I'm sick!!
This is so lame! On every tour, there's always one member of the band who gets sick, and that tour is tainted for that guy because he spent a lot of it miserable, sleeping, sneezing, etc. It's seldom been me, but it is this time!
But I'm committed to not letting it get me down! I must be strong!
Besides, my voice is still fully functional, so I can still sing. Phew.
The computer screen is actually contributing to my headache, so I should call it a night - but please pray! I would really appreciate that!
I've got some thoughts about healing and prayer that I was planning on sharing but this computer screen is really killing me. Dang - I'll share those tomorrow.
Keep it straight, you're doing great!
francy
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Pizza Hut for 1985!
Hey from Chapleau, ON!
Ladies and gentlemen, we are WAY up in the far reaches of nothingness!
Before leaving on this tour, a friend of ours told us: "Better fill up yer tank in Iron Ridge! Won't be much else after that!" It's a good thing we took his advice!
We drove for 4 hours and we saw (I'm not kidding) ONLY 2 cars sharing the road with us. When we finally pulled into Chapleau, we had to laugh a little bit. The only resturant we saw was Pizza Hut and the sign looked like it was installed in 1985. We may have also made one or two jokes about the native population up here in Northern Ontario, but I have traces of native in my blood so I don't even feel bad! Muah hah hah.
See, Hello Kelly is a pretty adaptable band. We've played some really big shows but we've also played some tiny shows. But last night, when they told us they didn't have a sound system and I was gonna have to plug the microphone into the opening band's bass amp ... well, I'll be honest, I was a little apprehensive.
It's easy to get prideful, you know? "Do you even KNOW who we are? We're freakin' Hello Kelly! You better go find us a sound system or else ....."
I'm really glad that everybody in the band right now is so humble. It's a SERIOUS blessing.
We sound checked the best we could and then went to eat dinner. When we came out to play the show, there was a VERY awesome crowd waiting for us. And did they EVER go ballistic! We sold tons of shirts and CDs AND FIVE kids got sponsored through World Vision. Despite the technical setbacks, it was a GREAT kick-off to this tour!
So I believe God sent us into that show as a way of preparing us, humbling us ... or maybe just to chuckle at us. Ha ha. But in any case, I'm grateful for the experience.
ALSO - since we couldn't mic the guitar amp, I got to CRANK my amplifier and it sounded INCREDIBLE!
Today, we're attending the local pentecostal church and we'll probably eat lunch at the local 1985 Pizza Hut! Mmmmmm ...
We've had some requests to post more episodes of Hello Kelly TV. And don't worry, we intend to. I just have to get myself into a Future Shop and buy the right cable ...
... But I don't think I'll find a Future Shop up .... here.
SO - consider this the first update of many! Looking forward to seeing you guys out on the road!!
Keep it straight, you're doin' great!
francy
Ladies and gentlemen, we are WAY up in the far reaches of nothingness!
Before leaving on this tour, a friend of ours told us: "Better fill up yer tank in Iron Ridge! Won't be much else after that!" It's a good thing we took his advice!
We drove for 4 hours and we saw (I'm not kidding) ONLY 2 cars sharing the road with us. When we finally pulled into Chapleau, we had to laugh a little bit. The only resturant we saw was Pizza Hut and the sign looked like it was installed in 1985. We may have also made one or two jokes about the native population up here in Northern Ontario, but I have traces of native in my blood so I don't even feel bad! Muah hah hah.
See, Hello Kelly is a pretty adaptable band. We've played some really big shows but we've also played some tiny shows. But last night, when they told us they didn't have a sound system and I was gonna have to plug the microphone into the opening band's bass amp ... well, I'll be honest, I was a little apprehensive.
It's easy to get prideful, you know? "Do you even KNOW who we are? We're freakin' Hello Kelly! You better go find us a sound system or else ....."
I'm really glad that everybody in the band right now is so humble. It's a SERIOUS blessing.
We sound checked the best we could and then went to eat dinner. When we came out to play the show, there was a VERY awesome crowd waiting for us. And did they EVER go ballistic! We sold tons of shirts and CDs AND FIVE kids got sponsored through World Vision. Despite the technical setbacks, it was a GREAT kick-off to this tour!
So I believe God sent us into that show as a way of preparing us, humbling us ... or maybe just to chuckle at us. Ha ha. But in any case, I'm grateful for the experience.
ALSO - since we couldn't mic the guitar amp, I got to CRANK my amplifier and it sounded INCREDIBLE!
Today, we're attending the local pentecostal church and we'll probably eat lunch at the local 1985 Pizza Hut! Mmmmmm ...
We've had some requests to post more episodes of Hello Kelly TV. And don't worry, we intend to. I just have to get myself into a Future Shop and buy the right cable ...
... But I don't think I'll find a Future Shop up .... here.
SO - consider this the first update of many! Looking forward to seeing you guys out on the road!!
Keep it straight, you're doin' great!
francy
Thursday, April 23, 2009
THE BIG UPDATE!
HELLO KELLY NATION!
We have hibernating for a long time!
And I apologize for the lack of journal updates, video blogs and even the simplest of things, updating the shows on our website!
Sigh. We've been busy!
Here's a bit of a rundown of what the heck I'm gonna shoot your way in this update!
1. The Tour
2. The Show
3. The MySpace
4. The New Song
1. The "East Meets West Tour"
We're going on tour again!
Hello Kelly has never been out to western Canada, but that will have changed in a month. On Saturday, we pile into the van for The East Meets West Tour. We'll drive around the Great Lakes, start in Steinbach, MB and end up in Vancouver, BC.
All of the dates are now posted on both www.hellokellyonline.com and www.myspace.com/hellokelly
Some of the details for the shows aren't posted yet. We'll have those up for you very soon, so no worries!
If you live out in Western Canada, we're REALLY looking forward to hanging out with you!
Also, if we don't have a show in your city, it's not too late! We're still trying to book some dates on our drive home from May 22nd to June 5th. And we'll be driving through anyway, so we'll probably be able to give you a great deal! If you're interested, get in touch at mail@hellokellyonline.com
2. The Show
Since January, we've been working with some trusted friends to make sure our show in 2009 is totally up to par with what you've come to expect from Hello Kelly and THEN SOME! In March, we tinkered with our new show on the Intensity in TEN Cities Tour with To Tell. Now, we're feeling super confident about it.
My brothers Adam and Jacob (their twins) are helping us out on bass and drums (respectively) for the rest of this year, and it's been a lot of fun on the road so far! We've added some new songs into the set AND brought back some older songs.
Even if you can't catch the East Meets West tour, we're booking up the summer in Ontario, PLUS we'll be playing a couple show in the north-east USA.
3. The MySpace
Tom from MySpace recently made it possible for every band to upload more songs. So we went for it!
I put up Thinking Positive and Favourite Arcade from our current record, and also The Perfect Place and Cavalry from our old record - because we've been getting tons of requests to post those.
Also ... I posted a demo of a song I wrote in Nashville with my friend Adam Smith. It's called Your Name in Vain. This song is REALLY important to me. I wanted to share a bit of the story.
4. The New Song
When I was in Nashville writing songs for the current record, our label had me writing with a bunch of different professional songwriters. Some of them (like Adam) were AWESOME. But some other ones weren't so great. They'd push me to add "Jesus" in a song just to make it climb the charts and earn us money.
That kinda rubbed me the wrong way, you know? Yes, I'm a Christian and I want to live in a way that shows people that I take my beliefs VERY seriously - but that doesn't mean every single song I write is going to be about Jesus, you know? I experience a bunch of different kinds of things in life, so I like to write about those too! :)
So in a writing session with Adam Smith (the writer I like), I was telling him about all this. I asked him: "If we were to put Jesus into EVERY SINGLE SONG WE WRITE, do you think God would be honoured by that ... or is it just using His name in vain?"
And we both kinda looked at each other and decided to write a song about it. Ha ha ha.
So, I hope you like it. It IS a bit more focused on faith and God than a lot of our other songs, but I hope that's cool with you cause it really comes from my heart!
Thanks so much for reading, everybody!!
francy
We have hibernating for a long time!
And I apologize for the lack of journal updates, video blogs and even the simplest of things, updating the shows on our website!
Sigh. We've been busy!
Here's a bit of a rundown of what the heck I'm gonna shoot your way in this update!
1. The Tour
2. The Show
3. The MySpace
4. The New Song
1. The "East Meets West Tour"
We're going on tour again!
Hello Kelly has never been out to western Canada, but that will have changed in a month. On Saturday, we pile into the van for The East Meets West Tour. We'll drive around the Great Lakes, start in Steinbach, MB and end up in Vancouver, BC.
All of the dates are now posted on both www.hellokellyonline.com and www.myspace.com/hellokelly
Some of the details for the shows aren't posted yet. We'll have those up for you very soon, so no worries!
If you live out in Western Canada, we're REALLY looking forward to hanging out with you!
Also, if we don't have a show in your city, it's not too late! We're still trying to book some dates on our drive home from May 22nd to June 5th. And we'll be driving through anyway, so we'll probably be able to give you a great deal! If you're interested, get in touch at mail@hellokellyonline.com
2. The Show
Since January, we've been working with some trusted friends to make sure our show in 2009 is totally up to par with what you've come to expect from Hello Kelly and THEN SOME! In March, we tinkered with our new show on the Intensity in TEN Cities Tour with To Tell. Now, we're feeling super confident about it.
My brothers Adam and Jacob (their twins) are helping us out on bass and drums (respectively) for the rest of this year, and it's been a lot of fun on the road so far! We've added some new songs into the set AND brought back some older songs.
Even if you can't catch the East Meets West tour, we're booking up the summer in Ontario, PLUS we'll be playing a couple show in the north-east USA.
3. The MySpace
Tom from MySpace recently made it possible for every band to upload more songs. So we went for it!
I put up Thinking Positive and Favourite Arcade from our current record, and also The Perfect Place and Cavalry from our old record - because we've been getting tons of requests to post those.
Also ... I posted a demo of a song I wrote in Nashville with my friend Adam Smith. It's called Your Name in Vain. This song is REALLY important to me. I wanted to share a bit of the story.
4. The New Song
When I was in Nashville writing songs for the current record, our label had me writing with a bunch of different professional songwriters. Some of them (like Adam) were AWESOME. But some other ones weren't so great. They'd push me to add "Jesus" in a song just to make it climb the charts and earn us money.
That kinda rubbed me the wrong way, you know? Yes, I'm a Christian and I want to live in a way that shows people that I take my beliefs VERY seriously - but that doesn't mean every single song I write is going to be about Jesus, you know? I experience a bunch of different kinds of things in life, so I like to write about those too! :)
So in a writing session with Adam Smith (the writer I like), I was telling him about all this. I asked him: "If we were to put Jesus into EVERY SINGLE SONG WE WRITE, do you think God would be honoured by that ... or is it just using His name in vain?"
And we both kinda looked at each other and decided to write a song about it. Ha ha ha.
So, I hope you like it. It IS a bit more focused on faith and God than a lot of our other songs, but I hope that's cool with you cause it really comes from my heart!
Thanks so much for reading, everybody!!
francy
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