A new genre? We’ll see what we can do. (designed by Trey)

We just found these photos taken at totally different times, with totally different people. We’ve decided that we are absolutely destined to be together…. 4evr.

If you’d like to Crack your hWhip, head over to Navy Pier in Chicago!

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Sometimes we write music that is just ridiculous. We’ve decided that we are going to post a couple of our unheard tracks here on our AYIGBLOG so you can hear them! These aren’t available anywhere else… and thats the way we like it. Yeah! Thanks!

This song was a birthday song that I wrote for my lil’ baby cousin, Fynn for his 2nd birthday. Its really just Happy Birthday recorded to a high-energy dance beat and some fun synth instruments! Have a listen!

Fynn’s Birthday Song – By Nick Wichman

nick + trey
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Hi Friends,

I want to take some time to talk about our favorite game to play.

Those of you that have been fans for a while may have received a copy of our very first demo recording. We copied this recording on plain white  discs so that we could customize each and every one. When we first had the idea to customize the discs, we had no idea what to do for a cover. We thought about designs and other random things we could do with a blank white space. Suddenly, it became obvious what we had to do. We had to play the Drawring Game.

The Drawring Game came about after numerous moments of boredem in the early years of AYIG. This game was often played by Nick, Mercy, Courtney, our good friends Ian and Joseph and I. Here’s how you play:

First, one person drawrs a shape. It can be any shape you can think of. Typically the shape is some form of amoeba shape with no real obvious form. . Once a shape has been drawrn, the drawrer passes the paper to the next person. Now it is this persons job to add features to the shape and turn it in to a unique character. Usually they end up becoming silly animals with ridiculous accessories. Nick tends to drawr his characters wearing black Italian-style pointy boots. I often add a belly button to my characters especially if it is a bird of some sort. The sky is the limit so it is necessary to let your imagination run wild. There is no rush, besides the anticipation of everyone playing but sometimes it helps to spend some time rotating the shape, looking at it from different angles, while trying to get some inspiration for your creation. We like to keep the shapes simple to enhance creativity but it isn’t a rule ( I once drew an arrow shape with two points on either side and regrettably Nick turned it into a woman giving birth… wearing Italian boots). This process continues until most of the space on the page is completely filled up. As the space gets filled the shapes and therefore the characters become more and more interesting.

Since the invention of the Drawring Game, we have incorporated on occasion some additional guidelines to make the game more challenging. For instance, Nick and I have played a version of the Drawring Game in which after the shape has been drawrn but before the second person begins to create a character, a third party will randomly select an animal which the shape will become and the creator has to drawr that animal. This results in some interesting outcomes. This is why creating custom rules is a way to make the game more fun for you and your friends.

I hope to have inspired you by sharing this game and we hope that you all will take joy in playing it as we have. If anyone creates an especially ridiculous creature we would love to see it! Maybe in the future we can hold AYIG’s first web contest.

trey

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So we’ve been really getting into this new music site we recently discovered. TheSixtyOne.com. From what we’ve found out, this is an online RPG but instead of fighting monsters or fighting creatures (like Pokemon!) and all that stuff, you listen to some really good music. Most of the music on the site seems to be emerging/indie bands but there is some more popular stuff on there also. We posted a few of our songs up there and over the course of the past week we have gotten a lot of positive feedback!

The way it works is simple. Once you’ve created a profile, you have access to a bunch of genres each with hundreds of songs from original artists (some covers too!)  You are alerted to some quests which consist of listening to a certain number of new songs, marking songs as your favorites, listening to a favorite over and over again etc. The more quests you complete the more experience you gain and the higher your level gets and the more credibility you earn as a music enthusiast! Basically its like if Pandora mated with World of Warcraft.

We’ve found that it’s really good for bands because it’s like the social aspect of Myspace but for people interested in discovering new music (as opposed to posting obnoxious pictures of themselves and spamming their friends with aps) We’ve found new favorites such as Philip Ferrari, King Tut, Go Periscope, FM BELFAST which gets our blood pumpin to dance all night!

Check out this site ASAP if you want to shake your booty while hearing some great new music at the same time! Don’t forget to give us a heart or two!

www.thesixtyone.com

nick + trey

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So, we’ve recently added a few shows onto our upcoming shows list at http://www.myspace.com/askyouingray! We’re super stoked about them and they are going to be totally fun, so make sure you come out and hang out with us! And hear some sweet music!

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So we’ve got a show coming up that we are sure is going to be totally fun! If you’re the type of person who needs some drinks to get you dancing… THIS IS YOUR NIGHT!!! Its only a $0.99 cents cover at the door and $1 PBRs all night long!!! Read the rest of this entry »

Ask You In Gray is playing at the ELBO ROOM (http://www.elboroomchicago.com) in Chicago, IL on DECEMBER 1st!

If you haven’t seen us play, this will be a fun opportunity to hear some fun music and dance around! Check out our myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/askyouingray for more information on the show!!!

nick + trey
ask you in gray

If you’ve never heard of Ask You In Gray, go to http://www.myspace.com/askyouingray to check out our music! We’re an electronic-indie band that loooooooooves music. We are in the process of recording new music and it will be online pretty soon.