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.

days off in nashville

i finally had some time off from the tour back here in nashville! i was last here september 23rd. i really missed this place! i am busy house huntine while i am home. hoping to get into a new house before christmas! well, i am going to enjoy my time off… enjoy this little video:

joe.

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i love this guy!

sitting in the hotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotelhotel…a place too familiar. anyway, just here to shower and relax before the show tonight. we are next to a mall…again. haha, i think i could live the rest of my life without setting foot inside another mall. we are in wichita falls, texas. its so great to be in texas right now, especially with the weather being so generous. its sunny and a cool 66 degrees outside, perfect ladies and gents! brandon and i are both on our laptops and i am trying to finish my drink i got from sbux. my beverage of choice today was (if you work at starbucks, translate this):

X
1 P WM
1 P TN
S
-WC
L

i forgot my cell phone on the bus so right now i feel naked. pretty ridiculous how much i rely on having that device on me at all times to feel secure. well, i am going to shower and watch some television before sound check! adios.

joe.

the woodlands

my buddy john perkins sent me this today… had to share it!

my cd will be sent to me next week!  i am counting down the days!

we are on our day off in the woodlands, tx.  we have a show here tomorrow night.  today hai and i went shopping at the woodlands mall.  i never want to see another mall in my life.  i can’t even imagine how people step foot into that place on black friday.  i think i would find myself on the eurobungy all day as people fought for sales items.  ok, yes.  i rode the eurobungy.  there i was a few days ago at the galleria houston making fun of the grown people who would get on this thing because of how ridiculous it looked.  the harness.. the humiliation.  what is it?  click here.  it was a $7 for 3 minutes blast!  there were two eurobungys so hai and i went at the same time.  we turned from grown skeptics into giggling school girls in a matter of seconds.  i bought a really cool pair of pants from the vans store and some sweet ray-ban sunglasses.  right now i am sitting in the hotel room with hai and we are watching the jimmy fallon show. i am still trying to figure out if i like the show or not. i figure in 6 months or so i will re-evaluate my thoughts… but for now, i am still not sure.  however, i like the roots!  i wonder if they are happy to be a part of the show or if each night they are thinking, “man, why did we sign that late night contract?”  conan on the other hand is great as always!  i went to see paranormal activity tonight.  that movie freaked the crap out of me.  seriously, it was really scary.  i am not sure if i have ever been so scared of a movie as much as that one.  well, i am off to sleep… at least try.

joe.