Ok...it has been forever since my last blog...so first things first...I am in a new band now called "Only Human" with Kevin and Jim from our old band Think of 3, and newcommers Anna Keretzman (my buddy!!) and Les.

So yesterday, March 10th, Anna and i drove to a radio station in NJ to perform a song.  So we left really early, got there at 5:15 and waited in the parking lot until 6 (which was the time we were supposed to be there).  While we were in the car, we were freaking out...getting unnervous...so, we went inside, met the one guy that hosts the show and were waiting for Melissa.  Les got there and we started practicing my song "Hold On" in the lobby.  Then we started getting all the facts of when we were performing and what was happening...the show started at 7pm and first up was Annie Haslam talking about her paintings and donating a painting for the Serenity House CD...during the breaks they played songs off of the album...so Annie's song went first, then the second break started with my song "Somewhere" and then we were on the air singing "Hold On", Kevin introduced it and we sang...i didn't realize that after i was done they were going to ask me questions...Anna said i looked like a deer in headlights. What? i wasn't ready for questions.  so then Kevin talked about the Serenity House CD and everything while the one host asked us to sing another song to close the show because we were so good!! So i had to pull out another song and practiced again in the lobby, they said that two peole sent text messages and then one person sent an email about how good i was...so i guess they liked me!  it was awesome...so then we closed the show with my song "Shine"

Now was time for some pictures with everyone and the hosts...Then i was asked to do an ID, i was like a what? yea i had no idea what it was, and they were like oh you just talk and we record you...i'm like ok! sure! So me and Annie went in a room and did an ID tag.  Annie went first, she is all professional and everything and i found out what an ID tag was.  So then it was my turn and this is what i had to say "Hello, This is Alexis Hoover and you are listening to the well advised women." Then i did one more "Hello, This is Alexis Hoover and your are listening to SOS, the Stars Other Side, on the well advised women." So i guess they are going to use my voice sometime during there show. That was cool.

So the night was awesome, and if you missed it...what were you doing? anyway we will be getting CDs from the show and i will post it up here so those of you who missed it can listen!

Later

~Alexis~

...so today was the big day, the big gig, with the new band.  lets just say things were crazy, as they allways are in the music world.  So it didn't start until 6pm, and i got there around 4:30 and we did sound check about 10 minutes before 6, AHHHH!! yea crazy, at least we got a little bit in.  other than that it was a fun night.  i had fun, it was for a good cause.  So Angels Wake was the first band up, love those guys! and then some people came out and did a little interpretive dance...then it was us!! I think we did pretty good, only a couple little mess ups, but noone could tell.  We got video taped, took some pictures of the band, which i will hopefully have up sometime soon.  I think we did really good as the first time as a band together playing out.

Set List
1. For the Moments I feel faint
2. Hold On
3. Dawn of a New Day
4. Hard to Die
5. Somewhere
6. Call My Name
7. I Wish
8. Freedom Blues - Freedom Jam
9. Don't Ask Me
10. Jesus Lover of My Soul

well, i guess i should update about this weekend...i got to sing some songs and my mom's wedding, it went well, everyone enjoyed it, the room was quite and everyone's eyes were on me, they clapped and shouted a lot, i guess there was about 100 to 150 people there, it was good, and i also sold 6 cds, and got some extra cash put in my guitar case...that was awesome, i wasn't expecting anything, but good thing i brought cds and was prepared!!

Set List
1. Hold On
2. Somewhere
3. Promise Land (wasn't sure if i was going to do this last one, but i asked them if they wanted one more and so i gave it to them)

they loved it...i had fun...can't wait til November 4th!!

so today some of my band members went to a television station right outside of york PA.  It was basically me and my drummer and then Kevin (from "think of 3") who played bass for us. So i got there about a half hour late cause i didn't think it was going to take that long but it took longer than expected.  Got there and found out my drummer forgot to pack his bass pedal and his throne...so made a couple of phone calls and one of the guys who works there plays the drums so they had him bring his bass pedal and we were saved...so taping was supposed to start around 9:30...yea it didn't start til after 10 or so and then it took forever to get everything set up and then finally start taping...plus you couldn't see anything cause the whole room was black and then all you could see were the lights blinding you...then someone yells standby and then you have to wait for the signal to start playing (thats if you could see the guy) ha but it was fun we did about 4 songs and then it turned out to be 12 already...the scary part was the one camera that moves by itself and goes all over the place, i would turn around and it would be right in my face...then we went out for lunch and came back and thought we were going to play our last song, but they decided to change the camera's to set up for the actual taping of the show...so we went in the lobby and watched them tape the show and then got to watch us play, it was pretty sweet with all pro cameras and lights and stuff, i'm going to get a dvd of it and hopefully be able to put the videos up on the site...

later

oh yea, the tv station is WGCB TV 49
website: http://www.wgcbtv.com/
time: Sunday 8/6/06 @ 2pm (there is a link on the website to watch online)

today i played at the Power Play Ice Rink up in Exton for the first Mid Summer Melt Down, basically it was an all day concert inside an ice rink, withouth the ice of course, not a lot of people were there but i still had fun, and got to sing which i love to do the most.  it was basically me, my family, the guy who ran it, the sound people, another band and people who were helping out.  The one girl got lost and showed up late, but other than that i thought it went pretty good, got to listen to a new band i never heard of before from reading: Human Alloy.  At least i'm starting to get out there and play for people!

Set List

1. Somewhere (sound check)
2. Promise Land
3. Hold On
4. For the Moments i Feel Faint
5. More Love More Power
6. So Right
7. Call My Name

well, Saturday i had another gig up in King of Prussia at Hope Community Church.  Found out about it last minute, like on friday because someone was sick, they needed someone to fill in for their slot.  Well, it was supposed to go from 12pm to 12am, i got there around 12, and it was just me, the guy who runs it and like 3 other people.  So we started late to see if anyone else was going to come, so i played from 1:15 until about 2. Then stayed to watch some of the other bands (angels wake and Selah (something) vie).

Set List

1. Somewhere
2. Promise Land
3. Hold On
4. For the Moments i Feel Faint
5. Let it Rain
6. More Love More Power
7. I Love You
8. God of Wonders
9. Call my Name
10. Famous One

here is the flyer from the day...

Well today my new band, BOAZ, played in Ephrata at a cruiser/biker event they had up at the Ephrata Nazarine Church, it was awesome!  The church is huge and we were supposed to start around 4, but with sound checks and stuff we didn't really start until like 4:15, so we had to scratch some songs off the list.  other than that it went really well, it was sunny and good.  We still need to find a new name, so if anyone has any sugestions let me know!

Set List

1. Let it Rain
2. More Love More Power
3. Somewhere (Alexis Hoover song)
4. For The Moments I feel Faint (Relient K)
5. Hold On (Alexis Hoover song)
6. God Of Wonders
7. Call My Name (Alexis Hoover song)
8. Rain Song

well, we had an awesome time.  After us, a couple other bands played: Think of 3 and Selah (something) Vie!

...so today was my uncle's big day and guess who got to sing their song?  I did, i got to sing "Eternal Flame" by the bangles for my uncle and his new wife, it was so cute and they danced to me singing.  It was an awesome day, with beautiful weather.  congradulations uncle NICK!

...then later i got to sing the same song at my friend's graduation party, danny played his song on the guitar that he played for his recital this morning and then i sang the song i sang at the wedding! it was a mini concert. 

...anyway just a little update, my band is coming together and we are finally going to get practicing for our gig in Ephrata on July 8th, so don't miss it!! love you all and have a wonderful week!!

So i put my songs up on a site called www.garageband.com  and then people reviewed my songs. So here is the scoop...

So Right

Today, my song "So Right" is # 242 out of 494 in acoustic!

people said i sound like...Diana Ross...Natalie Maniac(don't know who that is)...Cindy Lauper

God is #1

Today, my song "God is # 1" is # 304 out of 542 in pop rock!

It also has 3.1 stars out of 5 stars

People say it sounds like...No Doubt...Smash Mouth...Go Go's...Cindy Lauper...Blondie

So what do you think?