Ball in the House

Boston Fans! March 2nd! BitH, Musae, and The BU Dear Abbeys!

Time: 7:30pm
Age: All!
Tickets: Tickets are $15/Adults and $10/Students
Directions: 820 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, or right of the Central Square T Stop on the Redline.
Additional Details: Don't miss March's Boston A Cappella Concert Series featuring Ball in the House and A Cappella's Female Powerhouse Musae! You don't want to miss this show!

Posted On: Friday, February 17, 2012

NEW BitH T-Shirts!

It feels like we've been talking about it forever…but the new t-shirts are finally here! We have women's, men's and kid's sizes. The men's and women's sizes are all going to run a little small; we wanted them to have a more fitted look. We're pretty happy about them! You can pick them up at any of our shows, or at our store at ballinthehouse.com.

Posted On: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Unplugged video of "Addicted." Live from the bus!

I know that we’ve been terrible at posting new videos lately…but we’re trying to get better! Here’s an “unplugged” version of our original song, “Addicted.” Dave wrote the song about trying to get out of a bad relationship. During our educational shows, we always encourage the kids to express themselves by writing their thoughts down. Whether it’s poetry or music, writing your thoughts down is a great way to express yourself. Like what you hear? This song is available on itunes! It’s also on our album, “Granite Ave.” which is available at ballinthehouse.com. Check out the video below...

Posted On: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Introducing our new full-time member, Nels Urtel

Some of you may have met Nels when he was touring with us as a sub. After Craig moved on, we auditioned a lot of talented people. We felt so blessed the all the people that showed interest in traveling and singing with us. During the audition process, we asked Nels if he would ever be interested in coming on full-time. It would’ve been a big step for him that included leaving his life behind in Wisconsin and moving to Boston. He thought about it, and we’re very happy that he accepted the position. If you’ve never met him, make sure to say hello when you see him. Here’s his bio…

I was born and raised in south-central Minnesota in a town named Mankato. A son of educators and musicians, I found music to be important to me and everyone around me. My father was my high school choral director and my whole immediate family impressed upon me the fun and importance of singing.

However, it was at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where music developed from a pastime to a passion. I was heavily involved with the rich and talented choral program there under the direction of Dr. Gary Schwartzhoff and shared some amazing experiences with amazing people. I was able to travel all around the country and the world. I was fortunate enough to be a part of two international tours; a four-country European tour and a tour to Argentina.

Though I loved the choral singing and training I received there, I also became involved in many other musical ensembles. I had the opportunity to sing with the award-winning UWEC Jazz Ensembles, I sang for an a cappella group called Fifth Element, for an 11 piece funk band, and played guitar, mandolin and sang for a progressive folk band called Beacon James.

Though I was able to participate in all types of music, a cappella remained a great interest of mine. After I graduated in May of 2010, I spent some time with the now defunct Inpulse from Minneapolis and subbed in with a couple different a cappella groups in the Midwest.

Now I am proud to be the “new guy” in Ball in the House! After a cross country trip in a U-Haul with my father, I’m very excited to be in the Boston area with these wonderful guys and traveling all across the country. I am so grateful that I get to combine music and travel into one, awesome job!

Posted On: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Mark Your Calendars! Tunes For Toys 2012 on January 6th!

January 6th, Tunes For Toys/Amazing Things Arts Center-Framingham, MA

It may be the new year, but it's still the time for giving. On January 6th we'll be hosting our annual toy drive, Tunes For Toys, at The Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, MA. This event is very special to us. All of the toys collected will be donated to Children's Hospital Boston. This show usually sells out, so get your tickets now! It’s gonna be a blast…and don’t forget to bring a NEW, UNWRAPPED Toy (No Stuffed Animals)

Here are the details…

WHO: Ball in the House
WHEN: January 6th, 8:00pm
WHERE: Amazing Things Arts Center, 160 Hollis St, Framingham, MA 01702
HOW MUCH: $18/Regular, $17/Student, Senior, $15/Member, $9/Children under 12

Tickets are available at www.amazingthings.org or by calling 508-405-ARTS (2787)

Posted On: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Craig Is Moving On

We’re sad to announce that Craig has decided to move on from BitH, and accept another performing opportunity with some friends of ours, NOTA. Craig has meant a lot to BitH over the last year and a half. We’ll miss him, and we wish him the best.

In the mean time, we’ve been touring with our sub Nels Urtel. Nels is amazing singer and performer. He’ll be touring with us for the rest of the year while we go thru the audition process. We’re already receiving lots of awesome submissions. We’ll let you know as soon as we wrap up auditions. Thanks so much for all your support through this process.

Here’s a little note from Craig to all of you…
To all of my Ball in the House fans,

For those of you who do not know, I will be leaving BitH and singing for NOTA, the Season 1 winners of the SING OFF. I announce this with bittersweet emotions.
You have all been so very accepting of me this past year and I will never forget all of the support that was shown. I will always consider the guys of Ball in the house my brothers. I cherish the bonds that we've created over the last year and I will never forget them.

This opportunity that I've been given will give me a chance to get in touch with my Latino roots and move to Puerto Rico where I have always had dreams of living. For those of you who also don't know, I am half Puerto Rican and my real name is actually Craig Cacciola-Morales. I started using Craig Range as a stage name back in L.A. for easier internet browsing due to the fact that many people found it hard to spell the whole name. Being in NOTA now, I figured the whole name would fit better.

I owe everything to Ball in the House. They gave me my first full time music job and I am eternally grateful for that. They are by far the finest, most genuine individuals I have ever known let alone worked with. We had many amazing experiences, laughs, cries... usually from laughing : ) I will always be a big fan of them and hope the feeling is mutual.

I implore you all, if you want, to keep following me along my musical journey (to quote Ball in the House). You are all very special to me and I do not want to lose touch. I will be finishing up some BitH shows through November and possibly December before moving over to NOTA full time.

Posted On: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

November Boston A Cappella Concert Series this Sunday!

Don't miss THIS Sunday's Boston A Cappella Concert Series, the third show in the series. Featured groups are Boston's own Redline, an all male group with an awesome sound. The Boston College Dynamics are the first college group to do the series, and we couldn't be happier! Have you heard them? You'll be happy too! Ball in the House will be doing a short set and acting as your emcees throughout the evening. Don't worry about food - Ryles has a great food and drink selection :-) So, come on out! You don't want to miss the Boston A Cappella Scene!

WHEN: Nov 6th- 7:30pm
WHERE: Ryles Jazz Club, Inman Sq, Cambridge, MA
HOW MUCH: $15/ Adults $10/Students

Posted On: Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Boston A Cappella Scene-Oct 12th!

Hey Everyone!

Our next Boston A Cappella Scene concert will be on October 12th at 7:30pm. Ball in the House, Fermata Town, and Rift will be tearing up the stage with with a cappella awesomeness! You don't want to miss this show! This is also the FIRST Boston show that our NEW Live CD, "One Night Only" will be available!

Tickets are going to go fast, so get there early. Hope to see you there! Here are the details...

WHO: Ball in the House, Fermata Town, and Rift

WHEN: October 12th, 7:30pm

WHERE: Cambridge YMCA Theater,
820 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA

TICKETS: $15/Adults $10/Students
Tickets will only be available at
the door.

Posted On: Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Free Downloads from new album

Coming this Friday, we'll be posting a link for a free download of one of our One Night Only tracks on our Facebook page. We'll also be sending out our email newsletter with a link to download a different track from the album.

If you want both, make sure you "like" us on our Facebook page and that your email is on our mailing list (if you're not on both already) before Fri morning. You can see the Facebook logo and the mailing list signup box just to the right.

Posted On: Wednesday, September 21, 2011

One Night Only is here!

Yay - the new album is finally here!
Click here to see tracklist, hear samples, and download!
Recorded at The Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, MA in June, '11, this live album captures all the energy and magic of our live show and signature a cappella sound. Featuring classic and new original songs as well as favorites from Motown to contemporary R&B, this album also includes two of our most requested numbers - Jonny's beatbox solo and Falling Slowly (performed off mic).

Recorded and mixed by Sled Dog Studios
Mastered by Dave Sperandio for diovoce / http://diovoce.net
Design by Aaron Loveland

Full credits, song notes, and more samples on the Music Player coming soon.
iTunes coming soon.
Physical CD mail order coming soon.

I know, you don't see the big promo push just yet, with info splattered all over . Things have been a little up in the air as far as when we'd get the physical discs and when the digital distribution stuff would be available. But our CD Baby site is live for downloads and the physical CDs are printed and ready in Boston. We're on the road now, but will pick them up and have them for sale at shows starting 9/26.

Let us know what you think after you hear the tracks!

Posted On: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Boston A Cappella Scene Concert

Hey Everyone!

We're starting up what will hopefully be a monthly a cappella series featuring a cappella groups from high school to professional. We're hoping to give groups a chance to perform for new audiences as well as the opportunity to network with each other. We're calling it The Boston A Cappella Scene.

Our first show is scheduled for SEPTEMBER 1st and it will feature Boston Accent and Ball in the House. With some luck, this will also be the show where you will hopefully be able to get a physical copy of our new LIVE CD. Check out the details on the Events page! Hope to see you there! -Ry

Posted On: Saturday, August 13, 2011

Live album is mixed!

Our upcoming album - One Nite Only - will be 19 tracks of a cappella goodness, recorded all live at our 6/11 show in Newburyport. Dave and Jon just returned from Rochester, NY, having finished up mixing of the album with Sled Dog Studios. More info coming soon as we get closer to a release date!

Posted On: Thursday, August 11, 2011

2011 Sing! We would LOVE your vote!

Hey Everyone,

We’ve recently entered a National Singing Competition called the 2011 Sing. It’s a national online voting competition where the winners will receive $20,000 donated to the charity of their choice, shopping center gift cards, and a chance to record a song with Emmy-award winning song writer, Kevin Briody.

If we were to win the competition we would donate the $20,000 to the American Cancer Society through our Relay for Life Team, Team W.O.B.O. We may have a chance at this thing, but in order to win, we need your votes. You can vote ONCE A DAY until July 15th.

If we’re one of the finalists, we’ll head to North Carolina to perform in the semi-finals. Voting is SO EASY! Head to
www.birkdalevillage.2011sing.com and cast your vote (and remember to vote once every day), and with your help we may have a shot! Thanks for the support!

Posted On: Thursday, June 09, 2011

Donation Program, New EP!

Our new EP, Take Cover!, is now available ONLY through our Donation Program! Check out our Donations Page for the full scoop and check out samples of the new tracks on our music player.

Posted On: Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Welcome to the new website!

It took a while, but finally we're updated with a brand-new site, complete with our new guys, Patrick & Craig. They're pretty excited, to say the least, to be fully a part of this. Feel free to write them at their emails below and wish them a new welcome!

In the next few weeks, you'll see some new features up on the site, so keep checking back.

In the meantime, let us know what you think about the new site - dig it? Old one was better? Like the new Twitter integration? We'd love to hear from you.

Posted On: Thursday, November 04, 2010

Craig bio

I come from a very tight knit family from Long Island, NY. My mother was the driving force behind my music at a young age. I was singing harmonies by age 4. My first solo was the lead in "Ain't No Woman Like the One I've Got" when I was in kindergarten. I sang in my grade and high school choirs and jumped between choir and band in high school, playing the trumpet in band. I was very focused on athletics in high school playing soccer, basketball, baseball and tennis. My #12 from basketball was retired and my banner hangs on the gym wall today! It wasn't until college that I realized my musical talent.

I got a full scholarship to Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, where I received my B.A. in music with an emphasis on voice. I performed in many ensembles such as the Full Chorus, Chamber Choir and Jazz Vocal ensembles and was taught by such teachers as John Sinclair, Chuck Archard and Michelle Amato.

After college, I taught myself how to play guitar and started writing my own songs. It was then that I decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a solo music career. I played many solo shows and others with a few different bands that I put together. I continued to write as many songs as I could, perfecting my craft. In 2007, GoDigital Media Group signed me to a distribution deal and I created my first full length album called VISUALIZE. They put my album on iTunes as well as 8 other online sites. As L.A. became more and more saturated with artists, I decided to take my chances back East as I headed to Boston to start some new musical endeavors as a larger fish in a smaller pond. I started teaching for a company called Jammin' With You based out of Newton, MA, and I sang lead with the B Street Bombers, a band that has rocked Boston for over 30 years. After 8 months in my new city, I found the members of Ball in the House! The rest is history...

((((POSITIVE ENERGY))))

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

Patrick bio

Patrick comes to Ball in the House from the "front lines" of the classroom. He taught chorus and music classes for 10 years in the Maine public school system. During that time he also served two churches as organist/pianist/choir director/band leader and directed two semi-professional choirs, the Boy Singers of Maine's senior group, the "Lower Octave," and the "Gorham Community Chorus." In addition, he maintained a private voice/piano studio as well.

Patrick has always been captivated by sound and began singing and playing the piano in church at an early age. Though his musical path has led him many places - the human voice has always been the one medium he constantly returned to. His first a cappella experience was singing with the Maine Steiners in Orono, Maine. After his college years were over he went on to found three separate semi-pro a cappella groups. He is excited to continue along this path with boys of Ball in the House.

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

Meet the New Guys!

Hey Everyone,
We want to start by thanking all of you for sticking with us through this transition. Ball in the House is truly blessed with the most amazing fans. We heard lots of amazing people during this audition process, and even made some new friends along the way. Aaron and Dan have finished their last show with us, and it was pretty difficult to get through. We have a lot of memories with those guys, and we wish them all the best as they move on to the next stage in their lives.

So moving forward, we’re proud and excited to introduce to you the new members of Ball in the House: Patrick McCarthy and Craig Range. Can’t wait for all of you to meet them. They’re very cool guys and great musicians.

And to hear what we sound like, we recorded a little sampler MP3 while rehearsing in Dave’s basement. It’s just us around a single mic, but it’ll give you a preview til you get to hear us live. Patrick sings first, then Dave, then Craig. You can hear it in the Music Player.

For now, you can also see our first promo pic with the new guys on our Facebook site. We’ll update the pictures on the website soon.

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

Facebook

One of the best ways to connect with us these days is through Facebook. If you’re currently only on our email list here, you should consider following us on Facebook as well for much more up-to-date news, pics, video, etc. Especially with Facebook on our mobile phones, it’s much easier for us to update our status and fill you in on what’s going on with the band’s day-to-day activities.

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

Audition Update

So the new member(s) search and auditions are currently in progress. We’ve actually received a lot of interest from various ads we’ve put out, as well as word of mouth. Much more than we’ve ever had for past auditions, which is very exicting for us. And very comforting too, as there are some pretty amazing singers we’ve been listening to, and that gives us a lot of confidence about the future of the band. The one bad side of being flooded with applications is that it’s taken us a while to go through everybody and to set up live auditions with everyone we’d like to see. But, we wanted to let everyone know that the process is going really well and we’re very excited about the future.

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

In Aaron's Own Words

At the risk of being emotional and long winded, I wanted to be the first to let everyone know that the time has come for me to move on to other things. After lots of thought, soul searching and most important, prayer , I feel that it is time for me to move on and tackle other challenges. Though the decision was hard, and telling the guys was even harder, we all support each other and have NOTHING but love for each other.

For the last 8 years I have been blessed to have been able to create and share music with this amazing group of guys. I’ve been blessed to have been given the opportunity to see so many places and meet so many wonderful, amazing people. I feel that I’ve been blessed to influence students and young people and hopefully inspire them to work hard and go after their goals. That’s ALWAYS been our message, our mission. Most of all I have been truly blessed by the love and support of all the friends and fans of this band. I feel like I have been given the opportunity to live out personal dreams and goals and throughout this entire journey all of you have been right there, lifting us up. I am truly thankful for you all…

Throughout this transitional time, know that this band appreciates you all, the fans more than you’ll ever know. Things are gonna change… new guys will come in, new influences on music and style and the “ball” will roll on. Change is good. I’m excited about this change and don’t worry, I will never be too far away ;)

MUCH LOVE

A

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

In Dan's Own Words

After seven wonderful, adventurous, and fulfilling years, I have decided to move on from Ball in the House.  Naturally, people will want to know why and it’s a difficult question to answer in some ways.  For starters, I’m definitely not leaving because of any juicy, salacious reasons many people leave bands.  There was no drama and no fighting.  Mostly, I just feel as though this part of my life has run its course and I feel ready to return to my home and spend some time with my loved ones and my family and see what life has in store for me next.
 
I can’t say enough how much I have enjoyed my time here.  I’ve met so many incredible people who have come out to see us and support us over the years.  I’ve made lots of new friends around the country, as well as four of the best friends I’ve ever had in my bandmates.  We’ve shared some pretty unbelievable things—places, relationships, experiences.  Plus, my family has grown by adding a few extra brothers. J
 
To you, the fans and supporters of Ball in the House, I will always be grateful.  When it boils right down to it, it’s your support that’s made my life possible all this time.  Your buying tickets to see us brought me to Alaska, to Wyoming, to Florida in golf season (yay!), and everywhere in between.  Your buying and enjoying our music put food on my table and paid my bills.  I certainly hope you’ll continue to support the band—the new guy might be better than me!  lol.  But seriously, I still feel like they’re doing God’s work out there and they will always need you in order to do so.  I’ll be a fan and supporting them, myself.
 
To the students we’ve been in front of: I’ve had an amazing experience that was only possible because of music.  Not only did I get to perform with great musicians and see the world but I got to explore feelings and share a rare connection with people through music and performing.  There’s nothing quite like that.  Stick with music if you love it.  Enjoy it.  And maybe someday you’ll have the opportunity to do what I’ve been able to.  If so, take that chance.  I promise it’s worth it. J
 
For a guy who just wanted to sing his whole life and never thought he’d be able to, what a blessing this has been.  God has been SOOOOO good to me.  I’m excited to see what He has in store for me, next.
 
Lastly, to Ball in the House: Thanks for taking a chance on me.  This was undoubtedly the best job I ever had.  I love you guys and I will really miss being around you every day and performing with you.
 
May God bless Ball in the House and God bless you all.  Take care out there,
Dan

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

Big Change

Big news, sad news – after many amazing years of making music together, Aaron and Dan will be leaving Ball in the House to pursue other things. You can read letters from both of them below. We’ll keep everyone updated as far as transitions, auditions, etc. as the dust settles, but luckily for all of us, they’ll be around until the summer, so you’ll have many chances to see and hear them perform again, including at 2 big shows we have in MA this weekend. Our next podcast will have some more details and thoughts from them, so make sure to subscribe so you can catch it.

Posted On: Friday, July 30, 2010

Video Blog-Studio Sessions, 2-24-2010

Hey Everyone!

Here's a quick update on our progress on the Covers album. In this clip you'll hear samples of "Lets Stay Together" and "Summer Breeze" Check it out in the Blog Section.

Posted On: Monday, February 22, 2010

BitH on Boston's View

We just taped a Boston's View segment for Ch. 5 and TheBostonChannel.com with JC Monahan. They'll air an edited version of the segment on Ch. 5 (Boston) on Sun morning (2/14) during the 6-8a block and again during the 10-11a block. You can check out the whole segment here: BitH Boston's View Segment.

Posted On: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Crossroads Coffeehouse Cancelled, FOCS Filling In

Unfortunately, we have to cancel tomorrow’s show at Crossroads Coffeehouse in North Andover, MA, because Aaron’s great-grandmother passed away and he’ll be traveling for the funeral on Sat. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this may cause if you were planning on going or have already bought tickets. We’re told Crossroads will refund your money, but before you do anything drastic, consider still making the trip out to Crossroads to see our good friends from Five O’Clock Shadow http://www.focs.com/, who will be taking our place Sat. night. They do some pretty amazing stuff a cappella, and if you haven’t seen them before, they put on a great show.

Of course, our thoughts and prayers go with Aaron and his family too.

Posted On: Thursday, January 07, 2010

RSS Feed

For those of you who use RSS, you can now get a feed of our upcoming shows at http://ballinthehouse.com/RSS/events.asp.

Posted On: Thursday, January 07, 2010

Believe Reviewed

ChristmasReviews.com has posted a review of our Believe album and they liked it! You can read it at http://www.christmasreviews.com/wballinthehouse5.shtml.

Posted On: Thursday, January 07, 2010

Only Boston-area Holiday Show on 12/9

We just found out that our holiday show at Bentley University’s Wilder Pavillion will be open to the public. This will actually be our only Boston-area concert this month, so come out and experience our new holiday show we’ve been working on. We’ll be performing the entire Believe album as well as other holiday music and BitH favorites. Best of all is the show is only $7 for the general public and $3 for students.

12/9/09
Wilder Pavillion @ Bentley University
7:30p
175 Forest St, Waltham, MA
$7 general, $3 students

Posted On: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Believe and Holiday Gift Pack Sale Extended

After such great response, we decided to extend the sale of our Christmas album, Believe, as well as the Holiday Gift Pack, til Dec. 11.

Both are available at our Online Store, with Believe selling for only $10 with free shipping, and the Holiday Gift Pack for $30 with free shipping.

The Holiday Gift Pack includes our Believe album, an exclusive t-shirt, an autographed 8x10, some BitH pens, all packaged in a festive gift bag.

Posted On: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Podcast #4

Podcasts #4 is up on our website and on iTunes. Inside the Band is on recording Believe and our holiday show. Other discussions touch on our experiences with Telethon of Stars, Las Vegas, Mohonk Resort, Thanksgiving, and glorious buffets. Any and all feedback is welcome at podcast@ballinthehouse.com.

Posted On: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Believe Info

We recently added a bunch of info on the Believe holiday album to our full music player on our website. You can find song info, credits, lyrics to the original Believe, and can stream the entire album. If you never got to pick up a copy last year, listen to it online and buy it at our web store, on iTunes, and of course at all our shows, now that we have it back in stock.

Posted On: Monday, November 02, 2009

Bargain Bin

If you come out to any of our shows, you'll notice a new box on the merch table - the Bargain Bin. We've been filling it with all kinds of stuff - from old CDs that had cracks in the cases (so we couldn't sell for full price), to supposedly out of print items that we found hidden away, to stuff that just wasn't selling well - and all at drastically reduced prices. Come take a peek the next time you're at a show - never know what you'll find in there.

Posted On: Monday, November 02, 2009

New Podcast Episodes Available

We've started up the podcasts again, putting a new one out around the 1st and 15th of every month. The first 3 are up on our website and on iTunes already, so go and check them out. You can subcribe to it on iTunes, so that you'll automatically get the new ones once they're uploaded. We've been using a 3 section format: what's going on in the band (news, cool things we've done, upcoming stuff), Inside the Band, where we talk about some behind the scenes stuff, and Outside the Band, where we talk about non-BitH related stuff (though it often ties back to the band in some way or other).
We've had a lot of fun making them, so hope that you will check them out and let us know what you think and what kind of stuff you'd like to see in them. Some of our upcoming podcasts will feature personal interviews with Aaron and Dan, continuing interviews with Dave and Ryan we did a while back. If you have any feedback or questions to ask those guys, please write to podcast@ballinthehouse.com

Posted On: Monday, November 02, 2009

New video blog - Sept Midwest Tour

Fun travel nightmares, as the 5 of us are crammed into a sedan for a nice long road trip. See our blog page.

Posted On: Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Ball in the House Receives 2009 Best of Boston Award

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ball in the House Receives 2009 Best of Boston Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 – Ball in the House has been selected for the 2009 Best of Boston Award in the Musical Entertainers category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association

CONTACT:
U.S. Commerce Association
Email: PublicRelations@us-ca.org
URL: http://www.us-ca.org
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Posted On: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

America's Got Talent

So we were booted off in the first part of the Vegas show. Yes, we did make it to Vegas, despite not having our audition televised, but were sent home soon after we arrived. We were shown, but only briefly in crowd shots, so there are probably people who watched the show and weren’t even sure if we made it to Vegas or what. Of course, we wish we had had the chance to see the judges one more time and make our case, but alas, it wasn’t meant to be. We wish best of luck to all the really cool people we met during our time there. Despite all this, we still feel really blessed to have had all that great Today Show coverage and to go back to our full time job of making music. Thanks to everyone for your support – it really means a lot to us. We hope you keep spreading the buzz – even without AGT, we’ll still continue to tour and keep making what we hope is amazing music for you.

Posted On: Wednesday, August 05, 2009

New Videos!! On our Blog!!

Hey Everyone!!

We've posted some new videos on our blog of our TODAY show experience!! We have the video of our performance, the results, and when TODAY followed us to LA! Check em' out!

Posted On: Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Today Show and America’s Got Talent

We’ve had a pretty big couple of months with The Today Show and America’s Got Talent, but have been pretty quiet here and in our own newsletter about it all, though you can read below to find out why.

As we mentioned before, we competed back in May on The Today Show for a last chance audition for America’s Got Talent. Thanks to your votes, we won! We were immediately flown out to LA and auditioned for the AGT judges the next day. You can see video of the Today Show performance, result show, and a segment they aired later about our trip to LA by following the links below:

*Aired May/18/09 – TODAY Show Performance
* Aired May/19/09 – TODAY Show results
*Aired June/24/09 – BitH AGT/LA Segment

So what’s up with America’s Got Talent? Boy, we’ve been asked this question more times than you can even imagine. Basically, beyond what we said above, we’re not allowed to tell you anything, which is why we’ve been so quiet about it. In order to preserve the drama and surprise of the show, all contestants are held to secrecy, no matter the result. On top of that, we (along with all the other contestants) have no idea when they would show our audition, if at all. So just like many of you out there, we’ve been watching or taping each episode, anxiously awaiting any sort of glimpse at BitH. Tune in to NBC Tuesday & Wednesday nights and keep your fingers crossed!

Posted On: Thursday, July 16, 2009

WOW!!

WOW!!! From our hearts we thank you for all of your support and well wishes over the last few days. No matter what come of this, we are forever greatful for all of you! We are blessed.

Follow our crazy ride on our Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. The America’s Got Talent cast will be announced this June!

Much Love,
Aaron, Dave, Jon, Dan and Ryan

Posted On: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Today Show, possibly America’s Got Talent

Hey All!

We'll be performing live on Monday, May 18th, at 8:30 am in Rockefeller Plaza in NYC for NBC's TODAY Show as one of four groups picked to compete in a special contest.

Afterwards voting will commence. Whoever wins the audience vote will be given a "Golden Ticket" and flown to LA and cast on America's Got Talent for season 4.

Please come out and watch live in Rockefeller Plaza, watch on TV, whatever you can & send your good thoughts... afterwards VOTE! More details on how to vote, results, etc. on the sites listed below.

Thanks - We need your help to win!

Vote @

www.todayshow.com



Posted On: Saturday, May 16, 2009

Check out Ball in the House on Twitter and Facebook!

Hey Everyone!!

We're now on Twitter, and we're loving it. It's a great networking site, and you can always see what we're up to. Here's their definition...

"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?"

Check it out for yourself...start following Ball in the House by heading to
http://twitter.com/ballinthehouse

Facebook is another great networking site that we're a part of. We've been on there for a while, and we've seen a ton of you on there. You can find us on Facebook here...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Ball-in-the-House/15799054410

We're on these sites many times throughout the day. It's a great way to follow the band through our day to day activities. It's also a great place to drop us a line.

Hope everyone is having a great day, and hopefully we'll see you on Twitter and Facebook!

Ryan
Ball in the House

Posted On: Monday, March 16, 2009

New BitHWear T-Shirts

With springtime just around the corner, now is the perfect time to add this LIMITED edition Ball in the House t-shirt to your wardrobe. This is the first design of BitHWear, Ball in the House's new line of merchandise. BitHWear offers LIMITED edition prints, in a trendy design and fit. Available in a women's classic fit and men's fitted, these 100% cotton t-shirts are a great way to look fashion forward and support Ball in the House. These LIMITED edition t-shirts are already going fast, so pick them up here at our web store or at any show, while supplies last.

Posted On: Friday, February 27, 2009

NPR Here And Now Interview and Performance

We recorded this in the WBUR studios in Boston with Robin Young, but didn't find out about its live airing til it was too late to inform you all, but the good news is you can listen to the entire interview, plus 2 full live clips, right from their website: http://www.here-now.org/stories/2009/02/ball-in-the-house/. Very cool piece.

Posted On: Friday, February 27, 2009

Rescheduled Shows

Finally! We have dates for 2 recently postponed shows:
- The Tunes For Toys Benefit @ Garrison Playhouse in Rollinsford, NH will be 4/25.
- The Kennedy’s Midtown show in Boston, MA will be 5/3.

Hope the new dates work for everyone. If not, take a look at the rest of the tour schedule, cuz there are a lot of public shows coming up, so you should be able to make something.

Posted On: Friday, February 27, 2009

2009

Happy New Year! We wish you all the best for 2009. We started it off very warmly (literally) with a First Night gig in Delray Beach, FL, where it was in the high 70s. Then we came back to snow in Boston. Our plans for this year include a lot of touring, as usual, some cool new merch, a revamped newsletter, and starting (and hopefully releasing) a new album – possibly covers, possibly originals, maybe both. We’re still discussing it now. But we loved the process of recording Believe, and that, along with the incredible reception it got from so many of you, has us motivated to put out some more music as soon as we can. Thanks to all of you who bought the album – we hope it in some small way enhanced your holidays. We’re looking forward to all this year will bring and hope you’ll be along for the ride with us.

Posted On: Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Time to "Believe" - Holiday CD is here!

Our new Christmas album - Believe - is finally here and for sale through our webstore and at all our shows. You can see the tracklist and hear the entire album streaming through our full Music Player. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Posted On: Thursday, December 11, 2008

Holiday Gifts and Cutoff Dates

If you’re looking for that perfect holilday gift, we have a lot of options, between our new Christmas CD - Believe, Phone Chats, Video Chats, our Holiday Gift Pack, or BitH Ornaments. With the Phone and Video Chats, as well as the DVD video message from the Gift Pack, we’ll take whatever message and personalized info you want (by contacting us in advance) and use it to make your Someone Special feel extra special when Ball in the House calls them, invites them to video chat, or appears on their TV or computer screen singing songs and delivering your message.

Cutoff dates for ordering physical products to be mailed will be 12/15 (for delivery by Christmas). Phone and Video Chats can be ordered anytime, but keep in mind that the band will be away on vacation from 12/20-12/30. If you have any special requests, from items to expediated shipping, please feel free to email us.

Posted On: Thursday, December 11, 2008

Holiday Packs and Ornaments

Available now at the web store is a great gift idea - the Ball in the House Holiday Gift Pack that includes:
- The New Christmas CD, Believe
- Exclusive Ball in the House Tshirt
- Ball in the House Holiday Ornament
- 8x10 Autographed Photo
- Holiday Ink Pen
- Personalized Video Message from Ball in the House (With info given in advance, BitH will video a personalized holiday message and sing a holiday song just for you to keep on MPEG or DVD)
- All this packaged in a gift bag
The ornaments can also be ordered separately.

Posted On: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

BitH Phone and Video Chats Available

In additon to our new pink t-shirts, limited edition blue t-shirts, 18x24 posters, and 8x10 photos, we now have 2 more items for sale at our web store: Phone Chats and Video Chats. Be honest - when your friends and family sing Happy Birthday to you, is it a bit out of tune? Let Ball in the House sing it to you. For $19.99, we will call you on or around your birthday and sing Happy Birthday to you. If not a birthday, we could deliver whatever other special message you want - congratulations, I love you, happy anniversary, etc. Also, if you wanted us to actually be there for your special day, we could be. Well, kind of - for $29.99, Ball in the House will deliver your special message via live video chat. Check out all the details on our Online Store.

Posted On: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Billboard World Songwriting Contest

The Billboard World Songwriting Contest is an international independent songwriting competition. The judges are picked from a select group of music industry insiders knowledgeable about songwriting, current trends, and the music business in general. Depending on what tier of judging we are on , they could consist of musicians, songwriters, music fans, and music business students.
Ball in the House was recently recognized with 9 Honorable Mentions for original compositions among the top 500 entries of the 15th Annual Billboard World Songwriting Contest. That's 9 out of the 11 originals from the Granite Ave. CD!

This year's awards bring BitH to a total of 10 Honorable Mentions (13th Annual Billboard Song Contest - "Change Face" - Honorable Mention).

Posted On: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Relay For Life Performance and Donations

We recently performed at a Relay For Life benefit show for Medfield, MA, but this weekend, we’ll be performing at the actual Relay For Life walk in Gardner, MA. on Fri, 6/6. We’ve been involved with Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s signature event, for a while now as part of Team W.O.B.O. We’ll be performing the National Anthem at 6p, then performing between 8-9p, including during the Luminaria lighting at 8:30.

The location is on the main campus of Mount Wachusett Community College – directions and info here.

Whether you can make it to the performance or not, we encourage you to get involved and donate. Our team page is here, and you can donate to the team as a whole, or through our individual pages on the team page. Thank you so much in advance for your generosity.

You can find out more about Relay For Life in general here.

Posted On: Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Pictures from the IFEA Conference/World of Coca Cola

We performed last month at the International Festival and Events Association (IFEA) opening reception at the World of Coca Cola in Atlanta, GA. This is a gorgeous building with all kinds of interesting Coke related items around. One room had a few dozen soda fountains with all the different Coke drinks from around the world that you could sample. They also had the Coke polar bear, life-size. We had our picture with him, just before he ate Dave’s head. For rights reasons, we can’t reproduce the pictures on our own site, but here is the link to the general batch of photos, many of which have BitH in them: www.marcusphotography.com.

Posted On: Friday, October 26, 2007

New Podcast: Behind the Scenes #2

Our second Behind the Scenes podcast is up on the podcast page now. It's about SHOWCASING, which is basically the way we get work, how we get booked. We're through most of them now, but, especially in the last 2 months, you've probably seen a bunch of them on our schedule, so we thought we'd explain what that's all about.

Head to "Multimedia" then "Podcasts" to listen.

Please send any feedback, as well as suggestions for future behind the scenes subjects, to jon@ballinthehouse.com.

Posted On: Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital Fundraiser

Some of you might remember Scott Harris, who used to sing with Ball in the House. Well, he’s running his 2nd New York City Marathon as part of “Fred’s Team” (named after the founder of the NYC Marathon, Fred Lebow, who himself died of cancer) to benefit a great cancer research center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital.

For this great cause, we wanted to put it out there for those of you who wanted to donate. If so, go through Scott’s site here: https://fredsteam.mskcc.org/fundraising/Controller?action=userHome&user_id=35529.

Posted On: Thursday, October 11, 2007

CBS Early Show

Thanks so much to all of you who voted for us in the CBS Early Show Battle of the Bands. We didn’t make it past the semi-final round, unfortunately, but are very grateful to CBS and of course all of you for giving us a shot and for a few weeks of national TV, radio, and web exposure. If you’d like to see our submitted video, check out our YouTube page.

Posted On: Thursday, October 11, 2007

BitH Moves On To Next Round of CBS Early Show Competition

Thank you SO MUCH for your support & votes...

"The viewers' choice, with 52% of the votes, was Ball in the House!!! They'll be back on Living Room ... LIVE! -- Battle of the Bands on CBS's "The Early Show" next week for the third Finalists' Round."

Once again, they’ll air a clip of our video on Monday (Sept. 10th), up against 2 other finalists. From Monday morning til Wednesday at 12:01p ET, visit http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/earlyshow/main500202.shtml and VOTE for Ball in the House. Vote as many times as you'd like and be sure to enlist the help of friends and family! Help us become America's favorite new band and perform on The Early Show the week of Sept. 24!

They’ll announce the winners of this round on The Early Show on Thursday morning. If we win, we’ll have one more round to go, against the 2 previously announced finalists.

To check out our full video submission as well as information about the Living Room ... LIVE! -- Battle of the Bands competition please visit http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/13/earlyshow/main2563124.shtml?source=search_story. Be sure to check out the Adam & The Egos video, pretty funny stuff...

This is a big opportunity for us and we really appreciate all the support.


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To see our full video and for more information about Living Room ... LIVE! -- Battle of the Bands, please visit the following link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/13/earlyshow/main2563124.shtml?source=search_story

Posted On: Monday, September 10, 2007

Dorchester Reporter Article

The Dorchester Reporter has a front page story about Ball in the House with a full spread inside in this week’s issue. It’ll be in local newsstands until Thurs, 9/13, but you can read the whole thing in html or pdf online at www.dotnews.com. Dave and Jonny both grew up in Dorchester and Dan and Ryan currently live there.

Posted On: Monday, September 10, 2007

Ball in the House on CBS's "The Early Show"

Ball in the House has been chosen as a finalist on Living Room ... LIVE! -- Battle of the Bands on CBS's The Early Show. Our submission video will air this coming Monday, Sept 3rd between 7-9am. Then the voting begins...

On Monday, you can vote for Ball in the House at CBSNews.com. The ultimate band will be invited to perform on The Early Show the week of Sept. 24 -- the kind of television and Internet exposure bands dream about!

For more information about Living Room ... LIVE! -- Battle of the Bands please visit the following link...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/13/earlyshow/main2563124.shtml?source=search_story

This is a big deal for us and we really need everyone to help spread the word & VOTE!

Posted On: Thursday, August 30, 2007

MySpace and YouTube update

There’s a new photo album dedicated to pics from our Alaska trip on our MySpace page (myspace.com/ballinthehouse). Definitely some beautiful scenery. And there are now some AK videos on our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/bithvideo) as well as a bunch of behind the scenes videos we’ve been taking with our little camera phones. Make sure to watch Waffle House part 1 before part 2!

Posted On: Thursday, August 09, 2007

Domenic Guisti

Ball in the House welcomed a new member of the family: Domenic Paul Guisti was born on July 15th at 4:05am. He weighed 9lbs 12ozs and was 21 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing great. (He looks like Dave but has a ton of hair)

Posted On: Thursday, August 09, 2007

Online Store Reopened

Our Online Store has reopened, with all our merchandise again available for sale. We apologize for the wait while we partnered up with new sellers. All our CDs will now be handled by CD Baby, a great company that helps out indie bands, and our other merchandise will be sold through the band using PayPal or check. There are also links for our iTunes pages as well as the list of Best Buys that are carrying Granite Ave.

Posted On: Thursday, July 19, 2007

2 new Best Buy stores added

We've added 2 new stores to the list of Best Buys that are carrying Granite Ave: one in Duluth, MN (Dan's hometown), and one in Lincoln, NE (Ryan's hometown). Very cool.

Posted On: Thursday, July 19, 2007

Saki Undiscovered Band contest

Here's a new contest we're participating in where we have the chance to win a record deal. Please vote for us!

Posted On: Thursday, July 12, 2007

New Podcast: Behind the Scenes #1

Our first Behind the Scenes podcast is up on the podcast page now. It's about our lecture/demo shows, the outreach work we do at schools. For some of you, you've probably seen these shows listed on the website, but had no idea what they were or what we did during them. For others, you may have first seen us during one of these, and will be very familiar with it all. Either way, we think it's interesting listening and hope you enjoy our first behind the scenes peek.

Head to "Multimedia" then "Podcasts" to listen.

Please send any feedback, as well as suggestions for future behind the scenes subjects, to jon@ballinthehouse.com.

Posted On: Friday, June 29, 2007

BitH YouTube channel

Ryan, who’s always working hard on our MySpace site
( myspace.com/ballinthehouse), has recently launched a YouTube channel for us at www.youtube.com/bithvideo. We have some behind the scenes footage, our Change Face music video, our parade float 4th of July performance from last year, and much more, with more stuff coming. Bookmark it and check it out.

Posted On: Saturday, June 23, 2007

Songs Notes updated: Come Back To Me

Just updated on the music player is Aaron's songwriting notes for Come Back To Me - check it out on the full version of our music player.

Our new music player has songs from our latest CD, Granite Ave, as well as our previous CD, Think About It, and some of our Cool Whip commercials. It also has lyrics for all our songs and songwriting notes for many of them (we'll be adding more in the coming weeks).

Posted On: Monday, June 11, 2007

New Podcast: Studio #10

We still have a handful of podcasts recorded from back in the studio during the 3rd session of studio work for Granite Ave. Earlier ones had been previews, but now that the CD is here, these are actually cool behind the scenes looks at making our newest batch of songs. Hopefully you have the album already and will have the finished, mixed, and mastered versions in your head as you're listening, but for those of you who are new to the music, we put in clips of the final version at the end for comparison. Jon did a new intro leading into it.

Head to "Multimedia" then "Podcasts" to listen.

Studio Podcast #10 takes place on the first 2 days of an 8-day session in late Aug. of 2006, starting with Set the Mood. We were way off in our discussions about the disc being released in the fall. We were learning this song from scratch as we recorded it, and ending up missing a lot of the first day, so that's why there are 2 days compressed into one podcast. Dave makes a rare appearance too.

For all you BitH newbies, if you hear us talking about Tim, he's our old bass who sang with us before Ryan joined, and is on a lot of Granite Ave.

Posted On: Monday, June 11, 2007

Alaska tour

We had an amazing time in Alaska back in April. Our 2-week tour took us through Seldovia, Homer, Kodiak, Fairbanks, Haines, and Ketchikan. The shows were all very well attended and we sold out all the CDs we took with us, plus a bunch more we had mailed to us, AND we also took orders for over 100 more!

Big thanks to - Susan, Mo & Cherish, Nancy, Harbormaster Marty, Jason & Evan, Tom & Liz, Paul & Jeannie, Haines Brewing Co, Lacey, and Ernie.

We took so many photos and videos of the mountains and other amazing sites that it’s taken forever to go through all the photos and edit the videos, but we hope to have some of these for you to check out soon here, though some are up already on our MySpace site. We’ll chat all about the trip and our adventures there in an upcoming podcast.

Posted On: Monday, June 11, 2007

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital donation

We mentioned it back when we first released Granite Ave, but it's worth mentioning again that BitH will be donating $1 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for every Granite Ave sale. Here's to selling lots of discs and giving a huge donation!

Posted On: Monday, June 11, 2007

The New Ball in the House Music Player

If you've used our music player here at ballinthehouse.com before, you might notice the new functionality of our full service player. Open up the new full player to read lyrics and songwriter's stories from Think About It and Granite Ave. More features to come!

Posted On: Monday, May 28, 2007

Best Buy stores that are carrying Granite Ave

We're working to get them stocked in more stores, but for now, you'll find Granite Ave at the following Best Buys. Every CD that's bought there automatically registers through Soundscan, which counts CD sales for the music industry - very helpful to us. We're told that even if a certain Best Buy does not stock the CD, you should still be able to order it from any of the helpful salespeople.

Here's the list by state, as of 2/9:

Dorchester, MA - 14 Allstate Rd (South Bay)
Danvers, MA - 230 Independence Way
Framingham, MA - 1 Worcester Rd
Worcester, MA - 7 Neponset St
Braintree, MA - 550 Grossman Dr
Dedham, MA - 700 Providence Hwy
Watertown, MA - 550 Arsenal St
Cape Cod, MA - 793 Iyannough Rd (Hyannis)
Saugus, MA - 1201 Broadway
Marlborough, MA - 769 Donald Lynch Blvd
Brockton, MA - 200 Westgate Dr
Boston, MA - 401 Park Dr (Landmark Ctr/Fenway)
Plymouth, MA - 101 Independence Mall Way

Portsmouth, NH - 45 Gosling Rd (Newington)
Nashua, NH - 220 Daniel Webster Hwy
Manchester, NH - 1500 S Willow St
Salem, NH - 290 S Broadway
Concord, NH - 78 Damante Dr

Harrisburg, East PA - 5000 Jonestown Rd
Whitehall, PA - 1504 Macarthur Rd
Oxford Valley, PA - 310 Commerce Blvd

Waterford, CT - 913 Hartford Tpke
Meriden, CT - 470 Lewis Ave
Orange, CT - 53 Boston Post Rd
Newington, CT - 3377 Berlin Tpke
West Hartford, CT - 1501 New Britain Ave
Manchester, CT - 120 Slater St

Paramus, NJ - 1 S State Route 17
Paramus, NJ - Garden State Plaza Route 17 S
W Paterson, NJ - 30 Andrews Dr
Rockaway, NJ - 301 Mount Hope Ave
Bridgewater, NJ - 300 Commons Way
Holmdel, NJ - 2130 State Route 35
Brick, NJ - 51 Chambersbridge Rd
Union, NJ - 2391 Route 22 W
E Hanover, NJ - 410 State Route 10

W Nyack, NY - 1240 Palisades Center Dr
Chelsea, NY - 60 W 23rd St
Noho Manhattan, NY - 622 Broadway
Midtown Manhattan, NY - 529 5th Ave
86th and Lexington, NY - 1280 Lexington Ave

Posted On: Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Granite Ave now available on iTunes

Our new album, Granite Ave, is available on iTunes now. So of course, you can hear clips from each of the songs and purchase individual songs too. You can also rate the CD, which we encourage you all to do. Our previous album, Think About It, is also available. To access both albums, click the link in the lower right corner of this page.

Posted On: Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Granite Ave Releases Nationally

Boston, MA (January 16, 2007): Soul-pop/R&B artist Ball in the House, known across the country as “The Cool Whip Guys” for their a cappella sound in the Cool Whip commercials, release “Granite Ave" January 16, 2007, nationally.

“Granite Ave” will be available through selective national distribution at Best Buys and online at www.ballinthehouse.com. Ads running on MySpace have already stirred pre-release orders internationally, which is unique to an independent band. Ball in the House has also collaborated with St. Jude Children’s Hospital to be the recipient of a $1 donation for each CD sold.

Ball in the House, whose a cappella brilliance wows millions across the country, teamed up with famed producer Tim Coons. Coons is the original producer of the Backstreet Boys, ‘NSync, JoJo, Rob Thomas, Mandy Moore, and many others. Last March, "Get It Together," a single off the CD, was number one on BurnLounge for two weeks in a row, beating out the Black Eyed Peas and Kelly Clarkson in March.

Ball in the House is a five-man soul-pop/R&B group from Boston. With their extensive tour schedule (averaging 250 dates a year), Ball in the House reaches millions and is arguably one of the most successful indie bands working today. Intermixx Magazine says "taking a cappella into the realm of hip hop, and R& B, Ball in the House is a hit with young and old alike."

They have opened and performed with such artists as Gladys Knight, 98º, Jessica Simpson, Blondie, The Temptations, Smoky Robinson, and numerous others, and can be heard on national TV and radio as the voices behind the Cool Whip commercials. Boston Globe says of the group, "Ball in the House has everything you would expect to find in a successful pop/rock band...the one thing it doesn't have is instruments."

The group’s first radio single, 'Something I Don't Know," charted for six (6) consecutive weeks in the Top 100 on the national AC Charts, peaking at #17. They have received numerous awards including VH1’s Save the Music Songwriting Award 2005 (Hip-Hop/R&B Song of the Year runner-up) were top-10 finalists in the MTV Next Big Thing Contest, and multiple ACA Awards 2005, including the “Favorite Pop/Rock Group” award. They have sold over 65,000 albums with their first two releases.

Posted On: Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Welcome to the new Ballinthehouse.com

Welcome to our beautiful new website. There's lots of new content-- new sections, new pictures, new media player, and more-- so spend some time looking and listening around.

Posted On: Thursday, November 30, 2006