May-June 2010 Update...

First off, we've been playing gigs for the past two months! Every show's been great with a good turnout for each. We TRULY appreciate our fans and friends for coming out and supporting us! Thanks again everyone.

Second, WE RELEASED our EP Album "Ourself"! We also have some nicely printed hard copies for you folks that want a CD!


Aren't they purty?

Here's a music video we made using bits and pieces of video footage compiled from the past year of progress to go along with the EP Album. The song used for the video is "Siren" and it's track #3 on the album!:

Morrownow's "ourself" EP Music Video from Morrownow on Vimeo.

Video credits: Brent

Our recent shows:

We played a small show at the Neon Venus Art Theatre on May 15th. The place is an acting and performing arts studio by day, and music venue by night. It's also run by the band Neon Venus. Great little spot to play, but let's just say Brent felt the need to pass around a jar of free earplugs for everyone. Special shout out and thanks to Jose L. and Cristina P. for coming out!

Some pictures from the show:

Group picture with friends and fans. Several people are missing, but this is our favorite picture to date!





On June 4th, we played at a cool bar called Whisperz out in La Crescenta. The place was crowded and we rocked it. Everyone liked our sound, and that's always nice to see. It's confirmation. There were two dudes really digging out music standing right in front of the stage and near the end of our set list, they broke out into a fight. The police came and picked them up a bit later. Needless to say... It's PRETTY AWESOME that our music inspired a bit of moshing!

Waiting on pictures...

On June 14th, we played at Howl At The Moon Bar at the Universal Studios Citywalk. It used to be the B.B. King's music venue. It was Monday rock night and it was a great show.

Danielle, a friend and photographer took a few photos. You can check out her work here. Her shots of us:




On June 18th, we played at "The Cat Club". Our best venue to date. We played to a full house and gave away about 25 free CDs. Yep, FREE. If you want free stuff, you've gotta show up! We were hyped about playing here. It's a great venue, great stage, and most important, they had a great sound system. Bryan's dad came in from Louisiana to support him and a song dedication went out to him and Bryan's sisters. It was a great show.

Here are some video clips of our performance. WARNING, the volume was not adjusted before upload so it's REALLY LOUD. Turn down the volume almost all the way after you press PLAY! We'll fix it soon:

Song: "DIVIGARI"

Divagari LIVE from Morrownow on Vimeo.

Song: "IMPAIRED"

Impaired LIVE from Morrownow on Vimeo.

We're forever part of The Cat Club's wall now:


Other than that, we're in the midst of constructing our new website. This blog will be only part of the "blog" section on the site. Merchandise like t-shirts are in the works, and hard copies of our album will be up on our new website soon too.

Old Town Pub in Pasadena...

Over the weekend we played our first venue gig and rocked the place out! There was another band that played before us that was pretty awesome, they're called "Hey You." They're a bit of pop-punk with a female vocalist, reminiscent of the band No Doubt. We should've played our set at around 11pm right after Hey You performed when the crowd was at it's peak, but the promoter had to change the schedule around because of a singer/rapper performer that threatened to leave if she wasn't put on stage next. What a crybaby. It was a "fusion" music night with all different kinds of music genre performers. Her set didn't finish until 11:45 and so we didn't get on stage until midnight. No matter though, the crowd was still strong and neck-breaking head bobbing started once we started playing. It was a good show, and an even better first show. Brent's cutting up the video footage now, so keep a look out for that, but in the meantime here are some photos!









More photos HERE.

our first gigs...

So exciting news!

We're scheduled to play our very first music venue gigs soon! In fact, we're playing one in a week from now on May 8th at the Old Town Pub in Pasadena, CA. Our first venue gig as a band and that's always a cool occasion. Check out the event on our facebook.

The venue had some fliers made and it came out pretty good. And apparently, we were the only band that sent the promoter an actual band logo graphic:



So even though we're the #2 band, it sort of makes us look like the main attraction which is totally fine with us!

We've also got 2 more gigs lined up. On May 15th, we'll be playing at a cool warehouse venue called "The Cozy Castle".

Then for June 11th, we'll be playing at The Cat Club on Sunset Blvd. It's a famous venue so it's great to have gotten a spot to play there. We're slowly and steadily getting things done so keep a look out for updates and events.

post-relay for life...

Long, overdue update...

Sorry everyone. But here's what's been happening as of late:

That Relay for Life benefit event show we did on the 17th of April, 2010...? It was awesome! The sun was setting as we played on a stage in the quad of Cal State Northridge University's campus. A huge amount of students were camping out in tents all over the quad for the event so we played for a ton of people. We played a 6-song set and did a pretty good job. We were honored to have played our "first" show for such an event. Afterward, several people approached us wanting more information, such as websites/myspaces and music. That's always nice. Here are a few pictures:


(Because of the way the stage coordinator set up the electronics, Josh(black t-shirt) couldn't hook up his pedals in the center of the stage, which is why he's on the left. Noticeable only because he's the lead vocalist.)



(From left to right: Josh, Bryan, Tom, Jason)



The band with some friends.

relay for life...

So that fundraising event we talked about before is Relay for Life. It's a volunteer-driven event by the American Cancer Society. We're proud to say that playing in this event will be our very first live performance ever as a band. It's a great event, and one that strikes close to home for some of us in our personal lives.

Our set is on the California State University of Northridge's main campus at 6pm on April 17th. We're part of the scheduled entertainment that goes on that night. The stage will be in front of the library and outdoors right as the sun sets, so we're excited to play for the crowd. It should be a nice test for our music with people around our age on the campus also. We've consistently practiced for the past few weeks and it's been sounding awesome.

This past practice we played at Tom's house.

Some pictures:





At the moment, we're just focusing on staying an active band and playing shows. Stay tuned, we'll film our show at Relay for Life.

march madness...

Hey all.

I think we're all due for an update on the band. Everyone's been pretty busy especially after we recorded our EP entitled, "Our Self". With that sense of accomplishment, we took a small break. We're beginning to practice again regularly, and we have a performance scheduled for a closed charity event in April. More details about that show will come in soon, but for now, let's just say it's for a well known cause. Hopefully we'll have a photographer accompany us at the event.

We're very proud of our EP. Brent made a music video for our EP using the song "Siren" and video footage compiled over the past several months of our progress. There's clips in there from the very beginning. It's a good video. Take a look:

Morrownow's "ourself" EP Album Music Video from Morrownow on Vimeo.

Ourself EP and Lyrics...

Hey all,

Brent here. So the guys have decided to call their first recording and EP as a band, "Ourself". We're waiting a bit to get some money together to send the EP off for CD production. In the meantime, we're trying to figure out what we want as an album cover. Nothing's for sure yet, but the prime idea circulating at the moment is an image of some puzzle pieces strewn across a table.

Personally for me, no matter how spoken-word some vocals are in some of the music I listen to, I rarely understand more than half of the lyrics. Reading them and seeing what's actually said always makes me like the songs better because I find something in the lyrics that's relatable.

Ourself EP LYRICS:

No One I Know

still it stings where once you were
and until not I'll burn
less and less each day
becoming what you made me
until you are a stone
until you are a bang
until your face is gone

you cannot be her
she was pure
who are you?

every lover takes a piece
the holes are who we are
the parts we couldn't bare to lose
when gone become ourselves
until we are a void
until we are a shell
until we are evolved
until we are a world

you cannot be her
she was pure
you cannot be her
she was sane
who are you?

you cannot be her
she was pure
you cannot be her
she was sane
who are you?


Our Gravity

we like to think we're meant to be
so we play pretend after our teens
to make ourselves believe again
that we're not broken children

but the colors don't seem to be
of the origin of our species
moving pieces desperately
hanging on to gravity, our gravity

forgetting is a way of fixing
things we can't assimilate
we find a complimentary shape
to make ourselves feel whole again

look for a hole we fit inside
call it a home a place to hide
or give a hole to someone else
and for a time you'll feel alive

but the colors don't seem to be
from the gods that we devised
moving pieces desperately
hanging on to gravity

we look for ourselves in other eyes
but our I's won't let us see
the I blinds the eye
the I blinds the eye
the I blinds the eye

but the colors don't seem to be
of the world that our I's see
moving pieces desperately
hanging on to our gravity
living in our gravity
dying in to gravity, our gravity


Siren

siren
given to
back and forth
fickle as the tide
arise a different woman
than the one I knew last night

how can you trust
her ocean with your heart
as her compass spins out of control
rocks are hiding in the dark
while Siren sings come come

perfect pendulum
given to
her impulse
her amnesia
her heart follows the wind
weather's changing all the time

how can you trust
her ocean with your heart
as her compass spins out of control
rocks are hiding in the dark
while Siren sings come come

have you heard the siren sing?
ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

have you heard the siren sing?
ooh ooh ooh
have you heard the siren sing?
ooh ooh ooh
have you heard the siren singing?
ooh ooh ooh
have you heard the siren singing?