Helping Out The Community

In this economical crisis, it can be tougher for people more now than ever before. There are more homeless, more jobless, and more people that need help and are not getting it. We at Uncharted Waves believe that everyone deserves help on some levels, and so we are going out and doing something about it.

For the first time in it's first year of existence, Uncharted Waves and Chaos Promotions are hosting a benefit concert towards the end of September. This concert will represent our way of reaching out to people on a personal level. Not only will there great live music, but there will also be a ton of free stuff, awesome raffles and door prizes, and hundreds of very interesting people to talk to.

This show will benefit a young man who is in debt with hospitals for major surgery and multiple tests. One year ago he went to the hospital and had major surgery to have his large intestine removed. He did not have health insurance. He went back the beginning of June with terrible pain in his stomach and most of his body. After multiple tests and no answers, he went back home to wait until the next pain attacks came about.


We want to help him out. Help him keep his head high and help pay those bills. There are five great bands/artists that have agreed to come and play this show, and we couldn't be any happier to have these five down. The bands are Beneath A Blackened Sky, Anna Yvette, Piercing Silence, General Money, and Earth Eatz Dog.

This is all just the tip of the iceberg. With these great musicians there will also be events going on all day. Many sponsors will be present at the show with giveaways and special raffles. It will be a great event, and a guaranteed awesome party time. The best part of it all, is that all proceeds are going towards paying off the hospital bills. So anything you get there, will be helping someone out.



More details will be released within the next two weeks. I wouldn't want to spoil all the surprises though...so be sure to stay tuned for the details that are released and then come down to the show.

Screw You Fat Cat

Back in December I was drinking at Mr. Beery's enjoying some live Friday night music and talking to a fellow by the name of Brett. We got into talking about how the music industry is constantly changing and how slowly main stream record labels are not signing as many people and are slowly crashing.

I thought about it for a while. People are not really going out and buying CDs or records anymore. Thousands of stores have closed down across the country. Thanks to the Internet we can now stream or download pretty much anything we want. This has led to the explosion of indie record labels and the smaller trend of bands starting their own record labels. Bands like Earth Eatz Dog have thrown away the idea of slaving for a big corporation. Micky James even opened his own studio right here on LI called Freedom Of Speech Records.

Now you have a band breaking away from the record label to do their own thing, and are very successful at doing so. MAE (multi-sensory aesthetic experience) has begun their own journey at the start of this year. Founded in 2001, MAE has released 3 studio albums, been on multiple tours, and is now working on their fourth album, one step at a time.

Every month of 2009 they are releasing a new song. In order to get this song, you need to go to their website and pay 1$ to download. Now, this dollar does not go to the members of MAE. Instead they are using proceeds towards Habitat for Humanity.

Here's a list of songs they've come out with so far 2009:












January 2009: The House that Fire Built
February 2009: Boomerang
March 2009: A Melody, The Memory
April 2009: Night/Day

So not only is MAE not under the constrictions of a label anymore, but they are giving the money they make to charity to help make these hard times a little better for other people.

So screw you fat cat! Indie is for the people!

Rockin Night at The Crazy Donkey

Friday the 13th this year will be remembered for a long time. Twas the day when Cast In Shadows, Livid, Earth Eatz Dog, and Adler's Appetite rocked the house at the Crazy Donkey.

I would first and formost like to thank Micky James from Earth Eatz Dog for giving us an interview and having us at the show. Check out Micky's work at Freedom of Speech Recording Studio and be sure to say hi! Also, I'd like to thank Rick Eberle from Pop Core Entertainment for getting us in as well! You guys rock!

Doors opened at 6 and by 7 the place started to fill up. By 8 you couldn't move around without snaking your way through the crowd. It was packed. Also to my suprise, there was no banister between the crowd and the stage. So everyone was right there, gathered around the feet of rock stars rocking out.

Inbetween sets the Donkey provided the crowd with entertainment; music, alcohol and of course the Loaded Dancers. This would be the first time that I've seen them, and apparantly the term "loaded" means really sexy and hot. I wonder how much money they got from tips by the end of the night...

I must say, Earth Eatz Dog was incredible. They were the first band to fill in the gap between the first table and the stage, and without a doubt gave one hell of a performance. To my suprise Micky called me up on stage, and after falling off of it twice or tree times, I made it up there for my first on-stage anything! It is such a different feel up there. When you look out on the crowd going wild it really rushes your adrenaline and I can imagine it fuels the musicians to put out even more energy. The energy that Earth Eatz Dog put out was so awesome. They really have the ability to take the songs out of the studio and put them on show live and sound just as good. Keep on bringing the rock!

The band that was headlining was Adler's Appetite, with Steven Adler right there in the drummers seat. For those who do not know, Adler was the drummer for Guns 'n Roses back in the day. And you know what? He's still got it. They freaking rocked, everyone was having so much fun. They played the whole album "Appetite for Destruction", the 1987 Guns 'n Roses release. Although they were covering GnR, they simply rocked. Everyone was having a blast and you really got the rock star persona on stage. From the way they dressed to their solid perfomance, bravo. I take it back Adler, you still got it.

So that was a fun night! Come out and hang with us at some shows, we love meeting new people all the time!

Deadly 7

Great Interview! Great Show! Download both if you haven't heard them yet. We are so excited to see Earth Eatz Dog tonight at the Crazy Donkey, it is going to be an amazing show.

Listen/Download link: http://tiny.cc/LxtRG

PLAYLIST:

Merchants Concourse- BETTER BELIEVE IT

Every Avenue- CHASING THE NIGHT

This Is an Empire - GET WET

Permanent Scar- EMPTY EYES

Ten Strong - REVERIE

Artist VS Poet- RUNAWAY

Amanda Baker- LET ME LOVE YOU

His Mighty Robot - BIRTH

Killcode- TRUC

Inhuman - MANIA

Hour Past- PRAY FOR ME

Earth Eatz Dog- ALRIGHT

INTERVIEW WITH MICKY JAMES

Earth Eatz Dog - KLUB KIDZ

Twisted Roots - HOLLOW EARTH

The Maine - WE ROLL ALONG

Article 19- GONE AWAY
Circa Survive - IN FEAR AND FAITH

Select Start - A PLAYLIST KILLED THE MIX TAPE

See you next week!