Monday, January 30, 2012
Raven Audio Nighthawk
Of course I have been working with SE for quite a while, and until we had it working and sounding good enough to represent Raven Audio I was not going to agree to bring it here. But now it's here!!!
This is exciting stuff! Feast your eyes on the new Nighthawk.
Now you will have to trade your Integrates into a Raven product.
Yaaaaay!!!
Love,
Dave
Raven Audio Pro & Downfall Rising - Lufkin Daily News
Here we go! First of the new promo for the Raven Audio Pro sponsored local Alternative Metal Rock band: DOWNFALL RISING!!!
Sincerely,
Dave Thomson
Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2011 1:15 am
By JESSICA COOLEY/The Lufkin News
Members of Lufkin-based band Downfall Rising got a taste of the rock ’n’ roll dream after attention from a Grammy-winning musician took them on the road trip of their lives earlier this month.
Sponsored by Raven Audio owner Dave Thomson, band members Dave Cellars, Tyler Lewing, Aaron Hillin, Greg Wenrich and Stephen Rushing took a tour bus to Nashville to meet with Grammy-award winning musician Bil Vorndick. Out of his Nashville-based studio, Vorndick has recorded over 600 albums and had five No. 1 hits in five different genres and 45 Grammy nominations with eight Grammy wins.
A single FedEx package delivered to Thomson by lead vocalist Cellars set the ball in motion for the two-year-old band’s first big break, according to drummer Lewing.
“Dave delivers for FedEx, and he’s been delivering to Dave Thomson for quite a few years now. He heard us and thought, ‘This is good.’ He pulled out the sponsorship,” Lewing said, describing their music as pushing the envelope between soft metal and radio rock.
It was through Thomson’s connections that the band was able to meet with Vorndick, as the two knew each other from the 1970s country music scene.
“He hadn’t talked to Bil in 10 or 12 years, but he called him and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got something for you. It’s a group of guys you need to hear,’” Lewing said. “Bil normally does country-bluegrass, but he heard us and said, ‘Yeah. I want to talk to them, I want to meet them, I want to hear them play.’ That’s how everything fell into place.”
On Nov. 14, bags and instruments packed, the five guys boarded the tour bus to Nashville, stopping along the way at a number of tourist spots, including Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis. The climax of their trip was when Vorndick came to the tour bus. It went better than they ever expected, Lewing said.
“He stayed for three hours, which blew us away, and then invited us back to his house to meet his wife and go hang out in his personal studio. We have an agreement to work with him,” Lewing said. “He sat down and started helping us write a song. It’s not our usual, but it definitely has our style and flair.”
“It is going to be a really good song that all the Texas girls are going to love,” guitarist and vocalist Hillin said with an air of mystery.
Besides the drive and determination, building a large female fan base, Lewing said, is just one of many key elements to any band’s success.
“If you can get the ladies to come to your concerts, that’s really important. Guys will come to your shows because of the girls,” Lewing said with a laugh.
“We’re not cute, so we have to write really good music,” Hillin joked.
Exposing them to some of his musical prowess, Vorndick also gave the band some homework to do. Guitarist Wenrich said they will be devoting a lot of time the next several months to Vorndick’s words of wisdom.
“We need to gather a street team for some of the bigger cities in Texas — throw up flyers and signs and just get the buzz going,” Winrich said. “We plan on hooking up with some booking agent so we can start touring in Texas.”
“He gave us a lot of information for building our team. We’ve got a lot of things to take care of, but it’s in the works,” Lewing said.
If the band does make it big, they said home will always be Lufkin and the fans that helped them get their start.
“Without the fans, you can’t do anything,” Hillin said. “You’ve got to remember where you came from.”
For more information about the band and to check out their music video of “Go Off,” go to downfallrising.com.
Their next concert is scheduled for Dec. 3 at Warehouse Live in Houston. Tickets are $10. Their next hometown show will be 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Lufkin Lanes.
Jessica Cooley’s email address is jcooley@lufkindailynews.com.
Sincerely,
Dave Thomson
Posted: Sunday, November 27, 2011 1:15 am
By JESSICA COOLEY/The Lufkin News
Members of Lufkin-based band Downfall Rising got a taste of the rock ’n’ roll dream after attention from a Grammy-winning musician took them on the road trip of their lives earlier this month.
Sponsored by Raven Audio owner Dave Thomson, band members Dave Cellars, Tyler Lewing, Aaron Hillin, Greg Wenrich and Stephen Rushing took a tour bus to Nashville to meet with Grammy-award winning musician Bil Vorndick. Out of his Nashville-based studio, Vorndick has recorded over 600 albums and had five No. 1 hits in five different genres and 45 Grammy nominations with eight Grammy wins.
A single FedEx package delivered to Thomson by lead vocalist Cellars set the ball in motion for the two-year-old band’s first big break, according to drummer Lewing.
“Dave delivers for FedEx, and he’s been delivering to Dave Thomson for quite a few years now. He heard us and thought, ‘This is good.’ He pulled out the sponsorship,” Lewing said, describing their music as pushing the envelope between soft metal and radio rock.
It was through Thomson’s connections that the band was able to meet with Vorndick, as the two knew each other from the 1970s country music scene.
“He hadn’t talked to Bil in 10 or 12 years, but he called him and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got something for you. It’s a group of guys you need to hear,’” Lewing said. “Bil normally does country-bluegrass, but he heard us and said, ‘Yeah. I want to talk to them, I want to meet them, I want to hear them play.’ That’s how everything fell into place.”
On Nov. 14, bags and instruments packed, the five guys boarded the tour bus to Nashville, stopping along the way at a number of tourist spots, including Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis. The climax of their trip was when Vorndick came to the tour bus. It went better than they ever expected, Lewing said.
“He stayed for three hours, which blew us away, and then invited us back to his house to meet his wife and go hang out in his personal studio. We have an agreement to work with him,” Lewing said. “He sat down and started helping us write a song. It’s not our usual, but it definitely has our style and flair.”
“It is going to be a really good song that all the Texas girls are going to love,” guitarist and vocalist Hillin said with an air of mystery.
Besides the drive and determination, building a large female fan base, Lewing said, is just one of many key elements to any band’s success.
“If you can get the ladies to come to your concerts, that’s really important. Guys will come to your shows because of the girls,” Lewing said with a laugh.
“We’re not cute, so we have to write really good music,” Hillin joked.
Exposing them to some of his musical prowess, Vorndick also gave the band some homework to do. Guitarist Wenrich said they will be devoting a lot of time the next several months to Vorndick’s words of wisdom.
“We need to gather a street team for some of the bigger cities in Texas — throw up flyers and signs and just get the buzz going,” Winrich said. “We plan on hooking up with some booking agent so we can start touring in Texas.”
“He gave us a lot of information for building our team. We’ve got a lot of things to take care of, but it’s in the works,” Lewing said.
If the band does make it big, they said home will always be Lufkin and the fans that helped them get their start.
“Without the fans, you can’t do anything,” Hillin said. “You’ve got to remember where you came from.”
For more information about the band and to check out their music video of “Go Off,” go to downfallrising.com.
Their next concert is scheduled for Dec. 3 at Warehouse Live in Houston. Tickets are $10. Their next hometown show will be 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Lufkin Lanes.
Jessica Cooley’s email address is jcooley@lufkindailynews.com.
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