Showing posts with label ryan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ryan. Show all posts

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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. =]
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

Thursday, June 19, 2008

New COUNTLESS HOURS song!

CLICK to listen to NO MORE (ACOUSTIC) !

Aaron J. Chambers was the guest guitarist for Newbury Park High School's 2008 Year End Choir Concert. He and Ryan M. Metier did a special acoustic performance of "No More".... AND we got it recorded! All right! So click the link above, or visit their myspace page and have a listen.

-JElizabeth

P.S. Have you voted on Flashrock today? 264 to go!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

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!

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Quick Update:

Long time no post! Just to keep everyone updated, let me tell you about some things going on with Countless Hours right now:

1) Show at the Ventura Theater [12 April] with Oedipus has NOT been canceled. We ARE rescheduling a show with Oedipus, but we WILL be playing with GiGi Elvis at the Ventura Theater, so message us about tickets! And keep your eyes open for a Benefit Concert coming up [Details will be posted].
2) Aaron had a little snow boarding accident in Colorado over Spring Break... no worries though! Spent a few days in the hospital and now he's back on track and in California. Drop him a line, wish him well, whatever on the band page or on his personal myspace.
3) RYAN METIER TURNS 18! Get your fill, fan girls, because he's going to be LEGAL soon! I'm sure there will be a birthday bash, and lots of pictures/video, so there will be a blog soon.

Not much news, really. Still looking into studio time.
Updates later, as soon as there are some.