Time Capsule

I just climbed out and it's September! What a shock. I heard it was hot in Portland over the last couple months. Glad I missed that.

So what's going on? Still fighting the good fight with music. Nick's interning at Big Red Studio and we've worked on a couple things there with good results. Like the best sounds we've ever been responsible for.

Over the summer we played a lot of cover gigs to raise money. It was fun at first, but with the same audience week after week expecting new material one gets a bit worn out. Forty-five or so songs is a lot of lyrics to learn. But it made us a better band and filled our band account so I can't complain too much.

There are three gigs coming up: One is here in Portland in two days. I put up some posters at all the local record shops and a couple music shops. I don't know how much that helps but I do it anyway. When I visit music stores like Everyday Music I glance at the posters to see if there are shows I hadn't heard about that I would like to see. Eventually when I see local band posters enough times I remember the names and recognize them when they're listed in the paper. Hopefully that's how it's working for us.

The next gig is in Eugene during Welcome Week at the U of O. I emailed the radio stations of both U of O and Oregon State in hopes of getting some songs played before our show. I'm going to do the poster thing as well, maybe visit and put them up personally. I think it's a good opportunity to get some college people into the band and get some CD's floating around a new town. If there is anyone reading with ideas feel free to share.

Until next time,

Tim