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Blood:Water Mission

2008-03-12T22:53:00.000-07:00

In case you don't know.

Blood Water Mission is the 1000 Wells Mission started by Jars of Clay. They are in Africa doing work to raise money and help build fresh water wells to provide African Villages clean water.

Many of the natives living in these villages will spend all day making trips to gather water. Most of the time they are only able to make two trips a day and still get back home very later in the evening. Did I mention those two trips are to gather dirty water from the swamp or river? I'm sure all of you know that Africa has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the world, and the dirty water they drink carries germs and bacteria that only makes it worse and causes death. Clean water can and will help countless numbers of African people survive and live better. Just by donating $1 you can provide clean water for one person for a year.

You can donate here... www. bloodwatermission. com

Also, Miguel and I are playing an acoustic show at VINO 100 here in Houston on March 18th to raise money for the cause. The show is 21+ considering it's a wine bar so those of you who can make it out please come join us and have a nice glass of wine.

Hope to see you then!

UPDATE!

2008-02-11T22:33:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

So we have a lot going on and quite a few shows to prepare for. I hope you are excited and I hope to see you all at one soon! We are getting Steven caught up on everything and so far it seems to be going very well. We just played and amazing show with Eyes Set To Kill in which Steven, along with the rest of us, tore it up! It was definitely a fun show, especially with the quick "photo shoot" we had out back! Thank you to all of you that came out to support us.

My mind is pretty boggled right now with the new album. I have been doing lots of reading and writing for it. By the way... Mom, if you read this, I left those sci-fi books at your house and I want them. Oh, and I love you! The process is somewhat slow right now, but a very creative one. We have learned that as we grow and experience things so does our music. We want to create something that is not just music for you to listen to, but also something you can connect with. Something you can read, study, and analyze. We tend to find that we love the music we listen to a whole lot more when we find what the artist was writing about. I think it gives us a personal connection and helps us relate with the artist, and that is exactly what we want to do... relate with our fans.

Look for a lot coming up and an '08 tour!

Until next time!

DARFUR

2008-01-31T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

We have a show coming up April 4th at the University of St. Thomas to help raise awareness about the crisis in Darfur.
Please come check it out, and make a contribution if you can.

http://savedarfur.org
http://www.darfurgenocide.org/
http://movies.aol.com/movie/darfur-now/29563/main

Welcome to the band Steven!

2008-01-08T19:10:00.000-08:00

We would like to welcome Steven Escalante to Since the Ashes

We can't wait to get back on stage and see all you beautiful people

See you all soon!

Sooner than you think...

Love, Since the Ashes

11-30-2007

2007-12-03T00:11:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! The show this past Friday was amazing! Couldn't have asked for anything better, and all of you guys are truly amazing!

As you all know, we were giving all the money we make from the door to the organization IT'S OKAY TO CRY. Well thanks to all of you beautiful people, we were able to give $500! AMAZING!!! That's going to help out a lot! I believe the money is going to be used to produce DVDs that will be sent to the kids that are in need. $500 can make a lot of DVDs, and thanks to all of you guys that came out to the show, because it was you guys that allowed it to happen!

Well, we are looking for photo's from that show too, so if you have any send them our way and we'll see what we can do about putting them up on the myspace.

Man, I love Root Beer Floats! Delicious!

Goodnight!
-Seth

"Three times! What?...THRICE!!!"

2007-11-18T14:44:00.000-08:00

So last night Miguel and I(Seth) saddle up and head out to the Thrice concert. The least I can say is that it was unbelievable! Blew my mind! I would have pictures up, but they didn't allow camera's in the show, SON OF A *****! I keep up with what they are doing with The Alchemy Index though, and I do have to say, despite contradictions from Neil, Digital Sea... AMAZING! I was slightly disappointed though that they didn't play "Under a Killing Moon" or "To Awake and Avenge the Dead." But it's all good!

So when Thrice comes on Miguel and I decide to make our way through the packed crowd to the front hoping to be in the middle of all the action, because as everyone knows that's where it is... duh! But wait, not everyone knows this?

Thrice starts jammin' and I start jumpin'. Now understand that the crowd was so packed that you couldn't lift your arms in the air, you had to fight for every breath. But apparently while being pushed around by this massive crowd people were getting their feet stepped on. A little word of advise... DON'T WEAR FLIP FLOPS TO CONCERTS GIRLS!!! At least if you are going to stand in the middle of the pit. Your toes WILL be stepped on. I do wish to apologize for any toes that were crushed by myself or Miguel... we are terribly sorry, we blame Thrice for making us ROCK!

Moral of the story...

Girls- We don't want you to get hurt so... don't wear flip flops to shows.
Guys- Make your girls change if they are wearing flip flops.

By the way, we had a small practice today. Stef and I worked on some vocals. It was sweet!

WE'VE DONE IT!

2007-11-08T09:18:00.000-08:00

Well it's official... the charity we are going to give to is the IT'S OKAY TO CRY charity. It's a really cool charity that helps to counsel young kids that are struggling through the grieving process of loosing a loved one due to death, the war in Iraq, etc. I hope that you all come out Nov. 30th to help support our cause!

By the way, here is the website... although it is under construction...
http://www.itsokaytocry.org/

THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR DIARY

2007-11-06T21:15:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, thanks for checking out the new blog. This is where we will keep you updated on what's going on with the band and what we are doing in our everyday life... you know, since we are all so interesting!

We do have some new stuff going on...

Matt and I(Seth) have decided that we really would like to start giving to charity. So I have spent the past few days online searching out the best ones and Matt knows a lady that started her own charity. I think we have decided on a local one, but I don't want to say before things are finalized. I'm really excited about this! What we have decided to do is take all the money we make from the door at some of our shows and give it to a charity of our choice. The first show we are going to try this with is our show at Fitzgeralds on November 30th. It's going to be an AMAZING show! We put together a sweet line-up! Hope to see you all there!