tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75536682188776331092011-11-27T16:09:49.756-08:00Will B.noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-58816035303750580642010-01-18T18:15:00.001-08:002010-01-18T18:15:24.147-08:00

I've decide to look into getting new cymbals. I'm checking out the zildjian a custom series.

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-11965079676846483692010-01-08T18:56:00.000-08:002010-01-08T19:05:59.613-08:00

Today we went to look at a new sfx amplifier. But it just wasn't loud enough. I guess that's why its been on the shelf for 10 years. It's a Fender Satellite but it just wasn't Fender enough. It was fun to play with for the day but it didn't have the tubes I needed.Up next? I'm waiting on my Fender twin amp which is a real amp. This baby is no toy. It's the real deal corn meal!! But I have to wait

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-32482828136474750362009-06-07T09:18:00.000-07:002009-06-07T11:26:13.087-07:00

Wow.Just under 48 hours ago we would have spent Saturday at the drive in, or maybe playing some basketball, but around 2pm on Thursday I got a call from Chuck this booking agent/sound guy from Zanies Too in Indianapolis.I had e-mailed Chuck and offered to fill a spot on Saturday's show at the last minute - hoping for an opportunity to play. I didn't actually expect a reply, but Chuck came calling

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-56124581957699471882009-05-04T19:16:00.000-07:002009-05-04T19:21:40.208-07:00

Well my attempts at getting us a bigger show, and some new fans ended up with us falling flat on our faces. As soon as we showed up at Rhino's we found out that two of the bands had dropped out, and we would be playing with just an acoustic player. While we were excited to take the main stage -- we had no idea of the consequenses of not having other bands play.What we hoped would have been a

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-20592910599627351622009-04-22T00:13:00.000-07:002009-04-22T00:45:19.292-07:00

The struggle I speak of is one we all face - stupid f*#%ing cars! I was shocked the other afternoon when I found myself suddenly having to walk everywhere. On my way to drop off my new Vintage Ludwig drum set my car decided to die in a gas station parking lot, and has since not been able to start. This led to the past two weeks being an all out search for a vehicle before our show at Drifty's on

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-22666216551526418172009-03-03T16:27:00.000-08:002009-03-03T16:56:14.606-08:00

Editor's Note: For a copy of the radio show visit: http://www.zannel.com/americansyndromeWe gathered at our usual practice spot to pack the gear up. We had planned to play but Matt felt like he was getting sick again, and he decided he didn't want to rough up his voice practicing for the radio show. This upset Eric a little who wanted to go over a few spots in a few songs before going live on the

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-79327583241416973322009-02-11T23:22:00.000-08:002009-02-11T23:29:01.836-08:00

Please join us next Wednesday February 25th, 2009 @ 9:30pm on WFHB. Please don't panic you do not live in the Bloomington(IN) area, you can also listen online. Try dialing into one of these stations: (91.3 FM | 98.1 Bloomington | 100.7 Nashville | 106.3 Ellettsville).If you live outside of those area's, please visit the WFHB website, or follow this link: Listen to WFHB ONLINE.Check back for more

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-82756534148464451682009-02-11T23:13:00.000-08:002009-02-21T04:34:07.244-08:00

This weekend happens to be a return to the place where we almost got electrocuted the first time we played a live show. It's the home of the house party, the beer chug, the metal in a microwave. We're to gather with 4 other bands and play 45 minute sets. We've planned to wear some sort of gangster outfits, and we're playing a whole bunch of new material. We've spent the past few weeks to try and

Will B.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-87067587554997604672009-01-02T01:20:00.000-08:002009-01-02T01:38:24.353-08:00

"What the fuck?""Someone left us some 'shine as a tip?!""How the hell did they do that?"That's how 2009 started for me. Sitting in a truck with Matt, Nate, Jessika on my lap, and by some sort of strange mystery a bottle of moonshine in a 12oz. jar.This story, actually starts two weeks ago when I had been trying to book the band for a December 26th show at Uncle Festers. I had friends from high

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-80807472455877795852008-12-18T22:59:00.000-08:002009-01-02T01:20:07.517-08:00

We've recorded ourselves a number of times. Infact the whole band came about because Matt had gone to a studio and recorded a 22 - 24 track CD with his acoustic songs. Today was different though. Today we'd be going into a studio, and we would be leaving as recording artists.I know it sounds cheesy, but it's how I felt. Without any recordings of our band to this date, we had been continually

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-61879889497615090632008-10-29T13:58:00.000-07:002009-01-12T11:06:20.332-08:00

So the Hell Barn was almost the experience we hoped for. The stage was built on to making it larger, and we built a full bar that was well stocked with about 8 gallons of liquor. We had two kegs, and some awesome decorations.Kermit the frog, which spent several years inside my bass drum, was hung by a noose, and had a knife stabbed into him.The stage was lined with hay from the barn, and another

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-52254631786801472302008-08-15T12:22:00.000-07:002009-01-02T00:57:31.754-08:00

Somewhere in this mess of random functions, practice, and my day job I've been unable to keep up with what's been going on.As a recap: We played a party called Summerfest. It went well, but after the 3 of us waited for our turn to play a second set I think we all got a little frustrated at each other, and ended up taking about a 2 week break.By the time we got back together we were setting out on

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-20093239323076265212008-07-10T06:41:00.000-07:002009-01-12T11:11:30.169-08:00

It's funny to me [now] that I spent last Sunday hanging out thinking how funny it would be to get in the Herald Times newspaper. My brother John joked we should go cause some chaos in downtown Bloomington to get arrested and make sure that it got reported as "band members from American Syndrome," and you make up the story from there. However to me the real story was a lot better.I got off work

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-7475159306737748762008-06-14T07:39:00.000-07:002009-01-12T11:10:58.375-08:00

"Eric is going to have to start helping with this night shift part of the job!" Or at least, that's how I feel when it's 4am, and Matt and I are the only one's unloading equipment. My annoying dog doesn't help - it would be nice if she would carry something!I've been up since around 11am Saturday morning waiting for Eric, and Matt to come over and pick the equipment up then head out to Brown

Will B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553668218877633109.post-33487745819966680212008-06-06T05:29:00.000-07:002009-01-12T11:10:40.372-08:00

Some might use the word soiled, but after having so much fun we could only call the mud on our gear "character." 12 hours after setting up I finally got home and got to get some sleep. A few hours later Matt woke me up and reminded me that we had to go get our equipment.The night had been intense, beginning with a race against time as a storm rolled in and we packed our gear, and prayed we could

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