THE HELLO INDUSTRY BLOG
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This week’s project…
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Here are some shots from this weekend’s video shoot. Watch for footage soon!
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Video shoot
This Saturday we’re doing a video shoot. We’ll be using 6 of these and recording out of the M7 thru Dante into a laptop. Looking at recording Manipulator and The Innocent Will Die (anything is possible) for sure. Maybe When I Was Young, Brave, or Blessed as well.
Keep yer eyes peeled for some new YouTubes.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
love, HELLO INDUSTRY
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Next B-SIDES (electronic Hello Industry) is happening Feb 18th at Thirty-Thirty in Peoria!
Will be an amazing show. We think so at least. :)
More details to come…
[EDIT] Here’s the link! http://on.fb.me/3030show
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Merry Christmas!
Here’s a little something Nathan wrote for Christmas a couple years ago. Enjoy!
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James covers an Underoath song. Enjoy.
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Here’s a rough mix of “When The Going’s Bad” from our newest album (in progress!).
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Here’s a rough mix of “Stop The Rain” from our newest album (in progress!).
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Blob Switch
post by Nathan
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Exciting Announcement!!!
Message from Nathan
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I have an exciting announcement to make…
As of next week, I’ll be transitioning to part-time at Richwoods to more fully pursue the mission of Hello Industry.
This decision is a result of a couple of years of struggling, talking with advisors, talking with my wife Heather, and praying for wisdom. A few weeks ago it all came to a head and I believe God asked me if I really believed in the mission of Hello Industry and if I was willing to take a *real* risk to move it forward. Like, all or nothing.
Hello Industry’s mission is to put meaningful music in the hands of struggling students. We play for more than just students. But at the core, that’s where we feel most helpful in the world. The ultimate picture of success for us is a 16 yr old student, sitting in her car, struggling through depression and suicidal feelings with our music playing the background - like it’s keeping her company through the difficult but important time. I remember being that person, and music was a lifeline for me. I honestly believe I would have ended my life if music didn’t have the impact it had on me. We want to offer the same thing.
So, I’m in - all the way. So is the rest of Hello Industry.
By the end of this month we will have moved into a work space downtown peoria, assembled an incredible board of directors, begun the process of fully incorporating the band, begun a much more aggressive approach to booking shows, and begun a process to approach music distribution differently than any band we’ve seen in the past (hint: people who can’t afford to buy music will still own Hello Industry music - *all* of it).
Here we go!
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* Yes, the album is still underway. One song (not telling which one!) is finished - the other 11 are on pause until we can afford it.
** Richwoods will be in better hands, all around, than it’s ever been. The situation there is going to be healthy and will continue to move forward, very quickly. My role will shift toward the things I do best, while handing off the things someone else can do better.
*** Yes, I’m very scared. Scared and excited would be the two best descriptions of my overall mental state over this past month. This isn’t a small or incremental step, but it does feel like the right one. I honestly feel like God is with me. Thanks for asking. :)
**** Most of the credit for this move goes to my wife. She supports me more than any wife of any guy I know.
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Become A Better Screwup
“The longer you do something the less mistakes you’ll make.”
I think that’s an amateur concept.
It may be slightly true, but that’s not what makes you a professional. In fact, the more glitches in your performance, the more times you can prove to me that you are (or aren’t) a professional.
The true measure of your professionalism is in how you handle (inevitable) glitches.
No one came to see you perform flawlessly. If they want perfect they’ll pop in a CD or draw a circle with a protractor. They came to experience a real and meaningful expression, and if you’re on stage they came in part to experience you. Not your ideal image of yourself, but the real you - glitches and all.
Your ability to handle glitches well - to move past them without allowing insecurity with your identity as a performer or an artist to take over, or to even allow them and embrace them as “character” in your art or as comic relief or as a way to create a common ground between you and your audience… that’s what makes the difference between a professional and an amateur.
-nathan
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Perfection vs Meaning
No one is looking for perfect art. Just that phrase, “perfect art”, sounds stupid. It’s cold and boring. Sterile.
Aren’t we much more concerned with meaning than perfection? If your art has meaning and perfection, great. But no matter how perfect your execution is, if you play me a song that doesn’t say something (musically or lyrically or some other way), I’ll never listen to it again. And worse, it won’t help me.
Meaning is art. Perfection is just something to distract attention from the fact that we don’t actually have anything to say.
-nathan
![Next B-SIDES (electronic Hello Industry) is happening Feb 18th at Thirty-Thirty in Peoria!
Will be an amazing show. We think so at least. :)
More details to come…
[EDIT] Here’s the link! http://on.fb.me/3030show](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/helloindustry/14680034916/1/tumblr_lwkrciNiGT1qzx4j0 "http://helloindustry.tumblr.com/post/14680034916/next-b-sides-electronic-hello-industry-is")
