The Canyon Club ROUND TWO!

Canyon Club Promo 2



March 26, 2009
The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA
$10 per ticket $15 at the door
Doors at 7PM

CAUTION: Long Entry!

My laptop is so incredibly out of commission but I have lots of things to hold you over in case you were waiting to hear about the posts I promised the last post around!

BAND UPDATES:

First of all, Merry Christmas to all! How was yours? Now, I know the blog has been kind of dead for awhile but I'm getting back into the swing of things. You've probably missed the guys while we have been keeping you all out of the loop, but a ton has been going on during our e-hiatus. Countless Hours has been a band of busy bees, in case you haven't noticed via the myspace. Most of their time has been spent practicing, recording their EP (all six songs are now available for listening on MySpace), and preparing for their upcoming show at The Canyon Club on January 8th. It's so close now! I can't even believe it.

At the moment, it's currently our Winter Break and though it's not really straight from the horse's mouth, I have a bit of an idea here and there about what the guys themselves have been doing besides the band (and if I didn't have an idea, I made it up =D):

Over Thanksgiving, Aaron enjoyed some tan time in the tropics of Hawaii and is currently spending time with family up at 10,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies. You can bet he's getting his fill of snowboarding in, let's just hope he doesn't hurt himself this time =P {Psssst...Rumor has it he's using his Christmas money to save up for something special.}

Tyler recently got back last week or so from his own escapade in the Hawaiian Islands with family for Winter relaxation. Hmm, I wonder if either of our beloved guitarists bothered to pick up a ukelele and melt some faces at the beach? He also got this pretty sweet hat for Christmas.

Ryan Metier needs to get his wisdom teeth out! Uh ohhz! Stay tuned, he hasn't made the appointment yet but he told me he's a bit timid about it. Since I'm unsure as to what he received for Christmas, I'd love to tell you what I got him. It would ruin the surprise though (my presents are coming in a week or so, I online shopped late ^_^), he might lurk the blog and see.

Meanwhile, Mitch has been adjusting quite well to the band. I've been having fun getting to know the kid through practices and his little visit to my Christmas party last weekend. Just as an excited little sidenote, he even gave me a two second drum lesson, fun stuff. Last I heard he's been lounging around our hometown, and spent Christmas with family and friends. He was pretty excited about his presents. Oh yeah, and he misses his bffl Aaron dearly (goes both ways though, I've heard from both of them about it!)

it really doesn't get cuter than that as far as best friends go.

The elusive Bob Lamm has been so far the most difficult for me to get a hold of, but Bob has actually been recovering from a knee surgery! He's doing alright though, it's no big deal. You can send well wishes his way via the band myspace. OH, and he received a new bass that should be shiny and pretty to play for the Jan. 8th show. =]

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BLOG UPDATES:

Working into the wee hours of the morning, I just uploaded a bunch of videos that I've collected over the past month (and will continue uploading videos from now on) for your viewing pleasure on the CH YouTube Channel! All the guys have access to it and I'm going to attempt to get them to start posting their own stuff at will on top of the random shenanigans that I happen to catch on camera when they're not paying attention (or at least acting like they're not paying attention). This isn't even the half of it, more is coming very soon!

&& along with this nifty new house of fun comes new features for the blog!

• The most recently uploaded videos will now be available for viewing on the right side of the blog under Countless Videos. You don't even have to leave the page to watch 'em! Seriously, click a video, go try it!
  
• I also set up the YouTube to feed into the blog so that as new things get uploaded, the blog will automatically update itself with a new post of the video. How groovy is that?

To make space for the YouTube gadget, I got rid of the tagboard on the right side of the page. It was becoming a spam-hassle anyway. If you want to let us know something, go ahead and leave a comment instead (link at the bottom of the entry!)

Peace easy!
-RC

WATCH US AT THE CANYON CLUB =]

Canyon Club Promo

Flash Rock LIVE

They boys did an awesome job on Flashrock tonight! Check it out here and leave a comment on flashrock.com! Don't forget to go to the page and check out new videos and photos from The Benefit Concert on Saturday night, including the new song Never Change!

soon to come: audio interview with countless hours and yours truely.

-JElizabeth

P.S. Listen to the shout outs! Hunter, Picnic, and Bob gave shout outs to yours truely, and to my significant other, Rosalie. Sweet.

Some shameless CH Promotion

Well, things are still a bit quiet on the CH front, but I thought this was good enough to share. I went to Warped Tour in Carson yesterday (so much fun!) and actually found some time to promote the band. I tipped the We The Kings merch guy and got to write on the table. =) Who knows, maybe a few people will end up checking it out.

Really haven't heard much from the guys lately, but I just had a short conversation with one Ryan Metier. He tells me he's been working on some publicity efforts, no idea what exactly though.

Things will pick up again soon, promise!
-RC

New Songs! New Myspace!

After hard work in the studio, the final cut of the recordings came in last Friday. Rumor has it that this EP is going to be legit with snazzy packaging and all.

Stoked!

The songs that were recorded are now posted up on the CH myspace!

1] Just Coincidence
2] Second Chances
3] No More

To celebrate, I gave the band's myspace page a facelift. I think it's pretty neat-o.

-RC
P.S. Janaye's back in town!!! YAY! This'll be my last post until she whisks off somewhere else for the summer.

If the myspace player that I posted doesn't work, head over to the myspace page for a listen.

Like what you hear?

Vote for COUNTLESS HOURS on FLASHROCK!

25 April 2009- Rock City Studios

ROCK CITY STUDIOS- FRIDAY, APRIL 25

Well now, on Friday, Countless Hours played alongside The Atrocities and Cupcake. Big shout out to John from SoCal Musician for setting up the show!

Beforehand, Hunter and I were at Aaron's place, and the two of them were fooling around with some chord progressions, etc etc. Aaron is fiddling with some John Petrucci stuff currently. The two of them figured out some really cool sounding guitar stuff, so listen for a new song.

The show was great; all of the Cupcake fans were wonderful, so props to you guys for clapping along and staying for the set.
Look for a benefit concert and battle of the bands coming up, as well as some other neat things.

Hasta Luego!
-J

P.S. Don't forget to vote on Flashrock!
P.P.S. Could there be a Paramore cover on the horizon?
P.P.P.S. Ryan's beloved mic, Thor, has been kidnapped! Oh no!



SETLIST:
1) Countless Hours [Dedicated to Cody J. Murphy]
2) Just Coincidence
3) No More
4) Recurrence
5) Slither
6) All In

PHOTOS:
I'm waiting for Ryan to upload them. Give it a few days B)

12 April 2008- VENTURA THEATER

For all those who missed the show, you missed out! And for all those who made it, you witnessed the first ever Countless Hours show, and I'm pretty sure you were all damn impressed.
Last night was a birthday celebration for Ryan "Picnic" Metier. Yes, it is true. Ryan is finally 18, so the guys hired a professional photographer and a professional to take video for the show. They captured the whole set, and I'll have some of that available for you guys soon.
Anyways, CH rocked the house.... even if the crowd was a majority of skinheads/punks, the front barricade was filled with friends and fans [and yours truely got in trouble for headbanging too hard, hah hah...].

Happy Birthday, Picnic!
Great job last night, CH!

Cheers,
-J

p.s. vote on flashrock!

SETLIST:
1) Countless Hours
2) Just Coincidence
3) No More
4) Recurrence
5) Slither
6) All In

PHOTOS:

VIDEO:
Unfortunately, the computer the video was stored on crashed, and the guy who took the video didn't have a backup ]: Bummer! But the band is getting their money back, no worries!

09 Feb 2008- Promotional Photo Shoot

The only people I would ever get out of bed for at 7:50 in the morning are my boys in Countless Hours.
Bob, Aaron, and Hunter called me, and told me to get out of bed. I was being kidnapped two hours earlier than planned. I get out the door by 8:00AM and we get ourselves energy drinks at Albertson's. Hunter gave up "caffeinated beverages" for lent. He really loves Jesus, this guy needs two Monster in the morning to get to ASB on time.
Anyways.
We dilly dally around Aaron's house, and I get to do hair and pick outfits. Aaron actually picked his own clothes, I just added the necklace, which is his sister's london coin. Thank you, Katie.
By 10:oo, we leave for the Ventura Pier.
Note: It is the most gorgeous california winter day ever. A sweet seventy degrees, and I'm with my favorite band in the world at the beach. Nothing really beats this.
We leave the pier around twelve and get ourselves some Habit. Bob Lamm gets kudos for buying me french fries. Hunter takes us to the park by his house, and it is incredibly scenic. I mean, completely gorgeous. The pictures turned out great. And we all had a totally bomb time.

Check out their favourites here.
Check out my favourites here.

Cheers,
JElizabeth. [Photographer Extraordinaire]