Making April

2009-01-11T10:08:00.002-05:00

1 smoothie[*spinach, *carrots, *celery, *wheat grass, ginger, lemon juice, *frozen blueberries, *coconut oil, 1 pack raw acai (amazon mania), green superfood powder (amazing grass), truvia].
truvia sucks.

2009-01-01T07:07:00.003-05:00

test blog 3

2009-01-01T07:07:00.001-05:00

another test blog

2009-01-01T07:06:00.001-05:00

test blog

110. straw face

2008-03-31T20:33:00.000-04:00

hi HI HIYA! So its been a while. We’d like to apologize for that. We have been busy working hard on the road. I’m coming at you from the front seat of the MA tour van in route to Denver, Colorado. It’s going to be our first time playing in Colorado so we’re really pumped. Tonight we played in Peoria, Illinois and met a ton of cool people and had a great time. Before the show all of us went out to eat and sean caught a video of me shooting my straw wrapper into gregs face. We have been waiting a long time to catch this on video so we decided to share it with you all.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgCS7ZXjwg

As for other news.........we have a big month coming up. Aside from all the touring, "These are the Nights" will officially be hitting radio nationwide in late April. We’ll give you guys the exact date in the coming weeks. We’ll also be posting a list of all the radio stations that will be adding our song into rotation. Everyone is expected to meet their daily request quota of 15 :) JK JK.....but seriously....We would love you forever. So thats it for now. I’m gonna go grab some egg whites and hashbrowns from IHOP. We will talk to you soon :)

<3 Steve

109. Yog Pod

2008-03-24T02:55:00.001-04:00

my heart is raaaaaacing. i finally synced up my first ipod and took it for a jog around the block. it’s freezing and i was blowing snot all over the street but i made it back. tomorrow (later today) we’re headed into the city to talk summer tour plans with our agent AND we’re gonna check out Ludo at Bowery Ballroom. we’re stoked to see their show... and they’re playing with the reunited Presidents of the United States of America.

hope everybody had a thrilling easter... mine didn’t really feel like easter, but more like trying to run errands in stores that didn’t wanna stay open. went to petsmart and got my dog’s nails clipped and hit the diner on the way back (with mom and sister). my basket was filled with dark chocolate. yum

my heart rate is coming down... i’m gonna pass out.
night, sean

108. pranks and blowouts

2008-03-21T04:27:00.001-04:00

we were in transit to our last show of the tour. automatic loveletter was leaving us after tonight. the show was in vienna, virginia at jammin' java. we were actually on time. on the way there the van started into a slight fishtail motion that i thought was merely wind or poor weight distribution of our equipment. steve said drive it out cuz this happens all the time. a lot of funky shit happens to our van that we drive out... not this time. the fishtailing worsened and we were lucky enough to be RIGHT at a service exit with a gas station. our back right tire was blown to shreds and the back left was soon to follow. Earl from Sunoco ordered us two brand new tires and was nice enough to install them. Earl also ordered two signed, black making april shirts and cd's cuz he listens to all kinds of music except rap. 400 raping dollars later we were on our way!

we get to the show just as john is up on stage with automatic singing misery business. this was one of the many pranks that would go on throughout the night in celebration of our final show together. there were drum kits taken away mid song, mustaches drawn, musicians mocked, shirts ripped off, guitar strings cut, blankets tossed over players, vans vandalized, songs butchered in any way shape or form. you really had to be there to experience the mayhem. it was a lot of fun. we'll miss automatic loveletter, but we'll be on tour with secondhand serenade all throughout april so dont miss us if we come through your area!!!

heart, sean

107. take the ferry!

2008-03-19T22:50:00.001-04:00

tomorrow we have to say goodbye to some newly acquired friends of ours. we’ve been touring with automatic loveletter for the past few weeks and it’s been a blast. tomorrow in virginia will be our last show with them on this tour, but i’m sure there will be more in the future. i dont think juliette missed a single fucking note the entire time. i envy her skills. i’m scared to death of any pranks we have coming to us with their departure. things could get ugly.

last night we played vermont and the venue was amazing. it was fully catered for the bands and we had somewhat of a family dinner before the show. it sounded great too. good sound and good food means amazing venue. on our way home our GPS took us to a lake where it told us to "take the ferry." apparently you’re supposed to drive your vehicle onto the boat and cross into new york. well it wasn’t running at midnight so we had to go around. it tacked on another 2 hours to our trip and we didn’t get home till 6 am. today we spent all day practicing with adam richman. he’s going to be playing guitar for us tomorrow and all of april on our tour with secondhand serenade. give him a shout... myspace.com/ar

night night
sean

106. hi i'm sarah

2008-03-19T22:49:00.000-04:00

heyy guys! my name’s sarah. i’m from connecticut and i’m here at the webster in hartford, ct hanging out with MAKING APRIL<3 they’re so amazing and i love them and they even let me write one of their blogs! since they haven’t gotten to write in a while.. they haven’t gone on yet but i hear they’re planning on playing allll of my favorite songs! i’m so excited!! ..well i don’t know what else to say, sooo goodnight!

105. Detroit Rock City

2008-03-19T22:48:00.001-04:00

We are on our way to Detroit right now. I'm sitting in the back of the van. This mobile internet is great. Greg is passed out next to me and sean is at the wheel. The weather has been horrible for the last few days. The roads have been covered in snow. This morning we finally managed to get our van stuck and had to push it out. Sean got his jeans destroyed from the mud that splattered from the back tire. So happy that wasnt me. We are looking forward to tonights show. Something about it just feels good. I cant quite explain it. We are also looking forward to our hometown show on friday night in new york city. I cant wait to see all of our friends and family. The fact that it sold out is exciting too : ) Well thats it for now. Talk to you all very soon. Much love from the MA tour van.

Steve

104. indyyyyyy

2008-03-19T22:46:00.001-04:00

i think i'm healthy again. we're on our way to indiana for a show w/ a bunch of bands. we got stuck in a snow storm in arkansas last night and couldn't move. the show was canceled and now we're late to this one. the lady at the hotel counter claimed it was the most snow they had seen since '94. glad to be a part of history. now i'm sitting in the back of our van watching 40yr old virgin eating a banana. secondhand serenade isn't on this show so hopefully people still show up!

can't wait to hit the west coast warmth in april. hope to see you all out there.

sean

103. headed to nashville

2008-03-19T22:40:00.000-04:00

hello hello. i'm coming to u from the back seat of our tour van. i hear faint relient k coming from the front as we cruise to nashville. i'm extra-pumped for this show cuz i almost have my voice back and i hear the venue is amazing. last night we played columbus, ohio and it was the first time i could sorta sing in over a week. flu fucked my shit up big time. all of the bands went out to a place called lodge bar after the show. it's fun going out on tour cuz everywhere you look there's people from your crew. the night was capped off with everybody packing into the van and riding for pizza. one of the very few perks of not having a bus is the ability to go get food when you're hungry.

hope to see you guys out at the shoooooooows!

sean

102. drive through wisconsin

2008-03-19T22:39:00.003-04:00

last night we played chicago.. it was awesome. minus the fact that sean was sick, we still got to play for 375 kids. then we priceline.com'd a sweet hotel in the downtown area for only 80 bucks. today we're off to madison wisconsin to play at the loft. so far more than half of the shows have been sold out so get your tickets in advance if you are coming to a future show!! besides all that business, i think sean is starting to a feel a bit better, so we'll be able to play nearly a full set tonight.

secondhands bus is fun to chill on... we really need a bus:) might have to kick in tour support for next tour but i highly doubt we can justify a bus just yet. (in fact i know we cant). but anyway, i gotta pack up my laptop and head into the venue. see you soooon

g

101. sick dalmations

2008-03-19T22:37:00.001-04:00

sorry we haven't been keeping up with the blogs on the road. it's been nearly impossible! we have to load into the venues so early every day and then by the time we get out it's so late... then we sleep a little and do it all over again. there's been strains of sickness running rampant through the tour. i got sick a few days ago and thought i was finally coming off of it until last night in kentucky. by the third song my voice was blown out. i could barely speak the rest of the night. now we're in chicago and our plan is to play a chilled out acoustic set. i'm hoping i can do that much. i apologize in advance for my inabilities for the next few days. our single is now for sale on itunes and amazon so spread the word!

i'll try and keep u posted.

<333>

100. download + radio debut

2008-03-19T22:34:00.001-04:00

today started off on the wrong foot. we drove 4 hours down to maryland only to find out our va show was canceled last minute. so we drove back to ny dissapointed and tired only to find out that our show tomorrow at the Knitting Factory in nyc was sold out!! not to mention... the va show has been rescheduled to march 18th, so it somehow all worked out.

now onto the good stuff... tonight at midnight our debut single on universal was relased on iTunes and Amazon. so please go buy it, thennnnn proceed here and comment your order number to enter the piano contest!! let us know your thoughts on the track compared to the old one:)

lastly, at 8:15am 100.7 WHUD in NYC will be airing an interview with us as well as the song for the first time on radio. we'll throw the recording up if you don't live close enough to hear it.

ok thats all for now, im super tired and rumor has it we're partyin with our label tomorrow just before the show. this could get interesting:)

night
-greg

99. allston, poughkeepsie

2008-03-19T22:26:00.003-04:00

allston:
murphy's law... states that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. seemed about right for tonight. especially when my taylor acoustic faceplanted into the stage between songs, making it very difficult to use from then on. oh well... only the first show of many on this tour. everybody's nice as hell and we're gonna have a lot of fun. secondhand sounds awesome w/ the full band. pro.

worst ihop experience ever.

poughkeepsie:
amazing fans up in hurr. my guitar works again. saw some friends and family which was nice. really annoying that we have to go all the way to virginia just to come back here (nyc) the next day! and i'm so angry that our slap bracelets didn't come in yet you have no idea!!! i'm just tryna bring back the 90's.

passing out
sean

98. TOUR = NOW

2008-03-19T22:24:00.005-04:00

k when i wake up i'm going to allston, rhymes with and sits near boston. then we go a bunch of other places that are listed on the front of our myspace page. check them out and come hang out if you sleep near one of those places. if you're not near one of those places, dont fret... cuz we have many other west coast and southern dates that are pending for april. KEEP CHECKING IN as we are getting constant updates about where we're supposed to be and when. i hear arizona and texas rumors. i kicked a 30 yard field goal the other night. i think i can get 40 if we find a better football.

sean

97. Cash or Credit?

2008-03-19T22:24:00.002-04:00

Thats right folks. We will be accepting credit cards for our upcoming tour with Secondhand Serenade. VISA, MASTERCARD, and DISCOVER that is. We have some hot new items that might tickle your fancy. We just got 6 boxes of hoodies delivered and they look great. We hope to see all of you in the coming weeks. We start Saturday in Mass. and we are super excited. We haven't been on the road since September. Make sure you come hang with us after our set. And bring something healthy : ) Maybe even organic : ) You know how crazy we are about our eating habits. Its so hard to stay healthy on the road. But we are going to try our best. Remember to buy our new single "These are the Nights" from iTunes on Tuesday, February 26th........its certified organic. We love you all and we can't wait to see you! Thats all for now. Laterrrrrrrrrrrr

MA

96. full version posted

2008-03-19T22:18:00.000-04:00

so it turns out we could have posted the full version of "These Are The Nights" from day one... apparently Universal's policy is that developing artists can post the full version of a song until its sold 250k units. as of now the song has sold 0 units, so we're good to go!

today was stressful but fun... it was fun because we secured a drummer for our upcoming tour. his name is bryan. so when you see him at the show, say hello then call him out for being awkwardly taller than the rest of us;) brendon has one more day of practice with us then hes headed back up north to play some shows with his own band. in the mean time, we'll be jammin with bryan and getting all of the merch sorted/sized.

amazing food of the day: butternut squash soup (even better when dad is paying)

-g

ps if anyone wants to challenge me in scrabulous on facebook... bring it on. just search for making april then challenge mee. im currently addicted

95. Piano Key Contest

2008-03-19T22:16:00.000-04:00

click the picture to find out the juicy details...

aside from this nifty little contest, we've been jammin everyday all day. brendon has most of the guitar parts down but still learning the harmonies. i just made the best organic spinach & cheese raviolis... except i didnt make enough and im still hungry. we got word that our slap bracelets are going to be a few days late:/ so the first few tour dates will be braceletless. i like triscuits and cheddar cheese. if anyone needs a gift to bring me on tour, please make it that<3

do you remember typing in 55378008 into a calculator then turning it upside down? miss those days.

-g

was del paxton real?

ps check that little counter at the top of our myspace. i think its choreographed to the time on your computer. so if you turn your clock ahead, maybe youll get the single sooner?

94. eleven days till single

2008-02-15T07:44:00.000-05:00

well this is a change of pace for me... i'm actually waking up at this time (7:30AM) as opposed to being on my way to bed. it feels odd having a full day ahead of me, as mine usually starts late in the afternoon... today is the first day of practice with our touring guitar player. he plays in Foreverinmotion, but he's gonna hang for three weeks while we make him do things he will surely regret. he will dance and sing and sign autographs on my behalf. people have mistaken us for brothers in the past. anyway, i'm psyched to start rockin out (softly).

i'm going to beat both of these points to death until this month is over... our NEW SINGLE, "These are the Nights" (new version) is available on iTunes on FEBRUARY 26th of this month. cast your loving vote for 99 cents. you won't regret it! and we've got constantly updating tour dates so make this site (makingapril.com/tour) or the front of our myspace a daily checkup!

das ittttt... for this minute
sean

93. And it begins...sorta

2008-02-14T00:46:00.002-05:00

hello all. steve here.......rare..... i know. hey at least you get a blog at a normal hour. so we did our first radio interview today for 100.7 WHUD which is broadcasted throughout westchester, new york city, and northern nj. i am happy to say that it went extremely well and we had a lot of fun doing it. we cant thank Kacey from the Mike & Kacey show enough. the interview will be airing on tuesday february 26th. once the interview is over, the new "these are the nights" single will be played for the very first time on radio. we are all super pumped. if any of you live in westchester county, new york..... be sure to tune in to the Mike and Kasey show on your way to work on the 26th.

now dont get too excited. "these are the nights" wont hit radio until early april in most parts of the country. our hometown stations get dibs on the song first......sorry : ( but no worries. you will all hear us soon enough......anyways im going to make some food. it was nice talking to everyone. we appreciate all of your support more than you will ever know. and remember kids......dont forget to get your fresh new making april single titled "these are the nights" from iTunes on february 26th. they say it will make you smarter and live longer....until the next time.....

steve

92. thirteen days till single

2008-02-13T03:53:00.000-05:00

sorry to miss a day on you... my sleeping pattern has been... no pattern actually i just take random naps at random times of the day. anyway we have a sweet little radio interview in the morning that will air in a couple of weeks to accompany the release of the new single ("these are the nights" thirteen days away). it will be on some station around here called 100.7 whud. we took a horrid, snowy, traffic-filled drive into the city to pick up our new pictures and my repaired acoustic guitar. lotta fun pics we're gonna have edited... and now i think i can play my guitar on tour which i dont usually get to do cuz it's always broken.

there's a few new tour dates added... one in michigan, couple cali's... and an indiana might be on the way!! keep watch on the front of our page. find venues and tickets here... makingapril.com/tour

alright i gotta be up in a few hours so i'm gonna go take one of those naps.
sean

91. behind the scenes

2008-02-11T02:04:00.000-05:00

last night we were scared. it was 3am and we still didnt have a theme for our photoshoot. then out of no where sean nailed it...

so we woke up extremely early to hunt down a cello, violin and a conductors batton. luckily we found a place in the city that rented all three. while steve scrambled to pick them up, sean and i hit urban outfitters for some last minute ideas. we got to the studio around 1:30 to get all smoothed over by our cute little makeup artist. soon after that we let tomaas (photographer) go to work. 4 hours later we were done. next money we'll have the finished products. in the mean time, check out the behind the scenes pics that our friend kurt took.

thank you to kurt, jeanna, rian, and ben for the help!

also, next sunday we are going to finally be back on our webcam! we're thinking about playing wide awake acoustic... any thoughts?

Pictures Link

cheers
greg

90. RELEASE DATE!!

2008-02-09T15:47:00.000-05:00

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 26th

The new single, "These are the Nights" will be available on iTunes... (i'm not sure where else)

you must get it, or you're not cool. and you wanna stay cool...

we still have no drummer for tour. this is getting interesting.

BUSY DAY! laterr
sean

89. some business affairs

2008-02-08T04:22:00.001-05:00

this sunday we have our first photoshoot since april of last year. it's about time we got some updated pics. we are headed into a studio in midtown manhattan with this guy...
http://www.tomaasphoto.com/fashion1.html

the only thing we havent thought of yet is a theme... we were huge fans of all time low's underwear pics because that was just amazing. let us know if you have any ideas/themes?

sean and i went to whole foods today. i picked up a fabulous loaf of fresh baked challah bread as well as some organic edamame. rumor has it.. our label is in the process of printing up a bunch of MA white zipup hoodies for tour and the universal online store. ill let u know when theyre ready to go.

lastlyyy, tonight we started locating the hotels we'll be staying at on the road. hotels are fun, but staying at your house is free. sooo if you would like us to stay at your house... drop us a message, because brian (our tour managers) paycheck is relying on that.

<3g

ps steve just got the rest of his amp today... it sure is pretty

88. cinnamon

2008-02-07T06:35:00.000-05:00

i spent the last two hours browsing the internet for intense movie trailer music. it was awesome. i love that shit... when this band gets either too rich or too poor, that's my next endeavor. i wanna sing over the craziest orchestral epic nonsense i can put together (or get somebody to put together). tomorrow is busy as hell. i have to get to sam ash and see if they can fix my guitar before this tour. i've been putting it off for way too long. we appreciate all of the feedback on the clips of "these are the nights". it's tough to tell what the song really is from that, but you can hear it in its entirety when it is released this month. keep watch for that ish.

i've been putting cinnamon on everything lately. apparently it's great for you.

night night,
sean

87. THESE ARE THE NIGHTS

2008-02-05T04:13:00.000-05:00

we posted a teaser of the new version of "these are the nights" on our myspace page. it's different we know... it will take old fans some getting used to i'm sure, but we've come around... so you can too. it will be available on itunes some time this month. we'll have a big countdown on top of our myspace when we get a date. please spread the word to all associated MA fans about the new release.

tonight i cooked brown rice but it came out like oatmeal.

as always, we cherish your support
sean

86. TICKETS

2008-02-04T08:50:00.000-05:00

i wont even mention the game last night... i'll just let it speak for its great self. we posted up some links that should help you in getting tickets and finding out about these upcoming shows we have. we will be constantly updating it as more information flows through.

http://www.makingapril.com/tour

i wanna play guitar for this but i'm a lefty and my guitar is broken right now. the electronics create horrible noises at random. i'm hoping to get it fixed before we leave... and last time i brought it somewhere to get fixed it worked the whole damn time. that made it a little difficult to diagnose.

i feel a good week ahead... feel that?

$3@~

85. bradshaw for the win

2008-02-03T08:39:00.000-05:00

they need to start this mofo.

gmen do it 36-33
sean

84. 6 kids 1 van

2008-02-02T03:41:00.001-05:00

this van is going to be a sardine box... we keep picking up strays. there's steve, greg, and I as the core 3. then there's buckley (tour management/merch-hustling whore)... then there's the drummer (whoever the hell that turns out to be)... and we just picked up a second guitar player/vocalist for the trip. he's brendon and he plays in a band called foreverinmotion... but soon he becomes our slave.

see u in tour land.
sean

83. desert cactus

2008-02-01T04:12:00.000-05:00

today was paint day (my dad... not us). Desert Cactus meets Autumn... something... i forget. tomorrow we're city-bound, and for once it's business-oriented. we stop in at Universal and get to hear the FINAL version of 'these are the nights'. we discuss a game plan for the song from here on out. we usually come out of meetings like this with no more knowledge then when we entered, but we're making it our goal to get at least one piece of valuable information. then adam drives me home and we write. a few more dates were added to the tour schedule today... keep checking our myspace for updated cities as they keep rolling in.

there's an awesome facebook scrabble application called scrabulous that greg and i have been playing. i'm 2 and 0 against him... "linesman" for 77 points was my dagger in our last battle royal. ya we're losers... gnight > sean

83. not worth reading

2008-01-30T06:17:00.000-05:00

steve cooked dinner. our list of crap to do before tour didn't get much shorter. i think i checked off rechargeable batteries. that's about it.

as always, keep checking back for more tour dates... they keep growing... and might get more western.

BYE! sean

82. west siiiiiiide

2008-01-29T06:29:00.000-05:00

not to get anybodys hopes up, (and not to boast that we warrant high hopes) but we might find ourselves in the western half of the united states come late march/early april. we might even be hanging out at SXSW this year again. there's a lot of things that are about to happen in the next few months that i have zero clue about...

it seems like throughout my life thus far, i've been smack in the middle of my past and my future. my past was obviously what i had already done in life, and my future was pretty planned out ahead. EXAMPLE: when i was a freshman in college, i knew that my past was my past, and my future (at least for the next 3 years) was going to be more college. NOW it seems like there is no known future... there's just my past and me and i'm on the edge of a cliff... every day the cliff extends a little bit and i see what the ground (my future) looks like. i have no clue what it is until it builds itself the next day. it's interesting and fun and scary and great. here let me draw you a diagram...

old:

| P A S T | me | F U T U R E |

new:

| P A S T | me................

those dots are freaky!

sean

81. SO BAD!!!

2008-01-28T03:07:00.000-05:00

we have a new song called "so bad" that many of you have heard on tour and will hear again. we made an acoustic video of the song with the lyrics on the right.

PLEASE CHECK TOUR DATES ON FRONT OF OUR MYSPACE... they are constantly updating.

sean

80. unsocial networking :(

2008-01-26T05:42:00.000-05:00

we got a message today from a girl asking about our success via the internet/myspace and if i had any advice for her friend (singer/songwriter). I thought about all of the steps that we took to get to where we are today, and i realized that our outline for success would not work in today's cyber world.

it seems to be a lot harder these days for new bands to spread their music online to mass amounts of people (as opposed to a couple of years back). if you had time and a work ethic 2 years ago, you could get your music to thousands of people every single day without even relying on their word of mouth to kick in.

when facebook first launched, each of us would send out HUNDREDS of messages every single day from our own accounts linking people to our band's purevolume.com page. now there's a cap on how many messages you can send via facebook before they flag you and threaten to delete your account. it's also a lot harder to search people. all we had to do was pick a college and type in a similar music interest as us, and we could go to town on these people. it was an amazing outlet. i think purevolume was a lot more popular back then too. i had a facebook account deleted some time last year for sending out like 15 messages or so.

we also used to add hundreds of myspace friends per day very easily, but that has also gotten a lot more difficult. you have to type in codes every few requests and with all of the spam and porn profiles circulating, everybody has their security options on full protection.

although we put in a lot of effort over the past few years, we also got very lucky that we emerged when we did. the social networking scene has tightened its leash quite a bit. it used to be a free for all, now there's blockade after blockade. you really have to get creative and find new and more powerful ways to promote yourself...

when we had less friends on myspace and less to do, we could also respond to people's messages and comments in no time. it's a lot harder for us recently to get back to every comment and it takes months sometimes for us to clear out our inbox. eventually a band does have to write and practice and fans have to understand that... ESPECIALLY the ones that haven't even bought your music. so if your comment goes unanswered like many do or your message hasn't been responded to in over a month, we're sorry but we still love you immensely! come to a show and you can talk our ear off! we dont even bite most of the time.

sean

79. sorry philly :(

2008-01-25T05:51:00.000-05:00

my deepest apologies go out to our many philadelphia residing fans. for reasons beyond our control, the show that we had scheduled for the troc in march has been canceled. this has happened in the past and we've yet to come play for you, and we are sorry. we hope to make an appearance before the end of the year.

we're still waiting on more march tour dates so please keep checking back for them on our myspace so you're not one of the ones asking "why dont you come play in ______" the day after we play there. (i hate that)

"these are the nights" is going through mix madness and still has no radio release date... you will be the first to know when our campaign starts!

if you're an incredible drummer who wants to be in a band, we're a band... make a video and let us check you out!

ps. the warroom (as many have been inquiring) is the room we write, record, get work done, talk to you guys in. it's been under construction and we just got new carpet.

sean

78. touring = lack of snoring

2008-01-24T02:51:00.000-05:00

the first batch of our upcoming tour dates...

Feb 23 2008 5:30P
@ICC Church w/Secondhand Serenade Allston, MA
Feb 24 2008 6:00P
@The Loft w/Secondhand Serenade Poughkeepsie, NY
Feb 25 2008 8:00P
@Jammin’ Java w/Secondhand Serenade Vienna, VA
Feb 26 2008 7:00P
@Knitting Factory w/Secondhand Serenade New York, NY
Feb 28 2008 6:00P
@Mr. Smalls Theatre w/Secondhand Serenade Millvale, PA
Mar 1 2008 6:00P
@Subterranean w/Secondhand Serenade Chicago, IL
Mar 2 2008 6:00P
@The Loft w/Secondhand Serenade Madison, WI
Mar 3 2008 7:00P
@Creepy Crawl w/Secondhand Serenade St. Louis, MO

ALL SHOWS ALL AGES

the first leg of the tour goes from Feb 23 - Mar 16th. so we started ordering a ton of new merch. ~ fresh designs and slick styles... i promise you nothing less ~ ~

adam came over today. we practiced Wide Awake atleast 35 times while he sat and nitpicked at every aspect of our performance in an attempt to achieve perfection. the song sounds amazing; now all we need is a drummer to come on tour with us. i guess we should probably start looking;) if you know any amazing drummers, send them our way.
tomorrow we are getting a plush new carpet installed in the warroom. exciting right?

peace
g

77. jacey em 8 hundy

2008-01-23T06:16:00.000-05:00

today was a loooong day. we woke up early and went down to jersey to pick up a new amp head for steve. he bought it from ebay. it's a jcm800. we love that amp... we've heard it doesn't work for our sound... and we disagree. then we had to do hours of design work for merch and tour poster stuff and of course, slap bracelets.

tomorrow is another long day of practice, practice, practice.

it's 6:20 in the morning... i'm dead. bye

sean

76. bag it

2008-01-22T02:41:00.000-05:00

thanks for all of the suggested locations for us to tour, but on this tour we have no control of location. we will get a list of tentative dates in the near future and that is where we will be! hopefully it all works out...

today i was at the gym watching "deal or no deal" on the treadmill in closed captioning. one of the shows had 9 million dollar cases. i didn't get to see the ending though... there were a lot of amusing [ AUDIENCE GROANS ] and [ CROWD CHEERS ] subtitles.

somebody is selling an old signed picture of us on ebay... very funny to us...

ebay auction

and steve's girlfriend made us some bags out of our shirts... some are just one shirt and some are two shirt reversible. we're gonna sell em on the road.

das it
sean

75. haha

2008-01-21T03:31:00.000-05:00

i had fun battling some of our mid-western fans during the game today, but the giants prevailed, and you all look silly. after the games we jammed out at greg's dad's house. we're practicing up in case we have to be on tour soon. and should we go on tour and we are playing in a venue near you, COME HANG OUT WITH US!!! and if you DO make it to the show, introduce yourselves... we wanna meet you all. and if we didn't play a song you REALLY wanted to hear, we're sorry... but we'll play it acoustically for you after the show if you ask nicely ;) we wanna have fun on the road and who better to have fun with than you guys!

see you in the streets!
sean

74. reeeeeeemix

2008-01-19T03:36:00.000-05:00

i'm in the city... had dinner w/ adam and our lawyer at a place that took forever. had red snapper. went out... weak night. we're gonna have "practice" tomorrow cuz we just MIGHT be hitting the road soon... if we can find a drummer in time. i'm chewing on a block of sharp cheddar before bed. "these are the nights" is getting "fixed up" tomorrow. as soon as we're allowed to show you we will.

night night,
sean

73. fruity pebbles

2008-01-18T02:50:00.000-05:00

my snack tonight consisted of this picture... name the 5 fruits that are on this plate... first one to comment on this blog (myspace only) the correct answer gets a signed cd sent to them. only one answer per user. GO!

sean

72. stop and stare

2008-01-17T03:31:00.001-05:00

so i got this sweet new skinny tie... check it

ebay'd it from hong kong for like 4 bucks. you can't beat that. late last night we finished vacuuming the warroom after taking down the wall. tomorrow we pick out some freshboy carpet as well as a couch. then later that night we're headed up to a bar in katonah to mingle and make some new friends.

tonight we watched Deja Vu. it's a solid movie, i highly recommend it. also, we were picked up by a new booking agent. his name is justin hirschman. he's got a lot of big bands so i guess we'll be touring a bunch this year on some solid tours.

ok i need to go take my ambien and pass out or else my sleep schedule will flip flop again. night pals

-g

71. construction begins

2008-01-15T17:56:00.000-05:00

we're busy rennovating...

http://www.makingapril.com/wall.jpg

that's it,
sean

70. one million plays!!!

2008-01-14T15:29:00.001-05:00

we finally re-enter the million mark for myspace plays today... we had over 5 million when myspace put our entire page back to 0. that was really a great day. we put a friend's music player in our bulletin and without warning, they pulled the trigger hard.

adam's coming over to write songs today.

i saw THE BEST episode of any game show i've ever seen. the show is "1 vs. 100" with bob saget. the show used to suck but they changed the rules and made it more interesting. here's an 8 minute clip of the end of the ep i saw. amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4McSpANs4c

69. absolutely nothing

2008-01-13T01:54:00.000-05:00

that's right i have nothing to say. when i invented the daily blog, i figured the future of our band would hold noteworthy events and i'd be letting you in on them first hand, but the truth is... activity has never been less. i wake up, i eat food, i write, and i go out sometimes. NOTHING COOL HAPPENS!!! now my hope is that after writing this blog, our lives will somehow just blow the hell up and i will eat these boring words of mine. i feel on the verge of something... like a volcano that's got the shakes. we have a lot of great material stocked up and a song that's going to radio in the coming weeks (no date yet). as always, we'll keep you posted. a package came and i thought it was my pink tie, but it was a "new kids on the block" snap bracelet from 1991 (ask greg about that one). oh yeah and we impulse buy on ebay.

peaceness
sean

68. minnesota called

2008-01-10T21:38:00.000-05:00

as i blog about our day of shopping at the outlet center at woodbury commons, greg is talking to some random girl from minnesota on the phone. dont know how she got our number but she talks a million miles an hour and very softly. i think that's a first for that. we're headed to get some groceries, then come back and jam. i got a sick white belt today.

we're hitting nyc tomorrow night... i think we're going to see Holiday Parade at knitting factory at 8pm.

time to make music,
sean

67. no payments 15 months!

2008-01-09T17:25:00.001-05:00

greg's back from vacation today. steve comes back tomorrow... it's going to feel nice to become a band again. we haven't created anything new in over a month (and to you guys... a lot longer). we've got a lot of work to do the rest of this month. our single (these are the nights) gets mastered on monday and then there's no looking back. we'll probably end up on tour this year at some point so we'd better see you out there!!!

we're doing some home renovations next week as well. we're knocking down the wall that i'm looking at right now and making our studio room bigger.

i owe Sam Ash 3 grand by the end of next month which i'm not thrilled to pay. i bought my Taylor acoustic 14 months ago... and i didn't have to pay anything for 15 months. that really creeps up on you!

Sean

66. Go get the bone!

2008-01-08T05:04:00.000-05:00

couple of things...

if you message us and you're not our friend and you have every piece of myspace security enabled, we can't get back to you! if you send us a message, make sure you friend request us to guarantee a response.

roger clemens is lying.

and if you have 4 minutes that you never ever wanna get back, watch my idiot dogs on thanksgiving. (they live at my mom's house)

sean

65. butterfly effect

2008-01-07T04:44:00.000-05:00

i stepped out of bed at 1:44 pm and turned on the game. the giants were down 7-0 and hadn't done a thing. from that moment on they dominated the field and finished victoriously. therefore it's safe to say that i am partly responsible for the win. i will help them next week as well.

going through red lights freaks me out... of course i dont make a habit of this, but when i'm driving late at night in a small town, i tend to just go when i'm not supposed to. but there's something about the power of a red light and my disregard for it at that moment that is kind of scary. maybe i just took 10 years off of my life... or maybe i just added 20. either way i've most likely changed the course of time and i have no idea if it was for better or worse. now, steve brings up a great point in saying that there are routine things in a day that balance out my neglect for the traffic signal. if i worked for a living and punched out at exactly 3:30 every single day, then we're back to where we would be despite the incident. but if some event happened before that balance point that would not have happened had you stayed and waited for green, then you're screwed... or you're saved. if you get home 30 seconds earlier than you would have cuz u said screw the light, and you catch some ad on TV that you wouldn't have seen which prompts you to... um go to ikea the next day? then ur whole world is different. you could say this about any event that you do or dont do, but there's something about red lights that REALLY freak me out. it's like slapping time in the face... i'm too good for time and fate and what it has in store for me. who do i think i am?

and then i was like... i'm a rock star i dont need red lights. so now i speed past them.

>>> $3@N >>>

64. playoffs?

2008-01-06T06:16:00.001-05:00

that's right... giants vs. buccs. some kid at the bar tonight told me the giants didn't have a shot cuz the buccs dont give up a lot of points at home. what an idiot.

anyway tonight was fun. people in general amused me. no good details to expose...

but i learned that sometimes an arrogant ho just needs to be negged. ya know?

sincerely,
sean

63. poor girl

2008-01-05T06:32:00.000-05:00

tonight my friend chris and i did the townie bar hop. a drink at each of 3 local "hot" spots. at one of the bars it was us two and the bartender. it was beyond excitement... however the end of the night held some slight entertainment. we were at a diner w/ some girls in which one of them was passed out on the table. her friends were making onion rings into hair ties and abusing her w/ condiments. being a light weight is very dangerous around here.

now i crave snapple raspberry white tea and we dont have any. so i will sleep it off.

tomorrow's got the same forecast written all over it. see you then!
sean

ps. somebody we know thought up an interesting game called fantasy bar hopping. you draft people from your town who you're most likely to see at the local bar/establishment and get points for them being there and more points for acknowledgments. devise your own custom rules, draft yourself a townie, and go hoppin.

62. it's freezing here

2008-01-04T06:28:00.001-05:00

k i've finished up my project for the night. too much music fries my brain... just had some eggs... i'm thinking about hitting the gym before bed. is that crazy?

tried to exchange my ipod today for one that actually works, but of course they were all out. so i got a gift card for that amount and i have to come back and get it when they're in. annoying!!

it's so cold here... it makes everything so difficult. i wanna just go out and go where i need to go without COLD screwing it all up and making it a process. and i dont wanna hear about your warm climate you live in either... unless you're inviting me to come live with you.

thank you all for the phone service suggestions! apparently this is more difficult than i thought.

this day was lame... label prez loves the new version of "these are the nights" though. hope they give it a sweet push. i need a good reason to tour and come see u kids.

night nights
sean

61. carolina's rain

2008-01-03T07:44:00.000-05:00

today i used my 100 gift certificate to whole foods and bought a ton of edible crap.

greg left for florida so now i'm officially alone in this house for a week.

my ipod nano is broken and i just got it for christmas... i'll be returning it for another when i wake up.

i just set back up my digital piano to mess around with one of rookie of the year's new songs. i'm in love w/ this demo they have and they're letting me put some fun orchestral sounds in to see if i can enhance what's there. they're recording a new cd in feb and i think and i might go down for a few days to hang.

i felt the urge to buy a skinny pink tie on ebay so i did.

greg thinks we should make neon green snap bracelets for our online store and future shows. i dig...

my nextel contract is over in a month... what's the best phone/plan to get next?

sean

60. so this is the new year...

2008-01-02T04:51:00.000-05:00

...and i dont feel any different. no that's not true i feel rejuvenated. i feel ready to take '08 on like the little bitch that it is. i'm gonna own '08... and i'm bringing you all with me.

i've been having songwriter withdrawal for the past couple of weeks. my digital piano hasn't been in my house and my real piano is growing more out of tune every passing day. i haven't even put a musical thought together since i can remember. our studio week(s) and the holidays have drained us all, but i'm psyched to get into the swing again.

steve leaves for utah today for a big snowboarding trip with kurt and company and greg goes to florida in a couple of days. i'm gonna be all alone for like a week! and i pretty much have no other friends so this could get depressing. plus the music industry has been off since before christmas and probably wont start working again till monday. it's been really dead!

but my new years eve was good and i hope all of you had a good time as well...

here's a cool jack's mannequin video... i'm excited for his next work.
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=285764

sean

59. see you next year

2007-12-27T03:11:00.001-05:00

after just finishing up in the studio and the it being the holidays and stuff, we've all been very "lazy" and everybody's been doing their own thing. we're going to take the rest of this year off and we'll continue blogging and being more responsive on myspace in 2008.

see you tuesday... enjoy the rest of your year.
sean

58. eve

2007-12-25T02:06:00.000-05:00

today was a lovely day filled with seafood...shrimp, scallops, clams, salmon, (i only ate the shrimp and salmon) and yet another cookie cake. that's like 2 within a months time. crazy.

our latest studio endeavor was musically draining and somewhat stressful... there was a pivotal moment where we had already been there for a week, we had a nearly completed song... and we all just looked at each other with the same thought, "We could do this a lot better." so we decided to write off a lot of what we had already done as producer/artist getting familiar with each other, and basically start over with the drum track. within 2 days we had turned the song into a completely new and exciting creature. it was unreal, but we all felt the pressure.

i'm going to live out this week not even thinking about music and come back full strength in 2008. the new year will hopefully bring new ideas and new opportunities for our band. it will at least bring a new CD! i promise you that. it's awesome to have you guys following us via blogs through the boredom and the excitement.

merry christmas or whatever holiday you already celebrated or will celebrate this month.

enjoy!
sean

57. eve eve

2007-12-23T15:01:00.000-05:00

went to the mall again yesterday... second biggest in the country, the palisades. parking was an absolute nightmare. i was with my sister and her friends and we got nothing done. the mall kiosk people were extremely annoying, but i let one of them straighten my hair cuz she was cute... apparently that straightener doesn't damage your hair... great.

went out and drank too much... i didn't even mean to, but now i hurt.

and yes egg yolks do have the cholesterol, but cholesterol is misunderstood. just cuz u eat it, doesn't mean it's the bad stuff that is clogging up your veins. there's so many other goodies in the yolk... i can't explain it cuz i don't get it... but peeps say that whole eggs are good so i believe them.

tomorrow's my last shot at getting gifts... i'm gonna make a list!

sean

56. humbug

2007-12-22T03:07:00.001-05:00

went down and got the final mixes today! hooray... now we have to give em to our label peeps and see what they think, but the entire industry shuts down for the holidays so we'll have to wait till next year. we mixed an acoustic version of it too... it's sexy.

stopped at a jersey mall on the way home... bought a few things for myself... still nothing for anybody else... maybe tomorrow i'll figure that all out. just got in from a really lame night out. this town is poopy... i want out!

panicatthedicso.com is so cool... i have no idea what this is but it's awesome and they've got me hooked.

tired, bed, sean

55. dont drop the yolk!

2007-12-21T01:59:00.000-05:00

i was in deep slumber on my couch upstairs until i was woken up by the faint chatter of greg talking to bendeth about the mix being done. so i came down to listen, but the file was three and a half minutes of silence... anti-climatic as some would say.

today i tagged along w/ greg all day while he shopped and i tried figuring out what i was going to shop for. i'm going to take that quest tomorrow at some point. we went with our friend chris who just came back from australia... he was there for 5 months sleeping in a tent in the wild... the kids a nut... he hunts snakes and stuff...

oh wait now we have a file... and it's friggin awesome. yeah... i'm not sure when we're allowed to post this or make it available... we'll keep you in the loop. now we gotta go back to the studio for one last day and make some tweaks tomorrow. that's all i got.

egg yolks aren't bad for u

check yas,
sean

54. mix that shhh...!

2007-12-19T21:58:00.001-05:00

alright so maybe i've tainted the name daily blog... but you shouldn't take everything we say so literally! geesh... anyway... we finished up recording the single in the studio today. we all went home feeling really great about the track. dave mixes it tomorrow and we get to hear the final product. these last 3 days have been vital. it was like we smeared glue all over the song and everything just sealed up really nicely. i hope people actually play it. now i have to figure out what i'm supposed to buy people for christmas.

thank u nikki and lisa for the holiday card!
and thanks nurseda for the absurd amount of steak today!

the studio had this Adam's Family pinball machine that we all became addicted to. now i'm in the market for one for the house. congrats to greg for attaining the band high score for the week.

what should we do for new years????
sean

48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. oops

2007-12-17T07:08:00.001-05:00

sorry we haven't been keeping up... studio life has been JAM packed... especially when trying to get a song done in a timely fashion. we basically wake up early, drive to jersey to the studio, stay there till 2 in the morning, drive back, and sleep... there's no time for anything but studio and sleep!! we should have been done with the song by now but we're going to take the next 3 or so days to try some new stuff and polish up some loose ends. dave has been cool enough to offer that to us. SO in a few hours we head back to mess around... we really wanna nail it. i'm losing weight in the studio cuz i forget to eat... and when i do remember to eat it's mostly crap like lays chips to keep the vocals greasy.

anyhoo... i'll try and keep up with you guys. it's been hectic

do the giants squander the playoffs in their final 2 games? probably.
sean

47. Studio Day 1

2007-12-11T03:49:00.001-05:00

chad (drummer) from breaking benjamin is an animal... bendeth is also an animal... a crazy animal too, but it adds character to the studio experience. we sat in that rehearsal room for what seemed like a small eternity and just went over all sorts of different scenarios for how the song should go. we were scolded quite a bit (adam the most)... BUT the drums are now done... they sound sooo yummy. the song is definitely different... on the "more" side rather than less, but it's gonna be good i promise. now i go to sleep and wake up and do it all over again.... for 4 more days. i can't even imagine when you're in the studio for 4+ months straight doing a record. make sure to come to our myspace and watch us live on the webcam throughout the entire week. we should have sound the entire time tomorrow.

cya then!
sean

46. Studio Day 0

2007-12-10T10:23:00.001-05:00

i woke up really early this morning tossing around unable to get back to bed. so many thoughts are running through my head about what this week is going to bring. it seems like the next 5 days of my life have a lot of bearing on the rest of it. i'm nervous and i'm hopeful and i'm excited and i'm scared. i just wanna pop in the song right now and listen to what we've done, but we didn't do anything yet...

shower time, then show time!
sean

45. giants v eagles

2007-12-09T13:04:00.001-05:00

a big rivalry is about to go down. greg is an idiot eagles fan and i am a giants fan. they are playing each other in 2 minutes so i have to make this quick. adam is coming over in a little bit also to work on "these are the nights" and another song we've been working on. we have so much built up material i feel like we're going to explode... i just wanna put something out already!!! we're bringing kurt into the studio this week to get some money footage of us, so not only will we be LIVE at times, but we'll have a nice vblog and the end of it all.

i think we're webcasting tonight too so be there... 9pm.

sean

+44. CONFIRMED!... i think.

2007-12-08T07:23:00.000-05:00

i know we've been dragging this out for a little while now, but it's finally become real to us. starting monday (for about a week) we will be recording "these are the nights" over again so it can sound pretty for the radio. we've got a million different ideas for what to do with it. it may only transform a little, maybe a lot... if you end up saying "i like the old one better," then it's a good thing you have the old one to listen to!! ;) since we are without a drummer, we will be using the drummer from breaking benjamin to play on the track. the kid is nasty (good). we will also get the privilege to watch two string players from the new york symphony orchestra play over the song. watching is awesome in the studio... especially when you're watching good things happen to your song. all of this pretty much came together tonight, two days before recording, in typical 'making april' procrastinative fashion (that's not a word but i've got poetic license)... anyway, i'm going to practice up my piano skills... see what i can add to this endeavor.

wish us luck!
---sean

43. chicken catchatori

2007-12-07T03:12:00.001-05:00

i've been trying to start this blog for the last hour but i've been wasting my time watching episodes of I Love New York. this show is so bad but somehow im addicted to it in this very moment. earlier tonight we had seans family over to celebrate his bday (2 weeks belated). we then proceeded to eat a giant chocolate chip cookie.

over the past few months i noticed that i was taking the band for granted. ever since i graduated college, i've been blessed not to have to work a real job. unfortunately waking up everyday without a set direction/goal can grow old quite quickly. so recently i started applying for jobs. i feel that if i work throughout the week, i won't be as bored and i'll appreciate my time with the band much more; maybe ill even learn some discipline. i always had internships with bristol myers-squibb (pharmaceutical company) throughout high school and college but i didn't really enjoy it there.... i have a bunch of contacts in the music industry but i wouldn't mind working in the interactive media world. i'm not really sure what that means, but it sounds cool and i hear theres money in it. im a bit of a computer nerd, so anything digital will probably work.

ill keep you updated when i finally choose a direction. till then, we start in the studio on monday with the man, the myth, the legend.... mr. david bendeth. i'll definitely be webcaming live from inside the control room, so be ready:)

night kids
-g

42. on the VERGE

2007-12-06T17:49:00.001-05:00

sorry i passed out early last night... i THINK we're going into the studio monday. if this is true then that means greg gets to have fun w/ the live (in-studio) web cam next week. we're still waiting on some lawyer/label/producer conversation to be finalized and then we're rolling.

sean

41. over the hedge

2007-12-05T05:32:00.000-05:00

last night we watched a very amusing animated movie, over the hedge. dreamworks know what's going on. i was somewhat jealous of ben folds getting to write all of the music for it, but i guess those opportunities come with success! i have a bunch of free songs in my itunes account so i'm buying some old ashlee simpson hits... cuz they're genius.

i'm going to finish this tea and sing a little. give the neighbors something to wake up to... oh and if you buy a lime green shirt from us and obnoxiously feature it in a myspace pic, we'll top friend you. it'll look flashy! get on it!!

-=_sean_=-

40. dont start a band

2007-12-04T07:45:00.000-05:00

the music industry is dying and nobody really wants to buy a CD anymore. labels don't know how to solve this problem, so they just wanna buy bands that are doing well already and have their shit together. nobody will make an investment and develop an artist cuz it's too risky. if you have talent and good songs, but no money, nobody will be able to see through your crappy recordings and give you a chance... assuming you even know the right person to give your music to. if you actually do get a chance to show what you can do, hopefully you have enough knowledge and pretty-sounding instruments to override some craphole nyc venue and a d-bag sound guy who doesn't give an f about your band. this all takes money. thousands of dollars on recording songs and the right gear so that you can recreate what you've recorded. so... if you've proven somehow being unsigned that your music can sell, proven that your songs are good enough to show your future worth, and put on a halfway decent show, maybe somebody will take a shot on you. at this point (actually months before this point) you'll need a lawyer or management cuz you dont know a damn thing about what you're doing. you think you're going to negotiate a deal by yourself? you'll get raped. plus they're the only ones that can introduce you to the important people who might further your career (if they like you). so pay all of them a percentage of your gross earnings while you invest all of the hard-earned money that you actually DO see back into the band, because you want it to grow. now if you've made it to a label that hasn't dropped you already or gone under, you're doing well... just sit and wait for people to make decisions for you, and pray that somehow you become effing HUGE so you can actually sustain life by playing music, cuz if you dont get big, you wont see money. if you were big before this point in time, congrats on making it. if you want to start now, good luck breaking through, but be prepared for quite a struggle. somehow we made it to the praying stage, and it took a lot of lucky rolls to get here. we quit like 4 times along the way... but it was fun... i think.

reel big fish is funny too...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UPxlenE-kic

39a. back to the future

2007-12-03T02:57:00.001-05:00

so tonight was our first attempt at a live webconcert. some of you may have expierenced technical difficulties... i apologize for these. it turns out we were streaming the video at too high of a rate. after further testing, we may have solved the problem. also, the sound was missing for the first half of roses and butterflies... this is because i forgot to turn the sound on. my badd yall.

with all the problems aside, jump in sounded pretty good. so expect that in the future.

prior to the webjam (i call it something different every time), we had a sweet turkey dinner over at seans aunts. his cousins kelsey and kaitlyn are the shit (they paid me to say that) and the stuffing turned out amazing. apparently its made from hot dog buns, french onion soup, and some other random vegetables. i normally hate stuffing but if u ever get your hands on aunt colleens recipe, i highly reccommend it.

ok ill stop here since sean is writing too.

late
-g

ps Mystery is the new fad
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greg is an idiot and skipped 38... therefore we will not call upon 40 prematurely, but give 39 twice the fame. f*** 38 i guess.

i find it very odd when the web cam gets to be delayed about 4 or 5 minutes. it's like we're living in the future and nobody else knows what's going to happen until they catch up to us, but even then they've never caught up... we're always miles ahead in our own world. it feels as if talking or doing anything is just pointless because by the time you hear the words that i've said, they just dont matter anymore. every time i would think to say something i would look at the camera, see myself 4 minutes ago and think, "oh crap they can't even hear me cuz we're in the future"... but the truth was... soon you'd hear me... soon you would hear everything.

creepy.

kefir anyone? sean

39. sega + d-cross

2007-12-02T05:02:00.000-05:00

So I'm chillin with my boy Sega (coolest name ever) winding down after a freezing night in nyc. My face might fall off. Earlier today sean and i were in the studio wrapping up the mixing to "So Bad". The song sounds pretty solid, so i think theres a good chance we'll be posting it. Afterwards we went out for pizza (the first of 3 pizza meals today) then sat around my bros apartment waiting to go out. We bar hopped for awhile, ran into David Cross (IMDB him), spent a ton of money on beer ($6 a beer in nyc) then ended up at the diner around 3am. I think sean ate 4lbs of cheese in the last 8 years yet some how he always has abs! <--bastard

Tomorrow we're hittin urban outfitters to return some jeans then back home to get ready for this live acoustic webshow at 9pm. So don't forget! Be here and be ready to make some passionate love. 9pm Eastern Standard Time

Stay sexy,
-gfed

PS i own a shiba inu as my nintendog on my little ds. his name is pumpski. ok seriously stay fresh

37. New Leaf

2007-12-01T10:07:00.000-05:00

i have to catch a train soon to nyc. today we mix a demo and i decide if it's crappy enough to keep from all of you... chances are it will be and i apologize in advance, but this gives us all much more to look forward to.

last night i was colder than i've been yet this young winter and now i have a serious objective to come home with a jacket that actually keeps me warm. i saw something nice and blue last time i was down at urban outfitters, but i was too scared to pull the trigger. i hope it's still available.

there's a new amazing tea at the deli near us called "new leaf." it is love.

that's it! sean

36. hello my name is...

2007-11-30T04:53:00.001-05:00

...ar
sean is making me introduce myself
I am the guest blogger tonight
and the guest star in his life
and greg's
and steve's
and yours
you are so lucky!

we have been writing this song and it finally came together after like 10 hours of nothing... it's a booty shaker

it feels like we're running in circles woah woah woah woah woah woah

be so thankful that you can't smell this room!
unless you are one of those kinky, freaky types...
whatever floats your boat, right?
this conversation is sort of one-sided. I ought not propose questions that are begging to remain unanswered in this moment. by the time you respond, I will consider the point moot, and your thoughts will be rendered completely irrelevant, long before they even leave your mind. I have all of the upper hand in this relationship we have going here. If I were you, I'd somehow manipulate a little leverage to work with, so that you could stand a chance against me. Because as of now, you stand no chance. I've already defeated you.

they'll never let me blog here again

35. Short and Sweet

2007-11-30T04:51:00.001-05:00

We don't really have much to say tonight. Today was boring and uneventful. The only thing that is worth mentioning is our new radio promotion team. Anyone who is interested in taking part in helping us get radio play early next year should go to this myspace address: www.myspace.com/maradiosupportteam They will be helping us out when "These are the nights" hits radio in early 2008. So be sure to add them. I'm tired. Off to bed. Talk to you tomorrow.

Steve

34. The Unicorn

2007-11-28T04:35:00.000-05:00

i'm going to bed early tonight... no eggs, no cheese, just sleep. actually i'm going to read a bit first because i'm not tired just yet. there's 5 opened books at the side of my bed that i started and haven't finished. that's kind of like the way i write songs. i've got so many unfinished songs waiting to be tied up, and i just keep starting others... and then i finish bits and pieces of the old ones until they're done. it's an interesting process.

anyway there's a new shirt in our store and it's effing bright! it's not in stock until tomorrow or something, but there's a holiday special going on where you get the new shirt and the CD for 15 bills... click the picture to check it out. that's all for now. night night!! -sean

33. i <3 kate beckinsale

2007-11-27T07:09:00.000-05:00

...but she's married and i'm angry, so i'm writing a song about it.

speaking of which... steve wrote a pretty verse on piano today and i sang a fun melody over it... the tempo happened to be similar to the likes of a chorus we've had for a while. it was a match made in heaven. i love when that happens... it's usually how our best songs come to be. two creatures from two different worlds coming together to form 1 beautiful song. well at least that's what i hope you'll think.

november has been lame so far... we wanna get into the studio and see some action... today i got out of bed at 6pm, went to the gym, played a little piano, and now i'm here blogging at 7am. i dont even know what the hell happened today? was there even a today? am i delirious cuz i dont see sunlight? anyway... we'll do some live broadcasts when we're in the studio in december... but for now we're going to stay lame and you're gonna pretend to like it.

go eat some quinoa, it's good for you!

32. grilled cheese sandwiches

2007-11-26T03:34:00.000-05:00

tonight was crazy. we never expected so many people to check out our webchat. at one point we had 700 users in the chat room and over 5,000 users viewing the webcam. we'll definitely have to make some changes though. the quality will be improved and we'll try to slow down the chat room so its easier to hear everyone out! also we'll test some music in it this week so we can rock an acoustic song or two next Sunday.

so i bought a new stapler today. i also got an assortment of neon staples to go with it. the everyday low price from wal-mart came to $13.11 including the 7.375% ny sales tax. kind of expensive but if you saw this stapler you'd understand. tomorrow i have physical therapy for my shoulder. i think i screwed it up when i was a wrestler jock in high school. oh well, PT is fun... you just lay there and get massaged. life could be worse.

ok im out this
-g

check this funny video:

31. house of loud studio

2007-11-25T06:14:00.001-05:00

today we went to jersey to "house of loud" studio to take a little tour and converse with mr. bendeth. this will soon be our stomping ground for a few days while we record "these are the nights." the place was a fricken labyrinth, and i think greg is gonna be able to find some fun things to do while we're all hard at work ;). we listened to some sick paramore, red jumpsuit, and breaking benjamin beats to try and figure out what kind of sounds we're going for in the instrumentation. we need a sick nasty drummer to play on the track, a couple of symphony string players, and a grand piano which rests at a neighboring studio. it's going to be a nice little journey but the finish looks bright. i have to wake up bright and early (1pm) for the giants game, which means i could be passed out for this live chat steve and greg have planned out. if you have any questions just wake me up and i will come down and answer them for you!

Giants 27, Vikings 13
(adrian peterson rushes for less than 95 yards)

~sean

30. bend it!

2007-11-24T03:17:00.001-05:00

hellooo sweetums. it's 3am... i'm on my way to bed (early for me i know)... but we're all VERY excited to meet David Bendeth in 12 hours. He's producing our newly recorded version of "These are the Nights" which will hit radio in early '08. He's only an hour away from us and he's done so many amazing things... we're psyched.

i'm thinking about holding some sort of contest or drawing in celebration of the song being rereleased where we...

1. take apart my old, out-of-tune piano that we wrote the song with...

2. give away the 88 keys signed by us!!! how fun!!! (this has video blog written all over it)

that means 88 winners... but you have to buy the single to be in the drawing. we'll figure out all the details soon. bed time for me.

laaaaaaaaater,
sean

29. blue fish bubble gum

2007-11-23T02:19:00.000-05:00

definitely over-ate! every thanksgiving i eat wayyy too much but it was worth it. so steve and i were thinking... this sunday (the 25th) at 9pm EST we are going to stream a live webcast from our house. we dont have any plans for it yet but we just want to hang out with you all. so this sunday, just come to our myspace and the video feed with chatroom will located at the top of our page. you can type whatever you want in the chatroom while we make fools of ourselves on the camera : )

im at the jersey shore right now watching sportscenter over and over again because i lost the remote. prior to sportscenter i watched mean girls... good old lindsey lohan. i guess youre supposed to be worthless on thanksgiving but im ready to get out of here and get back into the daily grind. im going to go grab some more bagel chips and hummus then im off to bed.

see you sunday
g

28. Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-22T11:53:00.000-05:00

hey all. steve here. its 330 am and thats really late for me. sean and greg are night owls. not me. i just got home from a night out on the town. the night before thanksgiving is widely known as the biggest bar night of the year. so i went out and saw a lot of my friends from high school. it was really fun.

so this is the time of year we are supposed to give thanks. im thankful for a lot of things. my health, family, friends, and my charming good looks. but i also want give thanks to all of YOU. all of you who listen to our music. all of you who spread the word about our music. from the bottom of our hearts.....it means the world to us. we couldnt do it without you. so thank you.

im off to bed now. im sure there are a ton of spelling/grammar mistakes in this blog and you can all make fun of me tomorrow. i hope everyone has a safe and healthy thanksgiving : )

27. new jersey

2007-11-21T01:24:00.000-05:00

i grew up in new jersey so i came back for thanksgiving. right now im watching my little brother play mario galaxy which apparently is "the best game ever." im not a big gamer so i cant really give my opinion on it.

in a week or so we're going to stream a live acoustic set and q&a. all of you will be able to ask us questions in the chat room while we chill back and try throw you some answers. i showed the software to our label pres today and he was diggin it. i think it will really change the dynamics of the music industry and the way bands interact with their fans as the internet progresses.

did anyone see that jonas brother fall on the AMA's the other night? i felt so bad! not mention he fell into broken glass... thats rough. ok sleep so i can make it to the bar for high school reunion time tomorrow (i think this is a fact... tomorrow is the biggest bar night of the year? unless anyone knows otherwise)

late
g

26. twenty-three

2007-11-20T08:10:00.000-05:00

i just turned 23. birthdays are now officially not cool. i think next year i'm going to start at 21 again. although i am excited for the cookie cake this weekend... it's been a while since i've indulged.

our router is broken and we've all been sharing this one computer to get online. it's been hell but we get a new one tomorrow. we did a little live web cast thingy yesterday, which was cool as hell. we're going to schedule a couple of acoustic songs to be played on there in the near future... should be fun. the flashflashrevolution.com people keep hooking us up with all this cool crap before they take it to a larger scale. we're their little beta testers and it's awesome! thanks guys. we just have to figure out how to stop the mic from peaking when i sing too loud. there are layers of tape over the holes but it still peaks! we might have to tone down the performance.

i think that's it... i'm hoping this work week brings some kind of decent news but probably not since it's thanksgiving. turkey is sweet.

$ean

25. K-BAGS

2007-11-19T05:04:00.001-05:00

friday night:
alright... so i go out to this bar in a neighboring town of ours with a few friends (johana, kristen, and elise) and steve. we get there early so we actually claim a table for the night, which is usually unheard of for us. steve's girlfriend (jeanna) met us there and we all decide to play a game of quick draw. that's the lotto game that goes off every minute in the bar and ends at midnight. it's 11:57 and we get our games in right before it all ends. steve and his gf share a game and i play one with johana and kristen. i win nothing... steve and his gf win 275$!!!!! WTF!! lucky bastards. so they leave w/ their winnings and i stick around.

anyway... later i'm waiting in line for the bathroom and this dude is taking forever... so when a girl comes out of the girls br, i go in. (there's nobody else in line at this point and they're both 1 man bathrooms anyway). i get out of the bathroom and this girl (who i think is cute) gives me this ridiculous attitude about using the girls bathroom. i sarcastically tell her that it's ok cuz i put the seat down but she was still giving me 'tude. i was furious but she had already entered the bathroom so i couldn't plead my case at that point. anyway, later in the night i see her come out of the MENS BATHROOM!!! oh it was now my time to get it on. i go up to this girl and confront her about the whole thing, and she tells me to stop pointing at her and walks past me, not listening to a word i have to say!!! SO ANGRY!!! (and drunk). by the end of the night i find this girl again and she's settled down. she's asking me why she's supposed to be nice and telling me i'm an a-hole. i'm really hating her but i'm still attracted to her and i'm still arguing. then her stupid boyfriend comes up and takes a hold of her w/o saying a word to me. he was the lead singer of the BAD cover band that played BAD songs earlier in the night. so i told them both to check out my band when they got home and i left the bar.

now it's 6:30 in the morning and i'm eating eggs... what a surprise.

loves you alls,
sean

24. frog legs

2007-11-18T04:24:00.000-05:00

so i'm currently residing at 88 second avenue in nyc aka my older brothers apartment. ive spent the last two nights here going out with his friends. it's fun because you never have any idea who you are going to meet... as opposed to back home (the suburbs), you know exactly what youre going to get every time you go to the local bars. there fore, im an advocate for this random saying i heard, "the suburbs are no place for someone who's single." the suburbs are great for everything else though! <=completely random rant

im not sure if have any band news to report. i talked to our lawyer Friedman earlier tonight and he had me send over my resume. im thinkin about working part time for a record label in the city since we have so much down time. it would be nice to get out of the house a couple of days out of the week until we're touring full time again.

ok i think thats all. i drank responsibly 2 nights in a row so this blog should be coherant.. if not, bite me<3

-gfed

23. six six six

2007-11-17T04:29:00.001-05:00

that's my p.o. box... 666. and now myspace is allowing us to have 6 songs on our profile so we posted up "all of yours" for the time being. and my high school football number was 6... and hopefully i'll be in bed by 6.

oh joy another commute to nyc and back. i finished up vocals on another demo... it sounds pretty good. if the mix comes out awesome then we'll post it. if it's not as good as it should be then we might just wait for the real thing. i hate posting demos cuz then everyone claims that the newer one isn't as good and that's usually the wrong answer. you just got used to the old crappier one and don't accpet change. change is good, especially when the change IS good. anyway, i'm rambling because there's nothing going on in our lives at the moment. now I'M bored in the house alone w/ nothing but sleep to look forward to. so i'm going to put my headphones on and jam out for a bit cuz that's all i can do to be productive... just keep writing. otherwise we're just waiting... these label folk make you wait a lot, so when it comes to the point when it's not time to wait anymore, you'd better be ready with something!! so i'm gonna go get ready.

maybe we'll bring the camera out tomorrow night.
Sunday: Giants 31 Lions 10

love sean

22. easy does it

2007-11-16T01:59:00.001-05:00

so we got the producer we wanted. he's done some amazing things, so we have high hopes for recording with him next month. i'll let you know more on monday after we finalize the details and know exactly when its all goin down!

today was pretty gross out. rainwindycoldness... it sucked. sean woke up around 530pm then went to sleep at 1130pm. how's that even possible? not to mention steve had to work tonight (he works part time at one of donald trumps golf courses driving some sweet cars). so basically i had the place to myself which can get extremely boring! after watching 4 episodes of Run's House and practicing my bass lesson from earlier today, i think im going to head to bed.

late
-g

ps i think we're going to be in nyc tomorrow night (friday) so expect a miserable sean blog shortly after. (he hates going to the city with a passion)

pps we have two new shirts being produced now. they should be up in our online store late next week... just in time for xmas;)

21. brock jobe

2007-11-15T03:27:00.000-05:00

ok this pretty much describes our night...

it looks like we're jamming and writing new songs but we didn't really get anything done. instead sean went to the diner with richman and got some cheese fries w/gravy (aka death on a plate) while i watched gotti's way and did a little ab workout.

so out of no where tonight Avery (president of our label) calls me to discuss our producer situation. we only have 45 days to get into the studio so we have decide on a producer asap. we have a couple in mind but we are striving to get someone in particular. hopefully we'll have this settled tomorrow!

ok thats all for now. i have my alarm set for 12:30pm to practice before my 3pm bass lesson... hopefully i won't sleep through it.

peace
-g

20. the worst blog ever

2007-11-14T06:43:00.000-05:00

today adam is going to wake me up at around 3pm and we're going to write a new song... maybe finish up an old idea... maybe get absolutely nothing done.

yesterday (the day that i am still living in right now) was quite uneventful. i went to the gym, played darts at a bar, and i just finished up two delightful egg and cheese sandwhiches. it's the boar's head cheese that really does me in. i'm completely addicted...

-this carrie underwood song is sweet... chilling keychange in the second chorus...

-you all have to join our facebook group so we can send mass messages to you with news besides just bulletins. bulletins are weak...

that's all i got for now... we're going to practice our video blogging.

19. video blog!?

2007-11-13T09:16:00.000-05:00

i messed around with the camera this morning and created a video blog. we'll try and do more... hopefully better ones. we're newbies still. three new characters are introduced today (Erin, Chelsea, and Maggie)

enjoy!

+sean+

18. much thanx

2007-11-12T04:15:00.001-05:00

i can't begin to thank you all enough for the mass amount of positive feedback on the new song, even if you just came by to give it a listen. it's amazing to know that whether we put music out on a label or independently, it will be received with such loyal support. THANK YOU!!<3!!

(yes we know that wrongest isn't a word, but songwriting gives you "poetic license." this means the power to change the english language however you see fit. hanson made up mmmbop and we all took that quite nicely.)

i spent all day in nyc working on another demo. i've explained this before, but i'm working with a couple of NYU recording students on a "class project" that involves them finding a band and recording a song. we thank them for reaching out to us! it's an acoustic version of a song we've been playing on tour called "So Bad." A few of you have heard it before and have asked us to record and post it... so... we shall! this will be the last demo that we put up for you guys before we release something FULL. today we worked with 3 string players (violin, viola, cello)(those are actually their names)(no not really) who came in on less than a week's notice and learned their parts TODAY! it was an awesome experience. i'm excited for the final product. the song has a very organic, intimate feel so far. all that is left is for me to sing and for it to be mixed. hopefully we can have it up before mid-december?

anyhoo... next time you order pizza, have them heat it up and then put extra COLD mozzarella on top afterwards. i learned this when i visited a friend at oneonta. the contrast is amazing.

tell friends to subscribe to our daily blog... we're gonna start making them interesting soon with vids and pix and stuff!

heart,
sean

17. NEW SONG!

2007-11-11T11:29:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone. Steve here. We posted a new song/demo for you guys to hear. Its been quite some time since we've put up something new. There are plenty more songs to be heard and hopefully we can show them to you soon. Keep in mind this is a demo version. We did it with our friend Adam Richman in his home studio. We are in the middle of searching for a producer to re-record "These are the Nights" for its radio debut in early 2008. We are excited about the next couple months and want to thank everyone for the continued support. I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Enjoy the song!

Steve

16. blah

2007-11-10T07:25:00.000-05:00

it's past 7am and i haven't gone to bed yet. i have to go to nyc soon. i'm seeing juliette and the licks tonight... i dont know why but i am. more recording sunday... have to miss the giants game because of it so i'm not thrilled about it.

we're hoping to get this producer named david bendeth to record some of our music. he's done great things... and he's right in jersey.

we're getting our friend (merch guy) kurt to rap on some of our side project tracks... it's gonna be ill yo.

goodnight moon
sean

15. The Delicious Dish

2007-11-09T02:55:00.000-05:00

I'm not really sure what we accomplished today but Sean and I did make it to the mall. I picked up a pair of black on black Vans Authentics to rock with my BDG Skinnies. We figure it's time we start dressing with a little style rather than the college frat kids we always looked like (we werent cool enough for frats though). So, our town is pretty small. Most people that were born here, end up raising their kids here so basically everyone knows everyone (which enables news to travel really fast). Two days ago we posted a blog about Universal. Ever since, we've been congratulated non-stop around town. It's a pretty awesome feeling, mainly because these were the people that believed in us and packed the house to our first ever show 2 years ago.

Anyway, we were all starving so I just made some whole wheat mini shell noodles with some eggs. I'm not really sure if this is a common thing but eggs and noodles are two of my favorite things so why not... and it tasted pretty solid. I just made this mailing list, its at the bottom left of our myspace. Sign up fools.

Ok I think thats all I got. Stay fresh

-g

14. my comp sucks

2007-11-08T03:43:00.001-05:00

ok so i was just about to post this nice blog that i had written when my computer went completely blue seconds before shutting down. so lemme recap...

a. there's something annoying in the back of my throat right now and i can't sing, aka i'm useless so i'm gonna go read... maybe there will be some interesting words or some type of inspiration there...

b. today was boring as hell

c. we're back on the myspace top artist charts so we're going to post that new song that was playing in our video on sunday. it's just a demo and it's not your typical MA song (there's plenty of those to come) but we still love it. i wrote it with a friend (adam richman).

if anybody has some unusual/interesting/not-typical-in-a-song-but-would-still-be-cool-in-a-song words to share, then comment them in this blog... maybe i can incorporate a few that i like... then you can say you helped me write a song! fun

and drink your pomegranate juice!!!!

thanks kids,
g'night: sean

13. Signed, Sealed, Delivered

2007-11-07T03:32:00.001-05:00

Today was fun. We first attended the Tech-Ad conference in NYC. We mingled and collected free swag from all the companies then drank Friendster's free beer. I'm not really sure why we were asked to attend but it was sweet.

Then we got home and found a package on our doorstep. Inside contained 302 sheets of paper aka 5 copies of our record contract, 4 W-9's, and some other weird stuff to fill out. Long story short, we signed it and it's on its way back to....

Universal Republic Records

By the end of this week everything should be finalized and we'll be excited to call U.R. our new home. Check out this sweet vid we made.

Greg

P.S. Let us know what you think of the background music;)

12. i hate nyc

2007-11-06T03:12:00.001-05:00

we have to go into the city tomorrow for some kind of "friendster" conference thingy. friendster is a site that competes with myspace and facebook for internet social networking. apparently they like us and they are going to help promote us and we're gonna promote them somehow and we're gonna be buddy buddies. i'm so sick of commuting to nyc... if i had to do that daily i'd be a very unhappy human. while preparing for the next "making april" release, whenever it shall be, steve and i will be writing and recording quirky, stupid (but great) songs for you to love or hate. they will be done under a different name and we'll have that site up soon.

THEORY: there's no way that we (man kind) have figured out exactly how long it takes the earth to travel around the sun and therefore our seasons are gradually shifting one way or another because of the slight error... i think probably in the direction that makes it colder later.

night night: sean

11. bring on the work week

2007-11-04T23:30:00.000-05:00

i hate weekends at the moment cuz there's less shot at getting any type of good music/band news. everybody important or with something good/bad to say (besides you lovers) only says it during the week... so with no job and only the band to work on, the days mean no difference to me... so i'd rather it be a week day. last night in NYC greg got a drink at the bar that was mint chocolate chip flavored. it was pretty snazzy. today i started demoing out a song we've been playing on the road called 'so bad'. i'm doing it with some nyu recording students for a school project of theirs. so far so good... we'll keep you posted. this might be the earliest i've gone to bed in years, but i'm spent. and we've already missed a daily blog yesterday. i knew we couldn't keep this up!

k this one was lame, but i'm tired.
bye. sean