Wednesday August 20, 2003

Whats up? Just a quick reminder that Black Earth will be at "Champs" in Columbus, Indiana this weekend Friday 22nd - Saturday 23rd. I hope all of you can make it out to see the show.
Black Earth would like to say thanks to Matt & everyone else at "ST. Louis Music Inc." For hooking us up with a couple of our newest endorsements.
Duane is now endorsed by "Ampeg Amps", who also endorse some of the biggest artist in music today. Click the banner below to check out the Ampeg website.

Craig is now endorsed by "Crate Amps". Crate also endorses such artist as Sammy Hagar and Marty Freidman.
Check out the "Crate Amps" Website by clicking their banner below as well.
Again, Black Earth would like to thank Matt @ "ST. Louis Music Inc." for hooking us up with these two companies that have been major manufacturers of Music Equipment for many years.

Travis has also picked up an endorsement from "Randall Amplifiers" Randall is another name that has been making music equipment for many years. Randall currently endorse such artist as Dimebag, Disturbed, Sevendust, Godsmack, Etc.
Travis would like to thank David Karon at "Randall Amps" for the deal. Check out "Randall Amps" by clicking their banner below.

I hope to see all of you at "Champs" in Columbus on Friday & Saturday.

Sunday August 17, 2003

Black Earth will be playing at this years OKTOBERFEST on Saturday September 27th which will be held at The Story Inn in Nashville, Indiana. There will be 4 bands playing this year. The other bands are Writers in the Round, Harsh Reality, and Gizzae. The show will run from 3:00pm - 10:00pm. Black Earth will play from 4:45pm - 6:15pm. We will have tickets to give away very soon, I will post how many we have when I get them so keep checking back.
The Story Inn is located at: 6404 s. State Road 135, Nashville, Indiana.
Click the banner below to Check out The Story Inn Website for Directions, Ticket price and all other info.

Black Earth will be back at "The Depot" in Orleans, IN on Saturday September 13th, and back at "The Ole' Downtown" in Bedford, IN on Saturday November 8th. I hope to see all of you at both of these shows.

Saturday July 26, 2003

Whats up? Well first off I just want to tell everyone to check out the new "Merchandise Page". We have CD's, Guitar Pick's, Keyring's, and in the next couple of weeks we will have T-Shirt's. We hope to be adding more Black Earth Merch very soon. Make sure you take a look at the "Merchandise Page".

Black Earth is now Endorsed by "Tradition Guitars", who in the past has endorsed guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo and presently endorse many other great players.
We would like to thank Eric Matthews at Tradition Guitars for hooking us up. Click the Tradition Guitars banner below to check out their website.

Black Earth is also now Endorsed by "Rhino Amps", Who endorse such monster guitar shredders as Michael Angelo, Yngwie Malmsteen, & Joe Stump just to name a few. Black Earth would like to thank Rhino Amp Pres. Robert Turner and Rudy in Artist Relations for hooking us up.
Check out Rhino Amps by clicking the banner below.

RP Films & will be releasing "Haulin or Crawlin" in August of 2003, which features the song "Down" from Black Earth.
RP Films in association with BlackArts Entertainment and Times Four Productions, film and produce extreme 4x4 off-road and rock crawling videos and DVDs of competition events and freestyle wheelin'. Black Earth would like to thank Ryan Baker from BlackArts Entertainment and everyone else at the above mentioned companies for including Black Earth in their upcoming release.
Check out RP Films by clicking their banner below.

Thats about it for now. Don't forget to visit the "Merchandise Page", and keep checking back for all the latest Black Earth info.

Monday July 7, 2003

Whats up? I hope you all had a fun & safe 4th of July holiday. Well, not to much going on at the moment just finishing up in the studio. I do have a couple of Website's for you to look at. First check out "International Longhairs United" page, Black Earth is the featured band for the month of July. Also check out "Ellie Timms Photography" page. She did the interview with me (Travis) that appear's on the "International Longhairs" site. I want to thank Robin from the "International Longhairs United" site as well as Ellie for helping to get the Black Earth name out there a little more.
Click on the banners below to check out their site's.

     

For all of you Wrestling Fans out there, take a look at Turnbuckle Travis' Wrestling page. He is a new friend of the band from Sunny Florida.
Check out his site, and tell him that Black Earth sent you.

Also check out the site of Model "Wendy June", who we recently traded links with.
Wendy was Playboy's Sexy Girl Next Door, one of The Ladies in Waiting in "Gene Simmons Tongue Magazine", and will soon appear in Easyrider, STUN and Maxim Magazines. She is also a big fan of Heavy Metal Music. Thanks to Wendy for trading links with Black Earth.
Click her banner below to go to her site.
( ADULTS ONLY PLEASE )

Thursday June 26, 2003

Whats up? Well we are currently doing some recording so we don't have any shows coming up in July. We will be picking things up again in August to do some more shows. So far recording has went really good, and we hope to have it finished up in the next couple of weeks.

Black Earth now has a Guestbook. Go sign it, feel free to ask any questions or make any comments you want.
Let us know what you think about Black Earth.

We were contacted today and told that one of our original songs called "Down" will appear on "Ytse Jams: Compilation Volume 2". This CD Features 10 Tracks in all, from various bands. Click the CD cover below for info on ordering your copy. Don't forget to check out their site at http://www.ytsejam.com/

Now, here are a couple of websites that belong to friends of Black Earth that you need to take a look at.
First is the Website of a great band and friends of Black Earth. The band is called "PULSE 8".
These guys are from Kentucky, and we hope to be doing some shows with them very soon.
Check them out by clicking their banner below, and tell'em Black Earth sent ya.

The next website belongs to "Kat Surth". Kat will be appearing in the movie "Hotel Hell", which also features 2 songs from Black Earth.
I have talked to her quite a few times via e-mail, and she is a very cool lady, and we are happy to trade links with her.
Check out Kat's website by clicking her photo below.

Thats about it for now. Make sure you sign the "Guestbook", check out our friend's, and keep checking back for all the latest info on Black Earth.

Wednesday June 4, 2003

Whats up? I want to thank everyone that came out to see Black Earth at "Legend's" on Saturday night. We got to see some old friend's that we haven't seen in some time, plus we got to meet a few new people as well. We will post the date when we get one booked back at "Legend's".

A lot to tell you about right now. First off, Travis is now Endorsed by and plays "Black Diamond String's" Exclusively, which is cool in and of itself, but what makes these string's that much cooler is that the string's are actually BLACK. Killer Huh??

Craig is now Endorsed by "Everly String's", who's President is Music Legend "Phil Everly" from the "EVERLY BROTHERS". Now Mr. Everly is not a Metal Musician, But he is for sure a Music Legend.
A Major Big thanks to Les O'Connor @ "Black Diamond Stings" and Phil & Jason Everly @ "Everly Music" from Black Earth.
Check out both Companies by clicking their Banner's below.

     

Black Earth's members are big fans of Horror Movie's, so this next part of the update is killer for us to be a part of.
A Film company called "Nightmare Production's" is going to feature 2 of Black Earth's original song's in their next Movie. The movie will be titled "Hotel Hell", and will feature "Livin' in Hell" and "It's The Night" by Black Earth. Check out their site for more info on release date's, other film's, and ordering info.
Thanks to Michael W. Johnson @ "Nightmare Production's" for wanting to use Black Earth's Music.

Black Earth has been in contact with Neal Moser who is almost single handedly responsible for making "B.C. Rich Guitar's" the company it is today.
He designed a lot of the guitars that B.C. Rich is famous for, like "The Bich" and "The Virgin".
Check out "Neal Moser's" site, as well as "Moser Custom Guitar's" site. His new design's are KILLER, and Black Earth hope's to be playing them soon.

Black Earth will be taking some time off to do some much needed recording of new music, But in that time we will be playing a show or 2 here and there.
We will be at "The Ole' Downtown" in Bedford, IN on Saturday June 21st. We also might be doing a 4TH of July show, but I don't want to say much till I know for sure. I hope you all can make it out. Well thats about it for now.
Keep checking back for more info on these and other happening's in the world of BLACK EARTH.

Thursday May 22, 2003

Whats up? Well I want to remind everyone that Black Earth will be playing at "Legend's Bar & Grill" on Saturday May 31st. After the show at Legend's we will be taking a few weeks off to do some recording if all goes as planned. We will also be booking more show's during this time off, so keep checking back to get the new dates, as they will be posted as soon as we have them booked.

Now, I want to say RIGHT ON!!!! to Black Earth's Drummer, Brian. He just got an Endorsement from "AXIS PERCUSSION". Axis makes some of the best Kick Drum Pedals, Stand's, Etc. on the market, so as you might guess brian is really excited about this, as is the rest of the Black Earth band. Black Earth and especially Brian would like to thank all at AXIS for hooking Brian up.
Check out Axis Percussion at http://www.axispercussion.com/

Saturday May 17, 2003

What's up? well, I want to thank everyone that came to The Ritz Nightclub in Indy last night to see Black Earth.
Now, First off I want to tell everyone that Black Earth will be playing at "Legends Bar & Grill" in Bloomington, IN on Saturday May 31st. I hope to see all of you there. This will be our first time at "Legend's" so we hope to have a good turn out.

Black Earth is also now endorsed by "HEX Custom Instrument's" which is very cool. Check out their website, they make some badass looking guitars. A big thank's to Tommie Hex for hooking us up with the deal. We should be ordering some axe's soon.
Black Earth would like to thank all of our Sponsor's for having some faith in the band and helping us out.
John at "D & D Manufacturing"
Todd at "HEADBLADE"
John and Doug at "DIRTBAG CLOTHING"
Tony at "SILVERTONE GUITARS/SMC"
and Tommie at "HEX CUSTOM INSTRUMENT"S".
Well, that's about it for now, but I hope to see you all at "Legend's" on May 31st supporting Bloomington, Indiana original Rock-n-Roll.

Wednesday May 14, 2003

Whats up? Thank's to everyone that came to see us at "The Stone City Mall" on Saturday. We had a Good time and should be back soon. So keep watching the Shows & Booking page for a date. Friday May 16th we will be at The Ritz Nightclub in Indianapolis, IN. Check the Shows & Booking page for address and Info number. I hope to see you all there.

Monday April 28, 2003

Whats up? Thank's to everyone that came out to The DogHouse on Saturday night to see the band. We will be back there soon, I'm sure.
I want to welcome our new sound woman (yes, I said woman) Jessica. She has been a friend of the band for a while and is gonna be giving us a hand from now on at the shows by running sound for the band. I want to give another long overdue shout out to Dean Abney from "D.J. Production's" and Reece Hilenberg from "Frazier Audio". These guys have came through for the band many times with production needs. Thanks again guys.

I also want to tell you all about our New Sponsorship. Black Earth is now endorsed by "SilverTone Guitar's" and "SMC". The world's largest Manufacturer of music equipment. Now for those of you that aren't familiar with "SilverTone" or "SMC"(Samick) they have been in the biz since 1949, and as of January 2003 they have endorsed "Paul Stanley" from "KISS". Now, anyone that personally knows the members of Black Earth know that we are all major KISS fans. So to be endorsed by the same Company that endorses Paul Stanley, for us is a great honor. We are very excited about this, and I would like to thank Tony Delarosa from "SMC" for even taking my phone call, not to mention taking time out of his busy schedule to talk to me the numerous times I have called him over the past week getting the deal worked out. Thank's Again Tony and all at "SMC".
You can check out "SilverTone Guitars" and the new Paul Stanley line at www.silvertoneguitar.com

Click Picture above to check out "The Paul Stanley" SilverTone Guitar Line.

Wednesday April 23, 2003

Whats going on all?? Thanks to everyone that came out to "The Downtown" on Friday to see Black Earth, We always have a good time there. I want to remind everyone that Black Earth will be at "The Doghouse Saloon" in Oolitic, IN this Saturday (April 26th) so I hope that everyone can make it to the show.
Black Earth would like to turn everyone on to our newest Sponsor "The DirtBag Clothing Co." http://www.dirtbagclothing.com/. Killer T-Shirt's, Hats, Beanies, Etc. Make sure you check them out, and tell them that Black Earth sent you.

Monday April 14, 2003

Whats up? not to much that I want to talk about at this point. We should have the result's of the Kornstock vote's soon, and we want to thank everyone that voted for Black Earth.
Black Earth will be at "The ole' Downtown Tavern" in Bedford, IN this Friday night April 18th, so I hope to see all of you there. Keep checking the "Show's & Booking" page for all new show dates.

Friday April 4, 2003

Whats up? Well, I want to thank everyone that came out to see the band at "The Depot" last weekend. We will be back there soon.
Not to much going on right now, just working on new music and still getting some shows booked. All shows will be posted when they are final.
We are still looking for "STREETTEAM" members, so if you are interested in joining, contact us and we will hook you up.

Sunday March 23, 2003

Whats up? Just a quick update. Black Earth will be playing at "The Depot" in Orleans, IN on Friday March 28th & Saturday March 29th. I hope to see all of you at the show.
If you haven't heard, The annual Kornstock Festival will be held in Bloomington, IN this year. If you go to http://www.kornstock.net/ you can vote for the bands you would like to see at Kornstock 2003. Pease go to the Kornstock site and cast your vote for Black Earth.
Black Earth is currently in the process of putting together a "StreetTeam" to help spread the word about Black Earth. If you are a member of "The Black Earth StreetTeam" your job is to give away our CD's, Flyer's, Sticker's, Etc., to people at show's, The Mall, Music Store's, etc, in your area of the globe that you think would be into the music of the band.
In return you would get free stuff from the band like Stickers, T-shirt's, Advanced Release copies of new CD's, songs, and Video's that we are currently shooting, Plus whatever else we can think of. If you are interested in becoming a member, Contact us and we will see about making it happen.
Well, till next time........

Monday March 10, 2003

What's up? Thank's to everyone that came to see Black Earth on Friday night at The "Olde Downtown" in Bedford. We will be back at The Downtown on Friday APRIL 18th, and again on Saturday JUNE 21st. Make sure you come out to see the show on these 2 nights.
Black Earth will play their first show at "Legend's Bar & Grill" on Saturday MAY 31st, so be sure you come out to see that show also.
We are currently adding a "FAN PAGE" to the website. It will have pictures from various shows of the band hanging out and partying with some of our friends & fans.
If you have been to a show and have any pictures of the band, please contact us. We would like to get copies of them, so please e-mail us so we can get together.
Be sure to check out the "Links" page and go to "The Friends of Black Earth" Link and check out a great band (and Friends of ours) from ITALY called MESMERIZE. Well thats about it for now, but keep checking back for more updates.

Wednesday February 26, 2003

Whats up? Just want to say thank's to everyone that made it out to "The Depot" on Saturday to see the band. The weather was terrible but we had a good turn out anyway, Thank's for coming out. The band would like to thank Roger at The Depot for letting us get in there and do our thing, we had a blast. We will be at "The Depot" again on Fri-Sat March 28th-29th. I hope to see all of you there.

Sunday February 16, 2003

Well not to much to talk about at the moment. We are just finishing up some new originals and picking up a few covers to add to the list. We are waiting for a couple of show's to be confirmed. One at Rumor's Sport's Bar in Bloomfield, IN and the other at Legend's Bar & Grill in Bloomington, IN. I'll post those date's when they are confirmed.
Don't forget to come see Black Earth this coming weekend "Saturday Feb 22, 2003" at The Depot in Orleans, IN.

Friday February 07, 2003

What's up? I'll keep it short. 3 new show's have been added to the "Show's & Booking" Page, so go find out when and where they are. If you haven't read the newest review go read it, and while you're there click the link and read Travis' interview with "Barbara Fara" from "Musicincider Magazine".
Black Earth is now officially sponsored by "The HeadBlade Co." As I mentioned in the last update, we are working on getting a "Black Earth/Travis Crider" Signature Model. More on this as it progress'.
Black Earth would like to thank Barb Fara for everything she is doing to help the band reach our ultimate goal. She's going above and beyond the call to push the band to some very important people in the music industry.
As alway's we want to thank you, the fans that come out to see the show's. You rule, thank's for supporting this thing we call " BLACK EARTH ".

Thursday January 23, 2003

What's up? Thank's to everyone that braved the weather Saturday and made it to the show at "The Doghouse". The club was pleased & a little suprised I think with the turn out we had in spite of all the snow. We will back back there soon, so if you missed the show you can catch us at The Doghouse again very soon.
We are booking new show's right now and will have them posted very soon. We are planning to go into the studio to finish up some tracks that we have not been able to get to until now, so we will have some new music for you to take home very soon I hope. Also, We have filmed a video for the song "Down" which will be posted on the site for download and added as a multimedia bonus to the CD once we are finished editing.
We are currently talking to a company called "HEADBLADE" about an endorsement/sponsorship. They make a killer razor specifically designed for shaving your head. This sponsorship is aimed directly at TRAVIS and his bald head.
We are even talking about a "Travis Crider" Signature Model, in what color? Yep, You guessed it "BLACK".
Check out http://www.headblade.com/ for full product line.
That's about it for now, but keep checking back for more update's.

Thursday January 16, 2003
What's up all? Well just want to say thanks to everyone that came to the show at The Bluebird on the 7th.
We had a good time as always, and I hope you did as well.
Black Earth is now endorsed by "D & D MANUFACTURING". I want to thank them for hooking us up and for being so patient with my hard to please ass when it came down to all the specific's with logo's and design's. I personally want to thank them for going above and beyond to make sure we are getting what we want. I hope we can make them as happy about the deal as they have us. Thank's again.
We are currently talking to a couple more companies about endorsement's, and we'll keep you posted on that. Black Earth will be at the Doghouse Saloon in Oolitic, Indiana on Saturday Jan. 18th, so don't miss the show.(check the show's & booking page for more show date's and time's)

Thursday January 2, 2003

Happy New Year. I hope you all had a fun, safe new year, and Christmas. Well I'll will keep it short this time. Black Earth will be at the Bluebird Nightclub in downtown Bloomington, IN on Jan 7th, so come out and see the show.

Now on a more serious note...
The entire Black Earth band would like to express our deepest sympathies to our Manager Brian Wolber and his family for the recent passing of his father. Mr. Wolber was always very supportive and understanding when it came to Black Earth or other bands that Brian was associated with. Only 2 member's of Black Earth ever had the chance to meet Brian's father, but I can say that he was truly one of a kind and will be sorely missed.

For the time being, please address all Black Earth inquiries to: Blackearth1@aol.com, as Brian will be taking some time off.