7.07.2006 - The New Lost Dogs CD - The Lost Cabin and the Mystery Trees is here - available now at our online store (www.thechoir.net/store), and you can listen to samples and read a bit about it at www.thechoir.net/lostdogs

7.07.2006 - BurnLounge - We're really excited about this! Our new store, The Galaxy21 Digital Download Store offers literally MILLIONS of songs in all genres and eras, for digital download. You get a great selection and great prices. Plus, when you buy your music from our store you support us! Check it out!

6.17. 2006 - Winner Announced. Our grand prize and 20 runner ups were selected today for the signed lyric sheet, t-shirt and Phil Wickham CDs. Congrats to Eric K. from So. Califnornia.

5.26.2006 - Contest! Enter for a chance to win an autographed lyric sheet, T Shirts and CDs at www.thechoir.net/contest !

5.26.2006 - The Lost Dogs just finished their newest full studio cd. Called The Lost Cabin and the Mystery Trees. Derri and Steve wrote a few songs, Derri sang of course and Steve played full drum kit!

4. 26. 2006 - T-Shirts added to The Choir online store.   Support the band and grab one today!

4. 26. 2006 - The Choir is playing The Purple Door Festivail in August! www.purpledoor.com

1.8.2006 - The Choir's Soul2Soul 1 hour radio special. Listen online to each of the 5 segments. This is an interview with Steve Hindalong and Derri Daugherty of The Choir conducted by Chris Coppernoll, produced by Ryan Dietrich and produced by Mike Becht from Soul2Soul Radio magazine (www.s2sradio.com). We hope you enjoy this online event - we are offering this entire radio speical on CD too. *Special Offer - Order $14.99 or more from our online store (www.thechoir.net/store), we will include this exclusive pro produced special on CD for free.
Click on the segments below to listen:

OHTMHF/The Choir - Show Open

OHTMHF/The Choir - Segment 1

OHTMHF/The Choir- Segment 2

OHTMHF/The Choir - Segment 3

OHTMHF/The Choir - Show Close

12.02.05 - www.TheChoirDownloads.com now features new additions from Mike Stand and The Lost Dogs.

11.03.05 - The Choir releases first single! "Nobody Gets A Smooth Ride" has been serviced to Christian Rock and CHR radio this week for airplay consideration.  It's the first single we've released from the new CD and the radio add date is 11. 11. 05.  If you are a radio station or listener - click on the "RADIO" button for more ino.

10.4.05 - Good ol' Steve Hindalong took notes all throughout the reunion show we had in California this year and turned it into an article for CCM Magazine's October Issue. Read Skinny's take on the big show - just Click Here!

10.5.05 - Weekend Warriors? Yep, The Choir is ready to do some gigs now.  Know of a church, college, club that would have us?  Then click on our Travel section for our new booking agent contact info and see if you can keep us from sleeping in on Saturdays!

10.4.05 - Helping hands (or mouse clicks) wanted! We have some cool little webtools to offer you - Instant Messanger Buddy Icon, Web Banners, Buttons and PC Desktop Graphics. Take a peek at them Right Here! Download them - then please consider using them to spread the word about The Choir - use those buddy icons, use and send out the desktops - got a website or know someone that runs a site? Ask them to put up the banners and buttons and like to www.thechoir.net!

9-06-05 - Everyone had a fine, fun time. The big gig went well. The Choir, along with Undercover, Altar Boys, 441, Crumbacher played in Orange County California. Over 1,000 people came out for a visit. Take a peek at our photo gallery from the night RIGHT HERE. Look for Steve Hindalong's accounting of the evening in an upcoming issue of CCM Magazine. CCM has asked Steve to write about the recent show to be publsihed in the October issue of CCM.

9-06-05 - We're legit! O How The Mighty Have Fallen is now up on iTUNES. All you Podheads rate it, download it, tell your friends. Direct link to it's place on iTUNES is HERE.

9-06-05 - Derri has been hard at work putting together a brand new recording studio. This one is looking to be his best one yet. With help from his dad, Joe and pal Steve Hindalong, Derri hopes to push red by October. Look for a new studio name for this studio - no longer Neverland.

9-06-05 - The Choir is finding old friends daily since joining MySpace.com! Our "space" there is www.myspace.com/thechoirspace - visit, post a comment, join up with us and check out the occasional blog.

9-06-05 - Extra! Extra! Read All About It! The Choir has been getting a lot of magazine coverage lately. There's a Grade A review of the CD in the August issue of CCM Magazine, a Grade A review in the September issue of YouthWorker Journal, a feature in the Sept. issue of CCM Magazine by Choir pal Anthony DeBarros that talks all about the gear that we all use in the band. In addition to the blurb in the August issue of So. Cal's Meanstreets, we've shown up in InFuze, CMCentral, Phantom Tollbooth and a list of other online zines.

7-25-05 - CCM Magazine's August issue published a review on the new Choir CD - Read It HERE.

7.17.05 - Our newest E-News Update - read HERE.

7.11.05 - Cornerstone 05 pix HERE

7.05.05 - Buttons and Stickers and Posters, oh MY! Along with a 3 CD box set called Mega 3 that features The Choir's Speckled Bird, LSU's Dogfish Jones and Rez Band's The Light Years, we've created a limited pressing of fine poster/prints, stickers and buttons! Help support The Choir at our online store www.thechoir.net/store.

6.17.05 - Matt Slocum, formerly of Sixpence None The Richer will be sitting in for Tim Chandler and playing bass for the Choir (and some cello) at Cornerstone and The Broken Records Reunion Concert in Irvine, CA. The Broken Records reunion concert is Undercover, The Choir, Altar Boys, Crumbacher and 441 together for one night in Southern California on August 19, 2005!

5.30.05 - Brand New Bio, press release available on the new CD - www.thechoir.net/newchoir

5.30.05 - A CD listening party was held for The Choir, their friends and pals from our "monkeyboard" community. Choir listener's from around the country traveled to Music City and spend and afternoon and evening with the band. View pictures and read more at www.thechoir.net/choirparty
5.16.05 - O How The Mighty Have Fallen - the new CD by The Choir is finished and available online at this site only at www.thechoir.net/store. Stop by our message board and learn what others are saying about it. New bio, feature story w/interviews coming soon - stay in touch with new bio, reviews, updates and download lyrics to the CD at www.TheChoir.net/newchoir.
Along with Cornerstone on July 1st, The Choir is making a rare live appearance in Southern California. The Choir with Undercover, The Altar Boys, Crumbacher, 441 will be playing at the Mariners church in Orange County on Friday August 19th 2005. Learn more at www.TakeTwoProductions.net and order tickets at www.ticketweb.com. Hope you all can come!

5.16.05 - Listen to song samples and full songs streamed at www.purevolume.com/thechoir

2.27.05 - This update includes:
1. New Choir CD title and update on release date
2. Cornerstone Festival
3. Webstore - pre-order, 77s, downloads

Ok, we've settled on title for the new Choir CD. Steve Hindalong provides this announcement along with song titles and background on the name.

The title of the new album by The Choir is – O How the Mighty Have Fallen.
It will be available SOON (We’ve just got to get it packaged up, that’s all)!

The song titles are:

O How the Mighty Have Fallen
Nobody Gets a Smooth Ride
She’s Alright
Enough to Love
Terrible Mystery
We Give, We Take
Fine Fun Time
How I Wish I Knew
Mercy Will Prevail
To Rescue Me

The woeful statement, “O How the Mighty Have Fallen,” is indeed scriptural. It’s from 2
Samuel 1:19, where David laments the tragic deaths of King Saul and Jonathan. Those are emotive words in that particular context – but that has nothing intentional to do with our song or our decision to make it our new album title. In fact, I wasn’t even aware of the quote’s biblical origin until just the other day – when I searched the internet!

We chose it as our album title because the sentiment is not only profound, but relevant to us. We’ve experienced plenty of failure, ridicule and disappointment. I’m not referring to “us” as a rock group but rather as individuals. At least to a certain extent, it can be a positive thing to endure humiliation. When we view ourselves truthfully as fallen, we may begin to comprehend and accept divine mercy. And in realizing such liberating redemption, hopefully, we will become less judgmental, and more forgiving of one another. Much of the time, I truly deserve a pie in the face, anyway! “Let’s look into each other’s eyes and sing Amazing Grace.”

Indie Hindie (Steve)
2/2005

Cornerstone Festival 2005...The Choir is playing it this year. We're playing July 1st - Friday night on the Gallery stage right after The Lost Dogs around midnight. We're excited to be playing live again and we hope to work up some of the new songs from O How The Mighty Have Fallen for you.

http://www.thechoir.net/store - Last chance to pre-order the new Choir CD and get your copy first and autographed by the entire band and at the discounted price of $15.50 with w/Free US shipping - this offer will only be going on for another week or so!! New 7&7is CD Fun With Sound has been added to our online store - the newest from 77s crew Mike Roe and Mark Harmon - we've also transfered Wide-Eyed Wonder and Video Hoopla long form videos onto DVD format! Newest from The Lost Dogs - MUTT plus pre-order the new Choir CD at our online store. Visit our digital download store to get individual songs or entire albums for you iPOD or mp3 player at http://www.thechoirdownloads.com. For all you pals outside the US, we're getting the download store set up for you soon. Just need to sort out some elements of the shopping cart and you'll soon be able to use it.
That's all for now. Thanks for listening. We appreciate you getting the word out about our new CD and TheChoir.Net - thank you!
http://wwww.thechoir.net

2.06.05 - New 7&7is CD Fun With Sound has been added to our online store - the newest from 77s crew Mike Roe and Mark Harmon - we've also transfered Wide-Eyed Wonder and Video Hoopla long form videos onto DVD format! order the DVDs and new 77s now at www.thechoir.net/store
2.06.05 - We have a more up to date, corrected press release on the new records w/more quotes: press release

2.06.05 - Talented studio genious Shane Wilson has graciously agreed to mix The Choir's new album. Files have been transfered, a few songs have been mixed and with working with Shane's busy schedule we now anticipated that all will be mixed and mastered by March. We'll need about two weeks to finish artwork, print and manufacture before we can start sending out the cds. We appreciated and do not take your patience for granted. We can't wait for you to hear it.

12.07.04 - Dear Choir pals,
Just a quick update and press release Well, the creative process of making a record is never predictable. During late Summer we had a good idea that we'd be wrapping up our new CD in November and get it printed up and shipped out in December '04. Silly Choir boys! Between family matters, songwriting opportunities with other artists and production commitments to some other labels our record is pushed back a tad. Now, don't get the wrong idea - we're having a blast and its turning out great, but we also want to be sure that we don't rush it and ensure that we put forth our best effort. With that, the plan is to have it finished in January and sent out to those that have pre-ordered it through our website around February. Our hope is to see the record at retail stores and other online retails in April '05, but available at TheChoir.net and shipped out to pre-orders by Feb. 05. You can read our official Press Release below. As always, thanks for your support, patience and for listening.
The Choir
Press Release

11.19.04 - We have three new songs from the new album up as mp3 samples on our music site www.thechoirdownloads.com. Check out some free samples and let us know what you think on our messageboard.

9.27.04 - Choir cd coming along great - pre-order offer available now at our store - www.thechoir.net/store.
-The Lost Dogs latest CD "Mutt" is now available in our store too!

7.25.04 - Keep updated on the progress of the new choir CD at our special section at www.thechoir.net/newchoir. As we chip away on this record over the months to come, we'll post pictures, news and even some video of the "creative process" at the studio.

7.26.04 - We have started a download site at www.TheChoirDownloads.com. More songs to be added regularly. Buy your favorite Choir and Galaxy21 artist songs and records for your iPod, mp3 player or burn to CD!

7.25.04 - Cornerstone 2005. Only 1 way for The Choir to play there...to be invited. Best way to be invited...all of you tell them you want us to be invited. Vote The Choir at www.cornerstonefestival.com/vote.cfm
Thank you.

06.18.04 - It is official...a brand new Choir cd for 2004! Tim, Derri, Steve and Dan got together last week on 6/10 over some huge grilled steaks at Derri's house and discussed starting a new Choir album this year and we agreed to try and finish one by October 2004.  We start this week and will chip away at it over the months to come.  Steve and Derri will be at Cornerstone '04 this year with The Lost Dogs. Please offer them some words of encouragement if you see them!

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