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12.10.10
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5.9.10
The Future of the Music Video
Arcade Fire recently launched TheWildernessDowntown.com. If you haven’t seen it: go do so. This brilliant concept and collaboration with Google is a revolutionary step for the music video as we know it.
What makes something revolutionary? A revolution is “a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving.” What Arcade Fire, Google and Chris Milk have done is to bring the viewer inside the video itself. This is drastic. But a revolution is not just about being drastic, this video is far reaching in every sense. What does this bring about for the future? This creates ideas, technology and inspiration for later videos. It sets the bar to a whole new level
Though I’m going on and on about Arcade Fire’s concept - it is not the first jump into augmented reality videos. I’m talking of course about John Mayer’s “Heartbreak Warfare” video. Seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZtRHVMcZjI
Per it’s own description on the video: Flash Augmented Reality (FLAR) is a way of creating a digital hologram in 3D space by holding up a marker to your computer's camera and activating a special piece of Flash software. As you can see in this video, I'm holding up a piece of paper with the designated marker (in this case a broken heart), and the video of John Mayer follows it around the screen, and even tilts in 3D space!
People have the ability to come up with so many ideas from these forward leaps, i.e. What if you had to put a picture of yourself in the video, and the singer was singing to YOU? What if you were to design the space the artists were actually performing in?
What steps would you like to see in music videos? How would you feel most involved?
Let us know!
ML,
- Marjorye
11.6.10
Lyrical Subjects and Stuff...
Hey guys,
Spence here, just checkin' in! So if you've been in touch with us online recently you've heard about our cool "Tunes for 10,000" game. We're really getting a LOT more likes and we CAN'T WAIT to give away our acoustic record!
Next from me is that I'm writing a bunch of new lyrics and I can write about different things all day, but I would really love to hear some suggestions! I know it's different for everyone, but for me I feel like I can write lines about anything; it's the idea that inspires me. I want to write about something that is close to your heart!!!
So, my plan is if you get back to us with ideas, I'll write something based on that and we may end up using it for WD-HAN lyrics!
Can't wait to hear your ideas!
Rock on,
Spencer
Spence here, just checkin' in! So if you've been in touch with us online recently you've heard about our cool "Tunes for 10,000" game. We're really getting a LOT more likes and we CAN'T WAIT to give away our acoustic record!
Next from me is that I'm writing a bunch of new lyrics and I can write about different things all day, but I would really love to hear some suggestions! I know it's different for everyone, but for me I feel like I can write lines about anything; it's the idea that inspires me. I want to write about something that is close to your heart!!!
So, my plan is if you get back to us with ideas, I'll write something based on that and we may end up using it for WD-HAN lyrics!
Can't wait to hear your ideas!
Rock on,
Spencer
28.5.10
Tunes for 10,000!!!
GET FREE MUSIC!!! We're announcing "Tunes for 10,000" for people becoming fans of our facebook page! Basically, we're shooting for 10,000 and when we hit that mark, all 10,000 people will receive a specially recorded acoustic record for FREE!!!!
So, for free music, become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/wdhanmusic!!!
17.5.10
Cal's Favorite Guitar Album(s) of the Moment #2!
Hello again everyone! Here's the second of many of my favorite guitar albums:
This one is by a bluesman who's been around since the 80's. I only just started listening to his music after I heard a cover of the song "Back Door Slam" on youtube. It just so happens to be one of the greatest blues songs of all time. No lie. Pure truth. After hearing it-, I was hooked.
This guy even has his own Fender Signature Series Strat! And rightly so! After you hear this album, you'll agree too. :)
The album is: The Robert Cray Band / Live from Across the Pond. Track listing is: Phone Booth, Poor Johnny, Our Last Time, Right Next Door (Because of Me), 12 Year Old Boy, I Guess I Showed Her, The Things You Do to Me, I Was Warned, Twenty, Bad Influence, The One in the Middle, Back Door Slam, Time Makes Two and I'm Walkin'.
This two-disc collection shows Cray at his best at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005.
My faves are: Phone Booth (when he starts his second solo, stops and says "It's freezin' out here" and then continues soloing - wow!), Poor Johnny, (of course) Right Next Door (Because of Me), 12 Year Old Boy, Back Door Slam (one of my favorite blues songs) and I'm Walkin' (a fantastic song to end the CD with).
There you go, enjoy! Play it loud when you're driving, when you're at your house, everywhere!
Until next time,
Cal
This one is by a bluesman who's been around since the 80's. I only just started listening to his music after I heard a cover of the song "Back Door Slam" on youtube. It just so happens to be one of the greatest blues songs of all time. No lie. Pure truth. After hearing it-, I was hooked.
This guy even has his own Fender Signature Series Strat! And rightly so! After you hear this album, you'll agree too. :)
The album is: The Robert Cray Band / Live from Across the Pond. Track listing is: Phone Booth, Poor Johnny, Our Last Time, Right Next Door (Because of Me), 12 Year Old Boy, I Guess I Showed Her, The Things You Do to Me, I Was Warned, Twenty, Bad Influence, The One in the Middle, Back Door Slam, Time Makes Two and I'm Walkin'.
This two-disc collection shows Cray at his best at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005.
My faves are: Phone Booth (when he starts his second solo, stops and says "It's freezin' out here" and then continues soloing - wow!), Poor Johnny, (of course) Right Next Door (Because of Me), 12 Year Old Boy, Back Door Slam (one of my favorite blues songs) and I'm Walkin' (a fantastic song to end the CD with).
There you go, enjoy! Play it loud when you're driving, when you're at your house, everywhere!
Until next time,
Cal
11.5.10
Please sir, can I have s'mores?
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a s’mores cookie that is 6 inches in diameter.
You know you’re jealous.
Love,
Spence
29.4.10
Tumblr!
Hey gang,
Just checkin' in which'all to let you know that WD-HAN now has a tumblr page!
You can find us at http://wdhan.tumblr.com!
Hope to see you there!
Love,
Spence
Just checkin' in which'all to let you know that WD-HAN now has a tumblr page!
You can find us at http://wdhan.tumblr.com!
Hope to see you there!
Love,
Spence
30.3.10
12.3.10
Do you know anyone who lives here?? Battle of the Bands Voting Gets Stepped Up!
Hey everyone,
You’ve been great by getting out there and voting for us - and we do appreciate what you’ve been doing!
Pasco Library System has thrown in a curve ball to help us get some extra points. If we win the most extra points we get to decide what time we play for the live battle on March 26th!
Here's how we win... They will be awarding points for any bands that get votes from states or countries where they have not yet had any votes come in. This means we need your help to actively recruit new friends or get existing people to target voters from the desired places.
The contest will begins TODAY and runs through the next Friday, 3/19, at 11:59pm.
You’ve been great by getting out there and voting for us - and we do appreciate what you’ve been doing!
Pasco Library System has thrown in a curve ball to help us get some extra points. If we win the most extra points we get to decide what time we play for the live battle on March 26th!
Here's how we win... They will be awarding points for any bands that get votes from states or countries where they have not yet had any votes come in. This means we need your help to actively recruit new friends or get existing people to target voters from the desired places.
The contest will begins TODAY and runs through the next Friday, 3/19, at 11:59pm.
19.2.10
Pasco libraries woo teens with battle of the bands
By Helen Anne Travis, Times Staff Writer
Crashing cymbals. Rock guitar. Heavy metal lyrics.
Welcome to your local library.
This week Pasco County libraries kick off the online component of their annual Rockus Maximus battle of the bands competition. Each week, the libraries will debut a new video featuring the eight competing bands participating in interviews, promoting causes and playing prerecorded gigs in the library.
Voters have until the week of the big concert showdown next month at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills to decide which band has the best online presence.
Expiry, a pop-punk band from Lehigh Acres, traveled four hours to Hudson to film a gig at the library last month.
The band jammed out in the young adult section.
"It's kind of funny that we're allowed to play music in a library where normally people would shush you," Expiry guitarist Chase Keenan, 18, said.
Funny, but necessary, said Paul Stonebridge, 31, libraries teen services manager who helps run the competition (This year's theme: "We Ain't Dead Yet … ").
"Libraries are not going to stay alive if they're just about books," he said. "We have to stay relevant and meaningful to all age groups in order to exist."
The libraries started the battle of the bands 13 years ago in an effort to reach the local youth demographic. In 2008, they tapped into the growing social networking movement with promotions on myspace.com and youtube.com.
Stonebridge calls it "library 2.0."
An episode with a different theme will be posted online each week until the March 26 concert. Band members — mostly high school students or recent graduates — answer questions like "Who is the diva in the group?" and "If one of you had to lose an arm, who would it be and why?"
Bands promote social causes like VH1's Save the Music or antidrug groups. They participate in challenges in which members have to eat a beet juice and sardine milkshake or try to pick their friends' noses.
"They didn't have to eat it, of course," Stonebridge said.
The shows are a hit. The first year, more than 7,000 voters logged in from around the world and the concert attendance tripled to 600 spectators.
Afterward, nearly twice as many kids showed up for the library's teen programs. In the months around the competition, Stonebridge said, 12 percent more teens signed up for library cards — required for admission to the battle of the bands showdown.
Who knew rock music would get kids to the library?
"I think it's kind of capturing the youthful idea of rebellion in a way," said Aaron Meekcoms, 20, the guitar player for Clearwater classic rock band WD-HAN, which is participating in the event.
"It's like with little kids when you hide the vegetables in something delicious," Stonebridge said.
Last month, the concert's success over the years nabbed the library system the John Cotton Dana Award, one of the most coveted national awards given by the American Library Association.
Bands from outside the county were invited to participate for the first time this year. Stonebridge said the goal is to make the concert a regional, maybe even statewide or national, event.
Helen Anne Travis can be reached at htravis@sptimes.com or (813) 435-7312.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: WD-HAN is one of the bands participating in Pasco libraries' battle of the bands. The band name was misspelled in the original version of this story.
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The MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries.
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors can vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
IF YOU GO
Get your card first
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors may vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries
Crashing cymbals. Rock guitar. Heavy metal lyrics.
Welcome to your local library.
This week Pasco County libraries kick off the online component of their annual Rockus Maximus battle of the bands competition. Each week, the libraries will debut a new video featuring the eight competing bands participating in interviews, promoting causes and playing prerecorded gigs in the library.
Voters have until the week of the big concert showdown next month at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills to decide which band has the best online presence.
Expiry, a pop-punk band from Lehigh Acres, traveled four hours to Hudson to film a gig at the library last month.
The band jammed out in the young adult section.
"It's kind of funny that we're allowed to play music in a library where normally people would shush you," Expiry guitarist Chase Keenan, 18, said.
Funny, but necessary, said Paul Stonebridge, 31, libraries teen services manager who helps run the competition (This year's theme: "We Ain't Dead Yet … ").
"Libraries are not going to stay alive if they're just about books," he said. "We have to stay relevant and meaningful to all age groups in order to exist."
The libraries started the battle of the bands 13 years ago in an effort to reach the local youth demographic. In 2008, they tapped into the growing social networking movement with promotions on myspace.com and youtube.com.
Stonebridge calls it "library 2.0."
An episode with a different theme will be posted online each week until the March 26 concert. Band members — mostly high school students or recent graduates — answer questions like "Who is the diva in the group?" and "If one of you had to lose an arm, who would it be and why?"
Bands promote social causes like VH1's Save the Music or antidrug groups. They participate in challenges in which members have to eat a beet juice and sardine milkshake or try to pick their friends' noses.
"They didn't have to eat it, of course," Stonebridge said.
The shows are a hit. The first year, more than 7,000 voters logged in from around the world and the concert attendance tripled to 600 spectators.
Afterward, nearly twice as many kids showed up for the library's teen programs. In the months around the competition, Stonebridge said, 12 percent more teens signed up for library cards — required for admission to the battle of the bands showdown.
Who knew rock music would get kids to the library?
"I think it's kind of capturing the youthful idea of rebellion in a way," said Aaron Meekcoms, 20, the guitar player for Clearwater classic rock band WD-HAN, which is participating in the event.
"It's like with little kids when you hide the vegetables in something delicious," Stonebridge said.
Last month, the concert's success over the years nabbed the library system the John Cotton Dana Award, one of the most coveted national awards given by the American Library Association.
Bands from outside the county were invited to participate for the first time this year. Stonebridge said the goal is to make the concert a regional, maybe even statewide or national, event.
Helen Anne Travis can be reached at htravis@sptimes.com or (813) 435-7312.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: WD-HAN is one of the bands participating in Pasco libraries' battle of the bands. The band name was misspelled in the original version of this story.
------------------------------------------------------
The MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries.
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors can vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
IF YOU GO
Get your card first
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors may vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries
12.2.10
Class Project Earth (Acoustic) Scratch Track up on Facebook!
That's right! You can hear a scratch recording of Class Project Earth played acoustically by Cal, Aaron and Spence on our facebook page: http://facebook.com/wdhanmusic.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Check it out and let us know what you think!
16.12.09
"Local Band WD-Han Releases First Album"
Tampa Bay rock band WD-Han (which stands for “We Don’t Have A Name”) released their album Class Project Earth to a full house at Pangea Café in Downtown Clearwater on December 4th.
WD-Han's Class Project Earth gives a more extended look into the bands music. The songs have a place for everyone as they're a solid mix of a great set of genres. From rock to classic rock, blues to funk this album is a roller coaster of sound, emotion and communication.
An acoustic act with Steve Valtin and Jessica Greenwood opened the show at Pangea and set the atmosphere and by the time they ended, everyone was ready for the band who "doesn't have a name." With nearly 90 people at the show, the professionalism and enthusiasm was a refreshing look at what live music should be.
WD-Han played a full hour of originals, covers (Jet, Jimi Hendrix and Third Eye Blind to name a few) and even combinations of both. They were interactive with the audience, telling jokes on top of playing great music.
For more information on WD-Han and to hear their music, visit www.wdhan.com
Article posted on the Tampa Bay Informer - "The Good News Newspaper"
5.12.09
EP Show Last Night / Winter Wonderland Today
Hey all,
Thank you SO much to those who made it out last night. It made last night unforgettable and was one of our best shows ever - you made it that way!
If you have photos that you took from last night, e-mail them in to wdhanmusic@gmail.com - We're going to make an album of fan photos and have a voting contest for the best one. The winner will get a custom WD-Han t-shirt!
NEXT. Is that today we will be playing at Winter Wonderland (unless it starts raining really hard again...) at 4pm! It's a FREE show and a follow up to last night. So if you want to come party hardy with us again, for free, then meet us there!
We love you all in the best ways possible and really want to make sure that you understand how much it means to us when you come out to see us!
Enjoy your EPs and see you at the shows,
WD-Han
Thank you SO much to those who made it out last night. It made last night unforgettable and was one of our best shows ever - you made it that way!
If you have photos that you took from last night, e-mail them in to wdhanmusic@gmail.com - We're going to make an album of fan photos and have a voting contest for the best one. The winner will get a custom WD-Han t-shirt!
NEXT. Is that today we will be playing at Winter Wonderland (unless it starts raining really hard again...) at 4pm! It's a FREE show and a follow up to last night. So if you want to come party hardy with us again, for free, then meet us there!
We love you all in the best ways possible and really want to make sure that you understand how much it means to us when you come out to see us!
Enjoy your EPs and see you at the shows,
WD-Han
12.11.09
WD-Han EP Release Show!
WD-Han's EP, Class Project Earth, is FINALLY here and we are ready to release it and rock out this night!! Are you??
- 9:00 PM
- Pangea Cafe (Downtown Clearwater)
- All Ages
- NEW Music/Merch
- Price of Admission INCLUDES a copy of the EP!
Why you should go:
1. AWESOME music!
2. AWESOME people!
3. AWESOME food/drinks/place!
4. AWESOME EP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See you there, we <3 you ALL!
(P.S. Here are the definitions for EP and LP to help clear up any confusions!
EP - Extended Play - A CD with 3-7 songs on it designed to give you the taste of a band. This is called an extended play because it is one step up from a Single (which has 1-2 songs on it), and thus give a more extended look into the bands music.
LP - Long Play - A long play CD is a full album. It is designed to fully capture that bands period of growth. It can have as many songs as the band desires. HISTORY: LP's were originally all vinyl records that only spun at 331/2 revolutions per minute.)
4.11.09
"Rockstar Status" an Interview with Forrest
How did you know when you achieved Rockstar Status?
Well lets be honest, that is a trick question isn't it? I mean, is there really just one level of Rockstar Status? No, there are literally thousands of Sub-Strata in that one word "Rockstar Status". So here is what I am going to do for you, I am going to re-write our question appropriately... "How did you know when you achieved the highest level of Rockstar Status ever?" and the answer to that question is, quite frankly, you just know.
What would you say WD-Han's Genre is?
Although not a trick question, that is almost as tough to respond to as the first question you asked. In order to fully answer that question, we must first dissect that which is WD-Han. Here are the components of WD-Hans Music:
-Guitar
-Drums
-Vocals
-Lead Guitar
-Back Up Vocals
-Occasional Piano and String Arrangements
-Bass lines that are brilliant beyond all comprehension
-Bass Shredding
-Extended Range Bass Playing
-Poly-phonic Octave Generated Bass tones
Looking at those components I would say our Genre would have to be RUSH TRIBUTE BAND give or take a Geddy Lee look-a-like.
Besides WD-Han, who is your favorite local rock band?
No Comment
Do you consider yourself the greatest Bassist alive?
No most definitely not. I would never. Who do you think I am?
I think everyone else thinks I am, but I'm not that pretentious.
What is your favorite WD-Han Song?
Ahha, I can't tell you that, but I can tell you it will be released sometime this month.
Do you have anything else to say to your fans?
No
Well then, thank you for your time Forrest, it was great to have you!
Wait! Can I answer the last question, I wasn't really paying attention that was just my flash answer.
Sure, Go ahead
I think all of WD-Han's Fans deserve a great big pat on the back for sticking with us through shows like at the Pegasus Lounge, you guys are really, really great, and we wouldn't be able to do what we do without you! Thanks!
Rock on,
Fo (Babe)
Well lets be honest, that is a trick question isn't it? I mean, is there really just one level of Rockstar Status? No, there are literally thousands of Sub-Strata in that one word "Rockstar Status". So here is what I am going to do for you, I am going to re-write our question appropriately... "How did you know when you achieved the highest level of Rockstar Status ever?" and the answer to that question is, quite frankly, you just know.
What would you say WD-Han's Genre is?
Although not a trick question, that is almost as tough to respond to as the first question you asked. In order to fully answer that question, we must first dissect that which is WD-Han. Here are the components of WD-Hans Music:
-Guitar
-Drums
-Vocals
-Lead Guitar
-Back Up Vocals
-Occasional Piano and String Arrangements
-Bass lines that are brilliant beyond all comprehension
-Bass Shredding
-Extended Range Bass Playing
-Poly-phonic Octave Generated Bass tones
Looking at those components I would say our Genre would have to be RUSH TRIBUTE BAND give or take a Geddy Lee look-a-like.
Besides WD-Han, who is your favorite local rock band?
No Comment
Do you consider yourself the greatest Bassist alive?
No most definitely not. I would never. Who do you think I am?
I think everyone else thinks I am, but I'm not that pretentious.
What is your favorite WD-Han Song?
Ahha, I can't tell you that, but I can tell you it will be released sometime this month.
Do you have anything else to say to your fans?
No
Well then, thank you for your time Forrest, it was great to have you!
Wait! Can I answer the last question, I wasn't really paying attention that was just my flash answer.
Sure, Go ahead
I think all of WD-Han's Fans deserve a great big pat on the back for sticking with us through shows like at the Pegasus Lounge, you guys are really, really great, and we wouldn't be able to do what we do without you! Thanks!
Rock on,
Fo (Babe)
Interview By Forrest Conner
(Bass Player/Grand Master Sexy - WD-Han)
(+or- a grand master sexy)
(Bass Player/Grand Master Sexy - WD-Han)
(+or- a grand master sexy)
GQ PRESENTS: THE MEN OF WD-HAN (Most of them)
Who says booty-tape was only for taking the Cleveland Browns to the Superbowl? Who says that male, heterosexual musicians can't also be clothing designers/models?
Well, if you said any of those things, IN YOUR FACE.
Presenting the men of WD-HAN modeling for your pleasure the T.P. Fashion Collection.
Well, if you said any of those things, IN YOUR FACE.
Presenting the men of WD-HAN modeling for your pleasure the T.P. Fashion Collection.
8.10.09
Battle by the Sea
Marjorye informs me it's National Poetry Day, so here's one I wrote a while ago to celebrate!
Battle By The Sea
Crescent river smile sparkles 'cross plains dun
Sunshine world bathed in rays of brightest fun
Deep crows' feet lining the mounts' craggy face
Are the toll of millennia weathered in this place
On other days showers of tears and purest pain
Keep perfect time to this sad and windy refrain
Skies rent by brilliant flashes of rage and unrest
Prelude rumbling screams 'midst the tempest
Yet, morn' comes with a chance to start anew
Those piercing blue skies just take in the view
Of all that is below them, what they have done
Amends now made upon the return of the sun
Battle By The Sea
Crescent river smile sparkles 'cross plains dun
Sunshine world bathed in rays of brightest fun
Deep crows' feet lining the mounts' craggy face
Are the toll of millennia weathered in this place
On other days showers of tears and purest pain
Keep perfect time to this sad and windy refrain
Skies rent by brilliant flashes of rage and unrest
Prelude rumbling screams 'midst the tempest
Yet, morn' comes with a chance to start anew
Those piercing blue skies just take in the view
Of all that is below them, what they have done
Amends now made upon the return of the sun
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