Thanks to everyone that made it out to the last Chemcoma show. It was awesome for Ken & Nate to have us close down the Mosey!
Here's what you missed, set-wise:
"Runaway"
"In Time"
"SEISM"
"Stitch"
"Lift Me Up:
"Runaway" - Bon Jovi cover
"Run Like Hell"
"Come to Hand"
"Shakin'" - Eddie Money cover
"Helter Skelter" - Beatles, etc. cover
"Something to Die for"
"Boys of Summer" - Don Henley, etc. cover
*Encore*
"Whiskey in the Jar" - Metallica, etc. cover
I'm sure Cody & Em are up to dirty musical dealings. I'll show them some love around here as they start to talk. I'm glad we did what we did over the last 7+ years. We couldn't have put a better exclamation point on Chemcoma than the Mosey performance.
I edited-up & posted a live/unplugged performance of "Settling"
Let me know what you think. The footage was from June 29th and Lafayette Live and captured by my good buddy Justin Reagin on his iPhone. If you hang out & get some good video, I will post it!
In case you were wondering, I've been playing solo with the help of programmed piano lines & a click track until I gather up enough dudes to jam.
*Quickies*
One of the newer heavy hitters on the Rhodes Amplification roster, Andy Wood, will be in town today cranking on a Colossus at Sound Logic. I'll be headed over later to hang out during the session.
I'll be jamming with the drummers again this week. My goal is to only have one of them by the weekend! Also, I'm still hunting and trapping bassists. I hope they're in 'season'.
It's looking like I'll be the local support for Madison, WI bands Colorphase & Sleeping in Stereo when they come to throw down in Lafayette at the Knickerbocker on Friday, July 29th. Mark that one down in your calendar, it's going to be fun one!
Thanks for stopping by!
Over and out.
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 Settling. Show all posts
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
06/28/11
Get ready for a novel, it was Monday the 27th when I started typing this...
Wow, I thought last week was crazy, but today has been nuts!
Last Wednesday I made my open mic debut playing IND material. The short set consisted of "Before it gets to me," "Pocket & Soul," & "Settling." It was a good start for me & a lot of fun. Thanks to Brady for squeezing me in & for running Lafayette Live Open Mic at the Theater. It's an awesome way for musicians to test out new material & get some exposure. If you're free this Wednesday night (6/29) at 9pm, I'll be playing again. I'm planning on busting out a new track: "Out of our Hands." Extra details are on my Shows page.
Yesterday I wrapped guitars for the new EP I'm working on. I haven't decided on a title yet, but today I've been jokingly referring to it as '5'7 & Hell on Wheels.' Yeah, that's probably not going to happen. Maybe one of you has a better or maybe funnier suggestion. Anyway, I have 2 more songs to get bass done on before moving onto vocals & drum stuff.
I finally got around to doing a formal Facebook fan page. As always, if you're digging what I'm doing and/or are down with the cause, please 'like it.' All of the content on there is the same as www.chrisjuneind.com, but it'll give me a little more web presence. Plus, I signed up for a Sound Cloud account to get things moving. That should allow me to post more demos, live stuff, and other goodies.
Before I forget, thanks to everyone that made my Saturday awesome. My main man Scott Freeman had me over for a cookout that had a lot of Fiddlers' Gathering performers around. I rubbed elbows with some of them before having to bail early to go catch my little brother's first show singing with Thor. Joey does the cookie monster bit better than most guys I've seen in town. Don't let him know yet, I don't want him to get a big head. After all, Tim Brouk did give him a shout out in the Journal & Courier. Here's a link to the article. Great job at the show guys & thanks Tim! After the Thor show, I headed down to see my buddies in Born Under Burden catch fire at LafayetteMetal.com's HardnHeavy Showcase. This was B.U.B.'s cd release show. Please go check out their music, buy it, & watch them live. Trust me, they are worth your time. :-)
That's all for now. I'll be spending the rest of the week recording, giving guitar lessons, getting more ink & meeting up with some dudes that have hit me up to play my music loud.
Thanks for stopping in again. Have a safe & awesome 4th. Try not to blow any limbs off. If you think about it, light a few bombs off for my little brother Jordan. He's over in Afghanistan until December. I'm sure he and his USMC crew will appreciate it.
Over and out.
Wow, I thought last week was crazy, but today has been nuts!
Last Wednesday I made my open mic debut playing IND material. The short set consisted of "Before it gets to me," "Pocket & Soul," & "Settling." It was a good start for me & a lot of fun. Thanks to Brady for squeezing me in & for running Lafayette Live Open Mic at the Theater. It's an awesome way for musicians to test out new material & get some exposure. If you're free this Wednesday night (6/29) at 9pm, I'll be playing again. I'm planning on busting out a new track: "Out of our Hands." Extra details are on my Shows page.
Yesterday I wrapped guitars for the new EP I'm working on. I haven't decided on a title yet, but today I've been jokingly referring to it as '5'7 & Hell on Wheels.' Yeah, that's probably not going to happen. Maybe one of you has a better or maybe funnier suggestion. Anyway, I have 2 more songs to get bass done on before moving onto vocals & drum stuff.
I finally got around to doing a formal Facebook fan page. As always, if you're digging what I'm doing and/or are down with the cause, please 'like it.' All of the content on there is the same as www.chrisjuneind.com, but it'll give me a little more web presence. Plus, I signed up for a Sound Cloud account to get things moving. That should allow me to post more demos, live stuff, and other goodies.
Before I forget, thanks to everyone that made my Saturday awesome. My main man Scott Freeman had me over for a cookout that had a lot of Fiddlers' Gathering performers around. I rubbed elbows with some of them before having to bail early to go catch my little brother's first show singing with Thor. Joey does the cookie monster bit better than most guys I've seen in town. Don't let him know yet, I don't want him to get a big head. After all, Tim Brouk did give him a shout out in the Journal & Courier. Here's a link to the article. Great job at the show guys & thanks Tim! After the Thor show, I headed down to see my buddies in Born Under Burden catch fire at LafayetteMetal.com's HardnHeavy Showcase. This was B.U.B.'s cd release show. Please go check out their music, buy it, & watch them live. Trust me, they are worth your time. :-)
That's all for now. I'll be spending the rest of the week recording, giving guitar lessons, getting more ink & meeting up with some dudes that have hit me up to play my music loud.
Thanks for stopping in again. Have a safe & awesome 4th. Try not to blow any limbs off. If you think about it, light a few bombs off for my little brother Jordan. He's over in Afghanistan until December. I'm sure he and his USMC crew will appreciate it.
Over and out.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
03/29/11
I have really let my blog schedule go. Apologies. The good news is it's because I've been hard at work in the studio getting the follow-up to "Settling" done.
Over the next couple of days I'll make some vocal tweaks & bounce down drum tracks. Then it's mix time.
The song, "Dear Reason," is a song that I wrote a few years ago. Chemcoma plays a version of it. Topically, it's kind of dark, but happy. My Granny, my favorite person in the world, passed away in 2009 and I penned the words in the time leading up to the loss in an effort to prepare myself for that day. Side note: she actually loved the song and the handwritten words are with her in her resting place.
Anyway, I gave the tune a facelift; switching it to more of a 6/8, swingy feel that would reflect something old Granny could boogie to...
I'm digging the way it's turning out & can't wait to share! The plan is to release this song & video simultaneously.
Hopefully Rhodes Amplification will be happy that I'm using my signature amp on the recording.
Until next time...
Over the next couple of days I'll make some vocal tweaks & bounce down drum tracks. Then it's mix time.
The song, "Dear Reason," is a song that I wrote a few years ago. Chemcoma plays a version of it. Topically, it's kind of dark, but happy. My Granny, my favorite person in the world, passed away in 2009 and I penned the words in the time leading up to the loss in an effort to prepare myself for that day. Side note: she actually loved the song and the handwritten words are with her in her resting place.
Anyway, I gave the tune a facelift; switching it to more of a 6/8, swingy feel that would reflect something old Granny could boogie to...
I'm digging the way it's turning out & can't wait to share! The plan is to release this song & video simultaneously.
Hopefully Rhodes Amplification will be happy that I'm using my signature amp on the recording.
Until next time...
Monday, March 14, 2011
03/14/11
Whew, I almost forgot about this.
I spent most of last week promoting "Settling" (researching and bugging people of influence about getting it onto playlists of several radio and video outlets and printing and distributing flyers). Thanks again to everyone that's passed out flyers & helped spread the word online!
Chemcoma finally shot the video for "Something to Die for." It was a super fun experience, minus the skin I rubbed off & bruising on my arm. Hopefully this video portrays how hard I brought it for the shoot. Thanks to Adam Shewmaker for making the trip up to do the work. Early estimates are that we'll have it back in a few weeks. Cody has a pretty cool teaser video from the process. If you muscle him a little, maybe he'll make it live on YouTube.
I'm going to spend the rest of the week getting prepped to start recording the next Chris June IND song and putting a track together so I can play the songs live without them sounding too bare.
Now I'm off to the monthly Taste of Tippecanoe meeting.
Thanks for stopping by, catch you next week!
I spent most of last week promoting "Settling" (researching and bugging people of influence about getting it onto playlists of several radio and video outlets and printing and distributing flyers). Thanks again to everyone that's passed out flyers & helped spread the word online!
Chemcoma finally shot the video for "Something to Die for." It was a super fun experience, minus the skin I rubbed off & bruising on my arm. Hopefully this video portrays how hard I brought it for the shoot. Thanks to Adam Shewmaker for making the trip up to do the work. Early estimates are that we'll have it back in a few weeks. Cody has a pretty cool teaser video from the process. If you muscle him a little, maybe he'll make it live on YouTube.
I'm going to spend the rest of the week getting prepped to start recording the next Chris June IND song and putting a track together so I can play the songs live without them sounding too bare.
Now I'm off to the monthly Taste of Tippecanoe meeting.
Thanks for stopping by, catch you next week!
Monday, March 7, 2011
03/07/11
Yay, it's blog day!
First, apologies to the North Central Indiana Chemcoma peeps for having to cancel Saturday's show in Elkhart. There was a scheduling conflict with the venue. The good news is, we'll be up there on April 23rd. Perhaps that will work better with your schedule. :-)
It's been a great weekend for the IND biz with the "Settling" video going live on YouTube & ChrisJuneIND.com. Thanks to a lot of help from friends and family, we got it past 300 views. In my opinion, it's a victory for small-time efforts. I sincerely appreciate the help you've done spreading the word.
I have a flyer printed to help promote the song and video now & I'll be starting the Lafayette Pound the Ground Campaign to spread the word. If you feel inclined to help, send me a message through the 'contact' form at ChrisJuneIND.com & I can pass on more info. *Sorry, I won't post my email address online because I'm spam-a-phobic*
If you're free Wednesday night, I'll be hanging out at the Lafayette Theater for Open Mic Night. It runs from 7-11pm. I'll be down there a bit late because of a scheduling conflict with a guitar lesson; so maybe I'll be there 8:30-ish. I went last week & was blown away by the performers; and I had no idea who they were! I guess that, although Lafayette isn't huge & I have been a music scene contributor here for 13-something years, I still get surprised. I still stand by my claims that Lafayette, IN has more talent per capita than anywhere. Apologies for any beef I might start, but the 4790 owns.
Next week I'll have an update for how this weekend's video shoot for Chemcoma's "Something to Die for" goes. Plus, I'll give more info on internet radio and video distribution details for "Settling." Hopefully I'll make a 100% decision on what the follow-up song is going to be (I have it narrowed down to 3 songs)!
Once again, thanks for the help!
Until next week...
First, apologies to the North Central Indiana Chemcoma peeps for having to cancel Saturday's show in Elkhart. There was a scheduling conflict with the venue. The good news is, we'll be up there on April 23rd. Perhaps that will work better with your schedule. :-)
It's been a great weekend for the IND biz with the "Settling" video going live on YouTube & ChrisJuneIND.com. Thanks to a lot of help from friends and family, we got it past 300 views. In my opinion, it's a victory for small-time efforts. I sincerely appreciate the help you've done spreading the word.
I have a flyer printed to help promote the song and video now & I'll be starting the Lafayette Pound the Ground Campaign to spread the word. If you feel inclined to help, send me a message through the 'contact' form at ChrisJuneIND.com & I can pass on more info. *Sorry, I won't post my email address online because I'm spam-a-phobic*
If you're free Wednesday night, I'll be hanging out at the Lafayette Theater for Open Mic Night. It runs from 7-11pm. I'll be down there a bit late because of a scheduling conflict with a guitar lesson; so maybe I'll be there 8:30-ish. I went last week & was blown away by the performers; and I had no idea who they were! I guess that, although Lafayette isn't huge & I have been a music scene contributor here for 13-something years, I still get surprised. I still stand by my claims that Lafayette, IN has more talent per capita than anywhere. Apologies for any beef I might start, but the 4790 owns.
Next week I'll have an update for how this weekend's video shoot for Chemcoma's "Something to Die for" goes. Plus, I'll give more info on internet radio and video distribution details for "Settling." Hopefully I'll make a 100% decision on what the follow-up song is going to be (I have it narrowed down to 3 songs)!
Once again, thanks for the help!
Until next week...
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!
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!
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