Two for the price of one

So we (Clean Hands) rounded up the year with two shows in November. One at the Miramar Theater and one at Bay View Brewhaus. The Miramar show was the biggest venue to date that we played. We played with Tomorrow Ever After and Fuzee. Aside from my bass drum moving too much forward, the show went pretty well.

The Brewhaus show was great. We gave out two-song disc samplers of the rough recordings. People dug it and it was sort of a 'thanks for all the support' effort. The EP wasn't complete in time which our guitarist was pretty bummed with. But it's pretty complete now and we'll have it online soon for download AND have it available for free at our CD release party. So this year, we nailed 7 shows in the short time all three of us have played together.

Keep posted for the link to our album on bandcamp.com

"You Will Play Well Because You've Got Heart"-JNJ

My wife told me that before I left for the studio. It kept with me all day.

I've been kind of monopolizing the blogspot the last few entries. Sorry 82. So my guitarist in our band works full time at a studio in Milwaukee, and was able to record our 4-song ep this week. I went in tuesday morning to lay down the drum tracks. Took some effort and hard work but overall, it went well. It was my very first time recording anything with a metronome, so I felt pretty nervous, but it went well. Our bassist went in later as our guitarist edited drums. Everything's done except vocals. We should have the record ready to go by next weekend's show in Bay View.

I've never felt more proud of anything I've done music-wise. My band mates and I are getting better and better and are very happy with the result. Last night I was listening to some of the tracks and they sounded great. I can't wait to share it with the one's who've always believed in me.