Lucid Blue

Welcome, Craig!

john — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:01:24 +0000

Lucid Blue would like to officially welcome our newest member, Craig Bray. Craig has a couple of specialties: percussion and what we’ll call “digital instrumentation.” Now, don’t be alarmed. Jon is still our official kit drummer. We’ve brought Criag along to produce out-of-studio everything we would normally have to add in-studio. Needless to say, we’re very excited to have him.

Also, we should mention that Moonlight Sonata is nearly completed. Also, the unofficially titled “Take A Look,” is coming along nicely as well. We had a couple of hiccups over the summer but things are settling down now. Make sure to keep a look out for more updates coming soon!

2 New Songs

john — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:05:39 +0000

Today’s writing session was quite successful. Although we haven’t quite finished “Moonlight Sonata” we have two great concepts for other songs we have begun as well. Tentatively we’ll call them “Take a Look” and “It’s Not About Me” as they are currently untitled. Very exciting stuff. The question of the week is this: Is there a better word than “practice” for band practice? As Nate said on Twitter, we’re writing a concept album for crying out loud! Surely there’s a better word than “practice.”

-John

Gettin’ Some Cash

john — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:58:39 +0000

Greetings! Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been working on a way to build up some more cash for recording and whatnot. What we came up with is, in my opinion, freakin’ awesome. It’s called Epic Tuesday Clothing. ETC is a line of shirt designs that Nate and I will be working on in our spare time to try and raise a couple of bucks.

Basically, we’ll be specializing in two things. First, custom designs for bands and, second, sweet designs for rockers at heart. Anyone interested in checking that out (the site isn’t entirely complete yet) can click here. See ya!

-John

New Writing Space

john — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:02:15 +0000

This last week Nate and his wife finally closed on their new house and we had to spend some time getting them moved in. This is good for the band as the new house has a nice empty room just perfect for songwriting/recording.

I should mention that some years back we used to practice in a room covered in band posters, stickers, weird lights, and all kinds of crazy eclectic decorations. We’ll have to see whether or not this new room ends up as cool as the old one.

Anyway that’s what been keeping us from making any major updates for the time being. Check back soon for more updates! Later on.

-John

And the Story Begins

john — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:35:59 +0000

Ah, post number one. I just wanted to let everyone know that I was really satisfied with the songrwiting session we had last week and I wish I had an audio clip to show you. Kevin met up with Nate and I after we recorded the podcast on Saturday and we got to work on what we’re thinking will be track 3 on the new album.

The track is called “Moonlight Sonata” although it’s not technically a sonata. It’s actually named after a beach house we like to stay at on St. George Island off the Florida coast. Interestingly enough, the basic chords we use in the chorus were actually composed while sitting on a balcony at Moonlight Sonata overlooking the ocean one night some years ago.

Tomorrow Nate and I are going to meet up and work on it a little more. We’ll probably get some kind of rough recording for you the next time more than two of us can get together to work on it. Anyway I’m excited and I hope you are too! ‘Til next time.

-John