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1/16/08 - Explain featured at singleoftheday.com
Today over at Singleoftheday.com they are rocking out to our single, Explain the Explanation. Jody Whitesides, who runs the singleoftheday blog, covers various musical genres in his quest to expose his readers to a song that fits the mood he's in for the day or what's currently happening in his world.
Explain will also be played this evening at 6pm central on the Stack & Di show on www.odu.fm.
If that wasn't enough Explain for you, you could get a time machine and go back to Sunday night (January 13th) at 9pm and listen to it on the 102.1 KDGE Local show. Ayo spun the track to help promote our show tomorrow (January 17th) at Carson's Live. We're playing the KDGE Texas Unsigned Showcase at 10pm, $5 cover for 18 and up, hosted by Ayo from the Edge and Matthew JC from Small Guy Music. Three bands for $5, can you beat that? Also featuring Industry6.
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11/4/07 - Explain the Explanation on 102.1 The Edge
So Thursday, when we met up with Ayo at the Carsons Live Unsigned Bands showcase, we gave him a cd totally not expecting any airplay. In fact, I think I've given out more cd's than I can possibly remember to FM and College DJ's without ever hearing an ounce of our music on the airwaves. This is a first for me. It's not that I have a negative attitude about it, it's just that after so long, trying to get something on the radio just seemed completely out of reach. Especially here in Dallas.
To my surprise, Ayo announced on the Local Boy show tonight that they were going to play us. I immediately grabbed my cell and text messaged everyone I knew local and some family back home. I had all of 10 minutes to get the word out. I think I had about 25 folks tuned in on both the radio and via KDGE streaming audio. I think that was the most fun I have ever had in texting from my phone. lol
So, "Explain the Explanation" was played. It is one of my favorites no less from the cd. I had really expected "The Man" to be played, but I give big kudos to Ayo for listening enough to find that song. It's a diamond in the rough I think.
Thanks so much for everyone that has supported us. If you were tuned in, that was totally for you. Thanks to Ayo for giving the old geeky guys a chance on the radio. Can't wait to hang out again on Thursday at Carsons. Hope to see many of you there.
Cheers,
a giddy... Zac
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10/30/07 - Free Download of Betrayal at Pegasusnews.com
Our song Betrayal is being offered as a free download by our friends at Pegasusnews.com. To get the download...
Go to:
http://www.pegasusnews.com/songs/1745/
Right-click on Play the Mp3, select Save Target As, and enjoy your free mp3 copy of our song Betrayal!
(Note: This seems to only work with Microsoft Internet Explorer)
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9/3/07 - The Man named Track of the Week on Garageband.com
Our song The Man is the current Modern Rock Track of the Week on Garageband.com. With a current rating of 5-stars, The Man is the highest rated song in any genre on the Dallas charts!
Garageband is a website that lets people give anonymous reviews to randomly chosen songs from unsigned artists. Artists are not allowed to review their own songs or send their fans to artificially inflate their reviews, so it gives a pretty true measure of the merits of a song.
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8/20/07 - New Reviews and Internet Radio Features
There's been so many new reviews and internet radio features this month, we can scarcely list them all.
Here's a couple new reviews: Indie An'a Jones Music Blog - CD Review, Music-Reviewer.com -CD Review
and some links to recent Podcasts/Internet Radio Features:
The Alternative Music Show, The PodZone, Suitcase Full of Dimes, Night Guy Under the Rock, The Big Ugly Podcast, Podsafe Music Network
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8/10/07 - Featured this week on The Colorado Wave
Our song When You Go is featured this week on The Colorado Wave (www.thecoloradowave.com) a nationally syndicated
FM/AM/internet radio show featuring independent music.
The podcast can be heard on-demand
at http://www.newartistradio.net/TheColoradoWave.htm.
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7/21/07 - 1000 Miles From Home chosen as finalist to open Kiss Party 2007
OMG, we've been selected by 106.1 Kiss FM in Dallas as a finalist for their contest to open Kiss Party 2007 with Avril Lavigne and Good Charlotte on August 3rd.
The contest is open from today through July 30th and you can vote once per day, per email address at this link:
http://party.1061kissfm.com/pages/local_bands/
You have to delete your cookies on your browser to be able to vote again with another address in the same day.
We got chosen for the contest based on our video for When You Go which you can see if you go to the link or at Youtube. There's some stiff competition for the contest, so we need every last vote from you guys to help win this thing.
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7/17/07 - Chad Leaves the Band, Keith Joins
First the bad news...Chad Hudgens after two years with the band has decided to hang up the sticks for a bit to focus on his career. Chad will be missed greatly for his skills on the drums and incredible sense of humor. We all thank him for his hard work and helping us lay the foundation for this little band.
Luckily Keith Mitchell, Chad's injury fill-in, has agreed to stay on full time with us so we should miss nary a beat...no pun intended. That's the good news!
New pics should be up soon along with more live performance dates, etc.
-Chris, 1000MFH
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7/2/07 - When You Go Video Debut
Our video for When You Go has just been released to YouTube. The video was written and directed by Angel, a friend of the band from Italy. She shot the video a few months back, so Jeff missed the shoot. Check out her hard work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKceD8ZAhek
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5/23/07 - New Press Review
Our record was recently reviewed by David Schrimpf of Jefitoblog. Check it out here:
Jefitoblog - Collusion Review
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5/15/07 - We're on iTunes!
Five songs off
of our CD are available now for download on iTunes
We're celebrating by giving away a free mp3 of our song Betrayal to anyone who helps us spread the word to their friends by sending out our new mp3 postcards.
When You Go - ePostcard
Confiding in Pylons - ePostcard
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5/5/07 - Featured twice as Track of the Day on Garageband.com
We just got word that not one, but two of our tracks will be featured as "Track of the Day at Garageband.com" on Friday, May 11th. "Betrayal" will be recognized in the Power Pop category while "The Man" will be recognized in the Modern Rock Category.
Garageband is a site where normal listeners and musicians review two songs at a time and then compare the two. As our songs continue to get good reviews, they climb the chart and go up against higher rated songs in their category. Once a song climb towards the top of the category, then the song goes into a general category like Rock or Pop.
Here's links to the respective reviews for Betrayal and The Man.
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4/20/07 - Featured this week on The Indie Music Wave
Our song Explain
the Explanation is featured this week on The Indie Music Wave (www.indiemusicwave.com) a nationally syndicated
FM/AM/internet radio show featuring independent music.
The broadcast can be heard online
at www.indie104.com on Friday, April 20th from 5PM to 7PM Pacific Time and again on Tuesday, April 24th from 11AM to 1PM Pacific Time.
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4/12/07 - Collusion on Napster & Rhapsody
Five songs off
of our CD are available now for download at Napster and Rhapsody as well as on our Warped Tour Battle of the Bands profile.
 
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4/11/07 - Featured this week on The Colorado Wave
Our song Explain
the Explanation is featured this week on The Colorado Wave (www.thecoloradowave.com) a nationally syndicated
FM/AM/internet radio show featuring independent music.
The podcast can be heard on-demand
at http://www.newartistradio.net/TheColoradoWave.htm
It's the first song played in the show and the host, Carmen, also mentions
us after a couple of songs.
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3/29/07 - Another #5 chart at WYBF, Radnor, PA
We hit #5 again, this time at WYBF Radnor, PA.
Give them a call at 610-902-8453 or send a message via AIM to WYBF DJ to request more Collusion.
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3/22/2007 - "Collusion" Number 5 at WRHU Long Island, New York
So we've made #5 CMJ Alternative at WRHU 88.7 on the campus of Hofstra University on Long Island, New York! We need your help to take us to #1! Listen in to FM 88.7 in New York or online at WRHU Online between 5am and 7am, 5pm and 7pm, 9pm to 11pm, and 3 am to 5am Eastern. Then give them a call at 877-887-WRHU and request 1000 Miles From Home. Please don't call during other times or if you aren't listening as stations like to get real requests from real listeners.
We're up to 69 stations now all over the country, so feel free to listen in to your local station as well and let them know you want to hear 1000 Miles From Home. We charted at five stations this week:
WRHU Hempstead NY #5
WCCX Waukesha WI #13
WTCC Springfield MA #17
WCHC Worcester MA #26
WTTU Cookeville TN #26
and as promised, here's the full list of stations playing us so far:
WRHU Hempstead, NY FM 88.7 #5
WCCX Waukesha, WI FM 104.5 #13
WMUL Huntington, WV FM 88.1 #16
WTCC Springfield, MA FM 90.7 #17
WTTU Cookeville, TN FM 88.5 #26
WCHC Worcester, MA FM 88.1 #26
KSLU St. Louis, MO #30
KTCU Fort Worth, TX FM 88.7
WSFX Nanticoke, PA FM 89.1
KWCR Ogden, UT FM 88.1
CHMR St. Johns, NL-Canada FM 93.5
CILU Thunder Bay, ONT-Canada FM 102.7
CITR Vancouver, BC-Canada FM 101.9
Griffin New York, NY
KAUR Sioux Falls, SD FM 89.1
KBEACH Long Beach, CA
KBUT Crested Butte, CO FM 90.3
KCOU Columbia, MO FM 88.1
KDHX St. Louis, MO FM 88.1
KFSR Fresno, CA FM 90.7
KGAR Lemoore, CA FM 93.3
KGLT Bozeman, MT FM 91.9
KGNU Boulder, CO FM 88.5
KJAK Flagstaff, AZ AM 1680
KMSC Moorhead, MN AM 1500
KRLX Northfield, MN FM 88.1
KRVS Lafayette, LA FM 88.7
KSAU Nacogdoches, TX FM 90.1
KSTO Northfield, MN FM 93.1
KSYM San Antonio, TX FM 90.1
KUCI Irvine, CA FM 88.9
KURE Ames, IA FM 88.5
KVCU Boulder, CO AM 1190
KVMR Nevada City, CA FM 89.5
KWUR St. Louis, MO FM 90.3
KWVA Eugene, OR FM 88.1
RLC Piscataway, NJ FM 90.3
WAKE Winston-Salem, NC
WBMB New York, NY FM 87.9
WCDB Albany, NY FM 90.9
WCFM Williamstown, MA FM 91.9
WCKS Allendale, MI
WCUR West Chester, PA FM 91.7
WECI Richmond, IN FM 91.5
WFHB Bloomington, IN FM 91.3
WGLS Glassboro, NJ FM 89.7
WHUS Storrs, CT FM 91.7
WICB Ithaca, NY FM 91.7
WIDR Kalamazoo, MI FM 89.1
WIRE Norman, OK AM 1710
WITR Rochester, NY FM 89.7
WMNF Tampa, FL FM 88.5
WMSE Milwaukee, WI FM 91.7
WMUH Allentown, PA FM 91.7
WMXM Lake Forest, IL FM 88.9
WNHU West Haven, CT FM 88.7
WPTS Pittsburgh, PA FM 92.1
WRFL Lexington, KY FM 88.1
WRPI Troy, NY FM 91.5
WRUR Rochester, NY FM 88.5
WRUW Cleveland, OH FM 91.1
WSBF Clemson, SC FM 88.1
WSFR Boston, MA
WSUW Whitewater, WI FM 91.7
WSYC Shippensburg, PA FM 88.7
WTBU Boston, MA FM 89.3
WTSR Ewing, NJ FM 91.3
WUPJ Johnstown, PA AM 1610
WUSO Springfield, OH FM 89.1
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3/20/2007 - "Collusion" Reviewed at NEUFUTUR.com
Collusion was reviewed today by James McQuiston of NEUFUTUR.com. Here's an excerpt:
"This may just be a six-song EP, but the fact that there is so much to hear during the album and that the album itself holds a high level of replay should bode well for any full-lengths that 1000 Miles From Home may release in the next few years. Make sure to dig out a copy of this EP or see the band live; it should be only a matter of time before they will be able to make the jump to the next level and be known equally well through all fifty states in the Union."
Link to the full review
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3/16/2007 - "Collusion" Charts at five CMJ Stations this week
In our third week, we've brought the total number of college stations up to 65. Here's how we did on the CMJ Alternative Top #30 charts this week.
WTCC Springfield,MA FM 90.7 - #13
WCCX Waukesha,WI FM 104.5 - #15
WMUL Huntington,WV FM 88.1 - #16
WSFR Boston,MA - #26
WTTU Cookeville,TN FM 88.5 - #28
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3/7/2007 - "Collusion" Charts at WCCX, WTCC, WSFR, and WMUL
In it's second week of airplay, "Collusion" hits #16 at WCCX, Waukesha, WI #20 at WTCC, Springfield, MA, #26 at WSFR, Boston, MA, and #30 at WMUL, Huntington, WV on their respective CMJ Alternative Top 30 Charts. Our EP is now on playlists of 58 college stations across the US and Canada. Here's a list of the new stations this week:
WGNU Boulder CO
WVCU Boulder CO
WRFL Lexington KY
KAUR Sioux Falls SD
CITR Vancouver BC Canada
KDHX St. Louis MO
KFSR Fresno CA
KGLT Bozeman MT
KRLX Northfield MN
KRVS Lafayette LA
KURE Ames IA
KVMR Nevada City CA
WAKE Winston-Salem NC
WECI Richmond IN
WICB Ithaca NY
WUSO Springfield OH
CHMR St. Johns NL Canada
WNHU West Haven CT
KAOS Olympia WA
WCDB Albany NY
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2/28/2007 - "Collusion" Charts at WTCC and WSLU
In it's first week of airplay, "Collusion" hit #20 at WTCC, Springfield, MA and #30 at WSLU, St. Louis, MO on their respective CMJ Alternative Top 30 Charts. Our EP is now on playlists of 38 college stations across the US, including our "hometown" WTCU 88.7 FM in Fort Worth. Here's a list of all the stations:
KTCU Fort Worth,TX FM 88.7
KWCR Ogden,UT FM 88.1
KSYM San Antonio,TX FM 90.1
WSBF Clemson,SC FM 88.1
KMSC Moorhead,MN AM 1500
WCCX Waukesha,WI FM 104.5
WPTS Pittsburgh,PA FM 92.1
WSFX Nanticoke,PA FM 89.1, FM 105.5
WSUW Whitewater,WI FM 91.7
WTCC Springfield,MA FM 90.7
WTTU Cookeville,TN FM 88.5
WUPJ Johnstown,PA
WSLU St. Louis,MO
WSYC Shippensburg,PA
WGLS Glassboro,NJ
WCUR West Chester,PA
KSTO Northfield,MN
WTSR Ewing,NJ
WSFR Boston,MA
WMXM Lake Forest,IL
WMSE Milwaukee,WI
WITR Rochester,NY
WIRE Norman,OK
WCFM Williamstown,MA
WBMB New York,NY
KVMR Nevada City,CA
KRVS Lafayette,LA
KGLT Bozeman,MT
KCOU Columbia,MO
KBEACH Long Beach,CA
KSAU Nacogdoches,TX
WMNF Tampa,FL
WRHU Hempstead,NY
WMUH Allentown,PA
WHUS Storrs,CT
RLC Piscataway,NJ
WCDB Albany,NY
KJAK Flagstaff,AZ
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2/21/2007 - College Radio Adds for 2/20
KMSC-MN Moorhead,MN AM-1500
WCCX Waukesha,WI FM-104.5
WPTS Pittsburgh,PA FM-92.1
WSFX Nanticoke,PA FM-89.1, FM-105.5
WSUW Whitewater,WI FM-91.7
WTCC Springfield,MA FM-90.7
WTTU Cookeville,TN FM-88.5
WUPJ Johnstown,PA
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2/20/2007 - "Collusion" CD Review on PegasusNews.com
Our upcoming CD release was reviewed today by Dallas-Fort Worth based PegasusNews.com Music Editor Erin Rice and she is now our favorite music journalist on Earth. No word yet on if she's except our invitation to the prom. Here's an excerpt:
"The biggest compliment I think I can give this EP is that after listening to it the requisite six or more times, I still want to listen to it again and again...Overall, Collusion is an incredibly catchy album with prettier songs mixed among slightly darker tunes and lyrics."
Link to the full review
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2/19/2007 - Jeff Widman joins the band
We're excited to announce that singer/songwriter Jeff Widman has decided to join our little band!
We first met Jeff at a local venue where he was performing his solo acoustic set. His stage presence, musicianship, songwriting, and vocals were so amazing that we knew immediately we had to work with him. Jeff will be helping Zac and Eddie with guitar duties and also lending his vocal and songwriting talents.
We've been rehearsing with Jeff since mid-January and he will make his debut with us at our CD Release Party, Saturday, March 10th at RockHouse Live in Dallas.
Jeff is originally from Canandaigua, New York, but he's been here in North Texas for quite a while graduating from East Plano High in 2005 (yep, he's just a baby). Check out Jeff's solo material on his MySpace.
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1/22/2007 - Digital Distribution Agreement Reached with Knockout Records
1000 Miles From Home has reached an agreement with independent record label, Knockout Records, for digital distribution of their upcoming record "Collusion". The CD will be available for purchase via digital download on over 150 sites around the world beginning March 9th including iTunes, Rhapsody, and Napster.
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1/21/2007 - 1000 Miles From Home to Release New CD on March 9, 2007
The new EP "Collusion" from 1000 Miles From Home will be released on March 9, 2007. The CD will be available for online pre-orders beginning in February via the band's secure online store. Full length versions of "Explain the Explanation" and "Betrayal" can be heard on the band's MySpace page.
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1/21/2007 - New Website Launched
1000MilesFromHome.com has been completely revamped with new features and a new format. Clips of all six songs from the band's upcoming release, Collusion, are available on the new website.
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12/6/2006 - New Song Clips Posted
So we couldn't contain ourselves. We've loaded clips of two of the songs that will appear on our EP to our MySpace and Website, now scheduled to release March 9th, 2007. We hope you like them as much as we do. Leave us some comments and let us know what you think.
Hopefully this will tide you ravenous dogs over until the single is released.
BTW, the cover art for the CD is by jewelry designer/artist Wendy Culpepper.
www.wendyculpepper.com
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11/7/2006 - Debut Recording Complete
We've completed recording on our debut EP, which we are tentatively calling "Collusion". Six tracks were recorded for the EP at Indian Trails Recording Studio in Sanger, TX with producer Alex Gerst (Slow Roosevelt, The Feds, SouthFM). A release date for the EP has not been announced.
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9/27/2006 - #1 Song on LeftEarRadio.com
Our song "The Man" has climbed to #1 on local Dallas internet radio site, Leftearradio.com. "The Man" appears on our demo CD available for free at all of our live performances.
A new version of "The Man" is slated for release on our debut EP. Recording of the EP is expected to complete in early October.
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