1/3/2005: update / cover band downloads / Skytide Music hires interns

Welcome to the New Year! Hope you all had a great holiday season. First of all, I'd like to thank those of you that came out to the CD release party last month at The Bitter End; it was a very special evening. Though we always wish there were more poeple in the audience, everyone who did come had a great time. The EP has been getting good reviews so far on some internet webzines and we hope to see some more in print very soon. Here's the latest one: Kweevak.com

Something strange has been happening with regard to what's being downloaded from the website: the demos recorded with previous cover bands (Todd's Theory & Tequila Mockingbird) have been getting downloaded FAR more than the original stuff. Just in December alone, "Monkey Wrench" had been downloaded 290 times! "Suck My Kiss" - 254! But "Anywhere But Here" from the EP - 17. What's wrong with this picture?!!! I'm guessing it's just one or two people repeatedly and not a different person every time. You have to hunt for these clips on the Other page, they're not on the Music page with the original stuff. While I do appreciate the traffic on the site, why would someone download a cover band doing a song when they could just as easily download the actual version of it? A bit strange. Who are you, Mystery Downloader? Stand up and be counted.

Speaking of traffic to the website, attendance at shows etc. Skytide Music is proud to announce that it has hired two interns from Monmouth University as Public Relations Assistants! It will be their job to increase traffic to our website, get more poeple to our shows and generally get us more fans. Rutgers students are also being interviewed. If you would like to get involved and become a part of out "street team" please drop us a line. I think things are going to get very exciting in the next few months as a result of their efforts.

I'm buying a new amp! My garage sale, garage band sounding, 20yr old Peavey is being put out to pasture in favor of a brand new Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Oh yeah. You'll hear the difference immediately. Should have it by the next visit to the Whiskey Bar on 1/26.

The show at the Harvest Moon Brewery has been cancelled. Again. Don't ask me why. Just see if you can feel through your monitor right now how much I absolutely LOVE dealing with club owners and booking shows. Can you feel it? Can you feel the love?

Please go to the Continental on 1/11!!!!

In the CD player: Brian Wilson - Smile, Eliott Smith - From A Basement On A Hill, Unforgiven - Soundtrack

Get ready for a big 2005. It's all happening...

M