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The Mines ~ Blog

February 2012

1 post

November 2011

1 post

A Very Special Show featuring The Mines... Autumn...

This is an early show for us… The Mines hit the stage at 8:30pm! More information can be found on the concert listing page.

September 2011

1 post

Here’s an exciting new video for our song “Runningman” from our new CD “Fear Is Easy”. The footage is from our live show at Frederik Meijer Gardens August 9, 2011 shot & edited by James Morse, Chris Coleman and Alan Ledford. They did an amazing job. Thanks guys!

June 2011

1 post

"Fear Is Easy" CD Release Party @ The Pyramid... →

Here you go friends… The official CD release party for The Mines new CD “Fear Is Easy”, with special guests Chasing The Sky & Frame By Frame. Click the link above for the Facebook event with all of the details. The show is being held at the new Grand Rapids club The Pyramid Scheme on Friday July 1, 2011. Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 9pm The Mines hit the stage @ 10pm 18+...

May 2011

2 posts

Two Years in the Making ~ The Mines release new CD

Friends of The Mines, We are happy to announce the rocket has left the pad! Our 3rd CD, “Fear Is Easy” is now available as a download and/or physical CD from our website, or from us directly if we happen to cross paths in your town. (It will be available on iTunes in the next few days, so check the store daily and you’ll be rewarded!) Listen Online and Buy Now The planning for...

Live Show, New CD and a Chance of Hail →

The Mines return to Festival of the Arts Grand Rapids for 2011. The weather is always unpredictable — we had to cut short our set one year due to a hail storm — but there’s one thing you CAN count on… This year, we’re promising a brand new CD: “Fear is Easy”. Pickup your copy after the show. Online purchasing details will be announced soon!

March 2011

2 posts

Closing in on Final Mixes

We’re making progress everyone… the last few weeks producer Joel has been cranking out mixes of each song and emailing them to us. Then of course, each of us listens and puts our 2 cents into reply’s to him which he then addresses. Who knows if each of us is telling him opposite things like “turn Greg’s guitar up!” and “Greg’s guitar is too...

Who are The Mines and why should I care?

A very long time ago you might have interacted with a band call The Mines, and from time to time The Mines would release new music on CD and a popular digital format, which you might purchase, and The Mines would play shows all around Grand Rapids and the midwest, which you might attend. Given that a very long time ago (17 months in fact) The Mines started recording a new full-length CD, which...

December 2010

1 post

Enough Already!

I know, I know, stop talking about the new cd and just release it already! I would if I could, believe me. But hear me out… First of all, to bring everyone up to speed on what I’m talking about… We, The Mines, have been working on our 3rd CD, “Fear Is Easy”, for over a year now. We had no idea it would take us this long when we started, but when you’re a...

November 2010

1 post

For those of you keeping track, it has been over a year since preproduction began on our album “Fear Is Easy”. Never in the past have we taken so much time to get the music right, and I can proudly say, never have we been so proud of what’s happening. And…. Tracking is almost complete! There are a few auxiliary pieces left to layer and tweak, but we are nearing the final stretch of the...

October 2010

1 post

September 2010

4 posts

Have you heard about the Prospecto Music Festival?

We’ll let the festival organizers explain it in their own press release below, but just a quick note to say, we’ll be playing this brand new festival in Grand Rapids on September 23, 2010. The festival is during the world-famous “Art Prize” festival that is in its 2nd year during the same week in Grand Rapids. We perform Thursday night, September 23 @ Billy’s in...

August 2010

1 post

Tomorrow Night - Show @ Meijer Gardens →

July 2010

3 posts

Next Show: The Mines @ Founders - Grand Rapids -... →

Photos from Mexicains Sans Frontieres (7-9-10)... →

Thanks to Anthony for these photos from our show… Follow the link to BackstageAllAccess.com to see the photos.

"Fear is Easy" Show Announcement! ~ July 9th!

Okay, so the Mines have had two of our last three shows rained out in the past 3 months - including festival, which is pretty sad. BUT FEAR NOT!! We have decided to pull our heads out of the recording studio (where the magic is happening), and offer a raincheck to those disappointed fans and friends who came to see us… …but this will be NO ORDINARY SHOW!!! We will play most of our...

June 2010

4 posts

Recording Update: The Work Continues...

Time for an update on what’s been going on with the recording of our next CD. First off, we have landed on a CD title that has us all excited. (Sorry, but the title is going to remain top secret for a little while longer). Having a title that we all love is a big step in the right direction! The current plan is that the CD will include 9 songs — unless one final song comes to us...

We've made the Grand Rapids Press' list of acts to... →

May 2010

3 posts

Next Show: The Mines on City Stage at Grand Rapids... →

Another FREE Show from The Mines - Friday, May 21... →

April 2010

2 posts

One of the songs we’ll be playing at Jukes

Take a listen… Run Home Download Share

March 2010

2 posts

February 2010

2 posts

January 2010

2 posts

December 2009

1 post

November 2009

4 posts

How To Make A Record Week 3

I thought this past Tuesday night was going to be the typical The Mines rehearsal. You know, we’re all in the room but not necessarily “all there”. Any given rehearsal any of us is not necessarily fully present given what our days are like. We all have our good days and bad days. But this rehearsal… We got the PA setup. We caught up with each other as we plugged...

How To Make A Record - Week 2

Go to rehearsal. Play one song many times. Analyze. Dialog. Tune up. Repeat. Next song. Repeat. Midnight. Go home. See you next week.

October 2009

1 post

I'm calling last night - "The Kickoff"

The Mines have officially started the pre-production phase for our next CD. At our regular practice last night we were joined by producer extraordinaire Joel Ferguson (Papa Vegas singer/songwriter, sometimes Verve Pipe bassist, etc…) to walk through the songs we’ve lined up for the new, as yet untitled, CD. I gotta say: this is exciting! OK going into a new CD project I’m...