Gangsta Ken

When you become a musician, everything is suddenly about being "cool". Even ordinary day-to-day things...

Household Objects

So I realized that we haven't posted a blog in way way too long. So I had to make something right?

Summertime and the Living Is Easy

Hey Friends,

We hope things are so well with you. Stay tuned for updates on the release of the new album and more tour dates in the coming weeks. We are excited for the fall and for the new record to come out! In the meantime, enjoy this short video.

Blessings,

Daniel

Guido and Giuseppe

Guido and Giuseppe get excited about each other.

Ask The War, Episode 3

Various Flora of VA- Adventures in the Outback - Pt 2

The second installment of Adventures in the Outback. Filmed in Vienna, VA outside of Jammin' Java. Enjoy.

Strange Sights on the Road pt. 5

This time we were with Tom, or Tom was with us...however you prefer.



It's summertime now,

Scott, Justin, Daniel and Ken
(everytime we post a blog, I'm pretty sure that the person who signs it from all of us wonders in what order to put everyone, should I put myself first because I wrote this or last in order to show that the other guys are important too? or is it supposed to be in the order that we line up on stage or in some other secret order that, if so aligned would propel our blog to number one on youtube, and then the world...hmmmm)

ASK THE WAR, Episode 2

The May episode.




Bringing you the music,

Scott, Justin, Ken, and Daniel


and SAM

Studio day 4....or 5...wait, where are we?

Ok time has distorted and folded over on itself and we aren't even sure how long we've been in this room recording music. 4 days? 100 days? Who can say for sure....

We are making some pretty exciting music, and are VERY pleased with how things are coming along. Here is a bit of Wednesday's work:

Day 3 in the Studio

A great deal of fun and rhythmic noise!

More in the studio again time some more in addendum

Ok we are still working our butts off (3 out of 4 of us now have no butts) on our acoustic record. Here are some clips from the last 24 hours. Just a side note - I got some donut holes today and they were scrumptious. In this episode, Scott sings, Justin snores, Daniel plays keys, and Ken lip syncs.

Check us out in the Studio

Hey Friends,

We wanted you guys to see what we are up to this week. Here is a clip and a few photos from recording of the new record.

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Welcome to the Studio

We recorded this video to let you know that we will be in the studio all this week working on a "semi-acoustic" EP of some new tunes. Check back to see video updates and live clips from the process. During this intro video we went a bit crazy because we made the mistake of filming it after some hours of recording...you'll see what I mean...



Excited to bring you some new music,

Scott, Daniel, Ken, and Justin

Ken’s Wisdom and Slumber-King Sadim

Video segments from our most recent run of shows highlighting Ken's genius.




Respectfully,

Daniel, Scott and Justin

ASK THE WAR

Hey Friends,

Just wanted to remind you to make sure you get your questions for The War into ask@thewarmusic.com in the next week or so. There will a new episode of "Ask The War" coming soon and we want your questions to be a part of it.



Blessings,

The War

ps-the picture is Ken and I forming a question mark with a bandana and a phone. (just in case you couldn't tell)

Strange sights on the road pt. 4

Mister Roger's Neighborhood?




Obsequiously,

Daniel, Ken, Scott, and Justin

Mid-sized Reptilian Hunter Adventures in the Outback - Pt 1

In today's episode, "The Outback" was located in rural Tennessee. Here we found two of the most amazing specimens ever caught on film. We are delighted to say that we have exclusive footage of the creatures.

Save Darfur - the power of unity

Hello Friends,

This past weekend we had the privilege of being a part of an amazing event. We played a Save Darfur rally in Greensboro, NC. This event was put on by local high school students who have the desire to take a stand in the world and speak out against injustice; particularly injustice that is occurring right now in the Sudan. "DARFUR is a region in western Sudan whose people have been targeted for extermination by the Sudanese government. Militias known as the Janjaweed, armed by the government, have systematically raped, murdered, and starved the people of numerous villages in Darfur. Over 400,000 people have been killed, and an additional 2 million have been displaced from their homes. The UN has declared that the genocide is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today." These facts were the reason for the rally and right before we played we heard Al Banan, a local Sudanese man who witnessed the injustices, speak and then we took the stage. Needless to say, we were overcome by the gravity of what we had heard and seen through Al Banan.

That night in Greensboro we saw hope and we felt the power of unity in the face of extreme darkness. The entire group was gathered with the same cause in mind: take a stand against a horrible tragedy that is occurring TODAY. We saw people pulling together and publicly declaring that they would not stand idly by. Now is the time to stand up and fight. We can make a change. We witnessed in the faces of those people in Greensboro the burning fire and passion for fellowman that has driven and inspired all of those who have struggled and fought against injustice in times past. Thank you all for reminding us again of what truly matters.


Truly inspired,

Scott, Justin, Ken, and Daniel

Click to fight injustice in Darfur

The no-blog blog

I am way too tired to post a blog tonight. This is all you get.

MJ would be proud

This is what happened in the office today. This sort of thing usually happens while we are in The Sergeant driving to a show. 

The comfortable black hole of the office (meaning that it sucks out any moderate temperatures)

Hello Friends,

Ken and I have been in the office all day today and our brains are a tiny bit fried. I'd like to fill you in on an amazing phenomenon that may only occur at one place in the whole world! No matter what the temperature is outside, the office has an amazing ability to remain either too cold or too hot. Basically, when we got to the office this morning it was really nice outside, but really cold in the office. We sort of sighed to ourselves hoping that as it got warmer outside the office would reach a reasonable temperature. Man, were we wrong! Here's what actually happened broken down into the hours of the day:

9:30-11:30--too cold
11:30-11:45--almost comfortable but still a bit cold
11:46-5:51(which is right now)--jumped from too cold, to smoldering hot


If you have any insight into this weather pattern or have had a similar experience please let us know and help us fix it.

Extremely,

Daniel and Ken

PS-if you are thinking that we should have just turned on the AC or the Heater depending on the temp, I would tend to agree, except that these devices are part of the problem too. The AC makes it immediately too cold and the heater sends out burning air right into your lungs. Strange huh?

PS 2-pictured is ken experiencing the upper extreme and daniel encountering the lower

Leg Liberation

Musicians can't wear shorts...or can they?

The Beatles and the Dead Sea

Hello Friends,

I was recently traveling in Israel and I had the privilege of taking a dip in the saltiest sea in the world: the Dead Sea. This sea is 33% salt. Let me put that in perspective for you, the Atlantic ocean is around 3-4% salt...needless to say, I floated with amazing buoyancy. In fact, I laid on my stomach with all four limbs up out of the water!! One of the weirdest experiences ever!! I just wanted to share with you a short video involving that crazy sea and the fabulous four rockers of great renown, The Beatles!!! Yes, even in Israel, when sitting near the Dead Sea in the evening, rock and roll finds me...
Sincerely,
Daniel

Ask The War episode 1

Its time for "Ask The War"!!! This is Episode One - but not the one with Jar Jar Binks. 

Strange sights on the road Pt.3

Has anyone ever heard of "no lead" gas?

La la la

So we brought in some special guests to sing on the end of our song, "Manhattan". What you are about to hear is actually on our record.

Strange sights on the road Pt.2

Where can I get one of these?

Strange sights on the road Pt.1

What do these go on?

Interview on 88.1KNC

This Saturday we did an interview at NC State's radio station - 88.1FM. We got to talk for a while and we had a blast talking about the Final Four, Fun Dip, and other crazy things. We also got to talk about some serious things, like why we are called "The War", what our songs are about, and all about our mission. It was an amazingly fun time, and we hope some people enjoyed getting to hear our songs on the radio.

We have spent a ton of time talking to college radio stations. We are getting some great responses, and people are getting really excited about our band. If you want to help us, give your station a phone call and request our music. 

Here are a few moments from the radio studio. Bryan and Adam were so awesome to us, except that they wanted UNC to lose to Kansas. But seriously, they are great guys and we can't wait to come back to 88.1 and see them again!

How things get done.

We love this job. I mean we freaking love it. I thought you all might like to see our office space, so here is a picture from the other day. Imagine hanging out with your 3 best friends all day every day figuring out how to reach millions of people with rock and roll. It sure beats the cubicle. 

How many Mac's does it take to change a lightbulb? Ok, zero. But how many Mac's does it take to change a world? Four. 

Also please note that Daniel is giving the opposite of the peace sign. That's right. It's The War.

So tomorrow we hit the road again for about 3 weeks. It's gonna be good. Oh yeah. the end.   -Ken

An apology may be necessary

Skylar has something to say about yesterday's blog.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT - Please watch!

We have a MAJOR announcement to make. This is a very tough subject so we decided that it would be best to explain everything in the following video. Please take 60 seconds to watch.

Our deepest, darkest secrets...

Friends of The War! We want to be sure to stay connected with our fans as much as possible. Starting today, we invite you to email any and all questions that you may have for us to ASK@thewarmusic.com . On the 15th of every month we will post a video blog where we answer some of your questions for you.

Here are some examples of appropriate questions: Is Daniel single? Why is Justin so big? Why does Ken’s bass look like a little baby toy? When did Scott get that "FREEDOM" tattoo, or hey is that magic marker?

Or feel free to ask about our song lyrics, our purpose, or goals, our history, or anything that you just want to know.

Send as many questions as you want, as many times as you want, just please include at least your first name so we can reference you in our video blog. Look out for the first episode on April 15th, 2008. Thanks everyone, this should be fun!

Ken, Scott, Daniel, and Justin (Mostly Ken)