Lots of thing have been going on. First off... we'll talk about the OC Music Awards Showcase we played at
The Continental Room last month. Then our show at the
Lucky Owl, and our show at
Detroit Bar.
Jan 19th, a Tuesday night on a rainy day was the first night We Are The Pilots played a show after 4 months of some tumultuous times. Since September work on a new EP called "Opialet" had started and technical failures plagued the process early on. At the same time the band went through some member changes. The decision was made to continue on as a 3 piece with maybe some help from a couple friends now and then. With those two forces and the fact we weren't playing live weighing on us we started to get a little worried that we were never going to finish recording and have to let this whole project go. At some point conversations started with Trisha Smith about maybe helping us out on keys. These small jam sessions turned into Trisha eventually playing, writing, and performing with us as part of the band! We couldn't have been more excited about it. Around this time we learned of a drummer that might be down to help us out live for the OCMA show that was coming up. Enter Roozie Tehranian! After one session with Roozie we knew we would be able to get our act together. After a couple more rehearsals through the holidays and Roozie offering to do as many shows with us as we want we started feeling like the last 4 months had been worth it.
So that rainy day at
The Continental Room for the
OC Music Awards was our first show with Davy on guitar, Trisha on keys/vocals, and Roozie on drums. With the bill packed full of bands we love to play with and see live like
Handsome G,
Pawn Shop Kings,
The Steelwells and
Argyle Smile and the place filled to capacity it felt more like a homecoming than a show. We had a great time to say the least and were reminded why this Orange County scene is so much fun. Every
band that night played amazing sets, and when it was all said and done the venue estimated that over 600 people came through the doors of a place that can hold about 200. On a Tuesday night for a 21+ show with local bands, we felt like that was pretty impressive, and a good way to start 2010.
A couple weeks after that on Feb 5th we were offered to play the
Lucky Owl in Santa Ana for their monthly showcase series.
The Letter Read is an act you have to see live. Nicole's voice is something that should be experienced live for sure. The rest of the lineup was the always impressive
Canvas,
Billy Kernkamp, whose cover of "Tick Tock" by Kesha is to die for, and last by not least
BLOK.
BLOK is an all out assault on your senses, and an experience we believe everyone should have. The entire show was packed despite the rain coming down like a son of a bitch. We just all cuddled together and enjoyed the Valentine's Day cupcakes, the homemade sangria, and the sound system provided by
Carvin.
The following Monday, Feb 8th we got to play with two of our favorite bands,
Moostache and
Railroad To Alaska. All this month
Railroad To Alaska is playing their residency at
Detroit Bar. It was such a good time, it's hard to describe how much fun it was, not only playing but watching the other bands! It's nearly impossible to not want to sing along and dance to
Moostache, or play
air guitar to
Railroad To Alaska. We had so much fun, thanks so much to everyone who came out and both the bands for inviting us to play.
Now that we've got a few shows under our collective belt with these new changes, here is what you can expect from us this year... 2 new EPs. The first one, "Opialet" we're working on some ideas for distribution but should have a plan soon. More shows all year long. Shows in San Diego as well as mini weekend tours up to San Francisco and in between. We'll try and keep this blog updated with current events and upcoming shows so feel welcomed to check up and check out whats going on! See you at the next show!
Love,
we are the pilots
Photo Credit: (Top) Sarah Buss, (Bottom) Nicholas Liby.
C Tavern show with Big Bad Wolf, and the amazing Billy Kernkamp didn't disappoint. Not even a little. I'm sure some pictures will be making their way up in the photo section at some point... but what we're really excited about is this trippy, fade happy, split screen loving DVD the sound guy was nice enough to make for, us eventually finding it's way to this page. Hopefully soon.
