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MySpace Chat!

Por: Maria | abril 29, 2009 | |

Para los que no pudieron verlo antier (lunes) en la noche, Thirty Seconds to Mars realizo un chat en MySpace... un exito enorme, con casi 700,000 miembros de MySpace viendo en vivo (y muchos otros atentos tambien!)... Jared, Tomo y Shannon hablaron de muchas cosas, entre ellas, del Summit del domingo, de su nuevo disco y las colaboraciones en el, y muchas otras cosas...

Aqui les dejo los videos, son siete en total. Infinitas gracias a MaluEchelon de los foros oficiales y twitter, por subirlo a youtube!:













EMI vs 30STM: La guerra ha terminado!

Por: Maria | abril 28, 2009 | |

Aparentemente, la guerra ha terminado. Thirty Seconds to Mars ha llegado a un acuerdo con EMI/Virgin, su disquera, y han regresado con ellos. Esto significa, entre otras cosas, que ahora que ya esta terminado el Disco, es SUPER PROBABLE que salga muy pronto! :)

OJO! Este post fue publicado en el Blog de Thirty Seconds to Mars, pero por alguna razon fue BORRADO. No sabemos porque, pero si la banda pide que sea bajado de la web, tambien lo bajaremos. Mientras tanto, lean la carta y diganos que piensan!

So here we are, after almost a year at war, and the time has come. The time to make peace, to move ahead, and to begin again. We are finally and thankfully at a place where we are excited and relieved to put behind us one of the most challenging battles of our entire careers.

For almost a year now we have been in Los Angeles, California, putting our hearts, hopes, and dreams into making a record that means absolutely everything to us. In addition to this incredible and creative adventure, we have had the added challenge of carrying the rather heavy burden of a 30 million dollar lawsuit filed against us by EMI records. Not the most ideal of conditions to make a record under but an integral part of our story nonetheless.

We are now nearly finished with our new record and have found ourselves in a place ready to accept an end to the arduous conflict with our former label. There are many reasons that have contributed to this decision but overall the willingness and enthusiasm by EMI to address our major concerns and issues, the opportunity to return to work with a team so committed and passionate about Thirty Seconds to Mars, and the company's dedication to changing the status quo of the business of recorded music made this choice possible. We have decided it best for the music, for the fans, and for Thirty Seconds to Mars to accept a resolution with EMI.

Throughout, we always looked for opportunities to make peace, and stayed open to compromise and resolution. But not at any cost. We were prepared to continue down this path as long as we needed to. This was a fight we believed in wholeheartedly. A fight about art. A fight about truth. A fight about fairness. And a fight about freedom.

This was the first time we had to defend ourselves in litigation and hopefully our last. It was never for a single moment something we wanted, something we enjoyed, or something we treated lightly. A 30 million dollar lawsuit is serious business and we always respected the trepidatious path we were walking down. But we knew this was an important and worthy fight, and unfortunately unavoidable.

In case anyone is wondering, litigation is not fun. At all. My suggestion; avoid it at all costs. We tried. And tried, and tried again. Unfortunately, we eventually arrived at a place where it was impossible to continue working with EMI and necessary to terminate our contract. Citing a California labor law that protects the individual against unfair contractual obligations we gave notice to EMI of our intention.

A little back story…

All of this started once we had finally, and thankfully, achieved some success around the world, only to learn that although we had sold millions of records we would never see a single solitary penny. On top of that, we were then told that we were also millions of dollars in debt. As you can imagine, that was more than confusing so we began to educate ourselves and started to discover what a strange situation we were in. For more of the reasons we went to war in the first place, here’s a link to the previous letter I wrote addressing it all.

LETTER HERE. CLICK!

Over the past eight months, there was plenty of internal debate about our future, about how far to take this fight, about what is important to us as artists, as individuals, as a band. About whether to put our new album out through a traditional record company or to experiment and break new ground. Many feel that the system now is antiquated and that with the help of new technologies and available platforms the conventional method is quickly on its way out. Others feel no one does it better than the experienced companies that have serviced most of us with the majority of music we love. It's a great and endless debate. We are in the death throws of one system and the birth of another, which is as exciting at times as it can be painful.

After carefully considering all of our options, what would be gained, what could be potentially lost, we ultimately decided that reuniting with EMI/Virgin would be the absolute best route for the music and that no matter what, sharing this latest creative adventure with you all in the most timely manner possible is the most important part of any of it.

In the future, whether there are record companies or not, whether you put your music out only through the internet or sell it from an ice cream truck, you still need the help of individuals. And at the end of it all the biggest reason for us to reunite with EMI is exactly that. The people. It isn't for business or finance or contracts or the end of lawsuits. It is for the chance to rejoin the people who remain, who have been a part of our phenomenal journey throughout, and for the limitless possibilities of those wonderful new individuals who will be helping us along this new path.

We are more than happy that this has all come to a close and we can begin to put it behind us. It's not only a good thing, it may even be great.


We always left the door open for resolution and peace throughout this process, and we are thankful it did not fall on deaf ears. We look forward to a new beginning with EMI, and to sharing our new music with you in the very near future.

We will never forget the unrelenting support from all our friends, family and fans around the world.

A very wise man once said “We make war that we may live in peace.

And I suppose sometimes we must fight in order to be free.


With love

- Jared Leto

Echelon Summit 2009

Por: Maria | abril 26, 2009 | |

Hola! Les dejo rapidito un update de todo lo que ha pasado hasta ahora en el Echelon Summit. La verdad, es que va como por la mitad (ahorita son las 6:30pm hora de Guate, 5:30pm hora de LA) y no sabemos que han hecho, pero tenemos un par de videos y fotos para compartir con ustedes:

11:22am
Shannon: "Begginning of the Summit"


Jared:



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Las puertas de The Avalon se abren a aproximadamente las 2pm hora de Los Angeles... no sabemos mucho mas de lo que ha pasado, solo lo que Shannon/Jared han posteado:


5:03pm
Shannon: "Wish YOU were here!"


Jared:


Los mantendremos informados de cualqier info nueva que salga! :)

Ayuda a The Echelon House!

Por: Maria | | |

GENTE! Por favor apoyen y ayuden a esta causa, demuestren que el Echelon esta unido para todo!
-XOXO, Echelon Guatemala.



- QUE ES EL ECHELON HOUSE?:
El ECHELON HOUSE es un proyecto caritativo que basicamente recauda fondos para HopeBuilders de HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (HFH) en nombre del Echelon y Thirty Seconds to Mars. Gracias a los fondos que el Echelon House ha recaudado, y al apoyo de Jared, Shannon y Tomo (quienes anteriormente han ayudado a HFH en la construccion de un par de casas en el sector de Los Angeles, California), este proyecto es uno de los mas exitosos y reconocidos de Habitat for Humanity.

Lily, una chica Echelon Canadiense, es quien esta a cargo del Echelon House. Gracias a ella y a sus esfuerzos, y a las donaciones del Echelon alrededor del mundo (INCLUIDO EL ECHELON GUATEMALA!!), han recaudado fondos para construir ya TRECE casas para gente de escasos recursos. La locacion de las casas queda a discrecion de HFH, y gracias a The Echelon House, ya 13 familias alrededor del mundo tienen donde vivir.

- QUE PUEDO HACER PARA AYUDAR?:
Bueno, pues lo primero que puedes hacer, si tienes la oportunidad, es UNA DONACION. Puedes donar dinero en el sitio del Echelon House, o puedes comprar MERCANCIA EXCLUSIVA del Echelon House (que ha sido aprobada por la banda). El 100% de los fondos de la mercancia sera destinado hacia la construccion de la siguiente casa.

Entendemos que una donar, especialmente desde un pais como el nuestro cuesta, ya que para hacerlo, debes contar con una tarjeta de credito INTERNACIONAL, o con una
Si no puedes donar dinero, pero aun asi tienes ganas de ayudar, tambien puedes hacerlo! tu puedes apoyar a la causa PROMOCIONANDOLA y hablandole de ella al mundo.

Para mas informacion, VISITA LA PAGINA de The ECHELON House :)



Jared y Shannon (y Tomo tambien!) te agradecen de antemano tu apoyo ^^

Glyphs Mission en Guatemala :)

Por: Maria | abril 08, 2009 | |

Hola gentes, espero que se la esten pasando bien esta Semana Santa ;) Yo me la he pasado como loca tomandole fotos a los glifos por media Guatemala haha:


(Mars is coming, en vivo y en directo desde Atitlan, Guatemala :P)
MIRA LAS OTRAS FOTOS! 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06



Nos encantaria ver sus fotos!!! Mandenos el link, o manden la foto por correo. Recuerden mandarsela a la banda tambien!!

FELIZ SEMANA SANTA A TODOS :)

LA ECHELON SUMMIT 2009

Por: [Echelon] Guatemala | | |

Hola Echelon :) Este post es mas que nada informativo, aunque si alguien tiene la oportunidad, aprovechenla!!

ECHELON SUMMIT 2009.
La banda esta organizando un encuentro con el Echelon, este 26 de Abril Proximo en Los Angeles, California. Aun no han dado muchos detalles aparte de la fecha y el lugar, pero este post se va a actualizar con informacion nueva mientras esta vaya entrando.

- ¿Qué es un Echelon Summit?
Es básicamente, un encuentro, entre miembros del Echelon de todo el mundo, y la banda (o sea, Jared, Shannon y Tomo).

- ¿Qué van a hacer alli?
Hasta el momento no estamos seguros a ciencia cierta, pero suponemos que es muy posible que toquen algunas canciones (material nuevo?!). También es posible que lo graben para el documental que están haciendo.

- ¿Qué hay que hacer para ir?
Deben tener en cuenta, para empezar que TODOS LOS GASTOS CORREN POR SU CUENTA. El boleto a LA para esa fecha cuesta aproximadamente US$370, viaje redondo (alrededor de Q4000, ya con hotel y todo para un par de dias). Aparte de eso, el evento es de ENTRADA LIBRE, hasta ahora.

- Yo no puedo ir! ¿Hay algo que pueda hacer?
SI! Gracias a el gran compañerismo de nuestras compañeras Echelon en Los Angeles, hemos organizado mandar un paquete que ellas van a entregar a la banda durante el Summit. El paquete va a ser enviado a más tardar el MIERCOLES 15 DE ABRIL, asi que si querés poner tu granito de arena, debes apurarte!!

ECHELON GUATEMALA: CARE PACK
Como mencionamos arriba, le vamos a mandar a Jared, Tomo y Shannon un paquete de parte del Echelon Guatemala, con fotos de la mision de los glifos, fotos de Guate y mensajes de cariño y aliento de parte de tod@s nosotr@s!

El punto de este paquete es que todos ustedes tengan la oportunidad de mandarle un mensaje a Thirty Seconds to Mars y demostrarles que los estamos esperando aqui en Guatemala Les pueden mandar lo que quieran, siempre y cuando no sea nada grande (una foto, hoja, CD, mensaje escrito, etc etc.)

OJO! La fecha limite para que yo (Maria) reciba estos mensajes de parte suya es el 14 DE ABRIL, o sea, EL OTRO MARTES. Este paquete se va a mandar el 15 para que tenga 7 dias habiles para llegar.

TODAVIA TENÉS PREGUNTAS O DUDAS? --> echelon.guatemala@gmail.com, o mandanos un reply o DM a Twitter.