December 25th,2005
MERRY CHRISTMAS FW FANS!!!!!!!!!
Its has been less then a week since we have last wrote in and told you whats been goin down at camp FW. And while there are only two things new to tell you right now, they both are HUGE.

This past Tuesday, Zack wrote in and told you about the Email we received from Grant Cambridge, ion which he said he wanted to set up a meeting with us to further discuss the recording process. On Wednesday(yes, only ONE day later) Brian called grant and set the meeting up for the very next day. So we all road tripped to Rooftop Records(It was a long road trip, taking almost FOUR minutes to get there), we were there a grand total of a half hour, in which time Grant gave us a tour of the studio, explained the process, showed us the program he was using(they are actually getting new equipment at the first of the year.) and let us listen to some artists who had recorded there, so we could hear for oursleves the amazing quality that the studio could provide. He answered some questions we had, and then came the moment of truth. Since the beginning we have always planned to try to get into the studio on the same weekend; January 21st-22nd,2006. When we told him that this was the weekend we were hoping for, he broke it to us; that would probly be the only weekend he would have open. WE HAVE THE SPOT!!!!! Ok, Im jumping to conclusions. He still has to make sure it is actually open, but he was pretty sure, and said he would get back to me through Email. We left the studio absolutely(and understandably) pumped up, ready to scorch the earth with our first album. We are all so excited about this, and we hope that you are too.
 
Okay, now that was alot to say for the first thing, this next big and exciting news doesnt need tha much of a story or introduction. We have the final tracklisting of the album set in stone, and in order. We have been practicing these 7 songs and I fully believe that we are very VERY close to being ready for the recording. We plan to tell you guys the final tracklisting of the album in one week. So please come back soon, for more news and pictures,as we will be having FREQUENT practices and photo Ops over the next 2 weeks.

 

 

what up FW fans 

     Its Zack the bass player. havent heard from me yet, have ya? Well this is the first time and hopefully not the last. Wow our band has just recieved an early Christmas present; we have moved from the cold and packed place of the garage to Jakes grandparents basement. After hours of begging and bribing we recieved the invitation to the roomy, warm and comfortable basement where Faded Within will now be practicing. You will eventually get to see vido footage of some new stuff we have came out with. no words yet, but complete musically (we're waiting for Bri to get back on that.) We have came up with 6 songs in just one weekends time it is absolutely rediculous.  

                             we also got an email back from Grant Cambridge, the engineer who'll be recording our CD, and he helped estimate a few things about the price and recording process, and wants to set up a meeting to discuss the CD recording a little further.We have gone nuts with our music process, and we are only getting started. But thats all for now and I wish all of our fans a Safe Christmas and a Happy NEW YEAR

PEACE OUT!!

BZA

 

                             Just thought Id write a short note to let you know that yesterday was an awesome practice FW fans. we only had about 2 and a half hours, but in that short amount of time, we got almost ALL of the six songs worked out completely, and some more that will be on the full album a few months from now.This has lifted alot of stress and tension off of us, knowing that we are past the hardest part of getting the song worked out, and are pretty much ready to get this EP out to ya. Also, as you can plainly see we have a new main page photo of the band. This picture was taken yesterday, right before we got down to business. The slick red feature was done by Gabrielle Williams, picture taken by Zero.

         The response from the acoustic version of Faded Within has been huge since we first posted it on the site almost a month ago. Not only have we seen it on FadedWithin.com, but it has also been immensely popular on other sites we are on, and also wehave heard just by word of mouth from people who have said that they absolutely love the soft version. So, with that in mind, we have made the not-so-tough decision of completely dropping the heavy version of Faded Within, and now it has become one of our acoustic songs.

 

                          Hey FW fans, Its been two weeks since we last wrote in, and I hate to say it, but there isnt a whole lot of practice news goin on at camp FW. I(Jake) had exams this week and unfortunately that prohibited us from any chances of practices over the past week. But I hope to write in again tomorrow or possibly the next day, as we do have a scheduled practice for tuesday afternoon, since we are all free(and happy) again.

                         Outside of FW Studios, a few things have happened. I have some exciting news for all you FW fans looking to get your first taste of live Faded Within; we are sending out "applications" to a ton of clubs around the areas of Cincinnati(OH), Covington(KY), Newport(KY). We are so ready to get our music out to you. One of the "applictaions" was more of a request to the Bogarts club in Cinci to see what we had to do to be able to play in their yearly Battle Of The Bands, but unfortunately we missed the deadline for this years BOTB by a few months haha. So we missed out on this years, but were told that we can sign up for the next one in May 2006. So that is something that we will hopefully be doing. 

          We have decided on when we are actually going to attempt to enter rooftop to make the WEBN Demo. We have made a plan to get into the studio the 3rd week of January. Even though we have  scheduled this into our schedules, the whole thineg is based on whether or not we can get money together by then, and if that week is open for the studio, Rooftop Records(Check em out at www.RooftopRecords.com). So we are hoping that everything will fall into place, because itd be stupid for us to contact the studio, and then not have the necessary funds needed to be able to record. So right now while we wait we have been practicing our originals, and narrowing down our pretty extensive list of ongs to 5. I think we have the final 5 to play, but we are not ready to announce them yet, on the off chance that we change our minds. So be patient FW fans, we have alot of work cut out for us, even BEFORE we start the studio experience.

        We have a COUCH!!!!! lol okay so that may not seem like exciting news to you, but we have been needing something like a couch to have down in FW Studios to give it more of a semi-comfortable existence. We are always looking for places to sit while we practice. It had gotten to a point where we were sitting on baby chairs and things like that, just so we can sit. On Halloween our manager and I were sitting outside, when my next door neighbor started to drag a couch out of his garage. It looked brand new. Shadow(our manager prefers to remain nameless) jokingly replied that hes giving away a couch. So I told him to run up and ask, being funny. He went up, and started jumping up and down excitedly that he indeed was throwing it away. So I ran up there, and he(our neighbor) explained that its almost a brand new couch(it even smelled new), but that he had just gotten another couch, and he had no more room for this one. So we were welcome to it. SO shadow and I carried it down to the front yard, rearranged the studio just a little (This is a pretty big freaking couch), and fitted it in just right. We will definitely have more photos for you soon, so I will make a plan to take a picture of the beautiful piece of furniture, so you can share in the joy.

Thats it for now I think, We will hopefully check back in soon, to let you know what happened with the practice on Tuesday.

Peace,

FW(J)

Hey FW fans,

 A little change of plans for our upcoming EP releases; We will be releasing ONE EP in 2 days. We have had a hard time with the production of LIVE AT WATERSIDE, and unfortunately because of time issues we wont be able to release this one on that date. But we will have it up as soon as possible, and the acoustic cover cd COVER ME SOFTLY will still be available Saturday. So be on the lookout for that anrd we will keep you up to date on the other EP as soon as we get it.

            In case you havent noticed or seen, Faded Within has been added to the amazing list of artists on Purevolume.com. For those of you who dont know, Purevolume.com is a website where unsigned bands from all over the world can get their name and their music out all over the world. I have seen Bands from Freaking Brazil on this site. This really is a big opportunity for the band, and we are very excited to be added to this awesome list. And so you know, the more views our page gets on PV, the more notoriety we get in the site. So go check it out, and help our name get out even faster.

           Two days ago, I had a small meeting with Our manager, and he gave me probably the most exciting news of my life. He told me that he had contacted WEBN about a show of theirs where they give local rock bands from the Tri-State area(Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky) some airplay, and asked them how a band would go about getting on the air. And they informed him that in about 7 months, their will be some openings on the show and that we have been given the spot. This is amazing news, and I am absolutely stoked at this opportunity. We are making plans to hit the studio earlier than scheduled so that we can record a few songs early and be able to send them a studio quality single of some of our stuff.

So mark your calendars FW fans, in about 7 months FW hits the air.

Thats all for now, We'll be back soon.

FW(J) 

 

 

 

October 3rd,2005

FW FANS!!!!!

Its only been 3 days since we last wrote in and told you what was goin on with the band, and in those 3 days more has happened for the growth of this band than in its entire existence.

Saturday was an awesome practice day, despite the fact that Zack unfortunately was not able to come. We all worked really hard on some new material Mark brought to us, and we turned it into yet another killer track. Mark also helped me arrange and eventually record a demo of an instrumental I had been writing that I dedicated to my mother, titled Victoria. We worked on some more original material as well , just to kind of refresh our memories with the material(this was the first practice back in almost 2 months). And to cap it all off, we ran through some of our favorite acoustic songs, by the likes of Pink Floyd and Staind. And when we were about to finish everything, I unveiled my own acoustic version of Blue Oyster Cults "Dont Fear The Reaper." I had been working on this in my own spare time, and hadnt really thought about using it for anything, till that point.

After we had finished up playing, we had a mini band meeting and discussed different ideas and merchandise plans for the future. When the subject of making Demos to pass out came up, we all kinda got hit with the same idea; EP's. We needed to make an EP. We would record it live at Faded Studios, and then convert it all and put out our own EP on our own label. But then another idea came to me. Why make just one EP, when we could make two?

One of my favorite aspects of this band is that we not only rock hard, we know how to also rock soft. And one thing I also love is our ability to pull off good acoustic songs by our favorite bands. So rather than put out just one EP of our original songs, We will ALSO release another EP recorded live at FS of us doing some great acoustic covers. Evrybody was on board so we planned to start making arrangements to practice for it next week. But then it was brought up that we should just practice the very next day.

And thats exactly what happened. About 4 O' clock we reconvened right where we left off, this time with all 4 members of the group. We brought Zack up to speed on where we were headed, and he was into it whole heartedly. So I showed him the song mark had brought us (Thirty Years From Now is the working title) and we went through it perfectly, in almost one take. We worked on our older material as well, and after a bit we broke the acoustic guitar out again, and began to work on the Acoustic EP. In about an hour we had two of the planned 5 songs done and ready to be pressed. We finished this amazing weekend off dong that.

And even when I thought the good news would cease at least for a bit, today our manager informed me that he has an artist working on our symbol and will most likely have it done(Final Mastered copy) by the end of the week.

FW Fans we are rolling along at full speed........

We promise to keep in touch soon.

FW(J)

 

 

We have a practice scheduled to meet back up and rehearse for tomorrow(Saturday). I am excited to get the band back to normal and rolling again, and am anxious to get some new guitar licks Ive been working on turned into songs. It may only be 3 of the 4 members,(Zack may have a wedding to go to,) but it will still be another step closer to the live development of our show and original material, which is very important.

Our artwork competition has been underway almost 2 weeks, and we have had many people inform us that they are busy at work on their ideas. So all you FW fans that have not entered yet, you have some competition.But dont give up and not enter, because theres still time. Enter in today. We havent seen any artwork yet, but we know they are all gonna be great.  

Signed,

FW

 

FW FANS!!!!

      

         It has been along time since we last wrote in and told you what was goin on. I hope you didnt think we had disappeared. Because you would be very wrong. Unfortunately It has been quite some time since our last practice, and we are becoming restless and are ready to practice again very soon. So plans to practice for this coming weekend are in play. After a couple of weeks of waiting, we have received Kate Dillons awesome artwork. We are very pleased with this artwork and hopefully soon we will be able to have it posted up on the website. So definitely be on the lookout for that.

     

         Sometime in the not so distant future our Bio's will be going under construction. None of us like to brag about ourselves, its just not our style. So we came up with an idea to have someone do the bragging for uis. Someone very close to the band has taken all of our information and musical history, and will be turning it into a second person style biography. I personally am very excited about this and cant wait for them to be developed.

      

         In case you havent seen the media section lately, we have added another demo into our selection. "Inside," our first acoustic track, is all about the feelings and pain one goes through from just having their heart broken by the person they love. This is a song I am very proud of, because it is a song written from experience, which really is where the best lyrics come from. Music By Jake, Lyrics by Brian, Jake, and Zack.

      

         There is talk within Camp FW about the earliest possible time to get into the studio and record. We hopefully have plans for the coming spring, but it is very likely thats is to change. As for now, everyone within the band is busy writing lyrics and coming up with music, so that we are more than ready to get into the studio and kick out our first album.

Thats it for now, come back soon for more news.

FW

 

 

August 29th,2005(Jake)

 

        WHATUP FW FANS!!!!

        This has been an amazing week or so for camp FW. We have not one,not two,but THREE original songs done completely. All week Brian Mark Dave and I have been pouring over ideas and music that we have written to be able to get that much closer to Faded Within's first cd. One of which, right now titled, "Star"(actual title coming soon), was taken from a jam session that featured hoss on drums. This song was written during some downtime between actual rehearsal.We now have lyrics for it, but at the time we had none, so April sarcastically suggested we just sing twinkle twinkle little star over it.Thus gives you the title "star."Another one of the songs we wrote this week is a big statement for us as a band. "Its Not Right" is a song that shows you the fans that we do not limit ourselves to any one genre or style of music. Even punk. This is a great song with amazing vocals, and we are very proud to bring it to you. To hear a demo of this and Star, go to the media section. Soon we will have some more artwork posted on the site provided by the lovely Kate Dillon. She was kind enough to proffesionalize a sketch done by brian and we will have it posted up soon.

 

 August 20,2005(Jake)

 

               This has been an absolutely HUGE week for Faded Within, as well as the website. We have added lots of pics, and today actually had our first full band photo shoot. Some of these pics are posted now, many more to come.If you havent noticed yet, We have FINALLY become able to bring you audio to listen to. This is a huge step for us, helping us to get out to the people. Faded Within is not only coming, but we are pretty much here.

 

                Almost a full week of practices and writing has led us to be able to record our first complete original. Simply Titled "Faded Within" , we are all very proud of this song and are in a huge rush to bring you the complete track. Till then we have two clips of the song for you to enjoy. We posted Both clips because in one its really easy to hear Bri's vocals, and in the other its easier to hear the music. So that is the reasoning.

                 This week also gave us extra equipment, as Brian has acquired a 170 CAD Microphone. This Mic has incredible sound, and will help you to hear his voice clearly and easily.