Paramore is a band.

(source: www.paramoreband.livejournal.com)

hey guys

it's all of us here...
so, maybe you've heard about the "singing" contest? alright, well we just wanted to give you a few more details about it. just in case you misunderstood anything on the site.

first off, we saw some questions on the community about it involving the "rules". yeah, we know it sucks. unfortunately, when doing a national contest like this you have to go by certain guidelines that might seem a bit over the top but in order to do things like this we gotta go by the book. we apologize FOR the douche's that made it all up... but it wasn't us. we swear, ha.

another thing... it might say "background vocals" but you should know, that the winner(s) will actually be singing GANG VOCAL parts. it's a lot more like yelling than singing... so just HAVE FUN with it. your voice isn't going to win this for you. your personality is. we need girls AND boys to get in on this.

go to http://www.paramore.net/contest
read and follow the instructions carefully and post your video up so we can see it!
dance, sing, yell, scream.. just DO WHATCHA DO.

we're sorry about any confusion there might be with this.

[EDIT]: you definitely need to know that there is only one GRAND PRIZE winner - who will, with a friend, be receiving air fare to NJ and accomodations. HOWEVER, we will also be looking very closely at the submissions from the Jersey/NYC/Philly area who could potentially be runners up in case we need more than just two gang vocal singers. so, HURRY UP AND MAKE THE BEST DANG VIDEO OF YOURSELF SCREAMIN YOUR FREAKIN LUNGS OUT TO ONE OF OUR SONGS!!!

http://www.paramore.net/contest


LOVE,
PARAMORE

www.paramore.net/contest

Yesterday, Paramore were at #10 in the top band communities...
This morning, they were off it...replaced with muse.
Muse is an awesome band and all... but we all know that nobody compares to paramore...
so head over here
and check out all the paramore media... be sure to buzz/comment!

-melissa.

I posted it, just as I said.
See it here.

Thanks so much to everyone who contributed, they really were unbelievably sweet :)
Paramore would be so proud!
<333

Jeremy turned 22 today!

Okay, so i just got this idea, and i really think its a good one.
Here's the plan...
In a comment, you write down why exactly you love paramore... what it is about their music that captivates and interests you...anything you want!
Be sure to talk about lyrics, personal style, the music, why you like them as people... make it as long as you can/want!

I'll post in on The Paramore LJ and in its own journal here
and if i find out some super-amazing way of getting it to the band, i will...i'll try!
Its worth it, Paramore deserve it <3

So get commenting EVERYONE...(that includes the four lazy-ass admins)
Be sure to speak your mind and make it super long =)
-Melissa

Heres some pictures to get you captivated...




NOW GET TYPING :)

I reckoned that it would help if you all knew who you were talking to when you drop notes/comments, so i sent this to the maintainers to fill out...

 Name: Melissa
Age: 15
Location: Ireland!
Hobbies: Lots of random stuff. You name i, i've tried it (i probably sucked really badly). mostly listening to music & art, occasionally attempting to play the drums.
Music: Paramore (of course), Counting Crows, Radiohead, Paolo Nutini etc.
Site URL's: www.myspace.com/meliphunk ... LJ: fueledbymelissa ... AIM: snthriller
Why you love Paramore: because they are the most amazing band on the planet (duh)
Anything extra you want to say to Paramore fans: ily guys! thanks so much for everything <3

 

 Name: Wendy :D
Age: 16 (ALMOST 17! MARCH 18TH!)
Location: Muhahaha.. netherlands
Hobbies: Looking at melissa's sexy handwriting.. and erm.. get horny from it.
Music: Too much.. check my myspace or buzznet for THA music.. :D
Fav band: Panic! At The Disco 2nd fav: MCR.. enough lol
Site URL's: www.leafwenscha.buzznet.com , www.myspace.com/cursedbythedevil , sn: leaf wenscha
Why you love Paramore: BECAUSE THEY FREAKING ROCK ARSE! :D
Anything extra you want to say to Paramore fans: I love you.. and .. :D sorry.. ryan is waiting for me in my bedroom. (as you can see im.. PROBABLY thecraziest one of all 4.. and darn proud! lol)

-SIDENOTE: shes is crazy-

 Name: kati
Age: 17
Location: germany
Hobbies: hanging out with friends, music, being lazy.. lol
Music: are that would take forever, so my most fav band is panic! at the disco
Site URL's: http://www.myspace.com/katimulati
AIM: kati3108
Why you like Paramore: cuz they rock like hell!! lol
Anything extra you want to say to Paramore fans:
THE KICK ASSSSSSS!!!!

Name:kathy gracia
Age: 13
Location:Gibraltar
Hobbies: right now learning to play guitar
Music: anything and i mean anything
Site URL's: buzznet: girlygoth, on my page is my bebo card
Why you love Paramore: cos i love their music!
Anything extra you want to say to Paramore fans: not reall just if your not a fan you are wierd!!!! lol jkjk

hey guys.

hope you enjoyed the picture post yesterday... i know it's only been about 22 hours, but we're gonna give you another one! ha - we noticed yesterday while browsing through the comments that a couple people were wondering if i'd recieved the birthday gifts that ParamoreFans.com sent... and i did! i meant to post about it a few days ago but completely forgot - my baddd!!! anyways, i'm gonna let one of my good friends, Bekah, take you on a really short tour through the Paramore book that the guys and i got from some of you for christmas/birthday.

here goes nothin!



(that pic was taken on our first warped tour ever in Minnesota... i'm pretty sure.)

sorry the text is so small... i'll try to get a better pic of it later :-)





thanks to all the people at ParamoreFans.com for putting it together for us. it's beautiful and it really means a lot! alright, so i also wanted to post a few pics of some of the birthday gifts i was sent from some of you! i wanna add that i thought every gift was really thoughtful and i am enjoying all of them!

here's a pic of all of it!

urban leggings!

this gift was to all of us... they are UK Flag boxers.
and they say "Don't forget the UK!" across the butt haha


mmm... happy smells real good - and this pic is niiice.
:D:D:D
and of course these never disappoint!

i'm excited to read this book... !


and a big thanks to ashley for pickin this book up for me:

:-)

alright.. wow that was a ton of pictures.
but i wanted to show everyone what we got for christmas and all the gifts i recieved from you for my birthday.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

hayley

HEY!

well, it's been long enough.
couldn't really wait any longer... and we wanted to basically give you (from the beginning til now) an update on the new record and our time here in jersey. so, we're gonna do something that we've not really done before here on our LiveJournal - don't know why we haven't ever done it before... but it doesn't matter, ha - we're gonna tell the short story with a few (or more) pics.

sometime, during the first week of january we packed up our things and crammed ourselves back into Old Faithful...

anyone remember the 12 passenger? oh yeah... it's back, baby!

WAIT!
Now before we go any further, you'll need meet our very good friend and new tour manager, Ronnie Gardner.


You might know of him. He was the man behind the soundbooth at probably every Underoath show you've ever been to, if you've been. Other bands he's worked with include: Strike Anywhere, Taking Back Sunday, The Chariot, The Bled, Fear Before The March of Flames and These Arms Are Snakes. Most Famously, he toured with us on our first headlining tour ever, running sound and spooning with Zac. And for all you ladies out there... he's very single!

Alright, so back to our big journey.
We drove from our hometown of Franklin, Tenessee, all the way to our new home in New Jersey. It was about a 13 hour drive, not too bad. As you can probably imagine, we saw lots of... this type of stuff:

Fought an infuriated tiger...

Got some of this... (of both persuasions)

and watched a whole lot of this...


yep, the ride up here was a lot of fun.

One memorable moment was a stop at Cracker Barrel, an old favorite of ours. Being hicks... we thrive on trips to the "CB". Someone eating there asked us what band we were in... Josh said "Nickelback... You know, 'Look at this photograph, every time I do it makes me laugh." We guessed that either they hate Nickelback or they've been living underground for the past six years, cause they didn't say anything and Nickelback are huge. ha ha. Anyway, here are a few of us, doin what we do, at Cracker Barrel.


AJAX!!!




So, then it was back to the van and on to Jersey.
A little more of this:

and 9 hours later... there he was in all his glory

The one, the only David Bendeth!

And well, we haven't really stopped since. the record is going to be so much fun!
So, welcome to every day of our lives here in the studio. A new chapter in what will be known forever as Paramore.

Be on the look out for new pics, videos and all sorts of updates from us.
We love you guys,
Zac, Josh, Hunter, Jeremy, Hayley.

p.s. please excuse the misuse of capital and lowercase letters. alright, woo!

Hey guys, i took some time and put together a little vocal timeline or "ladder" for the amazing Hayley Williams.

Watch her vocal progression by clicking on the links and see your favourite female vocalist go from this:

   

to this....

I'm not competely sure about the dates for all the following links but its more about how her vocals progressed over experience, than how they progressed over time...

ENJOY!

1...........2...........3..........4..........5..........6.........7..........8.........9........10.............11

If you're too lazy to click on them all, i advise you to click on the first and then head straight to the last (vocals at the end are phenominal).

Its unbelievable how her voice has matured and progressed in the space of two years.

Be sure to drop comments to let me know what you think of them :)

Also, i've uploaded three super-rare videos that were recorded when Paramore were just starting out, they've just been released on youtube.

Thanks so much!

-Melissa.

{p.s- hands up if you're super excited for the new record!}