Thanks for checking out the page. Straight out of Champaign, Illinois; Vanattica is an original Alt/Rock band aimed to open minds and please ears. Influences like Fuel, Incubus, Underoath, Tool, and 311 shine through in their music. Vanattica is currently looking forward to playing as many gigs as possiblethroughout the year of '08 as well as recording a new professional demo in Philadelphia, PA with Playwork Productions (The Starting Line, Four Year Strong, Lit, Sugarcult). Check out our main site (htttp://www.myspace.com/vanattica) for more info. -Vanattica
Drake Gravely (Drums / Backup Vocals)
Travis Leonard (Lead Vocals / Guitar)
Brendan Summers (Guitar / Backup Vocals)
Jaron Lancaster (Bass Guitar)
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May 27
Vanattica Biography
Vanattica formed when four longtime friends; Travis Leonard, Cal Joslin, Tom Miebach, and Drake Gravely (all from the small town of Mahomet, Illinois) united in late 2004. Cal, Tom, and Drake have played together since they were twelve years old. Travis Leonard started collaborating with the three on music during 2004. During the fall semester, while Travis was attending college in California, and Cal in Tennessee, they began writing songs together using the internet to share ideas. Back home during holiday break, Cal and Travis were joined by Tom and Drake, who both attended college in Illinois, for their first rehearsal as a new band. Songs and recording ideas were initiated and developed during the second semester, and the four came back home in June to get started on the project. After a few rehearsals, the group chose the name Vanattica in tribute to their friend, classmate, and former bandmate, Tyler Van Atkins, who tragically lost his life during their freshman year of high school. Recording of Saturday Night Staredown began the following summer of 2005, with completion in just over one month. All fourteen songs were written, recorded, and produced by Vanattica, using their own equipment in their own studio. The boys continued to write new material and collaborate via the internet as they all attended college in different states, yet they came together once again in the summer of 2006. With new songs and ample dedication Vanattica took to the road, playing shows throughout Illinois and Indiana. The productive summer of 2006 ended with a music video shoot, produced by Shatterglass Studios and filmed at The High Dive in Champaign, for their song "Hear Me Out." In order to spend more time with the band, lead singer Travis decided to transfer to the University of Illinois in the fall of 2006, allowing three members to regularly collaborate. Although Cal Joslin, the bassist, continued to study music at Belmont College in Nashville, throughout the fall of 2006 Travis and lead guitarist Tom frequently performed acoustic sets around Champaign-Urbana to hone their skills. Also, during this fall semester members of the band were interviewed on radio station WPGU 107.1, and the band was chosen to be included in the 2007 edition of the Green St. Records compilation album, which showcases the best in local music of the Champaign-Urbana area. Upon the winter break of late 2006, Vanattica performed brand-new material at several shows to enthusiastic audiences. During the early months of 2007, bass player Cal Joslin separated from the band to pursue other goals. Bassist Jaron Lancaster replaced him quickly in the lineup. Vanattica played multiple shows during the summer of '07 and also completed a new album entitled Poetic Justice at Apocalypse Cow Recording Studio in Chicago IL during the month of August. The album was released in early January and Features 11 Original tracks of catchy Alt/Rock material. All artwork and photography for the album was created by the drummer, Drake, of the band. During March '08 Brendan Summers became a permanent addition to the band as a guitarist. The band traveled to Philadelphia during May '08 and recorded two new tracks (Outside Amboy, Situation Sudan) with Playwork Productions (The Starting Line, Four Year Strong). The band has been booked solid almost every weekend and several week days during '07 up through '08.
Drake Gravely (22): Drums, Backup Vocals
Travis Leonard (22): Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Jaron Lancaster (19): Bass Guitar
Brendan Summers (19): Lead Guitar, Backup Vocals
Tom Miebach (22): Guitar
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May 27
What uuuuup,
We've had a lot of things going on since the last blog, so check it out!
-PHILLY-
We've been in Philadelphia since the 16th of May and we're comin home in a couple of days. We've been doing some crazy things out here; getting two new song tracks (Outside Amboy and Situation Sudan) completely tracked in that two week period. These tracks will be used to promote Vanattica and achieve bigger things. The songs will be posted as soon as they are finished being mastered. We've also had hundreds of promo pics taken in the big city and back alleys so we'll get a few new pictures posted soon.
-WARPED TOUR '08-
As some of you already know, we'll be playing some dates on the 2008 Warped Tour. We'll be playing on the Playwork Productions (Starting Line, Four Year Strong) stage. So far we have two dates to share which are August 1st at the Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee, WI and August 2nd at the Midwest Bank Amphitheater in Tinley Park (Chicago), IL. We'll post more dates when they arise; you can check out the details on the concerts and ticket link for the Warped Tour '08 under our shows section of our main myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/vanattica).
-STREET TEAM-
We recently finished construction of our Street Team site. The basic concept of the Street Team is to grab all of our most dedicated fans and have them give us some help. We'll run missions such as banner posting, flyer posting, general show promoting, etc. We'll also hand out prizes such as free show passes, merch, albums, and eternal love from time to time as mission bonuses. If you know anyone or you yourself are a big fan of us and want to help out and be in constant direct contact with us, then message us and we'll send you an invite from our Street Team page (we only accept street team requests from individuals we have talked to or people we have selected and invited ourselves). SPREAD IT!!
-DUNLOP BAND OF THE WEEK-
We were informed that we will receive the Band of the Week spot for Dunlop guitar strings and accessories during the month of July from the 21st to the 27th. We'll be featured on their site under the band of the week section at the following address (http://www.jimdunlop.com/) !
That's what we've got for now. Check back very soon for two new tracks and new promo pics. Peace.
-Drake-
Vanattica Sites:
(MySpace): http://www.myspace.com/vanattica
(GarageBand): http://www.garageband.com/artist/vanattica
(Purevolume): http://www.purevolume.com/vanattica
(Music Nation): http://vanattica.musicnation.com
(Reverb Nation): http://www.reverbnation.com/vanattica
(YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/vanattica
(CD Baby): http://cdbaby.com/cd/vanattica
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February 3
Hey everyone,
It's been awhile since our last update post, but we've been very busy and we're going to update you on several things that we've done or are looking forward to.
-2008 Green Street Records Promo-
Yesterday we recorded a single track at Pogo Recording Studio in Champaign, IL. The title of the track is Our Simple Complex, if you've been out to one of our shows recently you've probably seen it performed. GSR puts together a compilation album every year of the best local talent from the CU area and surrounding cities. Our Simple Complex will be available on this compilation in a few months so keep checking our page for new information on its release. It will be a FREE CD so pick one up when they come out, while they're still available! Our Simple Complex will be available on our MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/vanattica) and other websites very soon and also available to download for free!
-Playwork Productions / Big Sky Audio-
We've been talking to a representative from Playwork Productions (The Starting Line, Four Year Strong) and have set dates to travel to Philadelphia, PA to record. We have been chosen for a recording block and the two week trip to Philly will take place in May. Vanattica will be laying out a 2-3 track demo in this time at Big Sky Audio recording studio. The demo will only be used for promotional use and to achieve a label!
-Emergenza Round 2-
Vanattica has been pulled through to round 2 of the Emergenza worldwide music festival. The first round took place at the Elbo room in Chicago, IL and we appreciate those who came out to support and vote for us! Round 2 will be taking place at The Double Door in Chicago, IL and will take place a month or two from now. If we pass through round 2, round 3 will take place at the Metro in Chicago and feature all national artists who passed through in other featured cities! The date will be posted when we nail down the exact time.
-Featured Artist On Shazzle-
We've been chosen to be featured on the revolutionary new p2p program, Shazzle.
''Shazzle is a free software program. You can easily share and store almost any kind of "file" you're likely to create using Shazzle. Music, videos, and pictures are easy to upload, download, and share. You'll be able to circulate things like documents or power-points amongst anyone from co-workers to classmates in an instant.''
Shazzle is not only a file sharing program, it's a community. You can chat with others who own shazzle in different networks and supply each other files, as well as run your own 'page' that features any information you want! The new download program is something completely new and never done before. Files can be downloaded INSTANTLY rather than waiting on them for a period of time. Check out (http://music.shazzle.com) to see Vanattica's Feature spot!
-Music Nation: Spin Magazine Hot Pursuit Contest-
We recently entered a contest on Music Nation (http://vanattica.musicnation.com). The Contest was based on votes in a heads up player (2 bands side by side, listen to each bands song and vote on the song you think is better). Over several weeks we worked our way up to first place, but were unfortunately pushed out at the very end and received 2nd. We received a GREAT amount of exposure and thank Music Nation for hosting the contest! We also thank those who voted for us and helped us achieve a top rank.
That's all the news for now, keep checking back for updates and new news. All of our upcoming shows are posted on our websites so we hope to see you at one!
-d-
Vanattica
Vanattica Sites:
(MySpace): http://www.myspace.com/vanattica
(GarageBand): http://www.garageband.com/artist/vanattica
(Purevolume): http://www.purevolume.com/vanattica
(Music Nation): http://vanattica.musicnation.com
(Reverb Nation): http://www.reverbnation.com/vanattica
(YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/vanattica
(CD Baby): http://cdbaby.com/cd/vanattica
(Shazzle): http://www.music.shazzle.com
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December 14
What's up Vanattica enthusiasts,
It's been awhile since our last posting, so I thought this would be a good time to catch you up on what's in store for us.
First off, the new album. As you all probably know by now, we're coming out with our second full length album 'Poetic Justice'; which was produced by Apocalypse Cow recording studio. It's taken us a good amount of time to prep the material and artwork for duplication through our company. We recently sent out the final art proofs to the art team at disc makers which are working out all format corrections as we speak. The plastic wrapped album will be back to us by very early January. We have not yet picked a release date for the album, but we're planning on offering a small discount on it and other merch items on the day of release. If you just can't wait, we're offering the album for digital download directly through our myspace (http://www.myspace.com) on Snocap. We're also selling our old album, Saturday Night Staredown, that way if you're interested. Poetic Justice will also be available on Itunes when released if you want to obtain it that way.
Second, some upcoming gigs and dates
1.06.08 - The Elbo Room (Chicago, IL)
1.11.08 - Friends & Co. (Charleston, IL)
1.13.08 - The Canopy Club (Urbana, IL)
2.01.08 - The Show hosted by Raymond Morales 104.5 WRFU live (Urbana, IL)
2.02.08 - Pogo Studio (Champaign, IL)
If you need any info on these gigs, don't hesitate to contact us on here, or at Vanattica@hotmail.com
Last, Playwork Productions and Big Sky Audio. No, we didn't just forget to tell you about our trip to Philly; because it was postponed! Unfortunately there were conflicting dates with multiple members of Vanattica and there was no way to go forward with the trip. We are rescheduling for a couple months later, so keep your eyes peeled for these dates and information concerning the trip.
That's all the news for now, check back frequently for updates and blog posts.
Peace,
-d-
Vanattica
http://www.myspace.com/vanattica
http://www.purevolume.com/vanattica
http://www.reverbnation.com/vanattica
http://vanattica.musicnation.com
http://www.youtube.com/vanattica
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October 5
What's up,
Just spreading a little piece of news we received yesterday. We've been extended an exclusive offer from Playwork Productions
(http://www.myspace.com/playworkproductions) who have worked with bands such as The Starting Line and Four Year Strong. We'll be taking a journey to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 30th through December 2nd. In our time there we will be learning some key tips on the music business as well as recording a new single at Big Sky Audio (http://www.bigskyaudio.com) where artists like Three Doors Down, Anthrax, Shinedown, Barenaked Ladies, and Sister Hazel have recorded. Unfortunately we're not permitted to release any details about the offer itself; just know we'll be coming back with some new knowledge and a fresh track.
Peace
-d-
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punkmosherrocker09
OMG!! u guyz are da bomb!! u gotta come n play here in
WI whenever possible!! haha! :)
posted Feb 06
rockoutloud7
sorry! just read your blog, didn\'t see that you had a
myspace before! haha good luck in the studio! check out
my myspace if ya want, www/myspace.com/windmeup_78
thanks a ton Love always, Alex
posted Jul 20
rockoutloud7
hey guys, just listened to your songs... AMAZING. keep
up the great work, i added all four of your songs to my
playlist. you should definately get a myspace to get
yourselves more exposure. i\'ll definately be back to
hear more. it\'s pretty awsome that yall are from
urbana too, i life near rantoul, nice to know there\'s
someone worth listening to in the area haha. love
always, Alex
posted Jul 20