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!
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.
Monday, February 28, 2011
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!
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!
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!
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!
Monday, January 31, 2011
1/31/2011
It's been another week of me fighting with frequencies on "Settling." It sucks being so close but not being able to pull the trigger on the release. I'm going to commit to getting little sleep until it's done.
It looks like the Lafayette area has a bad winter storm coming, so I should be able to be productive if I'm snowed in...
I have the domain name registered and space secured for my new site. The pressure is all on me now to get everything done.
Apologies for the weak update this week. Things are about to get more interesting, I promise.
It looks like the Lafayette area has a bad winter storm coming, so I should be able to be productive if I'm snowed in...
I have the domain name registered and space secured for my new site. The pressure is all on me now to get everything done.
Apologies for the weak update this week. Things are about to get more interesting, I promise.
Monday, January 24, 2011
01/24/2011
I'm slowly regaining my drive after an energy-reducing weekend. Chemcoma played in Elkhart, IN at Halftimes Saturday night. The crowd was nuts and I reciprocated. We arrived back to the studio at about 7am to unload and the rest of the day consisted of me laying on the couch and watching football. It was really all I was capable of doing. :-)
The band is gearing up for a hometown show on Feb. 5th at the Lafayette Brewing Company as a part of Chris Voglund's long running 'Hoot Night' concert series. It should be a super good time. The atmosphere and sound in LBC is one of my favorites in Lafayette. After that, we'll switch gears to film the "Something to Die for" video.
I had a few setbacks on my new song last week and I'm really no further along than I was 2 weeks ago. Instead of being discouraged, I'll soldier on. It's going to get released.
Thanks to the Journal & Courier for giving a nod to my blog! Here's the link in case you missed it: http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101240301
As always, thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...
The band is gearing up for a hometown show on Feb. 5th at the Lafayette Brewing Company as a part of Chris Voglund's long running 'Hoot Night' concert series. It should be a super good time. The atmosphere and sound in LBC is one of my favorites in Lafayette. After that, we'll switch gears to film the "Something to Die for" video.
I had a few setbacks on my new song last week and I'm really no further along than I was 2 weeks ago. Instead of being discouraged, I'll soldier on. It's going to get released.
Thanks to the Journal & Courier for giving a nod to my blog! Here's the link in case you missed it: http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101240301
As always, thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
1/18/2011
I've been off of my normal schedule a little bit.
I intend to finalize a 'home master' of "Settling," my new song, today. I'm in the Mixing and mastering process and, though those are things I'm interested in, it's a lot more difficult than most people think. I'm making the song sound the best that I can despite my limited budget, expertise, and environment. I keep reminding myself that this is a jumping off point and if I can find enough listeners to love the song(s), I can start doing bigger budget stuff. So, I've been making trips back & forth between the studio and the living room stereo for the past couple of days making notes and small changes to try to get this track sounding its best.
In other news, we had our first Taste of Tippecanoe board meeting last night. Luckily the crew was nice enough to let me phone in since I had a guitar lesson to give later in the evening. I got involved with the Taste this time last year to satisfy my internship responsibilities to graduate college. Apparently, I did a good enough job for them to keep me around. It's a lot of fun, the people are great, and any profit goes straight to the Tippecanoe Arts Federation; a local non-profit org that helps a ton of artists and kids. Win, win, win situation!
Moving on...
"Something to Die for," the new Chemcoma single, has been doing pretty well for us. It hit iTunes last week and got some special love in the Lafayette Journal & Courier. You still might be able to see the article at http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101130302. If that doesn't work, go to www.jconline.com & search for 'Chemcoma.'
It's looking like the band's winter break will be over as we head to Elkhart to play a show at Halftimes on Saturday (1/22/10). North-Central Indiana has become a second home to us and we love playing up there. Our buddy Mike Lutin will be playing bass with us too. Stop by if you're in the area! Additional show details are available at www.chemcoma.com.
Thanks for stopping by, catch you next time!
I intend to finalize a 'home master' of "Settling," my new song, today. I'm in the Mixing and mastering process and, though those are things I'm interested in, it's a lot more difficult than most people think. I'm making the song sound the best that I can despite my limited budget, expertise, and environment. I keep reminding myself that this is a jumping off point and if I can find enough listeners to love the song(s), I can start doing bigger budget stuff. So, I've been making trips back & forth between the studio and the living room stereo for the past couple of days making notes and small changes to try to get this track sounding its best.
In other news, we had our first Taste of Tippecanoe board meeting last night. Luckily the crew was nice enough to let me phone in since I had a guitar lesson to give later in the evening. I got involved with the Taste this time last year to satisfy my internship responsibilities to graduate college. Apparently, I did a good enough job for them to keep me around. It's a lot of fun, the people are great, and any profit goes straight to the Tippecanoe Arts Federation; a local non-profit org that helps a ton of artists and kids. Win, win, win situation!
Moving on...
"Something to Die for," the new Chemcoma single, has been doing pretty well for us. It hit iTunes last week and got some special love in the Lafayette Journal & Courier. You still might be able to see the article at http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101130302. If that doesn't work, go to www.jconline.com & search for 'Chemcoma.'
It's looking like the band's winter break will be over as we head to Elkhart to play a show at Halftimes on Saturday (1/22/10). North-Central Indiana has become a second home to us and we love playing up there. Our buddy Mike Lutin will be playing bass with us too. Stop by if you're in the area! Additional show details are available at www.chemcoma.com.
Thanks for stopping by, catch you next time!
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