So, tomorrow, listen the WRSI 93.9FM (The River) between 5 and 6 pm to hear an interview and performance taped live in the studio that afternoon! Johnny Memphis asked us to stop by so we could chat and sing a tune or two. It should be really awesome! Make sure to tune in.
Also, so everyone knows. The Northampton Box Office gave out 25 unauthorized comp tickets to the Iron Horse show (which is now sold out!). We don't know who it is, but would very much like them to either pay for the tickets or return them. We'll have to pay the Iron Horse over $300 for the tickets if they don't return soon. It's a major bummer. We won't be getting money from this show (except for CD sales) it all goes to the Northampton Education Foundation. So.. come and buy CD's!
I will say the album art on the CDs is pretty cool. Rachel and I spent ours slaving over photoshop. We also had a fun time sneaking onto the roof at school (NHS administration don't get mad!) to take some cool pictures of the group.
Alright, see everyone Monday night!
In exactly 10 minutes our final reference CD will be on it's way to Utah where the pleasant people at ELS Productions will make us 200 copies of our brand new album! Ladies and gentlemen it's done and complete. Come and get your very own copy of the Northamptones: Secrets from Stairwell starting May 1st at our CD release concert (at The Iron Horse).
It's an understatement to say that much of our sweat and blood went into this thing! We've been slaving away in the studio with Wes for a while now and frankly, it sounds pretty freaking awesome.
Coming soon: Promo tracks and photos!
The Northampton Box Office site seems to be really odd. Sometimes the link works, but other times it doesn't The best bet is to click here and if you don't get the event, click the link again.
It's at the Iron Horse on May 1st, so the easier way might just be to find it from the main page of the site. You can also head over to Iron Horse site too and get it that way.
Alright. I think I have to give up the corny headlines. It's getting a little out of control. Anyway! People are telling my that we've been linked off the Iron Horse website, and checking my stat counter, we've already had over one hundred hits just from that site! That's pretty sweet. I'd love to get some more tracks up on the site. We've got three or four new songs now, but very informal recordings. They're from when we were playing around in the homemade recording studio. Maybe drop us a line if you want to see them on the site. The recordings are basically blooper reals.
We've had several very successful concerts in the last month or so! We discovered people like it when we dance, so we've been adding lots of moves to some of the songs we sing. The Iron horse is going to be pretty great. We've already got a couple juicy surprises! You have to get tickets fast, because this things sells out. It's an NEF benefit. Tickets are available online or, cheaper, at the Northampton Box Office (413) 586-8686. The chamber choir (in all their sweat-shirted glory) will also be performing! They sound amazing this year.
Last of all, we recorded our CD a couple weeks ago. The day was basically surreal. I think everyone at some point in their life should take a day off and sing for seven hours. It's good for you. Anyway, the recording was great and we'll start mastering this week. Remember to bring money for a CD to the Iron Horse! (It is our CD Release concert.)