mumsdollar concert

Wow on Saturday night me and dan and jord and beka went up with the youth group up to Bay City in Hastings. There was a Mumsdollar concert on. We got lost first, but eventually arrived at about 7:30pm. so we got there and saw the ember days who were really good. they played this awesome song called 'a drop of blood' And their drummer was really good.
Then mumsdollar came on and it was awesome. They played 'Sticks and Stones' which is the awesomest song ever. We were moshing heaps. The mosh pit was a bit dangerous though. People kept shoving you everywhere.
Anyway this random guy gave dan some earplugs.
I got all of their signatures afterwards and it was a really cool concert. we had the funnest time ever. we got home at 1:00 in the morning! B-o B-0 B-O
nate
ps jords was actually supposed to blog about the concert but he's at bible study and i got bored. don't tell him haha

Turn on the Lights

Wow the Mumsdollar concert was AWESOME but I'll wait to see if we get any pictures before raving on about it. But Mumsdollar and the Ember Days are definitely favourites now. I am so going to see them at Parachute.
Anyway today we decided to not write that song just yet and instead we fixed up Turn on the Lights and it sounds so cool now.
Another good thing is I've woken up now, and I feel alive like crazy. Well yesterday I didn't,but I was pretty wasted from staying up to 1'o clock on Saturday night.
So it's all great here.

Jordan

Annoyences.

Today was pretty good, except we tried to write that song and it really DID NOT work at all.
We didn't get anywhere. Mostly because Dan went out when we were ready to write it and then when he got back we were stuck and couldn't think of anything.
Which was pretty annoying. So I went off and did my guitar practice. Not very constructive, but hey.
It's a bit annoying cos I want a few more keyboard bits in our songs (cos now we've got the microphone stand we can use it) but unfortunatly Daniel is not as creative as Nate was. He tends to just play stuff not make it up. No offence. It's better some than none. It's just that I think our songs need a bit of musical variation. Taking back everything I said a month ago, I'm actually thinking we could throw a bit of reggae in there too.
Well the good news is that there's that concert tomorrrow night which is real exciting. It should be pretty inspiraring. And if not, well it'll be a great night out anyway

Jordan

I can drive! (well kind of)

Wow I am so excited cos today I got my Learner's so now I can drive around! Isn't that just the coolest? I had to spend ages waiting in the AA place though. There were so many people there! But finally it was all over and I only got one wrong so it was real good. And then this evening I drove the van up to Nana's. I wasn't very good, but then again it was the first time I've driven in town. I had trouble getting around the corners. I think I need some more practice.
We did some band stuff today and Make up your Mind worked this time which was good. We were going to write that song but didn't have enough time cos it was time for our lessons. Daryll showed me this cool as reggae song by Tiki Tane and Daniel learnt how to sing.
Anyway that's about it.

Jordan

my special cookie

wow it was cool as today i brought an icecream and they gave me a free cookie. it was a cool cookie. and a nice cookie as well. Dan and Josh went to get an icecream as well. they didn't get a cookie though. oh well i guess i'm just special like that.
nate

Our Special Day

Well today is Jords special day but he'll tell you why.
And its me and Dan's special day as well. We're allowed to go to Parachute 09 on the bus with tthe Dempsters! Man I'm so excited. Its going to be the funnest time ever.
nate

Parachute 09 opening set!

Hi everybody!
Exciting news! On Parachute's website http://websites.parachutemusic.com/festival/2009/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263&Itemid=30 you can get the chance to vote who plays the opening set at PO9!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok here's my opinion-something I'll always give you.
Vote Small Town Heroics!!!
Honestly. Please. They kinda sound like Stellar Kart. And that's a good thing.
Or vote for Arms Reach. They are really cool.
Check it out on the website and vote!

Jordan

The microphone stand at last.....

Well a good thing and a bad thing happened today. The bad thing was that someone stole our website so could hack into our blog. So if we stop writing then you know why!
And the good thing was we got a microphone stand! So we did band practice this afternoon which went really well. Except there's something wrong with my snare drum and the snare keeps flipping off. So I have to tell Darryl about that at drum lessons. And I saw the car Beka loves - the Datson 2-80 on the way to Waipuk. It is totally awesome. Like the best car ever. As in ever! And now my tooth's fixed yay
nate

It's not working.

I'm annoyed.
I just can't seem to write any songs. I have a few verses jotted down but nothing else springs to mind. I am so out of ideas. When I want to I can't. I want to get at least one of them finished , and I keep thinking of good guitar things, but my songwritings all down the drain.
This has happened to me before. I get a phrase where I write two to five songs and then it all dries up. And the stuff you think of takes so long to do and then when you've finished it actually isn't very good, and you feel like you've stretched it out instead of it coming.
It's kind of hard to explain. So I'll do what I did last time it happened. Just stop. Give myself a break. Time to relax. Even though I feel like I'm pretty relaxed all ready.
So I'm off to write my book.

Jordan

December 1

Wow its December already. And Christmas is just around the corner. And that's about it for the 1st of December. Except I'm going to Waipuk with Beka tomorow to fix my chipped tooth which chipped for the first time at Easter about 4 or 5 years ago. And around every six months it falls off again. This time it chipped after a month though. Stupid aye
nate