03/22/12

Apologies for sliding on blog day this week. I’ve been busy with other priorities. Specifically, I’ve been hanging out with my mom at a hospital in Indy... a hospital that cracks down on sites that I use to post and promote the blog.

This update will be quick…

I’ll start by giving kudos to Matt from the Cocaine Wolves for kicking last week off with me with coffee in the studio, the Lafayette Live crew for helping turn downtown into a late-night playground midweek, and all the dudes at Aces for Sunday’s open mic!

The polls have closed for The Dig N’ Graves Radio Show Burial Brawl. I haven’t seen the results yet, but pat yourself on the back for voting for “Out of Our Hands.” Thanks again to Dig, Graves, and Nikki for featuring the track!

Again, you can catch the show on AudioKult Radio and, if you listen in to the station, you may hear some of the new station ID’s that I recorded for them!

Before I forget, The Mound Builders advanced in Heavy Planet’s March Bandness Tournament. You can help them get past the Sweet 16 HERE.

We made a last minute location change and got some new band shots last week at the Lafayette Theater.

What do you think?

Kudos to DropYa Fightwear for hooking up the wardrobe and to Dave Mason at ISPhotographic for snapping the shots.

I booked/solidified some new shows last week:

• Artists United Benefit at the Lafayette Theater on May 4^th with Minsky Kinks, PLOT, Red and the Roosters, and Traveling, Broke, and Out of Gas
• Knickerbocker on May 26^th with tba
• Visions on July 27^th with Kramus

Also, posters are up for the Java Roaster (unplugged on 4/6 in Lafayette) and Animal House (plugged-in on 4/7 in Frankfort) shows. My little bro will join me again to jam on the 6th and the IND crew will be sharing the 7th with our buddies in Archdrive Goodbye and I-Exist. 

RSVP and get more details on these dates (and eventually the new ones) on THE SHOWS CALENDAR or THE EVENTS PAGE on Facebook.

PS: The I-Exist dudes just dropped a teaser from their new CD. It’s super awesome! Check it out HERE.

Also, we’re close to being done with vocal tracks for the new ADG release. I’m digging on it too!

That does it for the update.

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!!!

Over and out

03/12/12

I hope your Monday (and week, depending on what day you read this) is going alright with the DST switch! On the bright side, we have 70's all week here in Mid-North-West-Central Indiana.

You know what I'm thinking? FIRE.

Since I spent most of last week on administrative biz (sending my lyrics to the Discovery Channel, booking shows, artwork, tweaking the new timeline crap), there's really not a whole lot to report.

Btw, totally not kidding about Discovery Channel... They wanted them and I was humored.

So, for my guitarist buddies: How about some guitar talk?

If you're not into the technical side, my normal weekly-ish scoop is below.

I recently tabbed out my song "Guilt that Keeps on Giving"; going as far as to make every ' - ' an eighth note.

For this entry, we'll start with the intro section (which has 3 guitar parts) and the first verse. These two sections are pretty similar (use the B Major/G# minor key signature: B C# D# E F# G# A# B or G# A# B C# D# E F# G#).

Make sure your guitar is tuned low-to-high: CGCFAD and your metronome is set to 200bpm.

Here's the Intro Rhythm. Play the whole section 4x.

If you're a boss, you'll be able to down-pick all of this. Also, if you're new to tabs, the PM indicates notes that are palm-muted (shoot me a message if I need to explain that technique).

Note: I am not a boss. :-)


The main melody section plays through the whole intro. This is a very basic part, but could be tricky timing-wise. I think you'll get it pretty quick though. Play each group of measures 2x (the second group changes a little when the harmony comes in). Because of formatting, I had to make this picture smaller to get the whole part in.

The main harmony section jumps in half-way through the melody. The notes are all a 3rd down from the melody line. Play this 2x.

Here's the rhythm end tag.

 


Finally, here's the rhythm for the first verse. See? Very similar to the intro rhythm... Play the whole section 2x.
There's part 1 of the "Guilt..." tab. Good luck!

Who knows? Maybe something new will inspire you.

I'll note that the song is copyrighted in case anyone tries to pull some funny business!

Back to the scoop...

We didn't get the new group shots last week, but it's happening tomorrow. If you haven't checked out the gear at DropYa.com, shoot them a visit. Perhaps you can guess what they sent.

As previously mentioned, we're sporting some of that goodness in front of the camera...

Also on this-coming Tuesday night (3/13/12) at 8pm, the crew on Dig N' Graves Radio Show on AudioKult Radio will be featuring tracks from Whistle When We Break Down in their Burial Brawl contest. Voting lasts for one week following the show. You can tune in and vote HERE.

Also, kudos to the AudioKult Radio crew for spinning my tunes!!!

Speaking of contests, thanks to all that helped our bros in The Mound Builders advance to Round 2 of Heavy Planet's March Bandness contest! If you have a second, they can still use a couple of clicks from you: VOTE HERE

One last thing, don't forget that I'll be hosting another jam at Aces Pub this Sunday night (3/18/12). RSVP or program it in your calendar now! It's a blast even if you're only spectating!!

Well, that does it for the update.

Final Plug: these links allow you to subscribe to the blog, follow @ChrisJuneIND on Twitter, and 'like' Chris June IND on Facebook.

Thanks for stopping by!

Over and out

03/05/12

Greetings! Did you survive those crazy storms last week? Holy crap.

Well, it's the first blog of March and I'm looking forward to nights warmer than 30 degrees... because, you know, I want to get my fire pit out! :-)

Ready for the update? Here we go...

Last Monday night, conveniently after last week's blog post, I was informed that the Artist United Benefit (the show I plugged for Saturday, 3/2) had been canceled. I did my best to get the word out about this. Apologies if you went anyway.

The good news is some of the groups involved have joined forces to make this event happen downtown on May 5th. Thanks to the IND crew, Minsky Kinks, PLOT, Red and the Roosters, Seema, and Traveling, Broke, and Out of Gas for showing compassion and investing in their community. We look forward to raising some coin for the Tippecanoe Arts Federation and a 2010 shooting victim.

Side note: A benefit is a benefit. A cost is an opportunity for a sponsor, not an excuse to take money from the benefit.

Back on track...

Most of the rest of the week consisted of an over-the-counter medicinal blur. Finally, after describing to a nurse that I was 'sick of being sick,' I scored some antibiotics and began the process of purging this rotten cold from my system.

Still woozy, I shared an unplugged show with my little brother for the first time on Friday night at Java Roaster. If you're wondering: Yes, my mom still comes to my shows and, yes, she was proud seeing both of us jam. :-)

Here's the set:

"Out of Our Hands"
"No Second Chance" - Adrenaline cover
"My Rx"
"Settling"
"Dear Reason"
"Amputee" - Oceansize cover
"Before it Gets to Me"
"Pocket and Soul"
"Bed Intruder" - Auto-Tune the News cover
"Guilt that Keeps on Giving"

The meds really kicked in at the end of this set and I have no idea what the order of the rest of the night was. Looking back, I think I played some material that would be rated beyond the typical G or PG content of a coffee shop show. Apologies!

Thanks to those in attendance and my brother for stepping up and getting out to play. Being the vocalist of the very mean and very heavy band, Thor, I know this is a bit different for him.

The remainder of the weekend was very productive! I finished my long 'thanks list' to the radio stations spinning Whistle When We Break Down, we started tracking vocals for the new Arch Drive Goodbye EP, and I received a shipment of new shirts from DropYa Fightwear.

Special thanks to Shawn from DropYa! The shirts are killer and we'll be rocking them at our photo shoot this week as well as on stage for FUTURE SHOWS.

That does it for the update.

If you haven't already, you can still vote in Heavy Plant's March Bandness Contest for my buddies The Mound Builders and The Hedons.

Also these links allow you to subscribe to the blog, follow @ChrisJuneIND on Twitter, and 'like' Chris June IND on Facebook.

Thanks for stopping by!

Over and out

08/15/11

It has been another productive week! Ready for the lowdown? Here we go!!

Thanks to Bitsy Matatall and Shea Hack at the WBAA Local Music Show for having me in the studio last week. We chatted about the past, present, & future of Chris June IND and had a lot of laughs. Also, I performed acoustic versions of "Out of Our Hands" and "Before it Gets to Me." These will be played on their Podcast along with "Settling," "Dear Reason," and the interview. If you 'like' the Chris June IND Fan Page on Facebook, you'll get the update when it goes live on their page.

Speaking of the Fan Page,  I've been getting some 'likes' from fans of Arch Drive Goodbye recently. I appreciate the referrals, dudes! I have been digging on their song "Autumn Reigns" quite a bit. Luckily, they had a few drinks one night & agreed to let me cover it. I'm sneaky like that. :-)

Moving on...

Rockerbox gave me the opportunity to open for them at their show at Traditions in Watseka, IL over the weekend. I played a mixed set of my new original tunes and some of my favorite songs by others. Here's the set:

"Pocket and Soul"

"Epiphany" (Staind)

"Before it Gets to Me"

"Long Day" (Matchbox 20)

"Settling"

"Out of Our Hands"

"Gone Away" (Cold)

"Faithfully" (Journey)

"Zzyzx Rd" (Stone Sour)

"Dear Reason"

I had a blast jamming, meeting the locals, and hanging out with Guy, Jon, & Devin from Rockerbox and Mary, the owner of Traditions. I'm anxious to do more shows with those dudes and I'm super super excited about taking my band to Watseka in the future!  

I should also mention how psyched I was to get to rock one of my cool new DropYa Fightwear shirts at the show. Thanks Shawn!

In other 'shows' news, I'm on board to play the Family Day to Support the Home with Hope at the Tippecanoe Co. Amphitheater on September 25th. Home with Hope is an organization that provides a pathway to recovery for alcoholics and drug addicts. It's going to be awesome joining forces with The Clutter, Snorb!, DJ Powder, and others to support a great cause! I'll update the Shows Page as more info comes in...

This concludes the weekly update. Next Monday I'll have more scoop on the new IND CD and what the band is up to.

I'm off to Sacred Apple to get some more ink done by *my main man* Eddie.

Over and out