Here's a video of our new song 'Sons of America' recorded live July 13th, 2008.
The song is written and dedicated to our brave soldiers over seas. Enjoy this clip and stay posted for more video blogs.

This is a blog that pains me to write about. At 9:05 AM this morning, Pastor Greg Laurie's oldest son Christopher Laurie, passed away in an automobile accident. Though we know that Christopher is with Jesus, there will be a tremendous void on this earth knowing he is gone. He was an amazing individual with incredible talent and zest for The Lord. Our hearts and prayers go out to The Laurie Family.

Well, we just finished off a big show for Harvest Christian Fellowship's Day 7 service in Riverside on Sunday night. We were blessed to play for a record crowd of 3,500 people that night. View it on the Day 7 website:

http://www.day7.tv

It was awesome to meet the guest speaker Nick Vujicic who has such an amazing testimony. Check out Nick's story at www.lifewithoutlimbs.org.

Today we headed up north for a small run of shows in Norwalk, Modesto and Senora. Tonight's show in Norwalk at New Harvest Church was more then what we could ask for in an awesome show. We played for a crowd of 2,500 people. We've been playing our new song 'Sons of America', and its been so awesome to hear the stories coming out of that song. Tomorrow we play with The Fold at Mill Creek Church in Modesto. We'll keep you posted on what new happens next.

We would like to formally give our former member
and long time friend Daniel Cervantes (Dan’O) a heart felt farewell.

Dan joined the band as it went through its ground breaking reformation into what you all know now to be THE TRADE. He stepped into the band after serving almost two years in the war of Iraq for the United States Army. Coming back from a country induced in war and surviving traumatizing experiences, he realized he didn’t want his passion and talent for music to be forgotten or wasted. “I made a promise to God, that if I got out of this war alive I would use my gifts once again,” Dan said this to us one day after rehearsal. With his intentions of only being available and offering to serve as needed, Dan ended up becoming a part of the band. Even though he only intended to just “help out” his musical ability ended up being one of the key ingredients to the sound that you hear today.

By sharing his life experiences with us, Chris(lead singer) was beginning to recognize the similarities Dan’o had with his father Wilbum Lopez. Dan and Will’s story inspired lyrics to a song that the band holds in high regard, Sons of America( due to be released at the end of the year). The Song is simply a prayer for those who have fought in war and have to deal with the fact that their lives will never be the same upon arrival, for those brave men and women are still battling with those images and experiences in their mind. This is something we have experienced and have gone through with our good friend Dan’o.

Dan’o has come through a lot of adversity and trials in these past years, along with all of us. He has recently accepted a great job opportunity in Northern California. It was a great chance for him to start fresh and continue to move forward in what God has in store for him. We will sincerely miss our friend and band member Dan’o but wish him nothing but the best. We will continue to pray for many blessings upon him and his family, so from all of us in THE TRADE we say farewell Dan’o , you will be missed… but not forgotten.

— The Trade

Played the Pangea Music Festival last Friday. It was crowded and a little chaotic, but we had a great time playing before the festivals headliner Alien Ant Farm. It was great to see old friend's and make new ones.

Here's some images from from our friend and photographer David Alvarado davidalvaradophotography.com