touchingelbows

WE GOT 2ND PLACE AND WE'RE GOING ON TO FINALS!!!

 

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show at Jaxx, we couldn't have do it without you.

 

A obscene amount of pictures are up now from the set - go check 'em out.

 

Stay tuned for more info on the Finals show - and get excited for new music coming your way!

TOUCHING ELBOWS LIVE!

ALL MEMBERS SELLING TICKETS PRESALE ($8) NOW!!!

 

AUG. 23rd @ JAXX NIGHTCLUB IN VA

 

SET TIME: TBA BE THERE!

 

TICKETS ($10) AT DOOR!

 

Exciting news!

After winning recording time from a gig at DC's 9:30 Club, Touching Elbows went in studio. They recorded three songs- now posted up on myspace, purevolume and buzznet. Make sure to check 'em out and thanks for all the support!

Zoe from Touching Elbows here. Just like to say that all is well at Camp Elbow- we're practicing/fine tuning all our old songs and hard at work writting new one. SO here a look at some of the stuff we're working with:

 

VERSE:

How’d this happen?

I said - how the hell did this happen!

How did I get this voice singing?

How I get these feet tapping?

 

In my head I never thought

Id ever get too trying at all

But then you’re telling me

That this is all my fault

 

 

CHORUS:

Forget bad timing and bad luck

Too late to look back,

My minds made up

 

 

VERSE:

Only the privilegedgot to see you play

You push me to go my way

Isn’t this you've waited for?

Nothing but full out war

 

Maybe I really needed this

And maybe I really want this

I can run faster now

Never going to get enough of it

 

BRIDGE:

I know- I have my head in the clouds

So what if I work best under the gun?

This is my life and I’m living it

This time I won’t be outdone

 

June 10th at 12o'clock?

What what?

Stay tuned for more updates

 

Thanks to everyone who came out to Azalea Festival and sorry to those who didn't catch us. Yes, our slot got moved again. This year AzFest was running an hour late so we traded with another band who was missing a member, so we ended up playing the same time as the set before us would have been (aka 30 mins early). We have no luck with this place. BUT it was a successful 2nd year, so thanks for coming out, and if you didn't see us, we hope to see you next year!

COFFEEHOUSE :D
THIS SATURDAY @ THE HOLTON-ARMS SCHOOL


Performance I - 4 pm (barista service begins at 3:15 pm)

Performance II - 7 pm (barista service begins at 6 pm)


FYI: We're preforming in -both- so come to either


(and honestly - caffine & live music. whats not to like? you have no excuse not to go. period.)


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ps. gonna miss us saturday? never fear...

UPCOMING SHOW: AZALEA FESTIVALS @ LANDON: MAY 2-3

Updates:

firstly...

BIG THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME AND SUPPORT US AT THE 9:30!
The show was incredible. We felt the love :)
We'll be posting pictures of everything from ticket selling, practicing, sound checking, and of course the show- so keep checking back! And be jealous of whoever it was that ended up with Marcus's tri-cornered hat by the end of our set- Haha...

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Shows:

March 14th @ the Holton-Arms School
7303 River Road, Bethesda MD 20817
Coffeehouse '09

May 2nd-3rd @ the Landon School
6101 Wilson Lane Bethesda, MD 20817
Azalea Festival '09

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Exciting News: T.E. will be heading into "studio" soon to record. We received hours with local Cue Studios for selling 100+ tickets at February 9:30 show (thanks Concerts First). We hope to get down to work around Easter, till then we're back to basics and writing songs. If you're lucky- we'll post some demos :)

Again, thanks to everyone who came to our 9:30 show- it was awesome. Our MySpace now has versions of all your favorate T.E. songs and will soon include Live versions from the Big Thing show.

Also we listed a few new shows (see above). We'd love to have you guys show up to them and spread the love. As always stay tuned for set times and such.


"Stay Classy"-
Touching Elbows
(J, M, M & Z)

Completely unrelated to the band but something had to be said....

SO-

Blink 182 reforms and it doesn't make the Buzznet homepage.

WHAT?
I'm sorry but that doesn't sit with me.

Buzzent seems to pride in including a strong musically element and Blink 182 is argued to be one of the best bands of its time.
Even if you don't like their music, you can't disregard the music skill of someone like Travis Barker.

Thoughts?

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And as always...

REMINDER: Buy your tickets from band members on a pre-sale for $15 (otherwise at the door) for Touching Elbows show at the 9:30 club on February 15th.

REMINDER: Buy your tickets from band members on a pre-sale for $15 (otherwise at the door) for Touching Elbows show at the 9:30 club on February 15th. 

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Hi everybody,

So its been a while since an actual update from us here at Camp T.E. but don't worry we're still here and we're working as hard as ever.

For starters, like we mentioned in an earlier photo post, the band received recording time over the holiday season and we fully plan to use that time soon. So be on the look out for new songs and better versions of the old ones.

Also, it's been a snowy mess here in MD. That being said, we've lots of cold weather and even our first snow day! So where does this leave the members of T.E.? Well for one thing the winter-y mix has prompted us into updating our myspace and purevolume sites (so make sure to check them out!!!)

In other news, for a new song that that band worked on this week we're proud to introduce Zoe on backup vocals and Jonah on cello. Plans are to have it in the set list for the 9:30 show so get excited!  But just to give you an idea of what we're working with...

Title: Btown Shakedown

INTRO:

It’s almost April now

I’m feeling better than home

Waking up, walking down

Breathing in the cold

 

VERSE:

The locals and lost bets

All the sights and the sounds

The Set-ups and sunsets

I plant my feet on the ground

 

Before they find out

Before they know we've slipped away

Come on, run back

I’ll think of something to say

 

CHORUS:

Let’s enjoy the time we have

And I’m feeling more than I can say

Let’s enjoy it while we still can

Feeling the best that I can today

 

BRIDGE:

Sunglasses inside

A white collar

The afternoon

And ten dollars

 

VERSE:

The bedroom communities

Of New York or New Jersey

Just can't compare

To the lights of DC

 

CHORUS:

Let’s enjoy the time we have

And I’m feeling more than I can say

Let’s enjoy it while we still can

Feeling the best that I can today

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Hope you're liking what your seeing. We'll try to have a recording of that song up by this weekend :)

And remember to come to our 9:30 show!!!

-the members of Touching Elbows

Exciting news everyone-

There will a pre-sale for tickets for the 'Next Big Thing" show that Touching Elbows is playing! This means you don't have to get up at some bizarre hour and stand in line for tickets. Woohoo! Just find any member of T.E. and ask for tickets ($15 each).

Also another meeting with the organizers has been announced- so as it stands we'll know the exact time of our performance by Feburary 12th.

GET EXCITED!



-Touching Elbows
Jonah, Marcus, Zoe, Meg

prolific aren't we?

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(Title?) Stay Home & Get Well

verse1
Fighting what I'm feeling
Dodging every truth
I'm with pretending
And I'm chasing after you

bridge
Unconventional
And never typical
Stay home and get well

chorus
I know, I know, I know
I've been there for you
And I know, I know, I know
It shows

verse2
But this might land me in trouble
I might be getting in too deep
But either way I'm standing firm
I'm not moving till you leave

NEW SONG! Yay us.
 
Title: Don't Worry
(used to be DWTDMYALOAD)


The rain's finally stopping
The signal's dropping
The line's breaking up
You sound like you're choking up

My speech all night long
Every word perfectly timed
Every word delicate and refined
 Her me and then I'm gone

I say, "It must be better than it seems
And who knows what the future means"
But friends come first
So take one for the team

Sorry I forgot
Who I was talking to
Guess that means I'm dealing with you
Must be all for naught

Let me guess
You look upset
You've been used and misled
 You're smashed and pressed

I say, "it must be better than it seems
And who knows what the future means"
 But friends come first
So take one for the team

Don't worry you'll be fine alone
Stop staying up by the phone
Don't sweat over this
You're fine on your own

I say, "it must be better than it seems
And who knows what the future means"
But friends come first
So take one for the team


- the members of T.E.

Guess what?!

Touching Elbows is playing at the 9:30 club on Sunday, February 15th!!!!

It's actually a pretty cool story, so I'll write it out for you:

So we're having band practice and we took a cake break (because my mum is the best baker of all time and feeds us everything the band could ever want!) when Zoe gets this call from a random number, unbeknownst to Jonah, Marcus, or myself. So, then Zoe starts smacking me and says "Guys! Guys! We got a call!" and the three of us are thinking "Yeah, duh!" but then all of a sudden Zoe starts saying things like "Touching Elbows," "We're in highschool," "We're 16 and 17," etc. and J, M, and me are like WOAH! And Marcus starts screaming "RECORD DEAL?!"

Then Zoe turns totally pale and runs over to my couch, while still on the phone, and starts to fall onto it, and we're thinking she's about to hurl. So Jonah, Marcus, and me are in this huddle waiting for her to finish. Zoe hangs up the phone and says, as calm as she can, "Mother of all things holy, we're playing at the 9:30."

Enter extreme enthusiasm! Jonah, Marcus, my parents, and me start screaming at the top of our lungs and we're all saying "NO WAY! NO WAY!" And then we call back the person who called us, to tell them that we had talked it over and YES! we would like to play at the 9:30. I had to do the talking though because Zoe could stomach it. And then everyone calls the relatives, telling them about the great news.

So here I am, writing about this awesome news after band practice. We're all so excited and we'll hope you come to the show! Cause we're pretty pumped to be playing at the one place we've been dying to play our entire lives!

 Love, Touching Elbows (J, M, M, Z)

WE'RE PLAYING THE 9:30 CLUB!!!

Touching Elbows will be playing with other local bands at the 9:30 on Sunday, Feb 15th, 2009.

Yeah it's a little far off, but we're booked into next year! Isn't that AWESOME?!
Check us out even if you've never seen us!

The 9:30 is an AWESOME venue (one of my favorites to watch at) so you come see us there. We'll keep you updated.

Remember: Request "Touching Elbows" when ordering your tickets!!

There I go again
Sarcastically repeating
Every word that you said.

But it helps: the caffeine cause I think I’m starting to see.
So I stand a little taller
Brush off bad luck
And swallow down my pride.

Days may drag on
but I’m so deserving
And sooner or later,
My luck will be turning.

I tell myself: give up,
Grow up already.
They're all so tired.

So I stand little taller
Brush off bad luck
And swallow down my pride.

Days may drag on
But I’m so deserving
Sooner or later,
My luck will be turning.

I’m so deserving. My luck is turning.
I’m so deserving. My luck is turning.
I’m so deserving. My luck is turning.

So I stand little taller,
Brush off the bad luck
And swallow down my pride.

Days may drag on,
But I’m so deserving
And sooner or later
My luck will be turning now.

Since 1970 standing alone on a northern hill.
Waiting steadily while time stands still.
The wings on your back.
The reaper dressed in black.
Carry you through the years and the bitter tears.

And time flies.
The exciting part of your life is over.
Your friends all died buried under the clover.
And times flies
And flies
And flies

Since 1970 standing alone on a northern hill.
Waiting steadily while time stands still.
The wings on your back and
The years went way to fast

You're still in 1970, you're still in 1970.

And time flies.
The exciting part of your life is over.
Your friends all died buried under the clover.
And times flies
And flies
And flies

You're all alone.
Just so hard on everybody.
You're down off your throne.
You're just trying to find someone.

And time flies and time flies
And time flies and time flies.

And time flies
The exciting part of your life is over.
Your friends all died buried under the clover.
And times flies
And flies
And flies.

It’s a race against all odds
And everyone’s for the other team
And it never seems quite fair
When they don’t cheer for types like me

Sitting is like standing
I’m going everywhere
Writing and endless planning
Just a forever stare

When she doesn’t take her meds
She talks to me
She’s got drugs in her veins
Then I just leave her be

Trust me; I don’t want to ruin this
I’m just really bad at coming up with excuses

Sitting is like standing
I’m going everywhere
Writing and endless planning
Just a forever stare

Sitting is like standing
I’m going everywhere
Writing and endless planning
Just a forever stare

Got a bullet in the brain
And the East Coast blues
Got to figure out a way
To go and show off my moves

Well, I don't have my manners
And I don't have my mind
And I've been missing you for weeks
And you know it can't be a good sign
When I'm running out of time

Got a bullet in the brain
And the East Coast blues
Got to figure out a way
To go and show off my moves

Well I'm holding myself above my head
And blaming you for what was said

Got a bullet in the brain
And the East Coast blues
Got to figure out a way
To go and show off my moves

Got a bullet in the brain
And the East Coast blues
Got to figure out a way
To go and show off my moves

I don't have no manners
But I've found my mind
So I'm breaking out tonight
All I know is that I'm feeling fine
So don't miss the sign

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Show Update:

Hey T.E. fans,

We had great practice today and several more planed for this week because of *drumroll* our upcoming gig!
Here's the info:


11-17-2008
5:00 at The Burger Joint
4827 Fairmont Ave, Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Cost: FREE
w/ The Revoltz


Also during our fantastic practice we worked on a new song, "Fishbowl Memory".
So stay tuned for a streaming of that!


thanks for listening,
-TE

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