I love Boxing Day. You can just blob out after Christmas and play with all your presents.
Anyway, yesterday went well. As usual I woke up at 5:30. (well I woke up at 4:00 last year)
I got these awesome as drum brushes - they have steel brushes at one end and wire brushes at the other. They're really cool. I used them in our song, I Wish You Were Here today. It sounded real cool.
nate
Music
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Man I love writing
I love writing things.
I like writing books and let my imagination run wild. I like txting people lots. I like writing about things. I like writing in my diary, and of course I like writing blogs.
Man writing's cool. I'm so glad God invented it.
I don't like writing poetry though. No way.
Or essays.
Though once I wrote an entire essay randomly on the computer about how impractical igloos were.
It was quite fun.
I think the reason I like writing songs is because of the lyrics. I always write them first, and the tune always kind of follows on behind.
Now someone's probably going to point out that isn't writing poems like writing songs?
Well I entirely disagree.
The other weird thing is that Daniel, who is lead singer of our band, and in the most powerful position as a general rule, SHOULD be writing all our songs (or at least the lyrics). Cos that's what singers usually do.
And he's good at poetry too. He even likes it!
But he's not very good in the songwriting department (no offence Dan).
So we're a bit of a back-to front band. But I guess it's not all that weird. After all, when we started our band, I was the lead singer.
(And I was trying to convince Dan to play another instrument for our band, among those was the guitar. Then Nate says "Why don't you play the guitar?" and I think about it for a second then said "Why not?")
Oh well I don't really mind. Personally I like what I do and even though it's a bit different from the norm, it all sounds really well in the end.
Jordan
I like writing books and let my imagination run wild. I like txting people lots. I like writing about things. I like writing in my diary, and of course I like writing blogs.
Man writing's cool. I'm so glad God invented it.
I don't like writing poetry though. No way.
Or essays.
Though once I wrote an entire essay randomly on the computer about how impractical igloos were.
It was quite fun.
I think the reason I like writing songs is because of the lyrics. I always write them first, and the tune always kind of follows on behind.
Now someone's probably going to point out that isn't writing poems like writing songs?
Well I entirely disagree.
The other weird thing is that Daniel, who is lead singer of our band, and in the most powerful position as a general rule, SHOULD be writing all our songs (or at least the lyrics). Cos that's what singers usually do.
And he's good at poetry too. He even likes it!
But he's not very good in the songwriting department (no offence Dan).
So we're a bit of a back-to front band. But I guess it's not all that weird. After all, when we started our band, I was the lead singer.
(And I was trying to convince Dan to play another instrument for our band, among those was the guitar. Then Nate says "Why don't you play the guitar?" and I think about it for a second then said "Why not?")
Oh well I don't really mind. Personally I like what I do and even though it's a bit different from the norm, it all sounds really well in the end.
Jordan
Wow! I won
Man today was funny.
First we checked out the plums but none were ripe. So off I headed to do my guitar practice. I only managed to do 8 minutes though before Nate interupted me and we did band practice. Properly.
It was all good apart from I wish you were here which we havn't practiced for ages and we kept getting off time in it. And we forgot to do another song as well.
But we played One to a Hundred real good. We rocked it up and it was loads better to play. Mum's capo works much better on my electric guitar.
Then we had lunch, and Mum told me and Dan to make our little sisters some lunch. We put some cheese toasties on to grill and go off.
10 minutes later Daniel runs outside to tell me the ovens on fire!
My goodness I am sooooooo forgetful!
Then in the afternoon after we tidied the house, Will and Mitch came over and we made a movie. It was actually a serious one too. Then we watched it and it was real good.
After dropping them home we made tea and Christmas mince pies, and after tea and dishes, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to do my guitar practice.
Meanwhile Nate's suddenly developed a splitting headache and went to bed.
Another cool thing was yesterday I found out I had an email! No-one ever emails me so I was pretty excited. It was from Soul Purpose and they told me I'd won in a photo competition, and the prize was two cds.
The photo had to be of you with either Parachute Band or Primal Band. And it said to be creative.
So as I've never met anyone from either of tohose bands I used the next best thing:
Yeah, pretty cheesy I know but it's outside the box.
I tried to get Beka to take one for me but she was to busy and so I took this all by myself. I didn't even use the self timer. Probably cos I don't know how to.
So that was pretty awesome.
Also I've been thinking we need a new band picture cos that top one is months old. But Beka's been so busy working it's been impossible to get one.
Jordan
Monday, December 22, 2008
Mumsdollar are awesome!!!
So here I am typing and listening to Mumsdollar. They are actually a realllllllllyy cool band. I mean, now they're up there in my list. Lets see. If you haven't heard any of these bands, you're crazy!
Stellar Kart (they always come first!)
Everyday Sunday
Mumsdollar
Rapture Ruckus
The Ember Days
Kutless
and many more.......
They are all so awesome man. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to Parachute 09. We got the programme the other days and The Ember Days are on Mainstage. That's going to be soooo awesome.
nate
Stellar Kart (they always come first!)
Everyday Sunday
Mumsdollar
Rapture Ruckus
The Ember Days
Kutless
and many more.......
They are all so awesome man. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to Parachute 09. We got the programme the other days and The Ember Days are on Mainstage. That's going to be soooo awesome.
nate
The 12 days of Christmas
Only three days to Christmas!
Awesome!
Man I love Christmas time. The food, the presents, the fun, the family, the festive season, the Christmas trees, the carols.
I really want to get Relient K's christmas album Let it snow baby, Let it reindeer. It is awesome!
Speaking off which, I wonder what their newest cd, The Bird and the Bee sides. Weird name if you ask me. But it still might be good. Cos Relient K are awesome. Their lyrics are awesome.
And their guitarists!
Jordan
Awesome!
Man I love Christmas time. The food, the presents, the fun, the family, the festive season, the Christmas trees, the carols.
I really want to get Relient K's christmas album Let it snow baby, Let it reindeer. It is awesome!
Speaking off which, I wonder what their newest cd, The Bird and the Bee sides. Weird name if you ask me. But it still might be good. Cos Relient K are awesome. Their lyrics are awesome.
And their guitarists!
Jordan
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Parachute program!
Man I'm so excited!
It's like Christmas!
Christmas is only 4 days away.
Oh dear, I still need to make a few presents.
Anyway, the reason I'm soo excited is because they released the Parachute lineup today. We printed it off and waited for Beka to get home from work so we could show her.Then we highlighted all our favourites and scrawled green by the ones we are definitly going to see.
The only sad thing is that False Start, which we wanted to see are on at a REALLY dumb time. In the middle of all the big acts at Mainstage! Grrrr!
Another annoying thing is that Availine, a band I wanted to see are at a dumb time to. So I probably won't be able to see them either. =(
Apart from that it's all good. Really good. All of the main acts except for David Crowder Band have at least two shows each. Awesome! I can't wait to see Kutless. And Kingston. And Casting Crowns. And Mumsdollar. And Family Force 5. And Nathan King. And David Crowder band, Arms Reach, Season Pass (which we kinda saw this year), and Parachute Band, and Rapture Ruckus.
And guess what?
The Ember Days are playing on Mainstage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man I was so excited about that!
Bring it on!
Jordan
It's like Christmas!
Christmas is only 4 days away.
Oh dear, I still need to make a few presents.
Anyway, the reason I'm soo excited is because they released the Parachute lineup today. We printed it off and waited for Beka to get home from work so we could show her.Then we highlighted all our favourites and scrawled green by the ones we are definitly going to see.
The only sad thing is that False Start, which we wanted to see are on at a REALLY dumb time. In the middle of all the big acts at Mainstage! Grrrr!
Another annoying thing is that Availine, a band I wanted to see are at a dumb time to. So I probably won't be able to see them either. =(
Apart from that it's all good. Really good. All of the main acts except for David Crowder Band have at least two shows each. Awesome! I can't wait to see Kutless. And Kingston. And Casting Crowns. And Mumsdollar. And Family Force 5. And Nathan King. And David Crowder band, Arms Reach, Season Pass (which we kinda saw this year), and Parachute Band, and Rapture Ruckus.
And guess what?
The Ember Days are playing on Mainstage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man I was so excited about that!
Bring it on!
Jordan
Saturday, December 20, 2008
One to a Hundred
Yeah ok so Nate spilled the beans about the big "surprise" hoped you liked the song whoever was there.
Well quite a while ago I was pondering the question "Would we get stage fright?"
And now we've done it, I reckon the answer is no.
We did it pretty perfectly even if we did have a few problems.
Which actually weren't our fault.
But oh well. It was pretty good.
The thing was we'd practiced that song so many million times that doing it on stage was a breeze. Just like doing it at home.
So here's the words to the song:
One To a Hundred
Do you remember when you were just one/ And you wanted to walk and you wanted to run/ And you took each day as it came/ And when it was over you'd start again
It's just a part of life/ Let's live like we're alive
Do you remember when you're twenty-one/ And you're plans had been made and your dreams had begun/ You had to speed up you couldn't slow down/ You grew up and took your feet off the ground
It's just a part of life/ Let's live like we're alive
Will you remember when you're a hundred and one/ Will you look back at the things you've done? It's time for you to start brand new/ This life is over, now the next ones begun
~dedicated to Grandad (c) Copyright Mayday 2008
Jordan
Well quite a while ago I was pondering the question "Would we get stage fright?"
And now we've done it, I reckon the answer is no.
We did it pretty perfectly even if we did have a few problems.
Which actually weren't our fault.
But oh well. It was pretty good.
The thing was we'd practiced that song so many million times that doing it on stage was a breeze. Just like doing it at home.
So here's the words to the song:
One To a Hundred
Do you remember when you were just one/ And you wanted to walk and you wanted to run/ And you took each day as it came/ And when it was over you'd start again
It's just a part of life/ Let's live like we're alive
Do you remember when you're twenty-one/ And you're plans had been made and your dreams had begun/ You had to speed up you couldn't slow down/ You grew up and took your feet off the ground
It's just a part of life/ Let's live like we're alive
Will you remember when you're a hundred and one/ Will you look back at the things you've done? It's time for you to start brand new/ This life is over, now the next ones begun
~dedicated to Grandad (c) Copyright Mayday 2008
Jordan
Our first concert! - sort of....
Man I'm zonked...
Lastnite me Jords and Dan had our first concert. Well, not really, but there were thirty adults - most old people though. So it was our Grandad's 70th birthday and we decided to put together a Mayday song for the entertainment part thingie.We just did that one song, called One to A Hundred. And we peformed it perfectly, too. no stagefright or anything, we just did it! So it went pretty well and it was all good. I've forgotten the words but Jords will write them in when he posts something.
The only problem was, getting my drum set to the hall. We had to stuff it in Beka's small five-seater-car, as well as me and Beka in it! Then there was a problem with the bass drum pedal. Daryl came home from Palmeston North and fixed it though, which was cool. So it went pretty much better than we hoped
nate
p.s. that was the surprise by the way. you see our Grandad reads our blog frequently and was'nt supposed to know about our song so yeah
Lastnite me Jords and Dan had our first concert. Well, not really, but there were thirty adults - most old people though. So it was our Grandad's 70th birthday and we decided to put together a Mayday song for the entertainment part thingie.We just did that one song, called One to A Hundred. And we peformed it perfectly, too. no stagefright or anything, we just did it! So it went pretty well and it was all good. I've forgotten the words but Jords will write them in when he posts something.
The only problem was, getting my drum set to the hall. We had to stuff it in Beka's small five-seater-car, as well as me and Beka in it! Then there was a problem with the bass drum pedal. Daryl came home from Palmeston North and fixed it though, which was cool. So it went pretty much better than we hoped
nate
p.s. that was the surprise by the way. you see our Grandad reads our blog frequently and was'nt supposed to know about our song so yeah
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
things i love
well i must say i love stargate.
i love guitars too.
and kutless.
and stellar kart.
and everyday sunday
and my family.
and my band bros.
i also love chocolate.
the bible is rockin' as the most inspirational book ever.
i didn't like rap until i heard rapture ruckus.
and calling elijah.
now i think rap is ok.
not as good as pop/punk/rock though.
of course i just love rock worship like parachute band, magnify and especially the ember days.
i really like raisins too for some random reason.
and i am just in love with zeppelins. (don't ask why.)
i like electric lights to. i'm just going to turn one on because my eyes are getting sore in the dark.
that's much better.
i love plums too. they taste like summer. especially the ones of our plum tree.
i don't like depression.
not that i'm depressed.
i don't like it in other people.
i love parachute.
i really like moshing even if you do get injuries and mild concussion.
not that that's ever happened to me.
and i love a good movie.
like prince caspian.
man i want to watch that movie now.
i love icecreams on hot days.
i love having food.
i love drinking water.
i love being able to acess music and write blogs through the computer.
i love playing soccer.
and running.
and skiing.
and rock-climbing.
think about all the poor kids my age who never get to try these things. the people who don't even have mums or dads.
the people who have hiv/aids.
the people who live in poverty we couldn't imagine.
the people who are our brothers and sisters.
i don't know about you but it makes me feel sad.
it makes me feel like having a job other than a paper-run just so i could sponser a kid.
it makes me feel like making a difference.
Jordan
i love guitars too.
and kutless.
and stellar kart.
and everyday sunday
and my family.
and my band bros.
i also love chocolate.
the bible is rockin' as the most inspirational book ever.
i didn't like rap until i heard rapture ruckus.
and calling elijah.
now i think rap is ok.
not as good as pop/punk/rock though.
of course i just love rock worship like parachute band, magnify and especially the ember days.
i really like raisins too for some random reason.
and i am just in love with zeppelins. (don't ask why.)
i like electric lights to. i'm just going to turn one on because my eyes are getting sore in the dark.
that's much better.
i love plums too. they taste like summer. especially the ones of our plum tree.
i don't like depression.
not that i'm depressed.
i don't like it in other people.
i love parachute.
i really like moshing even if you do get injuries and mild concussion.
not that that's ever happened to me.
and i love a good movie.
like prince caspian.
man i want to watch that movie now.
i love icecreams on hot days.
i love having food.
i love drinking water.
i love being able to acess music and write blogs through the computer.
i love playing soccer.
and running.
and skiing.
and rock-climbing.
think about all the poor kids my age who never get to try these things. the people who don't even have mums or dads.
the people who have hiv/aids.
the people who live in poverty we couldn't imagine.
the people who are our brothers and sisters.
i don't know about you but it makes me feel sad.
it makes me feel like having a job other than a paper-run just so i could sponser a kid.
it makes me feel like making a difference.
Jordan
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