Hey everyone,
You’ve been great by getting out there and voting for us - and we do appreciate what you’ve been doing!
Pasco Library System has thrown in a curve ball to help us get some extra points. If we win the most extra points we get to decide what time we play for the live battle on March 26th!
Here's how we win... They will be awarding points for any bands that get votes from states or countries where they have not yet had any votes come in. This means we need your help to actively recruit new friends or get existing people to target voters from the desired places.
The contest will begins TODAY and runs through the next Friday, 3/19, at 11:59pm.
Here are the targeted states and countries, along with their point values:
States
Alabama - 1
Arizona - 1
Colorado - 1
Connecticut - 1
Delaware - 1
Ohio - 1
Vermont - 1
Iowa - 2
Maine - 2
Montana - 2
Nebraska - 2
North Dakota - 2
Oklahoma - 2
Rhode Island - 2
South Dakota - 2
Utah - 2
West Virginia - 2
Wyoming - 2
Alaska - 3
Hawaii - 3
Washington, D.C. - 3
Countries/Territories
Austria - 2
Bahamas - 2
Brazil - 2
Dominican Republic - 2
Ireland - 2
Mexico - 2
Puerto Rico - 2
Spain - 2
Virgin Islands - 2
Any Central American Country - 4
Argentina - 4
Colombia - 4
Lithuania - 4
Latvia - 4
Venezuela - 4
Ecuador - 4
Peru - 4
Bolivia - 6
Bulgaria - 6
Egypt - 6
Japan - 6
Morocco - 6
New Zealand - 6
Norway - 6
Romania - 6
Singapore - 6
South Korea - 6
Any African Country (besides Egypt, Morocco, or Madagascar) - 8
Chile - 8
China - 8
Estonia - 8
Finland - 8
India - 8
Nepal - 8
Uruguay - 8
Any "Stan" Country (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, etc) - 10
Indonesia - 10
Iran - 10
Iraq - 10
Kuwait - 10
Madagascar - 10
Any Other Pacific Island Nation (Fiji, Vanuatu, etc) - 12
Greenland - 15
Faroe Islands - 15
Falkland Islands - 25
North Korea - 50
Antarctica - 50
Do you know anyone from ANY of these places!? Help us out and send them a message to vote for WD-HAN here: http://www.myspace.com/pascolibraries!
Let us know you got the votes in and we’ll create a video blog personalized to YOU! :)
12.3.10
19.2.10
Pasco libraries woo teens with battle of the bands
By Helen Anne Travis, Times Staff Writer
Crashing cymbals. Rock guitar. Heavy metal lyrics.
Welcome to your local library.
This week Pasco County libraries kick off the online component of their annual Rockus Maximus battle of the bands competition. Each week, the libraries will debut a new video featuring the eight competing bands participating in interviews, promoting causes and playing prerecorded gigs in the library.
Voters have until the week of the big concert showdown next month at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills to decide which band has the best online presence.
Expiry, a pop-punk band from Lehigh Acres, traveled four hours to Hudson to film a gig at the library last month.
The band jammed out in the young adult section.
"It's kind of funny that we're allowed to play music in a library where normally people would shush you," Expiry guitarist Chase Keenan, 18, said.
Funny, but necessary, said Paul Stonebridge, 31, libraries teen services manager who helps run the competition (This year's theme: "We Ain't Dead Yet … ").
"Libraries are not going to stay alive if they're just about books," he said. "We have to stay relevant and meaningful to all age groups in order to exist."
The libraries started the battle of the bands 13 years ago in an effort to reach the local youth demographic. In 2008, they tapped into the growing social networking movement with promotions on myspace.com and youtube.com.
Stonebridge calls it "library 2.0."
An episode with a different theme will be posted online each week until the March 26 concert. Band members — mostly high school students or recent graduates — answer questions like "Who is the diva in the group?" and "If one of you had to lose an arm, who would it be and why?"
Bands promote social causes like VH1's Save the Music or antidrug groups. They participate in challenges in which members have to eat a beet juice and sardine milkshake or try to pick their friends' noses.
"They didn't have to eat it, of course," Stonebridge said.
The shows are a hit. The first year, more than 7,000 voters logged in from around the world and the concert attendance tripled to 600 spectators.
Afterward, nearly twice as many kids showed up for the library's teen programs. In the months around the competition, Stonebridge said, 12 percent more teens signed up for library cards — required for admission to the battle of the bands showdown.
Who knew rock music would get kids to the library?
"I think it's kind of capturing the youthful idea of rebellion in a way," said Aaron Meekcoms, 20, the guitar player for Clearwater classic rock band WD-HAN, which is participating in the event.
"It's like with little kids when you hide the vegetables in something delicious," Stonebridge said.
Last month, the concert's success over the years nabbed the library system the John Cotton Dana Award, one of the most coveted national awards given by the American Library Association.
Bands from outside the county were invited to participate for the first time this year. Stonebridge said the goal is to make the concert a regional, maybe even statewide or national, event.
Helen Anne Travis can be reached at htravis@sptimes.com or (813) 435-7312.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: WD-HAN is one of the bands participating in Pasco libraries' battle of the bands. The band name was misspelled in the original version of this story.
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The MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries.
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors can vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
IF YOU GO
Get your card first
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors may vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries
Crashing cymbals. Rock guitar. Heavy metal lyrics.
Welcome to your local library.
This week Pasco County libraries kick off the online component of their annual Rockus Maximus battle of the bands competition. Each week, the libraries will debut a new video featuring the eight competing bands participating in interviews, promoting causes and playing prerecorded gigs in the library.
Voters have until the week of the big concert showdown next month at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills to decide which band has the best online presence.
Expiry, a pop-punk band from Lehigh Acres, traveled four hours to Hudson to film a gig at the library last month.
The band jammed out in the young adult section.
"It's kind of funny that we're allowed to play music in a library where normally people would shush you," Expiry guitarist Chase Keenan, 18, said.
Funny, but necessary, said Paul Stonebridge, 31, libraries teen services manager who helps run the competition (This year's theme: "We Ain't Dead Yet … ").
"Libraries are not going to stay alive if they're just about books," he said. "We have to stay relevant and meaningful to all age groups in order to exist."
The libraries started the battle of the bands 13 years ago in an effort to reach the local youth demographic. In 2008, they tapped into the growing social networking movement with promotions on myspace.com and youtube.com.
Stonebridge calls it "library 2.0."
An episode with a different theme will be posted online each week until the March 26 concert. Band members — mostly high school students or recent graduates — answer questions like "Who is the diva in the group?" and "If one of you had to lose an arm, who would it be and why?"
Bands promote social causes like VH1's Save the Music or antidrug groups. They participate in challenges in which members have to eat a beet juice and sardine milkshake or try to pick their friends' noses.
"They didn't have to eat it, of course," Stonebridge said.
The shows are a hit. The first year, more than 7,000 voters logged in from around the world and the concert attendance tripled to 600 spectators.
Afterward, nearly twice as many kids showed up for the library's teen programs. In the months around the competition, Stonebridge said, 12 percent more teens signed up for library cards — required for admission to the battle of the bands showdown.
Who knew rock music would get kids to the library?
"I think it's kind of capturing the youthful idea of rebellion in a way," said Aaron Meekcoms, 20, the guitar player for Clearwater classic rock band WD-HAN, which is participating in the event.
"It's like with little kids when you hide the vegetables in something delicious," Stonebridge said.
Last month, the concert's success over the years nabbed the library system the John Cotton Dana Award, one of the most coveted national awards given by the American Library Association.
Bands from outside the county were invited to participate for the first time this year. Stonebridge said the goal is to make the concert a regional, maybe even statewide or national, event.
Helen Anne Travis can be reached at htravis@sptimes.com or (813) 435-7312.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: WD-HAN is one of the bands participating in Pasco libraries' battle of the bands. The band name was misspelled in the original version of this story.
------------------------------------------------------
The MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries.
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors can vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
IF YOU GO
Get your card first
This year's concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. March 26 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive in Shady Hills. Admission is free, but you need a library card to get in.
Online videos of the bands will be posted on the MySpace page weekly starting this week. Visitors may vote once every day during the competition on which band has the best online presence.
MySpace site for Battle of the Bands: Rockus Maximus is www.myspace.com/pascolibraries
12.2.10
Class Project Earth (Acoustic) Scratch Track up on Facebook!
That's right! You can hear a scratch recording of Class Project Earth played acoustically by Cal, Aaron and Spence on our facebook page: http://facebook.com/wdhanmusic.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Check it out and let us know what you think!
16.12.09
"Local Band WD-Han Releases First Album"
Tampa Bay rock band WD-Han (which stands for “We Don’t Have A Name”) released their album Class Project Earth to a full house at Pangea Café in Downtown Clearwater on December 4th.
WD-Han's Class Project Earth gives a more extended look into the bands music. The songs have a place for everyone as they're a solid mix of a great set of genres. From rock to classic rock, blues to funk this album is a roller coaster of sound, emotion and communication.
An acoustic act with Steve Valtin and Jessica Greenwood opened the show at Pangea and set the atmosphere and by the time they ended, everyone was ready for the band who "doesn't have a name." With nearly 90 people at the show, the professionalism and enthusiasm was a refreshing look at what live music should be.
WD-Han played a full hour of originals, covers (Jet, Jimi Hendrix and Third Eye Blind to name a few) and even combinations of both. They were interactive with the audience, telling jokes on top of playing great music.
For more information on WD-Han and to hear their music, visit www.wdhan.com
Article posted on the Tampa Bay Informer - "The Good News Newspaper"
5.12.09
EP Show Last Night / Winter Wonderland Today
Hey all,
Thank you SO much to those who made it out last night. It made last night unforgettable and was one of our best shows ever - you made it that way!
If you have photos that you took from last night, e-mail them in to wdhanmusic@gmail.com - We're going to make an album of fan photos and have a voting contest for the best one. The winner will get a custom WD-Han t-shirt!
NEXT. Is that today we will be playing at Winter Wonderland (unless it starts raining really hard again...) at 4pm! It's a FREE show and a follow up to last night. So if you want to come party hardy with us again, for free, then meet us there!
We love you all in the best ways possible and really want to make sure that you understand how much it means to us when you come out to see us!
Enjoy your EPs and see you at the shows,
WD-Han
Thank you SO much to those who made it out last night. It made last night unforgettable and was one of our best shows ever - you made it that way!
If you have photos that you took from last night, e-mail them in to wdhanmusic@gmail.com - We're going to make an album of fan photos and have a voting contest for the best one. The winner will get a custom WD-Han t-shirt!
NEXT. Is that today we will be playing at Winter Wonderland (unless it starts raining really hard again...) at 4pm! It's a FREE show and a follow up to last night. So if you want to come party hardy with us again, for free, then meet us there!
We love you all in the best ways possible and really want to make sure that you understand how much it means to us when you come out to see us!
Enjoy your EPs and see you at the shows,
WD-Han
12.11.09
WD-Han EP Release Show!
WD-Han's EP, Class Project Earth, is FINALLY here and we are ready to release it and rock out this night!! Are you??
- 9:00 PM
- Pangea Cafe (Downtown Clearwater)
- All Ages
- NEW Music/Merch
- Price of Admission INCLUDES a copy of the EP!
Why you should go:
1. AWESOME music!
2. AWESOME people!
3. AWESOME food/drinks/place!
4. AWESOME EP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See you there, we <3 you ALL!
(P.S. Here are the definitions for EP and LP to help clear up any confusions!
EP - Extended Play - A CD with 3-7 songs on it designed to give you the taste of a band. This is called an extended play because it is one step up from a Single (which has 1-2 songs on it), and thus give a more extended look into the bands music.
LP - Long Play - A long play CD is a full album. It is designed to fully capture that bands period of growth. It can have as many songs as the band desires. HISTORY: LP's were originally all vinyl records that only spun at 331/2 revolutions per minute.)
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