Brandon Buck

Brandon Buck was one of my first friends I met at Kindergarten along with Cole " The Bash Bros". I still remember when he first came to my house to play with me, and we were both wearing hats and he had his on backwards, and he told me I should do it too. He taught me how to look cool...ha. I remember when Cole Brandon, and me were all pigs in a school play. (Thanks Mrs. Salano) Eating my mom's brownies with peanut butter and, drinking coke was always a great snack for us after playing in the pool. Oh and those long skate trips we would do just to go skate at certain spots, and gathering up all our money to eat Taco Bell.



The three of us always had each others backs. From baseball games to soccer games to skating and getting in conflicts with other neighbor hood kids. We always had fun together. There are so many memories I have with that kid, from school to sports and just hanging out. Brandon was a total different person, he always did things a little different cause he knew he could do it and he was confident. He was always the more daring one in the group I still remember when he decided to climb on the top roof of the Skipolinis playground, and jump off. He broke his wrist...and then a couple days later he got his cast wet in someones pool. (it may have been mine) He always had the most stylish hair. He was the first to bleach the top of his hair, out of the group of friends we had.




I'm gonna miss those days from going to Yosemite and the Jelly Belly factory, and sleep overs and just seeing your face.


Ever since the Move from cities it seemed like all three of us lost touched but talked to each other when we did. I remember Brandon came to my last birthday when I turned 16 it was fun talking to him cause I remember we went out front on my porch and just talked about the old days as children, and how things changed as we grow up but not liking girls we would always talk about that.

I feel horrible that I thought of getting all three of us to hang out again cause I never made time to sit down and call you. I'm am so sorry for that I wish I could take some of those days back to just hang with you one last time. I just want you to know that you have been a huge part of my child to teen life, and I enjoyed every bit of it

Everything happens for a reason, and we as people should not live with regret, but live with thankfulness with moments we have shared with each other.





I love you Brandon


Your fellow Bash Bro,

---Shane---

The up an coming

Life has been moving very fast these last couple of weeks since tour. The band had a lot of changes happen to it I am sorry to say but Dice in the Icebox is no longer a Band anymore it's just a story to talk about that happened in the past. (RIP DiTiB)

We all had fun playing shows for you guys and with each other, many stories some good some bad, but I will miss those days, but I'm exited to start my new chapters in my life. The band decided to go different ways as music and individual goals. Five of us stayed and started a new band called letters to the Editor. That band is now signed to a management company in L.A Called Stern talent. They have already gotten us so many things such as a new Demo dropping this next spring of 2009 we will be working with a producer of the name of Giovanni Jackson who has help produce many artist/groups from Kid Rock Linkin Park and Nirvana and many others and now Letters to the Editor

We are extremely excited to be working with him and at a wonderful studio called Griffdog records located on the wonderful beach of Huntington. So from the time being I have been living in Brentwood and some weeks and ends in L.A I must say it's pretty fun going back and forth meeting new friends and telling stories to old friends.


I would like to thank everyone who has been there or with me during my Music Journey you all know who you are from my old Deer Valley and Liberty High school days mainly the ones in Liberty sorry I was there longer.

To answer a few questions I seem to be getting a lot.


1. No I will not forget the little people. (as in old friends before this cool thing happened

2. I don't think I will every be famous maybe to some, but i don't think so.

3. I haven't decide when I will be moving down yet, sometime near the end of this year...I think.


I want to inform to who ever is reading this, I am not writing this to brag nor gain attention its all simply from excitement and wanting friends and family to know the down low and anyone else who actually reads these blogs of mine.




---Shane---

Never stop dreaming

So I just back home from my Tour I was on with my band. Now this tour started out like any other little tour a small band would go on. Then became much much more. I say this because at the end of tour we got to be part of a Competition called Hollywood's Next best Talent. It was a very cool event that involved many talented people from singers in every genre and Actors in every style and dancers, and Bands. The Band Category was the one we were in. We had to play one of our songs in two minutes which involved re-writing that song, then we were to perform it in front of only for a panel of judges that consist of record Companies Like Hollywood Records, Columbia Records, producers for some of these companies and some management companies that were connected to these bigger companies...I think I used that word enough now..good thing this isn't being graded.

(Sorry old High school English Teacher Ms. Rod)

So after all that stress and nerves and being done throwing up, which I did by the way. We headed to our room in the Hotel and then enjoyed Denny's with some new friends we met through this event. The next day we found out that we won the Band category, and also found out that we would be performing the next night at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. That was an amazing experience, we also received a trophy from two model gals...and I was also interviewed by a lady after our performance from MTV on the stage, not in front of a camera, but it was still cool.


A lot of great stuff has been happening with me and the band, and I give it all to my Lord and Savior. I would also like to thank all my family, and close friends who have been there through it all. You guys are awesome.

I can't wait to see where the rest of my story goes.


---Shane---

Tour....updates

August,5

Long drive to Arcadia with a few stops here and there. Then we finally arrived at our destination. My aunt and Uncles house. It was some fun in the sun. We went swimming and then had some spaghetti. Watched a show called Wiped Out, I must say that was pretty funny. Finally got some real sleep in a bed, with Erik....no gay jokes please.

August,6

Woke up to Ryan coming in our room saying "wow this bed is way better than the one in my room" then enjoying a wonderful Brunch with some COFFEE. Found out that we MADE WARPED TOUR!!!!!! for Aug 15( you must go)

Anyway we left the house to go to our show at The Whisky A Go Go. We had a long sound check. Took my Mom out to a nice Restaurant in Hollywood. I also got surprised by a certain someone who knows how to make me :).Played a great show, but I would have to give us a B- on lack of sweat. I know weird its a thing we do, well more like competition. We got to meet some new fans, and see some family of ours, that was fun. Chris Ryan, and I later on got lost going to Cisco's house cause that's where we're staying right now. Then ten minutes after our arrival I decided to get some Taco Bell with Aku, but they were closed so we drove to a McDonald's, oh ya we took Austins car and it smelled funny...I wonder why?

Now I'm about to go to bed for our big day tomorrow. I think we may stop by a beach. I hope we do, cause I need to surf.



Peace love and never start a Band.



Just kidding it's a blast


---Shane---

Shoes...

I dont really care that much about shoes until I became in love with Macbeth Shoes. I normally just wear my plain black converse's or plain white ones, but I felt like I needed some change to my footwear.

I will be purchasing the following






peace love and getting new socks

---shane---

Almost there

So As of today I have about one week until, I embark on a dream I have had ever since I played my first song on a guitar, and that was to go on a tour with a band I loved playing music with. That dream is finally going to become my reality. I will be leaving on August 4 at nine in the morning, and will be heading home the 12th of August. While we're touring we will be hitting up youth groups venues such as The A Whiskey A GO GO and the Kodak Theater. We also may have some run ins with some big name companies to talk about a full time music career. I hope this blog doesn't seem like I'm bragging, I'm just up late and wanted to tell people about it so that they would keep Dice in the Icebox in their prayers as we go on this tour. We would greatly appreciate that.


While I'm on the road living from host home to Hotel room. I will try to blog everyday to let you guys know how things are going and what we did on our free time. I'm so excited I feel like a little kid going to summer camp for the first time. I don't even know what to pack.


You can also keep checking out www.myspace.com/diceintheicebox

To see how things are going for the band as a whole and listen to some of our tunes and maybe purchase a new shirt.



Thanks to the ones who believed


---Shane---

Stressed, but impressed

Life has ways of turning you upside down like a huge wave would do to a rookie surfer. It's been pretty rocky as well, I'm not writting this to gain any pitty from anyone, just to type it out in some anger and happiness. I say HAPPINESS because we as people need to take all the things that are bad in life, and use them as stepping stones instead of walls. These past few days have been hard on me and some others in my life, but I couldn't be happier that I have a a lord and savoir to go to through these times. Life is to short to dwell and we as people just need to move up and move on.



---Shane---