The Whitehalls http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog the life & times of San Franciso rock band The Whitehalls Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:50:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The Whitehalls new CD – coming in Sept! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWhitehalls/~3/GHGYVDMpAvQ/ http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2012/08/05/the-whitehalls-new-cd-coming-in-sept/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:47:13 +0000 pjcwhite http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/?p=373 It’s been a long time coming, and we promise it will have been worth the wait!

Stay tuned for some sample preview tracks this month – and the CD release in Sept!
CD Release show dates coming soon!

Stay wild…

- Drew, Neil, Bill, PJ

The Whitehalls

 

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If you are like most of us you have been forced, at one show or another, to purchase your tix via Ticketmaster – and likely were fuming long after the show over the excessive fees.

Well the time for payback is here!

This short article from our friends over at Hypebot says it well:

Bought A Ticketmaster Ticket In The Last 12 Years? You’re About To Get A Refund

You won’t get rich on the refund, but it’s nice to see Ticketmaster get hit with some excessive fees for a change!

Here is a quick summary:

- If you used Ticketmaster‘s website to buy tickets between October 21, 1999 and October 19, 2011, you’re likely to be eligible for a refund.

- It’s the result of a class action lawsuit charging deceptive and excessive processing fees

- You should be eligible for a refund of $1.50 for every ticket order bought on the site in the last 12 years.

- Some fans who had tickets shipped cia UPS may be entitled to up to $5 per ticket refunds.

- According to court documents, Ticketmaster should be forced to pay out as much as $50 million. (Yes – take that Ticketmaster!)

The bad news:

the lawsuit won’t stop Ticketmaster from charging high fees in the future. It just means that they have to be clearer about doing so on their web site.

But hopefully this ruling makes you smile just a little bit and feel a little better about tickets purchased in years gone by!

 

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IMAG0170 IMAG0162 IMAG0163 IMAG0164 IMAG0165 IMAG0166 IMAG0167 IMAG0168 IMAG0169 ]]> http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/11/19/bonsai/feed/ 0 http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/11/19/bonsai/ San Francisco, CA – 03/11/11 – Abbey Tavern – The Whitehalls in SF Fri night! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWhitehalls/~3/EfzjmILbjTA/ http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/03/09/show-in-sf-fri-night/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0000 pjcwhite http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/03/11/san-francisco-ca-031111-abbey-tavern-the-whitehalls-in-sf/ ]]> http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/03/09/show-in-sf-fri-night/feed/ 1 http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/03/09/show-in-sf-fri-night/ Pics from latest studio mixing session (Feb 2011) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWhitehalls/~3/uOu4CSv64EE/ http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/2011/03/06/pics-from-studio-mixing-session/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:39:18 +0000 pjcwhite http://www.thewhitehalls.com/blog/?p=314 The Whitehalls are busy putting the finishing touches on our upcoming release!

Here are a few pics from our most recent mixing session in the studio:

Who says making music is easy?

 

 

 

 

Listening to the mixes

 

 

Music looks as good as it sounds!

 

 

We added some killer keyboards on this record!

 

 

Producer B working his magic on these tracks

 

 



















































Looking forward to your feedback on the new songs and we’ll be previewing some of them at our show Friday March 11 in SF!

See you soon…

- Drew, Neil, Bill, PJ

 

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It’s at San Francisco’s Abbey Tavern at 4100 Geary Blvd., and we’ll be playing with friends of ours, Against Leo.

The Whitehalls play at 8pm sharp.

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Yep – it’s a new year and The Whitehalls have been hard at work mixing our new record!

It’s a long process but with every session we get more excited – lots of fantastic new songs and great new sounds.

Thanks to our producer and friend B of Karmacoda (check them out!) this release has taken our core sound sprinkled musical treats all over such as:

  • piano
  • strings
  • synth
  • layers of vocals
  • drums to die for

And of course this CD features our trademark catchy melodies and hooks that will have you humming along for days!

We’re really looking forward to this release – and get ready for the CD release party coming this spring!

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If there is one thing that The Whitehalls know – it’s that the Holidays are a great time for celebrating with family and friends!

But alas, in a moment of eggnog induced act of selflessness, we’ve decided that the Holidays are also a great time for helping out others.

With that in mind The Whitehalls are proud to announce that “Hurricanes”, a track from our soon to be released CD (coming in early 2011!), has been included in a very special compilation called “Still Standing”.

“Still Standing”, brings together the talents of several San Francisco-Bay Area artists to benefit the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society (BEBHS) who are focused on rebuilding after a devastating fire on May 20, 2010 that destroyed their shelter.

Many animals were rescued, but many were not so lucky, and this accident has left them ‘in dire’ financial need.

Proceeds from “Still Standing” will go toward helping BEBHS to rebuild so they can continue to live up to their mission of ensuring “no healthy or treatable shelter animals will be euthanized in the Society’s care”.

The Whitehalls have partnered with music technology startup MusixShare to offer this digital Cause Compilation for the benefit of the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society.

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Purchase “Still Standing”, at www.musixshare.com and help support the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society, The Whitehalls, and Bay Area Music!

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And we’re not just asking you to do this for nothing!

“Still Standing” features some truly amazing Bay Area artists including

We ask you all to lend a bit of a helping hand – and in return you will receive some fantastic music while supporting a worthy cause!

And oh yeah – “Still Standing” makes a great present for any music fans on your holiday shopping list!

Cross that one off!

Thanks for the support and Happy Holidays!

Cheers,

Drew, Neil, Bill, & PJ
The Whitehalls

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It’s an exciting weekend for The Whitehalls – we’re finally ready to start mixing our latest record!

Those of you who know and love us (you know who you are!) know that The Whitehalls always bring The ROCK…but on this CD you are also going to hear us try some new & interesting things including:

- Keyboards
- Lots of backing vocals
- Interesting effects
- And a couple of surprises…

This record represents a lot of musical growth for us, but still has the melody and strong songs that you’ve come to expect.

We’ve made this record for you, and for us, and you’re gonna love it!

- The Whitehalls

(Drew, Neil, Bill, & PJ)

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Anyone at all familiar with music and the music industry knows the Billboard Top 100 – this is the chart musicians have grown up hoping to top (The Whitehalls are no exception)!

The Billboard Top 100 charts & ranks artists based on how many albums they are selling via traditional outlets. This chart worked great in the past, but as record sales decline and alternative means of building brands (YouTube, Twitter, direct-to-fan, etc) are becoming more common it is telling the complete story less and less.

So along comes Big Champagne (if you don’t know who they are click here) with The Ultimate Chart.

The Ultimate Chart (from an article by one of our faves Hypebot) is:

- a ranked list of the week’s most popular artists and songs
- integrating data from categories including:

* Song and Album Sales
* Radio Airplay
* Online Audio and Video Plays
*  Fans/Friends/Followers

the Ultimate Chart is the first and only chart that looks at all of the ways in which music is popular, online and off.

The real question will this change anything…

Probably not dramatically – anyone who becomes an internet sensation will soon be exploited by what is left of the music industry to sell physical units.

But it is a fact that there is more to becoming an artist these days than just selling CD’s, and as an artist you have more control (and work to do) than ever in creating your own destiny!

- The Whitehalls

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