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About Me

Hello-----Audio moonshine is a rock band based out of the land of "spud-rock." Here in Boise we have some great music, great people, and the greatest football team. Anyways, my name's Jake and my drummers name is Chad. Before the moonshine years we played in a band called Crash 4 for about 9 years. During that time we played close to 500 shows, and shared the stage with artists such as Collective Soul, Built to Spill, Leftover Salmon, Calobo, Sugarland, Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, Phantom Planet, Ben Lee, moe, REO speedwagon, Young Dubliners, Clumsy Lovers, and Korby Lenker to name a few. We even got to play at South-by-Southwest festival in Austin, TX. It was a blast and we had great fun and made great friends. But like all good things--it came to an end. Now we've taken a taste for the rock and roll side of the biz and created Audio Moonshine. We are in the studio right now trying to finish a record that has been in progress for about 3 years, and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. I've decided to take an approach that involves many musicians I've got to know over my 14 years of playing music. About half the songs will feature some of my Crash Four band mates (Kelly Martin, Rebecca Gourley) doing vocals, guitar, violin. I also have additional musicians like Rebecca Scott, Steve Fulton, Jason Roark, Dave Andrews, Larry Kiser, Dan Costello, Christine Thomas & Stephen "the Fritz" Mathie. So I'm hoping to create something diverse and unique. That being said I really have a hard time putting a "genre" on these tunes. Since I listen and respect so many different kinds of music, I hope it reflects.......So for now, we'll call it spud rock!! CHECK OUT THE NEW ALBUM AND ALL THE GUEST MUSICIANS PROFILES (bELOW)

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Member Since: 8/10/2007
Band Website: audiomoonshine.com
Band Members:

Jake Ransom- Vocals, Guitars, Bass, quirky noises & occasional rhythm attempted rappage Chad Waite- Drums, Vocals, Percussion, stick flips, drummer "points" & kung fu yoga Jamie Vink- BASSSSSS, Drivin truck, Capo Management, and Table dancing Steven "Fritz" Mathie--Cello and attitude and more attitude-- Danny Mogford: rockin the guitar & best beard in the band by far Steve Fulton- Hammond, Guitar, Vocals (ya gotta love Fulton)
Influences: All the way accross the board. David Gilmour, Tom Petty, Collective Soul, Sister Hazel, Glen Phillips & Toad the Wet Sprocket, Johnny Cash, Alice in Chains, Sting, Cracker, Garth Brooks, Far Too Jones (The Clear), Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Stevie Wonder, Eve 6, Pearl Jam, DJ Quik, Alabama, Brad, Radiohead, Guster, Bob Schneider, Ryan Adams, Big & Rich, Ludacris, who doesn't love the Beatles?, and I could go on for days--
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Record Label: Ur-a-Label
Type of Label: None

My Blog

cRAZY sUMMER fUN

It's been a crazy couple of weeks. We went down to Ketchum to play at Whiskey Jacques a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. Great people and a great town a true Gem of Idaho. U...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:04:00 PST

Summer Wind Down

I can't believe the summer is coming to an end already. I feel like I didn't do much this summer except play some serious music, which is alright with me. From playing every week at Old Ch...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:16:00 PST

Finally

Hey everyone, the album is finally done. It's been so long that it's surreal to even sit back and look at the finished product. If you don't have one, there's links all over the place to g...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:57:00 PST

Whiskey Jacques

We just got back home from playing Whiskey Jacques in Ketchum, ID. We had a great time and got to hang out with a great group of people this weekend. We decided to do the "rock-band" line&...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:18:00 PST

Lets be...

Last week A.M. had a chance to go in the studio and do some final tweeks and mixing. Also, we had Christine Thomas come in and sing vocals on "lets be." I love it & think it sounds gre...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:41:00 PST

Simple Song

This song is getting a great response so far. We went to Portland to hang out with our friend Jason Rourk to record this song. He has a very unique flavor when it comes to layering songs w...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:01:00 PST

not today/crazy

A couple more new songs for ya. Well, crazy is about the happiest love song I've ever written. It spawned from an ex-girlfriend who commented on all the negative songs I wrote about her.&n...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:11:00 PST

Lucid

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone whose been coming out to the shows!!! I've been having so much fun jammin. The song "Lucid" is about dreams. It's for anyone whose ever woke up betwee...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:40:00 PST

Easy

December gazes in our face and it's the most loved/hated time of year. I'm getting so close to getting the songs mixed that I'm kinda scared that when it's all done I'll long for my studio couch...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:44:00 PST

Roger Clyne show

Wow is all I can say about Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. These guys are truly one of my fav. bands since I've been playing music. So when the opportunity arose to share the stage/open u...
Posted by Audio Moonshine on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:15:00 PST