (which I am really excited for). On the way out to Pontiac I remembered that Chiodos was shooting their music video downtown today so we had some flyers made up and got there and passed them out to the 300+ people who were hanging in line to be in the video.
For the video they had a smaller stage with big construction lights and their gear set up on the roof of Phoenix Plaza which is this big amphitheater on the roof of this parking structure in downtown Pontiac. I heard there was also going to be a helicopter flying over to act like they were breaking up a riot in the video.
After flying we took off and headed flyer in downtown Royal Oak and at some of the malls in the area. While putting stuff up we noticed that people had already put some posters and flyers in places that we were going. It's a cool feeling to see that people other than your street team care about shows that you are putting on and help promote the shows. While on this adventure we stopped at a couple Hot Topics because they are sponsors for the Emarosa tour that we have in October. Now I remember Hot Topic being very dark and almost gothic from when I used to frequent the mall in high school and what not with my friends, now Hot Topic has some pretty cool stuff in there, tons of shirts of some awesome bands, they have a music section with an awesome mix of bands and they even carry some vinyl. They also are cool with people hanging up concert posters and have place for local flyers and what not. We met a guy there who knew about us and our shows and was all about helping us out.
After running around putting up stuff we headed back to Pontiac to check out the rest of the video shoot and see if anymore kids were there that we could promote to. We got back and all the kids were on the roof and not many more had shown up. So we just ended up hanging out and watching some of the shoot. The kids who were there were going crazy and stage diving and singing along. They really picked the perfect day for the shoot, not a cloud in the sky and the sunset was amazing. At night they kicked the lights on and they even paid a guy off at a building near buy to use his huge spot light to back light the band, from the front it looked awesome. It was getting kind of cold and nothing was really going on so we decided to take off.
On our way back to the car we ran in to our friend Chad from Manna & Quail and formally the frontman of the band Heirs (which I miss terribly). They happened to be practicing at the building right in front of where we parked so we went in and hung out for awhile while they were setting up and just hung out and talked about music and art stuff. After hanging out they were about to practice and we were ready to head home to we took off. After a long day running around promoting we got back and I headed home from Nate's, stopping at Scott's to give him some posters. Now here I am writing this blog that probably was total shinfo to you. I will post some crappy cell phone pictures to make it a little more fun.
P.S. Although I am not a big Chiodos fan I wish I would have taken a camera with me, it would have been awesome to shoot some photos there tonight.
For the video they had a smaller stage with big construction lights and their gear set up on the roof of Phoenix Plaza which is this big amphitheater on the roof of this parking structure in downtown Pontiac. I heard there was also going to be a helicopter flying over to act like they were breaking up a riot in the video.
After flying we took off and headed flyer in downtown Royal Oak and at some of the malls in the area. While putting stuff up we noticed that people had already put some posters and flyers in places that we were going. It's a cool feeling to see that people other than your street team care about shows that you are putting on and help promote the shows. While on this adventure we stopped at a couple Hot Topics because they are sponsors for the Emarosa tour that we have in October. Now I remember Hot Topic being very dark and almost gothic from when I used to frequent the mall in high school and what not with my friends, now Hot Topic has some pretty cool stuff in there, tons of shirts of some awesome bands, they have a music section with an awesome mix of bands and they even carry some vinyl. They also are cool with people hanging up concert posters and have place for local flyers and what not. We met a guy there who knew about us and our shows and was all about helping us out.
After running around putting up stuff we headed back to Pontiac to check out the rest of the video shoot and see if anymore kids were there that we could promote to. We got back and all the kids were on the roof and not many more had shown up. So we just ended up hanging out and watching some of the shoot. The kids who were there were going crazy and stage diving and singing along. They really picked the perfect day for the shoot, not a cloud in the sky and the sunset was amazing. At night they kicked the lights on and they even paid a guy off at a building near buy to use his huge spot light to back light the band, from the front it looked awesome. It was getting kind of cold and nothing was really going on so we decided to take off.
On our way back to the car we ran in to our friend Chad from Manna & Quail and formally the frontman of the band Heirs (which I miss terribly). They happened to be practicing at the building right in front of where we parked so we went in and hung out for awhile while they were setting up and just hung out and talked about music and art stuff. After hanging out they were about to practice and we were ready to head home to we took off. After a long day running around promoting we got back and I headed home from Nate's, stopping at Scott's to give him some posters. Now here I am writing this blog that probably was total shinfo to you. I will post some crappy cell phone pictures to make it a little more fun.
P.S. Although I am not a big Chiodos fan I wish I would have taken a camera with me, it would have been awesome to shoot some photos there tonight.
Starting Fresh.
So originally I had a blog on here, but then I wanted to be able to post photos and what not from the road from my phone and only LiveJournal worked with Flickr. So I deleted everything on here and switched over. Well I don't have my PRO account on Flickr anymore so I switched back, I like this site way more. Even though I don't write blogs often I like to have one, especially when I travel so I can write down things shortly after they happen, it helps me remember my travels.
Speaking of traveling, I hope I can get on the road again soon. Having a car payment is a terrible thing, it's really held me back from getting out and exploring while I still can, I wish there was a way to just get rid of it, but I can't really sell it at this point. I want to figure out a way so by this time next year I can hit the road and try my hand at tour managing a mid-level band and combine two of my loves, traveling and music. My friend Brandon is working on taking off on tour this summer just taking photos and I hope it works out for him, I would love to do that.
Right now my life is such a rush, so many concerts and promotional work for them (yes.... FLYERS, my life). We are getting some awesome offers I just hope they can all pull through and help me make a enough money, I really want this to be my life. I just wish kids would open there eyes to some of the not-so-mainstream shows that we do, there are some really talented bands out there that get passed up because kids haven't heard for them or whatever (I do it sometimes too and hate myself when I find out how sweet a band is). For being a company for under a year we are doing pretty solid, I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us.
That's it for now. If you want to check out some of my old blocks hope over here: http://ronhowardmi.livejournal.com/
Speaking of traveling, I hope I can get on the road again soon. Having a car payment is a terrible thing, it's really held me back from getting out and exploring while I still can, I wish there was a way to just get rid of it, but I can't really sell it at this point. I want to figure out a way so by this time next year I can hit the road and try my hand at tour managing a mid-level band and combine two of my loves, traveling and music. My friend Brandon is working on taking off on tour this summer just taking photos and I hope it works out for him, I would love to do that.
Right now my life is such a rush, so many concerts and promotional work for them (yes.... FLYERS, my life). We are getting some awesome offers I just hope they can all pull through and help me make a enough money, I really want this to be my life. I just wish kids would open there eyes to some of the not-so-mainstream shows that we do, there are some really talented bands out there that get passed up because kids haven't heard for them or whatever (I do it sometimes too and hate myself when I find out how sweet a band is). For being a company for under a year we are doing pretty solid, I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us.
That's it for now. If you want to check out some of my old blocks hope over here: http://ronhowardmi.livejournal.com/
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