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Something New

About Me


The Beginning. Something New began in the Summer of 2001 by Matt Smith and Ariel Castillo. Ariel still in middle school and Matt a sophomore in high school, decided to form a band. They went through many changes of bassists and singers, when they formed they band they are today. After long practices and song writing, the band members clicked in November 2004. They practiced everyday in Matt's basement and played local shows around Yuma County, Colorado. Later on, Something New was landing gigs in Denver and gaining more fans throughout Colorado.
First Demo. In April of 2005, Something New recorded their first demo CD at Eight Houses Down in Denver. They were then sponsored by Offset Clothing. The demo consisted of three songs: Leaving, Letterman Jacket Show and Tell, and Our Last Moments. "Leaving" then got asked to be on the 2005 Vans Warped Tour Skratch Vol. 24 CD along with many other popular bands. They are also featured in a Props BMX Video.
Song Writing. Matt, Ariel and Jared write most of the lyrics and guitar music together, while Brian comes up with all the beats.
Hiatus. After what seemed like a long hiatus from the band to continue their education, Something New is going back to the studio this summer to finish up recording. Look for Something New playing shows soon!
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Member Since: 11/02/2005
Band Members: Guitar/Vocals: Matt Smith, 24

Guitar/Backup Vocals: Ariel Castillo, 20

Bass/Backup Vocals: Jarad Swanson, 21

Drums: Brian Mears, 21

Influences: Taking Back Sunday, Boxcar Racer, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Blink 182, The Maine, Good Charlotte
Sounds Like: The Ataris, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, Senses Fail. The Used, Matchobook Romance, Boxcar Racer, Saves The Day, Mest, Blink 182, Sum 41, New Found Glory, Early November, Homegrown, The Matches, Allister, Brand New, MXPX, Good Charlotte, Finch, Jimmy Eat World, The Starting Line, NOFX, All American Rejects, Mest
Record Label: Label?

My Blog

Help us get signed to Decaydance Records

Decaydance records is signing a new band. If you could download one of our songs from our myspace and send it as an MP3 to: [email protected] This would help us out a lot. If you don't want to...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:28:00 GMT

Add our banner to your page

http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL3Nv bWV0aGluZ25ldw==" target="0"> Here is our banner we had created. You can add it if you like. I had to reply to it to get the right text befo...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:34:00 GMT

If you know an amazing singer let us know!

were always open for an amazing singer to join us. Send us a message if you know someone.
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:19:00 GMT

Long story about our trip to la "recording our first full length"

So we got back a few weeks ago from the studio in la. It was so much fun!! I'll try to describe some of the stuff we did. The day before we left up there early I chilled with my friend amanda while ev...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 06:20:00 GMT

what were up to

so i haven't wrote a blog in a long time because my computer sucks and freezes everytime i try to post one. well in the next few weeks we will be in hollywood recording our first full length cd its go...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:43:00 GMT

band bio done

We got our band bio done thanks to jessie carrieyeyyyyeyyyy. "LOL" Then we sent our demo's to a few record companies. came back home and had a long practice for about 5 or 6 hours. we have to new song...
Posted by on Fri, 27 May 2005 02:42:00 GMT

show we played today

So we played a show for a high school today and it was pretty good. I don't remember much from it I was so tired it was like at 10:00 am. Ariel rocked out awesome and swanson knocked over his mike on ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 May 2005 01:13:00 GMT

band picture

well finally after today we finally got a band picture. It seemed like it took us forever to get one. We chose this one as our band photo just because i don't know "LOL" it was kind of weird with mear...
Posted by on Fri, 13 May 2005 03:45:00 GMT

offset clothing

Well i think offset clothing is going to sponsor us. i'm prety psyched on that. We are going to send our demo to a bunch of record companies and hope we get signed by some small label. i don't ha...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:11:00 GMT

our demo

So we got our demo today. and i'm not shure if i am exactly shure if i liek the whole thing because the studio changed some things that we don't normaly have in it. But we coulnd't be there when they...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Apr 2005 04:26:00 GMT