The Shots

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We cannot emphasize enough how much it means to have you all as fans. You listen to us, you give us a chance to linger in your hearts and minds and that is all we have ever wanted. We hope we have some effect on you all as your appreciation of our music has a substantially positive effect on us. We may not always send out newsletters or thank you notes, but we always hold onto the conscious thought of our dear amazing followers. For you all have shown us the way, hopefully we can show you the way as well. We can't really fathom what we are channeling, but you all are helping us recognize what it is. Music is an art , and what is art with out a muse? Our muse is you . Thank you for keeping us motivated, thank you for appreciating us from the beginning. Thank you for being you and staying true, it's highly appreciated you've shown us what we never knew, we hope you'll stick around even after our lives are through.

With Love
The Shots

Number One Music is the first networking site for musicians that has actually worked for us. This site got the "special souls" listening to what we compose. When we say "Special Souls" we would like to explain.. Truth-The Shots' music is not an art for everyone, but it is an art for people who can get on the same mental level with us and understand it. Music is an Expressive art that you don't have to look at or listen to (you can merely walk away, change the radio, turn the song off,or listen to something else) THAT is the very thing that gives me butterflies, We scratched and dug and sweated our asses off for 4 years and in those 4 years we evolved from performing in front of small crowds of maybe 4-10 people at hole in the wall bars, to performing in front of crowds of 30-100 at Music Halls. We have noticed a lot of you take really well to our first song ever written "Alone". Well since you all love this piece of work allow me to take you all back to a simple little time in Sumter , South Carolina on March 12th , 2011 in an non air conditioned garage. We just decided on our band name The Shots nobody even knew we existed as people,Chad and I went over to Grady's for rehearsal, i believe it was one of our first 5 rehearsals, It started out as nothing more than a 3 minute pop rock like jam session. The rhythm from this jam stuck with us as we kept replaying it repeatedly from start to finish again and again, it had us hooked, so our drummer used the technique of 'Automatic Writing' . Automatic Writing allows a person to produce written words without consciously writing. He wrote each word that came to his mind without thinking at all, and the words came together. We were pleased with the lyrics enough to work them into the song. We decided to go ahead and try to record it . So we recorded the bass and drums on one track together and the guitar track individually. The tracks were put together and cleaned up to the best of our ability. We didn't have to do a lot of takes either, the song was done in one day. We maybe had to re do something once or twice but it all just fell together when really at the time Chad and I were 17 years old and we really didn't know what we were doing musically . XD Trust the fact we have come a long way now since then. Even though it was our first piece of work it was one of our most original songs, in our opinion it was not the best song, but the fact you all show an interest for it has made Alone grow on us. Maybe one day we can get all 206 of you here to a show and let you all in for free so you can wreck the place while we rock. Thank you so much, We appreciate you girls and guys to the max.- Brad(Bass)

ALONE
It's like a monotone,
when you're sitting home alone.
You can even call your friends,
or kill them while they're stoned.
Ask them simple questions,
are they friends?or are they foe?
Perform what you know,
I'd like to never choke

(drum solo)

Chorus)
I'm not at home,
While you're not alone.
If i weren't around,
i'd call you on the phone.
Sitting by myself like a lonely monotone.
I like to eat my bread, and i'll do it all alone.

Verse2)
You sing simple notes,
I own dirty clothes.
If i was far away,
You'd want me to be close.
I could make a choice,
I could sing rejoice.
You would be alone,
If i was always home.

Heres another live performance for you guys this one is in Charlotte, North Carolina

Hello Everyone, this is Chad(drums) i would like to sincerely thank you all for listening to our music and subscribing to us. This means a lot to the band and personally it tickles me. I've been working my part-time job more than performing and recording lately , and I haven't even had the motivation to get online and see if our music has traveled anywhere..but it has , That is what the 3 of us want. We compose these songs fooling around with improvisation during our hours of practicing in a very enclosed and hot muggy garage (lots of sweat and sometimes vomiting but it sure is fun for us!!) We didn't create our art for it to be a hit, we created our art so it would find its way into diverse people's ears and then through the minds and diverse places those people find themselves in. We don't get to choose who listens to us, that is the fun part. We couldn't have asked for better people to subscribe to us though, All 116 of you are the reason i smiled today. You made my day .
With Much Love and Gratuity
Chad(drums)

Hello!!!!We are The Shots, a modern day grunge influenced rock band. Keeping the 90s atmosphere within the music is our #1 unspoken rule. If you love Nirvana , you will simply fall in love with Us. Nirvana plays a huge role on the sound and influence of this band, So what are you waiting for?? Jump into the Dimension we created with our music and experience our own experiences, See what its like to bask around the musical world we have created for you, a world developed from our minds to please those who live for it