Hiatus

As many of you may have heard, Canoes is on hiatus. What does this mean? I must admit I do not really know. None of us really do. Here is what has been going on with some of us (as best I know).

So after our last show at the underground (May 21st), We decided to take a few weeks off, do some writing, maybe some recording and just hang out without playing shows. We had kind of saturated the local scene playing a half dozen shows in just a few months so we thought this just made sense. Meanwhile God was working in my heart and I began evaluating what it was He had in store for me and why I was playing with Canoes. Through that I just kept hearing hiatus. I prayed for peace concerning this and I received it in abundance, and the guys were understanding and awesome about it. We talked one night at Starbucks and I really felt good after our talk.

Since then, I have had the opportunity to play in a couple of other musical endeavors including playing worship at a local church. Jarrod started a new band called Youth in Asia. I haven't heard them yet but if Jarrod Geary is in it, you can expect nothing but the best. Adam is up to his own stuff, getting involved in all sorts of ministries and impacting the world for the kingdom (always). Our guitar player Rob married the love of his life Abigal, and our fill in guitarist John, is tying the knot in October. Thats kind of where we are at this juncture. I would not rule out the possibility of a show this fall, but we will see.

Thanks for your support through the spring, we all had a blast. Maybe we can do it again sometime soon. Thanks for reading, Kile for Canoes

we played the underground on saturday night. not one of my favorite venues and we couldn't hear the guitar but overall i think the show went well. we got to meet joe who just so happens to like great music and has the same humor as me and kile also he helps run the underground. we got to talk to him for a while and i am excited to see what he can do to help turn the underground around and make it into a place that everyone loves to go to. we also made new friends with the band o discordia, some great guys from the beavercreek area. we are excited to play some more shows with them in the future.

we have a show coming up on march 6th at The Venue in Kidd Coffee with Remember When, Kelsey Skaggs, All This Time and Misunderstood its $7 at the door and doors open at 7:30 come and hang out with us

jarrod

Futures

So we have three shows booked for the upcoming months. Go to our Myspace or Facebook page and check them out. We have to opportunity to play Made Avail and Mark from Cool Hand Luke at two of the shows. We are looking to get some recording done in March, and have some cool merch available in the upcoming weeks/months. If you haven't already, add us as a friend on MySpace, become a fan on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. I cannot type how excited we are to be a band and to play for you all soon. Come say hi. Love, Canoes

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Canoes is a band.

Canoes started in the early summer of 2009, when I met a kid by the name of Jarrod Geary. While having a ton of differences we quickly found a lot of common ground, including our parallel beliefs in God and a common passion for music. We met through a mutual friend and after hanging out once or twice I asked Jarrod if he would be interested in playing bass for a project which I was then calling Everest/Atlantic. We played a lot of the same songs that Canoes plays now, just not nearly as well. Despite the difference in the music I was playing and what Jarrod normally listens to/plays, he joined up as full time bassist. Without even knowing it at the time, Canoes was born.

In August, through a set of circumstances that can only be traced to a Higher power, we asked Adam Simmons to come drum a show with us. After practicing and hanging out with Adam, we could not see our band playing without him. Despite our piano pop style not being his past experience, Adam committed and officially joined shortly after our August show.

Autumn was filled with getting tighter as a band and closer as friends. In November we asked our friend Rob Chipman to come play guitar for Canoes. The dynamic of Canoes changed greatly with the addition of Rob and our sound became more full as the result of his guitar.

The lineup now complete, Canoes is anxious to play for everyone and anyone who will listen. We'll do our best to keep you updated with everything that is going on in the Canoes camp via our online social outlets. Keep an eye out for what is upcoming. We are humbled by the support we have received thus far, and cannot wait to meet everyone who is out there. Kile for Canoes