October 2005
Concrete Sky is currently finishing their second album (a
3-year project!) and not performing live shows.
July 2004
The band is taking it down a notch on the gigs to devote more time to writing
new material. As you can see by the schedule we're due for a little break -- but
not too long! We have scattered one-niters booked into December 2004, including
a couple music festivals. Be sure to come to Jillian's by 9:30 Thursday, July
29th for the Budweiser Band Competition!
June 2004
Busy, busy, busy. Concrete Sky's been on the road back and forth to New
York a few times competing in Touring 495. We made it to the semi-finals. We
also played a few new venues in Long Island and NYC while up there, made some
new friends and had a great time.
March 2004
Concrete Sky has entered an Artist Development agreement with
Loren Israel
(Capitol Records, Coldplay, Beck, Jimmy Eats World). Loren is going to
help the band get their 3rd album ready for primetime. Concrete Sky's 2nd
album is still in the works at Windmark Recording. It should be ready this
summer.
Most songs form the Glow CD have reached
#1 at Soundclick.com (see front page). The phones have been ringing off the
hooks with offers, and the bookings keep coming in.
The CD Release Party at the Jewish Mother went well. Deciding Factor
kicked off the evening with a strong set. Good times were had by all.
February 2004
2000 copies of Concrete Sky's CD, Glow, arrived and are ready for
distribution. The band is also entering into an agreement with Statue Records in
Los Angeles for radio and retail distribution this summer.
January 2004
This was a big month for the band. Concrete Sky chartered a bus and took all
their friends, including one of our favorite Hampton Roads band, Metropolis,
to New York for the weekend. Thanks to their support, and our new friends in
Long Island, Concrete Sky won the night and will continue in the Touring 495
band competitions! Concrete Sky performed with some of New York's finest bands
at The Village Pub South.
Several more songs hit #1 on the Soundclick charts, including "Glow" and "The
Mom Song"
December 2003
Concrete Sky, is currently turning ears and capturing the fancy of rock music
fans and critics worldwide with their first album "Glow."
Concrete Sky has recently teamed with internet-based site Soundclick.com (a
music website that features both signed and unsigned bands) and two of Bob's
songs "Drinking Again" and "Desert Ice" are currently listed as two of the
sites' top downloaded songs in the Rock and Alternative categories.
This is quite an accomplishment! Soundclick adds over 40,000 songs from 5,000
bands per month on their site where you will find well-known artists such as
Janet Jackson, Sarah McLachlan, Moby, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush.
They also offer thousands of great unsigned bands like Concrete Sky looking for
their big break.
The band's music continues to create real excitement. "Drinking Again" is
currently the number one downloaded Rock song and "Desert Ice" is the number
four downloaded
Alternative song! Go have a listen and help keep Concrete Sky on top by visiting
http://www.soundclick.com and
downloading Concrete Sky's songs.
If you're a music-lover you find tons of great bands and full-length songs
there. All songs are available in streaming audio in up to near CD quality, and
most of the songs are also available as free legal MP3 downloads. More
features? They also have ad-free radios, videos, chats, message boards, news,
charts, sweepstakes, and more on their site.
-- Christopher O'Brian
October 2003
Concrete Sky takes a needed break in October and prepares for a busy winter
schedule.
September 2003
Between the concert dates, and recording their 2nd CD, Concrete Sky has been
hard at work! The release of the first CD, GLOW was postponed pending
negotiations with a record label. The band reached a decision and will enter
into a marketing partnership with Fraternity Records and Sony will begin
manufacturing the CDs in early December 2003. Sky Club Members will receive the
full CD rather than the 4 song pre-release.
June 2003
Just added: GLOW, Concrete Sky's long awaited
debut CD is complete! Release dates is June 27th. Get your copy at any of
our shows, or ask for it at your local record store. Online ordering
soon to come. In the meantime, listen to 5 of the tracks on MP3.
Click here.
New concert dates announced.
Concrete Sky to perform at
the Rock n' Roll Marathon. August 31st in Virginia Beach with the
Goo Goo Dolls. Check back for details and times.
In addition to June 27th concert on the beach (see below), Concrete Sky is
scheduled to appear at the
Chesapeake Art Festival at Ocean View Park. They love playing on the water!
Special guests, Quang-T and Bandamit will be there to make sure it's a rock'n
weekend. The shows are from 12 - 5 PM, August 16th and 17th. Bring your
bathing suits and make a weekend of it.
The band is taking July off to record their next CD at Windmark
Studios. The new songs are harder rocking than the current CD, but still
full of their trademark melodic riffs and Bert's dominating vocals.
April 2003
Getting Ready for Summer!
Concrete Sky's been hard at work bringing new tunes into the live show
for the last couple months. The band is also looking for professional management
and a producer or co-producer for the next CD. Other performance dates are under
negotiation for the summer. The 24th Street Pavilion show in Virginia Beach, VA
is confirmed and scheduled for June 27th from 8 PM - 10:30PM. Another outdoor
show at Ocean View Park, Norfolk, VA, is anticipated for mid-August.
Concrete Sky is featured in two music publications this month, a
two-page spread in Splash Magazine and Switchboard, a UK publication.
Switchboard featured Concrete Sky
in their International Roll or Honour.
Splash Magazine has an online archive at
http://www.splashmag.org/
Sky Club is growing very quickly, and the new CDs should be completed very
soon for shipment. The response is much greater than expected, and the band
hopes to see everyone soon.
February 2003
Concrete Sky debuts for sold-out auditorium in Virginia Beach, VA.
There wasn't an empty seat in the house when the boys came on stage.
Croswell's performance was nothing short of explosive. Where does he get
his unstoppable energy? It's pure genetics. Pictures coming soon.
The band wants to say a special "hello" to our new friends in the
UK. Concrete Sky is getting a lot of emails from the other side of
the pond and it's appreciated! The band is excited about bringing the show
to the UK in the near future.
January 2003
Promo CD is ready for press
Concrete Sky rehearsals are getting tighter and tighter, and have completed
mixdowns for a three song promo CD. After several revisions, a few new tracks
Blackdoor, Coffee and a Cigarette and Glow are ready to go. All three songs are
getting great reviews from people of all ages. The band is psyched and ready
to take the show on the road. The songs are available for download in the Music
section of this site.
New logo
SimóneGraphics sent their first round of logo
designs. Look for the final logo soon!
Video planned
Concrete Sky is scheduled to begin shooting a video March 2nd.
Part of the video will be live footage from a concert performance at Cape
Henry Collegiate School in Virginia Beach.
October 2002
KK Barnes joins Concrete Sky in the studio.
KK , formally of recording artists, Laughing Buddha from Colorado,
brings a lot to the table for Concrete Sky. In addition to his keyboard
skills, he's worked as a producer and has learned from some of the top
recording engineers in the country.
For the last few days, Chris (Serrano) , has been re-recording drum
tracks for old an new songs. We felt it would better to have all tracks
recorded by actual band members (some tracks we're originally recorded by
studio drummer, Brian Jones). KK Barnes' assistance in the
engineering makes a very noticeable improvement in the quality of the drum
sounds. The kick and snare sounds are smoking!
Speaking of smoking, Bert Croswell is spending some time in the vocal booth.
Look for an updated version of "Coffee and a Cigarette" very soon. the new
version fixes a strange glitch in the lead vocal track and adds a harmony vocal.
September 2002
After spending almost two years in the studio, Concrete Sky is now
rehearsing for live performances. After a year of auditioning local talent,
original members, Bert Croswell, Dan Foster and RJ Hembree are joined by Mike
Fellers on guitar and Chris Serrano on Drums. We'd like to thank all that took
the time to audition for Concrete Sky. There is an incredible amount of talent
in the Hampton Roads area, and the decision was tough. We made our final choices
based on skill, experience, personality, reliability, energy, playing style and level of commitment.
Concrete Sky's first CD is near completion. A four song CD will precede the
full length CD. A limited quantity of the free CD will be available to members
of our fan club. To join, click here. We are also making the songs
available to the public in mp3 format.
We'd like to thank for Mike Calcagni for his engineering assistance during
recording and rehearsal sessions.
Ronni Marcus has joined the team to handle public relations. Not even the sky
is the limit now!
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