Return of the Neighbors

So.. this was our last band practice until the big gig. it was awesome. Everyone showed up, and we recorded two songs for MP3 (E-pro by Beck and Hot N' Cold by Katy Perry), and two songs on video (our first original song, Monster, by our bassist, Matt Martin, and Be My Escape Acoustic Version by Reliant K.) It was epic.

As you probably know, one of our neighbors, Greg, yelled at us last week at band practice.. But this time some random dude bought us two pizzas and cheesy bread from Lil Caesars! It was SOOO random. So now i have like.. a whole half a pizza in my fridge and 6 cheesy bread sticks. Whoo.

Terror Trail - Black Acre

Last Night, I went to Terror Trail at Black Acre for the 2nd year in a row with my friends Jody, Bryce, Andi, Micheal, and Adam.

Mixers Spontaniously Combust?

Yesterday... We rocked so f*cking hard... As soon as we hit our last chord of Dammit by Blink182... Our mixer... randomly burst into flames... The most epic and random day of the month, so far. It was amazing. He all just stared at it for a while, then Dad turned it off and it went away. We are very proud of ourselves...
On another note, NEW BACKDROP! :D on the left side of the wall. Graveyard. Looks epic. Photos coming later. Also, Fog Machine! and spotlights!

Videos From Last Practice
(Matt, our bassist wasn't there... :/ )


Peace.

Wordless Wednesday

Shut up! I know it's not Wednesday, but i wanted to join in the piece of shit fad and show off my peice of shit backdrop and bass drum.... You peice of shit.

Shit.

If You're 555...

So.. my last 9,000 posts has been about the band. So i wanted to do something different. Help me proof-read my personal narrative? It's pretty interesting. I saved someone's life actually. Ok Thanks! Here it is:
Heroes?By Richard Stottman


It was a nice, summer afternoon. I was inside playing guitar and Xbox. All the sudden, I heard barking outside. I climbed the stairs and opened the front door. As I looked up the street, I saw three gynormous dogs jogging down the street. One of them saw me, and barked. The other two looked up at me. I thought, “This can’t be good.” They started running full speed in my direction. I was paralyzed with shock and fear. They got closer and closer until…
They ran up on my front porch, tails waging, tongues panting, and noses sniffing. I sighed a big sigh of relief. I recognized them as belonging to a neighbor, and decided to do a good deed and take them back to their home.
I called up my friends, Matt and Ty, to help me. A 100 pound thirteen year old couldn’t possible walk three one hundred-fifty pound rotwieler-mix dogs half a mile. They came over and we hooked them up on some leashes and took off.
All was going well as we were walking down the street. All of us, including the dogs, were enjoying the walk. I had never taken control over such large dogs. I felt kind of nervous. The dogs let us pet them and were great on the leashes so we gave them treats. They were really nice, or so we thought…
As we rounded the last corner, we could see the house. We were sure we could make it; but then, a lady with her little curly-haired poodle-dog came around the corner. I gulped and quickened the pace. As we got nearer, the dogs started pulling on the leashes and barking at the poodle-dog. Then, Matt screamed, “WHAT THE…!” I looked back and saw the leash ripped from his hands. “Oh, crap!” I thought as my leash was ripped out of my hands, too.
As I was sprinting up towards the lady and her poodle-dog, I watched in horror as the huge dogs began to attack. By the time I got there, the lady was holding her poodle above her head and the big dogs were jumping at her and biting her arms. I kicked at a dog. It snarled and bared it’s teeth.
Matt and Ty arrived shortly after and attempted to get the other two dogs under control. Time slowed down as the dogs circled us and the poor lady holding her dog above her head. The three big dogs kept lunging forward and Ty, Matt, and I kept kicking them back. I don’t know how long this went on; one minute, or one hour.

I thought, “WE NEED TO GET INSIDE SOMEWHERE!” I instructed the lady to go bang on one of our neighbor’s door across the street. We formed a wall behind her and escorted her there. She was hysterical. It reminded me of an escort mission in a video game.
The neighbor opened the door, took one look at the dogs and realized our terrible situation. He quickly let the lady in. We stayed on the porch. The dogs calmed down and we pushed them back into their yard and shut the gate.
Meanwhile, Chevon, the lady with the poodle-dog, and the neighbor had called Animal Control to pick up the dogs. Chevon suffered serious bites and bruising. It turned out that a disgruntled co-worker of the owner had let out the dogs out of spite. Chevon proclaimed that we were heroes. She said we most likely saved her life and most definitely her dog’s life. She gave us all $25.00 GameStop gift cards to show her gratitude. Another lady called the news and asked them to write a story.
The Animal Control worker asked us all questions and we told him our story. He took the dogs away, and no one has seen the owners since. We heard that at least one of the dogs was put down. I am glad that we were there to save Chevon and her dog, but I will never walk three huge, vicious Rotwielers down the street again.

Song of the Day:\m/
Another post after I finish studying about the band!!! ROFL! peace.

Popped Your G-string!

Did you hear about the cellist who got arrested for pedophilia? He popped a g-string while figuring a minor! lololololol!!

Anyway.. Everyone's popping strings today! Meredith left her violin over and i though i would try it.. Got it out.. realized it was terribly out of tune.. Turned the peg a centimeter.. BLAM!!! An A-string came flying at me! Luckily, My ninja-like reflexes allowed me to dodge the incoming projectile. :P

and in orchestra today, some retard knocked over a cello and a string popped. Got a laugh out of that. (It won't cost the student or school any money; our school get's free string replacements)

So.. yeah. Been busy studying biology and human geography, working on two English projects, a Personal Narritive, Trying to bring my Algebra grade up, and practicing for the band! My head is spinning (right round lol) from all this shit. Barley have had time to hang out with Meredith or even log on youtube!! Havn't played piano in like.. 3 weeks! lol!

but yeah. I'll keep you updated.

Video of the Day:

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Band Practice

Band Practice was epic. Here's some videos we recorded.

(now with more cowbell and vocals that are actually audible..)

(also comes with cowbell)

This one's a fail...

Drums got too loud.. over-powered bass and guitar. and i need to work on my backing vocals - they suck :/

This one's pretty good. Vocals need a little work though.

So yeah. Good 1st practice with all the equipment. Very productive.

We had our first angry neighbor! We are so proud! he came out and he was like: "Hey! I have a new name for your band! 3 Cats Fighting! Or Your Hurting My Dog's Ears! Shut Up!"

Then we proceeded to write a short song called "Fuck you Greg, You Are a Douche." It's pretty catchy; I have to admit.

We also came out with our 1st original song, Monster. We will record it in 2 Weeks. We are going to write another 3 or 4 original songs, which will be at the end of every set. I'm about halfway done with mine.

So, yeah! It's coming along pretty good, I would say.

:D

WHOO!

So I got the order of which songs we will be playing and organized them.
Order of the songs on Halloween Night
1st Set:
1.E-Pro
2.In My Head
3. Be My Escape
4. Tick Tick Boom
5. Today

2nd Set:
6. Damnit
7. 99 Red Balloons
8. Shut Me Up
9. Know Your Enemy
10. A-Punk
11. Feel Good Inc. (Drop D)

3rd Set:
11. Your Guardian Angel
12. Superman
13. 100 Years
14. Simple and Clean

4th Set:
15. Don't Trust Me (Drop D, Guitar Only)
16. Hot n' Cold
17. Toxic
18. Oops I Did It Again (Drop C)

5th Set:
19. Beautiful People (Drop D)
20. Coming Undone (Drop D)
21. Afterlife (Drop D)
22. Walk (Drop D)
23. Duality (Drop B)


so yeah. lol. Got the sound system set up! it is AWESOME!! Check it out in the 3rd video!
I am so excited for our first full rehearsal tommorow! I'll be sure to film at least 3 songs. I'll post them on here, for you, too :D



BE THERE OR I'LL RIP OFF YOUR HEAD AND USE IT AS A DOOR KNOB!! LOL

Setlist, Show, Drums, etc.

This is our final Setlist. May make very small changes, but this is the main gist.
In My Head - Queens of the Stone Age
Damnit - Blink182
99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger
Hot N’ Cold - Katy Perry
Be My Escape - Reliant K
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Know Your Enemy - Green Day
Coming Undone - KoRn
Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
Shut Me Up! - Mindless Self Indulgence
Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Duality - Slipknot
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
Don’t Trust Me - 3Oh!3
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Tick Tick Boom - The Hives
E-pro - Beck
Simple and Clean - Utada Hikaru
Walk - Pantera
Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold
100 Years - Five for Fighting
Superman - Five For Fighting

This will be edited a lot. Songs to be learned by next practice:

Week 1
In My Head - Queens of the Stone Age
Damnit - Blink182
99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger
Coming Undone - KoRn
Shut Me Up! - Mindless Self Indulgence
Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (matt, you learn guitar chords, ivy, you learn bass, i will be on cello.)
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend

Week 2
Hot N’ Cold - Katy Perry
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Know Your Enemy - Green Day
Don’t Trust Me - 3Oh!3
Be My Escape - Reliant K
Duality - Slipknot
Tick Tick Boom - The Hives

Week 3
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
E-pro - Beck
Infected - Bad Religion
Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson

Week 4
Walk - Pantera
Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold
100 Years - Five for Fighting
Superman - Five For Fighting

Week 5Walk - Pantera
Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold
100 Years - Five for Fighting
Superman - Five For Fighting


and the show will be live and streaming on blogTV. http://www.blogTV.com/people/gorillazman57


So.. yeah. Probably getting drums sometime before Tuesday, via my neighbor, Matt. (Thanks SO much!) Just a standard set, nothing special. It'll work though. I'll be improving it x10 with a Cowbell attachment, though. :D Also, P.A. system, 2 Moniters, Mics, and Speakers. Have those about a week before Halloween. It's gonna cost round $150 bucks, but it will be worth it!
Also, you may want to share this link with your friends, http://www.BlogTV.com/people/gorillazman57 That is where you can see us playing LIVE!! It will be awesome!
So... yeah. We'll keep you updated. Add us on myspace!!! http://www.myspace.com/thinkharderband23