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BERNARD

be, oh be, to me

About Me

once upon a time there was a boy called jonathan. this boy had ideas, ideas that ran around in his head like sparrows in an autumn cluster of maple trees. but, as any boy or girl that has great ideas knows, one needs help to bring these ideas to life. so the boy called jonathan searched near and far for other musical people that would help him in bringing his ideas to life. in his perilous travels he thought of a very musical boy named joshua. jonathan knew him from his childhood. and then jonathan remembered his friend jared. he remembered the fantastic journeys they had taken together in the past, and decided that jared would be a perfect companion on his new musical endeavour. but the unit was not complete, until jonathan met another musical boy called ryan. so ended jonathan's search for the ideal partners in the realiazation for his whimsical ideas, ideas that would hopefully meet people, and touch them, and change their feelings about life and they called it BERNARD. but not long after, joshua was met by a flock of angels and he was swept away by these angels just like enoch was. this did not deter bernard, however, and they played their little songs of life and beauty for anyone who would listen. and they decided this was a very good thing...
BERNARD has played to a variety of audiences while sharing the stage with: the album leaf, aloha, the appleseed cast, brandtson, cool hand luke, denison witmer, discover america, further seems forever, the helio sequence, joan of arc, lovedrug, mewithoutyou, moments in grace, mute math, neva dinova, number one fan, saxon shore, secret machines, travis morrison (of the dismemberment plan), vedera, the velvet teen, black kids, and the red jumpsuit apparatus among others.
+with unmatched ambient melodies and soaring emotion driving each note, a more superb debut release could not have been produced from this band... the bottom line is, a view beyond the cave is a masterpiece - TAKINGREFUGE.COM
+this lil disc is full of that kind of stop-what-youre-doing beautiful music that doesn't come around too often... fans of mute math, coldplay, muse, and white album-era beatles fans should lock into this bright and brilliant disc - DOUG VAN PELT, HM MAGAZINE
+the atmospheric intricacy and sporadic force will restore your faith in music - JERSEY BEAT +one of the years few must have discs - GRACEHOTEL.NET
+atmospheric rock that rises and falls in the most beautiful ways - INFUZE MAGAZINE
+lush atmospherics, lulling vocals and killer guitar riffs and progressions makes them one of the more interesting bands of this genre out right now - INDIE VISION
+a perfect mixture of organic and electronic - NEUFUTUR
+blissfully ambient - ALTERNATIVE NATION
+unabated blend of whimsical, precisely spoken lyrics, controlled guitar and reserved keyboard work - ADAPT
+these young men are poised to create stirring music for a long time - ASSOCIATED CONTENT
+ambient rock therapy - FOLIOWEEKLY
+trust me, you'll be hearing about these guys again - GAINESVILLE SUN

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"a view beyond the cave"
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/10/2004
Band Members: jonathan:
vocals. guitars. piano. programming.

jared:
drum sets. keyboards. guitars.

rana:
bass guitars. artwork.

Online Store Downtown Rivals
Purevolume purevolume.com/bernard
Record Label Floodgate Records
East West
Warner Music Group
Management [email protected]
904 504 7255 P
Publicity Lori Lenz
Biscuit PR
[email protected]
714 553 5181 P
Booking [email protected]
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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Posted by BERNARD on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:21:00 PST

it all seems blog

here are some side projects that you all might enjoy.www.myspace.com/jonathanberlinwww.myspace.com/aslightb reezeadd them up with friends and listen to their music.  releases are on their way.&nbs...
Posted by BERNARD on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:02:00 PST

there's a blog in all our lives

well, it's been a long time since alot of rumors had started about the demise of BERNARD, and an addressing of these rumors has also been a long time coming.  i'm sitting here, sad, thinking abou...
Posted by BERNARD on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:47:00 PST

something to make you smile.

i've been doing some thinking.  and one thing of my thoughts has been this sort of trend of depression.  depression as a trend.  maybe you think that sitting alone and reading catcher i...
Posted by BERNARD on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:57:00 PST

there isn't anything you can do

so i'm sitting here, alone in my room, playing my keyboard along to some of my thoughts and i can't remember the last time that this has happened.  sometimes things are said and people act certai...
Posted by BERNARD on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:31:00 PST

a blog or a shiver.

hey, remember when TEAM BERNARD used to actually have a tour blog, where they gave you, the enjoyer-of-music, the chance to see where they were and how they were doing? alas, my heart pines for those...
Posted by BERNARD on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:19:00 PST

wake up, o' blogger.

ah, memory lane. how you work on me so.remember when you were a child, and things seemed so immediate to you; everything was so close, your whole world existed within the boundaries of your little mi...
Posted by BERNARD on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:14:00 PST

blog mute.

its is over.our first tour? done. cornerstone? done. the chicken pot pie i have in the oven right now? done. last night ended our travels, as we drove straight from fort wayne, indiana, to our h...
Posted by BERNARD on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:59:00 PST

to those of this blog.

hello darling confidants.NEWS FLASH!!!tour is awesome.we are having a blast point five with our friends THIN CITIES. these guys are righteous dudes, and a pleasure to watch every night. we have gott...
Posted by BERNARD on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:43:00 PST

reconcile our blog

wow.  what a great time, i know, i have been having.  right now, myself and the rest of team bernard are sitting here at our little merch table in peoria, IL.  it's been great fun. ...
Posted by BERNARD on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:54:00 PST