Member Since: 1/18/2007
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June 29th
I am working on a new song tonight called Exist. I was just wondering if there is anything more frustrating after speding perhaps 100 hours on a song to decide, lets shift it down 2 semi-tones. That little statement costs me MANY hours. Anyway i must get back to suffering for my art ... lol
June 28th
Its amazing what God can do in 24 hours. Truly amazing. To say i am speechless is an understatement.
June 27th
Life has many beginnings, it also has endings. An era of my life ended last week and i couldn't be happier. There is a bitter sweetness knowing that it is finished forever. Now is the time for a new beginning. So i find myself in the curious position of being between and end and a beginning, a kind of limbo where nothing is happening. Whats more, I love this place, it won't last for long. So i guess i should just seize the day and make the most of it. I am sure there is a song in my experience, i hope i can get it out the way it is meant to sound.
June 14th
If you will allow me I would like to brag about my kids a little.
Georgia is 6 and last night had her 4th singing lesson. At the end of the lesson the teacher told me how amazed she was at her pitch and her ability to remember the lyrics to the song she learnt which is quite long and wordy. She sings perfectly to a backing track and to my very biased dad ears sounds like angel. In fact her teacher said that she has students that are 12 which struggle with the song Georgia has just completed. We wrote the song Fly about her, have a listen to it if you get a chance and view a window into the soul of an amazing little kid.
Then there is Harry. He is 5 years old. If georgia's pitch is amazing harrys is downright incredible, i can honestly say i have never heard him hit a bum note and i have heard him sing since he was 2. The kid leaves me speechless. If only his parents could sing like him.
Who knows what the future is for these two but I realise that their prodigious talent will not be enough to make them successful, they also need strong character, perseverance and perhaps most importantly a deep love for God and people that makes them super attractive people, not just outside but most importantly on the inside. That is the challenge April and I face and it is a big one indeed.
June 13th
Our friend Eric has written a review of our music on his myspace. If you have a spare moment go and check it out and say hello to eric while you are there. His url is http://www.myspace.com/ericsegerstrom
June 12th
We have written some of ours songs for our kids. Its so hard to get into words how much you love your kids. Mere words seem too one-dimensional and puny to encapsulate the massiveness of the feelings you feel for the little ones in your life. So writing a song somehow seems to get across the feelings you feel when you think about your kids. Music really does describe things that words can't. We are trying to say things with our music that can't be said with words alone. I hope you feel what we feel when you listen to our music.
June 8th
It strange how the twists and turns of life bring you up against odds that once you could never face without breaking into pieces but now you swat away like a fly. As I grow I learn that I am stronger than I thought that Gods plan is working and the end will be better than the beginning. I may lose many battles, but the war ahs already been won. I hope my victory enables me to make the world a greater place, helps some people feel more valued. Ultimately i don't want my success to be for me but for others.
June 2nd
Today we did a photoshoot for our new myspace layout and EP Cover for our upcoming itunes release. Had loads of fun in the city taking photos and being silly. April had her mouth wide open for most of the shots which is nothing unusual. We got in trouble because James climbed up into a place he shouldn't have, but got the respect of the security guard who asked him to come down, he didn't know how the hell James got up there?!? His secret is that he is 10% goat.
May 24th
Hooray for 10,000 friends. We finally passed into 5 figures today, so thankyou all for being friends of Thirty11 and listening to our music!!!
May 22nd
Our next song is called Dreamin' its a bit heavier than the 3 on the site at the moment but it is still melodic. Hopefully it will be up soon, we are still putting the finishing touches to it. It will be the main song for our itunes EP release.
May 18th
A great big HELLO to all our UK friends. We have received so many wonderful comments from our friends in the United Kingdom. Thankyou so much for coming and having a listen to our music. April and I love England and really want to go back and take the kids. We have relatives all over the place so it would be great to go and play some music and catch up with the relo's.
May 15th
Finally the breakthrough comes. We have been writing for three months and nothing has arrived that we liked. At last a concept has turned up on our doorstep that we like. The monkey is off our backs and we are writing again...
We hope to have it up on myspace soon for you to listen to.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None