| FRIDAY, MAY 2 2008 | Hello everyone! I hope this update finds you well. We haven't been up to much, but we do have a couple shows coming up that we're really excited about! One will be out in Cape Cod, MA at the S.M.A.S.H. Spring Retreat. The other one will be back home in Caseville at the Roller Rink...so we hope to see all you local folks there!!! On a somewhat sad note, Harrison is going to be leaving us in September to join the Marines (yes, the few and the proud...) so we will miss him dearly BUT we'll hopefully have a chance to play a lot of shows in the next few months while we still have him! He has been a huge asset to this band and has contributed his sweet bass skills and background vocals, so we thank him dearly. Moving on...we haven't had a chance to record any new songs yet, but hopefully in early June we can (because May is super busy for most of us personally). Thanks for sticking with us though! You are all too kind. I don't know what the next 6 months holds for us as a band, we're just kind of taking this thing one day at a time, hoping and praying for God's will in all of our lives. But we will keep playing for now and have fun while we're doing it :) Check out some sweet pics our good friend Carla Daeninckx took back in March (that i have been super slow to get up here). Click on MEDIA and then PICTURES to see them. Thanks again :) -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 2008 | Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I updated this...sorry! 2 years ago today was our first show as The Confidence, crazy how time flies. We have been playing shows here and there when we have time and it's been a blast, so thank you for sticking with us and with what we're doing! It's been fun having Harrison and Graham accompany us here and there (and lately Emily on violin). We hope to record a couple new songs soon! Keep checking back for more info on that, you know how we usually take forever to do anything, but yeah...haha We have a couple shows coming up, hope to see you there! Take care and God bless :) -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 2007 | Howdy ya'll :) Hope you are having a wonderful day! Just want to thank everyone who has been coming out to shows lately, we have had some last minute ones and so it's super cool of you! We had a blast playing with Graham and Harrison this past weekend and we hope to have them play with us again. The 2 shows we have posted will be acoustic, but who knows, maybe we'll have some more between now and then that will be full band. We like to keep it interesting so we'll just see what happens! Either way, thank you for continuing to support us on this journey. -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 2007 | Hello everyone! It's been a while since we've given any updates, so here's what's been going on... Ron moved to Saginaw at the beginning of summer and I went to Mexico on a missions trip for all of July so we haven't been doing much as far as music. Recently, however, we have been jamming with our good friends Graham and Harrison Gunden and they're going to help us out on drums and bass at our upcoming show. We figured we might as well have some fun with this (since that's why we started this band in the first place back in the day) This isn't necessarily a permanent thing, but they are at least going to play a couple of shows with us. We will be playing some new tunes that we're excited about so please come out on September 15th in Mt. Pleasant! We'll have some more shows soon probably. Much love :) -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TUESDAY, JUNE 19 2007 | Well, it's been a while since I've put anything on here, so here ya go! I am heading to Mexico with our church for the whole month of July so please keep me in your prayers. We will be building a school and I'll be playing guitar with some of the people from our praise team. Ron and I have a show at The Skyroom in Bay City on Saturday, June 30th...hope to see you there :) -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | THURSDAY, APRIL 5 2007 | It may not look like Spring here in Michigan, but i can tell that something good has begun. Our first acoustic show went pretty well. Thanks again to everyone who came out and to Your Best Friend for getting us on the show! We have some more shows coming up, hope to see you at one or another :) -Ryan (oh yeah, we have a couple new demos up here: www.myspace.com/theconfidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2007 | Well, I know this is a little over due, but happy new year! Ron and I have written a few new songs and we will be playing a couple acoustic shows at the end of March (check out the SHOWS section for more info). We're extremely excited to be doing something again and we hope to see you there! ALSO...on March 24th, I will be playing with our good friends Scenario (featuring members of The Sono) check out their page for more info and check out their sweet tunes: www.myspace.com/whatisscenario -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 2006 | The CD we recorded back in June will be available at our last 2 shows with Garret and Derek. It's called "Forget About Yourself" and there are 2 more songs off of it up on our Myspace, so check that out. That's about all for now! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 2006 | Garret and Derek will no longer be playing with The Confidence as of December. There are no hard feelings what so ever between any of us. I know a lot of bands say that, but it is very true. They just feel that God has a different direction for their lives and we totally respect that. I know that some bands change members a lot, so it's no big deal, but we have been together for 6 years now. This band has been pretty much all we've known since high school (junior high for me) so it's really hard. We've had our ups and downs, as every band and relationship does...but we've stuck through it and kept trying. Living in the small town that we do, we've been very blessed to make it where we have. Last year a lot happened for us. We were voted (thanks to you!) to play the New Band Showcase stage at Cornerstone Festival 2005. Also, we had a label and management behind us, but those both fell apart and it was hard to pick back up after that. When we changed the name, we hoped to sort of start over, but time was wearing us down. Besides me, everyone else has been out of school for two years or more. We sat down the other night to talk about relocating as a band, which had always been an idea AND an issue since i was still in high school, but now we were actually at a point where it was possible. While we talked, Derek said he had felt for a while that God has a different plan for his life other than the band and Garret felt that his heart wasn't in it as much anymore either. It's really hard because sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same, and mine and Ron's heart are still really in it. We're not sure exactly what's going to happen as far as adding new members or when, so please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we pray and figure out God's will for our lives. Concerning the CD we recorded back in June, our plan as of now is to have all ten songs available to download on Purevolume.com. We will post a couple more songs soon on here and have more info about ther other ones. We said that their last show will be December 16th, but it's most likely going to be December 28th in Bay City, we'll keep you posted. We can't thank you enough, honestly. You are seriously what has made 88 Miles Per Hour/The Confidence what we are. It's amazing how many people we've been able to meet that we never would have otherwise, and we wouldn't change a second of it. We're not saying this is the end, we're just saying thank you, we love you more than you could ever know, and please give us some time. We hope and pray that God's will would be done in your life as in ours. -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 2006 | Hey everyone! I haven't been updating this very much sorry!!! Added some more shows... if you're wondering about the CD, we're working on it! It still needs to be mastered and pressed so hopefully it will be out by early October at the latest. That is all for now, have a great day! :D -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SATURDAY, JULY 8 2006 | We have posted 2 new songs! You can check them out by going to our MEDIA section. We head out with The Useful Sound next week, so go to our SHOWS page and see if we'll be near you! Thanks and hope you have a wonderful weekend! :D -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SATURDAY, JUNE 10 2006 | A few new shows added...check it out! We are recording next week, so be on the look out for some new music! We'll keep you updated. -Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | FRIDAY, MAY 19 2006 | Welcome to theconfidence.net! The only thing not up are pictures, but as soon as we get some new ones, you'll see them. We're going into the studio in June so we'll keep you updated with that and when the CD will be out. Thanks, and have a great day! -Ryan

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