the skinny - archive

Feb. 18th, 2004

So much has been happening, and we've all been super busy.  But we wanted to let you all in on a few of the things that we've been up to and give you a glimpse of our plans for the future. 

Things have been going really well and we want to thank each and every one of you.  It's been great playing to full rooms (well, usually the rooms are almost full) and it's because you've been coming out and spreading the word. We're an indy, grassroots band and that's how we get this shit down, so we appreciate your support.  We do however, need to send out a big "Thanks for Nothing & Fuck You!" to Albany for the February 15th show.  But, hey!  Concentric was more important and we still love you anyways...  Otherwise, we've gotten a lot of very positive feedback on our live shows and we appreciate all the compliments and good vibes.  We love bands who not only write great songs and are great at their instruments, but who also love entertaining their audiences.  And we strive to entertain you.  And thanks to all the wonderful compliments on our three song demo.  For everyone wondering when the first full-length HC album is coming please read on....

The future holds a lot more of the same for Honeycreeper.  We've decided that we've had such a great time playing in cities throughout the Northeast, that what the hell?  Let's think even bigger! So, while we continue to book shows throughout the Northeast, we'll also be expanding our circuit to include the rest of the east coast and beyond (places like CO if we're lucky).  Although we're only in the very opening stages of the process, we also are very excited at the prospect of recording our first album. We'll let you all know about it when we know more about it.

Remember, we want every HC show to be a party for everyone involved, so come on out with an open mind, your dancing shoes on, and a party vibe...

Oct. 8th, 2003

Wow, a lot has been happening in the Land of Honey.  First- we've just finished recording a few new songs.  These new can be downloaded - for free! - on this site.  Just click "the downloads" page and download away!  Download long.  Download Hard.  Download like the wind.  Or, if you're not the downloading type, we are giving away free copies of the CD at our shows!

We are really excited about these news songs.  And I'm not too humble to let you know that we think they kick serious ass!  We recorded at The Clubhouse down in Rhinebeck, NY with our best buds- Daniel Goodwin, Sean Price and Paul Antonell.  We also must thank Chris "Danger" Powers for stopping in regualry and nodding his head along to the beats.  That always makes me feel good inside.  Honestly, some of my favorite days have been spent in The Clubhouse with Daniel, Sean, Paul and Chris.  They've just got the "Hot Carl" to make everything tight!

We've also been playing shows, and we really appreciate all the support.  A lot of people have been coming to listen to us sing our songs and play our instruments, and for that we are grateful.

Make sure to check us out this weekend!  We're playing Friday night at the Electric Company in Utica.  This is our first time in Utica so we'd love to have a great turnout.  Even if you can't make it, maybe you could let others know about it.  We will also be playing Saturday at SUNY Albany in the Campus Center Ballroom.  It is a charity event talent showcase for the Women's Resource Center.  The entire event begins at 7:00 pm and we will be going on at 9:00 pm.  So come on out, support a good cause, see us sing our songs and play our instruments, and leave early enough to still be able to go out afterwards to continue the party.

Sept. 4, 2003

Today's top headline in the Land of Honey:  

Honeycreeper Unveils All New, Completely Updated Website.

That's right, it's finally back, and better than ever.   Honeycreeper's tiny little exit on the information superhighway.   We promise that this site will be frequently updated, not only content-wise but also picture-wise and graphics-wise.

We've decided that instead of a lot of photos of us plastered all over our website, it would be very cool to have our website graffitied with a lot of art and graphics from many different artists and designers. It's been a goal of ours to not only be members of a music ensemble, but have that ensemble be a member of a larger artistic conglomerate-  a conglomerate made up artists practicing different disciplines of art, and whose only connection to each other is that they dig each others' art and want to help each other out.   So if you'd like to help us out, and donate some art or graphics to our site, please contact us!

Shows are being booked throughout the Northeast as you read this, and the best place to find out where we'll be is this website.   So check back often.

Isn't technology great?

Aug. 8, 2003

Hey!

How have you been?  Enjoying the summer?  We miss you.

But, we will be seeing you very soon.
That's right -- Honeycreeper is back! Better than ever!!!

In our last email, we introduced you to the Sean- Honeycreeper's new master of the low end.  Things have been going great with Sean- he's really been an enormous breath of fresh air.

In this email, Honeycreeper would like to introduce you to Jarrod Schneyer, our new guitarist.  Jarrod has been playing with us for many, many weeks now and we decided it was time to introduce him (at least electronically) to you.  We would've introduced Jarrod sooner, but we've been having too much fun creating and playing music, to pull ourselves away to write this email.

With Sean and Jarrod in the band, Honeycreeper is poised to take over the world.  We've been reworking many of the older songs, creating a slew of new ones, and even putting our wacky-ass spin on a few covers, Honeycreeper style.  And we're not too humble to say that the music is absolutely rockin'!!!

But don't take our word for it.  If you're interested in learning more about the Honeycreeper live experience, please check out this review of a last-minute show we played last Saturday night --
http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=4037
The review was written by someone whom we met that night at the show and who had never seen us before.  Apparently we made an impression on him,   because he decided to write a very flattering review of us.  We are really honored and humbled by his kind words.  We make music for ourselves first and foremost, so it's always really amazing for us when it connects with others.

While you're checking out our review on www.JamBase.com , please type our name into the search engine on the www.JamBase.com main page.  If you do this, we might actually show up on their "Top Searches" list.  If you really want to help a young band out, you'll register with www.jambase.com and add Honeycreeper to "My Favorites".  This would be a huge way for you to show your support for Honeycreeper, without having to do all that much.

Over the next few weeks, we will be unveiling our revamped and updated website, which will include updated content, new pictures, plenty of cool graphics, and a whole lot of other surprises.

Most importantly, Honeycreeper is in the process of booking shows for the fall.  We'll be returning to a lot of our favorite clubs, as well as showing up at many news clubs, too!  If you know of somewhere we should play, please feel free to let us know.  If you're interested in helping us promote any of our shows, please let us know.  We could certainly use all the help we can get.

We are extremely excited about the next chapter of Honeycreeper.  We believe Honeycreeper v2.0 is going to be a lot of fun, as we are a lot more high energy and rockin', and even funkier than ever.  We look forward to seeing you and we appreciate you for hanging in their during our transition.  We promise you that it will be well worth the wait!

See you soon.

Rock On!

Much Love and Respect,

Mandy, Sean, Jarrod & El Mustango