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Cover art!

I'm just sitting here writing blogs, listening to Micah put the finishing touches on the guitars and checking out some early sketches of the cover art for our new album! I'm so stoked about this artwork! Its definitely different from the photography we've had in the past, but its absolutely amazing. I'd love to share the artist name with you, but then you would have an idea of what everything will look like and I don't want to spoil the surprise for you. This will be the best album art we've ever had in my opinion. Trust me, you're going to get this tattooed on you! Get pumped! Eron

Lemme holla atcha...

I'm in a lovely home nestled back in the hills of Hollywood recording vocals. This is a major step for completing the record and that really excites me. I'm all alone in a tiny vocal booth, so I had to snap this picture for my files. I hope I can find myself here.
xxxJT

Drumstick Contest Winners

The winners of the Hawthorne Heights autographed drumstick contest have been chosen and contacted via email (check your email to see if you've won). We will be running other contests in the future, with equally exciting prizes, so cheer's to better luck next time!

Hypocrisy is hilarious!

To brief this rant, I can't stand hypocrites. I've recently realized/witnessed two different instances of hypocrisy that boggle my mind. I feel as though I need to share them with you.

Up first: People want HDTVs and Blu-ray players so they can watch movies in the highest quality possible, but when it comes to music, people will take the shittiest quality (I'm talking about you mp3s) just as long as its portable. I understand people's perpetual quest for convenience in the modern world, so I understand full well how the mp3 became the dominant music format; its small and portable players used to only be a few GBs so you couldn't hold that many hi-fidelity files. This is now a ridiculously antiquated concept given that mp3 device capacity is large enough to compensate for all the hi-fi music files our little hearts desire. Yeah, you might not be able to put 50,000 hi-fi songs on your iPod, but who seriously needs that much music available to them at any one given time? There isn't enough time in a day, let alone a week to listen to that much music. Go buy a hard drive to keep your music catalog on, put 2,000 hi-fidelity songs on your iPod so that you can listen to your favorite bands the way they intended you to hear them! If you insist on listening to terrible sounding mp3s, even though your mp3 player has the capacity to hold bigger and better quality files, you make no sense. I want you to throw a brick through your plasma TV, bust out the old tube TV in the basement, dust off the VHS player and re-re-buy every Blu-ray in your collection on VHS. Doesn't make much sense and neither does wanting the highest quality of one media and the lowest quality for another.

That was a whole rant onto itself, but wait...there's more. If you haven't heard, Walmart won't carry Green Day's new CD because they won't create a "clean" version for sale specifically for them...HOLD ON A SECOND...WHAT?...SERIOUSLY? That's not right at all. You can bet your ass that Walmart is still carrying R-rated movies and MA video games!

Now, someone please explain to me why Walmart has an issue with Parental Advisory stickers on CDs, but not R-rated movies (complete with nudity and cursing) and video games with more violence then you see in those R-rated movies. Their logic is flawed. If you have "principles" then they should be the same across the board, otherwise they aren't really "principles".

Eron

Thump Thumpin' Along

Here's Matt crushing down some end on a song. He's got everything on lock down from the low end. I like how the song is being sculpting together. Rock on. xxxJT

Guess Who?

Do you recognize the face in the rearview mirror? NoHo here wecome. Ain't nobody gonna hold us back. Never again. xxxJT

Guitars are turning out great...

Yay! We are in the same studio that AAR made Move Along in. That's a great record, so it's cool to be here.

In my mind...a rock and roll fantasy.

xxxJT

2 weeks in LA, in the books!

We just finished our first week of tracking the new record (2nd in LA). I completed drums in three days and Micah is finishing up the guitars on song #4, currently titled, "Here I Am". That could change between now and when the record comes out, but you'll just have to wait and see. Things are sounding amazing so far, but I am a little biased I suppose. I'm currently spending my time watching the NBA playoffs and trying to figure out how to meet Rob Dyrdek, so we can go hang out at the Fantasy Factory...perhaps my passive aggressive tactics of mentioning it in this blog and on my Twitter will lead to something? We'll see, right? If you know Rob, tell him some fellow Dayton-ites want to hang out with him and tear shit up in LA! Two things totally off-topic: Did anyone catch Anvil on the Jimmy Kimmel show last Thursday? I missed it and I'm bummed about it. We saw their movie in NYC and it was amazing. If you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for? Its seriously one of the best documentaries ever! Second thing, I still haven't had any cupcakes yet or Jerry's Deli...perhaps Wednesday or Thursday when we have off this week? I'm hoping I have time to check both items off my to-do list while we're out here. Eron

Return to heavy...

We are really opening up a brand new bag of tricks for this record. Pulling out all of the stops...chasing the final frontier. This is Micah playing a baritone guitar which is tuned to B. It sounds so deep and brutal. I love it. xxxJT

I want to rock...ROCK!

I want to rock...ROCK!
Here is Micah starting the first song on guitars. He's a better shredder than me, so he's gonna tackle a lot on the 6 string. I can't wait for you guys to here these songs. It's starting to feel very real again. Very real.
xxxJT

Album #4

This is a major milestone for us. Recording album #4 is here, and it's real. Check out our session list, a role call if you will...
We are feeling really creative right now. All things are positive. I can't wait to start guitars. Christmas comes early tomorrow.
Listening to the Deftones on the way back from the studio. Heavy heavy low low.
xxxJT

Working It

I'm sweating to the oldies right now...busting my butt on the bike while listening to Dreamboat Annie by Heart. Eron tore up the drums yesterday by blazing through 5 songs. Everything is moving faster than expected, and sounding better than expected. I can't wait to start guitars and get some interesting tones. A tone revolution is on the horizon...we just can't slow down. Anybody excited for new HH? I am. xxxJT

Make Some Noise

Hey everybody, Make some noise. Today is the second day of tracking and Eron has already finished one song in only two takes. The gorilla strikes again! We are in a studio in Hollywood and I found this kick ass road case. I love rock and roll history. I remember seeing the Jane's Addiction video every morning before high school. xxxJT

The Haps on the Craps

So I've been slacking a little bit on the blogs lately, but I do have an excuse, and a good one at that: Since my last blog, we travelled to LA and have been doing the last bit of pre-production all week. We've written a couple new songs and tightened up some older ones, all in preparation for our first day of tracking, which is this Monday. In addition to all that, there's getting settled in the apartment, accustomed to our new daily routine and we went to see Star Trek. I've only hit up one of my favorite LA eateries so far, Pinkberry, but have plans to hit up the others while out here. They include: Jerry's Deli, Sprinkles Cupcakes, and an Indian restaurant which has been voted Dolly Parton's favorite in LA! If it's good enough for her, it's good enough for me!

I also want to let you all know that some of our fans created a new forum since the demise of our old one due to excessive spam. You should check it out if you have some time: http://sandpaperandsilk.proboards.com/index.cgi

I'll be updating my twitter on Monday about my first day of drum tracking, so make sure you hit me up there: http://twitter.com/eronbucciarelli

Eron

Working on a New Song

“Across the sky again, she moves with an angel’s grace. I can see her floating on but I can’t see her face.” Join the Hawthorne Heights twitter for direct updates from me and the guys www.twitter.com/HawthorneHgts xxxJT

Pre Pro Day #3

So we are knee deep in prepro in North Hollywood. See Matt rocking out. Sweet bass solo! Just wanted to show you where we are. xxxJT

Day 2 of Preproduction

This is exactly why I love LA. I'm here for a few hours and I already see one of my fav bands road cases. This is a very good omen. Get excited! I am. xxxJT

First Day Jitters

Hey guys, we are starting preproduction today with Howard. I'm just sitting here and having the morning coffee. We start today and I'm pretty nervous as always on the first day of anything. Haha. I shouldn't be, but I am. Should be a long tedious ride up ahead, but we are all really excited to get these songs recorded so you can hear what we've been working so hard on. Hope we don't disappoint. Wish you all well. -matt

Go Andy!

Hey HHers I must say congrats to our friend Andy Saunders for graduating with a degree in nursing. He still plays guitar like a beast while nursing. He used to be in our old band A Day In The Life. xxxJT

Win a chance to sing with Hawthorne!

Sing along with Hawthorne Heights and you could win a chance to record with the band!

Enter the Hawthorne Heights MySpace Karaoke Contest by recording your version of "Ohio is For Lovers", "Saying Sorry" or "Rescue Me".

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Twitter Me

Tweet Tweet my little Hawthorne Fans. I am now officially on Twitter, even though I don't really know what it is...I will be tweeting my twitter of. Add me...my name is www.twitter.com/JTHawthorne and the band's twitter is www.twitter.com/HawthorneHgts

Somebody already has JTWoodruff which is totally creepy. Technology will destroy us all. Love and Tweets xxxJT