http://runfromcover.com/blog.cfm Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:05:00 GMT http://bandzoogle.com http://runfromcover.com/blog.cfm?feature=2450720&postid=1432302 Hey everyone! I'm Andrew Luttrell, I play bass in the band. So here I am writing a blog. My first one actually. You would think a guy like me would have alot to say (which I do) but as I sit here typing my mind is blank. I do alot of writing actually. It's how I gather my thoughts and how I vent. Besides composing and playing music, writing is the way I express myself best. Ironic than that I cannot think of anything to write about today. But I guess since I am writing about not knowing what to write about I do have something to write about! I am not an eloquent speaker. My mind works too slow. Or too fast. I have yet to decide which it is. When speaking to or conversing with someone I'm processing information and thinking about how best to express and/or communicate what I need to best. Since I can't think of the "perfect" word or phrase to convey what it is I'm feeling I often don't finish sentences or fumble over words. Thank God I don't stutter as well. I would never be able to say what I want or need. My apologies to those of you who have speech impediments. I feel your frustration. I thank those of you who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to have a conversation with me for your patience. It is greatly appreciated. What's worse is I feel the need to describe everything in great detail. I can't just get to the point because I don't trust others to know what my point is unless I elaborate. Maybe that's something I should work on. I'm so grateful I can speak a second language. That language being music. I can read, write, and speak it fluently. When and where words can't express me, music can. Everything that I am (my thoughts, feelings, beliefs)  articulated in the most universal of all languages. What a beautiful thing. I can whisper or scream (and eveything in between) notes in different pitches, tones, and rhythms. Currently, I am learning Spanish. Slowly. My girlfriend and her family speak it fluently. Although I can't always communicate with someone through conventional methods, music will always convey what I need it to. I can still speak though I have no tongue. Thats encouraging. I apologize for how all over the place I am writing today! I'm scatter brained. Conversation with me is even more helter skelter than this. I'm glad I have music! Please keep reading our blogs! We will be posting at least 1 every week or two from now on! -Andrew Hey everyone! I'm Andrew Luttrell, I play bass in the band. So here I am writing a blog. My first one actually. You would think a guy like me would have alot to say (which I do) but as I sit here typing my mind is blank. I do alot of writing actually. It's how I gather my thoughts and how I vent. Besides composing and playing music, writing is the way I express myself best. Ironic than that I cannot think of anything to write about today. But I guess since I am writing about not knowing what to write about I do have something to write about! I am not an eloquent speaker. My mind works too slow. Or too fast. I have yet to decide which it is. When speaking to or conversing with someone I'm processing information and thinking about how best to express and/or communicate what I need to best. Since I can't think of the "perfect" word or phrase to convey what it is I'm feeling I often don't finish sentences or fumble over words. Thank God I don't stutter as well. I would never be able to say what I want or need. My apologies to those of you who have speech impediments. I feel your frustration. I thank those of you who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to have a conversation with me for your patience. It is greatly appreciated. What's worse is I feel the need to describe everything in great detail. I can't just get to the point because I don't trust others to know what my point is unless I elaborate. Maybe that's something I should work on. I'm so grateful I can speak a second language. That language being music. I can read, write, and speak it fluently. When and where words can't express me, music can. Everything that I am (my thoughts, feelings, beliefs)  articulated in the most universal of all languages. What a beautiful thing. I can whisper or scream (and eveything in between) notes in different pitches, tones, and rhythms. Currently, I am learning Spanish. Slowly. My girlfriend and her family speak it fluently. Although I can't always communicate with someone through conventional methods, music will always convey what I need it to. I can still speak though I have no tongue. Thats encouraging. I apologize for how all over the place I am writing today! I'm scatter brained. Conversation with me is even more helter skelter than this. I'm glad I have music! Please keep reading our blogs! We will be posting at least 1 every week or two from now on! -Andrew


]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:05:00 GMT 87F8D842226920D1FA606A86FF2A620E http://runfromcover.com/blog.cfm?feature=2450720&postid=1058310 I sometimes feel as though I should only on the rarest of occasions be allowed to write in a public setting as, with the way my mind works as a songwriter, I tend to instantly try and expose the deepest parts of human existence and emotion every time I do. It's a weakness of mine. Normally I am such a casual and laid back guy but something about writing is so intrinsically and poetically spiritual to me that it seems I can hardly write a word without moving into deep and meaningful topics. I look forward to the mixture that is to come in these blogs as I will probably often write the afore mentioned kind of blogs and most of the other guys in the band will probably write on much lighter topics, such as a funny thing they noticed at a hot dog stand or a homeless guy who followed us around downtown Seattle once asking us too feel his ribs and kept seeming to show up at every corner, however for today I'll leave that to them. Run From Cover has so much meaning to us as a band. We are not that bunch of guys who started a band cause we wanted to party or make it "big" so that we can be rich and famous..this really actually did not even factor into the formation of RFC. We started Run From Cover because we needed it; we needed the release that comes through expressing your deepest emotions through music. We were all at the lowest of places in life, financially, spiritually and emotionally we had all been assailed for a several years and finally we were spent and it was either spiral down and out of control or grab onto something saving, for us music.  Over the years as we begin to search for our sound and start recording we started realizing the impact our music had on people around us. A song we wrote would turn out to play a role in someone's life we could not have imagined on our own. We then saw it; music is the great denominator. Good music can bring together the rich and poor, the criminal and the good, people from every ethnic background and country and from every religion....inside the music there is no lines. We believe a  lot of idealistic things as a band, we believe that we can play a part in making the world a better place to live in and that is our goal! Our goal is to write music that brings people together, music that has depth and that everyone can find themselves in, no matter what is going on in their lives. We want to use our music to change the world and bring awareness to the human condition. We support humanity, it's why we keep taking risks and making music, the belief that it means something. I think that separates us from a lot of music out there and puts us on a playing field with bands that we can only hope to someday be like. -Zac Mason Over the years as we begin to search for our sound and start recording we started realizing the impact our music had on people around us. A song we wrote would turn out to play a role in someone's life we could not have imagined on our own. We then saw it; music is the great denominator. Good music can bring together the rich and poor, the criminal and the good, people from every ethnic background and country and from every religion....inside the music there is no lines. We believe a  lot of idealistic things as a band, we believe that we can play a part in making the world a better place to live in and that is our goal! Our goal is to write music that brings people together, music that has depth and that everyone can find themselves in, no matter what is going on in their lives. We want to use our music to change the world and bring awareness to the human condition. We support humanity, it's why we keep taking risks and making music, the belief that it means something. I think that separates us from a lot of music out there and puts us on a playing field with bands that we can only hope to someday be like. -Zac Mason]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:55:00 GMT D559E28BC234F08FC732D00A4790440C