This Machine Is Me Bids a Semi-Farewell

Last night news broke that This Machine Is Me, one of Columbia’s hottest acts, will be performing its last show for awhile on August 20th.  Thankfully the group will continue to write and put out music in some form.  Here is the official word from the band’s blog:

“I always knew a time like this would come.

Over the years, every time I’d search a band’s page and see a blog that said the band was breaking up, I knew it was a day closer to a time when the people in my band would have to part ways as well, as it seems most bands must do one day.

The truth of the matter is, both Scott (guitarist) and Bill (drummer) have left the band. Scott moved back to Connecticut, and Bill is moving on to graduate school. This leaves me, Jayna and Jamie to cancel our shows for August and reassess our plans for the band.

I don’t want to write some long, drawn-out self eulogy that describes how we’ve seen the Columbia music scene grow and shift over the past three years, because eulogies are for dead things, and we aren’t dead yet.

In this downtime from playing shows, Jayna and I are going to be be writing and demoing songs that have been in the woodwork but were never quite fleshed out with the full band. Over the next few months, we will be releasing those demos through this page so that all of you can have a chance to hear them, as well as selling physical copies through our online store. If you’re interested, we hope you continue the dialogue between us and you, the fans and friends we have come to gain and depend on as we grew in this band. Please keep the comments and messages up, because we are still here. Regardless of the name that’s attached to the song you are listening to, I won’t ever stop making music. It’s something I feel I was born to do.

In addition to the new songs coming your way, we will also be featuring videos from our own home studio, letting you take a further peek into the process of writing and recording songs. Those videos will be here on our myspace, updated from our youtube account as we make them.

Lastly, we will have one final acoustic show, for the time being. Rather than cancel our show, we’ve decided to play it acoustic and to provide you with one last intimate performance. We will also be having some good deals on Tshirts and CDs, naturally, so make sure to come out and pick yours up. After this show, any TMIM merch will only be available through our online store at This Machine is Me @ Big Cartel.

Here are the details for the August 20th show. Make sure to come out and support all the bands, because it will be well worth it:

8/20
Doors: 8pm
Cover: $8
Set Times:
8:30 – 9:00 – Man With A Gun
9:15 – 9:45 – This Machine Is Me
10:00 – 10:30 – The Artichokes
10:45 – Until – SAVAS

Thanks again for sticking by us this whole time, from doing promotion for us, to changing your myspace name to “This Machine is …” to even laughing at our stupid jokes while on stage, bringing your own glowsticks to shows or just noticing us in public. Ever since I was in middle school in Myrtle Beach, I’d always imagine one day I would play the stage at NBT. On August 20th, I get to do it once more.

Come to our last show (for now). We’d love to talk to you.

-Blake
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