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Long overdue updates!!!
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accomplishedWow, is this date right? Has it really been over a year since we've gotten around to updating this? I guess it has been. Well, and for good reason... we've been busy and not busy, both at the same time. As most of you probably have heard or have figured out, we did not win the 95.5 WBRU Rock Hunt. We did however win the 90.7 WXIN Rock Hunt, along with also being voted Motif Magazine's 2009 Breakthrough Band of the Year. Oh, and lets not forget we were nominated by the Providence Pheonix for their 2009 Breakthrough Band of the Year and we also won the 2009 NewportRI Rocks Battle of the Bands. We've continued to place well on Ourstage.com, placing within the top 10 out of over 1,400 entries with our song So What If... We also hit the studio to do a quick single recording for our song Girl on Fire, and to also work on the full length, which while taking longer than expected is coming along nicely. We have shifted studios and are now recording at Strangeways Recording and are very happy with the results that owner/engineer Mike Poorman has been doing for us. Finally, the last major musical related note we have to mention is we have signed on with a management company. We are now proud to be part of the Make It Rain Inc. family, along with our friends VulGarrity and SEXCoffee, two great bands you should be sure to check out if you haven't yet. We feel this is going to be a great move for us, as we've watched the other two bands grow and we know what owner Rene Dupont can do. We're hoping he can do the same for us! Well that takes care of the "busy" portion...
...and now for the "not busy" portion. It's been a great year for all four members of the Sloane family. Within the last year there have been 3 engagements and 1 birth! That's right ladies (and men), we are all officially off the market. Sorry! :-) Stephen got engaged to Renee, Elese got engaged to Steve, and Jay got engaged to Kat. Also, Nick and Kim gave birth to another beautiful daughter. Ok, maybe this isn't quite "not busy". While we almost lost Nick due to some personal issues, we were able to resolve them and are happy to say we're all still here and all still making the music we hope you love to hear. Because of this we took 3 months off to regroup, do some writing, some resting, and just give ourselves a little space as it was a very hectic year for us.
Anyways, that's where we stand. Be sure to stay tuned to another Sloanetastic year and be sure to check us out if you haven't yet! Thank you! -
To all friends, family, and fans of For the Love of Sloane:
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So it's 8:04 a.m. and I can't get back to sleep because I am thinking of every single person I saw last night and how much it meant to me and the band. If you missed the after party we had a great time hanging out at Fatty McGees celebrating our existence as friends, family, and For the Love of Sloane. We are not WBRU's Rock Hunt Winners...but that doesn't matter. I can speak for the rest of the guys when I say we went up there and gave it our absolute best and entire hearts, but it was never to "win it" -- it was absolutely for every single person there.accomplished
People constantly ask us what it is like to be up on stage and hear people screaming, chanting, and singing. Well, it's nothing like any of us have ever felt before and that is why we stand on that stage and will continue to do so until we need wheelchairs -- and then we'll roll onto the stage. The energy we all felt being up there last night was overwhelming and inspiring and a damn beautiful thing and if you were a part of that then you know what I am talking about. I'd just like to thank all of you for being the best fans we could ask for and there is no way we would be For the Love of Sloane without any of you.
Alright, I'd love to go on and on, but I'm gonna wrap this up and just let you know we are in the Rhode Island College Rock Hunt on Tuesday, April 7 at 8pm. There is an invite I'll send out with all the info, but I can tell you that we are on third (most likely around 9pm) and it is at Firehouse 13 in Providence (super easy to find...) This Rock Hunt is different in the fact that the fans DO have a say. You literally will get a piece of paper to fill out and score us on so you being there REALLY helps us out. There are some other fantastic bands playing so I encourage everyone to come out and support them as well. The show is all ages and $5 without a RIC ID, $3 for RIC students.
And, once again, thank you. We cannot say it enough. THANK YOU.
Elese/FTLOS -
The Secret is Out!
Ok, Ok.
If you haven't figured it out yet, For the Love of Sloane is proud to announce that they have been selected for the 2009 WBRU Rock Hunt!
We want to thank WBRU for playing us on Homebru'd and for picking us for the Hunt. We especially want to thank everyone that has come to our shows, listened to our songs and done anything you could to help support us and the local music scene.
FTLOS will be playing at Club Hell on Friday 3/20 for the Rock Hunt and we want YOU to come by and hang with Sloane and have a good time.
We will be sending out more info regarding the show as soon as we get it.
Thanks again and hope to see you on 3/20!