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

12 July 2008 - Ventura Theater

Countless Hours officially has another show under their belt, and congratulations to Tyler for a successful first show ever!

Big ups to John and SoCal Musician for booking this one.

I had been told in the days leading up to the show that this was going to be an epic one. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed. The boys HEADLINED it.

In the absence of dear Janaye, I stood in our usual spot front-center and tried to rock out twice as hard, channeling her spirit. Hopefully I did her proud.

As for Countless Hours, they rocked harder, sounded better, and from what I saw last night, I know for a fact that they are only going to improve. Of course, there were a few rough spots here and there due to some new additions and some "environmental issues", but Ryan, Aaron, Tyler, Bob and Hunter handled it like true pros and these rough spots hardly affected the show as a whole. Overall, it was definitely their most enjoyable performance yet! They even got some compliments from the Ventura Theater sound guys *le gasp!*. Friends, Fans and Band Members alike all walked out happily that night.

OH! One more thing. It was a tasty surprise when they didn't end with Second Chances (formerly known as All In) like before, but instead closed their set with a new one! The new song is called Never Change and features a dual guitar solo. Yes indeedy, Tyler gets one and then Aaron gets one. Not gonna lie, I peed a little when that happened.

And of course, can't wait to hear the finished product of their upcoming EP. Which, I've been told, is shaping up really well.

If you missed this one, don't worry, you'll make it to the next one!

Looking forward to the future.
-RC

SETLIST:
1] Countless Hours
2] Just Coincidence
3] No More
4] Slither
5] Second Chances
6] Never Change

PHOTO:
Newbie mistake, Rosalie forgot her camera. If you took any pictures with yours, send 'em my way!

VIDEO:
No video. The video we received was pretty crappy. Oh well.

P.S. Have you heard Just Coincidence (rough cut) yet?!? If not, check it out! The boys are open to constructive criticism that you can leave for them on their myspace blog.

P.P.S. Vote on flashrock. Duh.

WELL!? If you were there, what did you think?
Let the boys know directly on the myspace.

Update!

Just some quickies that I thought should be noted today:

• One week until CH gets in the studio! (7/8 and 7/10)
  
  
• Upcoming show on July 12 at The Majestic Ventura Theatre. Be there or be square. It's a monumental one since this is Tyler's first show.
  
  
• Happy Birthday to Aaron J. Chambers ! The guitarist extraordinaire turned 17 today.
  
  
• You voted on flashrock right? 351 votes down, and [I'm too lazy to do the math] to go!
  

Peace.

- RC