HeadFirst will be at the Doghouse in Brownsburg again this Saturday. Will take the stage around 10:00 and rock ’til 1:30. See ya then!
18 Whittington Dr
Brownsburg, IN 46112
Map:
http://is.gd/2fZSq
The band took some new photos during a rehearsal break last night. This is one of the “winning” shots. Let us know what you think.
Hey, guess what? HeadFirst recently recorded an original song and we would like to share a mix of it with you! Yes, that’s right, a REAL song that we actually wrote and performed … just like a REAL band! 
The title of the song is You Know What I Mean. You may have heard us perform it at one of our gigs. We are still adding some final touches to the studio mix, but wanted to give everyone a taste right now. When the song is officially completed, we will make it available for download and/or purchase. We are hoping this will occur before we play at the Dog House later this month. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
In the meantime, cruise on over to our MySpace page and check out this version of You Know What I Mean. It should be the first tune you hear when visiting our page. We think it sounds pretty good and hope you’ll agree.
Listen to You Know What I Mean at the HeadFirst MySpace page!
Enjoy! We’ll see you soon.
Yep! HeadFirst is going to play a gig. Can you believe it?
We will be at the Dog House Sports Bar in Brownsburg on July 31, 2009. More info to come, but for now here is a map.
Mark your calendars and tell all of your friends.
Just another reminder that we’ll be bringing our brand of rock ‘n’ roll to McGilvery’s West Side next Saturday night, April 25th. What IS our brand of rock ‘n’ roll you say? That’s a very good question. Come on out and judge for yourself.
Hello, everyone. Just wanted to get the word out that HeadFirst will be playing at McGilvery’s Irish Pub on Saturday, April 25th. We’ll start around 9:00 PM and go until the fun stops. There’s no cover, so come on out and join us. It’s been awhile since the band has played a public gig, so don’t miss this opportunity to hang out with us. Mark your calendars, we’ll see you there!
McGilvery’s Irish Pub is located at 3009 N. High School Road in Speedway.
If our band career never takes off, there’s always Chippendales!
Enjoy video clips from the HeadFirst YouTube account.
Believe it or not, HeadFirst did not just open a YouTube account. In fact, we have had an account for almost three years. Yes, you read that right … three years. However, in three years, we never had any video to post to YouTube … until now! Thanks to Mr. Brian Halsey, we now have footage from our appearance at Relaypalooza last summer. I have posted the first clip on our YouTube account and intend to follow up with more. Enjoy!
Social media is nothing new and HeadFirst has been using its share of social media tools for awhile now. We have been writing here on our WordPress blog for years. We also have a presence on the two most popular social networking platforms used today: Facebook and MySpace. And now, HeadFirst is entering the realm of “microblogging.”
Microblogging takes the concept of a blog and condenses it down in size. Instead of posting a full story of text (like the one you are reading now), microblogging relies on short bursts of information. In the case of Twitter, all messages are restricted to 140 characters.
Think of your status update on Facebook. Twitter is essentially focused on that and that alone. It seems silly at first, until you start to realize the potential.
With the character limitation comes the added benefit of fast and easy distribution. Microblogging works with mobile technologies such as SMS texting, so a user can choose to have these short messages sent to their mobile device wherever they may be.
If you already use Twitter, all you really want to know is, “What’s your user name?” To be consistent with everything else we do, our Twitter user name is “iloveheadfirst.” You can check us out now, by visiting:
http://twitter.com/iloveheadfirst
From any Web browser, this is the easiest way to monitor our Twitter updates (known as “tweets” in the Twitter world). However, the real power of Twitter comes from the mobile aspect.
If you already use Twitter, chances are you have some sort of third-party Twitter application setup on your phone. However, if you are not a Twitter user, but would still like to receive HeadFirst tweets on your phone, here’s the easiest thing to do. Simply start a text message on your phone and create a message that says:
“follow iloveheadfirst”
Send this message to 40404. This is Twitter’s SMS number.
That’s it! Even if you don’t know it, you’re using Twitter. You will be prompted to supply a username for the service and, if you are new to Twitter, it will automatically create a simple account for you and automatically start “following” HeadFirst on Twitter.
Eventually, HeadFirst will have enough followers on Twitter to make this practical. At that point, we will begin sending our updates from our mobile devices, not our computers. So, in the beginning, our updates will be sent from a computer. However, when we start sending tweets from our mobile devices, we have the ability to send updates from anywhere at any time.
You may be asking, “What good is this?” I’m glad you asked. Let me give you some examples of how this could be handy.
Let’s say you were subscribed to our blog (what you’re reading now) and our Twitter updates on your mobile device. Now, let’s pretend you read about a gig coming up and you intended on coming, but you spaced it when the actual night came and went out drinking with some friends at your favorite bar instead.
From our gig site, back on my drum throne right before we start our show, I send out a quick tweet that says, “HeadFirst is getting ready to rock the first set at XYZ Pub.” You, being subscribed to our Twitter updates, receive a text message at your table letting you know HeadFirst was starting its gig. After realizing your memory is fading, you look up at your buddies and suggest cruising over to the other pub to check out the band.
See? Cool stuff, eh? We could also use this to communicate last-minute cancellations, delays, or anything else that we wanted our fans to know … instantly!
Like I said, it will take a little time to build up followers on Twitter, but once we do, the possibilities are endless.
Anyway, it’s worth a shot. I don’t think it could hurt anything. Oh, and I should mention that I have no intention of abusing our Twitter account with a ridiculous amount of updates. So, don’t worry, HeadFirst won’t be eating up your text message plan. I had thought about synchronizing our tweets with our blog posts, but I think that would really irritate those of you tracking us via SMS text messaging.
We’ll see how it goes. I merely see it as another way to stay connected with our fans. So, give it whirl, send a follow message to 40404 and see what happens. Who knows? Something magical may happen.