2 songs done.

2 songs are all the way done pretty much! stokeddd on them!!!

songs to write home about.

FIRST AND FOREMOST!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS BOX RIGHT HERE. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU!







coming up on two weeks here in Cleveland.
things are moving along at a concentrated pace, it seems.

today, we have the day off of recording, due to a store closing next door and having a sale. meaning we can't play very loud and the microphones would probable pick up a bit of their noise. Cody is making an effort to get their, (As Cities Burn) album all done by tonight, so that's another reason we aren't recording tonight.

we are currently eating chips and salsa (my fav) and watching Arrested Development. Joel just left to go to Taco Bell. the lack of fast food is eating away at him, i believe.

this is where we are:
we currently have 3 songs complete on rhythm guitar. drum and bass done for all tracks.
we are going to pick it up again tomorrow after 5pm i think and try and get some stuff done.
we are also working a half day on Sunday.
i am so ready to record vocals. i am super antsy about it.
i am stoked with how the songs were changed and what we have added on to them during recording.
this EP will be super cool i believe.


reader, i hope you're having a good day/night/whatever it is when you read this.




p.s. here is a treat for you all. meet Elizabeth..

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bass and drums are now complete. today we start guitars. here are some pictures.

day 6.

it's day 6 here.

all of the drum tracks were finished as of 2 days ago. yesterday was spent editing half of those drum tracks. and today will be spent editing the remainder. while Tyler was editing the drums, we drove down to Ocoee Dam #1. It was really nice, but our hunger got the best of us and we ended up at Subway getting five-dollar footlongs. It was a bit gloomy out and we decided we would head back on a sunny day.

the 20 minute drive was so refreshing. i can smell Fall coming like never before. the crispy, airy smell was flowing through the car yesterday like crazy. it was one of those times for me. one of those times when i remember how miniscule i am. and how much i take things for granted.

things are good.

drum tracks today.

the room we are sleeping in remains the darkest room in the entire universe with all of the lights off. there are no windows anywhere near it. so i just woke up and had some sweet tea and some crackers and we are about to begin tracking drums.

6 songs that we have sliced and diced to make them the best we can.

The Beginning.

we arrived in Cleveland, TN around 6PM after a super smooth drive and great lunch at Koontz's dad Steve's house.

downtown Cleveland, TN reminds me of downtown Conway, SC a whole lot and I really like it. there is a handfull of abandoned buildings and broken glass, but the air is crisp and clean. a small town that is very homey. i'm thinking it will be a good place for the next month.

i'm super exicted about what we are going to create. i feel like in this environment, we will be able to write new things. it feels great to be away from home, because thats where i find myself to be the most complacent as of late. hopefully this new environment will spark change in our band, in terms of music, worship and growth as a family. i'm excited about what God is going to do within us over the next month.

i just rode around on a vintage Schwinn bicycle while Alex and Koontz skated. we just roamed and it felt so great outside. we loaded all of our stuff in just now and now we are just hanging out.

Oct 12.

its 5:22 AM and i just woke up at Joels. we got here about 9:30 last night. we missed Ken's wedding but we had quite a few things to tie up before we left the beach.

we are about to leave and head to Knoxville, TN to see Koontz's father. probably going to have lunch there with him and then head to Cleveland, TN later on.

let's hit the road.

Sep 17.

beautiful day out today. and i'm inside, as usual. the last couple days have been quite uneventful, but last night's ping-pong/carpetball/basketball escapade was pretty intense.

3 weeks until we enter the studio. i've been routing a couple tour ideas as of late for Nov/Dec. here they are roughly:TOUR ROUTING:

Nov 9-Wilmington, NC 
(2 hour drive)
Nov 10-Raleigh, NC 
(3.5 hour drive)
Nov 11-Virginia Beach, VA 
(2 hour drive)Nov 12-Richmond, VA (5 hour drive)
Nov 13-Charleston, WV 
(5.5 hour drive)
Nov 14-Baltimore, MD 
(3 hour drive)
Nov 15-Clinton, NJ 
(1 hour drive)
Nov 16-NY DATE 
(1.5 hour drive)
Nov 17-Danbury, CT 
(3 hour drive)Nov 18-Philadelphia, PA
(7 hour drive)
Nov 19-Cleveland, OH
(5.5 hour drive)
Nov 20-Louisville, KY
(2.5 hour drive)
Nov 21-Nashville, TN
(1.5 hour drive)
Nov 22-Knoxville, TN
(1.5 hour drive)
Nov 23-Asheville, NC
(2 hour drive)
Nov 24-Charlotte, NC

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Dec 1-Charleston, SC
(5 hours)
Dec 2-Atlanta, GA
(5 hours)
Dec 3-mobile, AL
(3.5 hours)
Dec 4-birmingham, AL
(3.5 hours)
Dec 5-jackson, MS
(6.5 hours)
Dec 6-Houston, TX
(3.5 hours)
Dec 7-dallas, TX
(9 hours)
Dec 8-alburquerque, NM
(6.5 hours)
Dec 9-phoenix, az
(5 hours)
Dec 10-CALI

Dec 11- CALI

Dec 12- CALI
(8 hours)
Dec 13-Las Vegas, NV
(6 hours)
Dec 14-Salt Lake City, UT
(7 hours)
Dec 15-Denver, CO
(7 hours)
Dec 16-Wichita, KS
(2.5 hours)
Dec 17-Tulsa/Oklahoma City, OK
(3.5 hours)
Dec 18-Belton, MO
(3 hours)
Dec 19-des moines, IA
(5 hours)
Dec 20-Chicago, IL
(7 hours)
Dec 21-Nashville / Knoxville, TN
(6 hours)
HOME.






Jan 9-Knoxville, TN
(2 hours)
*Jan 10-Nashville, TN
(4.5 hours)
*Jan 11-Sauget, IL
(4.5 hours)
*Jan 12-Lawrence, KS
(4.5 hours)
Jan 13-Oklahoma City, OK
(3 hours)
Jan 14-Dallas, TX
(3.5 hours)
Jan 15-Houston, TX
(3 hours)
Jan 16-San Antonio, TX
(4.5 hours)
*Jan 17-Odessa, TX
(6 hours)
*Jan 18-Albuquerque, NM
(6 hours)
*Jan 19-Tucson, AZ
(6 hours)
Jan 20-San Diego, CA
(1.5 hours)
Jan 21-Ponoma, CA
(1.5 hours)
Jan 22-Ventura, CA
(4.5 hours)
Jan 23-Santa Cruz, CA
(4.5 hours)
*Jan 24-Reno, NV
(9 hours)
Jan 25-Portland, OR
(2.5 hours)
Jan 26-Seattle, WA
(4 hours)
*Jan 27-Spokane, WA
(6,5 hours)
Jan 28-Boise, ID
(4.5 hours)
*Jan 29-Salt Lake City, UT
(7.5 hours)
**Jan 30-Englewood, CO
(9.5 hours)
Jan 31-Des Moines, IA
(3.5 hours)
*Feb 1-St. Paul, Minnesota
(6 hours)
Feb 2-Chicago, IL
(4.5 hours)
*Feb 3-Louisville, KY
(6 hours)
Feb 4-Pontiac, MI
(3 hours)
Feb 5-Cleveland, OH
(1.5 hours)
Feb 6-Erie, PA
(1.5 hours)
Feb 7-Buffalo, NY
(3.5 hours)
Feb 8-Pittsburgh, PA
(3.5 hours)
Feb 9-Lancaster, PA
(4 hours)
Feb 10-Syracuse, NY
(4.5 hours)
Feb 11-Sayreville, NJ
(3 hours)
Feb 12-Hartford, CT
(4 hours)
Feb 13-Reading, PA
(2 hours)
Feb 14-Baltimore, MD
(4 hours)
Feb 15-Norfolk, VA
(5 hours)
Feb 16-Charlotte, NC

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The Jan-Feb dates definitely need some filler dates between them because some of the drives are pretty long.


Here are some promos that our amazing friend Scott Smallin did last week:






Lots of stuff happening at CFCCSM as well. we just started Small Groups and mine is way rad. Jeff and I are doing one at my house on Monday nights from 8-9:30 with some awesome kids. we are hoping to see miraculous things happen over the entirety of our group.

I'm going to VA Beach Sep 26 and I'm way stoked to see Taryn. She is amazing and I miss her a whole whole lot.


that's a small update for now. I'm wanting to get back in the Blog Habit, so hopefully I'll be back really soon.

forever.

HOLY MOLY. it's been a while. a lot has happened, but at the same time not too too much.

a lot of stuff going on at The Summit. Things are picking up and God is moving in amazing ways.


Last night marked the second Hundredth show. Another one coming up on Saturday. Things are going
really great with all of that.


Pretty much on my own now. Loving it so far, till the end of the month haha.