Hi there!
New preview posted on MySpace. "The Night to Come", it's called. Groovy 70's rock...well, you better listen up to ;)
More to come in the next days. Stay tuned...
Loud cheers!

L.

Hi you there!
As promised at the last post, some more teasers were uploaded into our MySpace. Go check it out!
http://www.myspace.com/loudorloud

*Always have in mind that those are previews, recorded raw (4 mikes, no mixing) on our practice place. Soon they'll be on the album, so relax, chill out, listen the samples and...be teased! :D~

Cheers!
L.

Hi there!
Still workin' on the songs. Last friday we got a bit of hard work creatin' and improvin' a new song, which will be called "The Night to Come", nice lyrics by Garcia intertwined to a groovy piece that flourished thru our 70's rockin' sound. Worthy of note is that for the first time we spend one rehearsal - yes, one full-time 2 hour practice session - discussing one only song. As Bruno noticed, "things had been so calmly flowing till now that finally we got stuck around one theme". Question is we dare to insist in the best shape to every song we write down, and sometimes what works good for one, does not for the rest. That's just the case...but, instead of shouting out indeclinable opinions (errr...shouts were listened, anyway), crash furniture agaist the walls, split up ang go on solo career, we just laughed A LOT around our trials to better understand what we were making.
We still did not come to a major opinion, but it seems that the winner over this case shall be the music. And that's because we did exactly this - we grew our understanding on what we were playing, how we wanted to sound like, whatever, we learned lots and lots dissecating the song. That made me feel in a good mood for the rest of the weekend. As quoted Socrates, "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing". =]

Later there will be new teasers in MySpace page, so check back.
Loud cheers!

L.

Hey, guys! Four of our new songs are ready to be performed. Some of them are baptized and some of them need a name. Up to this moment we have "Everything" and "Distance and Silence". We are also thinking about the hypothesis of using some good old material such as "The Blues". To listen to this one go to MySpace (www.myspace.com/loudorloud) and check it. Also, I'm gonna keep you up with some of our photo session material. Take a look down here! Hope you like it. See you!

(Lizandro Mello - Drums, Bruno Mariano - Guitar, Régis Garcia - Bass, Thiago Costa - Vocals)

Hey, hey, hey! Our photo session was very cool. We started shooting at 3:30 p.m. and we went up to 8 o'clock. Unfortunately, some of our "night" pics were not that good. Anyway, I thing that right now we have some material to work for the moment. A special thanks here to our photographer Mônica, she was very helpful. I'm posting here a sequence of picture on our break. That's it for now. Be right back here soon. See you, guys!

We are heading to a photo session to create our new marketing material. To be very honest, I really like those photo sessions and all that stuff. Normally we have a lot of fun. I'll try to update the blog today with some making off pictures and maybe some videos. Now I'm going to get dressed and take my bass. See you later, guys!

Lazy afternoon, but that's ok! This night we are going to blow up some loudspeakers. Next Friday, November 16, we are going to record a tv show called MUSIURG. Today is a decisive night in terms of set list and some other important details for our presentation. Hope everything goes fine. See you, guys!

In my opinion, one of the most complex parts of the composition process is the one of creating and writing the lyrics. What they should express? Is it possible to talk about love without sounding silly? Is it possible to write about politics without being radical? I've never been a composer, I'm not very good in writing, but I do try sometimes to write something interesting or at least reasonable for those that are going to listen to my songs. Anyway, sometimes I feel weird writing the lyrics someone else is going to sing. What happens if the one performing the lyrics, the singer, is not in tune with your ideas? Imagine you composed something with your soul and your heart and the performance for that is quite a mess in your opinion. Well, I hate to say that, but we have the best lead singer in the world here. It is almost impossible to write something that Mr. Thiago Costa is not able to sing with passion and the feeling you try to express. I think that nowadays LOUD!'s main composer is our drummer, Lizandro Mello. He is the responsible not only for the loudness, but also for the lyrics that Thiago sings. And what about those that have some blanks in their minds? Well, those write some entries for the blog, right? =) Soon I'm going to post some of our lyrics here. That's all for now, guys. Cheers!

Hey guys! I'm here to say that we are glad with the first impact our new ideas caused on our friends. Yesterday we published a brief note on Orkut (http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Community?cmm=477377) about our new paths. I must say that we are happy with all the supportive comments. I wasn't expecting such results from our big change but as I wrote before, I'm quite satisfacted.

Also, I'm here to say that we've provided a teaser on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/loudorloud). It is one of the first riffs we created for our new project. Hope you like it. Keep in touch with us on our twitter (www.twitter.com/loudorloud) and, if you prefer, mail us on loudorloud@gmail.com.

That's all for today, guys!

Cheers!

Hey guys! This is our first post here. We hope to keep you connected to our news and interesting happenings. We also expect you to contribute with comments and opinions on our journey thru the development of our work. For those that are not aware, LOUD! is not brand new band. This project was former known as War Machine, a classic rock and roll cover band. Our aims have changed and we decided that it would be a good idea to change our name.

It wasn't an easy decision for us to start all over from the beggining. But we felt it would the right thing for us. We still have the same influences and the same passion for music. The only diference is that we are not a cover band anymore. Our creativity was overflowing during our rehearsals and we thought that it would be a big waste not to use all that loud music that was comming. We really hope you enjoy our blog and our music. As soon as possible we'll be talking to you again about our plans, news and all the rest.
Keep it Loud. Live it Loud. Love it Loud!