It's been a crazy-cool past few months! We just got back into town from LA, after working with engineer/producer Jay Ruston on a new single. What a super-cool guy to work with and he made the new song sound so great! Can't wait for ya all to hear it! Soon soon soon, my pretties ;)

In the meantime we played a handful of really kick-ass shows including Martini Ranch, Rialto Theatre, 103.9's Third Thursday, the Orpheum Theatre, Marquee Theatre, Habitat for Humanity benefit, and the Viper Room, Knitting Factory and Key Club in LA! Damn, I just realized how cool it sounds when you list em' all out like that!

We've also been blessed enough to get added into rotation on 103.9 The Edge, in Phoenix and 103.7 The Eagle in Flagstaff is still giving us plenty of love and spins in Flagstaff! Don't worry Sam, the new stuff is comin!

To top it all off, the labels have still been checking us out and some new ones have even been coming around a little bit! Our camp keeps growing, as well as interest and with their help and all of you to support us and keep sending us the love, it won't be long till we're playing our music the whole world around!

Much Love,

Seth J

So... Here we are. November already and I can't believe it! If you have been checking out shows coming up, there is but one my friends. No joke! You may be wondering why and what's going on in the ever changing world that is Telescope? Yeah??? Yeah??????

As it stands, we have become writing machines these days, so the lack of shows is for a VERY good reason and you will undoubtedly see in the next few months ahead, just exactly what we've been up to. A new album is on the horizon ladies and gents and if I can speak for the rest of us, it's gonna knock all your socks off and hopefully the rest of your clothes as well :)

Label interest has been gracing us with its presence for a bit now and the time is right to show the world what we are capable of! New songs. A new Telescope. A new fire in our bellies that will take you up and make you want us so much freakin more!

It's coming.

Get ready.

Well, I really wish I had something deep and meaningful to say right now, but to be perfectly honest, I just don't. To that end, maybe we don't always need to say something deep and meaningful. Perhaps it's actually alright to just talk about whatever. The weather, a walk you took on a Sunday afternoon, etc... Now that I think about it, we as musicians/writers so easily get locked into this whole thing of feeling it necessary to always put a song out there that really connects with almost everyone on a profound level. While I love those kind of songs, I like the ones that say nothing too, or even leave it up to the listener to take whatever meaning they get from it. Okay, bye bye :)

Love,

Seth Judd

Just in case you we're wondering why we have no shows coming up at all, it's because we are in full-on writing mode and getting ready to record very soon. The new songs are sounding so killer, by the way! We all sincerely hope that you don't suddenly lose interest in us and move on to some other band who has more shows, or more tattoos, or chats you up more than we do! They'll never make you as happy we do.

Love,

Telescope

Yesterday I was trying to think of what to write about for a blog when I came across a piece of art that had been posted online. Below this painting were all kinds of comments. Most of them basically rippin' on the guys work for being too derivative of another artist, or being too much this and not enough that, etc... Almost no one just looked at his work for what it is and said yeah, I dig it, or nah, it's just really not my thing. Naturally, this made me think of how much it's the same with music. Before I go any further, let me just say that I agree that posting your work on the net is asking for criticism and I also will agree that criticism can be a great thing. It can absolutely, without a doubt help you stretch your limits and hit new levels of creativity and skill. For real.

Now that we've addressed the upside to having your work picked apart, I did find it mildly irritating. The way I see it, everyone has been influenced by someone else's work. Unless you were raised in a cave, never having heard other music, or seen a painting and suddenly were given an instrument, or brush and paints, what you do is not 100% original. As a musician, I know that simply because I listen to music, what I've heard is gonna come through in my playing at least on a sub-conscious plane. Nothing wrong with that, because we all do it. Since most people I know comprehend this about themselves, do you really need to tell them??? I've seen plenty of artists over the years begin their journey emulating other artists because it's just a good place to start. Inevitably, time goes on and they move away toward their own ideas, while still maintaining a piece of that influence. Most art evolves, even if only in small ways and if you're going to criticize in a positive way in order to help, great! If you just want to be a pompous bastard and tell someone they suck because you recognize where their influences come from, you're an idiot in my book. Same goes for telling someone they suck because what they do is not in your personal realm of taste.

It's been my job for a little while now, to take care of the myspace page, check the inbox and respond to messages that are actually legit. With that, I've certainly dealt with critics. For the most part, it's honestly been a good experience and just positive in general. Nine times out of ten people really do have some thing to say that can help in one way or another. Thankfully, it's really easy to see when someone is just ignorant altogether and can't see art purely for what it is and respect it whether they care for it or not.

Seems like when things finally start to take off, they catch like a gasoline drenched brush fire. Till now, we've had a limited amount of success while learning to navigate this music business. CD's have been sent to various management companies, labels, booking agents, etc... Press kits, bio's and press releases have been put together and certainly tons of phone calls have been made to those who just might be able to help us out in some way. Crazy that all these things really just scratch the surface of the work that goes into being in a band.

That having been said, things are really moving now and they are moving fast my friends! My head's kind of spinning thinking about what will come of all the new developments actually! All I can say right now is stay tuned, because you're gonna see us take off. May be a year from now, may be two or three, but just watch...