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= 40 Foot Journey =

Genesis/Short Mouth-Full
Once upon a time, in the great town of Aurora... a prescence was made known. The prescene was this, a certain group of three friends at a school in Aurora who indulged themselves in music came to the conclusion to start a band. This was the genesis. After a few "failure" bands, the five that are now got together. Playing all sorts of music at first, as they were not classified as a "Style", it ranged from soulful blues, to outright rock. Soon the band grew past even its own expectations, and became one of the best unknown bands. For more look for the "history" section. ever.

The Band
 In order of joining 

John David Terrien
"T-bone" - Drums, ukulele.

John was born on October 16, 1990, in Hinsdale, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A strange history surrounds this child and drums. Ever since the age of around 6 or 7 he just had this fascination of banging things and making noise. One day he realized that if you did this in a certain rhythm, it got you a-movin. After banging on stuff for several months, his parents got fed up and bought him some drum sticks and a "drum pad". At this moment he realized his true passion for the drums. Eventually, he purchased his first drumset, a "Mapex", from a garage sale in Colorado Springs. This drum set lasted him all the way through the early ages of the band, but it proved inadaquete and he then purchased a nicer "Pacific" drum set.

John learned drums from none other than "Kofi Baker", Ginger Bakers son.

John is also one of the two reasons the band is together: "Anthony started humming a tune one day in Theology class. I liked it, so i started drumming a simple beat to it on the desk in front of me. After that, Anthony turned around and asked if I play drums. Naturally I said yes, and the rest, is history."

Anthony Brantes Vanicek
Anthony - Guitar/Vocals

Anthony Brantes Vanicek was born on May 7, 1991 in Thornton, Colorado. He is a unique and peaceful character, unless you upset him. Especially problems involving his neighbors. After his parents bought him a "classical guitar" Anthony took up guitar lessons with Bill Smith who resides in Sweetwater Park. Anthony's playing style can be attributed to his "Jazz" style learning from Bill Smith. Anthony also plays Mandolin and Cavaquinho.

Anthony was the other reason for the formation of the band.-"Yeah, I remember that day, humming the tune to a song that I cant recall now when I heard John do an AWESOME fill. I asked if he drummed and he said yes. The rest, is of course, history."

Charlie Michael Wheeler
Chah-lee - Piano/Keyboards

Charlie Michael Wheeler was born on August 2, 1991 in Denver, Colorado. Charlie grew up in Sweetwater Park, and took up piano at the early age of 4. Charlie continued to take lessons, and eventually became the accomplished pianist that he is now. Charlie is extremely picky about his sound, and will only use the top-preformance keyboards that he approves of.

Charlie was part of the original band with Anthony and John.

Charlie is in love with a beautiful woman, and her name is financé.

Ryan Mark Rousseau
Ryan - Bass

Ryan Mark Rousseau was born on December 8, 1990 in Modesto, California. After a couple of moves he ended up in Castle Rock, Colorado. Strangely enough, Ryan wasnt all that into music until 8th grade when he developed epilepsy. Because of this disorder, he had to stop doing alot of things he did alot, (playing video games, watching t.v., using the computer) until the doctors realized that he was not photo-sensitive. Having all of this free time he decided to purchase his first guitar, a wood colored "Ibanez SA". Ryan met Anthony in 8th grade and they became good friends. After purchasing this guitar, Anthony reccomended Bill Smith to him. Ryan took this offer and decided to take lessons. After a good 6 months to a year of guitar lessons, Anthony invited him to come "jam" with what was at the time the begginings of the band. Ryan brought his guitar along and played rhythm guitar for a couple of hours. The band aksed him to come to another practice, but this time in a different locale, "The Vault". This practice was where the members of the first form of "40 Foot Journey" practiced their actual instruments. Upon arriving to the house, the band suggested Ryan take up bass. He took this offer gladly (already having background on the guitar to compensate with), and they took a trip to guitar center to purchase his first bass. Ryan didnt have much, so they decided on a 200 dolar OLP, (a music-man knock off.) After playing with this bass for a year, the band picked up the fifth member and everyone decided to get more "serious". Ryan then picked up a "Pedulla Rapture 5-String" and the bass just kept on comin.

Ryan uses a black "Pedulla Rapture" and uses a Behringer amplifer for live preformances. His effect use consists of one pedal, a "Big Muff", for distortion.

Braden Hardy Waller
"Hard-on" - Guitar/Vocals.

Braden Hardy Waller was born on May 13, 1991, in Denver, Colorado. Braden picked up guitar around the age of 8 or 9 because of his dad being a professional guitar player. He stopped for about a year or 2 after the first 6 months, and that was when Braden really got into filmaking. He started to write a lot of music that were soundtracks for his movies, (He never actually used any of them), and that was all on his keyboard. Braden then picked up guitar again at 11 .He is totally self taught, never has taken a lesson in his life. However, his dad did teach him a few tricks, and he just progressed from there. When Braden joined the band it was an incredible turning point. The band then stepped it up more than just a notch, and surpassed their expectations. With Braden's exceptional song writing capabilities, many wonderful songs were created, a few of which are - Unprepaired, Rock Remains, Changed and Dream of Reality.

Braden loves jokes that have to do anything at all with the rectal/anal region.

Braden also loves pulling pranks, "Yep" - Braden Waller.

40 Foot History
To achieve its grand state that is 40 Foot Journey, the band went through members and names alike. The history of this band, many would say, is "unique", because of the member and style changes it seemed to go through.

Unincorporated Age
The genesis of it all. Unincorporated was a band consisting of the original 5 members, with the roster looking something like this-

Bradly Crummy - Vocals

Charles St. John - Guitar, electronics (recording)

Charlie Wheeler - Pianos/Keyboards

Anthony Vanicek - Guitar, vocals

John Terrien - Drums

Unincorporated's main goal was to just have fun, and jam out in the basement of John's house, and occasionally at Charlie's. They started off as a cover band, covering such artists as Coldplay, The Kinks, The Beatles, Green day and Styx. It was during this era of the band however, that John realized his true talent for writing lyrics, and began to shoot them out left and right. Eventually, Unincorporated began to play a couple of originals, all of which weren't the best, but the band could tell they might have potential eventually when it came to making originals (and oh were they right!). The Unincorporated age ended with the "letting go" of Charles St. John, and the picking up of Ryan Rousseau. The fateful night in Johns basement.

Unincorporated's best song - Penny Lane (Beatles Cover)

Androgenist Huguenots Age
This is the shortest age of the band, consisting of little less than a month. The roster this time looked as such-

Bradly Crummy - Vocals

Anthony Vanicek - Guitar

Charlie Wheeler - Piano/Keyboards

Ryan Rousseau - Guitar

John Terrien - Drums

The Androgenist Huguenots age was once again, the shortest, and consisted of one and a half practices. The first practice of this era was the first when Ryan showed up in John's basement, invited by Anthony Vanicek. They had a fun jam session, and decided to make Ryan "rhythm guitar". Shortly after, the band and Ryan decided he should take up bass, so they went and picked one up and he did just that. The Androgenist Huguenots age was then over when the big bassy boom of Rousseau was added.

Most notable song of the Androgenist Hugenots age - Latinosphere.

40 Foot Journey (Mark 1) Age
9/17/2006 The creation of 40 Foot Journey.

They then kicked it off as 40 Foot Journey for the first time. But first the band "Ate the apple pie", which to them, meant kicking Bradly out from singing. The roster-

Anthony Vanicek - Guitar/Vocals

Charlie Wheeler - Piano/Keyboards

Ryan Rousseau - Bass

John Terrien - Drums

After hauling an upright piano down into the vault, the first try of 40 Foot Journey was the most successful the band had been yet. With their first song ever created, "The Sentinel", they were off to a wonderful start. The song can still be heard on their myspace, "http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=111008121". 40 Foot Journey (Mk1) actually never played any gigs, but was one of the main reasons they are where they are now. Many great song's, most of them originals, were created during this age. The band changed their name once again, thus starting another "age" of their music.

Most notable 40 Foot Journey (Mk 1) song - "The Sentinel"

Sweetwater Park Age
After constant ridicule from Mat Martinez about the bands name, they decided to change it once again, this time to sweetwater park.

The roster remained the same.

It was during this age that the band became more... "experimental". With Anthony purchasing his "Yamaha" effect pedal, the band started to go off on a bunch of side projects, with Sweetwater Park becoming the main one. Sweetwater underground, the main side project, was the band taking their songs and mixing them with a sort of "ambient" sound. Through jamming, the band got extremely into the "ambient" feel, and almost changed styles. Anthony also went off on a side project called "Antonio and friends" which was just that, him playing acoustic instruments with friends either singing or playing along with him.

Sweetwater Park was also the first time the band experimented with an "acoustic" feel.

The first "gig" was also played during the sweetwater park age, it was at the graduation party of Ryan's sister, which was at his house.

The name Sweetwater Park didnt really work for the band, so once again they decided to change it. This time however, was after they picked up the fifth and final member.

Most notable Sweetwater Park song - "Nothing to lose"

Newspeak Age
Right about this time, the band was searching for an additional front man, one who could embody the front-man personality, as well as sing and play guitar. They were having little success in their search, until one fateful night.

One fine day at Six Flags Elitch Gardens, on, yes, catholic schools night, Anthony and John were wandering the grounds of the fine amusement park. As they got in line for the infamous "Mind Eraser" roller-coaster, they caught up with a good friend of Anthony's, Braden Hardy Waller. Just then, a song came over the speakers, and Braden started singing along. Anthony and John liked what they heard, asked Braden if he could play any instruments, and he answered, "Yeah, I play guitar." Upon further inspection, John and Anthony gathered that Braden had a well suited voice, and could play the guitar quite well. They then asked Braden if he would like to audition for that covetted lead spot in the band. He said yes, and Braden made his first trip to the Vault, and played what would be the band's first song of the era, and the rest, is history. The roster-

Anthony Vanicek - Guitar/Vocals

Braden Waller - Guitar/Vocals

Charlie Wheeler - Piano/Keyboards

Ryan Rousseau - Bass

John Terrien - Drums

Newspeak was created after the band picked up Braden. This age stepped up the seriousness of the band, and got them their first "professional" gig. The first, sort of, "professionally" recorded song was also during this age, good old "Ode to Rock". The Newspeak age was probably the bands longest, until they decided to change their name back to 40 Foot Journey. During this age they played the first professional gig (which was acoustic) at Folsom Street Coffee in Boulder, Colorado. This was a succsess, minus some technical difficulties. This gig also made them realize that they could not go on with the name "Newspeak" because of copyright infringements. They had to temporarily change their name to "Haill" for the gig, and changed it back to 40 Foot Journey right after.

Most notable song of the Newspeak era - "Ode to Rock".

40 Foot Journey (Mark 2) Age
The band then decided to return to "40 Foot Journey" and settle for a while. This Mark 2 age has been the most sucessful for the band so far.

The roster remained the same.

40 Foot Journey (mk2) started off by taking all that was Newspeak, and renaming it. Becoming more of an Origials band, 40 Foot Journey has surpassed whatever Unincorperated ever thought they could be. 40 Foot Journey (mk2) started off played two major gigs at Cervantes, in the Quixotes room, and kept getting requests for more after that. 40 Foot Journey uses the newest version of Pro-tools to record their music.

There can not be a most notable song of this age, seeing as it is still going.

_____ Age
The band plans on changing their name but one more time, to something shorter, so it looks better on posters.

Nothing else on this era yet.

Generaless
40 Foot Journey, whenever asked what genera they were, seemed to be stumped and have stated the following -

"Were sort of a Progressive Rock Group..." - The band.

Lately they have been thinking they fit into the genera of "Neo-Prog".

Equipment
Braden Waller-

-Guitars - Schecter Diamond Series C-1 (Black Cherry) - (Acoustic) Breedlove Revival Series - (Classical) Yamaha CGX171CCA

Anthony Vanicek-

-Guitars - Silvertone SSG-21 (Red) - Ibanez AF75 (blue) - (Acoustic) Breedlove Revival Series - (Classical) Yamaha CGX171CCA

Ryan Rousseau -

-Basses - 1st use - OLP MM3 5-String. Black. (DEAD) - In use - Pedulla Rapture RBJ2-5 Black. (Very much alive) -Amplifiers - Behringer "ULTRABASS BXL1800A" John Terrien -

-Drum Sets: - Red/Maroon 5-piece Pacific, made by DW. - Yellow 5-piece Mapex -Cymbals: Pacific: - Zildjian ZBT Hi-Hat, top & bottom. - Zildjian ZBT Ride - Paiste  thin crash - Meinl   crash - Meinl   crash

Mapex: - Paiste 900 14" Hi-Hat, top & bottom - Zildjian 16" Medium-Thin Crash - Paiste 1000 20" Ride

-Ukulele: - Hula Ukes CK-55, bought in Kona, Hawaii.

-Guitar: - Parkwood H2 guitar, with Fender Champion Amplifier

Charlie Wheeler -

Pianos - Yamaha Mk IV Grand Piano

Keyboards - Yamaha Clavinova CVP-105 - Korg Pa1X Pro