Ellington

NEW ELLINGTON SONG JULY 1st!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:40:35 GMT

Hey guys

We are posting a brand new song on our MySpace page "Wide Awake and Smiling" on July 1st. Make sure you tell all your friends to stop by and check it out. We can't wait to show you!!!

:)

Where did the year go?

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:23:46 GMT

There is only 6 months left in 2008! It's gone so quick..

We've been busy lately, working towards booking a tour and starting to talk with labels about releasing our EP. Unfortunately my laptop which had all our recording video and photography on it is not working at the moment (a delta arilines employee dropped it in LA!!) and i'm hoping they can fix it so i can start making some studio videos to show you guys how much fun we had making this EP. It would also be lovely to have every song i've ever written back, thats what you get for leaving stuff on your laptop and not backing a back up kids lol. im an idiot ha or maybe i have a lot of bad luck. tour tour tour tour soon!! excited...

-jake

A new EP and a new approach..

Thu, 29 May 2008 06:04:24 GMT

Hey guys

We're back home and working on our release, when will we release it? we aren't sure. Who will release it? We don't know just yet but we're really excited about it and can not wait for you to hear it. We have a lot of practice ahead of us and we want to make this release amazing so be patient with us...We're really close to having the artwork done and have been looking at some cool concepts and ideas. Here is a little teaser...

click for larger view....

my flight/journey back home..

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:24:04 GMT

was crazy,

i missed the Atlanta to LA flight so they got me on a later one. met Steve in LA, so we hung out at the airport until 11 at night after arriving at 10 in the morning . Our plane from LA to Melbourne had to stop in Brisbane to re-fuel because we had flown into strong head winds all night so that added 2-3 hours onto the flight. so then i missed my Melbourne to Gladstone flight and it was the last of the day so they put me on a Melbourne to rockhampton flight which is 2 hours from where i even live. so when i got to Brisbane to change flights to rockhampton they told me there was one seat on a plane to Gladstone but needed to find my luggage so i could change again. so they finally found it and i waited another few hours and got on that plane. finally arrived home and they sent my guitars to rockhampton, so now im waiting for them to call me and tell me if they have found them so they can send them out to me. lol.oh and they dropped my laptop so it doesn't work anymore and i grabbed a friends MACbook charger which doesn't work!! annoyed

finally home.

i have so many photos yet to post..one day

finished the record....

Sun, 18 May 2008 22:59:53 GMT

hii
its been a couple days. we have finished up recording in the studio and are just doing final touches on some songs. Leighton from the band Lydia sang on a song yesterday and its sounding amazing. We were lucky enough to get on the door for a Paramore, Meese and Conditions show on friday night which was a lot of fun! The amount of kids at that show was crazy! We got into a Beerfest, free of charge and got to sample 150 different types of beer..well we didnt drink that many but if you were keen i guess you could. i'll have some photos of that eventful evening soon!

The weekend..

Mon, 12 May 2008 01:47:25 GMT

so we finished tracking everything for our EP on saturday, Matt Thiessen from Relient K came by again to hang out and our good friend matt the beer man came in and did some percussion for us. We did some group vocals and then headed down to place called smiths old bar for a 500 songs for kids charity. I ended up playing a song and so did matt.. The place was sold out and every one was having a really good time! i think we're pretty sure matt malpass is the best producer alive ha! everything has been going really well and we have has a lot of fun! We have a week left of mixing and experimenting, adding sounds etc. Leighton from a band called Lydia is also singing on a track which we are really excited about...we cant thank everyone that has helped us out enough. A lovely girl by the name of Kat Jones did some vocals and it's sounding amazing! cant wait for you to hear it! sorry for the poor photos, better ones soon :)

Tuesday...

Wed, 07 May 2008 05:02:44 GMT

So we started our day at what has become our daily routine...there's a cool gourmet cafe in the downtown Atlanta that have been serving us some amazing healthy food that has come to be a refreshing change, We did harmonies for a couple songs and then Jeff from a band called Say Anything came in and did keys and some guitar parts on a song. We had some italian food for lunch and then Matt from Relient K came by and did some keys on a track, it;s sounding amazing. After getting into the beers and whisky for a little while we headed to a bar called The Graveyard, Matt got us all into Darts and Lane, our assistant engineer ended up taking the win! After one too many drinks we headed back to the studio and were lucky enough to hear the brand new Relient K EP and it's sounding amazing, gave us so much motivation. We're pretty lucky to have so many people hanging out and helping us..Jerimiah, the drummer of Manchester Orchestra also hung out all day and was such a rad guy!

We're all going jogging shortly...Matt Malpass, Lane, Ellington and Matty from Relient K...good times!

talk soon...i'll post some pictures shortly...

Sundays..

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:40:30 GMT

Day off..

The rise of science...

Sun, 04 May 2008 05:27:03 GMT

hey so last night we road tripped down to Marietta and saw some local bands As Cities Burn, Ocean is theory, seven story fall and a band called the rise of sunshine.
anyway these guys recorded with malpass as well and their live show was one of the most impressive i have ever seen! so maybe check them out @ http://www.myspace.com/theriseofscience. Good guys. Thanks to the seven story fall guys for the free CD and stickers etc. so awesome.

the rise of science

road trip

the rise of science

Days five and six in the studio...

Sat, 03 May 2008 22:01:09 GMT

Today i finished all my electric guitar parts and we are spo happy with how it's sounding. Last night we went down to Marietta to see Ocean Is Theory, As Cities Burn and The Rise Of Science...who are are really really good. I will post some photos of their set soon. We ofcourse finished the night with some whisky before heading on home. Stevie our drummer is heading down to Florida to hang out with a good friend Gemma. Michael is starting his lead guitar parts right now so hopefully they get done in the next few days. Ryan from Rookie of The Year is coming down from North Carolina to sing on the EP and Geoff from Say Anything is also coming in to play keyboards on the EP which we're really excited for!!! We met the Death On Two Wheels guys last night, their really cool and have record with malpass before!

in the studio

Grace

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:42:18 GMT

I have been missing my sister pretty bad lately, looking forward to getting home and seeing her!

Day Four - Vocals Finished

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:29:22 GMT

hey

so today after another long bus ride into the city we had some amazing pasta at a cafe and made our way down to the studio. We had three songs left to track all the vocals for and finished them all which is awesome...we're way ahead of schedule which will leave us a lot of time to add parts and experiment with different sounds. We're really excited about the way it is sounding..we start tracking electric guitars tomorrow. We all went to a sushi restaurant in five points, filled ourselves up and came back home for another day. We have some very talented people coming into the studio to help out but we still want to wait to tell you guys exactly who they are..

Vocals - Done !!

malpass needs a bigger screen...

Started vocals (3 songs done)

Thu, 01 May 2008 11:12:11 GMT

Hey so yesterday we started vocals and i managed to get through 3 songs, We worked pretty hard on them all and ended up re-writing a chorus, we're really happy about it so far and have 3 more songs to do today then we get into the electric guitars!! We hung out at this place called the vortex last night and had an awesome waiter trying to be australian...during vocals yesterday malpass decided to use his rookie of the year technique on me by buying me some whisky....a lot of photos are on our camera, however we lost the cable to transfer them so they will be up soon...once again running out of time, have funnnn

Tired...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:50:38 GMT

so good to come home each night to the "basement" which has been our home for nearly 2 weeks...4 weeks to go.

stevie , tired, home.
(you would think you would get up and clean this mess!)

Day One and Two In The Studio...

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:08:32 GMT

hiii

I'm going to be making a whole bunch of videos to put on the page of our journey when i get back to australia and putting some pics up when we get back to the basement tonight.... in the mean time.

We arrived at monsters and marigolds studio in Atlanta yesterday and were welcomed by our producer Matt Malpass who has done some of our favorite bands like copeland, lydia and rookie of the year. He's an awesome dude and we managed to finish tracking all the drums yesterday, Andy West drummed on the EP and we couldn't have asked for a better guy, really nice and solid. He has been in bands liked Cartel and Manchester Orchestra so him and Stevie West (ellingtons new drummer) worked together and came out with some awesome drum sounds. He used a 70's ludwig, vintage and it sounded amazing.Malpass and our engineer only known as Lane, who has been in bands like The Almost and with producer Matt Goldman worked together last night and mixed the drums so this morning i could get straight into doing the acoustic parts. We will start Vocals tomorrow and then on Monday have some very talented people coming in to help us...we will tell you more soon..Which is incredibly exciting. In between recording we have been listening to the new Rookie Of The Year album, which is amazing and eating a lot of buritos haha. We're so excited..and i have some tracks to do so talk soon

more photos soon...

xo

The drums - done

acoustic guitars - done

The Squirrel...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:08:41 GMT

i guess this is the same as a giant rat in Australia!
These little guys are always hanging out in the backyard...got this photo a couple days ago

The dirty south...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:24:37 GMT

We've been in the USA for about 10 days now hanging out trying to come to terms with the jet lag and how cheap everything is here..i picked up a new Mexican telcaster guitar for $380!!! I was blown away by the beer menu at a place called Taco Mac, they had amazing food and over 500 beers from around the world on the menu..being under age its hard but luckily we had contacts hehe. Free refills with every meal is cool too! So i guess if you love fast food then America is the place to be!! Stevie is over here with us, the newest member of our band on the drums..we went for a drive down south and ended up lost in a place called Norcross..the awesome part was we took a wrong turn and ended up near an amazing national park, we're going to go exploring up there on our days off to check it out some more. We're staying with our good friend stacy in a lovely house in the Atlantic suburb of Woodstock..a small estate about 25mins from the city. We have pretty much taken over the basement and it's already due for a clean! We went out to this place called Afterlife and got a taste of the Atlanta night life, hung out in this place called little five points..i'd compare it to fortitude valley except much cleaner and more to see..very arty! I got my nose pierced by a 7ft scary man..i didn't think it would hurt anywhere near as much as it did! We have been hanging out at the American Apparel stores stocking up on cheap clothes..fun fun....The meals here are huge so i wont be surprised if i come back to Australia a little bigger! There is a lot more to talk about but it's late and we start recording tomorrow morning...we have to catch the bus from Woodstock to Atlanta and our sessions in the studio are from noon until 10pm..i cant wait although im really nervous about the whole thing! The money is so different, the people really nice and there is a lot to see...we have a baseball game, ice skating, world of coca cola, the zoo and aquarium and a trip to Nashville, Tennessee on the list of things to do but for the next few weeks we need to concentrate on making an amazing EP..Michael flew in on Friday night, we took him for a terrible waffle house meal and have just been relaxing organizing everything for recording..wish me luck.