A lot of you know me, but I am going to post what I posted on craigslist to make it easy on myself haha....

Basically, I am looking to solidify a serious and stellar band at this point. I'm a fan of creativity. I am not a fan of drama.

Heres the posting:

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Hey,

My name is Jacob Vanags and I am looking for a drummer and bassist first… and strings/horns players and guitarist/multi-instrumentalists second. I have had success already with bandmembers I half-borrowed from other bands, but due to their now conflicting priorities and distant locations it’s way too hard to pretend that they are still on board. So I’m looking to solidify what could be a really great band.

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I am a 22-year-old singer/songwriter on piano who will be graduating from Hofstra University (originally from Ohio) in May and I am looking to take THE leap in music after school. I have released one solo EP and one full-band EP (on Nov. 3^rd) and you can check out the music here: http://www.last.fm/music/Jacob+Vanags/Pulses+Are+Pluses....

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I play a driving and melodic indie pop rock (not your typical piano crap) and I have a lot of influences but here are the major ones: Ben Folds, Death Cab For Cutie, Sufjan Stevens (which is probably why there are strings/horns/choirs in the some of the tracks), Jason Mraz, Snow Patrol, The Format, Coldplay, The Killers, Arcade Fire, Feist, Regina Spektor….....

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Personally, I’m laidback but very creative and diligent. I HATE drama. I am extremely positive. My manager and I do A LOT of work and are currently working on branding the music and getting it synced while I am stagnantly at school. We are also working on a music video in the near future.....

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SO. If you’re a cool dude between 18-25ish and are looking to join a band that is actually looking to make a mark in the industry, lets play.  I am currently on the island but am willing to travel to see how things work out. I will most likely be in the city after May. Thank you........

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-Jacob....

email or call....

330-221-4015....

Hey all,

Just letting you know I got a new screen name for AIM... I'll let you know when I'm online in advance, but add me to your buddy list now! My screen name is: jacobvanags73

So if you want to say helllloooo. please do!

p.s. I'll also be on periodically throughout the day im sure!

-Jacob

About 1 year ago I met up with a drummer and a bassist and collaborated to write some pretty awesome music. About 7 months ago I got together some strings, horns, a choir and a recording engineer. About 49 days ago, I started promoting the crap out of the result of all of these things. 1 year later, I proudly release my first fully produced EP to you.

"Pulses are Pluses" is a mindset. It is curiosity. It is ambition. It is hope. It is love. It is positivity.... It is only possible by friends and family. By fans at shows with 100 people. By fans at shows with 2. By musicians with inspiration. By a feeling that you can't quite fathom. By unity. By selflessness. By the miraculous connection of all of these things combined. But is it a miracle? No. Thanks to you.


Love all that you have.
Jacob

Promo Video Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udIz6RrH1rc

So we are only ONE week from the OFFICIAL RELEASE of “Pulses are Pluses!” Its been a loooong 6 weeks since we first started dropping songs on the ‘space and tomorrow is the only time you will be able to hear the whole EP online at one time!!! From midnight to midnight you will get a sneak peak of the whole album including the 7 minute “Jonah’s Dream.” After tomorrow, the whole EP will not be up online simultaneously ever again!

Starting at midnight tonight just head over to http://www.purevolume.com/Jacobvanags/albums/Pulses+are+Pluses+ to hear the whole EP streaming for 24 hours!

Feel free to click on the links to different pages at the bottom and then head over to http://jacobvanags.bigcartel.com to preorder the EP!

NOVEMBER 3RD is THE. DAY.

Thank you so much for you support!

-Jacob

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Oh hey! I see you got my message.

Hey ya'll (We're in Richmond and heading South)...

I had some time to sit and go online for a couple of minutes so I thought I'd share with you a few things of what we have experienced:

Angels and Kings was sick nasty. Good friends, good/free drinks and a free cola for nicky C....

Chicken and Rice on 53rd and 6th results in happy taste buds/unhappy stomach.

U-Haul is the shiznit. We have an "in-town" trailer.... for 8 days. they cut us a dirty deal and although on the trailer it says "do not exceed 45 mph," we've exceeded 80 at least a few times....

Two Boots in CT has some delicious pizza (especially when its free ) and some nice people running the joint... they gave us a free rubber duck and a little girl named leslie drew a picture of us on stage that we will keep in our tour scrapbook....

Played Basketball at Quinnipiac (thanks Jayme and Erin). Zach and Ryan defeated Nicky and myself 12-10 (-to 11 and win by 2-)... we were winded but satisfied....

While Nicky cuddled with his girl, Zach, Ryan, and I had a 3-way spoonfest on a futon in the middle of the dorm room....

The drive from CT to DC is farther than the drive from Philly to DC.

Had some good friends come out to the show in DC at the Velvet Lounge.  We played before the "House Band" (from LA?) who brought nobody... Luckily from the draw we brought (after the house took most of it) they got 4 bucks that were leftover and left us nothing...  Although we argued the fact we were the only one's who brought anybody some money and that we were touring and could use some gas money, Karma kicked in right before we left we found a black box in a pile of broken guitars, plywood, broken fans and other junk.... we took it out of the garbage to use it for a lockbox in the future... apparently a band from weeks past left the box there with gas money in it for us... a good amount, actually... yes.

Ben's Chili in DC has the best Chili ever.  And President Obama Approves.

Zach, when feeling good, likes to jump over fences, onto bushes, and into parked trailers... he also enjoys calling all females "dudes."  Good times.

The "Wonder Couch" in Brian Gold's Apartment is called so, because it will knock you out if you sleep on it.  We slept instantly and without knowing 8 roommates walked by us to get to the front door at least 4 times each the next morning.  We were awaken by the Comcast man.

I gotta find my camera.

The Camel is a sweet venue with good people in Richmond, Virginia.  My finger started bleeding while playing and got all over my white keys, BUT. the food there is AWESOME.

And now we are at Hali's house about to passssssss out.  Goodnight, ya'll.

Jacob and gang.

If you're still not sick of reading interviews/if you want to pretend you don't know ANYTHING about me yet... well you're in luck. Turn Up The Sound just completed an interview with me and it posted here: http://turnupthesound.ning.com/profiles/blogs/that-jacob-vanags-rocks-the

Let me know what you think (for the eight-thousandth time)!

j-to-the-max

hey hey hey.

If you scroll down the main page, the first video you come across is a concert review from our good friend Eric Holland who works and blogs on 1938music.com.... He showed up at The Bitter End (Tuesday, 2/17) and seemed to really have a good time... so CHECK IT OUT and also check out his website at http://www.1938media.com/in-holland-tunnel

you can also view the video here: http://www.1938media.com/in-holland-tunnel-jacob-vanags/