Archive - April, 2009

Rock The Cross Design Contest

April 30, 2009 in Other with View Comments

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Hey guys and gals! Its Wes B, your friendly neighborhood Rock The Cross guy, coming to you with some exciting news. We are in the process of developing some exciting merchandise to help support RockTheCross.net and we need your help. Designers, creative people, everyone, I am inviting you to submit your designs for the very first RockTheCross.Net T-Shirt. They need to be edgy, creative, and original. Take your inspiration from anywhere you want, but make it relevent to RockTheCross. Also, your graphic doesnt have to be where traditional graphics are. Put it over ther shoulder, on the side, anywhere. As part of your design, either send a “mock-up” or write-up, describing where the graphic should go. If you need the fonts the are used in the logo, or the image above, please let me know. Feel free to use any font you want to use though.

The winning designer will recieve ONE final shirt, an as yet to be determined artist prize pack, and maybe even a surprise or two. You can send your designs to wes@rockthecross.net or ashley@rockthecross.net. Please submit your designs by May 30th, 2009. A finalists will be notified June 8th, 2009 and a winner will be announced Friday June 12th, 2009. We are looking forward to seeing your designs and good luck!

Revive:Chorus Of The Saints

April 26, 2009 in Album Reviews, Reviews with View Comments

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Revive:Chorus Of The Saints
April 13th, 2009 by Wes

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 Chorus of The Saints. So Dave Hanbury, Tyler Hall, Rich Thompson, and Mike TenKate packed up their old suitcases and guitars and traveled to Atlanta to begin recording. The result is a retooling of their previous release by the same name, but remastered and with one additional track, The Truth Is.

The “boys from Revive”, as they often refer to themselves in the various videos and blogs that they post, have quite the sense of humor and spontenatity, as evidenced in the afore mentioned videos. They also have an honesty about them that comes through each song. They are bold and straight-forward on each track about who they are and they give credit to God for being their inspiration. They don’t water down who they are to appeal to a broader crowd, which is a rare trait in todays “mainstream” Christian music industry.

The album opens with the title track, Chorus of the Saints, which is one of the “rocking-est” openers that I have heard in a long time. In fact, after the brief 10-15 second lead up to the track that is much lower volume than the rest of the song, you might want to check the volume on your music player of choice. I nearly scared myself to death when the guitars and drums kicked in full force on this track. Out of the entire album, Chorus is probably the most energetic of them all. Following up is Can’t Change Yesterday, another upbeat track with powerful guitars and an equally as powerful message. After this, the album sinks into an uncomfortable funk. With two hard hitting tracks right off, you expect the rest of the album to be the same way. Its not, although there are a few high points, including Stay and You Know featuring guest vocals from Mac Powell of Third Day. Revive closes out their major label debut with Promise of Tomorrow. Again, its not the rousing anthem that Chrous is, but it does what its meant to do.

If you haven’t checked out this album, you should. You will find yourself singing along everytime that it comes on. And while no huge musical ground is broken on the album, it is a solid release that poises Revive to continue to do great things in the American and International music industries. One last thing, be sure to check out their site, http://www.reviveband.com, as they have some pretty funny blog videos on it.

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GMA Showcases:Day 3

April 20, 2009 in Other with View Comments

The Objective Showcase wasn’t really a highlight of my week, as much as I had hoped it would be. It was at Rocketown, which is a pretty cool venue. But there just wasn’t a really powerful line-up. The two bands that I enjoyed the most were a band from Hawaii called Twentyfour64 and The Listening, who I had seen the previous night. I did get to see the J. Walkers go through a “performance coaching session” with Tom Morgan, which was really interesting. I got to see them transform on the stage almost.

After The Listening played I took the opportunity to go back the hotel and get some rest, as I was heading home the next day. On the way I did enjoy some Jack In The Box for the first time though. And it was worth it. The last day of interviews and the drive home are looking me in the face tonight. GMA week from RockTheCross.net has been an amazing experience and I’m already looking forward to next year.
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