CD release shows:

Manila Reign - "Free Street Love Song" CD release party May 18th at the Station. 18+ show. Will be big and fun and loud and rocking.

Matt Fogg- CD release party at Maine Sound Stage in Brunswick on August 5th at 7:30.

Ticket prices and lineups for both TBA.

I feel bad coming in here and bitching because I'd hate to give the handful of people that read my journal and already know me pretty well some awful first impression that I was a downer. Anyway ( Read more... )

Note to self:

Blue Ribbon in Arlington, Redbones in Sommervile.

Ampeg B-3158: $314.
Lost strap pin: -$1.
Overpowering your guitarist: priceless.

It wasn't confirmed. We're not playing MTV U in Orono. Our friend Gerke is powerless to add any other bands to that bill and so it looks like I'll be playing at a middle school instead, making that cash.

Drag.

So... I'm back from spring break. Gorham isn't as exciting a place to be as Boston, but a few mind-blowing things still happened ( Read more... )

I want to be a musician when I grow up, but I'm afraid of failing at something I try really hard at because I feel like that would reflect on the rest of my abilities as a person. There are still other jobs I can do or things I could be good at ( Read more... )

So last night we officially stopped tracking the Manila Reign CD. This week is mixing and Thursday we're going to post the whole damn thing unmastered on purevolume ( Read more... )

This May, Manila Reign will be releasing their debut album "Free Street Love Song" in record stores across Maine. For one day, we'll be posting our ENTIRE ALBUM on our purevolume site for a sneak peak. Listening to the album (or at least clicking on all of the songs if you hate them) will generate plays for us and hopefully if we get enough plays ( Read more... )

My first gig in NYC:

July 8th with Retrospecticus.

WORD.