Monday, February 28, 2011

02/28/11

Wow, this last week has really tested my endurance. I'm pretty sure that I've been suffering from the simultaneous attack of stomach flu, bronchitis, & a sinus infection. I still managed to play 2 shows!

Friday night I did my first solo show opening up for my friends in Valentine Jack and the Disillusioned. I was really surprised by the large number of people in attendance. I heard a lot of laughs during the set and got some positive feed back. Here's the setlist:

"Hand of the Almighty" - John R. Butler
"Titties & Beer" - Rodney Carrington
"Dick in a Box" - The Lonely Island w/ Justin Timberlake
"Bed Intruder" - Autotune the News
"Prostitute Song" - Chef
"Piss on You" - Dave Chapelle
"At a Medium Pace" - Adam Sandler
"3.14" - Bloodhound Gang
"Boys in the Hood" - Dynamite Hack
"Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green

I had a blast at LafayetteMetal.com's Hard & Heavy Show on Saturday night with Chemcoma. We closed out the night after great sets from our buddies in Duilliath and new friends Coffinsville. Here's the setlist:

"Runaway"
"In Time
"Stitch"
"Lift Me Up"
"Runaway" - Bon Jovi
"Tittyballs^2"
"Something to Die for"
"Pathetic"
"Run Like Hell
"Painting" - Blindside
"Whiskey in the Jar" - Metallica

On Sunday I was happy to find that the Lafayette Journal & Courier used some of my input for an article. You can find that here: http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011102270339

I'll be spending the week editing the video for "Settling" and trying to figure out more efficient ways to promote it (By the way, if you dig the tune and are down with the cause, please tell a friend). Also, Chemcoma will be checking in at Halftimes in Elkhart on Saturday night (3/5).

Have a good week!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

02/23/11

Yay, a missed blog day 2 weeks in a row. Luckily, no one had their day ruined because of it.

I worked most of last week (through the weekend) on getting a video together for "Settling." The plan is to get it done by the beginning of next week to upload to YouTube to promote the song. I have all of the filming done & now have a long editing process to look forward to.

*As noted in last week's blog*
This weekend is going to be busy, music-wise. Friday night I'm doing my 1st solo show at Jerilee's in Lafayette at 9pm. Also, Chemcoma is playing at Jerilee's on Saturday night for LafayetteMetal.com's Hard & Heavy show.

Sorry for the short update this week! I have more work to do than time to type. ...and I'm fighting a cold.

See you at the shows!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

02/15/11

Apologies for missing blog day yesterday. I've been pretty busy.

Yesterday I officially announced "Settling" being available on iTunes and Amazon.com in addition to the launch of www.chrisjuneind.com

Since then I've been sending out press releases & scheming on how to build more awareness about my efforts. A few friends and family have been helping spread the gospel and I greatly appreciate it! My ad budget is pretty much nonexistent, so I'm really relying on word-of-mouth and free press to get this moving. My long term plan is to be a little less DIY as I get the revenue rolling. Specifically, hire help in the production process.

In other news, there are some shows coming up soon. I'm doing a solo/unplugged opening set for my friends on Friday 2/25 at Jerilee's in Lafayette. I'm planning on having a lot of fun. I'll be doing a set of funny cover tunes by (Bloodhound Gang, Chef, Rodney Carrington, etc). Here's a Facebook link to the show if you'd like more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182417291795660

On the following night (Saturday 2/26), Chemcoma will be playing at the same location as a part of LafayetteMetal.com's Hard & Heavy Showcase. I'm planning on having a lot of fun that night too. I think we're going to be loud. Here's a Facebook link to the show if you'd like more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185644584800968

Catch you next week!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

02/08/2011

What a long day of staring at a computer screen...

Ladies and gentlemen: the ball has been set into motion and my new track "Settling" is being processed for internet consumption. It's kind of out of my hands now (which, is actually a line from one of the next songs I'm recording). Funny stuff.

Anyway, I spent most of the day doing tweaks to my new .com and making all of my social networking sites uniform as far as name and message goes. Blogger doesn't let me change my account name, so I guess I jumped the gun on starting this. I did manage to get the content from here to dump to the .com and people will be able to get an rss feed from there.

I'm talking too much about the future. I'll let you know more about that jive when it goes live. Whew, totally smooth.

Chemcoma played at the Lafayette Brewing Co. over the weekend as a part of Hoot Night with The Heavy Company and The Shakeups. I think we all had a blast and entertained some folks. I'd love to do it again sometime.

I'll be dropping off the band tax info to get worked on this week & preparing for our scheduled video shoot for the weekend. Hopefully our videographer's schedule holds up!

Unless something crazy happens, I'll catch back up with you next week!