5-6-02

CALLING ALL OTOWN STREET TEAM MEMBERS!!!!

WE ARE LITERALLY ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM THE RELEASE OF THE 2nd ALBUM!!!! IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY....THE TITLE OF OUR SECOND ALBUM WILL BE......(cue drum roll)......O2......THE LETTER O (not a zero) and the number two!! WE WERE PLAYING WITH IDEAS AND THAT ONE JUST STUCK.

.....O2......catchy huh? NOT ONLY IS IT THE YEAR OUR SOPHOMORE RECORD WILL HIT SHELVES ALL OVER THE WORLD (2002) IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT OTOWN'S 2ND ALBUM WILL BE CALLED SIMPLY.....O2.

AS WE WRITE THIS WE ARE AT A RECORDING STUDIO IN ORLANDO FLORIDA SINGING OUR HEARTS OUT AND PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES ON SEVERAL SONGS THAT YOU WILL HERE WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS!! WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE "OTOWN O2 PREVIEW TOUR".....it starts MAY 15th and it is the only way to hear new OTOWN songs before THE ALBUM RELEASE IN JULY.

THIS IS THE MOST EXCITED WE HAVE EVER BEEN AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER IS KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ALL OF YOU STREET TEAM MEMBERS SUPPORTING US AND BELIEVING IN US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. ERIK AND TREVOR ARE LOOKING AT THE PICTURES FROM OUR ALBUM PHOTO SHOOT...THEY'RE REALLY COOL.....WE TOOK THEM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE BEACH IN MALIBU....WE THINK YOU'LL LIKE THEM A LOT.

AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WE'VE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM FILMING A 4TH SEASON OF MAKING THE BAND SO THAT WE COULD CONCENTRATE MORE ON OUR MUSIC. WE FELT THAT WE COULDN'T DEVOTE AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEEDED TO MAKE A GREAT ALBUM WITHOUT THE TV SHOW SUFFERING...SO WE HAD TO CHOOSE. DON'T BE SAD, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE WON'T EVER BE ANOTHER MAKING THE BAND!! ACTUALLY, WE MIGHT BE IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR THE LONGEST RUNNING REALITY TV SHOW WITH THE SAME CAST!!....NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT IT HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING....THE MUSIC.

WE WILL BE SHOOTING OUR VIDEO SOON SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL AS WE WILL BE WRITING MORE LETTERS THE CLOSER WE GET TO ITS PREMIERE ON TRL.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU VERY, VERY SOON......

SINCERELY, ASH, TREV, E , JACOB, AND DAN

PS...FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MADE IT TO OUR SOUTHERN FLORIDA CONCERTS...DID YOU SEE ALL OF US ALMOST PASSING OUT FROM THE HEAT????? SOOOOO HOOOTTTTT.