a new beginning
good morning everyone.i just woke up because we practiced til like 4 in the morning yesterday.alritey time to update!well as of right now we have been practicing 3-4 times a week and are working on the whole music writing process.unfortunately we dont think we will be ready in time,so we will not be taking name taken's place on the warped tour and we also will not be opening the dead summer city tour along with our great friends the beautiful mistake and tourmates as cities burn,classic case,and dead poetic.we are so sorry about that.the band just wants to feel ready and not rushed before making a comeback and playing shows once again.there is a full new line up now for the measure.it took a long time to find new people and round up a brand new band with new music,but we have an official line up now.the old band members of the measure are now doing there own thing.the whole ordeal was not on bad terms.we are all still friends.some of the band members just realized that music is something they did not want to pursue at this time of their lives.this was better known early than later because this band will slowly be spiraling down the drain.all i can say is thanks so much to all my old band members for helping me so much.chris martinez,chris barksdale,erik,sam,and reggie you have been nothing but awesome to me and ive enjoyed every minute playing with you guys whether good or bad.ive learned and grown so much from all of those guys and will always be thankful for that.thank you to everyone else who has posted on our myspace and whatnot about still willing to support the new band.the new guys are all very nice guys and are very anxious to make their debut playing on a stage sometime soon.we probably wont be playing until august or early september.we want to make the music writing process eventful and satisfying to each member of the band and that is why we will not be playing til then.sorry if thats a very long wait.lets just say thats going to be a lot better for us because we wont sound like idiots and we can just work on polishing ourselves and making us tight.eric,myself will be working with janet hammer a vocalist coach for the next week and have more sessions after i come back from hawaii with her as well.we will have new promo shots done very soon.one of our good friends will be taking them for us.we are also in the works of having a some shows in arizona for august as well and a show or two in the la and anaheim area.expect a mini tour as well during december.we will be working with our friend tim of random entertainment.he has been nothing,but good to us and we are so thankful to work with him.we are also working on getting a new line of merch out very soon.we will have printed tote bags as well too.well this is it for now on the update.lots of more news and all that other good stuff to come.thank you everyone.<3 eric measure