Hi guys,
So I just thought I'd post some stuff as to how this band formed.
After trawling the outskirts of the internet to find other like minded musicians/people. I eventually found a Post made by Tom on an online Australian music forum.
(If you're cluey enough you'll have done the math and figured out exactly which site that is as there isn't really all that many around. and you can probably still find the original post if you know where to look)
On Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 12:24 pm
After trawling the outskirts of the internet to find other like minded musicians/people. I eventually found a Post made by Tom on an online Australian music forum.
(If you're cluey enough you'll have done the math and figured out exactly which site that is as there isn't really all that many around. and you can probably still find the original post if you know where to look)
On Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 12:24 pm
It was a long shot since the post was so old, but I sent him an e-mail introducing myself and just outlining where I was at with music, what I wanted to do and how I thought we could go about it, if he was interested. From there we did some e-mail tennis and decided to liaise.
So we T'd up a mandate just to suss each other out.
And then we whipped out lots of dating analogies during our initial courting stages.
Whether we were:
Dating - Sussing
Engaged - Discussing permanency
Married - Firmed up as a band and comfortable in our skin
Having a baby - Putting a record together
We hit it off and Before the end of the night we shared some demo's we had done ourselves and discussed where to go from there. It then turned out that James' Dad knew Tom's Dad. This was about the time Tom showed us an acoustic demo of a song which evolved after many rewrites and arrangements into what we know as the song "The Human Genome".
So we went our ways and met up again a couple weeks later where Tom was organising bands and music for a Youth Event called State Youth Games held at Lardner Park in Warragul, over a weekend in July.
Tom introduced us to a handsome man named Luke Martin who at the time had no idea we were going to be playing music together, Jam's were organised and ideas were swapped. Demo's were discussed and deadlines placed. With no shows booked we had all the time in the world, only thing was it took abit longer than we had intended.
During this time we tried out several singers but due to general differences in style and taste they didn't work out. All fantastic dudes whom we hope we can support and that they have great success in their own music and industry.
Now down the track I look back and I'm completely lost on how it's all come together.
With 2 members living over an hour away, we all feel extremely blessed for the way things have worked out. From strangers to the greatest of friends.
So we look forward to seeing how the rest of this journey pans out.
And hope that you'll stay with us on the way there!
Sam
- HYSTB
We hit it off and Before the end of the night we shared some demo's we had done ourselves and discussed where to go from there. It then turned out that James' Dad knew Tom's Dad. This was about the time Tom showed us an acoustic demo of a song which evolved after many rewrites and arrangements into what we know as the song "The Human Genome".
So we went our ways and met up again a couple weeks later where Tom was organising bands and music for a Youth Event called State Youth Games held at Lardner Park in Warragul, over a weekend in July.
Tom introduced us to a handsome man named Luke Martin who at the time had no idea we were going to be playing music together, Jam's were organised and ideas were swapped. Demo's were discussed and deadlines placed. With no shows booked we had all the time in the world, only thing was it took abit longer than we had intended.
During this time we tried out several singers but due to general differences in style and taste they didn't work out. All fantastic dudes whom we hope we can support and that they have great success in their own music and industry.
Now down the track I look back and I'm completely lost on how it's all come together.
With 2 members living over an hour away, we all feel extremely blessed for the way things have worked out. From strangers to the greatest of friends.
So we look forward to seeing how the rest of this journey pans out.
And hope that you'll stay with us on the way there!
Sam
- HYSTB
