Chelsea Grin - My Damnation Live @Tel Aviv 2nd July, 2015

This article is about the band. For the practice it is named after, see Glasgow smile. Chelsea Grin is an American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2007, the group is signed to Artery Recordings and have released two EPs and three full-length albums. Chelsea Grin was originally formed by Alex Koehler and former band mates under the name Ahaziah. The band's first members were Alex Koehler, guitarist Chris Kilbourn, bassist Austin Marticorena and lead guitarist Michael Stafford. Marticorena introduced Andrew Carlston to Chelsea Grin and assisted in rewriting their songs as well as the creation of new material. This writing process lead to the tracks on their first release, a self-titled EP that was streamed and released online through iTunes, then released in Compact Disc format worldwide on July 27, 2008.[1] Early on in the band's career, they released the songs "Crewcabanger" and "Lifeless" as singles, both of which were received well by listening audiences on Myspace.[2] The band later sought to obtain a third guitarist position which led to the acquisition of Dan Jones and followed into the writing of their full-length album Desolation of Eden (2010), following up this record was My Damnation (2011) before cutting into a 2012 EP titled Evolve. The band's latest release is Ashes to Ashes (2014).

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Texas in July was an American metalcore band from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, formed in 2007. They released an EP, Salt of the Earth, and their debut full-length album, I Am, through CI Records. After signing with Equal Vision Records, they released three more studio albums: One Reality on April 26, 2011; a self-titled album on October 9, 2012; and finally Bloodwork on September 16, 2014. 1 History 1.1 Salt of the Earth, I Am, and "Uncivilized" (2008–2010) 1.2 Departure of Maurer and tour activity (2010–2011) 1.3 One Reality (2011–2012) 1.4 Self-titled album (2012–2014) 1.5 Bloodwork and final European tour (2014–present) 2 Band members 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links History The band in their debut music video for the song "Hook Line, and Sinner" (2009), taken from their EP Salt of the Earth. Texas in July was founded during 2007 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania with all of the members attending high school. The group recorded a 6 track demo within the same year they were formed and had it available for purchase at the band's local shows, most notably the Chameleon Club. The band later acquired the attention of Lancaster record label CI Records and were taken in with a contract to which they were signed to in 2008. Salt of the Earth, I Am, and "Uncivilized" (2008–2010) Texas in July released one EP and one full-length album through CI. Their debut EP, Salt of the Earth was released October 7th, 2008 and was produced by Carson Slovak of Century. Their debut album, I Am, was released via mail order on July 2nd, 2009, and then was released widely on September 15th, 2009. With the release of these records, the band toured with a variety of heavy metal bands, such as August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Every Time I Die and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.[1] With most of the members graduating, the group then set out to tour frequently and perform at several festivals, including the Purple Door Festival. On June 15th 2010, Texas in July released a single titled "Uncivilized", with two tracks on it; "Uncivilized" and "Fight Fair". "Uncivilized" being a brand new track recorded in the Spring of 2010, and "Fight Fair", a track previously unreleased that was recorded during the recording for I Am, but was not released on the album. "Fight Fair" was also the last track on their original demo CD and the only song from their demo to ever be re-recorded. In 2010 "Uncivilized" along with "Elements" and "Hook, Line and Sinner" have been made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band video games via the Rock Band Network.[2] On July 8, 2010, the group announced that they were taken in with a signing to Equal Vision Records and are now signed to the label, as opposed to CI.[3] Departure of Maurer and tour activity (2010–2011) On August 24, 2010, guitarist Logan Maurer played his last show as a part of Texas in July. The performance was held at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the band's hometown. The reason behind Maurer's departure from the band was that he wasn't comfortable spending his life touring rather than choosing to pursue a further education upon enrolling in college. Chris Davis would replace Maurer shortly thereafter. Between September 3rd and October 16th 2010, the band was a part of the This or the Apocalypse tour and between December 26, 2010 and February 11, 2011 the group was also a part of A Metal Christmas Tour.[4] Texas in July embarked on the Motel 6 "Rock Yourself to Sleep" Tour (January and February 2011) with headliner We Came as Romans and other support from Woe, Is Me, For Today, and The Word Alive[5] which included the Outerloop Presents Amped and Alive "Ice Jam" festival on January 30, 2011 at Sonar, in Baltimore, Maryland with Silverstein co-headlining the event with We Came as Romans.[6] One Reality (2011–2012) One Reality was released on April 26, 2011 under Equal Vision Records with metal producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris.[7] From April 22 to May 28, 2011, Texas in July was an opening band for the Take Action Tour, a benefit tour for the sex education site, sexetc.org.[8] Texas in July provided support to We Came as Romans on the United States and Canada Merchnow.com + Arkaik Clothing "I'm Alive" Tour (September - October 2011) with other support from Miss May I, Of Mice & Men, and Close to Home; and on April 20, 2012 were announced as, and took part in the Scream It Like You Mean It 2012 tour (July - August 2012). Self-titled album (2012–2014) The band uploaded a video to their Facebook profile on July 8, 2012 stating that they're finished recording and the new album will be released later this year. Their self-titled album was released on October 9, 2012, with a single, "Bed of Nails", being released on September 11, 2012.[9] David Stephens of We Came as Romans appeared as a vocalist on the track "C4". Texas in July supported Falling In Reverse at the Snickers presents Six Flags FestEvil FrightFest New Jersey on September 29, 2012 with Norma Jean, We Came as Romans, Born of Osiris, I, The Breather, My Ticket Home, Palisades, Visions, Horizons, I Am King, First of the Fallen, and Dream for Tomorrow. To close out 2012, Texas in July provided support to For Today on "The Unshakeable Tour" (October - November 2012) with other support from Impending Doom; and announced their first tour of 2013 on November 19, 2012 providing support on Of Mice & Men's North American tour (January - March 2013) presented by Tilly’s, with additional support from Woe, Is Me, Volumes, and Capture The Crown. Texas in July single, "Bed of Nails" was featured as part of Equal Vision Records' "New Sounds 2013, Vol. 2 - EP" compilation via iTunes on April 9, 2013. The band played the LAUNCH Music Conference at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA on April 25, 2013; and is currently providing direct support to Structures on their Canadian headliner (May 2013). The band played eight solo shows on their trek home following the Canadian tour (May - June 2013); and supported Impending Doom at the Pennsylvania Deathbed Festival in Allentown, PA on June 29, 2013. As of March 2013, the band entered the studio to record; and on June 18th it was revealed that they will be releasing a deluxe edition of their self-titled album on July 16th, containing 3 new songs. The band headlined a "Northeast Mini-Tour" (July 5–11, 2013) with support of local acts; and will also be playing the final leg of the Van's Warped Tour 2013 (July–August 2013). David Stephens of We Came as Romans provided guest vocals for during the song "C4" starting July 26, 2013 in Tampa, FL and announced that he would be for the remainder of Van's Warped Tour 2013. Following Van's Warped Tour 2013, the band is scheduled to provide direct support to headliner Architects at the "Destruction Derby Open Air Festival" (August 23–24, 2013) in Wasserburg Rosslau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany to start off their "Europe 2013" tour (August - September 2013). One of three new tracks on the deluxe version of their self-titled album, "Time-Lapse" was featured on the Equal Vision Records 2013 Summer Sampler, released via iTunes on July 2, 2013. On July 23, 2013, CI Records released a compilation album on iTunes named Reflections, which included 14 tracks from Salt of the Earth, I Am and the Uncivilized Single, newly remixed and re-mastered.[citation needed] Vocalist J.T. Cavey and guitarist Kyle Ahern filled in these respective positions for Alex Good and Christian Royer during Van's Warped Tour 2013. Another vocalist, Alex Mola, filled in for all 2013 European dates. Texas in July headlined a follow-on show to Van's Warped Tour 2013 on August 6, 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama with support from Of Empires, Strength from Within, Echoes of Creation, and OMAAF; and are currently providing support to The Devil Wears Prada on their headlining tour (November - December 2013) with additional support from The Ghost Inside and Volumes. J.T. Cavey is providing lead vocals on this tour; and on November 11, 2013, this tour package and Sleeping With Sirens' headliner met up in St. Paul, Minnesota at Myth Live for a festival show featuring additional support from Breathe Carolina, Issues, Volumes, and Our Last Night.[citation needed] Bloodwork and final European tour (2014–present) On February 13, 2014, the band posted a video on YouTube titled "New Beginnings", which was narrated by the band announcing officially that vocalist Alex Good and guitarist Christian Royer had decided to leave the band; Good's reason being to spend time with his family. Fill-in vocalist J.T. Cavey was announced to be Good's replacement in the video. On June 16, the band released a new song, "Broken Soul"; the first studio recording to feature Cavey on vocals. On July 22, 2014, the band announced their new album titled Bloodwork and it was subsequently released on September 16, 2014. On April 17, 2015, the band announced their break up and a final headline tour of Europe. Band members Final line-up[10] Adam Gray – drums (2007–2015) Ben Witkowski – bass (2007–2015) Chris Davis – guitar (2010–2015) J.T. Cavey – vocals (2014–2015) Cameron Welsh – guitar (2014–2015, touring 2013) Former members Logan Maurer – rhythm guitar (2007–2010) Alex Good – vocals (2007–2014) Christian Royer – lead guitar (2007–2014) Touring members Alex Mola – vocals (2013) Kyle Ahern – lead guitar (2013)

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Salesforce Hacker

The Salesforce Hacker Way This post is dedicated to the innovation exchange students who visited Salesforce on their recent tour of Silicon Valley companies. Innovation exchange is a summer program offered by my alma mater, James Madison University (JMU). As JMU alumni, a couple of us here at Salesforce hosted a question and answer session for the students in this program. The panel members came from product, engineering, design, and analyst relations. The students came prepared with a set of great questions like: How do you know when you have enough product to launch? How do you know when to kill a product? How do you take an idea to market? How is Salesforce different from Dropbox? Who competes with Salesforce? How do you get a job out of college? We shared our perspective about what it means to work as a team building products that customers love. We talked about ideas like launch vehicles (e.g. pilots vs betas), about getting the right people in the design room early, and about our experiences getting our first jobs out of college as well as the meandering path that led us all to Salesforce. It was a great session and it got me thinking about sharing some fundamental product guidelines that I call the Salesforce Hacker way (in priority order because I'm a product manager and that's just how I roll): Have faith. Not faith in the religious sense of the word but instead faith in yourself and your team. Otherwise, how will your ideas survive the dark night of other people telling you to work on other priorities first? Figure out what's most important. When stack ranking ten stories, there's the first priority and then there's everything else. And whatever you choose, someone will tell you it is wrong. See rule one. Rob Woollen, former SVP of platform, gave this tip to me. People over technology every time. Creating new products using new technologies like BigData for the Internet of Things use cases using Agile methodology with Full Stack developers may win you a game of engineering bingo. But if it doesn't solve real people's problems, what good is it? It's like a tree falling in the forest and no one being around to hear it. Always be listening. Sales has their mantra, 'always be closing'. But for product, it's listening. Incidentally, when people say they are good listeners, they're talking, not listening. Listening is a skill everyone needs to develop; even those people who think they're good at it. Fail fast, fail often, fail spectacularly. Fear of failure blocks innovation. Learning from failure enables the next product to be better. Make sure your product organization supports your ability to fail as much as your ability to succeed. One of my best learning experiences came from a product that never launched leading to my next product being a success. Complex designs lead to simple user experiences, simple designs lead to complex user experiences. How can you scope, constrain, and deliver the minimal amount of product necessary to trade customer value for feedback. The best feedback comes from less product, not more. I got this gem from the venerable Craig Villamor during a PTOn project a couple of years back. PTOn is where you take time out to work on a project that is not necessarily related to your current goals or team objectives. Iterate, iterate, iterate. The longer a product stays in design or development, the bigger the chance of it never launching. Iterating enables a feedback loop from customers which will influence a roadmap of enhancements. Change takes courage. Designing and delivering a product may mean changing someone's concept of how things currently work. Treat that transition with respect and find ways to overcome the fear that comes with any change. Stay calm, especially when everyone else isn't. This one is pure psychology. When stressed, our fight or flight reflex takes over. But what if there was a third option? When everyone else is stressed, a calm voice of reason can diffuse almost any situation. You'd be amazed at what a smile and question can accomplish. Seems silly but keep in mind that everyone in the product lifecycle will protect resources, over estimate time or effort, and challenge ideas or priorities. These are actually good things to have in a product lifecycle. So keep smiling and don't be afraid to ask a clarifying question. My favorite starts with, 'why...?' and usually ends with, 'if you had this product, what would you actually do with it.' Transparency and honesty is critical. If your not willing to communicate via a banner trailing in the sky behind a plane, then you need to question what you're saying and to whom. The size of an opportunity is directly proportional to the size of the problem. Keep looking for ways to disrupt people's mindsets and be ready to embrace it when it comes. Momentum is not the same as inertia. Never dismiss the power of momentum or how hard it is to start building a product. Never mistake inertia for forward progress. Products die sooner from inertia but get built with the right amount of momentum. Written specs are out of date as soon as the first person reads them. Requirements come from the tests and the documentation comes from the code. Everything else is a well articulated conversation between partners who have taken ownership of an idea. Have Fun. Building product isn't easy but it is a lot of fun. If it's not fun, find a new job. Come up with ten impossible ideas everyday. This exercise reminds me about possibilities in the face of compromise and even the basic laws of physics. This exercise actually originated in Alice in Wonderland. I don't really expect anyone, including the students I met last week, to follow any of these guidelines. In some situations, I don't even follow all of them. That's why they're called guidelines. It took me a long time to learn them through a set of experiences and challenges that culminated in successful products that I'm truly proud of. Many of these guidelines are inherited, borrowed, and stolen from the incredible people I work with on a daily basis. But if you work with product or aspire to build incredible products one day and you don't have any framework already, you might find some minimally viable goodness in these words. And from their, iterate, iterate, iterate.

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