Cincinnati Enquirer says The Trouble With Boys were 'Saturday's greatest spectacle' at Mid-Point Music Festival
     With MTV cameras rolling for reality TV star Mia Carruthers, The Trouble With Boys unleashed their 40 minute set at the Mid-Point Music Festival's Fountain Stage. The Cincinnati Enquirer stated that The Trouble With Boys "was Saturday’s greatest spectacle." The band opened up for Carruthers and built on the excitement at the stage with MTV camera crews on-hand to film segments for the reality show "Taking the Stage." 
    Hoping to impress the Cincinnati fans and the MTV producers, the band caught the eye of the Cincinnati Enquirer who seemed a little amazed by the band's age and ability, writing – "Saturday's greatest spectacle was the four-piece band from Jeffersonville, Ind., called the Trouble with Boys. These four boys – ages 14, 14, 13 and 11 respectively – sang like 20-something women and rocked out like a grizzly old bar band. Glammed-up in a way that made them resemble the mini-Van Halen in the “Hot for Teacher” video, the band looked the part and nailed all the arena-rock conventions too, from convincing guitar solos to call-and-response interaction with an adoring crowd.
  The Trouble With Boys are among 270 bands selected from across the world that will be playing at the MidPoint Music Festival in Cincinnati on Sep 23-26.   MidPoint's Founder, Dan McCabe, personally introduced the band to the Cincinnati audience and later to his own children who loved seeing kids their age perform at the event. 
     MidPoint Music Festival is the Midwest’s premier independent music festival. Now celebrating its eighth year, the festival lives up to its slogan, Music Starts Here, by bringing the region together to celebrate the music of 230 bands from all around the world. The festival atmosphere is always friendly and supportive as musicians, fans and professionals all enjoy the midwests annual musical mecca. MPMF focuses on helping emerging artists gain quality exposure by performing for a dedicated and passionate audience.
MidPoint Music Festival continues to cultivate Cincinnati as the music epicenter of the Midwest where artists and fans alike come to make noise. "Japanese Gameshow," was featured on the 2009 MPMF compilation disk.

They Can’t Drive, But They Can Rock

I wasn’t planning on going down to Fountain Square for the teen boy rock band, The Trouble With Boys, but I figured that it would be an interesting sight to see. I’m honestly really glad that I caught their set, which featured original pop punk songs and covers of the Beastie Boys “(You Gotta) Fight For You Right (To Party)” and Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” The four members of the band are all in the twelve, thirteen and fourteen year old range, and would barely be taller than their guitars if you stood the two next to each other. They met four years ago, if you can believe that, at an Indiana Rockschool, which is a program much like what you see in the movie “School of Rock” that encourages young musicians. In this day and age of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and American Idol, it’s really nice to see that the parents of these youngsters are clearly raising their boys the right way, introducing them to bands of their generation like Neil Young and Joe Strummer.
-- http://www.brokenmic.com/2009/09/27/midpoint-day-three-review/
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Mid Point Music Festival

Matt during Fight 4 Right

Cincinnati's MidPoint Music Festival profiles the band on September 24-26

TROUBLE WITH BOYS (Louisville, KY): These Midpoint mini-mites are going to blow you away. If you thought young boy bands only existed in the Jonas Brothers/Hanson vein, The Trouble with Boys is about to take you back to the school. Barely teenagers, these four mischief makers are already veteran performers as well as rock historian's. How many Joe Strummer covers do you think the Jonas Brothers know? Disney better watch out for these fellas.

Trouble With Boys are confirmed to perform at MPMF09.  Check out the MidPoint Music Festival Website www.mpmf.com. 

The Trouble With Boys record newest tracks
May 2, 2009.  The Trouble With Boys returned to the studio to record two new songs - "She's a Good Girl" and "Punk Rock Revolution."  The band returned to Mom's Music Studio in Louisville, KY and is working with Dan Weglieb.  The band collaborated with Dan Weglieb on "Remember Me," "That's the Trouble With Boys," and "Take You There."
      The newest tracks have a guitar-driven punk rock sound.  The songwriting was a collaboration between the band and Mark Maxwell.  The tracks should be released in late early June.
     These songs are the first recordings with new bass player, Matt Charles.  "We are really excited to get to the studio and work with Matt, said Conner Sinclair, lead singer.  "We know Dan Weglieb and how he works so its cool to be with someone you know."
     "The drum tracks are finished," said guitarist Foster Davis.  "We plan to  be in the studio a lot over the next few weeks to finish these tracks."
     All the band's songs are available online at www.thetroublewithboys.com or on iTunes or Rhapsody.  More information on the release of "She's a Good Girl" and "Punk Rock Revolution" will be made available soon.

Gene Simmons is not in this Blog: Post NAMM
Author-- Doug Larsen, John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.com
Hey everybody! I’m just sitting here on in Los Angeles in front of my brand new 15.4” Macbook Pro observing the wonder of the Leopard OS and thinking back on the Winter NAMM 2009. This was my first NAMM convention, and I was super pumped, and for good reason! The Lennon Bus is parked outside of the convention center and the weather was amazing! Ohio was getting literally feet of snow + Anaheim was in the 80s = awesome. If you don’t believe me, here’s a picture of my shadow taken with my iPhone

The Lennon stage was the best place to be, with live music jamming out all day everyday. I have to say that my favorite performances were by Liyana, where I got to run the pan/zoom shoulder camera, and the group ‘The Trouble With Boys’, a kid group that shredded like a sick(meaning good) adult group. I met all tons of awesome people working the tents, got to watch some sweet live performances by people like Sheila E, and even saw some University of Miami faculty.
Top 5:
-Taping the Liyana concert
- Watching The Trouble With Boys
-Meeting The Glitter King
-Listening to the Godin Artists
-Meeting all the cool people who come out to help the Lennon Bus

The Youth and NAMM

Author -- Erik Niewiarowski, The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.com
The best experience for me at NAMM this year were ...
The best experience for me at NAMM this year were the young performers on our stage. Paul Green’s School of Rock showed the possibilities of educational outreach. Cole Marcus, the amazing drum prodigy proved that he can lead a group of seasoned musicians, and by far, the most amazing performance of the entire weekend was the Trouble with Boys. These kids tore up our stage, and brought people to our stage and impressed and amazed every single person in the audience. Watching these kids made me realize how powerful music can be. They just wanted to play, they don’t care about the money, fame, and other things that some people are focused on. It seriously made me wish time travel was possible….

These kids are awesome, check them out right now!

THE BUZZ - Courier Journal - Jan 23, 2009 The boys are back in town.
The Trouble With Boys returned home to Jeffersonville, IN, after a whirlwind trip to California, where they played the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim. Last year's show hosted Metallica, Kiss, and Ben Harper, along with various up 'n' coming bands.
During the five-day trip, th fellas - Jeffersonville, IN musicians Conner Sinclair, 12, Ricky Traynor, 13, Foster Davis, 13, and Ryan Michael, 13 - stayed in three hotels and played four gigs. Day five was spent in the recording studio.