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Cloverleaf
Pennsylvania State University University Park (main campus) [Genre:Rock]
Members
Garrett
Drums
Jon
Bass
T.J.
Vocals and Piano
Ted
Guitar
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People live and breathe music. Sometimes music defines who we are, where we come from, and what we believe in. For some, music is something to rely on. It’s a getaway, or just a reason to scream your favorite song in the car when nobody else can hear you. All in all, music brings us together. Everyone has his or her own tastes and preferences, but music the one thing the entire world shares.
For Cloverleaf, music gives us the opportunity to get away from college, and to put our hearts where they need to be. We are four regular dudes that are juniors attending Penn State University. We have hours of homework, tons of exams, tons of parties, and will have tons of memories. We make music because we love it. It defines us. It keeps us sane. We do this because you comment and tell us that you enjoy listening to our music. It keeps us striving and really doing what we believe in.
Everyone that comes to our MySpace page has something in common with us. So, friend us and say hello even if you live in Kansas or Wyoming (no offense). Tell your friends about our music. You all drive us to keep going forward. Thank you all so much for everything, and let the music live on.
Bio
Cloverleaf is a piano-driven rock band which formed in the summer of 2005 in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA. The band also calls home to Penn State University where each of the four members attends school as juniors. Cloverleaf has toured regionally and has played many shows which have helped them to build an impressive fan base. Their online presence is also established throughout the Myspace community with over 120,000 plays on their page to date. Cloverleaf dedicates a large portion of their time keeping in touch with their fans, promoting their music, playing as many shows as possible (2 in one night on some occasions), and writing new material. In their extremely short history, the band has had the opportunity to share the stage with many established national artists including Hanson, Dashboard Confessional, Switchfoot, Relient K, The Gym Class Heroes, Augustana, OneRepublic, Yellowcard, and many more. Some of the other band's achievements include being selected as a quarterfinalist in MTV-U's "Best Music On Campus" contest in 2006, having their music featured on the 2006 Woodie Awards, and lastly being chosen to appear on the MTV Campus Invasion Tour in the Spring of 2007. Look for Cloverleaf's latest EP entitled "Spectrum" to be released in the spring of 2008.
OUR NEW CD SPECTRUM
Let me tell you a little story about this CD. Spectrum is our autobiography. About one year ago, we all sat down to talk about the next couple years of Cloverleaf. We all agreed that we needed to make a CD the right way. After throwing the idea of selling our blood plasma every week for about $30 a pop to raise money, we thought making this CD might be out of reach. Somehow, everything fell into place and the dream of making the perfect CD became a reality.
So what now? Hmm, maybe I should write some songs. It took hours upon hours with me sitting at my piano writing what I felt at the time only to bring the song to the rest of the band telling me that it wasn’t strong or good enough. I went back to the piano p****d off, rewrote the song, and brought it back to the guys the next day for them to tell me that it was “good”. “Good” is not the word a stubborn perfectionist wants to hear when he spent so long trying to write a heartfelt song. Now I realize they were just trying to make me a better songwriter. That’s what a band is all about. That’s what best friends are all about. They took each song I wrote, ripped it up, and made it into the best possible song that it could be. Although it’s hard to agree on everything, we somehow did. The songs on the CD explain who we are, what we went through, and what we’ll become.
Over 7 months of preparation for this CD, we finally rolled into Dragonfly Studios in northern Virginia to be greeted by Scott Spelbring. We walked inside and instantly noticed the platinum and gold CD’s plastered on the wall. It’s pretty crazy to think that we were going to record in a place where Mraz laid down his tracks. After a week of 12+ hour days (thank you for not going insane, Scott), we finally finished. Scott put more life into every song that we had, made us better musicians, and really taught us valuable lessons about being a band.
Spectrum is our best accomplishment. We stand behind this CD 100%. We did it the right way. No regrets. We will push this CD so hard to get where we want to be, to get our music heard, and just know that you all help us so much every time you tell somebody about us, come to a show, purchase a copy of our CD, buy a t-shirt, play our songs for your friends… anything. So please, let us keep living the dream, buy a CD, and be a part of our lives.
Love,
T.J. Cornwall & Cloverleaf
Visit the following sites for more information about Cloverleaf including merch, videos, and news.
http://www.myspace.com/cloverleafrock
http://www.cloverleafrock.net
For booking and promotional information, please email Garrett Bogden:
garrett.bogden@gmail.com
Discography
March 2008 - "Spectrum" EP
1) Dressed in Disguise
2) Bend or Break
3) Head Up High
4) The Spartan
5) Wishing Well
July 2006 - "A Year in the Making" Internet EP
01) 226 Miles
02) Vexing Voices
03) Silhouette
04) Forever Lost
05) As the Ceiling Falls
06) My Rocker
March 2006 - "First.Class.Mind.Ride"
01) Forever Lost
02) Court of Honor
03) Concrete Clarity
04) Lullabies and Love Songs
05) Nightmares in Pairs (Part I)
06) Flying Away
07) Hopeless Romantic
08) Golden
09) Poison Ivy
10) As the Ceiling Falls
Influences
Ben Folds, Lifehouse, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Counting Crows, Vertical Horizon, Something Corporate, Jacks Mannequin, Muse, The Fray, Augustana, Eliot Morris, Dave Matthews Band, Incubus, Gavin DeGraw, Coldplay, The Format, Dream Theater, Fastball, John Mayer, Oasis, Queen, Switchfoot, and many more.
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New Videos posted, new songs coming soon!
Garrett - 3/5/07 10:11 PM
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know that we have just posted 2 new streaming videos on our myspace.com page. There is a trailer for our brand new DVD entitled "A Year in the Life" and also a live clip of "My Rocker" performed on 9/17/06 at Club Zoo in Pittsburgh, PA.
We have been taking some time off from shows to write new material. We are going back into the studio in the next week to demo a few new songs. We should have one of them up for your listening pleasure by the end of March.
Our first hometown show in over a month will be this Thursday, March 8, at Sozo in State College. We'll be sharing the stage with Epic Records' recording artist Quietdrive.
Until then, check back here or at www.myspace.com/cloverleafrock for up to date info on Cloverleaf.
Thank you all so much for your support!
-Garrett
Taking some time off from shows...
Garrett - 11/3/06 2:20 PM
Hey everyone, we've decided to take a break from playing shows and touring to dedicate the next month or so to writing new material. We hope to get into the studio at some point in December/January to demo a few new songs. Hopefully that will work out and we'll be able to post them on here for your listening pleasure sometime in Jan. If you happen to live anywhere near Central PA, be sure to come out to our last Penn State show of the semester on 12/11 @ The Sozo. We'll be sharing the stage with Punchline (Fueled By Ramen)!!!
We've got some big things in the works for the Winter and Spring months, so keep checking back.
Garrett/Cloverleaf
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