the state we’re in

As soon as myspace is done “processing” the new track, “the state we’re in” will be available for preview and download.  It’s a good glimpse of what’s to come in the new “album”.  It’s also a bit poppier than what we’ve done….pleasant surprise? or artistic oversight? does it really matter? can you tell that we’ve [...]

October 10th show

Another mend show- In Boise, at The Bouquet with Stabbing Children & Machinegun Symphony

New Live date added

August 29th at the Visual Arts Collective in Garden City (Boise).
www.myspace.com/visualartscollective

Studio Diary – July 19th

“the state we’re in”
Revision, revision, revision. Took some major left turns from the original demo version, but it’s nearly finished. Last of the vocals will be done this week followed by a final mix. Although, nothing is ever really final in this band! A remix is also expected, but regardless, it will [...]

mend interview – 2/10/03

Funny what you find on the internet.  Here’s an old interview that was featured in Boise State University’s Newspaper, The Arbiter.
[It should be noted that there was a small misunderstanding/ error at the end of the article.  mend were not featured at the C9 Festival...we were in the process of booking a pre-convergence show with [...]

mend on itunes

finally.

Studio Diary – May 18, 2008

Several song ideas have recently sprouted.  Some of these are just “seeds” consisting of 16-32  bars of music and a paragraph of lyrics to full blown productions minus vocal and guitar tracks.  Our growing list new songs are kept here.
Finished the majority of writing ”The State We’re In “.  It’s in a kind of revision state.  It’s taken [...]

the RED market

Attached is a great blog written by tycohen, “the red menace”  it’s referencing an article written last year “Russia bans DVD, CD street sales“

Most of us were already aware that there is a big problem of music piracy in countries like China, Taiwan, India and generally in Southeast Asia.  I have had it explained to [...]

Studio Diary – 4/27/08

Finished writing music & words for Hollow, In Vain.  Majority of the music tracks are completed.  Vocals, guitar and mixing will be completed on our week long recording venture the end of May.  The Izotope “Trash” plugin made some wicked distortion effects!  This will be a fun song to perform live.  Fans of “damaged” will [...]

Studio Diary – 04/19/08

“The State That We’re In”
Finished the majority of the bass lines in the verses & choruses.  (Both synth and bass gtr). There is now several tons of synth performances to sift through and determine what to use and what to cut.
“Within Your Eyes”
Music tracks have been updated and somewhat re-constructed.
“Hollow, In Vain” [working title]
New track [...]