It was really fun working on this video for our song Treasure Racer. It’s almost July so it makes a good compliment for the summer!
Check out the premiere over at The Deli Magazine: http://portland.thedelimagazine.com/29816/premiere-rugby-treasure-racer
Or watch it here! If you like it then click to listen to the rest of Worldly Wise!
Got a chance to work with the super friendly and talented Parkere Emeigh over the winter. I recorded and mixed three songs on his new Self Titled Album while we were in Virginia working on the next Rugby record. May have played a few synths on a song or two as well.
Take a listen:
Before we started recording Parkere asked me if he should bring a balloon. I said yes. He showed up with this:
We had a little fun choosing vocal mics.
Parkere finding the groove in a small dead room. AKA Myle’s childhood bedroom.
Getting in touch with nature.
And getting in touch with the kitchen.
What a nice guy.
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Chris here! Merry early Christmas.
Thought I would write a blog post to give everyone a little background on the making of our new album Wordly Wise.
Click here to get it on CD (Check out our shirts while you’re there.)
Click here to download it or hear it digitally.
Worldly Wise is about getting older and finding out what life is really like. As terrible and exciting as that can be.
It took us six years of recording, mixing, remixing, then not being happy with it and recording again in Lynchburg, Virginia and Portland, Oregon.
Here’s a pic of me and Brandon writing early on in 2009: 
We recorded a lot at friends and family’s houses as well. Here’s me recording guitars for Bag of Bones at Millie’s parents house:
6 years in the making. So proud to finally let it go. It kind of freaks me out honestly. Pick up a CD through Bandcamp and digital through every retailer under the sun. Take your pick! CD includes 6 pages of photography by Rugby’s own Myles Katherine using her Holga. Design work by Lauren Baker.
Thats right! Rugby’s Worldly Wise drops on 10/22 and we still can’t believe we are finally sharing it. It seriously feels like a miracle.
Two new tracks “Box Turtle” and “Be Kind Rewind” are streaming now! Preorder Worldly Wise on CD and digital on our Bandcamp. DIGITAL PREORDER IS ONLY $7! If you go for the CD, we’ll mail it out right away. No waiting!
In the meantime, 3 shows coming up:
11/12 – Seattle @ Hollow Earth Radio
11/13 – Olympia @ Le Voyeur w/ Washboard Abs and Le Grotto
We’ve been working on Worldly Wise for 6 freaking years and hope that it brings you enormous amounts of happiness!
For those fans that have supported us throughout the years, thanks for your patience. Just want to say this one’s for you I hope it proves worth the wait!
-Chris
Hey everybody! Chris here. Today I’m putting out this brand spanking new Rugby song called CINEMA ONCE. Here’s a little back story.
In 2013, a year after I moved to Portland a friend of mine asked me to write a song for a short film she was working on. Having never written for film in my life and not having a clue what the film looked like I decided I would try and cram as many different feelings and musical sections as I could into a single song. The idea was that hopefully this approach would give her many options and she would be more likely to find something usable in the music.
She also needed it done in a month and for me that is lightning speed! I usually let songs gestate for a couple years (which may or may not be the best approach) so that was pretty cre cre. This song is interesting to me because it was under pressure so I didn’t have time to make everything perfect. I wrote it, borrowed some mics from work, recorded and played every instrument, mixed it, got it mastered and handed it off to her just shy of the deadline. Whew!
But then she ended up not using the song….
So I’ve been sitting on it not knowing what to do with it for 3 years. It’s not part of anything else I’ve worked on. I guess that was the gestation period. Anyway here it is! Purchase it, listen to it. Hopefully enjoy it! We really appreciate your support!
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Here’s some instruments that were used:
The piano is my acoustic electric Yamaha CP 70
Casio Mt-100 is everywhere!
Just trying to make some World Class Rugby Tunes (Still gotta a lot of learning to get there!)
-Chris
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Hey kids! Here’s a brand new music video and single for you! The song will be part of our upcoming full-length album, Worldly Wise, which has been in the works for about 5 years now. “Bag of Bones” is the first officially released Rugby song written on the guitar. The music video was filmed in Astoria, Oregon in a single day and was edited by our very own photographer & videographer Myles Katherine. Featuring custom matching cat shirts by PDX designer, Rogue Minx. Let us know what you think (as long as you aren’t evil).
Available for purchase on iTunes!
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