UnderOath's Aaron Gillespie rocking the keys

UnderOath
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From Wikipedia: Issue on Underoath and Gay Marriage and the Warped Tour.

On July 28, 2006, it was announced that Underoath were dropping out of the Vans Warped Tour. A statement from the band claimed that the members "felt it necessary to take some immediate time to focus on our friendship, as that’s more important than risking it for the sake of touring at this time."[3]. Rumors that the band had actually left because NOFX frontman Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett was making fun of Underoath and their religious beliefs onstage were debunked when Burkett told PunkNews.org in a statement of his own that Underoath's claim of needing a break was indeed true.[4] Burkett did admit to poking fun at the band and criticizing their stance on gay marriage, but emphasised that he befriended Underoath's band members at the start of the tour, had very civilized conversations with various members right up to the band's departure, that he had a personal policy of not making jokes onstage about anyone he wasn't friends with or didn't like personally, and that there were never any hard feelings between himself and Underoath's band members.[4]

In an Alternative Press cover story on Underoath, Burkett told the magazine that Spencer Chamberlin had confided in him that Underoath's band members had been "having a lot of arguments over their religious beliefs."[5]. In a sidebar of the same article, Burkett stated that he was "not calling Underoath homophobic, but they're against gay people having the same rights that straight people do. I find that to be bigoted."[6] Tim McTague admitted that "90 percent of what (Fat Mike) believes in and thinks is wrong about our country and our government, I agree with... (my) opinion doesn't align with the conservative church or the extreme leftist liberal side, either."[6]

Multiple rumors have flown around by word of mouth and through the internet of Underoath breaking up, members leaving, and rehab stories. Underoath's Official MySpace site recently set the rumors straight with the following message: "Don't belive the rumors, Underoath did not break up, no one has been kicked out or quit or in rehab or any other silly places people are talking about. The dudes are getting ready to do their Canadian tour and then Taste of Choas international and then will do a headline tour in the US after that."

Underoath are:
Spencer Chamberlain - Vocals
Aaron Gillespie - Drums, Vocals
Timothy McTague - Guitar
James Smith - Guitar
Grant Brandell - Bass
- Keyboards

Lyrics here
Minisite

Sample Lyric: (Remember this is METALCORE)

A Love So Pure

Always did it on my own then one day I realized
I was blind,, nothing I could do on my own
Turn, we have found a way to see, look up... feel the Almighty
Take control as we gaze into your eyes
We're just the tool you use to bring this world to you
Oh, Lord, how we love you
With your grace, take away the hurt and the bruises inside,
reach down let your glory reside
The cross carried for all of us, paint the image in my mind
So I will never think I am something,
but nothing am I but you, you are something
Lord you keep me alive, you give me rest at night
When there seems no way to find calmness in the storm you come and
take me in your arms and then the waves drown me no more
With you I'll last this battle and many others
Through the ages your name will reigh forever... never to be replaced
In these trials I face, I pray you humble me
Humble me I want to be like you Jesus more and more like you
I was crucified on that day with Christ
Nailing you there with sin, accepting you
I nailed my soul to the cross and now my life begins
This world so cold but your love keeps me warm
My father holds me in his nailed scarred hands which I put there
But for some reason he still loves me with all his heart
Even through I betray him constantly
He always keeps his arms open waiting, till I give up my old was
God my father, you are the only one that can give me comfort
You touch my heart in such a way that all I can do is cry your name
Jesus Christ I love you
My heart aches for your love

UnderOath live at Warped Tour 2006

UnderOath
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You've heard them in Against The Flow. But have you seen them?

The Cure for Bedbugs: D-Mo and the Chaff Tones party like it's 1999:

"OK, Jessie Daniels - The Noise: She's got the Kelly C rockfessional down pretty well (goddamn it [sorry Jessie] SOMEONE needs to create a hot buzzword/genre for this music! I can't waste all my time blogviating about rock-confessional-confessional-rock-in-a-teen-pop-setting...it takes too long to type. Hey, look at that, troublegum...not quite right, but what a word). Problem is, this is wholesome Christian rock lyrical fare, so Jessie's using the kiss-off voice to...praise. Similar problem in the new Pink single (is 'Who Knew' the next single?), these heartbreaking lyrics pasted on top of 'Since U Been Gone'...feels wrong. Jessie, whatever you get mad at in this world...hangnails, black licorice jellybeans, liberals...whatever, doesn't matter, WRITE A SONG ABOUT THAT. Of course Jesus is underlying all of this stuff, it's as true for Ashlee and Kelly and Lindsay and Aly and AJ as it is for you, they just don't capitalize their H's and Y's. I WANT TO SEE A WRATHFUL JESSIE. Also, for someone who employs so much guitar noise in her single, you really seem to have it out for noi...oh. "

Your comments? My comment: Jessie's the better version of Bethany Dillon. Or what Bethany Should Have Sounded like. All her songs are angsty and melodic. Makes me proud.

"SKILLET’s “REBIRTHING” ROCKS!

……With just over a month to go before Grammy-nominated rockers Skillet release their 7th studio recording COMATOSE (Lava/Atlantic/Ardent/SRE), the band's first single at Christian Rock radio is heating up, making the highest debut this week at No. 17 on R&R's Christian rock chart and causing their fan message boards to go crazy. Since putting a clip of "Rebirthing" on their MySpace ( myspace.com/skilletmusic) page just over two weeks ago, the single as received over 100,000 plays. On top of that, the song is being played non-stop at their official website ( skillet.com) and their fan site ( panheads.org).
Here's just a taste of what their fans and radio programmers are saying:
"'Rebirthing' has not only been the number one requested song by our listeners, but by the staff here at RadioU! October 3 and the release of Comatose can not come quick enough. We LOVE SKILLET!
- Nikki Cantu / RadioU
"When the hook of 'Rebirthing' came blasting through my stereo speakers I almost fell over! It's intense, melodic and atmospheric. I can't get enough of it!! Whenever I spin this song I'm sent into spastic fits of air guitar bliss! Add this song and you will be too, if not check your pulse, you might be Comatose!"

 

The Edge Radio Article on "FISH Magazine" --Sept 2006.

Fish Magazine Issue "Sept 2006" Entitled "Funny Bones"--contains a short article on THEEDGERADIO.
Cover is a BIG PRETTY GIRL who's cross eyed.  theEDGE Article on Page 24 by Jomar Hilario.  From the cover design you'll just probably see a magazine with NO NAME among the mag stacks --and the image of a huge pretty forehead instead.  Pull it up, and you'll see the nice GREEN FISH Name.

 

Get your issues of Fish at National Bookstore/Powerbooks/Sept 3 Feast at Camp Aguinaldo's Teatro Aguinaldo all day long.  Please email me the branch/bookstore at jomar.hilario@gmail.com if you went to the bookstore and didn't find any copies of this Fish Issue.

 

Watch this space: http://fishmagazine.blogspot.com to see the cover of the issue.  I'll upload it soon.

Mighty To Save review (Hillsong)

Artist: Hillsong
Album: Might to Save
Label: Integrity
Rating: 4 of 5 stars

by John Brandon, EIC (christrock.com)

Every Hillsong release rises quickly to the top of my CD stack, and this one is a prime example. Catchy, sing-able, and worship-rich, Might to Save is one of the best yet.

Get me plane ticket to Sydney: I want to see Hillsong Church someday. This latest offering, recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in March in front of 10,000, is like a greatest hits of the most recent Hillsong releases, including some from United (the church youth group) and Hillsong London (the church plant).

Okay, so what makes these songs so worshipful and God-focused? Well, that's something I can't easily explain. Hillsong and Vineyard both tend to capture the essence of a live performance without seemingly any effort. The song "From the Inside Out," which appears on the last United release, is a great example where – man, the song itself is perhaps not structured in a recognizable way so that it seems like a "hit" song and there's not as much energy as a Newboys outing. But it has a spiritual center that makes you want to listen, understand what they are singing about, and even join along. It has a way of building in the same way that a Starsailor or U2 song have this orchestrated exhuberance.

The lead track (Take It All) is maybe more of a "hit" in that the line "take, take, take it all" sticks in your head. Still, while there's tons of energy, United is probably a little more over the top. Hillsong's main releases tend to be more adult-contemporary, and there's quite a few tracks here that are slower and more methodical. Yet, by the closing title track song, you know that you are in good hands with Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, and Marty Sampson leading you to the cross, one step at a time. This song in particular just gets me every time: that what Christ did for us was not just an accident, but He had the full intention of saving us, and the strength and power to back it up.

My only slight grumbling (and it's slight) is that I'm still looking for a song that grabs you as much as Everyday did so long ago and makes you want to learn it, play it, and sing it in church. Mighty to Save has songs that certainly come close to that kind of drop-everything catchiness, though.

Artist: Hillsong
Album: Might to Save
Label: Integrity
Rating: 4 of 5 stars

by John Brandon, EIC

Every Hillsong release rises quickly to the top of my CD stack, and this one is a prime example. Catchy, sing-able, and worship-rich, Might to Save is one of the best yet.

Get me plane ticket to Sydney: I want to see Hillsong Church someday. This latest offering, recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in March in front of 10,000, is like a greatest hits of the most recent Hillsong releases, including some from United (the church youth group) and Hillsong London (the church plant).

Okay, so what makes these songs so worshipful and God-focused? Well, that's something I can't easily explain. Hillsong and Vineyard both tend to capture the essence of a live performance without seemingly any effort. The song "From the Inside Out," which appears on the last United release, is a great example where – man, the song itself is perhaps not structured in a recognizable way so that it seems like a "hit" song and there's not as much energy as a Newboys outing. But it has a spiritual center that makes you want to listen, understand what they are singing about, and even join along. It has a way of building in the same way that a Starsailor or U2 song have this orchestrated exhuberance.

The lead track (Take It All) is maybe more of a "hit" in that the line "take, take, take it all" sticks in your head. Still, while there's tons of energy, United is probably a little more over the top. Hillsong's main releases tend to be more adult-contemporary, and there's quite a few tracks here that are slower and more methodical. Yet, by the closing title track song, you know that you are in good hands with Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, and Marty Sampson leading you to the cross, one step at a time. This song in particular just gets me every time: that what Christ did for us was not just an accident, but He had the full intention of saving us, and the strength and power to back it up.

My only slight grumbling (and it's slight) is that I'm still looking for a song that grabs you as much as Everyday did so long ago and makes you want to learn it, play it, and sing it in church. Mighty to Save has songs that certainly come close to that kind of drop-everything catchiness, though.

This album is now available at all House of Praise outlets for P 475 -CD with DVD concert.

PODcasting with POD!

PODWarriors
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Go to their POD warriors website (google it) and download podcasts w/c feature a lot of new songs and interview from P.O.D, Pillar, and the Chariot -- done during their tour.

Now you subscribe to Contemporary Christian Music Magazine via the internet and get the issues digitally! (510 pesos only for the whole year!) Click here : CCM Digital Subscription

It isn't via PDF --you can print and read it while you're online. Zooming away to your hearts content. At last people in the Philippines can do this!

Thank you Jay! (Jay's the Editor in Chief and is a member of the Sixpence collectors Ygroup)

Have you gotten your copy yet? ipop sampler

inpopsampler_cover
Originally uploaded by jomar.hilario.

Its not for sale. Its free, download it now at www.ipop.com. Its a sampler that actually contains 4 jimmy needham songs plus oher artists Newsboys, Superchic, a great Paul Colman song (he's now with the fellow aussie Newsboys) - so this is a real treat.

Jimmy Needham = Who's he? = Jason Mraz = Pinoy Paolo Santos. Before you can falsely judge Inpop of telling Jimmy, "Hey we want you to sound like Jason!" --note that Jim has been a 2 year indie artist before this "signing". He's really good. Specially the song "Fence Riders" which is about the church fence at his old town. Just kidding. ALL HIS 4 SONGS ARE GOOD.

There's a band in this album. And they're good too. Yes, you haven't heard of them too! Their name is "Foolish Things". They have a lot of songs here too and they're also good!

I repeat, the cost is ZERO!. Just download them at

Steven Curtis Chapman Live in Manila 2006

Parachute Festival 2005 Pictures.


Reuben Happy to Play


Martin Smith of Delirious

Behind the Hillsong phenomenon

By Jess Daly and Helen Grasswill

This time last year, Treasurer Peter Costello brought religion to the forefront of federal politics when he attended the annual Hillsong Convention.

Mr Costello has since been joined at Hillsong events by Federal Government heavyweights Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Communications Minister Helen Coonan, and outgoing New South Wales Premier Bob Carr among others.

The Treasurer's interest marked the transition of an event that had begun a little over 20 years ago as a gathering of Pentecostal church members into a major new force in the nation's affairs.

But who is the driving strength behind the movement in Australia?
Meet the Houstons

Brian Houston is doing what he says he was born to do. He and wife Bobbie are the founders and senior pastors of Hillsong - a church that has had success in both the traditional material form and in its ability to impact others.

Pastor Brian Houston says he does not see success in simple terms.

"I think too many people make that mistake of judging success, or even when they hear the word success, immediately take it to [mean] material things.

Click here to continue reading.

Bethany Dillon :: ImaginationWatch pretty-Elisha Cuthbert-look-a-like Bethany Dillon sing for the MTV of the Dakota Fanning Movie "Dreamer". Nice song! She co-wrote it. Bethany I mean.

TIME Magazine -- From Ohio to Narnia -- Oct. 17, 2005Cathch Bethany Dillon on TIME MAGAZINE's PEOPLE Section this week!

MTV.com - Onair - Trl - Vote vote vote for Switchfoot's "STARS"! Its our chance! Lets change the world!

Lyrics to "Stars"

"Stars" Lyrics
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Nothing Is Sound
Year: 2005
Title: Stars

Maybe I've been the problem
Maybe I'm the one to blame
But even when I turn it off and blame myself
The outcome feels the same

I've been thinking maybe I've been partly cloudy
Maybe I'm the chance of rain
And maybe I'm overcast
And maybe all my luck's washed down the drain

I've been thinking about everyone, everyone
You look so lonely

But when I look at the stars, when I look at the stars
When I look at the stars, I see someone else
When I look at the stars, the stars
I feel like myself

Stars looking at a planet, watching entropy and pain
And maybe start to wonder
How the chaos in our lives could pass as sane
I've been thinking about the meaning of resistance
Of a hope beyond my own
And suddenly the infinite and penitent begin to look like home
I've been thinking about everyone, everyone you look so empty

But when I look at the stars, when I look at the stars
When I look at the stars, I see someone else
When I look at the stars, the stars
I feel like myself

Everyone, everyone feels so lonely
Everyone yeah everyone feels so empty

When I look at the stars,
When I look at the stars,
When I look at the stars,
I feel like myself
When I look at the stars
The stars
I see someone

Promote in websites! Request for STARS

http://www.995rt.fm/

http://www.jam883.fm -- request on the Tagboard.

http://www.magic899.fm/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=a565b278d9c3fb690c1f75c9dd594c13

Anything Goes Forum:
http://www.1035klite.fm/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=45a5629fa28332a8651d4e3b7f814b16

Music Video Forum:
http://www.1035klite.fm/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=45a5629fa28332a8651d4e3b7f814b16

Main Page:
http://www.1035klite.fm/phpBB2/index.php
Direct Song Request:
http://www.1035klite.fm/index.php?strCategory=contact_us

http://www.rx931.com/interact/request.asp

Radio Forum Sites: (tell your DJ to play Stars) Note: If you want to
post in many DJ forums, make sure you're not using the same account!
Do not FLOOD (posting repeated of the same messages) the forums or you
will be kicked out.

http://www.995rt.fm/fhome.asp

Email the stations to play STARS! Every Hour! Every time you touch your email.
magic@magic899.fm
jam88p3@yahoo.com
infofm@1035klite.fm

Help make Switchfoot's "Stars" go to #1 in Philippine Radio

Hi All, if you're ready help make Stars #1 in the radio and help
people recognize that Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot is 100% Pinoy -
another way na pinapakita sa mundo ang galing ng Pinoy...here's your
chance!

Request for "STARS" by Switchfoot and mention that "PINOY si Jerome of
Switchfoot"!

Example text: To the beautiful people of (radiostation), please play
STARS by Switchfoot and by the way PINOY yung keyboardist nila - si
Jerome!

Text:
MYX Text: myx_vote_(title of the song) Ex. Myx vote Stars
by Switchfoot Then send to 2366 for smart and globe
Jam 88.3 Text: 29761883
K-Lite 103.5 Text: 29761035
LS 97.1 Text: LS message Then send to 2344 for
Globe and Sun & 367 for Smart and Talk&Text
LS 97.1 Text: Radio GreetLSFM message Then send to Globe
(2333) or Smart (288)
Magic 89.9 Text: 29761899 or Magic message Then send to 2299
NU 107.5 Text: NU_Please message Then send to 2299
RT 99.5 Text: 29761995 or RT message Then send to 2299
RX 93.1 Text: 29761931 or RX message Then send to 2299

Telephone:
Jam 88.3 Tel. No. 631-1526
K-Lite 103.5 Tel. No. 633-1915
LS 97.1 Tel. No. 927-8862 / 924-3093
Magic 89 9 Tel. No. 631-0899
NU 107.5 Tel. No. 633 0930
RT 99.5 Tel. No: 633-8149
RX 93.1 Tel. No. 631-9393

Fax:
Jam 88.3 Fax. No. 631-1526
K-Lite 103.5 Fax. No. 636-3394
NU 107.5 Fax. No: 634-6516

Go Go Go!! More later. Forward this to everyone you know, specially
the Christians.

Agape Press came up with this book "The Gospel Unplugged" where a person blogs about songs like Meant to Live and "We have forgotten" by Sixpence. Thing is, this blog is PUBLISHED as a book! Have we seen this before or is this the latest in developments in BLOGS?

Help make "Stars" go to #1 in Philippine Radio

Hi All, if you're ready help make Stars #1 in the radio and help
people recognize that Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot is 100% Pinoy -
another way na pinapakita sa mundo ang galing ng Pinoy...here's your
chance!

Request for "STARS" by Switchfoot and mention that "PINOY si Jerome of
Switchfoot"!

Example text: To the beautiful people of (radiostation), please play
STARS by Switchfoot and by the way PINOY yung keyboardist nila - si
Jerome!
http://jeromefontamillas.blogspot.com

Text:
MYX Text: myx_vote_(title of the song) Ex. Myx vote Stars
by Switchfoot Then send to 2366 for smart and globe
Jam 88.3 Text: 29761883
K-Lite 103.5 Text: 29761035
LS 97.1 Text: LS message Then send to 2344 for
Globe and Sun & 367 for Smart and Talk&Text
LS 97.1 Text: Radio GreetLSFM message Then send to Globe
(2333) or Smart (288)
Magic 89.9 Text: 29761899 or Magic message Then send to 2299
NU 107.5 Text: NU_Please message Then send to 2299
RT 99.5 Text: 29761995 or RT message Then send to 2299
RX 93.1 Text: 29761931 or RX message Then send to 2299

Telephone:
Jam 88.3 Tel. No. 631-1526
K-Lite 103.5 Tel. No. 633-1915
LS 97.1 Tel. No. 927-8862 / 924-3093
Magic 89 9 Tel. No. 631-0899
NU 107.5 Tel. No. 633 0930
RT 99.5 Tel. No: 633-8149
RX 93.1 Tel. No. 631-9393

Fax:
Jam 88.3 Fax. No. 631-1526
K-Lite 103.5 Fax. No. 636-3394
NU 107.5 Fax. No: 634-6516

Go Go Go!
Go Go Go!
Go Go Go!
Go Go Go!
Go Go Go!
Go Go Go!

More later!!! Forward this to everyone you know, specially the Christians.

jomar
http://jeromefontamillas.blogspot.com
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^_^ Promoting ( CCM ) Christian Concerts in the Philippines. 2005 ^_^
Just email: ultradust@gmail.com