moving to tumblr!

i am officially moving my blog to http://joemoralez.tumblr.com. please join me there as the new year rolls around because i will be renovating much around my site starting with my blog! hope you have a merry christmas!

music and cold weather

yesterday i went into charlie peacocks studio to work on a remix of ‘take me to california’ to pitch for some television/film stuff. richie biggs was mixing it and i must say it sounds pretty dang cool! it is a bit different from what is on the record. some of the guitar work is cut out and the vocals have a different effect on them. i will probably post the song as soon as i get the ok. it was really fun getting to hang at charlie’s studio!

don’t know what to get that special someone for christmas? i have the answer… right now my record is up on iTunes right now for $9.99! buy them my record! i promise it won’t let you down and if it does, i will send you a free autographed poster. you have to be honest with me though. i need to hang more lights outside my house tomorrow. i bought a new staple gun and realized that i bought the wrong staples to go in it. how frustrated… the closest wal-mart to my house is about 20 minutes. jordan came by today and we played the mandolin and modern warfare 2. that game is seriously mad awesome! anyway, it promotes killing so i don’t know how much i should promote playing it… but it is really fun. who am i kidding, its amazing! well, i am off to watch hai play… he is pretty good at it.

here’s a little shot of my living room.. so much holiday spirit!

joe.

home

i am finally moved in to my new house! i have spent the last few days unpacking boxes and boxes of stuff. its really crazy to see how much stuff i have. its also crazy that all of this stuff was in a storage unit for a year! i honestly didn’t miss anything. life seems easier living out of a suitcase. now that i have pulled everything out its hard to let go of things. i am making a goodwill drop tomorrow, hopefully this is the beginning of me sifting out the useless stuff in my world. i might cut my hair… while i was stopped at a stop light today i was listening to pearl jam with my windows down. this guy sitting at the bus stop bench looked into my car and said, “hey, happy holidays! i just thought i should tell someone as beautiful as you are that before you drive away!” uh, ok. i just looked at the road before words i did not want to say spilt out of my mouth. the light could not have been red any longer than it was. well, i think i am going to watch elf so i can get in the holiday spirit. i am buying a christmas tree tomorrow! i am listening to death cab for cutie’s photo album record. so good! night.

joe.

three more nights of bunk

i am laying in my bunk right now thinking about the fact that i will only be sleeping in here for three more nights. crazy! i have definitely grown accustomed to sleeping on the bus versus sleeping in a normal bed. actually, i have been sleeping on an air mattress overtime i am back in nashville. why? because i have a bed in storage in dallas that officially gets moved to nashville after thanksgiving! the follow you tour officially comes to a close in a few days with our last hurrah being in birmingham, alabama. although a big chunk of me is sad to part ways with all of the amazing friends i’ve made from leeland and the crew, i am excited to have a break from the road. when all is said and done, we will have knocked out 43 dates in 60 days. hmmm.. lets get more technical about it, this means we will have played 129 solid hours of show all together on stage. thats ridiculous! if someone would have thrown that number at me before the tour started i might have skipped off to mexico to hide. good thing that didn’t happen though because each show has been amazing. thank you to all who came out to the shows!

on another note, i sold a few of my cds tonight to a few lovely ladies who were interested in my music. thanks for supporting indie music! thanks to all who have purchased my new record. to those of you who haven’t, please feel free to download it on iTunes or purchase it on CDBABY.com. if you are also extra motivated… spread the word to your friends and tell them how awesome the record is! thanks again! i need to sleep now. two more shows until we go home!

joe.

why i choose mac over pc.

….enough said.

If I Could | SORRY FRIEND

If I Could | SORRY FRIEND from Joe Moralez.

day off in grand rapids, mi…splendid!

joe.

iTunes, DC

i am happy to say my record is finally on iTunes! feel free to help an indie artist and purchase my music! thanks to everyone who has bought the record so far. it is really awesome to see the support so far and i would encourage you all to write me and let me know your thoughts on the record. i am going to make short videos of what each song is about and will start posting them extremely soon so look out!

we had a day off yesterday in washington d.c. it was really amazing getting to walk around and see all of the sites. mike and i hung out for the day and took some hilarious pictures at some of the staple monuments. in typical government fashion while we walked around we saw many a secret servicemen and unmarked vehicle zooming around the streets. at one point we heard sirens and then saw a bunch of police escorting a few unmarked suv’s while a secret service guy was leaning out the window of one of the vehicles waving people to get out of the way. it was kind of ridiculous. thanks tax dollars… i really love where you run off to. we all ate at my favorite tapas restaurant in georgetown called bodega. its amazing food and atmosphere! well, we are now in culpeper, va playing a show tonight. we have another day off tomorrow and then our second to last string of shows before the tour is over! nashville is on the horizon! good day.

joe.

RECORD NOW AVAILABLE!!!

RECORD IS NOW AVAILABLE AT CDBABY.COM!!!!!

my hero

if you didn’t already know, i am a HUGE san antonio spurs fan. i could probably rank in the top 1,000 spurs fans worldwide. i don’t get star struck by anyone but spurs players. anyway, here is another reason why i think manu ginobili is one of the best players in the nba… his cat-like reflexes.

joe.

happy halloween

tonight we played a show in springfield, mo. to commemorate halloween we all dressed up as the memorable characters from the goonies movie. the picture says it all. mike has not shaved his beared off in over 5 years but did so he could play “chunk” to his fullest… he didn’t even shave his beared off for his own wedding! i think he looked the closest to his character. hai was “data” which was absolutely legendary. i was mama fratelli… i had to wear a dress on stage. that was really really really tough becuase when i sat down at the keyboard… well, lets’ just say i had to wear basketball shorts under my outfit. this weeks run of shows has been amazing! i am putting together a brandon heath tour video that will be up shortly!

cd for sale REALLY SOON!!!

joe.