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Archived News 2001
2000 1999 1998
Chalk another one up for Utah. The band Used (Scott recorded some of these guys) just signed with Warner Bros. Records. Huge congrats! Now go buy our record. :) We'll soon be updating you on our record deal negotiations...for those that have been following the saga. Dec. 3 , 2001 HOLIDAY JOY Already got the album? Don't matter, we're sure someone you know likes indie pop and doesn't have us in their collection. Makes a perfect stocking stuffer! Just hop on over to our Sunfall Store <by clicking here> and enjoy FREE goods while they last. Albums are shipped within 24 hours. Happy Holidays! Oh yeah, we'll also be putting up a Christmas song we recorded for your downloading pleasure. Check back in a day or two. Nov. 29 , 2001 There was an incredible energy on stage tonight -- a continuation of what began on our last night of the West Coast tour. Scott was right when he said each song was like climbing a StairMaster. It was intense. We want to make sure you people who came know how much we appreciate the support and encouragement. Seven years now...crazy. Positive news: city council retracted any threats to enforce the Dance Hall Ordinance (see the movie Footloose) on Johnny B's club. Many of you made waves by contacting the mayor's office. Endless thank you's. We'll have to see how it all pans out, but chalk one up for local artists. We're taking a brief break over the holidays and will see you in January (check our live dates). P.S. Sunfall Super Fans, let us know you made it home all right (sorry about the Weezer fan clubbies comment). Nov. 21 , 2001 Here's wishing you a happy Thanksgiving. We hope to see you Utahns on Thursday the 29th at Johnny B's. The club (the last standing music club in Provo) will be shutting it's doors that night. Please come out and support Jamen Brooks and us as we bid farewell to the Provo scene as we all know it. Nov. 11 , 2001 Sincere apologies to anyone who showed up to the Fullerton gig only to have found out we had to cancel. We feel terrible for doing that and will try to make it up to you. Please forgive us. We hope you enjoyed our good friends Tarmac (we hope they're still our friends after ditching them like that). The rest of the California dates were glitchless and we met some great people on the trip (Vienna, Patrick from GB, Eric, the list goes on...). We all are much fatter from all the fantastic gas station food. Thanks Exxon. Nov. 4 , 2001 Had our last "practice" last night (anytime we play a private party where they guarantee 300, it ends up being a practice). Great show though. We're finally getting to that point that Paul talked about. If you're playing out constantly, and really focusing on your music, the worst shows will be enjoyable. We leave in a few hours for our west coast shows. We'll be meeting at Paul's house in Hollywood on Tuesday to talk about the new songs and a schedule for the new album. How we got hooked up with a producer like him is beyond us. Only one of the shows seems a little sketchy...the rest we're really excited about. Most of us are originally from L.A., and we have friends in San Fran, so it will be nice to see familiar faces on the road. Last time we played Spaceland a circuit breaker went wacko and killed the momentum of the set. We sucked pretty bad. Having our lawyer fly out from NY to assess our live show, and then have that mishap...man, we really have come a long way. Hopefully Spaceland has fixed the electricity problems - either way, I think we could overcome something like that these days. Anyway, time to pack the bags. October 19, 2001 2 a.m. Just got back from our Helena, Montana show and watching Sigur Ros on "Reverb." This band rules. Anyway, the show tonight was overly enjoyable. People in Montana are extremely kind. Long live Watsonville Patio! They could not be more accommodating or kind, even after Chris hit their dog with a frisbee! (We've taken to calling them "Thoughtfulville Nice-io"). Speaking of frisbee, George and I plan on playing 18 holes of disc golf tomorrow before heading to Missoula. Cant wait for that show. Hope to see you soon. October 18 , 2001 Sitting in a quaint little hotel room at Louis and Clark's in Bozeman, Montana. A few of us are about to go hit the swimming pool (oh, life on the road), before heading over to the club that we're playing at tonight. Watsonville Patio (our buddies from L.A.) just stopped by to say hey. We're playing with them for the next week. I wonder when they'll find out that we spelled their name wrong on the Utah posters. Woops. Anyway, the show this afternoon at the college was a little sketchy. I think we played a too hard for the room. We did get some good video of people trying to sleep while we played. I wonder if the guy who was picking his nose knows that we have it all on tape. October 8 , 2001 'Monday 23' is the top-selling album at the Garageband Records store. Muchas gracias. The single "I Walked Away" is still in the top 10 all-time favorites. Muchas gracias otra vez. (By the way, for all you following the Garageband Records contract negotiation -- we're getting very close.) Sunfall is getting ready for our short Montana tour next week, followed
by a stint on the West Coast. Look for California dates on our live
page soon. September 21 , 2001 Per the request of many, we're planning a tour of the West Coast. We need a little support. If you're from, or have connections to, San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo or San Francisco, and wouldn't mind getting some perks, please email management at sarah@sunfallfestival.com. In other news, we have a lot of new songs. Hope to have something up to listen to soon. September 13 , 2001 We would like to extend our sympathies towards the families of the victims of the tragedies in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. Until recently, George lived just blocks from the devastating attack in Manhattan. We are happy he moved back to rejoin the band, and we wish the best for his friends and neighbors in New York. September 5, 2001 Mad props to Amy and Yoni who tied the knot last night in front of family
and friends. Our little girl is all growd up, she gots a new last name
an' everything. Much love, much love. August 8 , 2001 So much to report...where to start? July 31, 2001 Want to discuss the band? Want to ask questions? Want to meet that special someone (who's also a Sunfall fan)? Then sign up for the Sunfall Egroup! - Just click to enhance and enrich your life. July 25, 2001 So, we think that Sunfall might really be hitting the big time. We have heard, from a very reliable source, that Julie from MTV's The Real World New Orleans, might have been at the Freedom Festival show, July 3rd. If that isn't reason enough to get you out to see the band, then I just dont know what is. July 12, 2001 We're meeting with another producer from L.A. on Tuesday. He wanted to hear the new songs before he came up, so we're in the studio late tonight and tomorrow tracking "Punish You" and whatever Amy calls the other new song. If they come out OK, maybe we'll slap them up for your downloading pleasure. July 4, 2001 Happy 4th to all the Americans. We're on a short vacation from the band for about a week, then more rehearsing, writing and playing out. Thanks to all who came out to the show last night...by far one of our favorite shows yet. We're starting to play out our new songs, and they seem to be going over really well. We recorded the show last night -- it'll be interesting to hear what the new songs sound like on tape. We're really in a pop phase right now...leaning farther away from our mellow-dramatic stuff. But I think that's just the preasure of getting signed and thinking we need radio songs. I'm sure we'll start writing more obscure stuff along with the new popier songs. June 23, 2001 We've really been enjoying playing live again. We're practicing a lot, writing new material, and even went out and bought ourselves a big trailer to lug all our large gear in. Look for it on a freeway near you. It says "Sunfall Festival Racing Team" on the sides. Whenever we pull into a 7-11 for dinner someone will ask "hey, what do you guys race." George tells them we race guitars. It's good to have George back. We're all laughing a lot more these days. So, thanks for coming out to the shows...we hope to see you soon. Big props to Tiffany, Brigid and Jamie - three fans who have been putting a lot of miles on their cars to see us play the same songs every night. The recording contracts with Garageband Records are coming along nicely. Just about finished with the negotiations, and just about ready to choose a producer for the new album. In the mean time, playing live and writing will fill our days. May 28, 2001 Happy Memorial Day! Congratulations to Chris and his lovely bride Renae who got hitched this past Saturday, May 26th. They are off to Tahiti to celebrate their love! George will be back in good old Provo any day now, and as you can see (/live.html) we have set up quite a few shows to celebrate his return. May 9, 2001 Still in discussion about all the record deal stuff. We've had the chance now to talk to a few different producers. It was strange getting feedback and praise from a producer who a few of the band members have respected for years - particularly his work with Grant Lee Buffalo and 10,000 Maniacs. Things are still developing, but nothing is finalized. One thing that's nice: every time we call or email our A&R rep at the label, we get immediate and helpful response. I think that's a good sign. We're pretty tired of the process and just want it to be done. Signing a record deal is a pain in the butt. April 24, 2001 We had our first meeting with a producer to talk about the major label debut. No name mentioning, but he and his manager were extremely cool and we all had a fun time. They flew out from London and were in awe at the mountains. We're about 15 minutes from Robert Redford's Sundance resort, so we took a walk around there to talk. They were blown away at the view. We spent a good part of the day hanging out in the studio and working on a song we've been asked to record for a movie soundtrack. All in all, very cool guys. The fact that he was willing to move from London for a few months to work on our album here in Provo was very encouraging. April 18, 2001 A huge thank you to everyone that came to our CD release party last night. We were told we're the first band to sell out Johnny B's. So, thanks for everyone who decided to forego everything else they had to do last night and show up to listen to our new songs. It was great to finally play live again and feel that energy. All in all, it was a great experience and we're happy to have your support - sorry for starting late...not our fault :) By the way, wasn't Jamen Brooks amazing? You can hear more of his stuff at http://www.mp3.com/jamenbrooks So, next show is at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 30 (one week after the official release of the new album). We go on at 8 p.m. More info about the show on the live page. April 9, 2001 Just got back from the Low show. We all had fun, hadn't seen them play
in over a year, plus we got to see a lot of friends we haven't talked
to in a while. April 6, 2001 After nearly a year straight in the studio, with few live shows, it feels great to finally be practicing again and getting our live show together. We've asked our good friend Scott J. to help out in the keyboard dept. It's all coming together. Scott W. gets back from Europe tomorrow, and we'll begin a healthy regimen of daily rehearsals to get things together for coming shows. We have a meeting next week with some representatives from our label to talk about a possible producer. Don't really want to mention names yet, because none of us really have any idea of how this will all work out. Exciting none the less. The gentlemen flying out to meet us has worked with Sting, the Beatles, KulaShaker, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, etc., etc. Pretty freaky. March 23, 2001 Ready, set, go! The new album(s) are ready for sale. Order your copy today and have it shipped before the official release date of Monday, April 23 (for less than store prices, we might add). Also, Utah people, ensure yourself entrance to the show on April 17 by purchasing your tickets online. Only $5 online. Jamen Brooks, former lead singer of the great band Clover, will be opening. March 15, 2001 So late last night Scott was working on the final mixes of the album when the evil computer trashed a good portion of "Victim." Scott was happy. The best part is that all the tracks we lost were produced by Sophina, so now we have to bug them again to work their magic on that song. Nice. But, deadlines are deadlines, and we're still on track to meet our release date. We'll let you know when that is soon. In the mean time, go win yourself a FREE copy of the new album. March 9, 2001 Well, while we wrap up the final touches on the new album, we thought we'd give you a chance to win some FREE MUSIC. Try your luck, and see if you don't get yourself a free copy of Monday 23 plus 17 B-side songs. Enter here. Feb 26, 2001 So very close we are. Strings about finished. Final touches almost finished. Mixing underway. Artwork just about complete. Mastering day chosen. Stay tuned for a release date. Feb 14, 2001 Happy Singles Awareness Day. Recording and mixing of Monday 23 is coming
along just swell. Tomorrow we're finishing some vocal touches on "1st
Time" and Friday the string players and arranger are coming in to
play on "Monday 23." Scott has been mixing the songs that are
complete, Chris has been working on the CD art and liner notes. Still
no release date, but we're closer than we were last time you checked in.
Sophina Sound is going to produce "Victim" for us. It's a song
we've been having some trouble completing. We're starting over and bringing
in Finn and Yoni to give it a fresh start. George will be in town this
weekend (from NY) and we'll be together again - one happy family. Our
No. 1 fan, Jon C. will be taking some press photos of us (something we
all hate to do, but we haven't had a current photo of the four of us in
over two years). That's all for now. Go get kissed. Jan 16, 2001 The last few weeks have been pretty slow as far as our working on the
new album goes. The whole garageband
record deal and holidays
kept us out of the studio. Scott's been really busy recording, just not
Sunfall stuff. We'll get back into the studio soon. Supposedly, we're
having the strings for a few of the songs recorded this month. Jan 3, 2001 Over the holidays Ed Stasium from garageband gave our song "I Walked Away" a really nice review. Mr. Stasium has worked with some very cool artists over his 30 year career, including Mick Jagger, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, and Joan Jett.
Well, the song "I Walked Away" has officially won us a garageband.com $250,000 recording contract! Obviously, we're all very shocked and happy. It's still sinking in. garageband called us on Monday afternoon to make sure they had the correct contact information for the band. They told Scott they wanted to make sure this was the right Sunfall Festival and that we may be hearing from them shortly. Scott asked if that meant we had won, but the kind lady said, "I don't know, we're going to be announcing the winner very shortly, so that might mean we may call you." So, Scott called Amy and I, we went over to the studio and they called back. It was very strange to be told we had just secured a contract to put out an album with a $250,000 budget. Dream come true for the band. A few of the individuals involved with the label include Jerry Harrison (No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Talking Heads, Live), Cameron Sears (manager of the Greatful Dead) and Sir George Martin (the Beatles). Needless to say, we're very excited to be in such amazingly good hands. Read the garageband.com interview here. The rest of the details are yet to be explained and negotiated. We'll keep you informed. For now, have a happy holiday season. We know we're going to! :) December 17, 2000 We've spent the last 4 days at No. 1 on garageband.com. Uh, did we mention that's a $250,000 recording contract for first place?!?!. "I Walked Away" made it to No. 1 in pop/rock, No. 1 in the current countdown, and now we've placed at No. 1 on the All-Time Charts. What does this mean? Who knows. You have to be No. 1 when it all ends, and no one seems to know when the exact day is. We just want it all to end so some of the band can start sleeping again. Click here to see for yourselves. You should check out garageband.com. Cool site. Review music, get free CDs. Please don't forget to give us a nice vote if you run accross our song while reviewing music. December 6, 2000 Rather incredible, but we've actually made it into the Top Ten on garageband.com's countdown for $250,000. Click here. December 5, 2000 The Christmas CD is selling quickly. We were given a limited supply,
so check the online
store for availability. November 16, 2000 The Christmas compilation CD we appear on is due out in the next week
or two. We'll be selling it in our online
store for $5. We have a limited number, so get them while they're
cheap. Regular store prices will probably be around $12-$15, but we wanted
to give you a deal since there's only one of our songs on there. October 12, 2000 Last night we recorded a Christmas song for a compilation CD coming
out during the holidays. We covered "Still, Still, Still" -
Amy's favorite Christmas song. Amy sings in German. It's a pretty song...be
on the lookout for news about that CD. October 9, 2000 Listening to rough mixes of the new album right now. It's really turning
out. We'll be getting the songs up, two at a time or so, for all you pre-orderers.
Keep an eye open for an email. September 20, 2000 Scott and Chris working on some pre-mixes of a few songs. Amy's vocals
came out great. Things are definitely shaping up. We're planning on tracking
the last two songs on the 30th. Tomorrow night Scott Johnson is coming
in for keyboard tracks. The earliest we can get the string players in
is sometime during October. That pushes things back a bit, but the songs
that are getting strings really will sound so much cooler. September 18, 2000 Hey, Amy and I got lots of good vocals done today, and we even made some headway on "Victim". We are thinking that we should re-record "Neices and Nephews" and put it on the album. I think it is a great song and would fill the soft acoustic slot. Scott August 14, 2000 it's well into the evening recording and my vocals aren't coming along as well as wanted. vocals for devistation and wah - oh. we lit candles and turned the lights down low to put me in the mood but i'm still so "pitchy". so i'm talking a break. Scott Johnson is doing some keyboard stuff. Chris in the meantime keeps things interesting by video taping everything-sticking the camera in our faces. by the way the last entry that was written tends to sound like Amy (me) was a flake and didn't bother to show up or let anybody know where i was, the truth was, i was stuck in vegas for a friend's wedding that was supposed to be on the 11th but ended up being on the 12th. so it wasn't like i was out livin' it up while the guys were stuck doing the work. ok. someone was mr. poopy pants. August 12, 2000 5:10 p.m. - It's Saturday. Scott and Chris have been in the studio working on finishing touches to a few of the songs (acoustic guitar overdubs, bells and tamborine stuff, etc.). Amy was supposed to be over to finish up final vocals on a few songs, and Scott Johnson (an amazing keyboardist) was supposed to be here to put down some organ and piano parts, but neither of them showed up. Hmmmm. Deadlines, people, deadlines (but i guess we can't really get bummed with Scott since he's playing for free). Anyhoo, recording is going good. Right now we're pulling some of the older songs from tape to the computer to get them ready for final overdubs (and watching Celebrity Jeopardy on a Saturday Night Live rerun). So, "Monday 23" should have either 13 or 14 songs on it, and the "23 B-Sides" album will have, yup, 23 tracks. Live tracks, outtakes, acoustic versions of the final versions, etc., etc... All but one of the songs have been recorded. We've been playing "Your Words Shot Through" at shows for about 5 months now, but haven't recorded it to tape (we were supposed to do that today, but some people decided not to show). Hopefully Amy will be finished with most of her vocal tracks and Scott Johnson will done with any keyboard parts by the end of the month. We'll track "Your Words" and then be ready for the string players to come in and play on four songs. After that, just mixing and mastering. So, if you can figure out a release date from all that, then add a few weeks to it. August 4, 2000 Email from Scott - "well andy and I have been picking up whatever time has been available and recording. i got all my parts for 'someones favorite song' done and we have quite a bit of work on 'devastation,' which is a really hard one for me to pick what to play and on what instrument. anyway, i was hoping we could record "your words" this saturday." We're getting close. Starting to see the end of this project. Trust me, we're as happy as most of you who pre-ordered the CD (and you can trust we won't be pre-selling a CD again). It's sounding GREAT (if a band member can say their stuff sounds great) and we're really, really excited to get feedback from you all. I'll be uploading some clips of new songs to the site in the next few weeks. Keep on holding on, we're really close. May 4, 2000 The studio is almost complete! It's been a long 6 months away from recording, and we're all excited to get back in the studio as soon as we can coordinate schedules, decide on songs, blah blah blah. We have a release date in mind for Monday 23, but we're not sharing that with anyone until we really think we can hit that goal (anyone who pre-ordered Monday 23 can vouch that we SUCK at hitting release dates). Some fans ordered the CD 8 months ago thinking it would be out in a matter of months. How sad is that? :( Sorry. We'll do something extra special for you...promise. Anyway, we've written new material and played out quite a bit this year, so we'll be starting from scratch on a few songs and re-recording new versions (hopefully better) of a few songs. Expect some interesting string arrangements (we've hired a talented guy for that dept.) on four or five songs. Scott just bought a grand piano, so we'll be playing with that as well. In short, expect a somewhat different, more produced, and more emotionally charged album. That's it for now. Thanks for checking in. March 27, 2000 We had a really good time playing with Govinda the other night. Nice guys. Thanks to all you devotees for coming out. Probably the best part of the night was looking over at George onstage with us again. It's too bad he's such a smart guy and has to do all that smart-guy-law-school stuff, cause playing as a five piece with Dan and George was pretty wicked awesome. Anyway, hopefully we'll have some pics of that show up in a few days. Our photo section needs an overhaul. John C., one of the coolest sunfall friends we've ever known, took a few rolls of film. And as soon as we finish some more painting at the studio, we'll take some pictures so you can see the facelift that's pushed the album so far back. So check back in a few weeks and we'll give you a tour of the studio and have some more up-to-date photography. See ya. March 6, 2000 The Bonus CD promotion (when you pre-order Monday 23) is now officially over. You can still pre-order the album however. We'll let you know if the Bonus CD of B-sides will be available for purchase at some point. As for now, we're just trying to focus on finishing Monday 23. March 1, 2000 Dan, Scott, and Chris all worked on the studio tonight...getting it closer, sanding, stripping paint, looking at all the new audio gear. It's really funny to have hard labor be a part of making an album. We went out to dinner to a Japanese restaurant with Sarah (our manager/Scott's wife) and little Brendo. We had our own little room and sat down on mats laughing at really sick stories Dan was sharing. February 26, 2000 Really, there's nothing special to report, it just had been too long since the last update. Everyone is doing well. Scott's studio is almost finished. We'll have some pics and stuff as soon as we're back recording so you can see what the new and improved studio looks like. Scott really has outdone himself with this whole thing. The house looks killer and every artist in town seems to be waiting until everything is up and running so they can get into the vibe of the house and recording that will go on there. We've been playing out quite a bit lately. Having fun doing that. Some shows are pretty sloppy because of our lack of practicing over the last couple of months, but you know, I've kinda liked how lose and real a few of these past shows have been. We're having fun. Just like it should be when four friends get together to make music. We wrote a new song a couple of weeks ago that will definitely be on the new album. Amy and Scott sing together on it, and the whole thing has a cool blend to it. Recording again will be such a blast. I think this may be the longest we've been away from the studio. That's about it for now. We'll try and be a little better with the updates. Until then, happy living.
We've been asked to appear on an Artists for Humanity compilation CD called "A Woman's Worth - Volume 1." This CD is available through MP3.com. We're really happy to have our song on this project. All artist proceeds from the sale and download of songs from "A Woman's Worth" will be donated to "Sojourn Service", a non-profit group dedicated to the assistance and recovery of battered and abused women and children. About a month ago MP3.com featured Sunfall Festival and "Normal". The song, as Amy has puts, is about how un-normal abuse is. A promoter in Los Angeles heard the song on MP3.com and thought it would fit well on the benefit CD. Top downloading artists such as Fisher, Anet, Scott Meldrum, and Interscope Recording artist Duke Daniels are also on the two-volume set. --->Click here for more info. October 19, 1999 Brenden has his own page. --> Click here <--- October 9, 1999 Last night we wrote two new songs in the studio while rehersing with Dan. We'll be playing them at the Provo show on Thursday. They will probably be going on Monday 23, not the B-sides album. (more info below about the B-sides album). see ya. October 6, 1999 Hope you're enjoying the new site. We'll be in and out of the studio for the next few weeks, reworking some new songs on Monday 23. The new release date is Jan. 2000. That's not that long. Be patient. We want it to be worth your hard-earned cash. Did you know we're releasing a B-sides album at the same time? It will be available free only to those who preorder Monday23 online. There's a lot of songs that didn't fit the new album's style. Instead of having them all lost and put on a shelf somewhere to collect dust, we thought we would share them with those that really wanted to hear other things we've been working on. Be sure to secure yours by ordering Monday 23 online. September 18, 1999 Sarah (our manager) and Scott (our guitarist) had a baby! Brenden is very cool. He was born listening to music. Not ours, so he'll be ok. We're trying to teach him to play bass. You need to visit Brenden's page (as soon as it's up) if you're into cute kids. September 11, 1999 It's been a while. We've been working on a new album for a while now, but when we were going to release it was anyone's guess. In May we went back into the studio to continue work on Monday 23, and everything clicked. We recorded some 13 or so songs, most of them completely live with the addition of our friend Dan Reneer from Honeytree. The songs are capturing a live and real Sunfall Festival. The recordings a very depicting of the emotions we try to convey during our live performances. So, we'll be working on the rest of the album through the end of the year and hope to release it in January. It's looking hopeful. Thanks for checking in. May 4, 1999 Amy pierced her ears. April 25, 1999 We're pretty far into the the new CD, which will be entitled "Monday 23". A lot of people are asking what "Monday 23" means. The artwork for the new album was painted by Amy on Monday the 23rd. We all thought it would be a good album name. We've been playing quite a bit lately. We flew out to the east coast to play. Some fun times, except for Chris' emergency room experience in New York. It's all right. It will heal. George, his wife Randi, and Chris all graduated from college on Friday. Amy also celebrated her 21st birthday on Friday. January 22, 1999 Hey, really cool news!!!! We're one of the top ten finalists in Conan O'Brien's College Band Search. Visit www.nbc.com/conan and watch our video. It would be cool if you could vote for us too. January 18, 1999 Officially started working on the new album today. Wrote and recorded a pretty ambient song in about 30 minutes. Fun stuff. I think I can speak for all of us when I say it's good to be back in the studio. The mood and style of the album is heading in a direction we hadn't yet captured on previous recordings. It's pretty emotional. We're trying to capture the mood of our live shows on the album. This might mean a lot of the album will be recorded live in the studio as opposed to tracking the parts one by one. And maybe we'll have a track or two from live shows. Don't know yet. January 17, 1999 We made it to the finals of Utah's South by Southwest competition. Forty-five bands competed, and it's down to nine. We'll be playing in the finals this Sunday night (Jan. 24) at the Zephyr club in Salt Lake. Winner gets an all-expense-paid trip to perform in Austin, TX at the annual SXSW showcase. That would be cool. But, no breath holding allowed. We sure would appreciate any and all support from those interested. Bye Bye. January 14, 1999 A really big thankyou to the few that came to the studio last night to help us weed out our live set and pick songs for the upcoming CD. Your input is really appreciated. Some of the members from the hard-core band Unsound Menace came and Blake suggested Scott light some of his guitars on fire and jump into the audience. We'll see about that one. We enjoyed the long break we had over the holidays. It was much needed and sometimes downtime produces creativity. We wrote a new song called Victim our first practice back. The song leans more toward our "harder" side. A lot of the new songs are leaning that way. We usually write the more mellow songs in the studio. So that's probably what will happen on the new album. For the most part, though, the new songs tend to have a bit more of an edge. We'll try to get some RealAudio samples up real soon.
George scored in the 97th percentile on the LSAT. Rockstar or lawyer? December 6, 1998 Thanks to all who came out to the show last night. It was fun to change things up a bit a set up on the floor of the venue with the audience on the stage and on couches. A few people commented that it was more intimate that way....kinda what we were shooting for. Anyway, that was our last Wrapsody show for a while. We're starting to record a lot of the new material at the first of the year. We still want to play out live as much as possible, but it probably won't be as steady as the last few months have been. We're itching to get back into the studio and record and write new songs. October 31, 1998 We got a pretty cool feature at www.citysearch.com. Here's a link, or check it out at the review section of our site. September 21, 1998 We went on the air tonight with the host of Radio Guapo on KOHS 91.7. They played "Mistakes" and "What it Feels Like." We're starting the works for our third album hopefully to come out sometime in early '99. Then we went and put up flyers for our show this friday, so you BETTER come. August 8, 1998 Scott, Amy and George finished tracking and mixing down "Mistakes" and "What it Feels Like." July 20, 1998 Sunfall Festival was invited to play the North by Northwest media and music industry showcase in Portland, Oregon. We were told by the panel that over 2,000 bands world wide apply for the 250 spots offered. It's pretty exciting news for us. The conference lasts four days at the end of August. A few of our favorite up-and-coming bands will be playing (such as the Given, Birddog and Sunset Valley) so it will be a blast just to be there. Sometime in June 1998 George gets engaged. Sorry girls, come August he's no longer single. May 14, 1998 Play at Mayfest. We played right before Everclear, then rushed to the nearest TV to watch the final episode of Sienfeld. April 25, 1998 Play in some guitar shop in Salt Lake. Four people show up. Who advertised this one? April 10, 1998 We play live on X96's morning show in Salt Lake. About 20 of us go and we end up playing "Family Fued" with some drunk guy who wandered into the studio. The Sunfall Festival family wins. April 3, 1998 We arrive in L.A. for our show at Spaceland with Creeper Lagoon and David J. We finally meet with our lawyer. The show is a disaster (power went out, we choked) and we fear getting dropped by our lawyer the same day we meet. Luckily, that's not the case. We all spend a day with family and friends in L.A. and drive back to Utah. March 14, 1998 The EP release was tonight. It was somewhat hectic. The CDs weren't finished until an hour before the show started. The pre-show band activity was to get body massages. However, on the way to our appointment Chris' car broke down. While Chris and Scott worried about the car and the CDs, Amy and George enjoyed an hour-long massage. Unfair. The show went well. It sold out and people seem to like the new songs. February 20, 1998 We went into the studio today to begin finishing up on tracks for the new EP. During the session we met with Jamie from MTV Online for our local feature story sometime next month.
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I think William Scherme is something of a local fixture. Not quite celebrity
status, like the BushMan 2000, or any of the street performers down in the Warf,
but I kind of imagine him to be a "regular," and, if our experience
was at all indicative, a genuinely well-liked man. 