This is the source for the inside scoop on Chris June IND; including writing, recording, performing, etc. You'll get more dirt here than tweets & status updates. Typically, new blog entries get posted every Monday and whenever something too interesting to not write about happens. I’ll try to keep my entries short-winded and light-hearted. Maybe I can make them funny. We’ll see.
Showing posts with label Aces Pub. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aces Pub. Show all posts
Monday, February 20, 2012
02/20/12
The radio push for Whistle When We Break Down is heating up too. I let loose a list of stations spinning my tunes a couple of entries ago. After finishing an email blast thanking them, I received another report. So, now there's more!
Bear Cast Radio (Cincinnati, OH), CHMR (St. Johns, Newfoundland), CJSR (Edmonton, Alberta), KDUP (Portland, OR), KKSM (San Marcos, CA), KMUD (Redway, CA), KNSU (Thibodaux, LA), KSLU-2 (Hammond, LA), KSTO (Northfield, MN), KSYM (San Antonio, TX), KUIW (San Antonio, TX), KVRX (Austin, TX), KXUL (Monroe, LA), KXZY (Stillwater, OK), Radio Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ), Radio UTD (Richardson, TX), SCAD Radio (Atlanta, GA), WAIH (Potdam, NY), WBIM (Bridgewater, MA), WBSR (Providence, RI), WBWC (Berea, OH), WCCX (Waukesha, WI), WCHC (Worcester, MA), WCVM (Morrisville, NY), WCWM (Williamsburg, VA), WECI (Richmond, IN), WFCF (St. Augustine, FL), WGDR/WG (Plainfield, VT), WGSU (Geneseo, NY), WGTB (Washington DC), WHUS (Storrs, CT), WIDB (Carbondale, IL), WIDR (Kalamazoo, MI), WITR (Rochester, NY), WIXQ (Millersville, PA), WLUR (Lexington, VA), WMCN (St. Paul, MN), WMCO (New Concord, OH), WMHD (Terre Haute, IN), WMHW (Mt. Pleasant, MI), WMTU (Houghton, MI), WMUR (Milwaukee, WI), WMVL (Purchase, NY), WMXM (Lake Forest, IL), WORT (Madison, WI), WPMD (Norwalk, CA), WQAQ (Hamden, CT), WRBC (Lewiston, ME), WRFW (River Falls, WI), WRHU (Hempstead, NY), WRNC (Ashland, WI), WRRC (Lawrenceville, NJ), WRTC (Hartford, CT), WRUV (Burlington, VT), WSBU (St. Bonaventure, NY), WSWI (Evansville, IN), WUDR (Dayton, OH), WUMM (Machias, ME), WUOG (Athens, GA), WUPX (Marquette, MI), WVAU (Washington DC), WVKR (Poughkeepsie, NY), WVMW (Scanton, PA), WVUD (Newark, DE), WYBF (Radnor, PA), and WZBT (Gettysburg, PA).
Quite a few stations have the disc in heavy rotation and/or charting in their top ten. In the case of WPPJ in Pittsburgh, I fulfilled a request from them on Saturday to record and submit a station ID/plug for them use as a transition into my songs. "Hey! This is Chris June IND and you're listening to..."
It was a lot of fun to do!
That does it for this week's blog.
I'm off to get some touch-up ink done with my main-man Eddie at Sacred Apple in a bit. If you're making the trip to Chicago to catch In Flames on Tuesday night, my buddy Brian (from The Mound Builders) and myself will be there throwing horns. Also, the IND crew will be doing an acoustic set Wednesday night for Lafayette Live at the Lafayette Theater at 10pm to plug Saturday's Show.
Also, if you notice that you're a regular on the blog, consider following @ChrisJuneIND on Twitter and 'Liking' Chris June IND on Facebook.
Thanks for stopping by!
Over and out.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
02/13/12
As the song goes, better later than not at all, right?
Speaking of “Guilt that Keeps on Giving,” we started compiling footage from all the shows this week in an attempt to do a follow up video to “Out of Our Hands.” Hopefully it works out.
Happy Valentine’s Day, if you’re celebrating! Apologies for dropping the ball on blog day yesterday, it’s been a crazy week in IND land.
Last week began with me tracking down contact info for station managers and deejays at the stations playing my tunes. I don’t think I could’ve pulled it off without the help of my little bro and Google. It was a solid two days of work.
If any of you dudes are checking out the blog and haven’t received a ‘thanks’ in your inbox. It’s coming…
Wednesday’s set at Lafayette Live was the first time I’ve been down to the theater with my Tele and Rhodes amp in over a year. Since more than enough time had passed, Chris and Drew joined me to crank it up.
Here’s the set:
“Settling”
“Guilt that Keeps on Giving”
“Dear Reason”
“Feed Me a Lie”
I’m glad we got to rock it up for the regulars!
Like last week, I made the trip over to Frankfort to play some unplugged tunes on Thursday night at Applebee’s Open Mic.
Here’s the set:
“Settling”
“Pocket and Soul”
“Amputee” – Oceansize cover
“My Rx”
“Before it Gets to Me”
“Out of Our Hands”
As always, Jason Wells was a great host. I really dig his new track, “Hot Head Helen” a lot! Ryan (if I’m remembering his name right), a ten year old, took top honors for the night for rocking an SG and for singing and playing very well. Great job, little man!
I planned to take Friday night off to roll to Illinois for the SOiL show. My good buddy Justin, who’s a chum of Ryan McCombs (SOiL/Drowning Pool singer), had the hook-up, but the weather in Indiana had other plans. Instead of braving crappy road conditions, I took the opportunity to jam some very nice guitars from Justin’s Gibson arsenal.
The ES137, one of my favorites, made the trip to the Animal House with me the following night for our show with The Enders and The Mound Builders. The dudes in those bands are ripping guitarists that play Gibsons. Maybe I wanted to fit in…
I planned to jam the ES137 for the whole show, but I knocked the low E off the saddle during the first song; throwing the tuning out. So, I decided keep it in the case for the remainder.
Here’s the set:
“Settling”
“Guilt that Keeps on Giving”
“Dear Reason”
“Feed Me a Lie”
“Go Into the Water” Intro – Dethklok cover
“The Shadow I Will Leave”
“Boy of Summer” – Don Henley cover
“Pocket and Soul”
“Point #1” – Chevelle cover
“Out of Our Hands”
We ended the ‘night’ with breakfast and laughs at IHOP with the other bands (WHAT A RIOT!). I’m anxious to get on a bill again with those dudes. Big thanks to Big "C" Sound for putting on an awesome show! We’ll be back over there on April 7th.
I planned on using Sunday to wind-down and get this blog entry started. Instead, I ran an open mic at Aces Pub…
Usually, they have those shindigs on Wednesday nights. So, I called to see if I could jump in to play the next two weeks (to plug our next show down there). Finding out about the move to Sundays and that they didn’t have a host, I loaded some PA, posted the details on Twitter/Facebook, made some calls, and headed over.
If you missed it, my buddies Drew, Evan, and Mojo stopped in to cut loose and it was cool meeting and seeing Jim, Marty, and Tommy (some Aces regulars) do their thing. It’s a loose plan for me to host an open mic there every 3 or 4 weeks now; allowing me to give everyone some warning in advance. It’ll be on the calendar when I get the date(s) ironed out.
Until then, you can catch the full IND crew at Aces on Saturday, February 25th with the dudes from Born Under Burden (INFO & RSVP HERE). The radio ads start on WKHY on the 18th. Let me know if you hear my tunes on 93.5!
Finally, I’ve got licensing contracts headed my way from some big television networks/shows. Hopefully, I’ll have more info on that next week.
Huge thanks to everyone that made it out to any of the four shows last week and to you for stopping by the blog once again!
I’ll catch you next week.
Over and out
Speaking of “Guilt that Keeps on Giving,” we started compiling footage from all the shows this week in an attempt to do a follow up video to “Out of Our Hands.” Hopefully it works out.
Happy Valentine’s Day, if you’re celebrating! Apologies for dropping the ball on blog day yesterday, it’s been a crazy week in IND land.
Last week began with me tracking down contact info for station managers and deejays at the stations playing my tunes. I don’t think I could’ve pulled it off without the help of my little bro and Google. It was a solid two days of work.
If any of you dudes are checking out the blog and haven’t received a ‘thanks’ in your inbox. It’s coming…
Wednesday’s set at Lafayette Live was the first time I’ve been down to the theater with my Tele and Rhodes amp in over a year. Since more than enough time had passed, Chris and Drew joined me to crank it up.
Here’s the set:
“Settling”
“Guilt that Keeps on Giving”
“Dear Reason”
“Feed Me a Lie”
I’m glad we got to rock it up for the regulars!
Like last week, I made the trip over to Frankfort to play some unplugged tunes on Thursday night at Applebee’s Open Mic.
Here’s the set:
“Settling”
“Pocket and Soul”
“Amputee” – Oceansize cover
“My Rx”
“Before it Gets to Me”
“Out of Our Hands”
As always, Jason Wells was a great host. I really dig his new track, “Hot Head Helen” a lot! Ryan (if I’m remembering his name right), a ten year old, took top honors for the night for rocking an SG and for singing and playing very well. Great job, little man!
I planned to take Friday night off to roll to Illinois for the SOiL show. My good buddy Justin, who’s a chum of Ryan McCombs (SOiL/Drowning Pool singer), had the hook-up, but the weather in Indiana had other plans. Instead of braving crappy road conditions, I took the opportunity to jam some very nice guitars from Justin’s Gibson arsenal.
The ES137, one of my favorites, made the trip to the Animal House with me the following night for our show with The Enders and The Mound Builders. The dudes in those bands are ripping guitarists that play Gibsons. Maybe I wanted to fit in…
I planned to jam the ES137 for the whole show, but I knocked the low E off the saddle during the first song; throwing the tuning out. So, I decided keep it in the case for the remainder.
Here’s the set:
“Settling”
“Guilt that Keeps on Giving”
“Dear Reason”
“Feed Me a Lie”
“Go Into the Water” Intro – Dethklok cover
“The Shadow I Will Leave”
“Boy of Summer” – Don Henley cover
“Pocket and Soul”
“Point #1” – Chevelle cover
“Out of Our Hands”
We ended the ‘night’ with breakfast and laughs at IHOP with the other bands (WHAT A RIOT!). I’m anxious to get on a bill again with those dudes. Big thanks to Big "C" Sound for putting on an awesome show! We’ll be back over there on April 7th.
I planned on using Sunday to wind-down and get this blog entry started. Instead, I ran an open mic at Aces Pub…
Usually, they have those shindigs on Wednesday nights. So, I called to see if I could jump in to play the next two weeks (to plug our next show down there). Finding out about the move to Sundays and that they didn’t have a host, I loaded some PA, posted the details on Twitter/Facebook, made some calls, and headed over.
If you missed it, my buddies Drew, Evan, and Mojo stopped in to cut loose and it was cool meeting and seeing Jim, Marty, and Tommy (some Aces regulars) do their thing. It’s a loose plan for me to host an open mic there every 3 or 4 weeks now; allowing me to give everyone some warning in advance. It’ll be on the calendar when I get the date(s) ironed out.
Until then, you can catch the full IND crew at Aces on Saturday, February 25th with the dudes from Born Under Burden (INFO & RSVP HERE). The radio ads start on WKHY on the 18th. Let me know if you hear my tunes on 93.5!
Finally, I’ve got licensing contracts headed my way from some big television networks/shows. Hopefully, I’ll have more info on that next week.
Huge thanks to everyone that made it out to any of the four shows last week and to you for stopping by the blog once again!
I’ll catch you next week.
Over and out
Friday, May 27, 2011
05/27/11
It's a little late, but I kept my promise.
My new track "Dear Reason" has been let loose on the internet. It can be heard at www.chrisjuneind.com, purchased on iTunes or Amazon, and the new video is up on YouTube.
Again, I wrote the music for "Dear Reason" a few years ago, but I penned the words in tribute for my Granny (most certainly the awesomest person to have ever lived). Topic-wise, the song deals with the realization that people don't live physically forever, but their influence on you can be like immortatlity.
I was going to a video tribute to Granny, but I decided to do something with my dogs. I think she would approve. I love & spoil my dogs as much as my Granny loved & spoiled me. :-)
If the video seems a little jumpy, it's because I shot it with my cellphone & the tripod didn't want to keep it in the same place for each pass. Additionally, iMovie doesn't have any feature to help me correct it. I shot everything in my living room this last Wednesday (you know, the day we had a crapload of bad storms). I was constantly stopping/starting. Luckily, it only took 5.5 takes to get the footage: 1 of me singing, 1 of me singing & playing guitar, 1 of just the guitar solo, and 1 for each of my 3 dogs. I'm really surprised that the dogs did as well as they did with hardly any coaching. I chopped everything together last night.
In other news, Chemcoma released a joint statement last night that our time together is coming to a close. We have at least one more show together (next weekend in Indy) and potentially 2 shows in Lafayette in the coming month-ish. Details for these shows are or will be available at www.chrisjuneind.com. I've had a blast playing/writing/arguing/hanging out with those guys for the last 4.5 years (that's 62 in band years). Apologies if anyone had their heart broken because of the break. We're going to try out some different things.
Finally, thanks to everyone that was in attendance and going berzerk at the Aces Pub show last Saturday. I had a blast!
Until next week...
Over and out.
My new track "Dear Reason" has been let loose on the internet. It can be heard at www.chrisjuneind.com, purchased on iTunes or Amazon, and the new video is up on YouTube.
Again, I wrote the music for "Dear Reason" a few years ago, but I penned the words in tribute for my Granny (most certainly the awesomest person to have ever lived). Topic-wise, the song deals with the realization that people don't live physically forever, but their influence on you can be like immortatlity.
I was going to a video tribute to Granny, but I decided to do something with my dogs. I think she would approve. I love & spoil my dogs as much as my Granny loved & spoiled me. :-)
If the video seems a little jumpy, it's because I shot it with my cellphone & the tripod didn't want to keep it in the same place for each pass. Additionally, iMovie doesn't have any feature to help me correct it. I shot everything in my living room this last Wednesday (you know, the day we had a crapload of bad storms). I was constantly stopping/starting. Luckily, it only took 5.5 takes to get the footage: 1 of me singing, 1 of me singing & playing guitar, 1 of just the guitar solo, and 1 for each of my 3 dogs. I'm really surprised that the dogs did as well as they did with hardly any coaching. I chopped everything together last night.
In other news, Chemcoma released a joint statement last night that our time together is coming to a close. We have at least one more show together (next weekend in Indy) and potentially 2 shows in Lafayette in the coming month-ish. Details for these shows are or will be available at www.chrisjuneind.com. I've had a blast playing/writing/arguing/hanging out with those guys for the last 4.5 years (that's 62 in band years). Apologies if anyone had their heart broken because of the break. We're going to try out some different things.
Finally, thanks to everyone that was in attendance and going berzerk at the Aces Pub show last Saturday. I had a blast!
Until next week...
Over and out.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
05/17/11
Greetings!
I had a blast this weekend playing at the Corner Pub in Logansport. Born Under Burden opened the show. Those guys are as killer as ever. It was great to get to hang out with them again & get to crank up the Rhodes amp too! Cheers to all of the new Logansport friends.
Speaking of cranking up the Rhodes amp, it'll be sweating and screaming at Aces Pub in Lafayette on Saturday night (5/21) too. If you haven't made it to a show recently, you should make out for this one. The Aces shows are always extra dirty! Good dirty...
My work with the Taste of Tippecanoe has been getting more frantic as the date approaches (June 18th), but I've still managed to get some IND work done. I think I've cleared my head enough to resume work on the "Dear Reason" mix. Be looking for it on www.ChrisJuneIND.com sometime next week. I'll give the heads up on Facebook & Twitter when it goes live, so friend & follow if you haven't yet. :-)
I'm getting close on having my live tracks done to start playing some new tunes live with the grandpa's guitar. The goal is to start hitting up open mics & booking shows in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for stopping by again this week! I'll see you at Aces on Saturday.
Over and out
I had a blast this weekend playing at the Corner Pub in Logansport. Born Under Burden opened the show. Those guys are as killer as ever. It was great to get to hang out with them again & get to crank up the Rhodes amp too! Cheers to all of the new Logansport friends.
Speaking of cranking up the Rhodes amp, it'll be sweating and screaming at Aces Pub in Lafayette on Saturday night (5/21) too. If you haven't made it to a show recently, you should make out for this one. The Aces shows are always extra dirty! Good dirty...
My work with the Taste of Tippecanoe has been getting more frantic as the date approaches (June 18th), but I've still managed to get some IND work done. I think I've cleared my head enough to resume work on the "Dear Reason" mix. Be looking for it on www.ChrisJuneIND.com sometime next week. I'll give the heads up on Facebook & Twitter when it goes live, so friend & follow if you haven't yet. :-)
I'm getting close on having my live tracks done to start playing some new tunes live with the grandpa's guitar. The goal is to start hitting up open mics & booking shows in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for stopping by again this week! I'll see you at Aces on Saturday.
Over and out
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