We have a song called “Future Listeners.” In short, the song is centered around the idea that many people (including myself) have strong opinions about the horrible course of the nation/war, but are too lazy to change said course (including myself), thusly making us no better than the people that we negatively critique. We’re a bunch of listeners, and not do’ers. And our complacency will unfortunately continue on like a broken record long into the future. Just kickin’ back and listening to Bob Dylan records doesn’t make us activists. By no means are we a political band, or freedom writers, the song was written purely based on observation.
With that said, since we don’t have a live video of this song, nor a good version recorded, I thought I would post an “acoustified” video of it. It’s got a different feel and groove to it, but have a listen anyway. Look out for a good “electrified” recording of it soon.
Hey everyone, Mike here. I know it’s been a while since we’ve updated our myspace with some new music, so I figured I’d post some demo versions of three new (or newer) songs. Remember, they are demo versions, but I’d say they’re pretty good quality compared to most demo versions of recordings I’ve heard over the years.
Go to our myspace, give them a listen— and let us know what you think!
Hey all…this is Jon. Just wanted to say thanks so much to all the people that came out to the Ottobar the other Friday for the show. It was amazing what a nice sound system/engineer does to help the live sound. I was thinking the other day and telling the guys that this October will be two years for me playing in the band. It has been bumpy at times but I think as a band we have all gelled pretty damn well. I had a great time at the Ottobar and realized I may need to wear more eyeliner….it’s the missing ingredient I have been looking for in the 10 year quest to be a pop-punk/hardcore/metal/rock bassist. Anyways, I really enjoyed the show and hope that we can play soon or pick up recording to send some new tunes all your way. Take care all and thanks again for the support.
“The first band, Rain the Shining, is a band from Baltimore with a great sound… keys, guitars… nice! And their guitarist was awesome!”
- A quote from a new friend of the band’s Flickr Page describing her first RtS encounter on Aug. 22nd.
Lucky for us, our new friend, Shantel was also kind enough to take some great pics from the evening. These pictures may be the most professional looking pictures ever taken of the band. (Sorry Jenn…)
Unfortunately for me, when Shantel compliments our “awesome” guitar player, the guitar player she is referring to is of course Jonny “Radio Shack” Bylsma (pictured to the right), and not me. But it’s true, once again Jonny’s nimble baby carrot fingers and fire hazardous pedal farm produced some sonic awesomeness to our already awesomely-sonic set. Though Jonny’s loose guitar explorations brought people to tears…or at least deafness, the band as a whole rocked the stage at Baltimore’s Ottobar. (Remember Jonny, there is no “I” in Rain the Shining.)
Last week, completely out of the blue, we got a message from the Ottobar asking us if we were interested in playing a show on August 22nd. Of course I was SUPER excited because I love the Ottobar—not to mention the fact that’s it’s been a WHILE since we’ve last played. What makes this show even cooler is the fact that we’re playing with an amazing Smiths/Morrissey tribute band called Girlfriend in a Coma, which for us is great because we dig the Smiths and Morrissey, so it’s going to be a night of good times all around.
Here’s the info on the show: August 22nd (Friday), @ the Ottobar, All Ages, doors open @ 9pm!!!
We’re going on @ exactly 9:30pm, which gives everyone time to get out of work and head down to the Ottobar. We really hope we see a lot of friendly faces in the crowd. Check out the “SHOWS” section on the right for more. There’s a flier to promote the show, save it and print it out to hand out to your friends, famliy, co-workers, and even random people you run into.
Hey all this is Jon from the rippin’ RTS. This is my first time using a “blog,” so bare with me (hence the title). More posts to come…..
BRING IT
Let me start over. We all had a great practice…all the mates are watching every thing I type. We playing at the Ottobar next friday….Converge played there recently so I’m sure it will rip…and I digress. As I was being allowed to make a name/account for this I wished I could become the one and only Admin. If that happened this would be the three topics:
-PBR
-Suffocation and other great Relapse Record bands from the mid 90s
-Where is Burton C Bell and Fear Factory today?
Well have a good week all and look forward to seeing some of you killers at the gig.
In a blatant attempt to copy the success of La Blogotheque’s Take Away Shows, Rain the Shining (sans Jon unfortunately) decided to take the acoustic show on the road…er…on the trail. Equipped with nothing more than two acoustic guitars, a snare and two digital cameras, we braved the 90 degree/90% humidity day to venture into the woods of Columbia to play a couple RtS songs. Little did we know that every mosquito and ant in Maryland had three skinny musicians on their lunch menus. Somehow I made it out of this experience with only minor bug damage, but Mike and Jonny looked like two 10 year olds with chicken pox. Bless their souls. We had fun doing this, so be prepared for more musical adventures in the outback.
For the time being, enjoy “Celebrate” in the woods.
Before we get to the good stuff, I’m guessing it’s the obligation of the band to welcome everyone to our new site. Yes, it’s a glorified blog. But, it makes sense for us. We haven’t played a show in quite some time, so we would be remiss in not having a site that makes it easy to explain why. In brief, we have been busy. Busy, writing, working, buying equipment to record our first full length album with (DID YOU JUST SAY?!?! Why yes, I did), and just fine-tuning our set. The purpose of this site is to hopefully provide an enjoyable forum to post new songs, videos, pictures of the band, and most importantly
Friends often ask me what Rain the Shining’s song writing process is. I guess there isn’t a simple answer other than we all piece the songs together during band practice. For a more in depth answer, read on.
Generally, I’ll start by having some type of chord and melody structure that I then use as a Madlibs style framework to hang my lyrics on. Once that part of the process is done, the pseudo-song is then put on an assembly line where factory workers, Mike (drums), Jonny (lead guitar) and Jon (bass) assess the product and consider their own parts.
Before we get to the good stuff, I’m guessing it’s the obligation of the band to welcome everyone to our new site. Yes, it’s a glorified blog. But, it makes sense for us. We haven’t played a show in quite some time, so we would be remiss in not having a site that makes it easy to explain why. In brief, we have been busy. Busy, writing, working, buying equipment to record our first full length album with (DID YOU JUST SAY?!?! Why yes, I did), and just fine-tuning our set. The purpose of this site is to hopefully provide an enjoyable forum to post new songs, videos, pictures of the band, and most importantly 