Turn Around Video 1

I will be posting video of different things all through the day. The fist one is below, and it is a turn around video from camp tarhe(5-3-09).
Also, I posted a new picture to my cell phone picture blog...You can find the link above in the menu bar under "Cell Phone Photos".

Photos

You can check out my photos at Flickr.com/photos/fragileexistence

I am starting a photo blog on there, and I will try to post a random picture there everyday from my cell phone...

Here is the link for that...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragileexistence/sets/72157616402712601/

I will post a blog here and a thing on twitter when I post a new photo.

-taylor

Studio Update!

The Turn Around has been in the studio for the past couple months recording our new record. Monday we finished tracking instruments and now all we have to do is vocals!

We are so excited for everyone to hear it. We have been working very hard on putting just the right things together to make it sound great at Sound Advocate Studios( formally known as Risen Son Studios) in Beckly, WV. Dave Myers, our amazing producer and sound engineer, has done a great job and giving the record a very professional sound.

We are taking a break for a few weeks so Dave Myers can move into his new studio in Nashville and then Me and Dave Miller are going down to do vocals and finish the album at the end of June! It is going to be released some time in July. A definite due date will be announced soon!

Also, we have already released a single called "The Absence of You" that you can hear by going to our myspace!

Myspace.com/thaturnaround

Camp

Last weekend, we played at Camp Tarhe in Blue Creek, Ohio. With GPS in hand, we left Milton, WV at 1:15am. The trip was supposed to take 1 1/2 at the very most, but ended up taking 5 1/2 hours! We started the trip by typing the camp address into our GPS, which a few hours later took us to a wood pile somewhere in Ohio. We then turned around and tried typing it in again which eventually took us to the camp. 

We arrived at the camp around 6:30am and it was foggy and dark. By far one of the most scary places I have ever seen at night. 

We almost passed up the camp, but found it thanks to the sign.

As we pulled into the camp it looked deserted from all the fogg, we couldn't see anything. 

Me, Dave, and Jarrod got out of the car to look for a place to sleep and found a cabin, stacked some of the mattresses that were in it, and fell asleep. Falling asleep there was very easy because it was poring the rain on a tin roof and the sound of it was like a lullaby, it was pretty awesome!

The next morning we woke up and the camp didn't look scary at all...in fact it was pretty cool.

The camp counselors were there and they told us they hadn't cleaned the cabin we decided to stay in because they didn't think anyone would go in it, and had brand new bunk beds waiting for us to sleep in. I thought it was cool staying in the cabin we stayed in though.

While we were setting up for the concert that afternoon, we found this old piano.

On it, it said it was from 1849! I believe it has been sitting there that long also...lol

To our surprise it was actually playable, not only playable, but in good condition considering it had definitely been sitting there a while. The keys stuck a lot, but with a little work, you could play it fine. 

The crowed was great and everyone at the camp was extremely nice, and cooked us some awesome food! =]

So if anyone from the camp reads this...We looooved playing there and we defiantly want to come back sometime!

-Taylor

BreakFree and More....Turn Around Podcast

Busy, Busy!

I have been so busy lately, I haven't even been able to blog...

Dove Awards, Turn Around Concerts, Recording and a bunch of other things have been consuming most of my time...

About a week ago I went to a Our hearts hero concert on a day I had some free time...They did great, along with opening acts Cassandra Manning, Haley McGuire, and Crashing Jericho...

All those bands did an awesome job, but Haley McGuire was phenomenal! Her and her band surly have a bright future ahead of them!...If you have never heard of her, you defiantly need to check her out. She is the next big thing in christian music! www.myspace.com/haleymcguire

For my birthday this year, I went to the Dove Awards in Nashville, TN...It was an honor and a huge privilege to be in a building with all of those musicians for a night, and to get to meet some of them too...

I know these musicians are just people, but they have influenced my life, not only in music, but the way I live my life and the way I strive to play every note of music for God. They have taught me how to do it right just by watching them...

I can't put very many words into the couple of days I was in Nashville, because you really just have to experience it for yourself to get the full effect.

I drove back from Nashville as soon as the Dove Awards were over and got home at 7am, got a few things, and left for Lincoln County High School. This is were the Break Free concert was held. I had to be there to set up and sound check and all that good stuff. It was a pretty crazy day, but was most defiantly worth it in the end...

All I can say is that if you weren't there, you missed out big time! It was an awesome experience for me to see over 40 people get saved in the 2 day time period, and so many others get set free from things, which was the main goal of Break Free.

If you did miss it, I really encourage you to come out next time...

This past Sunday, The Turn Around went into the studio to work on the new record with Dave Myers at Risen Son Studios in Beckly. It is huge privilege to get to work with and be friends with, someone as talented as Dave. We are about half way done with the record, and I love it! I really hope everyone who hears it, hears the passion and hard work that went into making it...

I think that's about it for now...many more blogs to come!

-Taylor

Random Turn Around Video...4/4,7/09