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ok so im movin to germany unfortunately for the band but before i go i want to have done a few things:

get a good recording of seven car
good recording of underground
finished gabe's violin song (do DA DA DA) and record
finished caitlin's 6/8 song and record

this list is open to additions but these are the main things i would like to do

Barn and Stuff

OK,
so I have this guitar teacher and he has a recording studio in his barn, the whole nine yards, its really cool, and I thought maybe if we worked up some money and a few more origanals we could make a cd of sorts.... where this money is going to come from I'm not sure... we'll figure it out though :)

hey, I cant post a shoutbox, somebody post a shoutbox

WORDLE

Ok Guys,
I am submitting an idea, for those of you who read this blog, you would care!
I wordled Seven Car Pileup, and we threw around some ideas.... can you say t-shirts? i could look into making them if people wanted them. I'll have to check out some craft store prices, and I'll get back to you with the deets! I'm putting up a shoutbox, post in it if you'd be interested in a shirt!
Katie

Administrator

Hey guys, so yeah, I'm now an Admin. thanks to Gabe :) I asked him to make me one because he hasn't been able to update the blog. So I'll do my best to keep you posted and try to make this place more fun... If you know how to put a shoutbox in a blog, tell me in comments please, I really want to put one in.

Latest news on Combust, we are probably going to do "Coffee House" and so we might perform in late October. Ask us at school we'll let you know more.

Seven-Car Pileup Lyrics

Hey Everybody,

People have been asking for the lyrics to Seven-Car Pileup, so here they are.

Driving down the interstate 95

I went to London yesteryear and bought myself a nice new smart car

Too bad it's gonna go to waste, gotta make haste now

The six cars in front of me, we're gonna make the news tonight, ooohh

(Chorus)

Crashing in a seven car pileup

I don't know what to, don't know what to do

Crashing in a seven car pileup

It's the end it must be true

Gotta nice new smart car, it's got these gadgets and things

It'll turn into a submarine or a flying machine

It has thick glass protection, a funky laser beam

I wish it had more padding, though, for the crazy adventures I've been ohh

Chorus

My mom recorded the news that night, there were pictures all seven drivers

We were bloody and messed up, all except for me

I'd been listening to the ball game, the phils were up by 4

There were runners on first and third, but of course they couldn't score anymore, ohhh

Chorus (2x)

Videos and Articles

Hey Guys,

Well, below is the story! Thanks Ravi. Yea, we were amazing, if I may say so myself. So here are the videos of each song, and an article that went up about us. Check out the link here.

Debut Performance

Well, all I can say is that last night was a wonderful success. Everything went just as planned, and we rocked Swarthmore. First of all, Kylie sang the best I have ever heard her with us. Beautiful transitions and no mistakes. Ian kept us in-sync and played extremely well; also no mistakes. Gabe introduced our band and our songs. He got the crowd into it, and made his violin rock! David and his "wow" pedal gave our songs such a full sound. His soloing was fantastic; he made no mistakes. I played the bass for every song but our third; I made no mistakes. We were amazing! We played three originals and only one cover; we made the first one up 2 days ago! Combust will go far, guys. My parents told me that what made our performance so great is that nobody is a stand out in our band. We are one group, each of us with amazing talent and skills, and it really showed in that performance.

What a debut! Rock on :P

Today's The Big Day

Hey fans!

Today is the big day! We have our first gig today at around 7:30 PM. We are opening the event with a song we made up yesterday, and closing it with the original three songs we had planned. It's gonna be cool! Be there to see us!!

1 Week Remaining.

Hey Fans,

The countdown to our first gig continues. It's now 1 week from today! You guys know where to find us, but I'll put it down anyway. Also, we had our first "photo shoot." It went fairly well, but I wouldn't call it especially creative. I'll put up the pictures now. Don't you guys just love the photo of us holding Ian? That's my favorite by far!

August 19th, 2009

7:30-8:30

Swarthmore Library

Gabe

Hey, I'm an Author!

Hey Guys,
Well, although I don't share the same excitement as the others for the gig, saying that I will be in Deleware, I am still very happy with our little bands progress...
Now, I'm sure you who may read this who aren't members of our band would love to know how we all behave during practice. Well, I must say that we aren't the most focused people in the world. Ian drums constantly, its gotten to a point were both Gabe and David wear earplugs. David plays constantly, and I'm not sure he's even aware of it, its like when people sleep walk to their fridge and eat a block of cheese and wake up not remembering a thing. Ravi is our calm leader, but doesn't hesitate at the possiblility of hacky sack, or RUFFLE CHIPS! Gabe jumps up and down and makes funny faces when getting really into his violin, watch for it at the concert people, that alone is pretty 'durn entertaining. I myself try to teach the band new songs, keep Ian quiet, and occasionally make funny noises into the mircophone with the echo turned on ;)
I encourage everyone to try and make it to the concert, though I can not.... It'll be great
Enjoy The Music,
Katie

8 Days!

Hey Fans,

Ok, we're down to 8 days!!!! I'm so freaking excited. What else? Oh, yeah. We had practice today. I wasn't there for the first half... (work), but it went really well. We worked on our set of course, but also Wade in the Water (we need a better name, I'll post the lyrics later and you guys can shout out ideas) and Karma Police. Ravi came up with a sweet new bassline, but you'll have to wait for more info about that.

Info:

August 19th, 2009

7:30-8:30

Swarthmore Library

BE THERE!!

Gabe

9 days

Hey Fans,

Check out the history below, written by Ravi.

9 days remaining until the gig. We will be in this Friday's Swarthmorean. Look for Combust!

August 19th, 2009

7:30-8:30

Swarthmore Library

BE THERE!!

Gabe

Songs, and our history as a band

Yeah, well, I was just invited by Gabe to this blog...awesome!!!! Like Gabe said, it's a great idea for us to tell you guys what is going on behind the scenes a little...like our songs. We have gone through a number of songs in our time as a band, but our main focus for this performance is Hysteria - Muse, A Lie - Caitlin and Seven Car Pile-up - me :D If there is a need for a fourth song, we could perform Karma Police - Radiohead if we get that learned, or we could use one of my bass-lines that have been orchestrated as far as the addition of drums and some guitar.

At the end of 7th grade, I was pretty much dying to be in a band. I felt that I would have a lot of fun in one, and it would be a good way of expressing my musical ideas. I received news that Kit Wheeldon played drums well, and some guitar. I asked him if he was interested, and he was as enthusiastic about it as I was. We had two people, and not much could happen. Ian Morse was decided to start taking drum lessons about 2 weeks after Kit and I formed a two-person band =D We threw Ian in the mix, and started jamming as much as we could. That summer I decided to teach myself some guitar, and I liked it more than I thought I would. Practices were held at Kit's house, and we would just hang out there, raid Kit's kitchen for nachos, and jam. It was at our 2nd practice that I came across a really cool sounding riff for the future chorus to Seven Car Pile-up. We all loved it, and we had it recorded on Kit's laptop. After a while, this idea of a three person band was kind of getting old. We felt we needed a guitarist. So, I asked David Glanzman if he and his brother could play guitar for us. His brother wasn't too into it, but David gave it a try, and it fit nicely. For a long long time we didn't have many practices. In fact, we never had a FULL band practice until months from asking David. We soon asked Caitlin Vanderwolf to sing for us, as she was well-known to us as an amazing singer. It took a very long time for her to finally accept, but when she did, it was awesome. Gabe was in Costa Rica! I was skyping him all the time, and one time he asked if he could be in the band. Everyone agreed that it was a really cool idea, violinist in a rock band...XD So, our band was formed. I have to say, Gabe did much more than bring his strings to our band, he brought his brain. Ever since he joined, we have had scheduled practices every weekend, and we worked on more songs. He even did a little stretching; he bought a guitar, and like me, he taught himself chords and is now a good guitarist.

Then, one day, Gabe told me that he signed us up for a gig. "WHAT!" We were not ready for a gig...or so I thought. He did it without asking us first, haha, but we're all glad he did it. Now we've got a name! We've got a blog! And we've got a gig! I forgot to mention, as our band progressed, our initial drummer did not. He sort of...faded away haha. Ian took over his place, and in about 2 years of drumming, has exceeded all expectations. He's really an amazing drummer, come see him perform Hysteria with us! It's really cool to see. So yeah, lots of writing...=P Thank you Gabe for inviting me, this is sweet! Rock on =P

10 days

Hey fans,

We're into the final countdown for our first gig. Our set list is pretty much finished. Unless, of course, we are asked to do more. :) We're on last, that should be around 8. Again info:

August 19th 7:30-8:30

Front Lawn of Swarthmore Library (if nice). In case of inclement weather, it will be in the church next door.

Swarthmore, PA

Gabe

Silvertones

Hey Fans,

This is just a big congratulations to Caitlin for making Silvertones!!!!!!! The top choral group in the school! Honestly, I'm not surprised.

Don't forget to come see our performance 11 days!

Gabe

The Combust Blog

Hey Combust Fans,

I decided to start a blog for our band Combust. I'll bring updates about practices, performances, songs, individual projects, and indie music work. So, let me bring you up to speed.

First of all, there is currently 5 members to our band plus a guest singer who may or may not stay with us.

Ravi- Guitar, Bass, Piano; Ravi pretty much started the band. He is our leader and a songwriter.

David- Guitar; David's our lead guitarist and also part of the original band.

Ian- Drums; Ian started drumming on the set a year and a half ago. He is a prodigy.

Gabe- Violin, Guitar; That's me. I joined the band in January. It is not your typical violin. I also songwrite

Caitlin- Vocals, Guitar; Our original singer and very talented. She is also a talented songwriter.

Kylie- Vocals; Kylie is our guest vocalist for our first performance, as Caitlin cannot attend. Another talented vocalist. She may or may not remain with the band.

We have our first performance in less than two weeks! It is 7:30-8:30 at the Swarthmore Library on August 19th. We are headlining and are on last. Please come out and support us!

That's all for now, I'll keep you posted,

Gabe