it kindof makes me very happy

i would like to start by saying that i hate global warming for 2 reasons
1. it tried to bypass the nice cool months of spring and go straight to summer. several days it has been up around 75 degrees and that makes me sick. i love the sweatshirt and jeans weather and get upset when it gets hot.
2. i dislike global warming because it's not real.

there are finally some new recordings up on myspace/purevolume. there is a link to the right of what you are reading that says ojk. i suggest clicking there. it will take you on a magical musical journey. the cd itself should be ready to go in a little while. we are still working on design stuff, but i can assure you all that you will want to put it on a pedestile.
while on the topic of music, i should announce that i have been writing some new acoustic stuff and could potentially record it soon. more details later

i have a lot of lines in this play that i have joined and am already overwhelmed. panic!

i should get a girlfriend because i plan on getting married at some point. it's not that i hate being single, i would just like to date someone. it would be low key, no pressure, just for fun. if you are this girl apply somehow. disclaimer: some applicants may be denied in the nicest way possible.

i lead songs in chapel this morning. i played guitar and was the lead vocalist. yep. i am trying to be more confident in my singing ability.

(any one who inserted the words "at the disco" after the word panic! in their heads should slap themselves on the wrist one time. i set a trap for you and you fell for it)

and i will conclude with this thought: go and listen to ojk and buy the album so that we can make it big and i can make enough money to survive off the band and when the band has run its course i will settle down with my wife and be a youth pastor somewhere. that is my current plan for life and without you all it would not be possible. so thanks in advance

great success

i am very excite because at this exact moment i am listening to operation joykill's breakthrough release "a face for radio a voice for silent film" at least i think that is the title we agreed on. it sounds awesome. i can't wait for all you readers of my blog to hear what we just did in a studio setting. everything really does sound great. here is a recap of the last few days.
monday: i was still at home. i went to casey's dads visitation and it was pretty sad, but casey seemed to be ok. hats of to him for handling the death of his father so well.
tuesday: journey back to sioux center. we had a brief ojk practice and then immediately left for sioux falls to start the first day of recordings. we kicked it right in the butt. we finished the drum tracks as well as the bass tracks. hats off to phil and walhof for rocking with some consistency. i celebrated.
wednesday: this day had lazy spring break written all over it. we did not have the studio booked so i did pretty much nothing. i realized that my finger nails were uncomfortably long. all my roomates had taken their clippers with them. i went to wal mart because i really wanted to clip my finger nails. i located a clipper and took my usual stroll through the cd aisle. i found that the movie taledega nights was on sale so i made purchasings of that. i then went to the video store and rented magnolia because i have the option of watching it for a class. i laid on the couch and watched the movie. lazy day.
thursday: basically thursday was spent listening the the tracks we laid down on tuesday and finding all the little oopsies that we made and then fixing them. technology is amazing. you can do pretty much anything with that little computer thing. many parts were fixed with a few clicks of the mouse. some parts i had to replay but i had not problems with that. paul then did the same thing with his guitar parts and the started vocals. our good friend elliot was in the studio to offer us fun. we accepted his fun and it was had. we then went to a little concert. sparta and moneen and private drive were playing in sioux falls. the show started right around when we were done in the studio, a sign. we went. private drive was good. moneen was mind blowing and sparta was again lackluster.
friday: again we find ojk in cathouse studios. friday was pretty much vocals. for the first time in a long time i was nervous about doing something related to rock music. i am not the best singer, but i managed to amaze myself and i was able to lay down some good vocal tracks. paul is good. he only needed one take for most of the songs and they sound amazing. mike our super producer then mixed and mastered all the songs right before our eyes and we walked out of cathouse studios with an amazing product. here is the happy part. in total this whole project cost around $450. that is so much cheaper than we expected. now we just have to make copies and start selling them. recordings should be up on myspace/purevolume shortly so be sure to check those areas.
i then went to a midnight showing of the new ninja turtles movie which i will rant about later.
we then went to paul's to listen to our product and low it was very good.
happy times.

you can't go home again, you can't go home again.

so much to blog about and so much time.
this is going to be a long one folks so hang on.

let us start with the show jeremiah walhof and i went to. i will be brief by saying that maylene and the sons of disaster and haste the day were amazing. everything i could have hoped for. it should be noted that the 2 Christian bands on the bill owned the crowd. i will aslo note that the rock in papillion (a suburb of omaha) is a fantastic place to see a show.

thursday morning i had a test in theo 216 and boy was i unprepared. it took forever and made me sick a little bit.
we had band practice thursday afternoon and i felt it was one of the best practices we have ever had. i got that feeling that i get when we play good songs for the first time on every song. so much energy in such a small room, we are ready for the studio.
immediately after i hoped in sir acura and started the treck home. my stop in pocahontas was pretty typical. i did stray away from purchasing the traditional sukist and ritz with cheese because i really wanted a moutain dew. for those who do not know my stop in pocohontas is very ritualistic. i always stop at the casey's and use the restroom and then purchase a sunkist and ritz with cheese costin me $2.48. i am boring sometimes.

i arrived home safely. a lovely chat was had with the familia.

friday i went to cedar falls with my sister to purchase some tougher guitar strings. i did. i put them on my electric guitar and was more than pleased. i then proceeded to break a string on my acoustic guitar. i was mad. i did not purchase strings for an acoustic guitar. luckily mom had an extra set and i put them on and was pleased.

here is where the poo hits the fan:
i recived a call from my good friend casey. i was thrilled because i thought he was going to be out of town. he was not as thrilled to be home. the reason he had returned was because his dad had passed away. this was not totally unexpected, but still a major shock. the real kicker is his mom died 2 years ago. he has pretty much lost all interest in Christianity and i am not going to force it on him at this time. i really don't know what to say or do, so we just hung out like nothing was wrong. we laughed and had a good time. please pray for casey, he needs all the help he can get. in a way this is another God thing. the one weekend i come home i am able to be there for my friend.
it still sucks a lot.

today i ate with my grandma and it was ever so pleasant. i am going to call her the cancer slayer. you would never know that she has something inside her that could kill her. she is recovering nicely and her attitude is unbelievable.

i really don't know what to say. there has been a lot of crappy things happening.
it is starting to seem like every time i go home weired unfun things happen. granted it is nice to be home for people when these sort of things happen, but it makes me not want to come home and just stay in sioux center where i can put these sort of things out of mind.
i am an adult now

i am listening to straylight run which is where the title comes from.

basically this is all band stuff, so if you aren't interested guide yourself to a different web page.

march the 9th... what a night.
twas the night of the benedict affair's cd release show and all was cool, till the big bands that were coming decided to show up late. they showed up about 20 minutes before the show was supposed to start. because of this operation joykill was asked to move to second in the line up which was no problem for us at all. ojk rocked entirely hard. the new song i wrote was well recieved, i'm glad. private drive and write this down were insane. i really enjoyed their sets and them showing up late did not cause as many problems as we thought they would.
then came the benedict affair. the first note elliot strikes he breaks a string. halfway through the first song, kenny breaks his bass drum. we spent a very long time trying to find the other bands so we could use their bass drum (i was helping at this point because i am usefull). write this down's drummer was nowhere to be found but the decision was made to use his bass drum. apparently kenny puttin his toms on the bass drum caused a small amount of damage to it. elliot and kenny apologized so many times and the band didn't seem mad, they kept saying it was a respect thing. so whatever. it was a crazy night, and in the end everyone had fun.
last night i went to fort dodge as the benedict affiar's merch boy. i had a very good time, i love hanging out with those kids. my real mission was to try to spread the good word of ojk and try to get us a show in fort dodge. i talked to the kid who set it all up and i think it could potentially lead to a show. hopefully.
so ojk is recording and we have the studio booked, but we need to send in a $200 deposit. i have been holding off because i don't have enough money in my checking account right now. today i checked my mail completely forgetting all the hours i worked in feb. sure enough there sat a check for $230. on top of that my parents put exactly $200 into my checking account. this may sound cheesy, but it just reminds me how God provides. i really needed the money by tomorrow and he put it right on my lap. it also makes me feel a lot better about recording this cd.
i am listening to the benedict affair's new cd and it rocks hard. i love it dearly. purchase one if you haven't already.

20... and go

so today marks the day that i shed my image as an awkward angry teenager. i can feel it already. i feel more intellectual i feel more attractive i feel as if i have grown more muscular and i feel like i an all around better person.
of course i felt all this happen at exactly midnight. it was an incredible moment.

i ushered out my teenage years by going to a concert, very fitting. i saw armor for sleep underoath and taking back sunday. i enjoyed myself immensly. i thought during taking back sunday's set, "what better way to usher out my teenage years than seeing the band that i loved in high school and listened to when i was depressed about a girl." there was no better way. every member of taking back sunday has more stage presence than i could pray for. they are a treat for the eyes. underoath is always intense and awesome, but i have seen them put on better performances. armor for sleep owned the crowd which totally surprised me. it was a great show to say the absolute least.

a picture of taking back sunday
(photo credit: jeremiah kats)

i returned to dordt college a new man. i had a test a t 9 am this morning which was a major joykill. i ended up staying up till 3:30 studying for it, but i feel that it was worth it. i planned on waking up early to study more. i set my alarm for 7 and somehow managed to disengage my alarm without even knowing it in the morning. that is scary. i woke up at 8 and had no idea how i missed my alarm. i hope that doesn't happen again.

so i am 20 now. time to get a wife.

this is one more late night basement post

it is late at night/early on the sabbath. i don't know what time blogger is going to think i posted this but in my life time it is 1:01 am. well were to begin. sioux center recieved a good tail kicking by an authentic iowa blizzard. lots of things were closed, but did dordt cancel classes? haha i laugh at my own question, answer no. i trudged through 3 foot drifts to learn and use 50 minutes of my day to yawn and wish i was still asleep.
because of said weather we were forced to postpone the benedict affair's cd release show, but it has already been rescheduled for march the 9th. same time same place minus and yet. we are a little sad, but they will be unable to join in on the festivities.
speaking of ojk who was the number one band in iowa under the genre of garage rock?

o that is right. on friday march 2 ojk was the most listened to unsigned garage rock band in iowa.
i enjoyed this weekend. i watched turtles 1 and 2. i have not watched thos movies since i was a child and i would like to state that it was awesome! i completely forgot my extreme love for the teenage mutant ninja turtles.
i played volleyball for the first time in a long time today. i again pulled out my strategy of being very vocal and making the other team laugh and then slamming it down their throats. i use my lack of talent to my advantage. it is pure genious i know.
tonight laura had a dance party to celebrate her birthday. i had a very good time. the music played was more geared toward the rock and roll crowd which is what most of the group consisted of. i saw a cute girl there that i had never talked to and thought to myself, "hey self, you should talk to that girl i think you would like that." but then the other side of me that talks to myself says, "hey other half of me, are you crazy you aren't cool like that, you are just as much of a part of andrew voss as i am and he will listen to me and be a pansy and not say anything." and then i was like, "andrew you know you want to but it is just something you are not capable of," and all 3 parts of me finally decided to leave and watch turtles 2. i am a pansy. sorry to go all high school on you, but i kindof want to be in one of those situations where there is some mutual attraction but no pressure to hang out all the time. some day i'll grow up and make something happen...
but until then i will accept my role as the pansy and play it well.
i turn 20 in a few days. maybe i can let go of all my teenage awkwardness. maybe 20 will bring something new and exciting,
i will sleep tonight and dream of it.
good night.