tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33762039793996734792024-03-04T20:26:34.921-08:00Off The Record.The thoughts of a girl in music journalism.cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.comBlogger375125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-80267631726843872512011-03-05T16:53:00.000-08:002011-03-05T17:26:14.492-08:00I was not in the "scene".<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >A lot of people are talking about how they feel they've outgrown "the scene"and what is happening right now. I actually think kind of the opposite right now for some reason but I think it's because my story isn't the typical one!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">I remember the first show I went to as clear as day. It wasn't years ago, I wasn't sixteen and I wasn't dressed in neon. It was Augustana and Vega4 and I was terribly dissapointed in the former band. I was almost ready to give up on my all time favorite band and it was the first show I had ever seen them play. I gave them another chance and saw them a year later and fully regained my love for them. Three years later I got the opportunity to interview Dan the lead singer himself.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Besides Augustana, my first "scene" show actually wasn't till I was 20 and currently I'm just 22. It was the last Fall Out Boy headlining tour with Metro Station and three bands I had never heard of (honestly). I was so late on the "alternative scene" which is why it's so surprising that I've decided to go the route I've gone and gotten to the place I've gotten. When All Time Low walked past the line I stood in, I didn't recognize any of their faces and had no idea who they were yet girls were sobbing over them. They had played the AP Tour, had headlining tours and still..no idea. Same story for Hey Monday I had no clue who they were and even Cobra Starship.<br /><br />The only "alternative bands" I had listened to up to this point were alternative but on the radio like Plain White T's and Fall Out Boy and maybe a little bit of Parachute (p.s. I was a huge fan of these guys). Now almost a year and half later, I've gotten to a point so quickly where I ran into Plain White T's at a party I had no idea they were attending and melted every time I caught eyes with Tom Higgenson the lead singer. I literally had to pinch myself. I was able to talk to Andy Hurley the drummer of Fall Out Boy which was my huge turning point and I also was able to sit down for an hilarious in person interview with the full band in Parachute.<br /><br />Going back to what I said before, I had always listened to Fall Out Boy and that night is what made me decide that I wanted to do something in my music industry and not necessarily writing about it especially to the point where I've gotten tonight. As I sang every word and danced through the set, I couldn't believe that it was the first time I had seen a band that pretty much defined me play. As I left the venue to try and meet people I ran into a friend who worked as a security guard at the venue and saw what I felt was insane at the time a huge bunch of girls pretty much clinging to the fence. As I stood and talked to Nick, the crowd began to clear out and run to people I didn't even know like the kids in All Time Low and Cobra even. The guards made a fake announcement that Fall Out Boy had already left so tons of kids left the venue and that's when he told me to hold back and I was able to talk to Andy for about thirty minutes in a full on conversation about the music industry. It immediately spiked my interest and ever since, I've been on this kick!<br /><br />I started by email interviewing local bands in Montreal and posting them on Mix and Mark which was actually my blog and where I posted interviews up until October of that year. I did my first in person interviews EVER at Warped 2009 and I was blown away. I was that nerdy kid freaking out about multiple colored dyed hair and hearing everyone talking about some band named BrokeNCYDE. I ran into some people who worked for CJLO (our university's radio station) on the metro and they laughed as I got excited about getting text messages about setting up last minute interviews. I talked to people in bands who I had no idea about what they did. I had so many random interviews that I would ask ridiculous questions too. I couldn't recognize my interview subjects (shout out to Nick Miller of A Skylit Drive!), had no idea how famous Underoath was, stood under a rain soaked tent for eight hours, saw The Maine get treated like rockstars with out knowing who they were but I kept smiling through the day and made it through.<br /><br />Instantly, I was bitten by the bug. Two months later I covered The Rescues and then broke into the "modern day scene" with Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash and Queen's Club. Just two months later, those boys were my next interviews along with Mat Devine of Kill Hannah. At the time, I thought it was so rad to meet the people behind the music . I met A Skylit Drive again and instantly fell in love with what I do. Since then, I've grown so much and have met so many amazing people. I've made mistakes. I've met the founder of AP in Mike Shea. I've fallen in love with and gotten to know the beautifully talented kids in bands in Boston. I've had my heart broken and broken hearts. I've interviewing sky rocketing kids like The Maine and Never Shout Never three times. I've met legends I didn't know about like Ace Enders and had heart stopping interviews with Simple Plan and Hellogoodbye.I've interviewed the kids who held the number one single in the country (Getting slizzered like a G6!)To think I've been in the dark about the scene and alternative music in general up until less then two years ago is so shocking to me. I think that's why I'm still in love with this scene. I've met and gotten to know the actual people behind the music and feel like it is something we need to hold on to till no tomorrow. Don't give up on it and just find some fresh music in it. Personal recommendations include? A man with an incredible heart and love for his music in Andy Six in Black Veil Brides, the amazing kids in Go Radio and the beloved Ace Enders. Fall back in love with your scene! If you need a tour guide back to it, just give me a shout!<br /><br />...and see Good Charlotte on their tour. Pick up the new Yellowcard and Simple Plan records. Believe in your favorites...<br /><br />As well, buy those records. Get to know how that band really is. I recently covered the CMJ festival for example in New York City and had a full sit down with Ryan the drummer where for twenty seven minutes instead of talking about Bigger Lights stuff, we broke down the scene. 27 year old boys playing with kids that are 19 which is why they've taken themselves off the radar for a while and are making a new record.<br /></span></span></span></span>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-74180584324557725652011-02-21T16:04:00.001-08:002011-02-21T16:08:57.661-08:00Haters make me smile.Really kids?<br />Recently I got the chance to interview the lead singer of Augustana in Dan Layus and someone commented and critiqued my interview style. It led me to think that kids who "hate" on some one else for doing what they love are kind of silly. Pretty sure my interviewing style works when I steadily interview the biggest alternative acts in the scene right now including everyone from screamo to pop punk to electronic rock. Get over yourselves kids. Hate brews from jealousy!<br /><br />Check out this next band I'll be interviewing!:<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wmMf3D3Hv9w" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />Why yes it's Chiodos. Hmm..I wonder if anyone knows them? I'm not parading what I'm doing and what I get to do but it's just an example. Pretty sure my "interview style" works if I steadily interview the biggest names in the scene, thank you! And multiple times at that!cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-18120317537139368672010-12-07T21:58:00.000-08:002010-12-07T22:09:06.356-08:00Two updates in two days.So something's hit me recently. This whole IDGAF thing actually kind of has a strange thing that goes with it. If I truly DGAF, it means that I feel connected to certain ones. We text, we tweet, it's something that most music journalists don't do. I am just a girl though. It comes naturally. You'll find boys to be attractive, feel for them when they're going through something crazy and possibly even drink with them, flirt with them. Some kind of view it as like a "professional groupie" but there's a difference with me. I don't want to give it up to you the first time I meet you because I know what that would do to our professional relationship. I like that I have many that have instant recognition and I like that we can have off the record discussions.<br /><br />So, fate worked out and I had the 18th off with out asking for it off so get to hopefully cover as much as I can of the Sparks show then shoot out to Worcester for the Valencia show :)cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-702317821515973332010-12-06T21:46:00.000-08:002010-12-06T21:57:49.954-08:00It's funny how it works.So I've been pretty bad about updating this personal journal blog so to speak but life's getting a little busy. I'm finally working again at this sweet little gastropub literally a block from the Harvard Square station as a hostess and I really like it. What's awesome too is because I obviously buy a pass to go to work, it's instant access and being able to go to as many shows as I want on my days off. Tomorrow, I'll be working my booty off pre work to try and get into and interview as many of the bands playing the Where's the Band tour? (Chris Conley of Saves The Day :) & and the lead singers of The Get Up Kids, Bayside and Thrice) which is on Wednesday, finally may be able to work out an interview with Miniature Tigers and the rest of the line up on Thursday and on Saturday with Dashboard Confessional at the dise!<br /><br />I also have been working incredibly hard lately at this music thing and it's amazing to be in the city. I love commuting to work surprisingly and have read the same book a million times on those trips. Time is also flying here. I feel like if I was on the cape every single day it would inch by. I would miss so many amazing opportunities. I'd be flexing every day to work. Living in a place smaller then my apartment with my mother. I don't think I would get close to the guys at venues andfellow music peeps.<br /><br />One last thought. Today I got my confirmation for an in person interview with Attack Attack at the show on the 15th. It's not something huge but it's funny how careers work. You can know about a band for years and not interview them till much later on. Really looking forward to my time in this pretty little city and glad things are happening for me :)<br />And... I may secretly excited for the groupies on the 15th. They make me laugh so much when I'm talking to the guys they want and the boy shuts them down. Austin Gibbs, I'm looking at you mr. cutie pants! Fannie is also making the trip from Montreal for the 15th. Hope I see a epic interaction between her and Mike Fuentes. And hopefully I get to spend some time with some boy I know.cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-61560723108541599752010-11-30T21:29:00.000-08:002010-11-30T21:45:40.673-08:00it's things like this that make me smile!It's a fact! New interview goes up with Ryan of The Bigger Lights tomorrow. I miss this band, lots. Hopefully we reconnect soon! :)cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-61837099103874293062010-11-29T10:04:00.000-08:002010-11-29T10:16:42.492-08:00I love the way I make them laugh.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2wRRp4K0xnUzbay4n22imlxrDQ_s59rIR8hJNRfHZzvIqm3t-72HzG08XIOVb_JR5EEu1am56npBkGpPyMfwj-pze6X-JpPDYiZv4g00NkR2Xag3kZeNmtEWawPDWNm83_BzP64ZE9Q/s1600/matt+good.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2wRRp4K0xnUzbay4n22imlxrDQ_s59rIR8hJNRfHZzvIqm3t-72HzG08XIOVb_JR5EEu1am56npBkGpPyMfwj-pze6X-JpPDYiZv4g00NkR2Xag3kZeNmtEWawPDWNm83_BzP64ZE9Q/s320/matt+good.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545037039331043890" /></a><br />Just had a phone interview today with Matt Good, front man of From First To Last (not sure if they're still together or not) and guitarist for D.R.U.G.S. Craig Owen's new band! Lots of laughs through out from Matt and it was a great interview. <div><br />Did I mention that I love every day of my life? So glad to interview every band that will grace me with one and can't wait to see this band live in action! Next up, Fun. :) And during the week after Fake Problems and Vampires Everywhere!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-8494729614474919172010-11-28T18:48:00.000-08:002010-11-28T20:28:57.841-08:00Reunion!I think it's easy to say that my favorite "work" day of the year is Warped Tour when it rolls into town. I don't think I could ever find myself applying to be the 'pit reporter' but I think it's something great. Maybe next year!<div><br /></div><div>I think it's because it's like a mini reunion. A few favorite moments? Being able to sit down with a band that you may have seen two months ago like you're breaking rules. This year just two months after we had last talked, I sat down again with Anarbor, Hey Monday and NSN and it made for great interviews. This year I had my "corner" where bands would literally</div><div> wait for me to finish the interview before them. I get to see familiar faces like the way I and I think the boys both lit up from Of Mice& Men. I'm not being self centered with this next comment but I like the way I make my "interview subjects" aka male musicians with a few girls included get excited and I feel like it's a break up of the rest of their interviews they may have. But sometimes, it doesn't make for the grea</div><div>test love from other bands. I think I'm really the same way with everyone I interview despite if I like your music or not, how you look, your mindset it's all the same. I'm smiley, laugh at your jokes and through out your interview and always make for good ones I think! I remember this one time where I had just interviewed AM Taxi and had a great interview. It was Jason and </div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrJJ8utsUJG-rQ3Iwdzet5sGRxoCB9_D0EuH0PSWb_g6uNvYD8bIDd0fabnFfc2qul7n6vARe5FJEza2ZMmTf4aLJaQ8rv7OJGoO6t2vCXRmDaUAZC-Zt0gUI6O7yZ8XAKne2KD_36rQ/s320/AM+TAXI.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544803683731267106" /><div>Adam we had a lot of fun and then I turned around to have a really sweet interview with Joel fromConfide and David from BC right in a row and I would look up and see the AM boys watching me do the interviews with no smile on their face. It killed me because I actually think the AM boys are really rad and always have fun with them. I remember when we had done the first interview it was me and Adam but I talked to Jason inside and when a girl accidently knocked a beer out of my hand, I went to go back to the bar and Jason after hearing my story threw down one of his drink tickets and told me a story of what happened to his beer the previous night. Their music is so good and their live show? So gritty and rock and roll I fell for it the first time I saw it!</div><div>But back to topic, and the reason why I'm writing this post. The band line up for next year's Warped Tour (at least the first confirms or however it is working this year) go up December 8th which is on next Wednesday and their are rumored ones flying about. A lot are past inte</div><div>rviews so this is kind of like a reminscing post. Out of the sixteen rumored bands, I've interviewed eight so far and all have been positive experiences. I figure my statistics are pretty good if that's just sixteen of the supposed bands.</div><div><br /></div><div>First up, A Day To Remember! We all know how much I fell for this band and ha</div><div>d an amazing experience and interview with Kevin and Josh of the band. It was a weird situation because I hadn't been confirmed and going into the show, I didn't think I had the interview which is understandable considering how big they've gotten. I get a call from their tour manager asking me where I can meet up with the guys. No questions prepared, of course I'm taking this opportunity. I'm told to make eye contact with him by their merch table considering how sold out the show truly was and they were headlining and sit down with Kevin and</div><div> Josh to see that I was on their list and scheduled strangely enough. It was a great interview with lots of laughing and some jokes! With their new record just dropping, it would be great to catch up with the boys again :-) They actually finish their current tour tonight with past interviews Underoath and The Word Alive but I've made a strict no travel rule!<object width="480" height="385"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kd-lbg1QQ-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>Next up that would be at least a second interview is the band Black Veil Brides. I adored this interview with Andy Six during their summer headliner. Again, it was a bit of a strange circumstance. I jumped out of my cab at the venue to see kids painted all over their faces and when I called their tm said 'I'm the one who's not dressed like a crazy' and the TM laughed as of course he didn't have the face paint and tattoos either. He brought me inside as the band was still soundchecking and I sat in the back of the room watching the boys warm up. A</div>fter about fifteen minutes, Andy Six came over to me and we went into the larger room to do an interview. We were the only ones in the large room at Palladium and it was a great and extremely intelligent interview from his part. As we were both walking out, I forget what he was saying but it was about management or something and it literally felt like a movie. He would like spin a bit as he walked and kept on turning back towards me to say something. It was great!<div><br /></div><div>Next up is someone I haven't seen, or it will be two years at this point with Big D and the Kids Table. Of course, I do not expect this band to remember me but I actually live in the area they live in now (sort of they're from Allston) so if I run into him prior, meaning the fron</div><div>t man, totally going to say something. They are really, really fun ska and sound like they are from California. The first time I met him for our interview he said I looked like I had walked out of a John Steinbeck novel in a good way. I had a classic look in his eyes and he definitely charmed his way in. It was one of my favorite interviews at Warped and one of my first in person interviews. Hope this rumor is very true in particular! :) I still listen to this band a lot and it would be great to see what's been going on for the band in these last two years. Hopefully I can catch them live before this</div><div>Oh Every Avenue, the next band up, you make me giggle. In our first interview at AP Tour, they were shit faced which made them say a few things their record label would probably not want them saying about their future plans and they told me plenty of inappropriate anecdotes about Dave's whiskey dick. Partiers yet cuties, they msummer comes!</div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRms6ApdJlqNrhx2C7eJHDoWtB6saG5SBTZ6ATuWLHevLp0jstvJC5c1yqUx0OvBTShf7zOb8n3B4f9e8I1r6_kkYNkCOweD-LO30sa8UqykWRH1odBejQyGpeR5aBvQwMrnyhyphenhyphenZ1WxU/s320/every-avenue.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544816774568836610" /><div>ade for a great time. I had a partner interview them when they were here just over a month ago once again and yet haven't see</div><div>n the transcribed interview yet. Hopefully if they are playing, I'm able to catch up with them once again!</div><div><br /></div><div>The next band would be amazing to catch up with for a few reasons. They were my first interview that was on my "dream list" for interviews and they're Hellogoodbye. It didn't help that right before our interview I had met Zach Hanson in a very intimate way and not like meet and greet style so when I was walking down the hallway my heart was running at a mile a minute and our interview was hilarious. I was sitting next to Forrest during the interview and across from Joe, Travis and Andy. I really liked the interview too because Forrest's now wife was in the interview sitting on the other side of Forrest and she was so down to earth and laughing at their responses. Even when Forrest hit me on the knee joking when I as</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkR4IsNIq0Eqv09sW6GcLV8WffLI2VEzXe902w0Sl34kHhi6udOri7Q-SSLRSMguHBg7zbfUNnD0hUqgxLQDHJKgZQy60vUeycCjjbwDpBjs7-073ZwownlIGhTGinf92beu8kzpqnzA/s320/hellogoodbye.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544822361737312274" /><div>ked about their dream line up saying 'You want me to say Hanson, Steel Train and Sherwood don't you?' she didn't even flinch. I haven't had problems yet with significant others being there during my interviews and I love that.<br />It was also my first time seeing Hellogoodbye live that night and I loved it. They are so funny and real on stage so I definitely wanted my second interview if I could. We had it all lined up four months later until the night before when their TM realized they were getting in so late to the show but still got me in free to the show which was incredibly appreciated considering it was such a sold out show. Their album just dropped that's been in the works for two years plus 'Would It Kill You?' so I really hope I get to catch up with these boys again soon (and hopefully at Warped)!<br /><div><br /></div></div><div>This turned into the longest post ever and still there are three more familiar faces in The Swellers, VersaEmerge and The Wonder Years (via email) that are rumored to play. Shaping up to be an amazing day and it seems like this day gets better and better every year. Hope these guys all work out! :)</div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-8311677818345673232010-11-27T19:59:00.001-08:002010-11-27T20:01:12.222-08:00Why?<div style="text-align: center;">Why do I put myself in an industry where I meet and know so many amazing people yet I only see you every few months?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Miss vodka tonics and music talk.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Drink ticket sharing with cute boys.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Reminiscing with new york cuties.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this.</div><div><br /></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-78671806285293548312010-11-27T18:37:00.001-08:002010-11-27T18:41:14.036-08:00I Feel Like..I want this to be my outlet. I was watching the "World of Jenks" episode that featured VersaEmerge and I could totally relate to what Sierra was saying where as a girl, you experience all of these amazing things in this industry and scene but you can't tell anyone. So this is the place where I can be my true self and get excited and have it be like an outlet. <div>I've been in this mode since Warped 2010 I feel where I just don't care anymore. I do what I want, I do these interviews how I want to do it, I cover the people I feel like covering and I'm completely happy with what I've done so far. </div><div><br /></div><div>Can't wait to see the future and be sure to keep on coming back to this blog. So excited to get the new direction rolling if you haven't realized it yet.</div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-48013638032729319772010-11-27T16:30:00.000-08:002010-11-27T16:37:36.527-08:00We Came As Romans? Who Would have known!So the other night I was at the Circa Survive show here in Boston and the typical people that I know were there so it was fun! The thing that stuck out to me though and made me think of this band once again is this. There was this band, Animals As Leaders, who are purely instrumental. Being a girl who loves her lyrics, they just weren't my cup of tea but I was rooting for them considering they'll be first to play in the new Thursday/Underoath/Skylit Drive tour next year. I realized something at this point. At the end of their set which was six songs lasting about twenty five to thirty minutes, I realized that maybe I was wrong in hoping that they would become the next big thing but one band I realized would become huge after our first interview back in February was We Came As Romans.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sh7n4TvXt5A?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sh7n4TvXt5A?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /><div>I saw them play live that night and then again in June when I sat down with Josh that evening as well and then I caught a few minutes of their set again in August. Over just this past year, this band has sky rocketed and I couldn't be happier for them. Such a nice group of dudes and ones that actually care. I've met a million it seems like musicians over these past almost two years now and this band is still one of the stand outs for me. Unfortunately they don't have dates announced anywhere near me yet but hopefully I'll see them at an even bigger point. Just some thoughts and I think the perfect way to kick off the new direction of this blog. No more promoting my own stuff, just a general old blog of a girl who is living her dreams out every single day. Even if it means, I eat pasta for a meal some days and even though I'm still waiting tables. I'm doing it and I want this blog to be a good thing to look back on through it all!</div></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-5460428656409670522010-11-26T07:17:00.000-08:002010-11-26T07:21:20.231-08:00Black Friday Must Shop: Love Before Glory!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwp33GqTti2loHxjuAUQuR5oRC9Xlgu63WCesGYZjMx7bqsa042nU8tPKe91DL-iwqyxHpuSpq8ZiSSEloIQCoSHLQPgnVhWc_rYxyHM75IFTN0y7hIth7Hrk7koj0zB8ZbcVH8AEtZI/s1600/35330_138187866205555_124055117618830_293305_4812652_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwp33GqTti2loHxjuAUQuR5oRC9Xlgu63WCesGYZjMx7bqsa042nU8tPKe91DL-iwqyxHpuSpq8ZiSSEloIQCoSHLQPgnVhWc_rYxyHM75IFTN0y7hIth7Hrk7koj0zB8ZbcVH8AEtZI/s320/35330_138187866205555_124055117618830_293305_4812652_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543878812689297426" /></a><br />Over time, I've had the opportunity to interview Jaxin Hall twice with his past band Of Mice&Men which he has now left but it's only to pursue what he's been wanting to do forever it seems. He's started Love Before Glory which is a clothing line that has sick deals today! Everything is at 25-40% but it's kind of a special Black Friday special as it lasts all weekend. <a href="http://store.lovebeforeglory.com/">So pick up your favorite designs</a>! I know I will be-those skinny jeans look great. Too bad if they're meant to be for boys!cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-8670869684142518602010-11-25T10:46:00.000-08:002010-11-25T10:57:48.797-08:00You Me At Six confirmed as main support for new Blink tour!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>These are the kinds of days I wish I had my own website. Believe me, it's in the works!<div><br /></div><div>As we come to the end of 2010, everyone is getting stoked for 2011 in the alternative scene. One of those bands that we'll be keeping an eye on through all of it is You Me At Six who have started announcing their touring plans and the most shocking? The band will be playing as direct support for Blink 182's announced UK tour dates this summer. In the US, this may seem crazy as the band had released just their first physical material earlier this year but back home the boys are one of the biggest alternative rock bands there are. The band is about to go out on a winter headlining tour in the UK and earlier this year they actually had a fully sold out tour with support coming from We The Kings and Forever The Sickest Kids!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMtoT31_diiYU79zyrRJD32gfUDa_IooxkpN80Ea4QN78zBlSS70PUmNCR8kIol7uuHJ9FVu3gNMQz2SndT0GpHaYffaJDIBFALADR-te0lx2tL8kc7izfC2Bw8ISX-k3cmYoW1PMUjQ/s320/you_me_at_six.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543563490766327298" />I've watched this band grow back here in the US and actually had the chance to sit down with Josh and Max from the band at Warped Tour this summer! This summer they played the Altec Lansing stage and killed it every day surrounding themselves in a stage line up that included bands like Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Attack Attack and Breathe Carolina. They are one of the bands that is probably the most surprising and make for an incredibly real interview which can be found <a href="http://musicremedy.com/y/you-me-at-six/album/interview-you-me-at-six-9275.html">here</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div>The band plans to be back in the new year and hopefully for longer this time around. Considering how music saturated we are, this band is definitely something different and show it if you really look into it. Josh who actually does lead vocals for the band was recently featured on "Fuck" by Bring Me The Horizon and the band has actually started to include screams in their own tracks as well! </div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-84780715614533324372010-11-23T21:45:00.001-08:002010-11-23T21:50:34.597-08:00New Video: "Right Girl" The Maine!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Recently, for Music Remedy I sat down with John O from the Maine during the Harmony tour as in less then a week ago and he told me about the new music video the band was about to debut: </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >"I’m really excited for you to see it because it’s definitely an interesting idea and it was just kind of a spur of the moment thing. We just threw it together. Doesn’t necessarily pertain to the song which I like a lot. It doesn’t have really anything to do with the song and once you see it, hopefully you’ll see why we had so much fun but we shot it in Arizona and it was just homies (laughs). It was awesome!"</span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Check out the definitely interesting video below and check out our third interview with The Maine <a href="http://musicremedy.com/t/the-maine/album/interview-the-maine-9955.html">here</a>! We've been lucky enough to continuely catch up and keep up with the band for about a year now and hope to be able to continue to do so in the future!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-size: medium;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W64nBd-QEl0?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W64nBd-QEl0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-36127273605775288122010-11-17T09:48:00.000-08:002010-11-17T09:51:51.684-08:00New Band: Scattered Trees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCUiO67vJ2R1uZ6D02XK0t9AignD_J2JjJXUyiqrRbK51_Inv0zdaIMKQ6Tq7skvQBV3hzW1GP4aPq3RN8RhBsPhlLZUWs9sMcZwiBQU2EGsoH8lZGJMsL8iEq_IK5oZe17UucuSSLR8/s1600/scatteredtreesuptown.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540577831017899202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCUiO67vJ2R1uZ6D02XK0t9AignD_J2JjJXUyiqrRbK51_Inv0zdaIMKQ6Tq7skvQBV3hzW1GP4aPq3RN8RhBsPhlLZUWs9sMcZwiBQU2EGsoH8lZGJMsL8iEq_IK5oZe17UucuSSLR8/s320/scatteredtreesuptown.jpg" /></a><br /><div>So normally, especially when tired, sometimes I'll just click delete and delete and delete but today I luckily took a chance on a band called Scattered Trees and their first single is up in "Love and Leave". Check it out asap and we'll definitey be keeping in touch about this band. So talented, check them out! </div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-69381245886405167732010-11-16T07:12:00.000-08:002010-11-16T07:19:53.001-08:00New video from Pierce The Veil.So hey there guys! Times have been a wee crazy in Colleen's life covering shows, interviewing your favorite bands and serving tables but since I moved to Boston just on the 2nd I've sat down with The Summer Set, Stereo Skyline, Modsun, The Downtown Fiction, Austin Gibbs, Green River Ordinance, Needtobreathe, Bedouin Soundclash, Motion City Soundtrack, Saves The Day, Lights, Starshell and Far East Movement. Tomorrow? The Maine, Ace Enders and Carter Hulsey so be sure to keep your eye out for all of these interviews!<br /><br />I'm also going to be covering a few more tours to round up 2010 which is crazy to think about. Getting these top ten lists is insane and soon I'll be making up my lists as well but let's not get ahead of ourselves.There are still tours to cover this winter and one of the ones I'll be at is The Rise Family Tour and I'll be back with Pierce The Veil who I last caught up with at Warped this summer and I can't wait! The video and song for Caraphernelia is too good so check it out and thanks for always being awesome!<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FZVYOriINwc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FZVYOriINwc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-69763906509090039002010-10-25T14:59:00.000-07:002010-10-25T15:08:18.679-07:00Want me to review your record?!/"The Rainy Day Sessions" EP Review.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLlsM2Y0ZrFTHV3GBq0Q9nrQoDIVxxSV9TOB3tLtUZDo_-bGnX5ijpInZivNBMXrohtWnVALx_cnbTNvjICg5z9OyoP4xgaVzzddeVQzUJvq3a8gmTLZljaY6uAymSlkeQpK2MOoIdBk/s1600/ARTTM+-+Pub2+-+Eric+Ryan+Anderson.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532108966255938162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLlsM2Y0ZrFTHV3GBq0Q9nrQoDIVxxSV9TOB3tLtUZDo_-bGnX5ijpInZivNBMXrohtWnVALx_cnbTNvjICg5z9OyoP4xgaVzzddeVQzUJvq3a8gmTLZljaY6uAymSlkeQpK2MOoIdBk/s320/ARTTM+-+Pub2+-+Eric+Ryan+Anderson.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Hey dudettes! Like I say on repeat pretty much every week, I currently put a lot of my focus into working at Music Remedy covering sweet press events for you (in the works is Z100 Jingle Ball accreditation) along with just covering CMJ and constantly attending sweet shows in the Boston and Worcester area to do interviews with some of your favorite bands.<br />Something new I'm going to try and get back into though is steadily reviewing new records which I'll post here and on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.musicremedy.com">Music Remedy</a> as well. So, if you are an artist or in a band and you're interested in having me review the record, just shoot it over my way. Whatever gets sent me to, I will review the material and post it on BOTH websites. I've been trying to get back into doing these reviews on a regular basis and started it off today with a review of the new Rainy Day Sessions EP from A Rocket To The Moon. You can find it on MR <a href="http://musicremedy.com/a/a-rocket-to-the-moon/album/review-the-rainy-day-sessions-ep-9760.html">here</a>!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-32910252566232768812010-10-15T06:23:00.000-07:002010-10-15T07:00:49.534-07:00Interview: Hello Hollywood<div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKn2ZzMNQtMwcZATIGmuiiK7-1xjKjloAb_KtDWZeDmBOnxYdSj2bII64fbxRam-1KRhhwtJiK959xBy4o9Ljs2kYnEDxOqSO7FkgEc3DJDa2zQyJGjwhGv10GaH3Keg-s6OQiV7mPjeI/s1600/limo+shot.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528265095632030306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKn2ZzMNQtMwcZATIGmuiiK7-1xjKjloAb_KtDWZeDmBOnxYdSj2bII64fbxRam-1KRhhwtJiK959xBy4o9Ljs2kYnEDxOqSO7FkgEc3DJDa2zQyJGjwhGv10GaH3Keg-s6OQiV7mPjeI/s320/limo+shot.bmp" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div>So it's been a while since I've been able to post an interview on here just because of my commitment to <a href="http://www.musicremedy.com/">Music Remedy</a> and everyone but I wanted to try to get back into it again. I don't know what I'm thinking considering how crazy life has been lately but I wanted to give it a try and the first band to be on here is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hellohollywood">Hello Hollywood</a>. I missed doing interviews with fun pictures and everything so here we go! </div><div> </div><div>I first found Hello Hollywood when I was flipping through an issue of Alternative Press as one of the artists you should know/hometown heroes idea and after listening to a few tracks off their myspace, I definitely wanted to do an interview with them! The band first started in 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona and have grown in their scene to get to the point where they're currently recording their full length record after their great EP's that they have put out in the past. Read on for our exclusive interview with guitarist Stephen Simpson!</div><br /><div><strong>You've shared the stage with modern day scene favorites like The Maine and the Cab. If you could tour with any three dream bands, who would they be and why?</strong></div><div>I would have to say the Rocket Summer, Something Corporate and Jimmy Eat World. They're all extremely talented bands that I have looked up to for a long time. It would be amazing to tour with bands like I, and the rest of the guys, draw so much inspiration from. </div><br /><div><br /></div><div><strong>How did Hello Hollywood come to be?</strong></div><div>Mike and I started Hello Hollywood as an acoustic project after a band we were both in broke up. We wrote a couple songs and decided we wanted to be a full band, and just kinda ran with it. </div><br /><div><strong>Why Hello Hollywood for the name?</strong></div><div>Well, when Mike and I started everything we were originally called Hollywood High. When we decided to be a full band we wanted to change the name but really liked the HH initials.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qtefJt2kTAtbescHtnB-r5PTEGtlRoVKbe_zHmyJOLG60pxVJKPOn4pg260mQA-CAwB3KLroEI6guELRpZ5X6dm64Vlf0F9o7yMdCTOZhRybPyIdXP3B8VATZ6SGyKnW_DKuPBZ6MjM/s1600/late+nights+and+lovers.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528267870654664658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qtefJt2kTAtbescHtnB-r5PTEGtlRoVKbe_zHmyJOLG60pxVJKPOn4pg260mQA-CAwB3KLroEI6guELRpZ5X6dm64Vlf0F9o7yMdCTOZhRybPyIdXP3B8VATZ6SGyKnW_DKuPBZ6MjM/s320/late+nights+and+lovers.jpg" /></a> We tossed around some names and Hello Hollywood just stuck. </div><br /><div><strong>How does the band typically go about the songwriting process? Is it one person, more of a collective effort?</strong></div><div>Usually Mike and I will write something acoustic. Then we bring it to the other guys and we'll jam it full band, change some things and polish it up. Every song has everyone's creativity and input by the time it's done. </div></div><br /><div></div><div><div><strong>I read on your myspace blogs that you're working on a new record and it said you were recording this month. How is that process going? Is it looking like an EP or a full length?</strong></div><div>It's going extremely well. We've all grown a lot as people and as musicians over the past two years and you can certainly hear that in the new music. When we first went into the studio we planned on doing another EP but we all decided it was time to do a full length. </div><br /><div></div><div><strong>You've put out two EP's in the past. How has the fan's reception grown to the music?</strong></div><div>So far we've put out two EP's. We got a great response from the first EP we put out. The second EP was all acoustic with three acoustic renditions of older songs and three new ones. Having an energetic full band record and then a stripped down acoustic one really offers two sides to the band. I think that's helped us grab the attention of more fans. This record will definitely be a lot different then anything we've done in the past. We're excited to see how everyone takes it all in. </div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Through your myspace and online social media, you've really grown a huge fan base over North America (&more!). How do you believe online social media has really helped you guys?</strong></div><div>Social networking sites not only gives bands the opportunity to spread their music across the world, but to also connect with their fans on a more personal level. That's something we as a band really strive to do, and I can honestly say we enjoy doing. We try to spend as much time as we can interacting and getting to know our fans. That simple fact has greatly helped the success of our band. </div><br /><div></div><div><strong>What can fans look forward to with in these next few months from you guys? </strong></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXDIrYJjSxHh6Mz-_VJyQZZUICYUwnrinQCOdSFOLNetXYgv6OL-zNiojkdnxVgI-Qxr4RRZ5AUWov5u6FodLxogeaCSDewSeV-n5Qu-BOROAmzGPPP0igJfK2NrSofHUdC1phS5ka88/s1600/v133822r.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 203px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528271122662288274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXDIrYJjSxHh6Mz-_VJyQZZUICYUwnrinQCOdSFOLNetXYgv6OL-zNiojkdnxVgI-Qxr4RRZ5AUWov5u6FodLxogeaCSDewSeV-n5Qu-BOROAmzGPPP0igJfK2NrSofHUdC1phS5ka88/s320/v133822r.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Our new record! Which means a new single, new promos and a possible tour are all in the works!</div><div> </div><div><strong>What would you say is your favorite treat?</strong></div><div>Anything dark chocolate! I can't get enough of that stuff. </div><div> </div><div><strong>If you could do a music video for any of the tracks you've put out so far, which would you choose and what's the craziest concept you could think of?</strong></div><div>I'd say "Believe In Love". I would want to shoot it in New York City and have everyone walking around with shirts that say believe in love. Have it painted on cars, buildings, and us playing through out the city. I think that would be pretty sweet!</div><div> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-34369760596598705642010-10-14T20:11:00.000-07:002010-10-14T20:12:48.726-07:00Personal Post, what's that?Can't wait for the one day I'm covering of CMJ. Get to see several familiar faces in the boys in Tv/Tv, Postelles and Fake Problems with doing interviews with all three that night at their seperate shows and then attending a bit of the AP Art Exhibit opening along with hopefully seeing a bit of the Bad Books show & Dierks Bentley?<br /><br />wild card baby.cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-28778198843194613992010-10-13T19:04:00.000-07:002010-10-13T19:10:06.784-07:00The latest and the best.So unless you've been living under a rock, you know that the new BMTH record dropped this past week, that the new Punk Goes is dropping in November and so much more..and I've been in love with it all.<br />Over the past few months, my musical tastes have changed a lot and I think it's been through all of this work, all of these interviews, all these reviews and I've become way more of a harder music/heavier stuff fan. The new Bring Me record is AMAZING and I can't get enough of Asking Alexandria's cover for Punk Goes. It's little things but it's what I've been most involved in covering lately. Last night, I interviewed everyone on the Whitechapel tour and experienced my first full deathcore show (besides Miss May I) interviewing everyone on the line up all the way from I Declare War up to Whitechapel which all of will be going live this next week (after this week).<br />I'll also be out at CMJ on Wednesday and Thursday hopefully seeing some familiar faces and also catching some new acts I've been so into lately like Phoenix and seeing the Manchester Orchestra side project Bad Books. I'll also be interviewing the artists/musicians at the Alt Press opening the same night which you may have seen advertised in the new issue. Pretty much, life has been amazing and that's all and it's about to get even better since I'll be living in Boston starting November 1st. :)cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-13098049741027701262010-09-27T08:22:00.001-07:002010-09-27T08:25:41.488-07:00Real life? Kesha Releases?Let's just pause for a second.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure they are about ten posts or more on here that just talk about how lucky I feel and how much I'm thankful for everything I've gotten to achieve, everyone I've been able to meet and interview but life just got a little crazier. Over the past month or so I've recieved press releases/information about some of the biggest names in the game like Ke$ha, Justin Bieber himself and Usher.<br /><br />Oh life? I'm in love with you! Don't fear though I'm going to stay just as alternative as well but who wouldn't take these opportunities?cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-3473041422109071412010-09-20T09:03:00.001-07:002010-09-20T09:07:33.472-07:00They're the party in your bedroom.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGBC0KIk_EkEHIsGD-7TNlefesG2fmZdlyq1LO6sILUTPKqaUTshl_oZUC232ZBgVjTr4V3-KVSC2QUrGh1n30CaZ_8IHxOSF05QizVsx2hpQrvGI7f83Rj4pcpizvx1M9lOkPoKhcmM/s1600/cashcash.jpg.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGBC0KIk_EkEHIsGD-7TNlefesG2fmZdlyq1LO6sILUTPKqaUTshl_oZUC232ZBgVjTr4V3-KVSC2QUrGh1n30CaZ_8IHxOSF05QizVsx2hpQrvGI7f83Rj4pcpizvx1M9lOkPoKhcmM/s320/cashcash.jpg.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519027632725670018" border="0" /></a><br />If you've been reading this blog for a while slash my work on Music Remedy by now I'm sure you're well aware of who Cash Cash is. It's been a while since the boys have strolled through the area (can't believe it's been the better part of a year since our last interview!) but JP and the boys always make for a great show and are a great group to talk to!<br />They flew back onto my radar about a month ago where I saw they were opening on the latest Stereo Skyline headlining tour and since then I've heard all about everything from their "Forever Young" cover to their latest single to drop featuring Lacey Schwimmer and Spouse. Check out the new EPK the boys just released and believe me next time they come through I'll definitely bring a new interview to you!<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yai-dHjgh-0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yai-dHjgh-0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br />Thanks for always being awesome. If it weren't you for the readers, I'd never be doing this today!cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-55684303357540032712010-09-18T10:17:00.000-07:002010-09-18T12:17:15.156-07:00New.New.New.<span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">Ms. busy bee here reporting some new interviews for you! This year/summer has actually been some of my most productive times and that means new interviews pretty much every day and the latest three? </span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hotchellerae"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">Hot Chelle Rae</span></span></a><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/theaudition"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">The Audition</span></span></a><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"> and </span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/therefortomorrow"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">There for Tomorrow</span></span></a><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">!</span></span>
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<br /><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">The band jumped onto Warped tour just a few days after I did my press at the tour but lucky for me I had the opportunity to spend some time with the band at Six Flags just a month later! I did the typical interview routine with RK and Nash which can be seen </span></span><a href="http://musicremedy.com/h/hot-chelle-rae/album/interview-hot-chelle-rae-9501.html"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;">here</span></span></a><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"><span style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; font-size: 100%; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;"> but after the interview, I hit the roller coasters with the boys for the rest of the day leading up to their show! Catch the boys on the road with Parachute this fall and in the small clubs when you can. With the backing of Jive Records and their irrestible live shows, the boys are sure to be playing the bigger stages soon!</span></span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK8NLvlEGoIzIqa_5b9TmWuDF3FAHXcFH2riUp8e2nlGyAxBvG61SI5rXizYIKE0-QNhSACYNSb4dVzdPeGU6otelA_udZjga8sxFo9ADGTTjss44kNMrPLkSAEABPkc7q9YegkMSMUs/s1600/AUDITION+BABY.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK8NLvlEGoIzIqa_5b9TmWuDF3FAHXcFH2riUp8e2nlGyAxBvG61SI5rXizYIKE0-QNhSACYNSb4dVzdPeGU6otelA_udZjga8sxFo9ADGTTjss44kNMrPLkSAEABPkc7q9YegkMSMUs/s320/AUDITION+BABY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518325253977695906" border="0" /></a>I may be one of the biggest crusaders for the Chicago music scene there is just because I grew up there but one of my personal favorites from that scene is the pop punk quartet The Audition! I recently got the chance to sit down with the boy who provides lead vocals Danny Stevens where we talked about everything from what he may have been doing if he wasn't in the band to how they formed and it's all right <a href="http://musicremedy.com/t/the-audition/album/interview-the-audition-9452.html">here</a>!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeukQeE9z51wdF-M4NgcEKs5lE8xORfMDvHoRgZtdWHBVRHgmEEbWzVJXL9-Yvh7iaIdXhk-6gcGtdGfHfEAVQPmgYB1oADMCqytu9sOayP5wFBA04FFpFboJn8zrMMx3cPB3uf3bURo/s1600/TFT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeukQeE9z51wdF-M4NgcEKs5lE8xORfMDvHoRgZtdWHBVRHgmEEbWzVJXL9-Yvh7iaIdXhk-6gcGtdGfHfEAVQPmgYB1oADMCqytu9sOayP5wFBA04FFpFboJn8zrMMx3cPB3uf3bURo/s320/TFT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518333331582099986" border="0" /></a>Finally but definitely not least, over the last few months Music Remedy/me has had the chance to steadily stay in the loop with several bands including Hey Monday, A Rocket To The Moon and Anarbor but the most recent interview we've done is this next group There for Tomorrow. Since April, we've been getting the low down with the band and just did our third interview with the boys but for now read our introduction with Maika for everything There for Tomorrow that just got posted <a href="http://musicremedy.com/t/there-for-tomorrow/album/interview-there-for-tomorrow-9455.html">here</a>! We just caught up with the boys again two days ago so be sure to keep your eye out on the site and thanks for always coming back for more. I would be nowhere with out starting this blog and I'm even jumping to the next step of doing some video interviews soon along with Music Remedy so maybe this whole work at a restaurant all day, every day doesn't have to continue much longer :)
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I interviewed this next band back in February and their interview can be found on the website I work for <a href="http://musicremedy.com/v/view-from-an-airplane/album/interview-view-from-an-airplane-9020.html">here</a> but the reason for writing about them today?<br />Well they've been little busy bees and have put together a FREE downloadable acoustic EP and even though I'm just listening to the first song on it today it brings me back to the roots of what I listened to all the time when I was younger. It kind of reminds me of a more mature Just Left sounding record (who VFFA's producer Ace Enders also worked with) and definitely is something I'd recommend to you readers. Also, catch the boys doing some headlining dates along with some touring with Backseat Goodbye and Jonas In Color this next month and catch the video below promoting the EP.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/arPNxtem69U?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/arPNxtem69U?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br />(P.S. I'm pretty sure Nick may be one of the most adorable boys ever.Ssh, don't tell him!)<br /></div>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-18228271588561700172010-09-13T07:22:00.000-07:002010-09-13T07:36:12.234-07:00Latest Interviews up with Stereo Skyline & Anarbor!Two new interviews that I did just went live on Music Remedy and I hope you check them out! First up is one with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/stereoskyline">Stereo Skyline </a>that I did at Bamboozle Roadshow with the full band (including Clayton!) where we talked about everything from how they met Clayton to their plans for the future. They had a busy summer releasing their first full length record and had the Stuck On Repeat headlining tour! They are four polite adorable boys who made for a great interview which you can find <a href="http://musicremedy.com/s/stereo-skyline/album/interview-stereo-skyline-9443.html">here</a>!<br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zxN4cnyqqe4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zxN4cnyqqe4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />And next up is a follow up interview with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/anarbor">Anarbor</a> who we talked to back during the Bout Damn Tour in April! Even though it had only been a few months, plenty has happened for the boys including touring both the UK and Japan and dropping their first full length record even though they have been playing together since about 2003. The four piece have never changed their line up, have been together since middle school and always give a good interview! Read it <a href="http://musicremedy.com/a/anarbor/album/interview-anarbor-9445.html">here</a> and check out all their videos on the Hopeless Records youtube channel as they won't let embeds. I tried promise!cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376203979399673479.post-3180572824974261352010-09-12T12:14:00.000-07:002010-09-12T12:19:03.311-07:00A little update..So I'm trying something new with this blog. I took the time to read through it and there's definitely a little bit of natural progression. I first started it over a year and a half ago and it's crazy to go back through some of the entries, see who used to be on my dream list and now I've interviewed them etcetera. The excitement I had in the beginning which believe me is still there once again etcetera. So I'm changing it up and I'm making this my personal blog about my adventures, random pictures I take through out of everything including the one I put on this post. I'll be doing video updates, everything really. Like today, I'm going to do a write up through music videos of some milestones through it all!<br />Once again the point of me doing this is because Music Remedy is purely the interviews really and sometimes some really cool stuff happens or I find a band I really like from around here locally that maybe isn't the best fit for Remedy so hope you stick around!<br />So keep on coming back to read all about my adventures through all of this, follow, love, please :) xo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToM9a1R4MfPPbmOse2oarTFpP7YpwzftRqorRE4K8rYbUjNtS8XDmsQgef28NaEXhLgLdzMzbcwTxpklrIG2G3KbkoNyzO8ztSA-SotPyARQWPxpC0Fq1liU3QULaHYkEXQnZ4TilrCQ/s1600/me+%26+bryce+the+rocket+summer+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToM9a1R4MfPPbmOse2oarTFpP7YpwzftRqorRE4K8rYbUjNtS8XDmsQgef28NaEXhLgLdzMzbcwTxpklrIG2G3KbkoNyzO8ztSA-SotPyARQWPxpC0Fq1liU3QULaHYkEXQnZ4TilrCQ/s320/me+%26+bryce+the+rocket+summer+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516108123697751666" border="0" /></a>cojohns1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02355082205372675551noreply@blogger.com0