Your words still echo in my mind

The first time I went to Soulfest was in July of 2007 and I saw so many bands that I do not remember the names of. There were a few bands that really stuck with me and one of those Bands was Before Their Eyes. This was the band that got me into likeing screamo music. Before Their Eyes is mostly all clean vocals, but they do have a small amount of screaming in their songs. They put on an amazing show because they were so full of energy and were just jumping around on the stage for an hour straight. Also after the show was over my friend and I were at their merchandise table and while we were standing the bassist (who at the time was Brandon Howard) came up to us to ask how we liked the show because he saw us up front! It was my first experiance meeting someone from a band and not only was he from a band he was incredibly good looking, so I froze. My friend on the other hand got so nervous that she ran away, so I never really was able to talk to him!

Before Their Eyes is catagorized as "post-hardcore" and they are from Ohio. I am not sure when they were formed, but their first album came out in 2007. The band currently consists of Jarret Hottman on drums, Anothony Damschroder on bass guitar and backing vocals, James Arnold on keyboard and lead vocals, Jordan Disorbo on guitar, and Evan McKeever on guitar and backing vocals. An interesting fact about Before Their Eyes is that they got their band name from Romans 3:18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

The title of this blog is a lyric from the song Why Is 6 Afraid of 7 which is one of my favorite songs not only by them, but in general. Hope you enjoy!

We Will Become A Happy Ending

There is this band called Page France who has always interested me. They have a different sound and they were really the band that made me expand my music interests. They are classified as an American Indie-Folk band that was first started around 2004, when their first CD came out. They have produced five albums between the years of 2004 and 2007. Page France has consisted of many different members since 2004, but the band has included Clinton Jones, BJ Lewis, Bryan Martin, Whitney McGraw, Chris Morris, Michael Nau, Jasen Reeder, Matt Smith, and David Tracy. The band split up in 2008 when band leader Michael Nau wanted to focus full time on his other band Cotton Jones.

What interests me so much about this band is that they have not come out and declared themselves as Christian artists, but they love to talk about God. I found a quote by the lead singer saying "As for the Christian symbols in my writing - sometimes I don’t even realize that they exist until someone points them out to me. There’s really no reason; it just rolled out that way." I think that is so cool because he has not declared himself as Christian, but there is obviously something moving in his heart for God because of the lyrics he writes.

The video I included is my favorite song by Page France and the the title to this post is a lyric from this song. Hope you enjoy!

Rev Gen

This past weekend on Saturday September 4, 2010 I got to go to a music festival called Revelation Generation (Rev Gen)! It was held in a giant field in Frenchtown, New Jersey that used to be used for the raising of horses. Rev Gen is one of the most important music festivals in New Jersey and last year about 30,000 people went. It is a two day festival that will have a total of about 60 acts performing for God and telling people about Him.
When I was there I saw quite a few bands including Fireflight, Kutless, Oh Sleeper, Britt Nicole, August Burns Red, Brandon Heath, and best of all The Almost. I have seen all of these bands before except for Oh Sleeper and the Almost. I have been told many good things about Oh Sleeper and all of them were 100% true. Their lyrics are so incredibly powerful and really are some of the best lyrics I have ever heard. They have one song called The Finisher which is about what God would say to the devil and here are some of the lyrics:
"Do you mean to challenge me?
Because your speech is threatening to the writer of your history,
through a future perverted by envy.
Your whisper may sway the weak, but when I speak it roars the sea."
Those are only the first few lines of the song, but they are by far my favorites.

Another band that I had the opportunity to see was The Almost, who is my favorite band ever. I have been wanted to see them ever since I found out about them my freshman year of high school. The band was formed in about 2005 after Aaron Gillespie left Underoath (whom I also love) where he was the drummer and clean vocalist. The Almost is now made up of Dusty Redmon (guitar), Alex Aponte (bass), Kenny Bozich (drums), Jay Vilardi (guitar), and of course Aaron Gillespie (vocals and guitar). Seeing them live was an absolutely amazing experience and I would absolutely love to see them again. Also I was able to meet them when I was buying a shirt from their stand and they were sooooo incredibly nice. Below I attached a photo that I took on Saturday and a video of one of my favorite songs by them, hope you enjoy!