Fly High: Words from a grounded rock musician

If you thought that our Pennant show in January was big, we’ve got a surprise coming up for you. Mark your calendars for April 19th for the 1st annual Festival of Fire. Most bands do CD release parties for themselves and their friends. We wanted to do an event to thank not just the people who have supported us, but the bands that we’ve been pleasured to share the stage with. BxN believes in a philosophy of doing onto other bands what we want done to us because when one of us rises… we all do.

Seven bands have been confirmed so far with more pending:

Bound By Nothing
Complaint Department
Desieve
Impulsive Decision
The Minutes
Showin’ Tell
Stage 3

And….. a special appearance from our friends at the South Jersey Derby Girls!

This event is already pegged to be unbelievably huge. 10 bands in one day/night, food and drink specials ALL day/night, give aways, a DJ dance party upstairs…. and our CD. We’ve worked hard to make sure that “Nine Thirty in Kansas” represents our unified efforts as a band and we are very proud to finally be putting it into the hands of our fans. We’ve listened to what you’ve asked for and you’ll understand from the moment “Alone” starts playing that this CD is for “the rest of us.”

We need your support to make this show a success so please start telling everyone you know about the event. There will be wristbands so you can come and go as you please throughout the day. Don’t expect to take many breaks though because this event will be ALL killer and no filler.

Peace and Fly High.

It has been one crazy week for BxN. As Ray mentioned in an earlier post, the band has just finished recording our first CD. It’s a seven song EP entitled “Nine Thirty in Kansas”. The most appropriate way to describe it is a mix of post-hardcore, meets alternative metal with silky vocals. I keep defining the sound of our band as “metal for the rest of us”.

Three of the seven songs have seen play on Myspace since our inception. Take Me Down, Step Back and Your Life have been re-recorded in “Real Studio Goodness ™” and will be joined by Otaku, United, Alone and Live Free. If you even “liked” the tracks before, you will LOVE them now that we’ve recorded them in studio. Save your pennies because this CD will be a great addition to any music collection.

Massive thanks to Jason Rubal and Sean Hayden at Seventh Wave Studio. If the raw tracks that have been playing non stop in my CD player all week are any indication, this album is going to be big for us.