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TOBIE

About Me


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"Music is what feelings sound like."
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At the end of 2008 there was a hum of emptiness in the air when I sat on one of six beds in a small room with pictures of famous men who had painted silence with their craft all over the walls. The sounds of an acoustic guitar rippled and ricocheted off every space on every wall, and still there was a sense of nothingness as I strummed away.
I needed a drum beat.
I needed a bass line.
I needed keys.
Tobie and the Tension consists of a group of four people who meet in the same tiny, ventilation-free space every week to paint a picture on what would otherwise be a room thick with silence. Why?
Because there's nothing like this.
Take a moment to stop and listen. You'll find that the more you do that, the more you'll feel like what you'd feel like if someone filled a bathtub with flour and let you play in it.
And then there's you. Your ears, your eyes, your attention.
It means more to us than you will ever know.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Tobie

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/05/2006
Band Members:

Tobie - Vocals/Guitar
Darren - Keys
Adam - Bass
Anthony - Drums
Influences: Good music is good music.
Sounds Like: Considered Noise.
Record Label: None.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

ALLLLL RIGHT.

So.It's been ages. This will be brief because I barely function at this hour when I'm sitting in a bed. Knowing that there's potential to sleep makes it very difficult to maintain consciousness...Awes...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 06:12:00 GMT

Considered Nonsense.

There will always be something you don't know. To be the type to want to know everything about anything you're given a taste of is torture at least. It is the height of restlessness and discomfort, an...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:52:00 GMT

Different.

Tell myself, on the ride home,Getting tired, hating all I know.Holding on, like it's all I have,Count me out, when it's clear that IFind it hard to sayAnd you find it hard to careI wanted to see somet...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 21:53:00 GMT

Tobie L & the Tension

So here we are.The tenth of April, two-thousand and eight. Two weeks ago marks the birth of the new pop/indie band Tobie L and the Tension.I suppose I just wanted to welcome you all to our lot of cons...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:54:00 GMT

Some News and Updates ...

Alrighty.WELL guys the EP has been doing very well. I have about four copies left to dish out before I'm going to have to declare the whole "SOLD OUT" thing. Thank you for all the love and support. In...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:04:00 GMT

Thanks guys ...

Attention comrades,I just want to thank everyone that turned up for the Leo's night. Now those children will have some food because of the money you raised. Nice work. And yeah, wow, thanks for being ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:52:00 GMT

Can't say there's much that I enjoy more than getting 1.5 hrs sleep the night before recording!

This is, essentially, an advertisment for earplugs.When your brother decides to have a party consisting of boys, a girlfriend, alcohol, poker, and a lot of noise, they're something you want to keep in...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:15:00 GMT

The News, and teh up'n'comin' EP.

AHOY dearest friends,Well, the recordings are down annnnd if all goes well, the EP should be released in the next two or so months for your aural entertainment. For the Sydney residents, there's a big...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:49:00 GMT