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Merry Christmas! - posted Dec 24, 2011" href="?id=214#comments">View Comments (1)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=213">Digital World!</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Andy on Nov 02, 2011 @ 12:15pm</h6> <p>Bloomers!  I just want to say thank you to all of you for keeping in touch with us as we go down this twisted, uncharted road in the digital world of the music industry.  As I sat and read through some of the Facebook comments today...a smile ensued.--It brings so much joy to my heart when I see you comment or message us on Facebook or send out a quick tweet about us, and essentially exposing and revealing Manic Bloom little by little to the 7 billion (yeah, humanity hit that number this week i think) across the globe.  We are reminded daily that the 5 of us are nothing with out your help to spread the word of MB.  Thank you (times) 7 billion!</p> <p>I don't know if you and you and you...and you and you realize how important YOU are to us, and I wish we could do something more powerful to demonstrate our gratitude, but hopefully the music, videos, Manic Mondays, and comments begin to show our appreciation.  We know that we need your support just as much as you all need innovative, inspiring music...and we will do our best to hold up our part...and here is where I ask you to help.  We are going to be revealing a list, as our regular Manic Monday viewers know (Monday nights at 7pm central), soon on things that you can volunteer to do.  With that said, we might also make random suggestion on our blog/email as well.</p> <p>So Bloomers, here is my task for you today.  Please comment in our blog when/if you decide to take this weeks challenge to the field/court/pitch/diamond/track (insert playing location of choice).</p> <p>Drum roll please.............Brink,...... you there???............dldldldldldldldldldldldldldldldldldlddddldldlddld,.., there it is,  thank you...ha, ha</p> <p>Pandora, the internet radio website needs more people to make a "Manic Bloom" station - THIS IS easy and quick...plus, it will give you some MB (amoung other great bands) to listen to on your iphone/droid/ipad/blackberry while you are on the go.  </p> <p> </p> <p>On Last FM, do the same please.</p> <p>I don't know how else to tell you, but if you really believe in Manic Bloom and want to do simple things to help us, this would be one of them.  We love you all and stay tuned for more as blogs roll out.</p> <p>AndiRoo</p> <p><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/colored_rock.jpg" border="0" alt="Andy Warwick" width="200" height="350" /></p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - Digital World! - posted Nov 02, 2011" href="?id=213#comments">View Comments (11)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=212">What Scares You Most?</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Matt on Oct 18, 2011 @ 1:42pm</h6> <p>We in Manic Bloom are big fans of the holidays. So, with All Hollow's Eve fastly approaching, we wanted to do something special to enjoy it with you all.</p> <p>First, we created a Manic Bloom pumpkin stencil. You can find the printable PDF here, <a href="http://www.manicbloom.com/_documents/uploads/mbpumpkinstencil.pdf" target="_blank" title="MBPumpkinStencil">http://www.manicbloom.com/_documents/uploads/mbpumpkinstencil.pdf</a>. Since the B in our logo has no break in it, you need to leave part of it uncut, but you can scrape off the skin of the pumpkin to complete the logo. Check out the bottom of this blog for a picture example.</p> <p>Second, we are giving away our song "What Scares You Most" in honor of the holiday. Right click on this link, <a href="http://www.manicbloom.com/_documents/uploads/01_what_scares_you_most.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.manicbloom.com/_documents/uploads/01_what_scares_you_most.mp3</a>, and click "Save As".  Whenever I think of what scares me most, bees come to mind. For Andy, it would be heights and undoubtedly the dentist. Hildee, sharp knives!! David, clusters of things (yeah, I know, that's just funny). And Brink, small crystal bears. Post a comment on this blog entry to let us know what scares <em>YOU </em>most. If you already have the song, then leave a comment anyways, my friend : )</p> <p>Lastly, we're really pumped about the traffic we've gotten from Dude Perfect's new video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_2eU1ykV3k&feature=channel_video_title" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_2eU1ykV3k&feature=channel_video_title</a>. So far, it's gotten 2.5 million views in 6 days. The song is a rough version of "Start A New One", which will be on our upcoming EP (release date TBD). If you haven't gotten your free download of that song, go to our free downloads section, <a href="http://www.manicbloom.com/free" target="_blank">www.manicbloom.com/free</a>, and enter the password that is included at the bottom of the email notification you recieve each time we post a new blog.</p> <p>We've been booking a lot more shows lately, so we'd love to make it out to your neck of the woods to play a show near you. Just let us know where you're at, and if it's feasible we'll try and make it out. As always, we appreciate everything you do and please keep spreading the bloom...responsibly. </p> <p><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/pumpkinpicture.jpg" border="0" alt="PumpkinPicture" width="669" height="500" /></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Happy Halloween!!!!!</span></p> <p>Matt<br /> -Manic Bloom</p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - What Scares You Most? - posted Oct 18, 2011" href="?id=212#comments">View Comments (8)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=211">Texas In Review (FOOD!!!)</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Hildee on Oct 07, 2011 @ 9:32am</h6> <p> </p> <p>What up faithful Bloomers? Hildee here. We are fresh off a 5 day mini tour through the Lone Star State and let me tell you, it was not short on surprises and overall ridiculousness.</p> <p>This was a first for Manic Bloom....not that we toured Texas. No, but that we traveled over 2600 miles and played 4 shows in a span of 5 days. The insanity included, but wasn't limited to: a broken down trailer, a parade, running out of gas, lots of Mexican food, two shows in one day, a nearly collapsing stage, cheerleaders, dancing mascots, and hitchhiking. All True. It tested not only our physical well-being but also our ability to maintain the always unpredictable social constructs of the intra-vehicle environment. Being <em>that</em> close to 5 other dudes in such a small space for such long stretches of time can be....well, stressful, to say the least. But alas, as one of the many reasons why I love this band, we all got along magnificently. </p> <p>Contrary to what others may think, we were able to preserve the peace simply by allowing room to indulge our fancies for fine Texas fast-food. One might wonder why we hold such trivial (and perhaps, poor) culinary values. But let me re-emphasize the oft neglected fact that <em>Texas</em> is better in just about every category (cough, cough…..Andy, cough, David, throat clear). As you will see below in the first installment of our Texas Trip Vlog, our restaurant choices were of the highest importance. I will go so far as to say that <em>those</em> choices were what made the trip so successful.</p> <p>Oh yeah, and the shows were pretty good too : )</p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rmJROort8DI" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - Texas In Review (FOOD!!!) - posted Oct 07, 2011" href="?id=211#comments">View Comments (8)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=210">Texas, Here We Come!</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Matt on Sep 21, 2011 @ 6:58am</h6> <p>Considering that three of us (and our soundguy) are actually from Texas, every time we do a little tour in Texas it always feels a little bit like a homecoming.  So we're pretty excited about leaving today to make our way down to the Lonestar State and play four shows, IN 3 DAYS!  If you're in Texas, we'd love to see you out at one of the shows.  Here's the schedule. </p> <p><strong>Thursday, September 22, 6:00 pm</strong> <strong><em>- San Antonio, TX </em></strong>- we're playing at UTSA, and we'll be playing three sets broken up.<br /><strong>Friday, September 23, 7:00 pm</strong> <strong><em>- Denton, TX</em></strong> - we're playing at UNT, and we'll be playing one long set<br /><strong>Saturday, September 24, 10:00 am <em>- San Antonio, TX</em></strong> - again playing at UTSA, several sets broken up<br /><strong>Saturday, September 24, 10:30 pm <em>- San Angelo, TX</em></strong><em> </em>- we're playing at Penny Pub & Grill and we'll be playing about an hour.</p> <p>If you can't tell by the schedule, this trip is gonna be a little rough on us.  We've estimated about 44 hours of driving time in 4 1/2 days, so it's a good thing we actually like each other.  It's all worth it though, getting to play music for and hang out with all of you.  It also doesn't hurt that we'll be getting some Whataburger and Taco Bueno either though, since we can't get that in Tennessee.  And we'll post about it, but be on the lookout for an article about us in the San Angelo Standard Times this Friday.</p> <p>As always, we appreciate everything you guys do for us!</p> <p>Matt</p> <p><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/davidjumping2.jpg" border="0" alt="DavidJumping2" /><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/andyhair2.jpg" border="0" alt="AndyHair2" /></p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - Texas, Here We Come! - posted Sep 21, 2011" href="?id=210#comments">View Comments (8)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=209">Death & Conversation Video out now!</a></h2> <h6>Posted by David on Aug 26, 2011 @ 8:54am</h6> <p>Maybe you've heard - or maybe you haven't...  We released our first official video - for Death & Conversation - earlier this week!  We're crazy pumped about it, and we're very proud of how it turned out.  HUGE thanks to <a href="http://www.matthewcrum.com">Matt Crum</a> (director/cameraman/editor/visionary), Eric Klumpe (who played Death), and Susan Warf (who owns the place where we shot the video [Maple Lawn, a not-yet-open-to-the-public Bed & Breakfast], and who happens to be my mother-in-law!).</p> <p><iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HvFkL_QpztA" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> <p>I'd also like to say how much we appreciate Ron Warf, my father-in-law, who passed away a couple of weeks ago.  He took care of all of us the weekend that we shot the video by cooking and making sure we had everything we needed.</p> <p>We've been sharing the video on facebook and twitter like it's going out of style, so forgive us if we're a bit overexcited...  But we're really excited!  I would personally be grateful if each of you shared it with 3 of your friends.  (I'm not going to be upset if you shared it with more, either.  Actually, I'll just more be even MORE grateful!)</p> <p>In other news, we're teaming up with <a href="http://www.precedentent.com/">Precedent Entertainment</a> to be our booking agency, and that's good news considering Andy spends a lot of his time trying to get us shows.  Technically the agreement starts at the first of September, but they're cool enough people that they've already been working on getting some new shows for us.  So, hopefully we'll be coming your way soon.  That is, if you're in the USA...  If you're not, then it'll still probably be a while.  Why?  Cause it's so gosh darn expensive to tour for a band of our stature.</p> <p>On that note, we're seriously considering buying a van.  We've been talking about it for a while, and it would literally wipe out every dime that we have plus everything we are supposed to make for the next couple of months, but we think it just might be worth it.  And we're not talking a fancy schmancy state-of-the-art anything, either...  We're talking a 16 year old church van that is super cheap.  But it would allow me to no longer be crammed in the back of Brink's SUV without a seat belt.</p> <p>So - here's the deal.  If you like the music we make and want us to make more, please buy our records and tshirts!  As most of you know, we all have full time jobs and are pouring our lives into this band, so every single time someone buys a song or a record or a shirt, you're literally giving us a glimmer of hope that we'll be able to do this for the rest of our lives.  If you've already bought our music - first of all, THANK YOU!  Second of all, if you feel so moved, please buy a few more copies and give them away!  Heck - buy 100 copies and I will seriously call you and thank you and talk to your grandma or whoever you want me to talk to.  I'll tell them about how great of a grandchild you've been, and how you're making good grades, and how you love the sweater she knit you.  All that still applies even if I'm not talking to your grandmother...</p> <p>So, Bloomers -  Share the video!!  Buy some stuff!!  Keep on spreading the Bloom responsibly!!!!</p> <p>I hope to see you at a show soon (<a href="/tour.php">check our tour page</a>), and YOU ARE ALL AWESOME!</p> <p>-David<br />MB</p> <p> </p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - Death & Conversation Video out now! - posted Aug 26, 2011" href="?id=209#comments">View Comments (8)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=208">Music Video Release - August 23, 2011</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Matt on Aug 18, 2011 @ 7:35am</h6> <p>We are really excited about our music video release coming up next week.  Don't know what I'm talking about?  We recently filmed a music video for "Death and Conversation" with a guy named Matt Crum, <a href="http://www.matthewcrum.com/" target="_blank">www.MatthewCrum.com</a>, and we got the finished product a couple weeks ago, which we will be officially releasing on Tuesday, August 23rd.  This will be our first official music video, so we hope you're all as excited about it as we are.  We'll make sure to blog about it that day, but you can check out our YouTube page, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/manicbloom" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/manicbloom</a>, at around midnight Tuesday morning to catch the video.  Also, we'll be showing the video to everybody on Manic Monday that Monday, August 22nd, which can be reached here, <a href="http://ustre.am/4K7n" target="_blank"><span class="s1">http://ustre.am/4K7n</span></a><span class="s1">. </span>And lastly, if you haven't seen it yet, you can see the behind the scenes video about our music video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyHySWIfEaM&feature=channel_video_title" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyHySWIfEaM&feature=channel_video_title</a> and at the bottom of this post.  </p> <p class="p1">Other than our focus on the video lately, we've been recording new music and we're about to play a bunch of shows.  If you're in Mississippi, Tennessee, Indiana, or Texas, you have a chance to see us in the next month.  Check out our tour schedule here, <a href="http://www.manicbloom.com/tour.php" target="_blank">http://www.manicbloom.com/tour.php</a>.  If you can make it out to a show, please do, and make sure to come talk and hang out with us.</p> <p class="p1">We appreciate everything you all do for us, and we hope to see as many of you as soon as possible.</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="345" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oyHySWIfEaM?version=3&hl=en_US" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oyHySWIfEaM?version=3&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> <p class="p1">Matt</p> <p> </p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - Music Video Release - August 23, 2011 - posted Aug 18, 2011" href="?id=208#comments">View Comments (4)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=207">July Frenzy!</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Andy on Jul 17, 2011 @ 10:52am</h6> <p>Hey Bloomers,</p> <p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The month of July is a whirlwind of excitement for the Bloomer Brothers.  This blog is just to enlighten our extended family (you) of the various activies we are embarking on this month.  We decided July would be our time to take care of family, vacation, and writing.</p> <p>1. I (Andy) have had two fun events in the past month...First, I was able to enjoy almost a week away with my beautiful wife in San Diego.  I had never been to California, and after being there, I could live in San Diego for sure...perfect weather!  We were blessed by so many opportunities while there, and I have included our room view that got upgraded as soon as we walked in the door (picture below).  July also brings my birthday every year, and it is always a pleasure to see what God has blessed me with each and every step of the way as I look back on each year.</p> <p>2.  Hildee and Matt have been working in the studio a lot the past 2 weeks and it is going to be my turn this week to start laying down some phat bass lines.  Hildee and Matt are also going to be taking the long awaited trip to the new Harry Potter Theme park this week.  I'm sure there are going to be many stories, pictures, and even some unmentionables that come from this extravaganza.</p> <p>3.  Brink has taken the very brave and courageous plunge to go to Israel for 2 weeks.  The places and stories that he has already shared have been sobering as well as inspiring for the rest of the band as we all would love to visit the Holy City of Jerusalem some day.</p> <p>4.  In between the days of writing and recording, David had the chance for a trip to Florida already and he is going to be going to a summer camp in Kentucky at the end of the month.  He has been a huge part in the camp for years and is looking very forward to being a part of the activities once again this year.</p> <p> </p> <p>So, just giving you a heads up on what we are doing for July.  Please come visit us on Manic Monday every Monday at 7pm CST.  I believe Hildee and I will be working on some bass stuff tomorrow night, and we would love to chat with you while we work.</p> <p>As always, thank you for your help, and we would love for you each to tell a friend or two to help us get the name of Manic Bloom out to the masses even faster...also, please post on your facebook this week for your friends to like us...we always love you for your help.  Thanx.</p> <p> </p> <p>AndiRoo</p> <p><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/colored_rock.jpg" border="0" alt="Andy Warwick" width="150" height="215" /><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/imag0031.jpg" border="0" alt="San Diego View" width="400" height="250" /></p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - July Frenzy! - posted Jul 17, 2011" href="?id=207#comments">View Comments (6)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=206">4th of July and Beyond</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Brink on Jul 06, 2011 @ 10:29am</h6> <p>Hello faithful bloomers! Hope everyone had a great fourth of July. We watched the fireworks in downtown Nashville the other night and it was pretty awesome. There were so many that by the end of the show, the finale was covered up by smoke, making it very difficult to see anything. Kinda funny but definitely awesome. The night brought back memories of blowing up things when I was er... younger. </p> <p>Anyways, time for an update in Bloom World. We've been working on new music still. I know you're all saying to yourselves how long will this take?! Well, I ask myself that question all the time - ha. With all of us having lame jobs and being out a lot this summer, the writing process is slow. That's alright though, it gives us time to let things simmer. </p> <p>So, since you have all been so patient while we write new songs, I felt it was about time that I let you all hear a little bit of what we've been doing. Those of you who join us on Manic Mondays might find this a little familiar. Speaking of which, if you've never joined us Monday nights at 7 pm CST, then I suggest you check it out! You'll be up to date with all the bloomeriffic (is that a word? I think it is now) things that we're up to.</p> <p>One last thing, if you're in Nashville this Saturday night, come watch us play at Rocketown. It'll be a good time.</p> <p>Enough of my yappin'. Let's get to the good stuff!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.manicbloom.com/_documents/uploads/glowstick_(blog_version).mp3">Click here to listen</a> to the new song!</p> <p> </p> <p>- Brink</p> <p><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/brink_edit.jpg" border="0" alt="Brink Black/White" /></p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - 4th of July and Beyond - posted Jul 06, 2011" href="?id=206#comments">View Comments (5)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <h2><a href="?id=205">Lights, Camera, Action</a></h2> <h6>Posted by Matt on Jun 20, 2011 @ 12:43pm</h6> <p>We’re sorry, it’s been too long since we’ve blogged.  I’m a little behind right now (ex. I finally saw The Social Network last night).  We’ve had some cool things going on though.</p> <p>A company called Starlite Productions made a video using their new lighting rig in which they programmed a light show to our song “Never Back Down”.  It’s a real trip to see what a full lighting production would look like to our music, so this video was awesome to us.  Hopefully, soon, this will be what you see at a typical Manic Bloom show. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Wnyv27DYc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Wnyv27DYc</a> </p> <p>Also, our music is featured in an independent film, Division, that is making it’s way around the film festival circuit.  It’s an apocalyptic story set in the future after an economic crash and it looks like it features a lot of fight/chase scenes.  I haven’t seen it yet, but hopefully I’ll be able to soon. I’m pretty sure they used “Push Off the Ground” during a fight scene!  <a href="http://www.sen3productions.com/division/index.php">http://www.sen3productions.com/division/index.php</a></p> <p>Lastly, we’re playing an ALL AGES show in Nashville on July 9th at Rocketown.  We’ve never played at Rocketown, so we’re excited about it to begin with.  We also don’t play all ages shows very often, so that makes it double awesome.  It’s a festival sponsored by Converse and Journey’s, and we’re playing the main stage, so if you’re anywhere near Nashville, come out, watch us play, hang with us, etc.</p> <p>Hopefully we’ll have some news on the music video soon, and we’ll keep you all updated on the recording progress as we start getting some ideas flushed out.  Keep spreading the bloom responsibly!</p> <p><img src="http://www.manicbloom.com/_images/uploads/divisionposter.jpg" border="0" alt="Division Poster" /></p> <p>Matt<br />-Manic Bloom</p> <br /><br /> <center> <a class="blogcomment" title="Comments for Manic Bloom blog - Lights, Camera, Action - posted Jun 20, 2011" href="?id=205#comments">View Comments (2)</a> </center> <br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> <center><a href="?page=2">View Next 10 Blog Entries >></a></center> </div> <div class="clearer"> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <a href="/blog.php">Home</a> | <a href="/bio.php">About</a> | <a href="/tour.php">Tour</a> | <a href="/bloomroom" target="_blank">Forum</a> | <a href="/subscribe.php">Subscribe</a> | <a href="/store.php">Store</a> | <a href="/videos.php">Videos</a> | <a href="/music.php">Lyrics</a> | <a href="/fans.php">Temple of Bloom</a> | <a href="/contact.php">Contact</a> <p align="center">Site by <a href="http://www.lookdadproductions.com" target="_blank"><img src="/_images/lookdad_black.png" style="vertical-align:middle;" /> Look Dad! 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