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,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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