Blog Archive February 22, 2011 We had a strange drive today..... Step 1. While loading the van, a gust of wind blew extremely hard and my finger happened to be in the door....so that means I have a very swollen pretty flattened first finger on my right hand! The first thing I thought was, it's my right hand, I"m fine! The second thought was...I hope it's not broken! The third thought was, holy cow I"m bleeding!!!!! It's doing better tonight after icing it, but ya that was no fun! Step 2. While filling the van up with gas we bought the city paper from Cross Plains Texas....Would you like to guess what band photo was on the front page? Well, if you guessed Scenic Roots you were right! At the gas station our legs also got a quick sanding from the wind! We averaged17  Miles Per Gallon! Step 3. On I-20 there was a BIG fire, I'm talking BIG FIRE!!! I saw 18 fire engines or water tankers on our drive today! It looked terrible! I hope that everyone was safe! Step 4. People in Texas drive....well....in my opinion horribly. We were about an hour from Dallas when people started getting stupid! I couldn't believe their driving skills, they went NUTSO! Step 5. Once we arrived to town we stopped at a Panera Bread for office time! We're sitting here working away booking more shows for 2011! Be sure to watch our schedule for new shows in your area!!! I think that's all for now, a big thank to everyone in Cross Plains, Texas! March 2, 2011 February is gone.... We had a very fun tour! I have a few fun facts that I wanted to share with you about this trip! Miles Driven = 3,505 Gallons of Gas drunk by our van "Vincent Van Go"= 210 Average mileage for the trip= 16.7 Number of dead skunks on the side of the road = 41 Number of beds slept in = 12 Sis and I had a hoot, if you haven't seen our new website check it out www.scenicroots.com If you aren't my friend on facebook, find me! If you like to tweet find us there too www.twitter.com/scenicrootsduo! We are planning MANY more trips, let us know where you live and where we can play in your area! We'd love to come visit!!!!!!! Join us for a BUNCH of local shows this month! Starting in The Newton and Hutchinson area this week, Jitters Coffee Shop and Lounge in Concordia this Saturday for our EP release party rescheduled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Other interesting facts....I was afraid I might have van separation anxiety so I put a van seat in my room in case I just need to sit in that seat to feel at home. :) My fiddle case is falling apart, I just can't keep a case for longer than 2 years :( My fingernail on my right hand might be falling off since I smashed it....GROSS Our bird beeps like the microwave at early hours in the morning! That's about all I know for now See you down the road!!!! Amber March 29, 2011 Getting ready to go  Hi Friends, I'm sorry it's been such a long time since I've written. We've had a pretty wild month here at home. We are in the countdown stage for our spring tour which means little sleep will be happening here at the Scenic Roots home base! Have you ever wondered what last minute tour planning is like? Today I'll shed some light on what goes on around here... For me I'm filling out last minute contracts, making sure each venue has posters and all of the promotional material they need. I'm also making sure I have addresses, phone numbers and sometimes directions to each venue AND host family we'll be staying with. There are radio stations and newspapers to be contacted to make sure that advertising is happening! I'm in charge of merchandise so I'll be doing CD counts deciding how much product to take with us. There are e-mail sign up sheets to print, inventory tracking sheets to print. Making sure we have enough business cards to last 7 weeks. Before our next tour...June 5th departure I have to order t-shirts, so I'll be ordering shirts this week. Packing is always tricky, this spring tour we'll be gone for 7 weeks, filming a music video, performing, going to the beach, and we also have a work project in there. It's going to be a tricky packing process! Also this trip we'll have a few nights of camping so there needs to be camping gear packed somewhere in the van as well. You can't forget practice, the week before a tour I try to fit in 2-3 hours of practice! It's hard to fit everything in let me tell you!!!! It's super fun though! Seriously who gets to do this!!! YAH! A few facts about our spring tour that you might be interested in.... 1. MY BIRTHDAY!!! We'll be stopped in Nashville, TN for my 22nd birthday! I'm a little sad that I won't be home, BUUUT I'll be staying with some good friends, so it will be fun I'm sure. If you don't know, I get VEERY excited about my birthday....so you'll hear more about this I'm sure! 2. We get to play and go to NEW STATES! Erin and I have never been to Louisiana OR Alabama. Florida will also be a new state for Erin! 3. We're planning on having a HOOT! Okay, I'm hopping off here to go work on some bookings for our summer tour starting June 5th! We hope to see YOU down the road!!! Amber  Friday, April 1, 2011 Music Video! We have some SUPER exciting news for you! Scenic Roots is heading out in a few short days to go shoot our first ever MUSIC VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our friend Justin Cardoza is producing and filming the video, you should check out his website www.flourishfilms.com Erin and I have NO idea what we're doing, but we are super excited. I think I'm going to keep the song a secret for now, just to build the suspense, I can assure you that you're going to LOVE IT! We'll be posting pictures and sneak peaks of the video shoot! Our van got worked over yesterday, air filters, uh and other things that need worked on...(I wouldn't know...) but I'm happy that it's all taken care of and that we're ready to embark on our next tour! Thanks for reading and I'll see you down the road!!!! Amber Sunday, April 3, 2011 Happy To Report I'm happy to report to you that... a cold weather front has moved into the area I have a tens unit to take on our tour for my foot We have a VIDEO shoot on Tuesday Our last dinner at home for 48 days was So delicious...we had country ribs, smoked beans and salad! and...perhaps the most important report for the evening is that we're PACKED! This is a record setting packing day for us. We are ready to leave 15 hours BEFORE we have to leave! WHOA! We don't hardly know what to do with ourselves. We had a really good last weekend at home, we've been packing and having fun moments all around. One of our friends from highschool got married on Saturday so we enjoyed getting dressed up and attending her special day. This morning we got help lead the Baptist Church in Concordia, KS in BLUEGRASS worship. It was really lively! Thanks for reading and don't forget to check for updates from our facebook and twitter accounts while on the road! www.facebook.com/scenicrootsmusic www.twitter.com/scenicrootsduo See you Down the Road!