The new website design is underway. Once I get some stuff straightened out I'll post it. Hopefully, I'll get most of it up by next week, at least that's the goal.
Other news, we're hopefully going to record a new demo this week and have that done soon. It'll be 3 songs and take the place of the 3 already on MP3.com. So keep the lookout for that and if you're interested in the songs already there, take advantage of it before it's too late.
More recent news from Smooth Ride. Check out our full demo at mp3.com. Here's the link.
Other important news, Chris just got us a new recorder that will produce amazing quality sound cds for our follow up to 'Been Talking About Ya' which will begin recording probably in May. We've basically finalized what's going on the disc and are going to tighten up the songs from now until then. Hopefully we'll also be playing some shows between now and then as well.
Well, it's been a long time, a really long time. I'm sure the few of you who visit our page are wondering what the hell we're doing. Not much, not much at all. We've only gotten to see each other a few times since Matt went back to school and the huge piles of snow that have fallen and things have kept everyone on their toes lately.
We have seen each other a few times lately and are working on playing a show out at Salisbury State on the 16th. It's just a little battle of the bands, but we'll see how it goes. After that it's back to the grind of working on new stuff. Considering we're still at 6 and are aiming for at least 10, we're going to start plugging away at the new ideas the 4 of us have lying around in our heads.
With all that said, hopefully we'll stop being lazy bastards and start booking some shows as you can't really become a band with fans unless people hear you. I guess we'll see with what the upcoming months hold. I'll be updating next week, this time I promise, as I want to get some semblance of things going on. Until then....
Happy New Year to everyone. Hope that all your goals and wishes for this year will come true. In Smooth Ride land we have some news on songs. We're up to 6 new songs, the last of which the lyrics are being penned as this is being typed. The 3 most recent which haven't been heard live yet, Vegas, Broken Dreams, and Coming Home, are songs we are really excited about. We think that our sound is becoming more refined and much better sounding.
Our goal is 10 songs before we record again, that and hoping Chris finds a house, best of luck to that, stupid realtors. Hopefully we'll have 10 songs within January, February at the latest. Which puts recording any time after that. We're just going to have to play that by ear. We're also looking to do some kind of shows, I'm sure. But at least new material is coming along pretty well. Nick's in Canada and I'm going to begin the hopefully good transformation of the site soon too. That's all for now, back to regular life.
No major news to report. Thanks to FX 120, Any Two Words, Samadhi and umm..whatever they want to be called for the 21st show. The show went well, we had like 50 people come out. Now I guess we're looking for shows to be booked for january and onwards.
Otherwise, I'm waiting on a graphics guy to start laying down the groundwork for the new site. Hopefully I'll get something going relativly soon. The sooner the better, but until I get time/graphics, only thoughts can be laid out.
Lastly, Merry Christmas to all the people who actually come check out our site and us play live. We've had a really great year with all the different things we've had going on, but it's been pretty productive and turned out well. Hopefully next year will be just as good, if not better. We'll be able to turn out more songs, hopefully record again, and play a larger scale of shows. But back to the Christmas wishes....have a great christmas, enjoy family time, eat some good food, drive safely, be good and don't do anything that...ummm..Nick wouldn't do..as he doesn't do much. That's all for now.
Time for some more updates. As per request, all of our excessive amounts of Matt's obsessive women, have disappeared from the site. Granted before long I expect a new design, layout and whatnot to all be done or at least worked on. Possibly before the new year it'll see the light of day.
Aside from that, we've been preparing for the show on the 21st, hope everyone comes out. To the individual bios I added AIM screen names to IM us on. That and Mark's e-mail changed. Aside from that, I'm going to begin the planning stages of the newer, slightly improved, version of the Smooth Ride website! I'll alert everyone of progress as time goes on.
Another update! I just checked the message board....wow. You'd think people like us or something...weird. We played at Fletcher's last night.
Hold on let me repeat that.
WE PLAYED AT FLETCHER'S LAST NIGHT!!!!
Ok. I'm back. The show was incredible...minus some aspects, but we won't go there. We had a lot of fun and we got an incredible reception. Thanks to everyone that came out and really made us feel like we were...something special. That was a truly amazing feeling. We also want to give thanks to "A Better Side of Chaos" for being cool at the show and on our little board. For everyone reading my typing, go check 'em out at http://bettersideofchaos.cjb.net. They'll appreciate it, I'm sure...unless they don't like people.
Aside from that, we have all the information up for the 21st show. Hopefully lots of people will come out and check us and the other bands out. It should be a really great show. Aside from that....I don't think we have anything else to really add..for now.
Day Two of updates. Added all of the lyrics to "Been Talking About Ya" to the music section. I'll try to type up some more either out of memory to finish that up. I may also begin work on the alleged blank merchandise section later too. That's all I'm aiming for today but we'll see what happens.
Another month gone by time for another update. We were doing so good about updating in July...then we went downhill. Anyway, for the news front we've added some speculative shows that are hopefully indeed coming up. As well as adding whatever new songs we've concocted to the music section. We have been practicing on a "as frequent as Matt comes home" schedule which is ever weekend or every other weekend. Songs are starting to come together nicely though and maybe we'll record again one day but for now we're trying to play anywhere in front of anyone, except maybe....ahem. So once we book and play some more shows, we'll get T-shirts and more cds, once we do that we'll record more cds and provide more music to the masses. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have something aside from the simple updates done. If not shoot me a vicious e-mail and that'll motivate me to the right kind of behavior.
Hmm...what can I say...I'm lazy. The site hasn't been updated in nearly 2 months. For those of you whom may care, yes, we are still a band and yes, we are still practicing. Granted it's not as much thanks to Matt going away to school, but when he comes home we practice. We are trying to regain some momentum and start booking for the end of October on through the new year. So if you want us to play drop us a line and we'll try to work something out. Once we get some shows, check for latest updates and come check us out. We are also tossing around a T-shirt idea, which is strange considering we have to play shows to sell shirts and right now our show-o-meter reads 0. So if or when that takes place we'll have cds and shirts to sell when we play, which will hopefully start taking form more often.
Aside from that, expect some more updates to the song section. I already organized it by how things are played, with the CD, upcoming works, covers, etc. I may add another section or so this week and add some lyrics. I may add a very blank merchandise section too, since a couple people may want a cd but since we have a 0 on the show-o-meter can't get it. I have a fairly simple solution called "e-mail us and we'll send you a cd or find somehow to get one to you." It's fairly simple and rather self-explanatory so I won't get into that. Aside from that, that's it for now. Expect this week for me to have some stuff done...hopefully
Indeed the pictures are up, shows tightened up, updated bios, and the links will be done in a little while. Lyrics will be up either tonite or tomorrow check back then
Hey guys, sorry for the long ass wait between updates but I've been lackluster and busy all at the same time. I'm adding 2 pictures from the hall show we had 2 saturdays ago, thanks for all who showed up. I'll add some information about the show coming up and make that page straight. The band bio should be up today or tomorrow and the links will be reformatted to be neater looking too. Also, some of the lyrics and stuff should be put up. That's all for now...
changed the entrance around to make the entrance look all spiffy. We also have another show added on the 10th of August...more information as it comes in. All the pics are up in the pics section..bios all nice and neat...
added some photos, working on taking away and adding more photos. Going to make a new front page so the darned counter doesn't go speeding way up. I'm also going to redo the links section and the music section adding some songs and lyrics and that kind of stuff. Adding a couple of new sections too. Hopefully between today and tomorrow it all gets taken care of...let's see how the motivation goes....and a special thanks to "the Secret tipster"...a lot of help that was...not sure if you were being sarcastic either...being clear about your motives would be great...anyway...off to website building I go.
We played our first show as Smooth Ride this past week at Plugged In. We think we did great but turnout was only around 30 people, hopefully in upcoming shows we'll turn out a larger crowd. Thanks to F.U.A. and Sneaky Little Somebody. Other news and some quite *BIG* news at that. Chris has gotten himself a Whale Blue PRS and a Mesa Dual Rectifier to go with it. Congrats to him on getting some awesome gear. Hopefully in the coming few days I'll have everything done on the site that's looking to get done for the moment. Until then...adios!
The website is up and running. E-mails are on individual bios and a band e-mail is up too. We have a counter and a guestbook to check out too. Look for lyrics and sound samples up tomorrow or thursday. We're booking now!
The website is currently being finished and tweaked up. We're hoping to have it up by tonite or tomorrow, granted it's irrelevant as no one will read this until it's up. In other news, we have our debut cd being pressed and *WILL* be available at our first show...this friday. Go to shows for more information.
"The Money Shot" will be featured as the theme song for a student film of the same name, the song basically describes the film. The film is written and directed by Art Hall, more information can be found at,Buckwilde.com .