The Ryan Tree Music Video is Out!

Remember the music video I wrote about in May where I was running from zombies? It is finished and has been posted to Youtube. Check it out!

Running for My Life

Last Saturday I spent the day running from zombies. It was about 97° outside (low for the Phoenix area at this time of year). The flies and gnats were relentless and there was little shade. Part of the time I ran desperately through sand and ash and part of the time I ran on a seemingly endless road. I felt as if the zombies were always gaining on me. My lungs burned more with every breath and my heart was racing. My legs ached and my feet no longer had the strength to land where my mind wanted. I don't know how I found the strength to move on.... Read More at www.laurenkjonescello.com

PoorWater Update

For the last couple of months, we have been shooting our first music video for our song, "Existential Crisis." Below is a shot taken in one of the scenes of the video as Michael (my cousin) looks out over a sunset at Canyon Lake. 

The music video illustrates the original idea behind the song. It takes inspiration from many of our life experiences in the work world. The main character in the video, played by Michael, starts out by working hard in his cubicle and trying to sort through all of the tasks he's been given. After a while, the crushing weight of his job and his inability to escape start to eat away at his sanity. 

We had a great time putting this together and it turned out even better than expected. We've had a lot of great responses including a blog written about it by DJ Cynfully Luscious and placement as the video of the week on www.globalonslaught.com. If you want to see some awesome behind the scenes pictures from the office scenes in the music video, check out my Music Video Update blog from February. 

On April third, a brazilian online radio station wrote a post about us in Portuguese. It's pretty cool! You can check it out here. If you open it in Google Chrome, it will give you the option to translate it to English. 

A couple of weeks ago, we had another show at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale;

This week, we were also featured in a podcast for www.rockprodigyradio.com. The site is based out of Belgium and they play music from all around the world. Check it out here!

This is the next show we have coming up. We're really excited about this one! It's going to be fun!

Music Video Update 1

We started filming our music video for "Existential Crisis" a couple of weeks ago at our show at Martini Ranch. Bill took video of us playing "Existential Crisis" during our show as well as video of Michael (my cousin and the star of our video) rocking out in the crowd. This is for a section later in the video where Michael leaves the dreariness of his cubicle and goes to a PoorWater concert :)

Us on stage at Martini Ranch.

 My Dad, Grandpa, and Michael rocking their PoorWater t-shirts!

Yesterday, we started filming the cubicle portion of the video.

 James and Rock are putting the cubicle together. Everything that is "work oriented" has been hand made out of cardboard and duct tape by the band members.

 Michael showing exactly what he thinks of cubicles.

 Hard at work? ;)

Bill taking some test shots of Michael.

Love it.

Calculator 

 Computer

 Phone

 Paper Clip Holder

 Phone

Tanline Stapler ;)

  Some motivational posters...

More to come soon! If you aren't familiar with our song "Existential Crisis," you can listen to it here.

PoorWater Update

A lot has happened since we released our CD in December!

December 30th Show

On December 30th, we played a show with Smile Empty Soul, Howitzer, Black Metal Box, and Almost Never Real.

I haven't turned evil, I'm just wearing silver foil eyelashes ;)

Keygripped at 910 Live

Podcast

A few days later, we had our first radio interview with DJ Cynfully Luscious on www.hardrockradiolive.com. This is the podcast of the interview:




Global Onslaught

PoorWater is being featured on a new global music website called Global Onslaught. The purpose of Globalonslaught.com is to "[bring] you some of the best new acts from around the world and promote their music on our website. As well as [their] music blogs, exclusive interviews, and podcasts." Check out PoorWater's page on their website here. PoorWater's music will also be featured on their upcoming podcast.


No Label AZ Radio

For the past three weeks, PoorWater has been #1 on the No Label AZ Radio weekly top ten countdown with our song "Existential Crisis." This has been thanks to our awesome fans voting for us! This week, we're asking fans to vote for the song, "Dagger." To vote for PoorWater go here (near the bottom of the page). On Friday, we will be interviewed on www.nolabelazradio.com on the Chris and Jen Show (starts at 6 p.m. AZ time).


Martini Ranch Show
On Saturday we played our first show at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale. This was an exciting show because we filmed part of our music video during the set!

Max, one of our friends and the drummer from local band Call Me Old Fashioned. We like this picture because it looks like he's "standing in awe."

Three generations of PoorWater fans! Dad, Grandpa, and cousin!

New Show Announcement
This week, we are announcing a new show!

Music Video

During the next month, we are going to be filming our music video for "Existential Crisis." Expect the next blog to have some previews! ;)