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.
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.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
06/20/11
Hey all, I've received a few messages about the blog lapse...
I've been short on time. Apologies.
As you may have heard/seen Chemcoma is coming to an end. If you'd like to have one more good time with us, you can catch 'what will likely be' our last show at the Mosey Down Main Street on July 9th at 11pm. The Mosey's are very cool. Basically, Main Street in Downtown Lafayette is blocked off from 6th to 14th Streets & a party happens. There are some vendors, multiple bands on several stages, and as far as I know, you can BYOB & have fun in the middle of town. We'll be playing the stage at 6th & Main Street (in front of the Lafayette Theater). The event is FREE & lasts from 6pm to midnight. Hopefully we'll see you out!
Did you make it to the Taste last weekend? Holy cow, I had a blast. I was down there close to 5am to make sure setup went according schedule, hung out during the event, & stayed until about 3am to make sure everything was cleaned up. It was an endurance test & my sleep schedule is really messed up. :-)
We had a stacked roster this year & I don't think any bands disappointed. I personally saw Johnny Bhive, The Green Room Rockers, & Michael Kelsey tear a hole in the sky. I missed sets by Root Hog, Uncle Buck's Mojo Box, & No Apparent Reason for various reasons, but I'm sure they all threw down hard too! Lafayette locals always represent the town well. Please check these guys out when you get a chance.
Before I forget, thanks to the bands & volunteers for making the Taste virtually painless. I can't wait til next year!
Since the band is going kaput, I've been spending all of my time putting legs on the IND. I've been splitting my time between recording new songs & getting the material in a position to be out on a stage. Actually, my buddy Travis was over earlier to jam around & help me work out some bugs on the new tune-age. Thanks dude!
Speaking of that, I may be playing at the open mic at the Lafayette Theater (6th & Main) on Wednesday night (6/22). I think the lineup is full, but I'm a reserve in case someone cancels or catches on fire. So, I have no idea what the time will be if I do get to play. Anyway, come down on Wednesday. The show lasts from 7-11pm &, if nothing else, I'd love to hang out & talk shop.
If you haven't had the chance yet, check out my indie video for "Dear Reason":
The dogs & I had a great time putting this together. Also, the song is on iTunes, Amazon, & other digital music stores if you'd like to own it and/or support the cause.
Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...
I've been short on time. Apologies.
As you may have heard/seen Chemcoma is coming to an end. If you'd like to have one more good time with us, you can catch 'what will likely be' our last show at the Mosey Down Main Street on July 9th at 11pm. The Mosey's are very cool. Basically, Main Street in Downtown Lafayette is blocked off from 6th to 14th Streets & a party happens. There are some vendors, multiple bands on several stages, and as far as I know, you can BYOB & have fun in the middle of town. We'll be playing the stage at 6th & Main Street (in front of the Lafayette Theater). The event is FREE & lasts from 6pm to midnight. Hopefully we'll see you out!
Did you make it to the Taste last weekend? Holy cow, I had a blast. I was down there close to 5am to make sure setup went according schedule, hung out during the event, & stayed until about 3am to make sure everything was cleaned up. It was an endurance test & my sleep schedule is really messed up. :-)
We had a stacked roster this year & I don't think any bands disappointed. I personally saw Johnny Bhive, The Green Room Rockers, & Michael Kelsey tear a hole in the sky. I missed sets by Root Hog, Uncle Buck's Mojo Box, & No Apparent Reason for various reasons, but I'm sure they all threw down hard too! Lafayette locals always represent the town well. Please check these guys out when you get a chance.
Before I forget, thanks to the bands & volunteers for making the Taste virtually painless. I can't wait til next year!
Since the band is going kaput, I've been spending all of my time putting legs on the IND. I've been splitting my time between recording new songs & getting the material in a position to be out on a stage. Actually, my buddy Travis was over earlier to jam around & help me work out some bugs on the new tune-age. Thanks dude!
Speaking of that, I may be playing at the open mic at the Lafayette Theater (6th & Main) on Wednesday night (6/22). I think the lineup is full, but I'm a reserve in case someone cancels or catches on fire. So, I have no idea what the time will be if I do get to play. Anyway, come down on Wednesday. The show lasts from 7-11pm &, if nothing else, I'd love to hang out & talk shop.
If you haven't had the chance yet, check out my indie video for "Dear Reason":
The dogs & I had a great time putting this together. Also, the song is on iTunes, Amazon, & other digital music stores if you'd like to own it and/or support the cause.
Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...
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
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
4/27/11
It's been a hectic couple of weeks...
My wife took a week long vacation to the hospital for surgery & recovery. Also, my little brother is getting deployed to Afghanistan and I'm heading to North Carolina to visit with him before he leaves.
As a result, the mix for "Dear Reason" still isn't done & I haven't made any progress on a video treatment for it or a live track to allow me to play songs live by myself.
Some stuff is moving along, though. Chemcoma played in Elkhart on Saturday night (4/23) and we showed off a few new songs that we've been working into the set. So far the new stuff consists of meaner versions of 80s tunes. Seriously, who covers Eddie Money? We do.
I've been transcribing songs this week to beef up our acoustic set. They are some meaner, hard rock songs that we've toned down.
You should probably come to a show & see this. :-)
The shows calendar at www.chrisjuneind.com will have all of the details on upcoming dates.
In other news, Chemcoma got a draft back of the "Something to Die for" video over the weekend. We made some suggestions, Adam did some more tweaking, & we have *what we believe to be* the final version of the video back now. Adam has to add some titles, we have to pay him, & then this thing will go live for everyone to check out. I might be partial, but I think it looks pretty cool. Hopefully next week's blog will have a link for you.
That's all for now. I'm off to North Carolina.
See you next week!
My wife took a week long vacation to the hospital for surgery & recovery. Also, my little brother is getting deployed to Afghanistan and I'm heading to North Carolina to visit with him before he leaves.
As a result, the mix for "Dear Reason" still isn't done & I haven't made any progress on a video treatment for it or a live track to allow me to play songs live by myself.
Some stuff is moving along, though. Chemcoma played in Elkhart on Saturday night (4/23) and we showed off a few new songs that we've been working into the set. So far the new stuff consists of meaner versions of 80s tunes. Seriously, who covers Eddie Money? We do.
I've been transcribing songs this week to beef up our acoustic set. They are some meaner, hard rock songs that we've toned down.
You should probably come to a show & see this. :-)
The shows calendar at www.chrisjuneind.com will have all of the details on upcoming dates.
In other news, Chemcoma got a draft back of the "Something to Die for" video over the weekend. We made some suggestions, Adam did some more tweaking, & we have *what we believe to be* the final version of the video back now. Adam has to add some titles, we have to pay him, & then this thing will go live for everyone to check out. I might be partial, but I think it looks pretty cool. Hopefully next week's blog will have a link for you.
That's all for now. I'm off to North Carolina.
See you next week!
Monday, April 11, 2011
04/11/11
Hey all!
After a week of more hard work, I'm a bit closer to having the mix of "Dear Reason" done. As of now I'm having an issue with some clipping during the guitar solo. It's not the tracks or overall volume. Maybe it's an EQ thing. As soon as I can get that resolved, I should be ready to let it fly on the internet & focus on the video for it.
This weekend Chemcoma will be firing up for, what I hope to be, another relentless string of shows. We've been prepping to add a significant amount of new songs to the set. A good portion of my week will be spent transcribing more guitar & bass lines, building live tracks, making sure Cody & I are on the same page with what we're playing, and practicing singing and playing my parts. In other Chemcoma news, Adam Shewmaker appears to have about half of the "Something to Die for" video edited together. He sent us a rough cut over the weekend. I'm digging it.
I usually don't say much, if anything, about my side biz of teaching guitar lessons, but I'd like to mention my gratitude to Logan and his parents for giving me the opportunity to be his guitar/music teacher. Last week Logan joined Ashleigh, Tyler, Kaitlin, Valeska, and Dakota in our combined investment in the future of the Lafayette music community and, hopefully, guitar awesomeness.
In addition to what I mentioned above, I'll be spending the rest of the week working on promo with Guillermo (owner of Rancho Real) for Chemcoma's Cinco de Mayo show and scheduling more video shoots with sponsors of the Taste of Tippecanoe (btw, this year's Taste is going to be insane! www.tasteoftippecanoe.org). Also, I'll be padding my music account by helping run sound at the Knickerbocker on Friday night.
There's my weekly update, on time. I'm glad that you're still stopping by. Look out Crawfordsville, me & the Dishastercaster will be more than ready to blow off some steam on Saturday night at the Lew.
PS: Thanks to the Cocaine Wolves, American Speedway, and The Mound Builders for putting on an epic rock show over the weekend. Please check these cats out if you're not familiar.
Over and out.
After a week of more hard work, I'm a bit closer to having the mix of "Dear Reason" done. As of now I'm having an issue with some clipping during the guitar solo. It's not the tracks or overall volume. Maybe it's an EQ thing. As soon as I can get that resolved, I should be ready to let it fly on the internet & focus on the video for it.
This weekend Chemcoma will be firing up for, what I hope to be, another relentless string of shows. We've been prepping to add a significant amount of new songs to the set. A good portion of my week will be spent transcribing more guitar & bass lines, building live tracks, making sure Cody & I are on the same page with what we're playing, and practicing singing and playing my parts. In other Chemcoma news, Adam Shewmaker appears to have about half of the "Something to Die for" video edited together. He sent us a rough cut over the weekend. I'm digging it.
I usually don't say much, if anything, about my side biz of teaching guitar lessons, but I'd like to mention my gratitude to Logan and his parents for giving me the opportunity to be his guitar/music teacher. Last week Logan joined Ashleigh, Tyler, Kaitlin, Valeska, and Dakota in our combined investment in the future of the Lafayette music community and, hopefully, guitar awesomeness.
In addition to what I mentioned above, I'll be spending the rest of the week working on promo with Guillermo (owner of Rancho Real) for Chemcoma's Cinco de Mayo show and scheduling more video shoots with sponsors of the Taste of Tippecanoe (btw, this year's Taste is going to be insane! www.tasteoftippecanoe.org). Also, I'll be padding my music account by helping run sound at the Knickerbocker on Friday night.
There's my weekly update, on time. I'm glad that you're still stopping by. Look out Crawfordsville, me & the Dishastercaster will be more than ready to blow off some steam on Saturday night at the Lew.
PS: Thanks to the Cocaine Wolves, American Speedway, and The Mound Builders for putting on an epic rock show over the weekend. Please check these cats out if you're not familiar.
Over and out.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
04/06/11
Well, I've been spending some late nights in the studio & I finally feel like I'm really close to having the mix & master of "Dear Reason" done. I've been working on artwork & brainstorming on a video treatment on breaks while getting some ear rest. I think the release is only going to be a couple or few weeks out.
As much fun as I had playing funny songs at my last solo show, I'm going to start building a track after the "Dear Reason" release so I can start playing my serious songs live. It'll just be me, an acoustic guitar, and probably some piano parts playing counter lines in the background. It would be a lot easier if I didn't have to incorporate the electronic element, but some of these songs just don't sound right without the extra parts. Plus, I want to play my guitar solos. :-)
The Frankfort Times ran an article on the 6th about my music endeavors. They gave me space on the bottom 3rd of the front page with the article continuing on another page! The story ran in response to the press release I sent them for the "Settling" release. Unfortunately, they didn't mention the song, Chris June IND, or ChrisJuneIND.com at all and misspelled Chemcoma. Regardless, I'm happy for the attention and maybe next time readers will be given more direction to what I'm doing.
Chemcoma has been hard at work learning some new songs to start mixing into the set over the next month. The songs reflect what we've been known to do cover-wise: Modern Rock songs that we dig and Classic Rock songs that we've updated. We're also anxiously awaiting getting back the "Something to Die for" video.
Thanks for stopping by again this week. Please direct any comments or suggestions through the contact form on ChrisJuneIND.com.
Over and out
As much fun as I had playing funny songs at my last solo show, I'm going to start building a track after the "Dear Reason" release so I can start playing my serious songs live. It'll just be me, an acoustic guitar, and probably some piano parts playing counter lines in the background. It would be a lot easier if I didn't have to incorporate the electronic element, but some of these songs just don't sound right without the extra parts. Plus, I want to play my guitar solos. :-)
The Frankfort Times ran an article on the 6th about my music endeavors. They gave me space on the bottom 3rd of the front page with the article continuing on another page! The story ran in response to the press release I sent them for the "Settling" release. Unfortunately, they didn't mention the song, Chris June IND, or ChrisJuneIND.com at all and misspelled Chemcoma. Regardless, I'm happy for the attention and maybe next time readers will be given more direction to what I'm doing.
Chemcoma has been hard at work learning some new songs to start mixing into the set over the next month. The songs reflect what we've been known to do cover-wise: Modern Rock songs that we dig and Classic Rock songs that we've updated. We're also anxiously awaiting getting back the "Something to Die for" video.
Thanks for stopping by again this week. Please direct any comments or suggestions through the contact form on ChrisJuneIND.com.
Over and out
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