Unhindered Blog

What’s up guys? As promised, the other boys have been doing their share of blogging. In case you haven’t put it together yet, this past week was our vacation week… our time to get away from Atlanta and do things that are NOT Unhindered related. Pat was in Costa Rica, JR in Boston, Jay in London, Ben in Nashville, Ashley in DC (I think??), and I went to NYC. For me, it’s a town I know my way around pretty well and love spending time in. It’s also a place I’ve been several times and am able to sort of disappear in for a while. Would love to go into more detail but I am tired. What are some killer vacation spots you guys have been to or hope to check out?

Great Question!!! Well I have been overseas in London dealing with some very important business(world peace, hunger, value of the indian rupee) with some very important folks(Her Majesty the Queen, Gordon Brown, Elton John, Austin Powers) but i have taken some time off today to be a tourist and ran into a good friend of Unhindered’s and guitar player extraordinaire Alex Nifong.  Here are a few shots for you’ll to see

 

Writing you from Buckingham Palace

Sir Jay, Earl of Decatur

Vacation shawties!!!We have a week off so everyone in the band is kinda doin their own thing.  Some are flying up north, some are overseas, and some are chillin at their moms house (gettin some of that home cookin!).  I know some of yall are thinkin…”dude you guys travel for a living…you dont need a vacation!”  well, you ARE WRONG!  kidding.  You are probably right.  Tomato, tomato. (first “tomato” said with strong “A”…second “tomato said with a….weak “A”…????  i think i messed that up.  anyways… ie potato, potato!)  Im just gonna stop the thought above….it was very confusing and im not sure if anyone is gonna understand it.  I probably wont be aloud to write blogs after this one. Lets see, what can i blog about…how bout pets?!So, growing up, I had like 5 dogs.  The most we had at one time were 3.  (sorry, this is not a ‘math word problem’).  The first two dogs we had were Chow Chows.  Cool dogs.  Really aggressive though.  In fact…one bit me.  The other bit my sister.  Needless to say…both have been shut down!  (mess with the best, you die with the rest.)  So we decided to get nicer dogs…we got 2 pugs and 1 golden retriever!  LOOOOVED EM!  As a matter of fact, my mom still has the dogs.  So when I get to visit my mom, I get to see the dogs!  LOVE IT!  But!!  I think when I get my own dog…Id probably like to get a bull dog.  Or like a great dane!  I know those are two totally different dogs…but…whatev.  ps- for all you cat lovers!  God Bless you.  I cant stand em.  I sorta have reason…I might be allergic.  Maybe.  Well, on the real, I dont like cats because they have claws and like to fight.  A cat with no claws is okay with me!  But i know some peeps are weird about pulling out their cats claws.  ANYWAYS!!!  Im done here!  TELL UNHINDERED ABOUT YOUR PETS…LIKES AND DISLIKES!!! Word homies. 

Hey all you Bloggolians out there! As the summer is quickly coming to a close, it has become clear how close we are to the new CD! We have decided on a release in early January ‘09! I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning…BUT: instead of getting the new High School Musical DVD, it’s a record. And instead of Santa delivering it…It is some overweight UPS guy sporting a rat tail and a pair of shorts that are way to short for him. All this talk about Christmas is bringing out that Christmas cheer deep inside. I need to go get my santa hat on!Be right back…Ok. Im Back.While I’m on this rant, I would argue that the greatest gift you can give to someone on Christmas day (excluding: gift certificates, hugs, and cards) is…(drum role please)…Socks! You always need them. Can’t ever get enough socks! Any thoughts/disagreements/questions/concerns?Anyways, we are all pumped about this new season that is approaching and hope to see everyone soon!

I know it’s been quite a while since we last updated what’s going on with the record. But that only means we’ve been mucho busy making it as awesome as we can. Basically… it’s done. Almost! We are finished recording everything except for strings (which will be done today (Wednesday)) in Nashville by an awesome cat named David Davidson. Other than those few songs, we’ve been getting mixes back from the great Shane D. Wilson (the guy mixing the record). We’re currently playing in Pennsylvania so it’s been constant downloading mixes, listening, making comments, revisions, etc. so we can get it all right for you guys. Also on the front is some sweet new Unhindered swag. In case you haven’t noticed the webstore has been all but down the past few weeks while we get all of our new designs together and manufactured. We’re really excited about this. We feel like there are some really really cool shirts and stuff that’s gonna be available come this Fall. I also just remembered that I haven’t announced what the record is CALLED yet! But I guess that saves some material for the next post…. mwahahahahaha! Chrispy 

Okay so let me preface this posting by saying that WE LOVE all of you guys who support us so consistently. It keeps us pumped and motivated to know that there are people out there that God is reaching through the music we play. However, there has been something that the guys and I have been talking about that needs to be expressed to some of you most active in this blog. When we set out to create the Unhindered blog the heart was our desire to create a forum for people to interact and respond to questions and comments about everyday life posed by the band. To be honest, it’s sort of turned into a “chat room” of sorts for some of you (hence the title of this blog). We are all about the community and friendships that you guys have established through this site however, we’re going to have to start limiting comments to those directly related to the postings in order to maintain an environment where people just passing through feel comfortable getting involved in the conversation. Again, please don’t hear this as asking you to limit your involvement. We just ask that the discussion be kept relevant to the topic at hand. I promise that in coming months more band members will be posting and blogs will appear more and more often. I also assure you that there are very exciting things happening in the coming months and as promised, you guys are on the front line. Thanks so much again for all you guys’ support. You are loved and appreciated by all of us!

So I’ll make it short cause I’m hungry, and it’s lunch time! Glad to meet some of you guys down in Mexico. I think we would all def say it was a great trip. We had an awesome time down there and would love to hear some of your stories from ministering with your groups if you were on the trip. In other news, the record is being wrapped up as we speak. Some of it is already off to mix. Just some touch-ups and strings to be done on the rest. No word on a release date yet for you guys but stay tuned. PEACE! 

While we were in College Station, TX we just happened to come across none other than the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile! A couple of burritos later, and we were good friends with Molly and Selena, the drivers of the Weinermobile. This is what ensued…