Full Belly Food Drive, corporate branding and the mystery of soundchecks

Last night was the Full Belly Food Drive at Skully's, sponsored by CD101 and us. Let's be honest, I typically avoid late night excursions during the week but given the cause, our sponsorship and the great bands that were playing...I just had to go. It was a great turn out and we collected a ton of food for the mid-ohio food bank. Thanks to everyone for supporting the cause!

For those of you who are a little confused over our corporate branding strategy, all I can say is...so are we! We have probably 4 variations of our name and several iterations of logos to boot. We are going to nail it down this week though...maybe we will have to take a vote.

I really dig Skully's. It is a perfect venue for live music and the people that run the place are great. The bill featured Blastronauts, Town Monster and The Lost Divide. I think there were about 7 video cameras going so there should be some really good footage online soon. For me, the highlight of the show was Town Monster. Obviously, I've been talking quite a bit about them all summer but last night was really the first opportunity I had to see them play a Venue like Skully's, with great sound and ambience. They absolutely Killed!

Finally...there is something incredibly cool about any band that can take the stage without a sound check and still rock.

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So it has been awhile since our last update and quite a bit has been happening....first off, the Town Monster album is nearly done. We are targeting the next two weeks for final mastering and then we'll be spreading the word for a special listening party at the studio. There will also be a cd release show coming up, so stay tuned for that.

We've had several other acts come through in October and recently just set up our video capabilities. In support of their CD release this Friday at Scarlet & Gray, we recorded a live session last Saturday with Sleepers Awake. This session will be on Local Pop, which is on WCRS at 9pm on Weds, Nov 4th. We will have the video of one of those songs up on myspace, facebook and on electraplay.com, right after the show airs. I really dig this band and they sound phenomenal. James and I concluded last night after listening to the live sessions that they are the tighest live band we have seen to date in Columbus.

Next week, we will be filming an infomercial of sorts for the studio..Bill has done a great job with figuring out all of this video technology. Last night, we tested the green screen and I got to do Weather. If you know me at all, I'm sure you can imagine how much I enjoyed that. In all seriousness, I would make one hell of a weatherman. Anyway, if anyone knows any spokesmodels, send them our way!