Blue Haven

Gah! Haven't updated in a long while. Sorry about that. Been insanely busy. We finished our music video and got word from Red Hawk that they're finished with edits. We'll have the digi file in a day or two, and we'll be able to post it on Facebook, here, etc...very exciting because this was such a fun project. Red Hawk looked at a number of bands to do a couple of videos with, and we were lucky enough to be chosen (go, Stardust!). Not sure if it was Charlie's good looks, Chris's charisma, Ben's fantastic sense of humor, Eli's puppy-dog stare, or Maggie's seductive awkwardness, but whatever it was, it worked. We had a month or so of shooting in rain, lightning storms, uncooperative lighting, a green room under construction, pictures flying off walls at us, and equipment moving in and out at lighting speed, but we ended up with the tongue-in-cheek mini soap we wrote and wanted. I can't go into details until we put the video up, but suffice it to say it was a blast. The project was a cooperative between us, Red Hawk Video, and Winterset Art Center, and again, thank you to both. It was so much fun!

Additionally, Stardust, the single is available on Bandcamp. We haven't jacked around with the pricing yet; it's set at default, which I think is $1. Bandcamp is amazing, and we can't say enough about it. In our opinion it's the easiest to use, gives the artist the most control (we can even give out free promos, etc...), and jacks the artist for far less of their money. If you're a band, we recommend checking them out. We found it to be superior to any other *cough* tunes-selling site. We plan to put our EP up on bandcamp in June, and we're fairly certain that's where we'll sell the CD when it's complete.

In other news, apparently we have to sign up at bandzoogle. Not looking forward to that. It's not zoogle itself, it's a great place to go for simple websites, but we looked into it several months ago and found the format wasn't really what we were interested in for communicating with people. We prefer a real approach, where you can contact us directly, blab at us, comment, criticize, praise, or give us death threats in real time. But apparently we need to have a URL pronto, and our pay-for website won't be done for a few more weeks. Which leaves us with bandzoogle. So off we go this afternoon to sign up there. Once our professional site is up and running and all the bugs are worked out, we'll point the zoogle to it.

We're on the last stretch to IARocfest. The band has plans to hole up in the same house for 9 days and do nothing but write, record, and rehearse music. It's going to be awesome, like our own Woodstock. Except we'll wear clothes. Maybe. Probably not Charlie. But the rest of us will. Maybe. You can see a link to IARocfest below. It's a massive 3day 32band outdoor concert over in Fort Madison. A three-hour drive for us, but we're always up for a road trip. We hope you will consider making the trip. There will be camping, tons of merchandise and cool stuff, and most of all, 32 fantastic bands. A whole weekend pass is only $30. Can't beat that with a drumstick. If you need tickets or information about carpooling to the show, contact us. There's a link below for that, too. It says, as you might imagine, Contact Blue Haven.

Our video will be up here in the next couple days, stay tuned. In the meanwhile, check us out on Facebook and Twitter (links on the right), and be sure to sign up to follow our blog here. Rock on!

~ Blue Haven