'Fellaz Blog
Here you'll find more detailed accounts of all things
'Fellaz. News updates, random thoughts, and detailed accounts of all our
epic deeds...it's all here.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 4:30pm
The new group is finally set!
It was a very long, and difficult process for us, but our new members
have been welcomed into our family. Rehearsals are beginning soon,
and we have a lot of great new music to get ready for you all. Our
first performance will be in the middle of October for Homecoming Week,
and we can't wait!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2010 12:10pm
Well, after a very long lapse in
updates, we have FINALLY gotten the website updated again. There's
still a lot of work to do since the group changed some duties, but rest
assured, it will be kept up much better than it has in the past.
While you're looking around at
the new awesomeness, be sure to check out the store, updated with new
arrangements, as well as some new T-shirt designs. There may be
some new ones coming soon this year too...*hint hint*.
And, as always, auditions this
year are coming up soon, so be sure to tell your friends to chech us
out, and sing for us. The new members will have their pages up
just as soon as we get info from them, so even more new stuff will be
here for you to enjoy.
So, greetings from the new school
year, and here's to another year of awesomeness!
-Mitch
SUNDAY JANUARY 16, 2010 4:00pm
Greetings from the new decade!! The first week of the new semester is
over and we're all settled back in to classes and rehearsals. I figured
I'd take some time to update the site before homework and performances
really start, so here's a rundown of new stuff you can find:
-Fellaz Store: Check out our new t-shirt designs for
sale soon, as well as our album cover art if you haven't seen it
already. You'll be moved by it and probably have to pre-order it.
-Members: Our new guy
Jaise finally has a profile
page. Yay!!
-Upcoming performances: lots and lots of stuff, and
several more will go up soon once we work out some details.
-A new blog entry: be sure and check it out!....did
you click on it? Heh heh heh. Sigh.
Also, just a quick thank you and hang in there to all
those waiting for the new CD that we thought was coming like months ago.
Post-production is more or less done, but NOW we're hung up on some
unforeseen licensing issues. We're working through that however and
there shouldn't need to be any changes made to the CD. Stay tuned!!
Oh, and happy MLK day!!! Enjoy your time off like we
all will!!
-Nate
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23, 2009 3:20pm
Well...the semester is over, we
have our grades and now we're just resting up for a crazy semester of
madness. We already have a National Anthem lined up for January 3 at
Redbird Arena, ICCA, End of the Year Show and who knows what else will
happen!! We'd like to thank everyone who made our fall semester amazing
as well! We've had a lot of fun and can't wait to see what '10 will
bring for us! Look out for our new CD and some new t-shirts, this years
gonna be Fella-tastic. That was lame. I know.
-Wes
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2009 10:17am
Wow...As I sit here fighting illness and eating a tasty Oatmeal Cream
Pie, I find it unbelievable and ridiculous that this site hasn't been
updated since the end of September. So much has happened since then!!
I'm truly sorry for being neglectful, but hey. We're here now.
So, let's
see...Our show was a huge success....thanks so much for coming out last
weekend everyone! A big thanks to the ladies of Table for Twelve from
Normal Community High School for opening for us. They were amazing!
We've had lots of other performances, but they've all kinda melted
together, so I'll just say yay gigs!
Currently, we're
getting ready to wrap up the semester with our high school tour over
Fall Break, and a Holiday Luncheon for University Advancement on
December 4th. Oh, and my side project: I've decided that if this whole
teaching thing doesn't pan out, I'm going to make a breakfast restaurant
that delivers. How flippin' awesome does THAT sound? Anyway...
Lastly, we have
some awesome news! The 'Fellaz will be taking their first plunge into
the world of ICCA. We couldn't be more excited either. We'll be joining
our lady friends, Secondary
Dominance in representing ISU. I think it'd be awesome if we got
slotted in the same quarterfinal...then we could organize some sweet ISU
a cappella fan busses or something and get some of you peeps out there
to cheer us on! If you want, you can see the entire lineup at the
Varsity Vocals website.
There look to be a lot of good groups this year. Us = Pumped!
Ok, I promise it won't
be this long between updates ever again. Have a good holiday season
everyone! Don't forget to preorder Opening
Day!
-Nate
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 1:29am - SO
BUSY!
Yikes, what a crazy couple of weeks it's been! We've barely had time to
get ready for our performances, let alone update this thing. I'm finally
here though! Now everyone will stop yelling at me to fix the
performances page. Speaking of which, check it out! We're going to have
our Fall Concert on Friday, November 6th. That's about all we know right
now, cause trying to find a venue is next to impossible on this bustlin'
busy campus (<-------alliteration. Score).
I'd be a huge
huge jerk if I didn't thank the folks at the BCPA one more time for
booking us for the SNC pre-show. Amazing audience, amazing venue,
amazing people, and we got to see/meet SNC on top of it all! What an
awesome night.
Well, bear with
us. Heading into October it could very well be ages 'till this thing
gets updated again, but we promise we're still here, singing and being
awesome! Oh, and speaking of bearing with us, thanks for the bazillionth
time for your patience on our album. It's comin'. We promise. It'll be
worth it too!
Ok, bedtime. Try
and stop me.
-Nate
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 1:29pm - OPENING
DAY TRACKLIST
As promised. Sorry it took so long. See? We ARE making progress on this
thing. Oh, while you're here, go check out our
upcoming performances. We've
added a couple that we're pretty excited about, including helping the
Bone Student Center celebrate its open house after all the new
renovations are done. Nice! Anyhoo, here's the tracklist for Opening
Day. PRE ORDER IT!!!!!!!!
1)
'Fellaz Chord
2)
Insomniac
3)
Tell My father
4)
Everything
5)
You Can Call me Al
6)
Learn to Live with What You Are
7)
No more Walks in the Wood
8)
Oh What a Night (December 1963)
9)
Walk on the Ocean
10)
Take you back
11)
KGP: A Disney Medley (Live)
12)
Wannabe
Happy Labor Day
weekend everyone!!
-Nate
SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2009 1:04am - 2009-2010
'FELLAZ
Wow. This a cappella thing is catching on here at ISU. Both us and the
girls group, Secondary
Dominance, had a record setting number of people who came out for
auditions. I feel really bad we could only take one guy. So much of this
is about timing...a lot of these guys could easily have made the group
talent-wise. Congrats to everyone! You all should be proud and I hope
you all keep singing. Truly fantastic.
Isn't Wes just the best
at blogs?!?!?!?
Anyway, as of
now, we're about three weeks away from our first gig (unless someone
books us...HINT). That should be plenty of time to get our new guy
caught up. B T dubs, his name is Jaise and he rocks! Possibly even rawks.
Time will tell. Side note: expect some revamping to the members area
soon. Duh. But yeah. We feel really good about this group and what we
will be capable of accomplishing this year.
The new album has
hit a tiny lull in post-production, and it's entirely our fault. Because
of school we haven't been able to get out the latest batch of mix notes.
It's still chugging along though! We're so new to this whole process.
Thanks for being patient. Release date and track listing should be up
any day now!
The year has officially
begun! Watch out! Exclamation points are great!!!
-Nate
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2009 11:07pm - AUDITIONS
ARE DONE!
Wow auditions were great this
year! We heard from so many talented guys it was so hard to decide who
to call back. That's good though, the tougher it is the better everyone
is getting. This is going to be a great year for the Fellaz, so keep in
touch with us. Look out for new Fellaz merchandise, perhaps magnets,
lanyards, key chains, stamps, book bags, posters and maybe even an
Acafellaz shotglass? Who knows, but throw your ideas our way and we'll
see what we can get to. Again, great job to everyone who auditioned, it
will be awesome to see who the new Fella is!
-Wes
MONDAY AUGUST 24, 2009 12:49am - SURVIVED THE
FIRST WEEK
I guess technically it's Tuesday morning. Eh. Anyway, we all survived
the first week of class and our first gig! It was killer...I don't know how we
found time to rehearse as much as we did. The performance went great
though! Thanks to Clinton HS class of '69 for letting us sing at their
reunion. A special thanks to Mike's dad, who thought of us and asked us
to sing!
So in other
news, auditions are creeping up on us, and we're pretty excited. We've
been answering lots of questions from a lot of excited people. Keep the
questions coming if you have them, and keep spreading the word! Only
two-ish days to go and there'll be new Acafellaz. Ponder that for a
second.
Did you ponder? No? Oh. Well then I'm going to bed.
-Nate
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 2009 - 'FELLAZ PRE-SHOW
BEFORE SNC
Good news! The 'Fellaz are going to be performing a pre-show before the
Straight No Chaser concert at the Bloomington (IL) Center for Performing
Arts on Thursday September 24. This is pretty awesome. For those of you
who don't know, this is the group who made the "12 days of Christmas
Medley" on youtube. Originally from Indiana University, the founding
members went pro and are making a great name for themselves. This is an
awesome opportunity and you all should go see us both!
Click here for ticket info, or visit our
performances page.
-Nate
TUESDAY AUGUST 11, 2009 - FIRST ENTRY
Welcome to the
new site, suckas. Hope you like it. Those weird links and things were
bugging me, and now that I somewhat know what I'm doing, it seemed
easiest to just start from scratch. Plus it gave me something to do this
summer, and now maybe Brian won't yell at me as much for not arranging
any music.
So from what
we've heard so far off the new album, it sounds like it's gonna be
downright nastily epic (listen for yourself). We're so excited! Things are coming along great,
and we should have a release date soon for all you folks who have
already pre-ordered them. If you haven't, do it now! Click on that cute
picture of us making a pyramid to your immediate left. Actually, finish
reading this, and then go click on us.
Anyhoo, hope
everyone's summer is going great. We can't wait to get back to campus
and sing for alla y'all, and make new friends. We're gonna be diving
right in with a gig in Clinton, IL the first weekend after school
starts, then auditions, then more gigs. Always gigs. Speaking of
auditions, if you or someone you know can sing then check out the
audition info page.
Ok, enough for now. Get off your computer and go
enjoy the last few days of summer! After you preorder that CD of course.
See you in a couple weeks!
-Nate
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