sonos : tour blog

Recording some new stuff today

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:46:00 +0000

laying down some preliminary tracks with Chris today :) :) been getting over a 2 week cough (shoot me in the face) so I'm finally in good enough voice to lay down the "rough draft" with him. when we finish today/tomorrow will post some previews ;)
hope you're having a wonderful day. it's rainy here in LA! puddle playing time!!! reminds me of home.

<3

steve jobs

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:51:00 +0000

my favorite living genius just passed away. it's a very strange mixed sadness i'm feeling. feels sort of like my favorite composer just died, or maybe even the inventor of the piano or the guitar or singing. just about every creative act i take part in other than live performance is executed using tools he created and refined. feels weird to write so heavy-handedly about it, but the apple computer has played an enormous role in my creative development since childhood. my dad brought home an Apple 2GS in the mid-eighties and i was on it constantly. i was mezmerized by LOGO and even used it to write my papers in jr high. in the early nineties, we got an Apple Quadra 660AV. i logged hours scouring CD-ROMS of the encyclopedia, playing games, and using Claris Works to draw and design. in 2000, i got my first iBook and to avoid a much more lengthy explanation, it made college a possibility for me. it was then that i got my first copies of finale and protools. since then, i've been writing, recording, mixing, producing, notating, and listening to music constantly. all on the apple computer. i feel that my life would have gone in a much different direction had i been without the device that i'm typing on right now. it's been the means by which i've brought almost every creative idea i've had in the last 25 years to fruition.

so long, buddy. thank you for giving my creative mind an enormous vocabulary and a voice box. =)

Post-travel day shows!

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:20:00 +0000

Just finished a 6 hour drive after about 5 hours of sleep. I am mega-tired! hope I wake up before this gig gets rolling. Perhaps one more coffee...?

My android speech transcriber, doing its best with what the captain is saying:

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:55:00 +0000

"free this afternoon new york new york practice please push back a new york charlotte news offices of myself a stone's throw the end of 1 st new york new york clear fork they want anything to her about 425 charlotte"

We're coming to Seattle!!!

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:21:00 +0000

You guys! We're going to Seattle again :) Wahooo! We love this city and can't wait to hang out with our Seattle homies. Seriously, need to get a party train going.
Every time we have been to the Seattle it has been sooo beautiful. Not a single drop of rain. Crazy, huh? Well, we'll see this time. I wouldn't mind playing in some puddles. I'm just sayin.

<3

What to do when the rain won't stop coming down.

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:01:00 +0000

Schedule a Disneyland day and know that the sun will shine again.
It always does.

2:37am, in La Jolla, recording the Tritones

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:37:00 +0000

...which would be exhausting except that they are complete and total sweethearts.

=)

though it will very soon be time for bed...

I got a personal trainer

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:39:00 +0000

It's a dog...and his name is Max. And I've been dog-sitting him for almost two weeks. And with 4 walks a day he and the hills of Silverlake are kicking my ass.
It's for the best :)

Recording a Chris song today

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:00:00 +0000

He likes to have us sing 30 second snippets and then he does a bunch of magic to the stems and BAM!! You have a rockin, sexy song. What a dick. Aidiosmioimayustkeeeething!! :D

finishing up the re-records....

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:22:00 +0000

On Motherless Child today :) :) :) :)

Excited to get it to your little ears!! We love you and can't wait for you to hear this tasty JFree arrangement.

gratitude

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:42:00 +0000

we just cleared our goal. holyholyholythanksbetoeverylastangelofsupportandlove.

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s m a c c ! ! !

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:13:00 +0000

I wish we could do one a cappella conference per month for the rest of time. It makes Sonos' whole world go round when we get to sing for this many people who love what we do. Thank you, EVERYBODY HERE! =]

Nature walking

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:58:00 +0000

It is AWESOME here.

join the grassroots project

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Kick it into high gear! Join the Sonos team and help us keep making music! Here we come in-ear monitors, live fx rigs, and a new album!! We're excited to take this journey with you :)

KICKSTARTER: kick it in the pants!!

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Kick it into high gear! Join the Sonos team and help us keep making music! Here we come in-ear monitors, live fx rigs, and a new album!! We're excited to take this journey with you :)

New entry to the list of words invented while on tour:

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:58:00 +0000

Pretenternet: free internet provided by a hotel, that actually turns out to be slower than the internet provided by my phone, even while it's in 3G mode with only one service bar.

(this blog sent from the boonies outside Austin, TX... from my phone)

Thai dinner in Cincinnati

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:54:00 +0000

Our friends, Simon and Laurie (who own the haunted mansion in Kentucky), have a kickass son named Jeffrey, who's taken us to dinner at a place called Teak! Smells good...

(this blog mysteriously did not post until now, several days late, as I've submitted it again. Hmm...)

kicking it into high gear..aka in the pants

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:17:00 +0000

I rather like this little band of singers :)

With the making of "Sonosings", we experienced so many amazing things...being on NPR's morning edition with Leanne Hansen, Chris Douridas' (KCRW) top album of 2009, Studio 360 with Kurt Anderson, collabs with Ozomatli and Anne Lit of KCRW, the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Co., along with doing some amazing music festivals including Sundance and SXSW this year! We were also fortunate to gain support from Verve Music Group enabling us to build a wonderful family of fans as we have toured the country for the past two years. We are continually astounded and eternally grateful for all the support we experience for making music. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

This spring, we are beginning to write and record our next album. We are riding the wave of inspiriation and kicking it into high gear, pursuing the creation of progressive, inspiring, vocal music. This album is going to be one of kind, with everything written, recorded, and mixed by us "without the assistance or influence of a label, a bank, or a fairy godmother". (Nice one, Chris)

With the creation of this album, there is opportunity for tremendous growth. Our goal is, not only to push our musical creatively, but also to widen our sphere of influence. We are challenging ourselves to fine tune and invigorate our live shows with precision and energy that will set us apart as a force to be reckoned with. We are pushing ourselves to write music that inspires, intrigues, and brings joy to people. Striving for television and film placements, in ear monitoring systems, expansive live effects rigs, and more musical collaborations are a few of the goals that we are aiming to achieve in this next phase.

Another really cool thing we're doing is Kickstarter. Kickstarter is "a new way to fund creative ideas". Basically this means that our fans - you! our true supporters - are able to get in on the production ground floor. If you love the music we are making, if you love seeing us live, if you want to be part of the vocal music movement, you can join us in our "Grassroots Project". This gives you a real, material, physical way to support independent music creation and support Sonos. :)

We are so proud and blessed to have such wonderful fans. We can't wait to take this journey with you and share all the new music and new experiences with you!! Love and Peace, Sonos

Thai dinner in Cincinnati

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:58:00 +0000

Our friends, Simon and Laurie (who own the haunted mansion in Kentucky), have a kickass son named Jeffrey, who's taken us to dinner at a place called Teak! Smells good...

SXSW

noreply@blogger.com (Sonos) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:39:00 +0000

Hello world! We are so excited for our upcoming showcase at South by Southwest! If you or anyone you know is going to the festival, please send them our way :) It will be one of our first big, public performances as a 5-piece group, as well as the debut of some awesome, new, ORIGINAL material. We are stoked. Singer-songwriter Allie Moss will be performing before us at 8pm, don't miss it!

SONOS, SXSW Showcase
Thursday, March 17th @ 9pm
Creekside @ Hilton Garden Inn

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:32:00 +0000

this resonated with me very much when i was a child. someone mentioned it on a podcast recently and it made me very happy to revisit. =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGh97__-uLA

twiddle my thumbs waiting for the Muse to return

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:12:00 +0000

well, i'm in the car trying to finish up a song i've been working on, but i just can't seem to get pat the writer's block. any suggestions?

back in Cedar Rapids

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:18:00 +0000

love it here!!!

living in a very swanky hotel for 2 nights, doing master classes with groups...

etcwsome. =)

a wave of inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (BachelRearer) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:06:00 +0000

Still feeling the East Coast time change...was planning on going to bed over 2 hours ago. What am I doing? Writing, writing, writing. A wave on inspiration crashed over me. And when they come you have to ride them. Ride them like a wave.
Sometimes there are so many ideas flooding my brain that I feel like I'm in a dream world trying to catch these fairies darting about. That. Is the Muse. She keeps you up at night and sometimes even wakes you from sleep.

I've been waiting for her to come back. Hope she stays a while :)

15 days on, 14 days off (or so...)

noreply@blogger.com (christophone) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:04:00 +0000

the point is, home for 2 weeks!

tired, overwhelmed, happy to be back in LA and to begin work on the next record...
entirely original stuff! wonder if i'll rework any of the wordless pieces from Gods & Marionettes, give them lyrics, and make songs out of em...

we shall see. friends, loved ones, and the universe have all transpired to give Rach and i a place to stay for these bits when we're home, and i am so incredibly grateful. i feel intensely fortunate and inclined to not waste a moment.

get work done!