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*3 August’: music for any month 'CdtUTC^ 127’2005 __ ’ thtLACKAMASPrinf - jcal rock band formed almost accidentally finds own style itie Wilson i Clackamas Print ,ocal Woodburn/Oregon t-based rock band, August, it through various changes [year before reaching their ¡1 lineup of lead singer id Hayes, bassist Freddie quez, drummer Jon Shubin I guitarists Mike Shubin [Noah Brooks. At a concert that Mike’s her band] was playing at, as tuning the drums and idie was tuning Mike’s bass [we kind of just jammed ” said Jon Shubin, young brother of Mike Shubin, ter that it was like, ‘Hey, [oil want to play a show or together a band?’ So it was Mike, Freddie and another tarist named Ben.” rhey played together in ¡quez’s aunt’s garage for ut a month before they an considering singers. The Shubins had known res for some time, had rd him sing and decided to him to join the band. Very o after Hayes began prac- ng with them, Ben signed for the Marines. rhey turned to Hayes ’ room- :e and long-time friend, oks, who had played guitar i band that both Hayes and Shubin had been a part Contributed photo Members of Woodburn/Oregon City band, August, is made up of (from left): bassist Freddie Basquez, guitarist Noah Brooks, singer David Hayes, guitarist Mike Shubin and drummer Jpn Shubin. of. And that’s how it all got started, except they didn’t have a name yet. “Before David came along, Freddie, Jon, Ben and I were discussing names and every thing, and it took us forever,” said Mike Shubin. “We came up with some pretty weird names.” Then one day, Mike Shubin was driving to practice listen ing to “At the End of August” by 36 Crazyfists, and thought that August might be a good name for a band. He suggested it to his band-mates, and since they didn’t shoot it down, it stayed. They also found a place to practice. “It’s basically the Shubin’s grandparent’s shed,” said Hayes. Since late September, there have been a few shows, one, most recently, at the Loveland in downtown Portland last Saturday. On May 14 they’ll be play ing a free concert with 12 other bands at Western Oregon University’s WOU-fest in Monmouth. Information is available on their website, www. myspace .com/august. During the weeks leading up to that show and the months before their next show, August plans to work on recording (all of which is done in either Mike or Jon Shubin’s bed rooms) and putting together a demo CD. Being in a band seems to suit the members of August perfectly. “I feel like my knowledge of music has grown,” said Bosquez. Everyone had come from different musical backgrounds. The challenge of forming a band was to find the common ground: rock. Slowly, the band has begun to develop their own style and find out what they like and what they don’t like. “Your communication skills get better in a band,” said Brooks, “especially when it comes to writing music together. Five guys with really loud and big instruments and you’re trying to yell at them to get them to do something.” “I think each one of us is more confident, especially after the shows,” said Hayes. “It’s cool how all of us can sit there and just kind of flow together,” added Jon Shubin. “You know, Freddie and I will start jamming and then Noah and Mike will jump in and David will just magically come up with lyrics. And there, we just made up a song.” Hablando nuestro idioma A weekly Spanish-language column La Familia Latina ante todo es unida Norma Martinez The Clackamas Print Nuevamgite estamos aqui graciasa a ustedes nuestros queri dos lectores a lo largo de la pub- licasion semanal de su artículo en español. En esta occasion gracias a la respuesta que hemos tenido de todos ustedes y en donde nos han solicitado temas donde se resalte los valores que hacen mas fuerte a nuestra comunidad, decidimos iniciar con el valor más impor tante y núcleo de la sociedad que ¡s “La Familia.” La sociedad a nivel mundial se rige por la familia, la comunidad onental por ejemplo da prioridad a las personas de la tercera edad, tomando en cuanta su experien cia ante cualquier sircunstancia. Como ellos y otros países hay quienes dan un lugar importante a la familia, pero la cultura mas fuerte en este aspecto es la cultura Latina, ya que cada generación es guiada por los abuelos. Para los Hispanos la palabra familia envuelve no solamente a los padres he hijos si no tam bién a los abuelos primos, tíos y todo miembro que lleve nuestro apellido. Somos un núcleo, un equipo y hacemos una sociedad. Cada familia tiene sus propios hábitos y estos hábitos dependen de la formación recibida en cada familia, valores comunes pero fundamentales para la sociedad como son el amor, honradez, res peto, moral, trabajo, y muchos otros más. La familia Hispana se ha vuel to tan importante en este país que grandes instituciones como son la National Association for the Advancement of Hispanic People (NAAHP) ha hecho estu dios en el comportamiento de estas familias y han llegado a la conclusión de que la mayoría de estos grupos sociales quienes muestran armonía familiar se guían por un patrón religioso y los demás quienes muestran el mismo comportamiento familiar solo siguen tradiciones o patrones enseñados de generación tras generación para llevar una buena relación entre ellos. En mi opinión no hace falta hacer un estudio avanzado acerca de este tema para darse cuenta de que el hispano viene desde nacimiento con hermosas cuali dades que lo representan y sim plemente con pasar un día en la vida de nuestra sociedad, ir a una de nuestras fiestas tradicio nales o compartir una comida con nosotros te das cuenta de que el amor y el sabor latino lo llevamos desde adentro. Nacemos con la sangre de valientes luchadores, tenemos el sabor, nos unimos pero sobre todo nos divertimos ante todo, haciendo lo que sea, en cualquier actividad siempre no las pasamos bien por que así es como nos enseñaron nuestros padres y así es como creció nuestra familia, simplemente así somos y nadie nos podrá igualar, porque donde esta el latino esta la canción, fies ta, el sabor, ritmo y la amistad. El Clackamas Print les reco mienda la pagina web www. familylife.com/hispanic/default. asp en la cual podrán encontrar información relevante e intere-, sante diseñada para la familia hispana. 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