And So It Begins....

Hello Amigos,

I am sitting here..its about 2:30 am in Vancouver,
and I'm, as usual, doing way to much thinking.

I've been thinking about alot of things..I think
it's because I'm in writing mode. I am currently
faced with quite the overwhelming task..writing
a new album. I'm feeling a mix of excitement,
anticiaption, and nervousness all at once.

I'm excited. Excited because of a few things.
I'm getting closer to being finished which is
exciting. All these new songs I've written are
exactly the way I want them to be and are, I
believe, the most honest songs I've ever produced.
Exciting.

I'm feeling anticipation if for no other reason
than: I can't wait to hear this thing when its done.
More importantly I can't wait for YOU to hear this
thing. Which brings me to my last point.

I'm nervous. Nervous because I don't know what you
guys will think. I think for any artist the 2nd album
is always the hardest. Especially when your 2nd album
is different. Because the people that have the 1st
album will have an automatic expectation of what its
gonna sound like. Ultimately I'm 100% proud of it..
and its not even done yet haha. So hopefully you will
dig it as well. And if its not your cup of tea, that's
also cool :)

I've also been thinking, since we have all this time
to do this album I'd still like to keep you guys involved.
How would you like to see that happen? I was thinking of
maybe doing a Bi-Weekly Video Blog of my writing sessions,
demo tracking, and other stuff. What do you guys think?

Normally..this would be the part where I'd go on some
rant about life..instead I'm gonna share a clip that
has really inspired me over the last little while.
It was one of those moments where I saw this, and
immediately knew what I had to do haha. Hopefully
you can take something from this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxCaOzmV0LE
Enjoy.

Cheers!
Brandon

Too Long

Too Long Indeed.
I hope I remember how to work this thing.

Lots to talk about. The CKAS Tour
was a whole lot of fun! Thanks to all you
guys that came out :)

I enjoyed having a longer set. It was
cool to be able to play some new songs.

Which brings me to the task at hand: New Songs.
I will be taking the next few months to
write a new album and record it with
The Latency. Exciting times. I have 13
songs written but I want 20 to choose from.
Keep an open mind these songs are quite
different from the last album. I couldn't be
more happy though because these songs feel
100% honest to me. I'm just letting it come
out and be what it wants to be which feels
really good. Hopefully, that will translate
into something you guys want to hear haha.

I was thinking about posting some clips of
demos up to get some feedback from you guys?
I think that might be cool.

Speaking of new albums one of my favorite
bands is putting out a new album and
just posted 3 new songs on their website!
http://www.greatbigsea.com/ just scroll
down a bit and the player is right there.
Check it out I'm pretty excited about it!

Does anyone else hate getting stuck? By that
I mean when you just feel like you can't focus
and form any sort of product. That happened
to me really bad a little while back. I didn't
write anything for 3 months and then one night
I just decided to write anything no matter
how forced it came out sounding. Strangely
I ended up writing one of the most natural
songs I've ever written. It was the first song
I wrote for this new album so I think its
fitting that it be Track 1. I'll leave you
now with the words to that song.

There's no reason to fight
'Cause you battle the world every day of your life
And I've been watching you cry for Too Long

There's no reason to frown
'Cause I promise you soon, I will turn it around
Life's been holding you down for Too Long

You've got so much reason to laugh
I've got a picture of this, should I remind you of that?
They've been holding you back for Too Long

There's so much you haven't lived
You gotta run with a saint and take a walk with a sin
They've been sinking your ship for Too Long

There's no reason to fight
'Cause you battle the world every day of your life
And I've been watching you cry for Too Long

SASS Tour, Toronto, and Other Adventures

Wow! It has been way too long.

First off: Sorry about my absence
from the blog world I have been
too busy for my own good.

I am currently living in Toronto on
the SASS Tour with The Latency.
We started this tour on March 16th
and will continue playing schools
across the country until April 23rd.
All the kids on this tour so far have
been amazing and I couldn't be more
excited about it.

It's definitely uncharacteristically hot for
Toronto at this time of year. I like it
though. Who else is ready for summer?

Best part about this tour (aside from the
kids) is it's sponsored by Cineplex.
That means FREE MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am considering setting up camp in the
theater and just living there haha

How have you guys been the last couple
weeks? Well I hope.
As I said in a previous post The Latency
is going to be the support act on the
Western Canadian portion of Faber Drive's
CKAS Tour. So hopefully I will see some
of you there!!

So one of the things I have been really
busy with is writing! I have so much new
material that I can't wait to show you guys.
I am gonna be launching a brand new
"Brandon Lehti" myspace page in the next
couple of months so I can get some feedback
from you wonderful people.

Well that's what I've been doing. Pls comment
with questions and let me know what your
up to. I'll leave you with an interesting lyric
I wrote the other night.

TTFN!
-Brandon

"I never wanted to see this side
But we really need savin'
We're at zero and we
Need a hero now

We were once so strong and proud
Then we got it all wrong and
We're at zero and we
Need a hero now"

SASS Tour, Toronto and Other Adventures

I'm Late For Tea!!!...and this Blog Entry :P

Sorry about being late with
this blog again.
I'm gonna blame it on the
S-S-S-S-Sinus Infection.

I must say those are NO fun
at all! Happy that its pretty
much gone now though :)

Aside from that my week was
pretty awesome! Who else
checked out Alice in Wonderland?
I thought the acting all around
was very impressive. Especially
from Helena Bonham Carter
and Johnny Depp. What did
you guys think? Also this week
The Latency was confirmed as the
opening act on the Western
portion of Faber Drive's Canadian
Tour which I am pretty stoked
about! You guys can see the dates
on www.myspace.com/thelatency

SO last blog I asked a question.
What is your favorite duet of all time?
And you guys responded which was
awesome! I saw A Whole New World
pop up a couple times and I have to say
great choice! That would be my 2nd
favorite! If you guys wanna know my
favorite its kinda of a double whammy.
This is my favorite duet as well as my
favorite live vocal performance of
all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmscFwj22vg
The Prayer by Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli

Wooo..gives me chills.

Which transitions nicely into my
rant for the week.

*Quick note: I mean no slight
to any artists by this*

Live Performances.

When did being able to perform
stop being a requirement if
you wanted to be a performer?

Can we go to that day and
stop it from happening?
I say all this strictly from a
consumer point of view!

But I watch so much live music
today where I find myself completely
dissapointed. Alot of singers can't
or don't really sing. Alot of bands
are completely sloppy. I realize
that its more about the entity these days.
It's more about seeing the person
as opposed to hearing the content.
But it makes me a tiny bit sad.

I wonder if this happens in other
professions? I don't watch alot of
Basketball but I wonder if theres
any players in the NBA that can't
....play Basketball? Of course there
are some artists right now that are
phenomenal! I'm not applying this
to everyone. I just feel like the ratio
of artists that can recreate and artists
that just can't is turning around.

I'm not trying to be one of THOSE
guys. The cynics that knock every
musician thats not The Beatles.
Its not about the music. I LOVE
what we have in terms of Top 40
right now..the songs are killer.
All I'm saying is people whose profession
is singing..should be able..to sing..
REALLY well.

That was all vented strictly from
a listeners perspective.

Well thats what I got this week.
maybe next week a more positive rant!
Haha

Okay guys have a great week!

Love,
Brandon

9 Songs.
That is how many new songs I have
finished. It feels like a lot..but its not.
Keep working!

How is everyone? I had an amazing week
We got to go up to Whistler and perform
on MOD which was so much fun.
Who saw it? What'd you think?
If you didn't see it I believe its online.

I also planned my guitar amp setup all
week. I'm gonna be switching out everything
I have for totally different stuff!
Its kind of fun :P

I also had one of the best weeks at the
gym ever. It was one of those moments
when you take everything to the next
level. I'm in quite alot of pain as a result
but its a love hate thing :P

I have a question for you guys. What is
your favorite duet song of ALL TIME?
As old or as new as you want.

I think I got mine but I wanna see what
you guys say first :P
Oh and guess what..I'm posting the Bungee
Video right now so check up later today on
The Latency Youtube account.

www.youtube.com/TheLatency

Okay folks tune in next week cause I think
its gonna be a good one. I've been reading some
pretty wicked stuff lately so look out.

Oh and P.S Canada Rules Heres to Gold Medal
Mens Hockey tomorrow!!!!

Love,
Brandon

I'll Meet You Around The Bend

Hello Everyone!

So here is my Monday Blog because
apparently I forgot that Saturday existed!

First off MOD!!!!

Me and The Latency will be performing
LIVE on MOD Live at The Base on
Thursday, February 25th! 2PM PST,
5Pm EST.

I`m really super awesome stoked.
Its gonna be so cold and so fun.
You know what would be really awesome
..If we were number 1 on the Daily 5
that day.

So I`m about to head downtown
into Olympic madness for a writing session
If I don`t come back alive..tell my mom I
loved her :P So I`m gonna peace out now
and leave you with some lyrics.
I promise on my Saturday Blog I will rant
about something :P

I`ll meet you around the bend
On that same street where you took my hand
I`ll meet you at the end
On lovers lane where this all began

AYO Technology

First things first.

We had a truly tragic start to the Olympics
here in Vancouver yesterday when a
Georgian luge athlete died in training. I just
want to send my condolences out to his
family, friends and teammates.

Did anybody get a chance to watch the
opening ceremonies?

I thought they were quite well done.
Except for the malfunction during the torch
lighting..not gonna lie I was laughing pretty
hard when the torches werent coming out.

Anyhoo how was everyones week? Just wanna
say thank you to everyone who came out
to watch us play at Coquitlam Centre on
Thursday. It was alot of fun!

So now I'm gonna go on a bit of a rant.

The other day I was at the movies. I'm
in line to buy my tickets and I see this
group of about 6 or 7 kids walk in. At first
I thought it was weird because none of them
were speaking to each other then I realized
the reason for that is because every single
one of them has Ipod headphones in. So
immediately I figure they must not be
together then UNTIL one of them pops
out an earphone, points to which movie
they wanna see all 6 of them nod approval
and he sticks the headphone back in.
That means..that these kids are here
together as a group seeing a movie..but
they're all listening to IPODS with both
ears in.

Now I'm not trying to judge anybody here
but is that not the most disconnected,
sad picture of the world we live in right
now. I immediately got reminded of the
movie "Wall-E" and that scared me.
Direct Human to Human interaction seems
to be becoming less and less popular
and to be honest thats scary. I remember
just a few years ago when I was a little
younger we didn't call people to hang out,
we didn't text them, we walked over to
their house and knocked on the door!

Call me an old fashioned pessimist but
I can't endorse it. We're slowly destroying
every connection we ever had with this
planet, with each other, and turning into
ghosts of ourselves.

I'm sure this will turn into a song at some
point, possibly called "Ghost Town",
which I just pulled out of nothin but isnt
a bad title. Anyway that was my rant
for the day.

Speaking of songs I need to recruit you
and all your friends on a mission. If you
guys didn't know The Latency just put
out a new single titled "Fork In The Road".
Much Music and MuchMore Music have
both added the video for it, and it has been
sent to radio across Canada.

I need you and your friends to request
like you've never requested anything
in your life! And if they don't play it
use Jedi Mind Tricks on them..
"You will play this song" haha.

Anybody can request the vid on Much
or MuchMore but for the radio stations
make sure its in your area. So if you live
in Toronto, request on a Toronto station
like Chum. If you live in Vancouver,
request on a Vancouver station like Virgin
etc etc and so on and so forth.

If you guys could help us out we would
appreciate it very very much. Anyone
who has already been requesting thank you
so much you are awesome.

Thats it for me guys oh and I promise
the Bungee Jump video is going up real soon
I've been slacking I know.

Until next week friends!
TTFN (Ta Ta For Now)

Love,
Brandon

I'm a Geek.

It seems like I'm forming a bad habit of sleeping
in every Saturday. The good old noon wakeup!

Well lets talk about the week! Fork In The Road debuted
on Tuesday which was awesome. You guys made
The Latency the #1 trending topic on Twitter in Canada
by tuning in to our Ustream party so thank you
all SO much :) There is only 2 things left to do.
1. Check out the music video which should be hitting
MuchMusic next week.
2. Request, Request, Request like MADDD!
I think that between Us and you guys...we could
probably take over the world. Kinda like
Pinky and the Brain. The Latency would
be Pinky, you guys would be The Brain!

NARF!!!!!!!

Great now I have that theme song stuck
in my head. So heres a fun fact about myself.
I like The Lord of The Rings...ALOT.
Its my favorite Book/Movie/Story. Now this past
week I've been re-watching the movies and
I stumbled upon this monologue that one of
the characters gives. Even if you're not a
fan of the story I think this monologue can
give everyone something to think about.
I know it definitely made me think
pretty hard. So check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxEkKxSO8Zo&feature=related

Until next week friends!

-Brandon

Lightweight Baby!

Saturday...I apparently forgot that today was Saturday.
So here is my late blog!

How was everyone's week? I hope it was exciting. Not as exciting as next week
though. Monday February 1st, is the day that The Latency's new single
"Fork In The Road" hits radio in Canada! I dunno about you but I`m pretty
stoked! On that day Me and the other boys will be doing a live UStream party
to celebrate at 4PM PST, 7PM EST.

Check that out here: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Flatencypremiere&h=c6cb4b35d0f9046d3bc773f7ca5d3a3e

I`m excited to get back on Ustream and talk to you all again. Also if you live
in the Vancouver area Virgin Radio Vancouver 95.3 will be premeiring the
song at 5PM PST!

Well now that I`m finished promoting lol lets talk!
So I have a few thoughts and thanks I`d like to extend to you guys now.

Last week I posted a bit of lyrics on here and asked for your thoughts.
Thank you for your comments. Its about something I`ve been thinking
about alot lately. When we`re young, we`re blessed with innocence, and hope,
and dreams, and all these big things that we want to achieve in life. Then we
grow up and slowly but surely life tears us down, rips us apart, chews us up
and spits us right back out. Unfortunately alot of us lose those things we had.
We forget what it means to dream with hope. We stop believing in things and
start to settle for them. But I think if you can manage to hold on to just one
little piece of that youthful innocence, Just a bit of that soul, Just enough to
help you remember whats really important, I think that you will finally get to
where you`ve always wanted to be. Thats the general thought that inspired
the lyrics. I guess I`m in a very defiant headspace right now :P

I`m working on turning them into a song right now. Maybe I`ll post more on
here and you guys can help me out next week :)

Well thats enough of my ranting, I wish you all an excellent week and hope
to talk to you on Monday for the `Fork In The Road release party. And while
we`re in the mood just remember:

When life kicks you kick back harder
If life wins you come back smarter
And whenever someone TELLS you, you can`t do something
SHOW them that you can.

Love.
Brandon

New Latency Single/Ideas/Random Thoughts

Hello again!

So as I said I am gonna be posting one of these every Saturday and it is once
again that time of the week. How was everyones week? Mine was pretty cool.
I jumped off a bridge (attached to a bungee cord of course) for my 20th
birthday last Saturday! That was so scary but so fun at the same time. I would
highly reccomend trying it though..even if you are afraid of heights like
me..video coming soon.

Anyway: This past week I was in Toronto with my band, The Latency, filming
the music video for our new single titled: Fork In The Road. The song is being
released to radio next week I believe and the video will come shortly after.
I couldn't be more excited as this song means alot to me and is very personal.
The video is gonna be our best yet I think, our director Alon is doing an
amazing job and the shoot was so much fun. Thanks again to all the fans who
came out on Day 1 you guys are unbelievable! I hope you will all request it on
your local radio stations and MuchMusic when it is released :)

As well this week I am closing in on the completion of a song I am recording
with Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. I can't post a clip yet but I can tell you that the song is titled "Lovers Lane". I am really excited about being back
in the studio and laying down all these new ideas. I have about 7 in the works
right now! *Random Thought Alert!* I really hope Conan O'Brien gets a new
show because lets be honest..hes the funniest guy on Late Night. Sorry had to
get that out haha.

Well that was basically my week! I'm gonna leave you with an idea that just
popped into my head. I know your all poets so please don't be shy and throw
me some feedback.

"We were dreaming of New York skies
Ya we wanted that landslide life
Then we grew up so fast and the dreams didn't last
Cause we all lost our wide eyes, looking up at the New York skies"

Does that feel depressing or hopeful? Or both?
Let me know! I wish you all an amazing week and I'll tty next Saturday

Mucho Love.
Brandon

My 20th Birthday/Blog Renewal!

So internet...It's been a while..I've missed you..You never called me after that
last Youtube date we had...I feel like we've grown apart.

Do I really know where I'm going with this? Absolutely not.

Hello!

So I have decided that on this 16th day of January, In the year of 2010, I am going to start
posting on this Blog again. I will be posting everything from the songs I'm working on, studio updates, my random thoughts on life, and cool clips and things that I'm into.

This day also happens to be my 20th Birthday. I'm scared. 20 is a big number. I am officially no
longer a teenager. I remember being a kid and thinking about being 20 and saying to my mom "I'll almost be dead when I'm that old" haha. Really puts it in perspective.

So I decided that to celebrate I'm gonna head on up to Whistler and Bungee Jump. I'm afraid of heights so it should be interesting but I'm gonna try really hard to get a video I can post on Youtube later.

Also I have been in the studio with my friend Dave Faber for the last week recording a song we wrote together. Should be done next week which is really exciting! I will also be starting my own studio sessions next weekend so expect some new material posted up here soon so I can have some thoughts from all you lovely people.

Well I'm gonna cut this off before I start to ramble. Hopefully this was the first of many updates and Please, Please, Please leave comments and thoughts here. I would love to hear from you guys.

Here's to a fruitful 2010 (I have a great feeling about this year btw!)

Ola for now friends!

Love. Love.
-Brandon

"It's no accident we're here tonight, We are once in a lifetime" - Jon Foreman