The Name Natalie Wouldn’t

As of late we have been asked on numerous occasions how did we get our name “Natalie Wouldn’t”. Many think it was a girlfriend that wouldn’t, well you know. Others think it was an x-band member that wouldn’t.

Well I hate to say I wish it was something juicy like that but it is really a pretty simple story. Early on in our day we were looking for a name that would stick out and make people wonder. Our first attempt for a name was SofaKing. We very quickly found out that not only was this name not available but many different groups had many variations of it. Like “SofaKingCool“, “SofaKingStupid” and the list goes on and on.

Well one evening in our tiny little box of a room we called our practice place at Steve’s house, the topic of Heart to Heart came up. You know the show with Robert Wagner who happened to have been married to Natalie Wood. We must have had too many beers because why Heart to Heart came up I’ll never know. So somewhere along the line I said in my drummers voice “hey didn’t Natalie Wood drowned?” Steve replied yeah she was the wood that wouldn’t float. OK right about now I have probably offended some of you, and made others laugh, and some really don’t care. Anyway when he said that we all laughed and I replied “Natalie Wouldn’t” It just kinda of stuck and well it has been a great name for us and we use it in memory of our beloved Natalie Wood.

So please if you happen to be a Natalie don’t get upset because is has nothing to do with you not putting out!

OK The End.

PS Robert, or Natasha, if either of you in the slightest, most remote chance happen to come upon this Blog, which I highly doubt. Please take no offense. Natalie was an amazing wife and mother. And you might just happen to dig our music.

CD Baby

If your a musician then you need to read this recent article from the New York times found on CDbaby.net

“I don’t know if you saw the New York Times article yesterday about the life of successful independent musicians in 2007, but you definitely should, as it probably applies to your music career, too. Here’s the link to the full article: http://tinyurl.com/3d8z5d “

I can remember early on in my music career being in college and fighting tooth and nail to scrape up enough money to make a CD then beg and plead with the local University radio stations to play our stuff.

Well times have really changed and for the better. It is amazing the quality of recording you can achieve today for little dollars. Then you take a company like CD Baby that does everything for you at a small $35.00 and 9% of sales. If your band has the chops and the determination to write good stuff, companies like CD baby can really help you with getting out there. From ITunes to Ring tones to selling the actually CD, they have is nailed down.

I would love to hear other success stories with CD Baby so feel free to comment.

M, Drummer.

The New CD

Hi, we wanted to find out if many of you have heard our new CD, SKA SOUL ROCK & ROLL. We would love to get your feedback as to what you liked or didn’t like about it. Did it move you or did you move when you heard it.

We will be going back into the studio after we return from London to make a second CD. Our goal is to keep creating great fun SKA music that keeps our fans hungry for more. So Ask away any question and we will answer.

Some of you lately have been asking if Aaron our keyboard player is single. I’ll let him answer that one. We do call him the band eye candy.