teaser and facebook

howdy ladies and gents!

well, we've become more socially available. we have our own facebook page. wheeew!  check it out here: Sleepless Facebook Page 

also, here's teaser #4. its pretty descriptive of how we feel the album is gonna turn out. enjoy.

bs

Teasler Number Three

jam got pushed back a day due to miscommunication. sometimes we act like humans, although, with all we must accomplish with the new record beginning so soon, i'm starting to feel semi-robotic.  here's an ok acoustic version of "If I Were To Say." hope it tickles your excitement somewhat.  enjoy.

bs

the fabulous five

this was a semi busy and eventful weekend. needless to say, Nathan and i played some mean beer pong at a party, and i ate at hot stacks twice. too good. we also had Amanda, Nathan's wife come take some promo shots at an abandoned house.  we may or may not have been trespassing, but meh, we weren't doin' nothin'.  shots should look sweet. they will be up and around soon, as well as a new facebook page to go with 'em.

so ladies and gents, we've decided. we're gonna stick to five tunes for the ep.  best just to focus on a few since we have a solid five down pretty much already, and we are on a super tight schedule. best not to rush anything. we still have a few kinks to work out, as well as a few vocals to mess around with, but we are very very stoked.

so many things are gonna happen so fast. you'll see.

bs

oh, what a week.

so, 

this has been a pretty interesting week for me.  it started with my cell phone cutting out of all service because a bill that the company had not yet sent to me, was actually over my spending cap.  now i must wait for five business days to text in front of my friends, and make them feel like they're not as important as who i'm texting. damn. next, the front left tire on my car popped, so i had to get a new pair for the front and get em put on and all that.  this would not have been such a big dig if i didn't just get fired from my job.  thank fuck for that though, i was gonna blow up the place for sure (that wouldn't have been a great idea, as it was a gas station.). no more ridiculous jobs that fucking suck. time to get serious.

aaaaannnyways, enough about me.  Nathan and i jam a few times through the week and we all jam together on one day through the week.  so far, Nathan and i have started pre-production on the album (for those that didn't read the last one, we go into the studio to record an ep on september 10th!).  holy shit, i just realized, the album gets underway, three weeks form today.  oh jeeez.  

we've started working on one song at a time, setting the tempos and working out the kinks. so far so good, other than the fact that the metronome is the enemy at the moment, but you know what they say, practice makes perfect. 

this weekend, we'll be taking some promo pictures to show you guys our ugly mugs, and to get the ball a'rollin.  Nathan's awesome wife, amanda, who has taken some photography courses to my understanding, will be taking the pics.  should turn out hairy, and sassy. this weekend, we also work on the pre-production for what has been started, fiddle with the rest, and work on a new-ish song that may or may not make the record.  we're also in the talks about pressing options, possibly getting some merh (tshirts, buttons, etc.), and starting to play some shows in the southern ontario area (for now), as soon as the record is ready to be in your hands. lots happening so friggin' soon.  

we're gonna need a bigger boat.

bs

"The Big News"

friday - awake @ 5am, fall asleep around 4:30am sat.
saturday - awake @ 11am, fall asleep around 5:15 am sun.
sunday - awake @ 10am, fall asleep at 1am mon.
monday - wake up at 5am to start the work week.

had a hometown cd release party this weekend for my latest solo album. t'was pretty awesome. friends and family came out to support, everyone was drunk by the end (which made me sound better), and it seemed like errrbuddy had a good time. i also played at a house party in alcona, which was a lot of fun as well. needless to say, i'm tired, or sleepless, rather. comma.

so here it is; The Big News. are you ready? i don't think you're ready. nah, you're not. i'll save it for another time.

just kidding. here it is: Sleepless hits the studio September 10th. holy poop eh? My good buddy Stephen Kerr is a music/engineering/recording/etc. student at Humber college in Toronto. he also is an intern at Epik Productions, a studio also in Toronto. he will be be producing the record at Epik, starting with scratch tracks (full band recordings to go by), followed by drums, guitar, bass, and of course vocals. we're only able to get into the studio on the weekends, as we all work through the week, but the ball has started rolling. we're aiming for six songs, although we may cut one or two. we are all super stoked to be getting into the studio as quickly as we are, as we want to get some tunes out to you as soon as possible and start playing some shows.

also coming up will be more teaser videos showing pre-production and other fun stuff, as well as a few sexy promo pictures. its gonna get hairy. beardwise, that is.

get stoked if you are not so already.

just drank a large regular coffee and a rockstar energy drink. should make for an interesting day...until i start seein' shit.

bs

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numba two

hey there ladies and gents,

here's the second teaser video.  Nathan wasn't around for jams, so Cam and i ate some humus and guacamole and filmed a short one.  we also ran over some lyrics and wrote a new tune.  it's kinda chill and pretty, but face ripping by the end of 'er.  should turn out deece.  hope your weekend was as good as mine.  enjoy the teasler!

bs

Some Lyrics

bonnjoorno. here's lyrics for a few of the songs we've written. hopefully you don't read them and become as pessimistic as i am. oh, you'll see.


Waiting For The World To Explode

waiting for the world to explode, impatiantly. been getting so low, been creeping around. adding fuel to the fire. i wish your words would inspire. feeling so anxious, though there's nothing coming. i bet you can't drink that any faster. don't it go down so smooth? it comes with experience, and you already came. how does it feel to know you're in control?


If I Were To Say

if i were to say the things i mean, i think that i would scare myself more. the worlds gone to shit and everyone knows it. just keep to yourself. complain enough to drive any man crazy. are we fucking going crazy? it seems so wrong, and yet too easy. how they make it so hard, so hard on themselves. who doesn't love attention, but i'm not keeping count. it's not about the things you have, but who you share them with. will you share this with me?


Heavy Eyes

the time tolls late while liars and cheats still lie awake. is there scratching at my door? moments linger like hourglass, time seems to overlap. that never happened that's not what i said. the constance of the drum, feed it with your coals. never concerned, but always worried. don't tell me that i'm wrong. moments fade like memories, but i keep moving on. fight the fire with your flames. always manage to extinguish nothing. it burns a hole right through my pocket right to their hearts. we're all commercial. bleed your story to my ears. heavy eyes, they weigh heavy on my mind. looking forward, looking back. they feel one hundred pounds in my skull.


Faces In Clouds

moving forward, i suddenly freeze. distract myself for a moment, but only temporarily. too dark to see outlines, but bright enough to see i'm not lost. pavement cracks and narrow gaps. everyone seems unsure. minutes pass like hours. how will you face the day? just disregard their feelings. it always goes your way at the cost of their expense. never thinking twice or having regrets. too dark to see outlines of faces in the clouds. you're just the same as the last one.


March Comes In Like A Lion

tidal waves destroy, rip through the haul. tear down the sails. this storm is getting worse. we will be consumed and swallowed. you and me, we're lost at sea. send out a search party though no one will celebrate. i swear we've never been so close, while our lungs fill with water. i swear i've never been so wrong, broken down and altered. though we'll drown, our souls will find a way out. sink to the bottom and never ascend. never breathing.


bs

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Teaser Video #1

we recently recorded a short teaser video during band practice.  it sounds like a onslaught of ferrets having sex behind an industrial fan, but you get the idea. more to come soon. click the link and enjoy!



bs

the story thus far...

howdy random readers,

its been quite a while since i've written one of these, but since this is going to be more of a website than anything else, i better get back into it.

this is the website/home page for the new band i'm apart of, Sleepless. Sleepless has been in the works for some time now, since about last august. it sure seems like we're slacking hard then eh? wrong. My buddy Cam (bass/vocals), and i have been jamming and writing songs together since and before then. back in the day, Cam and i used to tour together in bands we used to be apart of in Ottawa. most of the time we wondered why the hell we didnt start a band on the side, seeing as how we clicked more than with most of our own band members. a few jams took place here and there (with our buddy Jeremy on drums), but nothing solid was ever put in place. it wasn't until Cam moved to Toronto and i moved back home that we started something more serious.

we began jamming once a week when we could, attempting to find a drummer in the process. this began the rigorous and ridiculous search of a drummer and fall of a band. the short version is as follows;

1. found a drummer, didn't cut it
2. found another, only came for two jams
3. a month goes by without jams, doubt taking over
4. band hiatus, i carry on with new members. both come for a couple jams, then never return.
5. the return of Cam.
6. try out another drummer, pretty decent and a buddy, but lacks interest and never comes back.
7. my buddy Matt tells me about his buddy Nathan, whos been drumming for a bunch of years and is most likely down for jamming.
8. i meet Nathan officially, cause the first time i was hammered, (actually, come to think of it, i was drunk the second time too. frig.). we plan a jam for after he gets married the following week. so myself and Cam panic, cause who knows how short the leash will be after marriage, we just met the guy, and we really don't want to go through the process of finding ANOTHER drummer. its this or nothing it seems.
10. Nathan offers to jam on the last day of his honeymoon (jams was then, but the honeymoon was not a known fact by myself and Cam.). Nathan already gets bonus points for committment.
11. jams take place. Nathan kicks ass big time and catches on real quick. all is good again.

so there you have it. there's the not-so-brief history of Sleepless. we have a lot of sweet things that we're really stoked about coming up in the not so distant future, including;

1. more teaser videos (of course)
2. promo pictures
3. good ol' demoing the songs and preproduction

and best of all...

4. recording our debut record and getting some live shows under our belts.

all this is happening only within a few months, and we've had only four jams. im beyond stoked to say the least, as are the udder fellers. they also may post blogs on here, i haven't thrown the idea yet to them, but we shall see. i will be updating this regularly and posting news and videos and much more as it comes, so just sit down and hold on, cause we're takin' you for a wee bit of a ride.

bs

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