Dear Reader..

Hey guys,

This is Levi checking in. I say that because sometimes I'm not the one writing on here.. You may be thinking to yourself, "I thought Levi was the only one who ever posted on this blog.."

Well you're wrong! Andrew's been known to make a post or two.. So when a blog comes up be sure to check the author. There's some blather that I just don't want to be held accountable for.. ;)

So I was driving home the other day and as I was approaching my house a song came on and I had to circle my block twice to allow the song to finish. I just couldn't let the song be wasted..

What's sad is that it was on cd and I really could have just brought the cd inside or waited for the next car trip.. But it was just the way I felt when I listened to the song that was so addicting that I couldn't turn it off. And than I thought to myself, "Self, I want to write a song like that."

It kills me that I haven't yet. I'm going through one of those depressing cycles where I'm feeling really sub-par as a musician, and I'm wondering why I'm not learning a real skill like all my old friends from school. I could be learning how to file someones taxes for them..

Who's going to file my tax returns? ...

But seriously, I'm really working hard to try and make the standards.. You'd be amazed how tough they are! Well maybe you wouldn't.. but I was for sure. I had that arrogant teenage attitude of, "I'm going to make a cd and the radio will love it and success will follow me like I follow a bag of doritos" But it's a tough market, and it's been a really humbling experience. My voice is really all I've got and hearing that it's not up to par is almost as hard to swallow as watching the Raptors blow a 19 point lead over Indiana..

So the moral of the story is.. Gosh.. I didn't plan out a moral for this story.. I guess what I'm saying is that I really appreciate you guys sticking with me. I'm sure there aren't a tonne of people who read this, but those of you who do are really the people who keep my chin up when I'm in a slump.

Also, that song that kept me driving around the block was Something Beautiful by NeedtoBreathe. I've been advertising for them a lot lately.. They're really great and you should check 'em out.

Enjoy the rest of your week. I'm off to see the Raptors play the Heat tomorrow night with my wonderful girlfriend :)

..suckers.. ;)

We're Home :)

Hey guys,

It's been a while, but we're back to work. I was actually away to the Dominican Republic working in the Haitian refugee camp that I lived in last year. I was there this past week, and the day we left while we were in Sosua, at around 5:30 local time we felt that earthquake the ruined Haiti. We didn't realize how catastrophic it was until we got home.

I've never been to Haiti, but I've spent a lot of time with the refugees in the Republic and their descriptions paint Haiti as a struggling, struggling country. They don't have tourism to rely on like the DR does. A lot of that is thanks to all the trees they've been cutting down to make charcoal. The homes are often not made with rebar to hold them together on the inside, the trees aren't there to prevent from mudslides and the government is so corrupt it's disgusting.

These people are on their own, but we can help. If anyone wants to run a benefit concert or dinner for Haiti than you can count us in.

On a side note, benefit concerts seem to be where we play the most these days. Drew Wright is supposed to be putting together a team of Canadian Idol finalists to play a fundraising concert for the Door in Collingwood and we'll be opening for that. Also, we might be playing a similar concert for the Door in Stayner. So if you have The Door in your community give us a call so we can open for your fundraising dinner.. it's what we do ;)

We're also back to work on the cd. We're anticipating an April release, but we want to make sure we don't rush it. So keep your eyes and ears open through April and May and support us by buying a cd.

Alright, that was my little check in. You'll be hearing from us (or not hearing from us, depending on whether or not you read these) a lot more frequently now. You've been warned :)