Gitterpicker String Factory

I would now like to inform everyone of a sponsor now involved with our wonderful little event: Gitterpicker String Factory. They sell stringed instruments, give lessons on multiple instruments (most members of Saints and Poets have taken guitar/bass lessons from them), and much more. They are a vital part of the ever-so-present Twinsburg music scene. To see more information about them, go to their website at http://www.gitterpicker.com/.

All of us would like to thank Steve and Laura Radcliffe for helping us out with this thing. Anything and everything they do from here on out will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Shirt/Banner Design

I find that an event is always more interesting and appealing if it has an official logo and shirts, banners, et cetera. The folks here at Twinstock are currently looking to create something for these purposes. If anyone has a Twinstock design they would like to have considered as the official Twinstock shirt/banner/et cetera, please feel free to e-mail us at finalrev@gmail.com. No real requirements for this public assignment, other than that this design needs to be clean, nice-looking, and relatively professional-looking.

As i imagine, there will be absolute flooding of our email inbox now because of this assignment.

Thanks to everyone who actually does send in a design. Just think, if you're the only one (and you draw better than a three-year-old), your design will be printed on t-shirts and displayed to the world! And by world, i mean the small area of Northeast Ohio that we call Twinsburg (and a teensy bit of Aurora). Fame and fortune, baby.

Fame and fortune.

Saints and Poets

The first band we would like to introduce as part of this lineup is the band who organized this whole thing: Saints and Poets. We are a band originally entirely from Twinsburg, Ohio. It started as a random music creation thing before we knew how to play our instruments. The original members were Matt Ciani on vocals and guitar, Nico Ciani on drums, Will Myers on guitar, and John Myers on bass. Matt and Will were the main songwriters. After quite a few shows and alot of time to work out the whole band thing, we recruited Ian Bojalad on keyboards. Now he has joined the songwriting process, and contributes quite a bit. He also makes the live shows alot more fun.

All in all, Saints and Poets have been spending our time for these last few years creating a live show that is fun for both the band and the crowd. We have a few EPs as well. The And EP is the most recent of these.

Saints and Poets is just one of the many bands who will be playing at Twinstock. Stay tuned for more advancements on the lineup! Each band will get a bio on this blog. Check back for bands you like, or even request them to play! Email me at finalrev@gmail.com and we will be sure to try to get you a spot!

Peace.

Well, here we are.

Well, here we are. Twinstock was a big idea that has turned into something real. Now it's time for planning. The fun part. No doubt. The coordination of a psychotic amount of bands and all of the equipment, sponsors, et cetera is something anyone would look forward to.

I should probably start by telling everyone what Twinstock is. It is an idea. It is a concert. A charity concert put together by Will Myers, Matt Ciani, Nico Ciani, Ian Bojalad, and John Myers. We are all members of the band Saints and Poets. The original idea was a day-long music festival with about a million bands playing. That's what it hopefully will end up truly being.

Now, I suppose these planning stages are the most important for getting the nformation out. When I figured out that a date had been offically set for this thing, i took the opportunity to let everyone know. The whole sha-bang is going down on June 27th, at the amphitheater in Twinsburg, Ohio. Hence the name Twinstock. Hopefully, as i said before, this will be a day-long event. Fun for everyone.

We haven't 100% decided on which charity to give the proceeds to, but we have a few ideas. Any input on that would be greatly appreciated. With any ideas, email us at finalrev@gmail.com or contact us on facebook or myspace. We're on there. We're hipsters.

The point of this first post was just to tell everyone why this blog has been created, as well as to give contact information for anyone.

If anyone reading this knows a band that they think will be interested in playing at this event, let us know. We are open to pretty much anyone, considering the huuuuge time slot we need to fill. That being said, there are a few restrictions on bands. First of all, bands need top play quality mucic. This isn't saying it has to be for everyone, but bands must have some kind of experience playing live so we don't have a bunch of clueless band members running around. This whole thing is complicared enough as it is. Also, bands should be able to fill at least a twenty minute time slot, if not more. This ensures that we won't have to chaotically switch between bands every fifteen minutes. It also eliminates bands who don't know what they are doing. Pretty simple restrictions, no? Oh, and try to keep it as clean as possible.

Tickets to this show will be printed and given to the bands, as well as sold at schools and stuff like that. They will be somewhere between 5 and 10 dollars. Probably one of those two numbers. We don't like having to make change.

I believe that is the whole low-down for now. More updates to come.