Sorry for my absence. I have started a journalism course in Sydney in motivation to become a music journalist doing photography and interviewing. Music saved my life and without it I don't know where I would be. My fear is the same as any other teenager who has just come out of high school and made the big transition to the big bad world.
Am I good enough?
With good and bad days it is a fear I am determined to come while studying and pursuing to reach my goal.
Which leaves me to the main point who are the half moon kids?
The 25th of February The Half Moon Kids campaign was launched by various amazing bands to work with fans to make a difference. The Half Moon Kids are an inspirational and positive group With the message.
Be brave, Be curious. Be legendary.
6 words with such a big meaning behind it. Half Moon Kids is all about being the best you can possibly be. The movement is all about making dreams come true and I couldn’t be more supportive!
It was revealed that the movement leaders of the moon kids:
*The Summer Set who just released their third album titled "legendary" which in my opinion is such a different style of the summer set. It is an album that I can't get out of my head I won't get sick of that.
With the help of:
* The Cab - Alex Deleon and Alex Marshall
* Paradise Fears - Sam Miller
*The Ready Set - Jordan Witzigreuter
*William Beckett
*Will Pugh
*Lucy Hale
With such an awesome message and an amazing group of people behind this.
The movement believes that: “our dreams are not futile, they are our future, and that friendship is the key to unlocking those beautiful ideas locked away deep inside of us all”. The group want to share their message: “Be Brave, Be Curious & Be Legendary” with the world, and The Half Moon Kids forum give fans a chance to chat with The Summer Set while sharing music, poems, art and photos.
Join the movement now. http://halfmoonkids.com/
And support the summer set by purchasing from iTunes their new album legendary.
Hailing from the Central West of Sydney. Pop Punk,Four Piece band With Confidence have been busy at work.They have been hard at work writing and recording for their Debut E.P, The First Day In The Studio was January 28th. "No exact date yet on the release but we should Expect a March-April release if all runs smoothly!" Said the boys themselves on their Facebook Page.
But I know how to get you excited for this release.
1. They have played with 5 Seconds of Summer and are too sexy to the camera thus the blur of perfection. Their color
co-ordinance is amazing I don't Know if that was planned or not but who doesn't like guys in red.
2.They sound Amazing Covering Songs just like Call Me Maybe from Carly Rae Jepson In a foam pit with a skateboard as a drum.How talented is that!?!
Watch out for Justin Bieber in the video making a little Cameo. Who agrees?
3. they released a Demo of an original song titled "back then". And holy shit Can we have more of that?! they are really good!.but you can download it here: https://soundcloud.com/withconfidence/back-then-demo and here: http://www.triplejunearthed.com/WithConfidence
What is the result of grabbing five friends from the sunshine coast putting them into a band together,Blending equal measure of hope, despair, aggression and passion into their music. The end result Take Us To Vegas who have music that shines with sincerity and conviction, and as a result has drawn a loyal fan base.
The band released their first Album ‘The Road Ahead’ in March 2011 and single 'Apparently It's Frowned Upon' in October 2012 with both being very well received. They are keen to release new tracks and get back out into the concert mode. 2013 is big for Take Us To Vegas. I caught them for a quick chat with Bassist Nicholas.
Where are you from?
Take Us To Vegas is from the Sunshine Coast In Queensland, Australia.
What is your favorite song of your own,What's the inspiration behind it?
Definitely one of our new songs, It'll be on the new E.P that we'll be recording hopefully next month. It's called Bloodwolves, and basically it is about when someone,or something, pushes you to the point where you become the most evil or vengeful that you could ever be. Getting to the stage where you'd surpass your own morality because whatever you feel is so intense. When you're just out for the blood because you feel as though nothing else will satiate your rage.
But then in the same breath it's recognizing that living your life in that manner is a death sentence in it's own regard. Living under a perpetual storm cloud will only serve to separate you from the people who care about you, and eventually from your own emotion. I guess in a lot of ways it's a testament to how dissatisfied a lot of our generation feels towards the current climate of western society. For example,the lack of separation between church and state, or the fact of oppression towards certain minorities still exists in the 21st century. Further than tat, it's also about the betrayal between individuals. And all of this kind of perpetuates the deterioration of a healthy society.
How do you describe your music to people who haven't heard of you?
I just say it's rock 'n' roll and let them judge for themselves.
If a song would play when you walked into the room,What would it be?
Dreamweaver by Gary Wright.
New Year, New You, What are some goals you aspire to reach this year?
Definitely get this E.P out and then tour it all year. We got to make a lot of new friends last year, and we hope to continue that. We just want to get out and play music.
If you had to save the world, How would you do it?
Johnny would use his incredible strength and cockiness.
Ryan would use his kindness.
Lee would document photographic evidence in a form of a selfie.
Alex would try to calm people via the use of certain botanical contraband that I won't Name. I (Nick) would just get really shitty with everyone and nag..
With Our Combined Powers we would definitely be a total hindrance to the salvation of the planet.
We Suck.
In Three words,How would you describe your live shows?
Fun. Loud. Buttery.
How did you all meet?, What influenced you to start a band together?
We all knew each other from being in different bands in a small local scene in South- East Queensland around six years ago. At some point Liam started poaching the other guys from their current projects to be in his band "Wingspan". Ryan ended up taking over from Liam on vocals because Liam used to get too sick all the time. Then they ended up calling it quits on Wingspan and started 'Take Us To Vegas', I came into the band to play bass around June of 2012 after a band i was singing for called 'Traditions' broke up.
What Genre, Would you classify yourself as?
we don't really. We take influence from a heap of bands from multitude of genres but we don't really have an interest in categorizing or quantifying ourselves or our music.
How do you prepare before the concert?
Generally there will be rehearsals in the days leading up to the shows. A lot of promoting the shows ourselves. Then on show day we pack the van, drive, load into the venue, sound check,mingle with other bands and audience, when the band before us goes on we'll stare to prepare our gear and warm up and then hit the stage.
Do you think that "Pop Punk Is Still Alive"?
I don't really Understand what that means, Or what " defend Pop Punk' is all about. And I don't really care.
I think most of the genre now is insincere 'faux' Pop Punk. Metalcore had it's day and now this is the hype thing.
But in saying that I do think it's cool that bands like our boys in Heroes for Hire who have been working super hard for years are getting recognition and not playing second fiddle to international bands all the time. That definitely makes me happy.
What are the names and nicknames of everyone in the band?
We just call each other derogatory names that I can't repeat here for fear of the wrath of our management.
Thank You To The Take Us To Vegas Boys for Participating in the interview, Can't wait to Party in Sydney with you boys soon!.
Please Enjoy: Take Us To Vegas - Apparently It's Frowned Upon
You can Catch Take Us To Vegas
Check out TUTV’s last album “The Road Ahead” On ITunes.
3 Boys, From Melbourne ventured out into the world of music with their band In Your Hands, Band members Matthew Batty, Benjamin Meilak, James Meilak began playing all over Melbourne with some really great bands at many great venues. AND if that wasn't awesome enough they have released an debut CD released January 2012 titled 'Trials'.But you will never guess what!They are back Rocking out and breaking hearts.
You know when they aren't saving children and rescuing animals they are giving back in the power of music. 2013 is going to be a big year for these boys.After Making Friends with Matt I got to the hard questions that you all want to know about.
How do you describe your music,To people who haven't heard of you? We're a big 3 piece sound with a hard hitting drummer, Blink, Foo Fighters, Living End.
If you had to save the world, How would you guys do it? Through the universal language of music of course!
In Three words, how would you describe your live shows? Very, Very Loud.
How did all of you meet, And what influenced you to start a band together? We've all been playing in bands for years, Somehow everything just came together at the right time for us. I had been looking for a new drummer and knew Benj through a friend. Tried him out and it was love at first sight! A little while ago we lost our bassist, it conveniently turned out that Benj had an equally talented brother who played bass. Might recruit his Dad next.
What Genre, Would you Classify Yourself as? Rock/Punk
What is your favorite song of your own and the inspiration behind it?
Really hard to pick a favorite. I like Against, there were a few things that lined up in my life at the time which gave the inspiration behind the lyrics. You could put your own interpretation on it though.
New Year, New You, What is some goals you aspire to reach this year?
It's very exciting to feel like you're starting fresh. We've recorded an EP at the end of 2012, so we're making plans to have it mastered and released very soon. We hope to also have a video out for one of the songs and organize a tour.
Who are some Musical Inspirations of yours? Chris Cheney (Living End)
Mark Hoppus (Blink 182)
Andrew Kitchen (Antiskeptic)
If you could collaborate with anyone who would it be? After growing up listening to Blink 182, I couldn't go past them.
if you want to keep updated on In Your Hands www.facebook.com/inyourhandsrock is the place you want to be. www.youtube.com/InYourHandsRock is the place to look at their update videos, subscribe, and like that. BUT ALSO, The Boys of In Your Hands have been extremely busy lately and I have permission to tell you why, the release of their EP is coming closer and closer every second and you can't hide my excitement about this honestly.
Band Members: Wacey Coates - Vocals, Bass Jesse Simo-swer - Vocals, Guitar Matt O'Reilly - Vocals, Lead Guitar Carly Sinn - Drums, Percussion When You Put Four Best Friends from Brisbane in a room you get a room of talent coming together to share their passion of music. The quartet thought maybe they had something special and should take this serious hobby to the next level.You get the two ladies and two gents of Rawr Vanity who stepped onto the local music scene of March in 2010. After time practicing and perfecting everything the band were ready to share with the world exactly what they as a band stood for. As a group, Rawr Vanity continue to pave their musical journey one success after another. So Without Further Ado, Here's The Interview with Rawr Vanity. New Year, New You, What is some goals you aspire to reach this year?
It would be awesome for our single off the new album to hit some charts . Release the album and tour to both Sydney and Melbourne again. Maybe even hit Perth this year!
With The New Album, How has the music developed from when you first started? We write our songs now with a formula in our minds. When we first wrote songs we went a bit crazy and put all this stuff in, But it wasn't always best for the song. I think we've Learnt how good songs are built from the ground up. What do you like to do,when your not making music? Matt: gym and Xbox Wace: spend time with friends/family Carly: I like going to the beach and road trips Jess: BBQ's with friends and Xbox How Was the Making of the Music Video Electric?
Surprisingly not stressful to film but took 14 hours to edit
we kinda decided to do it on a wim.
We had no cash so just decided to have a go ourselves!
In three words, How would you describe your live shows? Electric. Fun. Free.
How did all you meet and what influenced you to start a band together? Carly Matt and Jess met in primary school and went to high school together as well. Jess met wacey when she went to JMC academy in 2009. Carly and Jess had just come out of another band and still really wanted to make music. Matt had always played music and such and wacey really wanted to start hitting the music scene in Brisbane we just kinda started jamming from there. Where's your favorite place to go for inspiration? and what inspires you the most? Places to go for inspiration I guess we just spend a lot of time together in any location. We usually go through road trips together and usually write about things and situations we see rather than what we're involved in. If you could collaborate with anyone who would it be?
So many people! Matt Wright from the Getaway Plan,
Lady Gaga,
Katy Perry,
The script (whoever song writes for them)
many many more!
What Genre, Would you Classify Yourself as? Well we say glitter/pop/dance/rock haha we're like a few genres in a blender What are the names and nicknames of everyone in the band? Wace Face Matty Jesh Carlos haha sometimes these names stick
Hopefully, You come to Sydney, Would love to see you play!, To Keep Updated through Facebook: www.facebook.com/rawrvanity Listen to Them on: http://www.triplejunearthed.com/RawrVanity1'
Two Guys that had a dream took their love and turned into one of the best things that you could hear in music right now. Brooks and Jake have turned that dream into a duo Clear Skies,Brand New Pop-Rock band from Springfield. Launching themselves into the hearts of fans.their first single Run To You such a success with the fans shown by such positive feedback, Their New Single 'I Gotta Know' has set the bar up one to amazing. Left: Brooks Farris Right: Jake Crusinberry And together their musical expertise put together makes up the perfection that is Clear Skies. It is such a great honor to talk to the boys on 2013 for them.
How did you come up with the band name and what is the history behind the name? Jake came up with the name in his sleep one day, we were searching for a band name that fit us uniquely and we couldn't come up with anything until it randomly popped into his head! The name just refers to a new beginning, a fresh start as musicians on our own in a new place, clear skies ahead! Is there any bands or artists you look up too as a musical influence? Brooks really values Blink 182 as his major influence in his drumming style. Jake doesn't claim any one individual influence but has a love for all kinds of music from classical, to hip hop and anything in between. The Song 'I Gotta Know' is amazing, What was the inspiration behind it? The song was written about a girl that Jake was seeing at the time. She was sending him lots of mixed signals and he just wanted to know if she liked him back.
A preview of the song can be seen here:
If you guys were to describe yourself in simple word choice.. What would you say? Precision. Everything we do is calculated down to the last detail as a band. We are dedicated to this group and to our fans and give 110% in everything we do musically. We owe it to ourselves and the people who listen to us to give them the very best product with every song and every item of merchandise. To do any less would be criminal! What made you want to be in a band? Brooks and Jake have both played music for a very long time. Both have been in bands since they were about 12 years old and really couldn't picture themselves doing anything else. What are the Names and Nicknames of the people in the band? The members of clear skies are Jake, lead songwriter,and Brooks, percussion. We don't have any nicknames persay; We have way too many inside jokes to keep track of though. We will bust out laughing about absolutely nothing most of the time and people will just sort of stare at us! New Year, New You,What are some goals for 2013? We have many goals for 2013. But the principle goal is to continue to put out the best possible music, the best possible merch, play every show to the highest of our abilities, and give everyone the time of day no matter who they are or what they have to say. Where are you boys from? Brooks was born in Seattle, Washington but is from Silver Lake, Kansas. Jake was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but is from Manhattan, Kansas. When I say Australia, What are some things that come to mind? Kangaroos! Vegemite, rugby, Russel Crowe! beautiful girls obviously and our dear, dear friends A Sleepless Melody, a pop rock band like us from Melbourne! Matthew and Andrew are some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet and if you get the chance to see them play, go! and tell em Clear Skies says Oi! And Lastly, What Genre Would you classify yourself as? An easy classification would be to label us as Pop Rock. That's what we define ourselves as and we believe our fans do too. I see Big things for these boys and know there are big things coming their way! If you want to and I know you want to keep updated on the boys On Youtube: http://youtube.com/clearskiesmo On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ClearSkiesMo On Twitter: Their shared band twitter: @ClearSkiesMo Individual accounts: @jakeCSmo @brooksCSmo
In our Second Giant Related Band, First 'Wake The Giants', Now we are waiting till 'When Giants Sleep' (Excuse the terrible Puns). When Giants Sleep are a Post Hardcore Band hailing from Canberra were formed in February 2011 and released their debut E.P."My Fight, Your Monsters" early 2012. When Giants Sleep have already made a big name forthemselves by playing many shows locally and interstate, sharing the stage with many renowned bands such as the likes of Confession, Northlane, Hands Like Houses, In Hearts Wake, Buried In Verona, The Plot In You (USA), Silent Screams (UK), Sienna Skies, PledgeThis!, Save The Clocktower, Dream On Dreamer, In Fear and Faith (USA), Saviour and many other talented local acts. You Know they are good, playing with only the Best of the Best!
But When They aren't sleeping and being totally awesome, they took the time out to answer a few questions answered by the totally awesome Guitarist Robert Suthern. Where are you from?Canberra, Australia How did you get the name "When Giants Sleep? I came up with it randomly after thinking of heaps of different names, and everyone seemed to agree on it, not a very exciting story really! (laughs) How do you describe your music to people, who haven’t heard of you? Amity crossed Getaway Plan, that's what i usually say anyway, or the softest band at a hardcore show or the heaviest band at a softer show. We're smack bang in the middle.
If a song would play, when you walked into a room what would it be? The XX - Intro
New Year, New You, What is some goals you aspire to reach this year? We will have a professional film clip done by Ben Clements (House Vs Hurricane, Amity Affliction) coming out within the next few months as well as writing a whole lot more this year, we have about 6 new songs in the writing process at the moment! For all those who don't know, Ben is the genius that shot & edited blood knuckles and does a lot of professional photography. (seen Here) http://benclementphoto.tumblr.com/
If you had to save the world how would you guys do it? (laughs) By using our instruments as weapons! My Fight, Your Monsters was released 2012, In Three Words Describe The EP for the Fans? Unique, Young, Interesting What is your favourite song of your own and the inspiration behind it? Reluctant Weather, Helpful Hands - In general it is about being completely defeated. The writing style towards that song is open ended and people can interpret that as there own experience, people can make their own stories out of the lyrics. Also the guitar writing style is something we never had really done before, and it adds a whole new element to our set (video to be released in march) (and we can't wait to see it either) For someone who never went to one of your shows, What would they expect? An Energetic live performance with heart and soul put into every song. If you could collaborate with anyone who would it be? Anyone who's willing to share some piece of mind with us and a musical bromance, and someone that we can get along with and work well together. You have played support to so many talented artists,how was this experience for you? Absolutely amazing, we can not be more thankful for all the bands we have played for and all the people we have met throughout our whole journey of playing. It's crazy, some of the bands we grew up listening to in college we are now sharing the stage with! Thank You Rob,And The WGS Team If You want to keep updated on their new video, new music and totally awesomeness Twitter: @WhenGiantsSleep Instagram: @whengiantssleep Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenGiantsSleep
