Recording!

Update: We are recording! and on a roll. Getting a lot done feels good and we are trying our hardest to get our new material out to everyone!

We're movin on up!

- Sandra G. (The Orkids)

Hello Hello. We just played at the 40th Atlanta Pride Festival this past weekend and were honored to be invited. It was a great day with friends, new, and old fans in Piedmont Park with the view of the city of Altanta at all times.


We had brilliant photographers there to help us capture the moments. We are excited about the on coming month because we will be staying busy and spreading our seeds with the hope that they will grow fast. I just wanted to drop a note for those who were curious for an update....so there ya go! <3

Check out more of Jessica's shots she caught at the show Here!


xoxo Sandra G. (The Orkids)

Wow

Ladies and gentlemen, boy do we have shows for the next two months! More keep coming and all we can do is get more motivated to keep it going! Thanks to all of our fans and followers for your support and for spreading the word. Our duty is to put our sound into your veins!

10/09 - 40th Atlanta Pride Festival (Piedmont Park / Atlanta, GA)
10/15 - Nuci's Space Jam (Nuci's Space / Athens, GA)
10/23 - Athens Airwaves #101 (Tate Center Theatre / Athens, GA)
10/24 - The Earl w/ BETTIE SERVEERT (The Earl / Atlanta, GA)
10/30 - Wild Rumpus After-Party (Little Kings / Athens, GA)
11/11 - Rock Town (The Vinyl - Atlanta, GA)
11/12 - F.O.O.T.S.T.E.P.S. Benefit Show (New Earth / Athens, GA)

Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about! <3 <3 <3

xoxo

Atlanta Based!

Hello hello! It's my birthday and all I can keep thinking about is how fast life is. We all have this one chance to live and only a hand full of us get to make the most of it. I am so lucky to have learned how to take nothing for granted and to breathe and be thankful for each breath.On that note, before I get too "earthy," the band is now Atlanta based! I have to admit it's nice to be in a big city. I miss Athens, of course, but I know that Athens is a place I will see often this year. I am excited for our next show at New Earth with the returning students. Our goal is to show our music to as many new faces as possible. So, let's just hope everything stays in shape and people keep loving it. <3 I wanted to enter a blog post on my birthday, I thought it would be pretty cool. So, there ya go...I'm off to get spoiled which began yesterday with a new vacuum that I can't stop finding reasons to use. Good day to everyone! Can't wait to meet you in person if I haven't already.

Full Weekend

Hello friends. I finally updated my infodizzle and want to start keeping in touch. We had a long but sweet weekend. (Thursday) Adam, Josh, and I stayed up late messing with beats and the new micro sampler, which I am veeeery excited to abuse. (Friday) Started early with no sleep on file. Performed and interviewed for Atlanta & Company on Atlanta 11Alive News! It was pretty freakin cool knowing that I've dreamt of being in that very building from watching it everyday. And not to mention we witnessed Bradly Cooper through satellite getting ready for an interview right after us. Next, we were off to Georgia Public Broadcasting for a 25 minute set and a 15 minute interview that will be aired on July 3rd. Google the stations for your particular city/town for details. Last but not least, we drove 2 1/2 hours to Augusta to play at Sky City for the Shine for Scott Benefit Concert. Scott passed from cancer, leaving a wife and two daughters. The concert was created to raise money for his family. His medical bills were overwhelming and not totally covered by his insurance. Please visit their site for the full story and give any thing you can to help. I have personal experience with losing a loved one to cancer. It's not a joke and not easy. It doesn't really get any easier either. I lost my mother when I was 14 (two weeks into my freshman year in high school). Being at this show and seeing the support given to this family touched my heart. I found myself unable to express my feelings like I wanted because I remember not wanting to be around people or hearing reminders of whom I had lost. I also did not know this family personally and did not was to say something out of line. So, unfortunately I would start saying something between songs in our set, and never got it out as planned. It was a great show and we will be here if they ever need us again. Adam and I drove 2 hours back to Athens. (Saturday) We slept in for our vocals' sake. We got ready and left with the gear and headed to Athfest. We unloaded, THEN loaded the stage soon after, and rocked it out two hours after waking up. I have to admit, not waiting to play was convenient. It was like 100 degrees and people stood as they fried while we played. I was surprised at the crowd because no one really knows that much about us. In Athens, it's hard to take friend suggestions for bands since there are soo many. I had so much fun and am amazed at the support we are gaining and maintaining from old and new fans :o). Definitely felt the love.


Well, I think I wrote a good bit. Josh and Brad are the best at this kind of stuff, but I will eventually get the hang of it. I'm drained, but ready for more!

Show Hard!

Greetings Programs,

Well we just recently returned from Ultra Cool Orlando, Florida after performing at The Florida Music Festival. We played a set, met some great new friends, had cocktails with old friends, saw some killer bands, shook hands with the industry folks, and yes...grabbed some quality beach time (which was cool, because 4 out of the 5 of us are pale enough to be Cullens). Thanks to Dave Claassen and BMI for pumping us and for all the support and spirits-you are MEGA!

We also had a really dope interview with the good folks from pop*Vulture. Check out their recently launched blog as they pick at the carrion of culture. Very, very sweet peeps (it's not often we meet humans on the road we can debate Marvel vs DC with)! They've done a 4 part piece on us and you can check it out here! Thanx pop*Vulture for sharing some drinks with us and thinking us worthy. We likey!

All in all, it was a solid excursion filled with late night debauchery and quality seafood. Pics will be posted soon.

Stay tuned as we have some surprises in store in the next few days including the release of a brand spankin' new track.

But...if you really can't wait, and need to commune with us ASAP, please feel free to check us out this Friday, April 30th at The 500 Songs for Kids event at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta. We will be performing song #403 "The Sign" by Ace of Base. We go on at 11:20pm, but come early to hang and hear some amazing performances by some of Atlanta's finest...plus all the money goes to charity. Find out more here.

So until next time, True Believers, keep it extremely real and remember, whatever you do, Show Hard!

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Josh Maximum

Wagon Time!

Greetings Programs,

We're back with the latest bits 'n bobs from La Casa de Orkids...or as we like to call it "Thunderdome". Tonight we take the stage at the fab 4o Watt for what is sure to be a killer show featuring The Less and Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun. Both are uber-cool bands from Atlanta that we can't wait to carouse with. Also tonight, for those of you in attendance, we will be debuting a brand new up-tempo jump song in our set. Though the new tune does not have an official name as of yet, the duration of time during the song's perfromance will be known as "Wagon Time". Draw from that what you will, just know that there will be heavy use of the pitch bend wheel happening!

In other news, The Orkids were recently featured as part of the BMI/99X Showcase in Atlanta on April the 1st. The show went very well and it was right then and there that we realized we all had superpowers, or for all you Smallville fans "abilities". I think the picture above proves that The Orkids are in fact meta-humans!

We were invited by the mighty 99x to stop by the night before the show for a performance and Q&A session. We were able to smuggle in my MicroKorg and Adam's acoustic for a stripped down "Paper Dolls". You can check out the performance and interview here (also as an added extra special bonus, we also weaved in some behind the scenes footage of the making of our "Paper Dolls" video which we will be premiering in the next month or so-stay tuned). Thanks to Shawn Williams for being ultra-groovy and for making us "meow"! BTW, the 99X studio and location is SICK! I'm just sayin'...

Next up, we head to Orlando, FL for the star-studded gala known as the Florida Music Festival or FMF if you're nasty! We will be performing Friday, April 23rd at 8:30pm on the BMI stage. Grab tickets here. This should be a very radical event with headlining acts like Less Than Jake and Rusted Root. If you are near Orlando (the city, not Sandra's brother-he's still in the UK due to volcanic ash and the end of the world), drop by and check us out-we can sip drinks that have little umbrellas in them.

After that we are back in Atlanta for the Amazing charity event 500 Songs for Kids. We will be peforming song #403 "The Sign" by Ace of Base on Friday, April 30th at 11:20pm. All proceeds go to the charity. Come out and support if you can and find out if Sandra sings with an accent or not! Hmmmm....

Anyhoo, that's all for now. Keep checking back for more updates, videos, media, and tissue samples. We keep adding them all the time. Laters...

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Josh Maximum