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Member Since6/23/2005
Band Websitewww.seventhdayslumber.com
Band MembersJoseph Rojas
Jeremy Holderfield
Josh Schwartz



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Jul 14 2009 7:00P
The Living Word Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jul 16 2009 7:00P
Life-Net Christian Church Urbana, Ohio
Jul 17 2009 7:00P
Syria Christian Church Orleans, Indiana
Jul 18 2009 7:00P
Ignite Festival - Alexian Field Schaumburg, Illinois
Jul 19 2009 1:00P
Venetian Festival - River Stage St. Joseph, Michigan
Jul 20 2009 7:00P
Vennard College University Park, Iowa
Jul 24 2009 7:00P
Downtown Stanford, Kentucky
Jul 25 2009 9:00P
Worship in the WIlderness Frenchburg, Kentucky
Jul 26 2009 6:00P
Cullman Civic Center Cullman, Alabama
Jul 27 2009 7:00P
Church of the King Lake Charles, Louisiana
Jul 29 2009 7:00P
Christian Motorcyclist Association Hatfield, Arkansas
Jul 30 2009 7:00P
Broken Bow High School Auditorium Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Aug 1 2009 9:30P
Alive Inside Festival 2009 Duncan, British Columbia
Aug 6 2009 7:00P
Sturgis Bike Rally - Buffalo Chip Campground Sturgis, South Dakota
Aug 8 2009 7:00P
HeavenFest Brighton, Colorado
Aug 14 2009 7:00P
Soaring Eagle Entertainment Hall Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Aug 15 2009 7:00P
BelieveFest Drumheller, Alberta
Aug 27 2009 6:30P
Seminole Music Park Seminole, Oklahoma
Aug 29 2009 7:00P
Pharr Convention Center Pharr, Texas
Aug 30 2009 7:00P
Lighthouse Assembly of God Bowie, Texas
Aug 31 2009 7:00P
Fuqua Park Duncan, Oklahoma
Sep 1 2009 7:00P
First Baptist Church of Kingston Kingston, Oklahoma
Sep 2 2009 7:00P
Oneighty South Plains Church Levelland, Texas
Sep 4 2009 9:00P
Joshua Fest Quincy, California
Sep 5 2009 7:00P
Unite and Conquer Festival -West Texas Boys Ranch - San Angelo, Texas
Sep 6 2009 8:00P
Lifelight Festival Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sep 12 2009 7:30P
Harper Stadium @ Kay Rodgers Park Fort Smith, Arkansas
Sep 19 2009 7:00P
Arkansas State University - Riceland Hall Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sep 22 2009 7:00P
Hastings City Auditorium Hastings, Nebraska
Sep 26 2009 6:30P
Trinity College - Ozinga Chapel Hall Palos Heights, Illinois
Nov 20 2009 7:00P
Tan-Tar-a-Resort w/ KJ52 Osage Beach, Missouri
Nov 21 2009 7:00P
Tan-Tar-a-Resort w/ KJ52 Osage Beach, Missouri
Dec 5 2009 9:00P
Christmas Rock Night -- Germany Ennepetal

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   About Official Seventh Day Slumber Page


From its indie beginnings at the tip of the 2000s to debuting on BEC Recordings in 2005, Seventh Day Slumber has continuously raised the bar of alternative rock excellence coupled with an unabashed gospel message. It’s a tightly wound dynamic that’s not only seen the band’s last two albums land on the Billboard Heatseekers charts (at 33 and 10 respectively), plus a string of Top 10 singles (including the smashes “Caroline” and “Oceans From the Rain”), but it’s also quite literally saved lives. As the group prepares to release the worshipful Take Everything, the story of front man Joseph Rojas’ delivery from depression and a $400 per day cocaine addiction has already been well circulated. But many might not be aware of the fact that his previously estranged father came to Christ as a result of a recent Seventh Day Slumber concert.

“My father called me out of no where after he’d been following the band online and asked if I would be interested in meeting him and I said ‘absolutely!’” recalls Rojas, even withstanding early memories of abuse and subsequent divorce. “He told me his brother had died and his three nephews were weeping at the casket, which made my dad pose the question ‘would my kids cry for me if I died?’”

Following the conversation, the front man flew his father to Nashville, reconnecting for the first time on a significant scale since childhood. From there, the senior Rojas took a road trip with the band during the summer festival run, including a faithful day at the Alive extravaganza where Joseph gave an altar call.

“It had started to rain, but I still saw about three hundred kids come forward to accept Christ,” he remembers. “In the crowd of people running to the altar, I saw my father coming forward and he wound up giving his life to Christ at one of our concerts! Now my father and I actually have a relationship, and while we don’t get to talk as much as we should simply because I’m on the road so much, it’s a pretty awesome addition to the story.”

More than being merely an anecdote, the experience was one of the many catalysts behind Take Everything, which finds the group specifically centering its content around a praise motif, but in a remarkably unexpected way. Instead of merely copying the current cuts on Christian radio and cranking out a few cliché-drenched copy cats, the project puts a fresh coat of paint on familiar favorites, enriched by three original cuts that find Rojas and company at their most spiritually vulnerable and intimate.

“We wanted to make these songs more appealing to some of the youth and teenagers out there,” he says of staples like “How Great Is Our God,” “I Can Only Imagine,” “Famous One” and “Nothing But the Blood.” “They’re all really amazing songs and are obviously known by millions of people, but we wanted to record them in way that wasn’t wrapped around the traditional arrangements. We wanted people who wouldn’t normally listen to worship music to hear it in a way that’s relevant to them.” Considering BEC falls under the Tooth & Nail/Solid State umbrella, inspiration from label mates like Underoath, Demon Hunter and Anberlin wasn’t all that far behind, not to mention Seventh Day Slumber’s pre-existing alternative centering. Basically the guys kept their iPods on shuffle, allowing the intermingling of these worship cuts to channel themselves through osmosis into rough necked rockers.

“We wanted to come up with something really interesting, taking the same lyrics and basically the same melodies, but putting a completely different spin on them,” he echoes. “So there we were going through our iPods listening to a heavy riff from Underoath one minute and “How Great Is Our God” in a standard worship format the next and subconsciously started taking those traditional worship songs and making them heavier.”

As noted, in addition to nine covers, the collection boasts three stirring originals, starting with the title track. At first, Rojas admits thinking “okay, I gottta write three songs for this worship album and I want to give the label something they’ll be excited to hear,” though that mindset quickly shifted to a much more spiritual centering.

“I opened the book of Psalms and starting copying what David had written down, but I began to feel convicted as I heard God asking ‘is that all you’ve got for me?’” he ponders. “I also felt Him asking ‘why were you writing a song to your label instead of a song to me?’ and my heart began to sink. So I grabbed my guitar, began to pray and told God He deserved more from me, and at that point, I just literally told him to take absolutely every part of me. It’s one thing to live some mediocre Christian lifestyle, but I want God to have every piece of me and that’s exactly what this record is about.”

“Carry Me” is another attention-commanding new cut that is once again steeped in surrender, specifically geared towards people hurting from the aftermath of divorce and growing up without one of their parents. A stripped down version of the previous hit “Ocean From the Rain” brings Seventh Day Slumber’s journey of praise full circle, reminding listeners that no matter how severe the storm in their life, healing and hope are always attainable resolutions.

As Rojas and his band mates sit back justifiably proud of the project, there’s also one untapped angle that has the leader particularly pumped. Now that the singer’s a family man himself, he notices the songs on Take Everything resonating with his three young sons in an extremely meaningful manner.

“They’ve sang daddy’s songs before, but these songs aren’t just about my hurts, pains and addictions,” he adds. “They’re singing to God Himself, which is something I didn’t really have growing up but wished I did. These songs let them know that there’s more to life than toys and they also let me know there’s more than my own situations and problems. He’s the ultimate source of our souls finding hope and rest, which after seeing it happen firsthand with my own life and now my father’s faith walk makes me even more excited to sing these songs than ever before.”



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Jul 2 2009 8:02 PM

We need your message one more time. It was a bLessing having your music inspire the ones in dispair. My community is dying(EspanoLa VaLLey, N.M.) Your music has Lifted me, and through the authority of our Lord, You shaLL forever be bLessed with eternity!
Piercing The Darkness





Jul 3 2009 1:05 AM

We are blessed to be opening up for you July 20th in University Park, Iowa! Looking forward to it!
Define Beautiful (NOW ON ITUNES!!)





Jul 3 2009 3:40 AM

hey dudes, great show last night. Had a blast and thanks for your hospitality with the gear!

God Bless
Jeremy
DB
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Jul 3 2009 5:35 AM

hey, just wanted to say thanks for helping me get my life back on track at the concert in point pleasant. Im really glad i decided to go. also you guys were great!

keep it up and God bless you!
†~ N. Santana~†





Jul 3 2009 5:54 AM

Cant wait to see you guys in Pueblo tomarrow. Going to be an awesome time in the presence of God. May the LORD have traveling mercies upon you and bless your performance tomarrow!
Tom Ramey





Jul 3 2009 6:19 PM

God bless you and have a great fourth of July.
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Jun 30 2009 1:20 AM

HEY GUYS!!
GOD BLESS YA!!
I LOVE THE MUSIC THAT YOU ALL PLAY!!
YA'LL ROCK!!
AND THANKS FOR THE ADD..!!
Potters Clay





Jun 29 2009 3:52 AM

hey guys just wanted to send this to you guys and say cant wait to share the stage with you guys.(bobbie,my drummer and wife, created this pic for us to use)
aslo just wanted to let jeremy know that i got to meet his dad and family, awesome group of people. we got to meet them at derricks sons bday party
cindy





Jun 29 2009 2:45 PM

I LOVE your music!!! I got a copy of your CD from work and started listening to it and have never stopped. I listen to it almost everyday. Your testimony on you tube is amazing. I love the song TAKE EVERYTHING. I would LOVE for you to play a concert at my church in New York or anywhere in New York city. Please come.
Brian





Jun 27 2009 8:56 PM

Looking forward to seeing you guys in Pueblo,Co. July 3,at Family Worship Center. My sisters getting the tickets today,Yay!
Fr@nk





Jun 28 2009 2:09 PM

Hey guys your new cd is awesome, just love it, in the future you gonna record a dvd with your amazings songs??? Cause maybe don't have the chance of see you guys that would be perfect for your fans in the Caribbean. Many blessings from Puerto Rico.

Att Frank
Nathan





Jun 28 2009 9:11 PM

it was great meetin ya today at the church....that song inside out really got to me...i rededicated my life today bc of ya.. thank ya so much....i findly kno wat my purpose is...GOD BLESS
Mr. G





Jun 25 2009 9:22 PM

I really like the new "Take Everything" CD. Keep on doing His work and God bless.
♫Hannah♫





Jun 25 2009 3:46 AM

You guys are simply amazing and have played a big part in my teen years and i thank you for that. Keep rocking for Jesus!
~NO3Y~





Jun 24 2009 10:24 PM

I'm a big big fan. You guys Rock.
You Rock from your heart to spread the Gospel. Your music is annointed and life changing, Because God is in your music. Sigue adelante (Keep on Going)
no matter what. God bless you and your families.
your bro,

NoeY~
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Jun 24 2009 2:14 AM

amazing testimony joseph. i love love your lyrics and music and the purpose for each and every song. there isnt one song that i dont like. thats what makes your seventh day slumber such a blessing in my life.. i saw you all once in san antonio, tx at aquire the fire, and man was i blessed. thank you guys. GOD keep you under his arms and keeps using you all as a tool to bring people to his kness..
david





Jun 23 2009 10:26 AM

hey guys, just bought your new cd the other day. i love it. great stuff. God bless
Lisa





Jun 23 2009 10:06 PM

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know how much your music has blessed my life and those around me! The first time I saw you guys perform was in Sioux Falls SD at lifelight last year and wow! AMAZING altar call!! Anyways, I hope the Lord blesses you in many ways and I pray for your safety in your travels! God bless!
Tom Ramey





Jun 20 2009 7:11 AM

have a blessed weekend.
Pirate Football!





Jun 21 2009 2:49 AM

hey thank you guys for your insparation twards god i personaly love to play ''oceans from the rain'' in my christian band '' Conviction '' i got saved to your song '' chris's letter '' keep rockin my band would love you to play with you guys my band is recording a new cd just dont go listin to the music on the myspace cuz thats from when we first started ill have you listen when we get it recorded. drop me a line soon thanx and god bless
Cheyn™ {ZP} {BLT}





Jun 21 2009 3:25 AM

I'll be praying for Marcus Slater's brother. =]

Your music is amazing and inspiring.
†Worship Chick†





Jun 21 2009 3:31 AM

loved seeing you guys at Big Ticket in Gaylord, Mi. amazing as usual. Joseph, i love hearing your testimony. it always makes me cry. you guys are doing an amazing work for God, keep it up.
Larry





Jun 22 2009 2:27 AM

Hey Joseph,
I hope that you have a blessed and Happy Fathers Day! God bless you and your family in Jesus name Amen
♥Meggan♥





Jun 21 2009 4:26 AM

Hey! I watched the video of joseph's story. It really touched me. I am able to relate to a lot of the things that he has been through. Its awesome how God works in our lives. Growing up with out a parent(s) is really hard but as long as we have our father in heaven thats all we need to live on! You guys are doing amazing work.Thank you again!!!
***Crystal*** :)





Jun 21 2009 1:16 AM

We would love to see you out here in AZ, I have seen you guys so many times when we lived in Cali but now I am longing to see you guys again. Your band is truely amazing keep on rocking for Jesus
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