Category: PASSAFIRE

2011 Year In Review

Posted on by GooZe Productions in PASSAFIRE

01/20/11 – First show w/ Passafire as their temporary keyboardist in Gainesville, FL

02/12/11 – Last show of our headlining winter tour (18 shows total) in Corpus Christi, TX

03/14/11 – Announced as Passafire’s new keyboardist

03/19/11 – My first House of Blues show w/ Passafire opening for Rebelution in Orlando, FL

04/29/11 – Last day in the corporate world after 4 years in the cubicle

05/11/11 – First day recording Start From Scratch at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX

05/27/11 – Last day at Sonic Ranch Recording Studios

06/24/11 – First day on The Vans Warped Tour in Dallas, TX

07/12/11 – Fluid Minds releases a long awaited remix album

08/14/11 – Last day on The Vans Warped Tour (44 shows total) in Hillsboro, OR

09/14/11 – First day on our headlining fall tour in Wilmington, NC

09/20/11 – Official release date of Start From Scratch, debuts #1 on the iTunes Reggae chart

09/23/11 – Passafire performs at the Blackwater Music Festival in Live Oak, FL

10/08/11 – Start From Scratch debuts #1 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart

11/19/11 – Last day of our headlining fall tour (48 shows total) in Atlanta, GA

12/16/11 – Passafire announced on 311’s Caribbean Cruise lineup in 2012

12/23/11 – Start From Scratch wins The Pier’s Album Of The Year

[youtube:http://youtu.be/59BNE8kZrn0%5DWinter Tour Compilation

[youtube:http://youtu.be/bNBTlPmjV-c%5DVans Warped Tour Compilation

[youtube:http://youtu.be/o3iCOletunM%5DLive at Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia, PA (Fall Tour video will be posted after the new year)

Start From Scratch Wins The Pier’s Album Of The Year

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Start From Scratch was awarded the title for Album Of The Year for the 1st Annual Pier Awards. The Pier is an online publication providing all of the latest news and updates for bands within the reggae-rock community, and we’re truly grateful to receive this award. We are in great company as other award winners include SOJA (Artist Of The Year), Rebelution (Live Artist Of The Year), Through The Roots (Breakout Artist Of The Year), & Sublime w/ Rome (Music Video Of The Year).

We were also nominated for Home Grown Music Network’s Album Of The Year and advanced as a finalist for the award. Congratulations to Ultraviolet Hippopotamus on winning HGMN’s Album Of The Year. We want to thank everyone for voting! To read more about The Pier awards, click here.