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Rock / Indie / Experimental

March 9

Announcements and Updates Blog

Sorry for a lack of updates everyone, so here's whats going on: We had to change our name due to the fact that there are close to 7 million bands with the name Bridges on myspace and well, that just sucks. But we do have a new name and we are, and will forever be known as: Viacoma (vee-uh-koh-muh) v. Def. Through endless sleep Filler: This is for those of us who enjoy a bit of extra reading. Viacoma was a band name that Greg (Kid Innocence) and I had created before Kid Innocence fell apart. The literal translation of Viacoma is in essence its definition. At the time I had been experienceing an intense lack of sleep, where I would snap in and out of conciousness if I was inactive. So I began began to think of how fascinating it was that the human body could never operate at its full capacity on social, cognitive and creative levels (along with various other hallucinations). The most simple of tasks became quest-like in their difficulty and I soon realized that I needed to do something about my state of mental health. So I slept. For 17 hours. Of course the deficit of sleep deprivation I had created was insatiable, and still is, but, I had a moment of lucidity when I woke up thinking of how life would be percieved if we were actually fully aware, and able to realize the full potential of the innerworkings of body, mind and spirit. So really what I'm trying to say, is that the name Viacoma, to me, is a social commentary on the state of which we all live in; a state of endless sleep. In other news... Things Are Going Well We have: 1 Song completed entirely 6 Songs complete instrumentally We're still aiming to release the demo at the end of November/beginning of December. *****************Update 11.17***************** We've decided to take our time on putting the demo out unfortunately for any fans and listeners, however beneficial in the long run. This gives us more time to perfect every song we're writing, and play them as best as possible. Because of this, for an estimation on the release date we're now looking at about March to April. We Love You, Viacoma *****************Update 11.26***************** We're excited to say the least. Of course I could spend hours attempting to substitute the most fitting synonym for how we feel about the material we've been writing, but I'd rather just stick with excited. And you know what? I stand by that word! Tangent folks, I'm sorry. Like I said, we're highly anticipating hearing this material recorded, but we still have a long road ahead of us and we're glad you're joining us. Over the next three weeks (beginning tomorrow) we will be recording the preproduction portion of our demo, and subsequently spending the next six to eight weeks following the completion of these pre-demo recordings writing lyrics and vocal accompaniment to these recordings. Then of course, will begin the arduous task of recording our debut. We're thinking maybe March for a release date? Hm. That'd be nice, but don't quote us on a definitive release time. More is will be told in the following weeks. To say the least, we're excited. All our love, Viacoma *****************Update 01.11***************** Allow me to edit my previous post. It's early, I'm at work, and we've all been working way too much, but I might as well shed some light on our doings. It was Maxx's birthday yesterday, he's getting on in years, much like all of us. I am joking of course. We've finished drum tracking for preproduction now all thats left to do is some minor editting. We've had some dumb luck as far as the amount of recording we can do due to long work hours/noise constraints/time restraints/whatever other reasons that have impeded our recording. But all the same, we're close to finishing up everything drum related. Everything is sounding really good so far. Very organic, no EQ's or plug-ins (yet). After I finish up editting the tracks, we're starting bass. I think I might edit some drum tracks today after work, but we'll see. I've been exhausted lately, but creativity never sleeps. In other news, Nic bought a new cab from one of my close friends, you may know him from my ex band. He also exchanged his guitar at Guitar Center for yet another guitar. Yes, that's four guitars in three months. Cam's getting a new bass soon, it's really nice. Jesse and I are itching to start the melodic composition of our record but you know how it is, rome wasn't built in a day. Anyways, we all send our reguards. It's still cloudy, Rob and Viacoma *****************Update 01.18***************** It's far too early to be existing. It's approximately 7:45 AM Pacific Standard Time and I've been at work since 6:30 AM. It was frighteningly cold this morning when I got in my car and drove to work, but despite only having a little under four hours of sleep I feel great. We finished up everything drum related in preproduction about two or three days ago and have started bass tracking for the preproduction. We're all excited to say the least. It's still too early and I'll probably edit this later, Rob PS Jesse and I saw "Cloverfield" last night and I highly recommend it even for people who don't dig monster flicks. It's intense. *****************Update 02.02***************** Hey there folks, it's 2:20pm on a misty Saturday afternoon, and we're still recording bass for preproduction. I personally apologize to any of those who are waiting excitedly for some new updates other than visually. However, rest assured knowing that in exchange for a less certain release date (and at a later time), we will be putting everything we have into making this sound the best we can make it. We're still aiming for Mid 2008, but it could be earlier, could be later. Expect some sort of video blog relatively soon. I hope everyones February is off to a great start, ours is looking busy. Jesse and the rest of Viacoma PS Cam is addicted to Heroes of Might and Magic V *****************Update 03.08***************** Guys and girls! As we continue on our journey as a band we present thee with updates! Firstly, we have a radio show interview on April, 14 2008 at University of the Pacific Radio Interview (Stockton Campus) 89.7FM or or you can listen live streaming at http://kpac.pacific.edu/. Kind of a big update here with our first public showing, we'll also be playing something acoustic off of our new record. Secondly, tonight we're heading out to Blakes on Telegraph to see our good friends In Reverent Fear, Now We Are Six, Wake Up Addy, Get In The Van, and Victory Drive play, a couple of us will be there for support among other reasons. Thirdly if anyone has ever heard of Twitter.com, it's a new site that basically takes the facebook updates, or myspace bulletins to heart and solely depends on that aspect of online socializing. Pretty neat stuff, we have a twitter account if you'd like to follow our daily updates simply go to twitter.com/viacoma and follow! Lastly, any shows in the near future locally, if you want to visit, chances are we'll be there to support the local music scene as we recommend you do as well! Come visit with us and listen to some tunes! Thanks for the read and we'll be seeing you soon, Jesse, and the rest of Viacoma P.S. Hope you like the new default.