ANNOUNCEMENT

Sandbox have modified the band name - The band will now be known as:

SANDBOX THEORY

The reason for this is that there is already another band in

the UK called 'Sandbox' who have a following in England and are releasing their songs on i

Tunes - It seemed to us to be a fruitless thing to continue with the original name as it was.

But Sandbox was still very relevant to our songs and 'the epic story being told'

So....

After many weeks of agonizing we (well it was actually Steves wife Christine) came up with the idea of adding "Theory" to the name - we all think it works even better than the original and Steve has worked up a nice logo incorporating the new logo which will be unveiled very soon when the new CD is released.

More soon...

Tonsils ready, stand by your Larynx...

CD Progres

s Report:

Olly, Steve & Jay will be in the Studio Thursday to start laying down vocal tracks under the strict guidence of Producer Andy Sorenson for the forthcoming debut CD.

Olly seen here in his full Dr Digital Robes is practicing his Digital Preacher speech... we are, of course still waiting for him to arrive :)

Jay, seen in this photograph with close freind Polly Styrene was last seen still trying to get his Nickle Back...

Steve, just back from running the London to Paris Marathon and last seen Climbing the North Face of the Doesn'tmatterhorn said " I have been practicing my scales and warming up my voice by gargling with plenty of Jack Daniels - for medicinal purposes only of course :) "

More soon...

Mix Ninja Andy Breaths Even More Fire into Sandbox Songs

Recording progress is going well

with new Producer and Mix Ninja 'Andy

Sorenson' at the Grove Studios.

Jay and Steve went along yesterday to audition the first three 'guide' tracks that make up the start of the new CD planned for release at the end of this year.

The tracks were given a BIG thumbs up by Steve and Jay and we all think that you will love the way the songs are turning out :)

Andy will be working on the remaining tracks this week and then the band expect to be going in to record vocals and guitars.

We are all working on this project in a radically different way from the conventional as the nature of the music dictates it - it is both rewarding and frustrating for us at the moment as we cannot do much other than wait until Andy has finished with his part - but it will be well worth the wait :)

The Grove Studios is an amazing place and has been responsible for many great artist recordings including:

- Eskimo Joe
- The Butterfly Effect
- The Scare
- Jimmy Barnes
- Operator Please
- Angus & Julia Stone
- Angelasdish
- Silverchair
- Modern Joy
- United
- Kate Miller Heidke
- Guy Sebastion
- 67 Special
- Darlene Zschech
- Kisschasy
- Kasey Chambers
- Shannon Noll
- Hillsong
- Something For Kate
- Brooke Fraser
- Grinspoon
- Missy Higgins
- Amymeredith

To name but a few...

We plan to add the Name Sandbox Theory to the list very soon :)

Watch this space...

OLLY CLAIMS "The Sandbox Sex God" TITLE?

Well heres the living proof that OLLY is laying claim to the Sandbox1 Sex God title previously owned by the great Andy James of Cellphone City fame.

This photo of him was taken at a Sydney 'Franklins Grocery Superstore' where he threw 'swooning' Checkout Chick (Kylie Blatter) across his knee in a classic Sandbox 'hip swiveling' maneuver which was fortunately caught by our roaming Sandbox1 Blog photographer (Arnie Smarm).

Interviewed later Olly smiled raising one eyebrow in James Bond style and commented "Weeell.. when you got it, flaunt it, eh"

Crikey I reckon our Olly can give Andy James a run for his money...

"Cor Blimey"... said Maurine.. "He's one flamin' hot kisser,

but I wish he'd took the cigarette n' chewie gum out of his gob first"

Watch out girls he may be around your way next :)

More news soon....

Everything Starts in the NEW BOX

Currently we are building a new Sandbox 'Audio PC' as the existing Sandbox one - which is now 4 years old - and seriously out of date... (I mean like it's about 12 years in PC time :)

We have now sourced all the parts 'New Everything' and will start to assemble the PC over the next few weeks. We cannot just go out and buy one off the shelf as it has to be compatible with the three Universal Audio DSP Sound Processors that we have invested in and are onboard the old machine. But we have some three mighty 1 Gig Drives to install, and 3.5 Gig of Ram so this beast should fly once Windows has been installed a 'tamed'.

Jay and Steve are also heading to The Grove Studios on Friday 18th to 'Audition' the tracks that Producer Andy Sorenson has been working on for the last two weeks. We are so pumped up to hear them as we know that if they are anything like the 'Sandbox' track we have already heard we will be in for an ear candy treat.

We think the first tracks to be recorded will be with Dave Pardy (Drums) and the Bass (Rex Bails) - anyhow more of that asap.

Jay and I are currently writing new songs (to try to keep ourselves from going mad waiting)

and plan to include these new songs on the next Sandbox Project - Watch this space...