AT THE FRONT - Issue VII - IIISeptember 14 , 2007



It's true! Since July 27th 2007 CLIP has been hard at work on their second studio album. Though a release date is not set in stone, the goal is indeed 2007. Please keep an eye out for what could be a very important release for the band. Fans of CLIP will NOT be disappointed. I will keep you all up to date on the progress of the album in the coming months. Oh, and it may be a good idea to be a monthly winner on the CLIP myspace page. If you don't know what I'm talking about, do some investigating. A very special surprise is in store for all of those who win our debut CD. ;)

More soon.


-MikeComments: 0

AT THE FRONT - Issue VII - IIJuly 01 , 2007


CLIP FIRST SHOW BACK w/ NEW DRUMMER

That's right kiddies, CLIP is once again hitting the stage. This time with it's newest member Mark Pelkey on drums.

We are breaking in Mark by jumping right into this because CLIP's show back is a Battle Of The Bands... (SEE OUR SHOW SECTION FOR FULL DETAILS) - The Show is for 07-05-2007 at Finn MacCools located in the city of Westfield, MA! Show some CLIP support and come on down... $3.00 Advance, $5.00 at the door!

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NOMINATE CLIP AS VALLEY ADVOCATE'S BEST OF 2007

VALLEY ADVOCATE NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN (FOR A LIMITED TIME)

If you are within the reach of MA, then you know who and what the Valley Advocate is around here... They are doing the Grand Band Slam nominations again, and WE NEED YOUR VOTE... HERE IS THE LINK: www.valleyadvocate.com/nomi/ I believe you can choose the catagory of either Hard Core or Metal (not sure how it is set up) Thanks for your continued support... (Might work for out-of-staters (not sure) ~thanks for all your support guys!
~CLIP

www.valleyadvocate.com/nomi/

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CLIP RETURNS TO THE STUDIO - JULY 2007

CLIP, as you know has been working very hard on the LONG overdue follow-up CD of our debut self titled work. We have completed all of the pre-production work (have some ironing here and there). Now we are ready to look forward to the next step process, which is tracking the material in the studio.

This time around CLIP will be working with the ever growing famous ZING recording studios (www.MySpace.com/ZINGstudios). Zing has recorded some great metal albums from their craft, including KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE ACACIA STRAIN AND UNDEROATH, just to name a few. Jim and Dave (and staff) are great people, and we look forward to working with them soon. The slotted time for this to happen is the end of July 2007. I am sure we'll have some pics of the event, as well as perhaps capturing some footage on video for some future CLIP DVD. Some fans have been emailing when the CD will be out. It's hard to say, but we are really shooting for this fall 2007. (Do I dare say, Halloween week 2007) - If we can get it all done in time... That should be the target release date. Of course we'll keep you posted. The title of the CD, and concept have been picked. I'd love to tell you now, but due to the powers that be, we must withhold that information. As we get a little closer to the release date, we'll fill you in and perhaps some CD cover pics or something. For now, sorry to say you have to stay tuned on that.

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CLIP T-SHIRTS

Some people have been emailing about t-shirts too. Currently we are out of stock. However, we will be creating new shirts anyway. We will throw this out there, if your an artist and have some cool t-shirt concepts. send them to us. You can send you designs to: CLIP@CLIPunderground.com (use a jpg. is best)-and put "MY CLIP T-SHIRT DESIGN IN THE SUBJECT LINE". If we DO use your design, we will give you full mentioning credit (with photo) on both our websites (www.CLIPunderground.com) and (www.MySpace.com/CLIPundergroundcom) -- as well as a free CLIP CD as our way of saying thanks!

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SMALL AUDIO SAMPLE WE LEAKED ONTO OUR MYSPACE (NEW CD)

Currently on our myspace. You can hear a small audio teaser of what a couple of new songs will sound like for the upcoming release of our 2nd CD. Target release date is October 2007

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-Danny - CLIPguitaristComments: 0

AT THE FRONT - Issue VII - IVOctober 8th, 2007

WORKING ON SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE

So what's taking so fucking long you ask?? Its quite a project honestly. I am about half way complete with my work with these 9 videos/songs.

A little about the process...

The audio quality was absolute crap. I extracted the audio from two cameras, filtered and repaired all of it. The volume level was way too hot (clipped). Both tracks were also EQ'd and rendered to one file and EQ'd yet again to achieve the best overall quality. Click/Pop restoration, subsonic filter, mild reverberation and normalization. Approx 20 hours of tweaking.

The video masters were separated into individual songs, master audio deleted and fixed audio imported.

One camera had poor lighting levels and pixelation due to the method of capture. The settings were not optimal and the camera head was clogged. 3 filters were run on the 48 minute segment and re-rendered (which took 5 days on a 933mhz w/ 512- !FUCK!) The end result is better but still not perfect. It will hardly be noticeable after being dumbed down in resolution but overall, it's main purpose is for DVD duplication for those "die-hard" fans. Approx 50+ hours of editing.

The DVD to be released will include this show, studio footage including some outtakes, behind the scenes and hopefully some future shows as well. The footage has all been shot with two MiniDV's and one 8 mil.

A release date is not yet set but it will be announced through bulletins and most likely viewable in bulletins as well as on our page. If you like what you see and would like a full DVD copy of all of the footage, contact me a CLIPDRUMMER@COMCAST.NET so arrangements can be made. There will be a small fee involved. Primarily to cover material and shipping costs. Any remaining proceeds will go directly to the band to support our cause. Keepin it brutal!!

Long Live Metal,
-PELKComments: 0

AT THE FRONT - Issue VII - VDecember 01 , 2007

Welcome to the 5th installment of CLIP Metal News, otherwise know as 'AT THE FRONT'.

CLIP 'LIVE' VIDEO IS UPLOADED:

Yep, we have some 2007 video up on the following sites:

MYSPACE:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.myvideos

YOU TUBE:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mplkstr


STUDIO AND CD UPDATE:

The Release of the 2nd CLIP CD, is coming along. However, we must admit to bring you the best CD possible... We are going to have to push the release date back to Mid-Spring 2008. So, make sure to tune in here or our Myspace page to learn the latest developements.


Thanks all,
Metal hard, and keep it safe this holiday season, so you can mosh it up with us in 2008!


-DannyComments: 0

AT THE FRONT - Issue VII - IMarch 10 , 2007

Since CLIP's profile for MySpace.com has become online and operational, We have noticed a huge response from all corners of the world from new fans, as well as fans who have been with us since day one! Thanks to all.... Your support has been awesome, and we have noticed!!!

In response to the positive welcome, CLIP currently has an online contest (until further notice). Each month, since June 2006, CLIP has been picking a winner a month; for people to try and win a CLIP debut 10-song self titled CD. Log onto www.MySpace.com/clipundergroundcom for more details.


IN OTHER CLIP NEWS:

Since Mark Pelky has signed on as the newest member. CLIP's drum sound has never been better. Now with all the positions filled, CLIP has been moving forward to complete its' newest goal of attack.

CLIP is currently hard at work towards its' second CD release! This yet untitled CD, shall contain 10-12 new metal originals. Some of the new material has shown up on CLIP's MySpace profile as either teaser audio, and/or teaser video trailers. The new album should well exceed the success level of its' first album.

This time around CLIP has decided to track under the skillfull talents of ZING Recording Studio. Such National bands have recorded here, such as Killswitch Engage, Norma Jean, UnEarth... just to name a small few.

CLIP has time blocked for this late July, with a projected 2007 release available to the public. Aproximate release date for the new album is Halloween 2007.
-Danny - CLIP guitaristComments: 0