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2.19.17 / Live at The Garage, Winston-Salem NC

 

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A 6 year old fan drew this while listening to ‘Beautiful Life’ and saying “I think I can draw the person who sings this song. His hair is just an upside triangle” I can’t figure out how in the world this kid could have seen my morning hair, but this is pretty accurate. Thanks, friend! David Wimbish The Collection
When we first set off to do The Collection Cover Contest, we just thought it’d be a fun thing to see and hear some of our creative fans and what they do. I don’t think any of us were prepared for how emotional the experience would actually be. Continually, as each band member went through all the submissions, they would report back saying they cried several times. I’ve tried to figure out why, and I guess this is it- I still can’t believe people listen to this stuff. Not just listen, but internalize it! I feel so lucky and so blessed to get to write music and have other people care in any capacity. To have even just one person listen would feel like an overwhelming joy, but to have so many, and so many people specifically willing to take the time to record their own versions of these songs, it’s just astounding to me. So I just wanted to, again, say a huge thank-you. I’m so incredibly and immensely grateful to everyone who listens, and plays these songs. Stay tuned as we share some of our other favorites from this time! (I wanted to find a photo of us looking as emotional as we feel, but this semi-tough-guy feel will have to do. Seriously though, thanks @daddy_leica for the pic!) #thecollectioncovercontest #thankyou
Y’ALL! These amazing shirts are now up in our merch store! + we have vinyl and CDs! Go take a gander and getcha one! These sweet shirt designs were done by our friend @elsarhae (3rd pic) who has one of the coolest channels; you should definitely follow her. Head to thecollectionband.com/store to get yours!
This might be my favorite picture from tour. This was taken in Madison WI after what for me was the most stressful and hard day on the road. We lost our van, rented a new one and kept going. Two hours later we lost our trailer. Took out the seats put the necessary instruments in their place and kept going. I remember crying on the side of the highway twice this day just out of exhaustion. But this memory is my sweetest. After all that we still made it. We met some of the kindest people and heard their stories and shared some of ours. I wouldn’t trade that day for anything. As we are gearing up to do this once more we are still looking for away to make sure we get to those places and share our lives with one another. We still have our gofundme up and running as a way to help us make that happen and still be able to release the new album. If you feel compelled to donate we are ever grateful. We have the link in our bio and can’t wait to see you soon. -Joshua Ling
We’re overwhelmed with the requests for where to play and so honored that people from so many places care! Two important thoughts: 1. We really want to make it back to Florida, and to Boston for the first time. We try to book both almost every tour but have not been able to get something. If you have good venue connections in either, hit us up! 2. It became apparent that many people don’t see our show announcements as we got a huge amount of requests to play in cities we just played last month- if you want to know when we’re coming through, sign up for our email list on the contact page at the collectionband.com As always, WE LOVE ALL OF YOU 📷: @danottaviano
Where do you want to see us this fall??
Our new album is recorded and our new tour is mapped out. Unfortunately, what stands in the way is the money for mixing/Mastering and for a new vehicle. After the trials and tribulations of 5 breakdowns in our last van and trailer, all our money went to fixing, scrapping, and eventually renting in order to finish the tour. We are SO excited about this new record, and about bringing it to you live, but just can’t do it without the help of those that listen. So, if you feel lead, we ask that you’d please consider giving some money to help us get back on the road in a REAL vehicle and finish the record. (For those that tried to donate this week and it didn’t work, we’ve fixed the issue and it should all work now!) Link is in bio #gofundme #newalbum #newvan #help