Wilkommen in Deutschland

Surrounding us at the moment is snow, horses, giant cats and wild dogs. Two hours outside of Berlin, us Ravens are gearing up for our intense month ahead. On top of recording and writing and designing and having a few visitors, we've booked six shows. One show we're excited about since it's something we've never done is a massive outdoor live show right under the Brandenburger Tor, where we will be supporting a demonstration against genetically modified food...

Our TUORavens career got me quite nostalgic in these last few days. Maybe it's something to do with the cosy snow outside and the time to fill with not much more than my thoughts that I've come to remind myself of all of our successes. It's just been a little over two years when Ravens came together rehearsed a few songs and had our first gig... And now, here we are, in Germany, getting ready to try out a few scenes in Berlin and recording our Album.

Can life get any better?

What's quite astounding as well when I look at our journey; we originally started off as a band, creating innovative music in search for labels to sign us and make our dreams come true. Eventually we decided no one could do it better than us. And that's been our attitude ever since. It's a way to help with our self preservation, so that when we do work with other people, they will be the right ones, the ones who get what we're about. We are more than just a band now, we're a record label, producing our own records, being our own managers and soon we will be signing other bands that we believe in.

We're a business.

We're a creative business.

So yea, we won't get too ahead of ourselves just yet, but just enough to outsmart everyone else...

Step On It

I slam the back doors of the van. Turn the key, hit the gas, drive this shit south. Our equipment is on it's way to Berlin. We won't be far behind. Gotta rip this Christmas thing up first but, you know, we deserve a little calm before the storm. Gonna drown in red wine awhile before leaving this blown out speaker of a year for dust. In two weeks time we'll be holed up in our Berlin apartment burning harddrives with noise, and sailing down streets that promise new ways to frame our souls. On the sixth of June 2011 our album will be hanging in the sky and it will be dripping with a sense of wonder that I still can't shake, a desire to live and love better than what I see around me in anticipation of adventures that no one can promise but I know are there, because they're staring straight back. We're gonna make the best record in town, pure and simple. Have a great Christmas everyone, we can't wait to have a ball with you in the new year. X.

DIY with Quality

Ravens were asked to be a guest blogger on ABOF (A Badge of Friendship) blogsite. We shed some light on the realities on what's it like to be in a DIY band and running an Indie Label. Happy Reading!

http://www.abadgeoffriendship.com/blog/entry/guest-blog-the-unkindness-of-ravens

NYLON

Check out our video 'I Used to be so Pretty' on NYLON blogsite. Please leave a comment! Sticky love!

http://nylonmag.com/nylonblogs/blog/2010/12/09/music-video-the-unkindness-of-ravens/