Dishwater Blonde-The Lifting-NYE 2008 Well ladies and gents, get ready!!! After a good 3 weeks of down time for us, we’re itching to get back out there with full force. And this weekend, we are going to do JUST THAT!!! If you live anywhere within 5,000 miles of any of these 3 towns, Columbia [...]
Every year FE does a number of college shows around the nation at both small colleges and large universities. These shows vary from small coffee-house style sets to larger concerts, or outdoor events put on by Student Activities groups, music festivals, and more. The college market is a great place for us and our music, [...]
One of the things that we tried to while writing songs for the new album was to address some difficult societal issues that the five of us wrestle with from time to time. For us music has often been the great equalizer; a thing that allows us to relate with people and issues that we [...]
People are often surprised to find out that the five of us don’t live in the same city, much less the same state (Joe and Russ in MO, Mark and Luke in IL, and Dustin in IA). There are obviously challenges to stay connected and organized when we’re all apart. One of the tools that [...]
A great resource for independent musicians is a blog by a guy named Bob Baker called The Buzz Factor. Yesterday on his blog/podcast he dove into the subject of how to get a record deal. Here are a few nuggets of wisdom from the podcast (in my own words): Bring a lot to the table. [...]
