Today's Update

While I was going to try and limit my posts so that "Johnny" could do his intro without too much space passing between mine (already posted) and his (yet to be posted) I have run into a small dilemma. As it turns out, There are many cats (4) at his house and one of them thought it was a good idea to relieve herself on the computer. This of course was very upsetting, not only to Undertone, but also to his entire family and the cat was strictly reprimanded. Unfortunately, I don't believe the cat really gave a crap about what anyone else thought and was in fact, rather pleased with herself for what she had accomplished. I think it was her evil plan all along because now those computer nerd kids will be forced to spend more time with her instead of playing Runescape or Aurora Blade for hours at a time. Those cats can be devilishly clever sometimes.

So what do I do to take up time? How about an update on the progress of the band? Progress is slow for now, but Undertone and I now both have jobs that should be able to support our aspirations at least a little bit. We only need to find out how to manage our time and put together some practice sessions. He is currently involved in two other bands so the business level is rather high for right now.

I have been writing some lyrics lately because inspiration has been more abundant than in recent times... though I do have a hard time coming up with more than just one or two lines at a time. I also have a hard time coming up with the proper tune and making it sound good, we have to stand out.

As for standing out, that will not be an easy thing, although it may be easier than I imagine, seeing as many local bands play the same riffs because they all feed off each other's music.

We still need to talk to the other potential members and confirm their membership and participation... gotta get on that... gotta get Undertone on that.

-The Scientist

Why "Vena Sera?"

So before I go and confirm a strange hypothesis I wanted to put it up on here for all to ponder.
Yesterday, while looking through the album "Vena Sera" from Chevelle, I stumbled upon an anomaly in the credits. It said:

"Art Direction, Sean?Evans"

Ii instantly fell upon my mind the "Sean Evans" and "Vena Sera" were essentially the same things only one was scrambled up and missing one S. Secondly, why would there be a question mark in between his first and last name? I must admit that without the question mark, I never would have made the correlation. Was Mr. Evans performing an expirement? Would Chevelle really name there album, in a way, after the man behind the art direction?

Now that my hypthesis is out there, I will commence my internet search in hopes of either confiming or refuting it.

OK, according to Wikipedia:

"Vena Sera has been translated and interpreted as meaning many different things.^{[citation needed]} It is translated as "Vein Evening" or "Evening Vein" in Italian, and "In like vein" in Latin. However, Pete Loeffler has stated that the title means "Vein Liquid" and is representative as "the blood of the band and the work we put into the album"."

I still think it's a silent tribute....

Rundown

Just to get some key elements out of the way before Johnny D Undertone does his intro.

The Band

Band Name: Lanituasta

Genre: Experimental Hardrock, Alternative, Hardcore, perhaps some Rap if we find we can do that.

Area of Performances: Most likely in and around Rochester, New York in the country of USA.

Anything else?

Influences: Chevelle, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Skillet, System of a Down(?), etc.

Right now we are looking at 2 lead vocalists, 1 rhythm guitarist, 1 lead guitarist, 1 bass guitarist, 1 keyboardist, 1 drummer (Undertone wants more, but I don't know how that's really possible), 1-2 backup vocalists, maybe some strings, and we'll see what else comes along.

So in all we need 8-12 members! That's a full stage for sure! We might end up cutting some positions if things don't work out, but I hope it does work out.

3 down, 5-9 to go.

-The Scientist (again)

Update for Today

Very soon, an attempt will be made to put some photographs on this blog. As of today, we have no camera of our own because we are almost bankrupt, or something like it anyway. I will make an effort to get my counterpartner in crime "Johnny D" to put some of his fingerprints on this blog... but he doesn't seem to be too enthused about this thing.

Pictures will make this blog more marketable I think, and they will also provide something other than words to back up what I say. Now where to find a camera? Cursed be unemployment!

-The Scientist