Hey everybody!
Yes It’s been awhile but here we go again! Since the last blog a lot has gone down in the SwampdaWamp camp. We finished the new release and have already released the new music video for the single Dance which you can see at www.youtube.com/swampdawamp or www.swampdawamp.com .
We have been playing a lot tightening up the show and having tons of fun while doing it!!
Now we are looking for street teams in all areas, if you’d be interested send us an email thru the website and we will get back with you immediately. All street team members receive shirts and cd’s among other swag and we will furnish you with flyers and things to pass around your town before we come in! Of course you get the VIP for all shows!! Shoot us an email for more info.
We have some cool contests coming up, some begin next week! One of them is to win a Spector custom 5 string Bass guitar worth over $5,000.00!! The bass that was used on the first album!
But I cant wait any longer to tell you the news!
We are going out for a 3 1/2 wk tour to Sturgis, South Dakota and back. We are in Sturgis for 9 days for 7 shows, but here is the really cool part.. we are filming the entire tour! It’s called “The Road to Sturgis”. A documentary about different cultures in different cities in parts of America, The whole event of Sturgis talking to all walks of life as well as the life of band on the road in 2008. We have some very cool shows in some very cool towns along the tour route. July 25 the band stops in to jam at the historic East Troy House in Wisconsin. Interviews with the owners, meet n greet the fans, the fans interview us, it’s going to be great!! Earlier in the day we are touring the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee!! Cool Stuff!!!
We are having big events at every stop along the way with spnosors like Jack Daniels and local Harley Davidson dealerships. If you own a dealership let us know.
Some of the contests I mentioned include getting to have dinner with band with a meet n greet at soundcheck to a pig picken in Minnesota!!! Depends on the tour stop as to the happenings!!
All of you, My Friends, please pass it on to your friends, we are encouraging anybody planning to go to Sturgis this year to meet us along the way or if you live in the areas of our tour stops come on out and hang with us!!!
Go to our website to learn more about the filming and special event locations!!
That’s it for now folks! I will be blogging more now than ever, I hope you stay in tune!!
Gig Michaels
In a Final Note:
Lose yourself in Music~~~~~ Live it with your Lover
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Hey Everybody,
Yea it’s hit and miss with my blogs here lately but I’m trying to get back in the swing. So here I am about midnight on Thursday. I just watched the final cut of our first video!! Yes the one I have been hyping for to long!! The video for Dance is finished and will be hitting the web in a week or so. So yes I am pretty stoked at this moment. I just put in John mayer Trio to listen to while I write, very good stuff! Yes indeed I have a tumbler of Crown on the Rocks and am happy to be alive!
We’ve been through some shit these past few weeks keeping me from my normal frame of mind, but hey, tonight I am feeling like myself again for the first time in a while! We go through so many highs and lows that it’s hard to handle at times. Yea Yea big rock band has problems too!! LOL!! The price of fuel is making it very very hard to plan touring and among other things just the business itself is changing so rapidly it’s a daily headache.
But then I have these moments, like I said I feel great tonight and I’m happy to be blogging some good news to our friends!! So no POLITICS tonight! LOL!!
The past 3 months have been simply incredible for the band. The new 3 song promo for our upcoming album is now available an hitting radio everywhere we are!! LOL! The band as a unit is sounding and performing at an all time high and getting along like brothers as we should. We did a couple of shows recently with The Marshall Tucker Band, those guys are some of the coolest people around. We actually ended up on stage with them jamming at the last show. Doud Grey himself aske dme onstage with them, a career high!! Scooby and Cody ended up singing with them the same night onstage! It was cool comorader!!
So we are off to Covington Kentucky Saturday morning at 5 am~~ We have to trek up there in a Large Van because it’s a one off show!! Not real pleasant but worth it to jam at the Deadwood with Jeff Willis!! Speaking of tour bus travel, I am happy to to tell that Swamp is in negotiations now with a National sponsor for the tour!! Cant say who yet!! LOL!
Lots of stuff coming I cant say yet but I am going to commit to keeping you all in the loop as much as possible. Thank You for being a friend and fan of the band!! Share the Blogs!
In A Final Note;
To think you can is to do…
Dialog Thirty Six.
Annnnnnnnd I’m back! (You applaud here) LOL!
WOW, I must say that the first 2 weeks of 23008, yes I said 23008! It seems like we’ve come through a portal of time entering a whole new world for the band. OK!!LOL! But I am in a hype mood so prepare to hype along with me!
It’s 2008 and yes what a first 2 weeks! We returned from Nashville TN yesterday and today back at it with lots of exciting things to tell about. We rolled into Nashville last Monday to be welcomed at The Preston Hotel by the manager Bill, Chef Danny, and our favorite bartender and all around super heroine, Barbara. We love staying at The Preston and highly recommend it to anyone planning a trip to Nashville. We were there to finish up the new release which is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2008. The first single anyway to radio and on the net of course.
Well, damned if Jeff Keith, the lead singer of Tesla, didn’t show up a few minutes after we checked in. Jeff was there rehearsing for his country solo debut on Saturday night there at The Preston. Well we hung out with Jeff for a long time to find out what a great guy he is, very down to earth and funny! We hit it off nicely and tore down the bar together!! We caught some of his show Saturday night and I must say the boy got kuntry in em!!
Anyway we met lots of great people while there. We were in the studio from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm everyday working on the new tracks, which are becoming highly anticipated! Well Check this out. We had the critically acclaimed guitarist Johnny Highland come in to play a guest track on 3 tracks, and Mike Brignardello ,a legendary bassist, play on a couple as well. Man did they frikken jam the tracks, just wait! I give Kudos to all of my band mates for their performances as well. We have finally cemented as a band and the writing collaboration is defining the Swamps sound finally on tape. Can you tell I’m excited!! Our manager is just as excited and the whole swamp camp is a buzz~ Just a few more weeks folks and it will be here. You can hear the new stuff live now at our shows and they always tear down the house!!
The next thing we will be finishing is the video stuff and re-skinning the website to match our new logo and the cover art of the new release. We are introducing a new interactive piece on the site sure to kill you!! It is very cool!!
We have an extremely busy week this week;
I just got off a phone in interview with my good friends Dana Steele and his partner in crime Brett from Shop Rock all the while sipping on wine that was sent to me by Shop Rock sister Renee! How cool. ShopRock.com is their pod-cast show. I listen to it daily and so should you. Dana has that witty and respectable voice that simply belongs to radio airwaves and together with Brett they put together a great compilation of music and fun!! We thank you guys very much for all your support!!
Weds morning at 8:00 am we arrive at FOX News Rising morning show for a 5 song performance and interview. That’s WCCB TV in like 14 surrounding counties of Charlotte, NC. Based in Charlotte they reach literally millions of viewers each day. That is a huge deal for us at this point of the game. If you’re outside of the area you can probably stream it. I do have to say that I am very concerned about this show simply for audio quality. But that’s always a concern and you just have to make your best hand to play. The performance will air Friday Morning at like 6:00 am or something! It’s ok though, you can TIVO!!LOL!!
Then Friday night we are sharing the stage @ Amos South end in Charlotte with Mothers Finest!! They had a big influence on me when I was a kid; this will be my first time meeting them! A for sure sold out show!!
Then Saturday we are off to headline a show at Midtown Harbor side at Lake Norman. This is a very cool event and close to my heart. This is a drive for America’s Second Harvest Food Bank which is a national non profit organization similar to Salvation Army. The admission to the show is a canned good! How cool is that!! Please everybody that can come on out, do so. A great night with The Part Time Blues band going on at 10:00 pm and the Swamp at 11:00ish~ we are all about good deeds!
Thanks for sharing the ride with us everyone!!!!! I will get more in this week, some good behind the curtain stuff!! Oh and I will get those pictures up soon!!
Tell ya next Blog!! LOL!! Maybe!!
Till then I remain truly yours,
Gig
In a Final Note:
One Hundred percent of nothing to this day remains nothing. One shouldn’t lose perspective and always remember that the people you pass over on your way up are the people that you will certainly be passed bye on your way down.
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