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.
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