News and Updates
August 29th, 2001
Sorry I don't have time to write much, but I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who's come out to a show in the past few months. When the summer began we were hoping on playing 10 shows all summer... little did we know we would hit over 30! We've had a great time and we're looking forward to an even busier fall. Thanks to everyone up in Fargo at NDSU who made our show on Monday one of the most fun PB shows to date! We hope to see everyone soon. The website will be up in a week or two and it's looking great! We've added even more shows including every Thursday in October at O'Garas which is a great opportunity for us. Tickets just went on sale at Ticketmaster for our upcoming Nine Days show in St. Cloud on Sep 7th... Hope to see everyone soon!!!
Later!!
Panoramic Blue
July 23rd, 2001
It's slowly become a very busy summer for us, and we're very happy about it! We recently signed with OnCampus Booking (a booking agency) out of Minneapolis! It's a huge step for us and we're looking forward to what OnCampus will be able to help us with... mostly getting a A LOT more shows! We never expected this to happen as fast as it did... and we're all looking forward to becoming a busy band! On a more somber note... most of you know that Sarah will be leaving us soon... she's leaving to attend Eastman (music school) in New York... apparently being a successful flute star is more important than being broke in a small time band... and we're very proud of her for it!!!! We will miss her GREATLY and wish her the best of luck. Panoramic Blue will continue on as normal and chances are we'll be finding a 6th member soon... though we're not letting out any info yet. We'd like to thank Sarah for helping us get to where we are... so if you want to see Sarah for the last time... come out soon... Finally a big thanks to everyone at Moondance Jam and at D.B.'s this past weekend. St. Cloud will always be our hometown and favorite place to play... and it has nothing to do with the hundreds of drunk people who sing and dance to our music.... I promise! We've had a blast and we've got a lot of shows coming up in the cities... so we hope to see everyone soon!!!
Thanks!!
Panoramic Blue
June 21st, 2001
Sorry it's taken a while to post something new... but we've all been in life transitions as of late (graduating, new jobs, moving, frank winning beauty contests, etc)... but we're back and getting prepared for a busy summer and an even busier fall! Thanks to everyone who came out to our latest shows at the Red Carpet, The Uptown Bar, and D.B.'s last Saturday night. We had a ton of fun at our Moondance Jam pre-party... and we need to thank Riplfx magazine for making that happen! We have recently hired Carlson Technology Consulting to create our new website which will be up in the near future... we'll keep you posted as we go. We've also added a few new shows in the past few days which we're very excited about... Thursday the 28th of June at Tom Reid's in St. Paul and a show at the Boathouse on lake Waconia over Labor Day weekend!!! We still have a few discounted tickets available for Moondance Jam and we're getting more and more excited that we get to play a show with TED NUGENT!!!! Cat Scratch Fever!!!! Email us if you want to be put on our new mailing list... or just to say hello! We'll keep you posted more often from now on... and we'll look forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming shows!
Thanks Everyone!!
Panoramic Blue
May 16th, 2001
We've finally had some time off (at least a week between shows) and we've been creating some great new music. We'll be debuting 2 new originals on Friday at Brother Willie's Pub at Saint John's University, which we've very excited about. Thanks to everyone who came out last Thursday to the Red Carpet in St. Cloud. Sorry if you didn't have too much room to move in the midst of around 400 people, but it made for a fun and sweaty show! We'd like to thank Bus Nine for playing with us... they were a great band and definitely a group you need to get out and see! CD's are still around and we're down to our final few tshirts for those of you who don't have them yet! We're looking forward to a fun final few weeks in May and to the start of a fun summer!
Later!!
Panoramic Blue
April 30th, 2001
WOW! It's been a VERY busy past few days for Panoramic Blue but it's been well worth it. THANKS to everyone who came out both Saturday night and Sunday morning for our two biggest shows to date (which happened to be only 10 hours apart)!! Our CD Release Party on Sat. at the La Playette was a blast. There were close to 600 people there which made for a fun (and hot) crowd! We only got a few hours of slept that night until we had to wake up and open the Mississippi Music Festival yesterday... and it was unbelievable! We had a GREAT turnout and thanks to all the fans and to the other bands who were really fun to hang out with and meet... (Ross William Perry Band, Jim's Big Ego, and Eliot Sloan... the lead singer of Blessid Union of Souls... who was very very cool!!!) CD's are selling like mad and we're running out of t-shirts as well. You can pick up CD's at the Electric Fetus and at Al's Music in St. Cloud... or come to one of our upcoming shows as well. Thanks again to all the fans for enjoying the music... and most importantly... having fun!
See you soon!!
Panoramic Blue
April 26th, 2001
Thanks to everyone at KVSC and up at St. Scholastica in Duluth for everything these past few days. The Monday Night Live T.V. show was definitely a unique and first-time experience for the most of us... and the St. Scholastica show was just plain FUN as well! It was Panoramic Blue's first road trip together and we made the most of it... The CD's are finally here and you can pick them up at a couple of locations around St. Cloud and at any of our shows... Check us out this Saturday at our CD Release party in our home college town (for a few of us) at the La Playette bar in St. Joseph... followed only 12 hours later by another rockin show when we kick off the Mississippi Music Festival at 11 a.m. We hope to see everyone (who's over 21) this Saturday and the rest of you on Sunday...
YEEEEEEHHHHAAAAA!!
Panoramic Blue
April 17th, 2001
It's been a few weeks... and a few of us are back from vacations to VERY WARM PLACES (ha ha)... but we're getting prepared for our busiest few months so far! Regarding CD's... They are being shipped to us as we speak so we will have them by the beginning of next week. Buy one by sending $$ to the address off the Merchandise page or come to a show and talk with us... or just drop us an email and we can work something out! You'll be able to buy them in local music stores and on the web soon. We have some new shows which have been added and we have some HUGE shows coming up. New additions include a big show at the Red Carpet which will be an event put on by Riplfx Magazine and by a dot-com company who is starting to get off the ground. It's the final weekend for St. Cloud State and they will be A LOT of people there! Check us out on T.V. next Monday and with Blessid Union of Souls on the 29th at the Mississippi Music Festival... Oh yeah... Thanks to everyone at the University of Wisconsin Stout for a great time! We loved playing there... and it was great to see so many people having so much fun! Thanks! Request our song off of Rockin' 101.7... and check out more info on Panoramic Blue off their Homegrown page! Thanks everyone and we're looking forward to a busy... but fun few weeks!
Yahhhoooo!!
Panoramic Blue
April 1st, 2001
YEAH FOR PANORAMIC BLUE ON THE RADIO!! TONIGHT... We're making our first mainstream radio debut on 101.7 WHMH. At approximately 9:45, "Into You" will hopefully give us a little kick into the music world... AND ALSO... J.J. and Matt make their interview debut with a few minutes of airtime... so listen to 101.7 tonight to check it out! In sad news... we faught our asses off but barely... and I mean barely lost the SJU Battle of the Bands on Friday night. We couldn't play with Lee and Sarah... but we provided a kickass show for the hundreds of people there... mp3's will be up very soon so check them out... and we'll have new web polls coming out this week! Call or email 101.7 and request more of our songs if you feel inclined... (for Into You or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... some of the others aren't as "rockin"...) We'll have more info coming soon... Thanks to everyone for all the support!!
Thanks!!
Panoramic Blue
March 30th, 2001
Once again we've had another busy few weeks... and we've got some good news... THE CD IS FINISHED! We recorded our first 7 track CD at Hammond Eggs Productoins in St. Cloud under producer John Hammond. It was a great experience and it turned out better than we could have hoped. The songs will be on mp3.com in the next few days (they are taking a while to upload them) but you can download all 7 songs off of farmclub.com right now! Copies will be available by mid-April and we will be having a HUGE CD release party at the La Playette on April 28th!! Tonight we have the St. John's Battle of the bands though we will not be able to play with our entire band. Due to a stupid rule... we can only have one non St. John's member in the band. So Jason is playing drums and we are going to GREATLY miss Sarah and Lee... though Adam Switlick (a great guitarist) is filling in. It should be a fun night... and all we can do is play our best.. come out to the pub at 9:00 to check us out! Remember to pick up a P.B. tshirt and check out the shows page for upcoming concerts!
Thanks!!
Panoramic Blue
March 19th, 2001
Two HUGE updates from Panoramic Blue... 1st, We received our first set of Panoramic Blue T-Shirts today! They are grey, 100% cotton T's with our name and logo on the front... check out the image off of the main page... So come pick one up at a show or talk to us to snag one for $10. 2nd, We are VERY close to finishing our first CD and it is sounding GREAT. We are extremely excited about it and it's coming together better than we had ever hoped. There will be 7 total tracks on the CD so it will basically be a really long EP (which are normally 3-6 songs). We'll be finishing it this Wednesday and Mixing and Mastering it by the end of the week... so look for all new mp3's on mp3.com next week and the final CD's will be out in mid-April. This Thursday we play again at Brother Willy's Pub at Saint John's with a really fun band called Haybailer. The show starts at 8:30 and get there early to pick up your T-shirt....
Later!!
Panoramic Blue
March 8th, 2001
We WON St. Cloud's "Best Unsigned Band" competition last night! We competed against 5 other great local bands and we luckily pulled off our best show so far. We won a TON of great prizes, including free studio time at Hammond Eggs studio in St. Cloud where we were already planning on recording our first 6-7 song CD next week! We also won slots at the Mississippi Music Festival, the Monday Night Live T.V. Show, and The Red Carpet. It was exactly what we needed to get off the ground... and we've sure done it in a hurry. Thanks so much to everyone who came out (especially those of you who were dancing last night). T-shirts will be here by our next show and new CD's will be available in approx. 5-6 weeks...
Yeahhhhhhh!!
Panoramic Blue
March 6th, 2001
Wow... It has been a GREAT week for Panoramic Blue. We'd like to especially thank all of you who came out last Thursday night to Brother Willy's Pub... that was one of the most fun shows any of us have played. I don't think the Pub has seen close to 300 people on a Thursday night in a long time (if ever). They liked us so much... we're scheduling two more shows coming up! We're also VERY excited about an upcoming show at the "La" in St. Joseph. With a great stage, sound equipment, and a great owner, it could be a big gig for P.B.! MOST IMPORTANTLY... we'll be playin our asses off at tomorrows battle of the unsigned bands at the Atwood Ballroom in St. Cloud. We're crossing our fingers... and we'd love to see everyone out there! We'll have T-Shirts in two weeks and we'll be entering the studio sooner than we thought... we'll have an EP out in the next few months!
Thanks again everyone!!
Panoramic Blue
February 25th, 2001
First of all... THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our shows this past week. The O'Connell's show was a blast and we were pleasantly surprised at how many of you showed up for the show at the Red Carpet Wednesday... Thanks... We had a GREAT TIME!! We're excited about this weeks shows and we're planning on rocking out the Pub at SJU on Thursday night... Hey... someone's gotta do it! More pics are being put up each day so keep checking... and we've got more shows in the works... we'll have an update soon. Thanks again and remember to check out mp3.com for more info and music!
Word to Big Bird!!
Panoramic Blue
February 16th, 2001
Hey Everyone... It's been a pretty busy few weeks for Panoramic Blue and we're really excited about our upcoming shows. Next Tuesday we will be at O'Connell's at St. Ben's and then on Wednesday we will be playing at the Red Carpet with another great SJU band, Breaker Breaker. This will be a 21+ show and they have great drink specials on Wednesday nights... and both shows are free. We also have a bunch of shows coming up soon after... keep checking on our shows page! ALSO... check out our new photos page! We'll be adding more pics soon...
but it looks a lot better than it did before!
Thanks Again!!
Panoramic Blue
February 6th, 2001
Sorry to those of you who signed our previous guestbook... make sure you sign our new one ASAP! Jason/Frank wasn't very happy with the switch... he said, "but I like it cause all the girls said I was hot".... sorry Jason! Be sure to check out our show on the 20th at O'Connell's at St. Ben's.
Thanks!!
Panoramic Blue
February 5th, 2001
Hello once again... we don't have anything too interesting to report other than the fact that Jason/Frank has become a finalist in the "sexiest drummer in America" pageant which will be held next Tuesday night on CBS... check it out. Oh yeah... and to explain something to everyone out there... Jason/Frank's real name is Jason... but he started going by Frank once he got to college (don't ask)... so that's why we can him by both names. But you can just call him "the big sexy." Onto important things, we'll have a list of upcoming shows soon... and we'll hopefully be playing in the St. Cloud Battle of the Bands in March for a chance to play at the Mississippi Music Festival... We'll keep you posted. Thanks for checking out the site and remember you can listen and download our music at mp3.com.
Later!!
Panoramic Blue
January 28th, 2001
Yo Yo Yo... WE'RE ON MP3.COM!!!!!!!! Go to MP3.com and search for Panoramic Blue or go via the links on our website. You can listen or download 5 of the songs off our Demo. We're currently waiting for approval for My Little Monkey because of copyright issues... but we'll have it up soon! The website is coming along well and we'll be making changes and improving it over the next few weeks. We'll have a list of upcoming shows in about a week so keep checking back. Thanks for voting on the polls... Jason's gonna win the desert island poll simply because he sits at his computer and votes for himself... though he'll tell you otherwise!! Keep voting Jason (or Frank... whatever your name is). Also... it's J.J.'s B-Day on Monday (29th) so email us for the address to send his presents to. Thanks everyone and remember to check us out on MP3.com!!!
Peace Out
Panoramic Blue
January 11th, 2001
Hello, Hello, Hello, We have recently finished our Demo CD which turned out great. We recorded 6 original songs on a digital 8 track recorder in Jason's brother-in-law's basement (true rockstar fashion)! Jeremy gets back from Jamaica in late January so we will be playing shows ASAP in February. Look for us at bars in central MN and at various colleges in the next few months. Thanks for everyone's support and we will see you soon!!!
Peace-
Panoramic Blue
