A couple months ago, Valerie Webb (from the band Venomentality) contacted us (The Velmas) with an idea. She’s putting together a portfolio for college (she’s only 16!) next year, and in general is trying new things and experimenting with her music. She had this song called “All While Laughing” that she had recorded a quick acoustic demo for, and she wanted us to arrange it as we saw fit. Then we’d record it in the…
random thoughts: i’ve got 7 drummers lined up now to play on 11 songs i plan to record for my new side project/solo album. can’t wait to start tracking. need to come up with a name for that “band” as well as the album itself. after using pro tools for years, and then trying to do something as simple as a quick edit on a song in garageband just now, i wonder how anyone can…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWRTnapOXs&fmt=18 after much ado, the velmas are proud to announce our first music video! it’s for the song ‘tell her i love her’ from our city canyons records debut, “Station”. enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWRTnapOXs&fmt=18[/youtube]
bruce and i had a show up in amsterdam, ny this weekend. it was Very cold out and snowing. i don’t remember exactly how cold, but cold enough that we couldn’t get the lock on our trailer to open. we went in and asked the owner of the place if he had a hammer or something we could borrow. he came back with a crowbar, a hammer, and a blow torch! how cool is that? …
