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Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Quotes Of The Week.
Monday- "Look, tough times don't last, tough people do" -Zakk Wylde.
Tuesday- ""No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - General Patton.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - General Patton.
Wednesday- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein.
Thursday- " If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much" - Tom Krause.
Friday- "If you have to ask how much something cost, you can't afford it" - J. P. Morgan.
Weekends- " Wise man says 'man who forgets underwear, feels cocky all day'"- old joke I picked up from my MSG.
"A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well know, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized" -Fred Allen
Remembering that we live hour by hour, day by day, week by week, fighting every day obstacles just to keep our heads up at night. Look for the good and enjoy the small things cause the big hardly comes around, when it does you can enjoy it even more. Take every day one step at a time, don't get ahead of yourself. Standing strong when you need it and remembering who we are and where we all came from life isn't as bad as everyone wants it to sound like. Besides, there are plenty of story toppers out there, I've always seen a better story in someone that just does what they need to do everyday and do what they can to help out others around them...not just cry about small little ordeals we all deal with fighting to be a victim of themselves.
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Issue It Seems, Seems To Be This...
When I was younger I can remember a school teacher said, whether or not she was talking to me, the kid next to, the student teacher, or anyone at all for that matter I'll never know, but she said something along the lines of "The world sits in the finger tips of the small children of today, they should start planning life now or they're going to get left behind". Now, I could be completely insane and that was never said, ether way its a thought that has been resting in my head ever sense I can remember. My father has told me this a million times as well and what I've come to find out here just recently, that's a thought that stand very true and must be taken rather very seriously. If a child grows up with an Electrician as a father and decides he wishes to be that when he grows up, so he gets hell bent on being nothing more than an Electrician... whats the kid supposed to do when hes 20 er so out of high school an collage and realizes, 'hey, man... I keep getting bothered that I'm really good at painting and when I get the chance I actually really love building sets an painting sets'. Its a sudden change that he may already be late to switch to.
What I'm getting at is this, life happens to everyone and in light of recent events we find that just because you plan on one thing your whole life doesn't mean that is what your going to be. You see, the funny thing about destiny is; no matter what you do its always predetermined for you, no matter what you do to fight it, your going to end up being just that. It bothers me because of this, as a kid right now I know that children have the world expected of us. The leaders of tomorrows world, we are asked to have our life figured out by at least the age of 16, seeing that the normal life span is 85 years old; that means in our first 16 years of breath we're expected to have at least 69 years of our future lives planned, set in stone, and getting put in motion. Ummm, how about no? Look, my whole life I've had old people tell me to just have fun with life and do what my heart feels needed, always have fun and take life by the horns after all you only live it once. However, all these 'younger' people or the generation that was raised by the old people just saying have fun with it, are saying buckle up an get gritty cause life is not fun. I can see the idea behind both ideas, and its reached a point where I'm starting to get sick of hearing both of them.
I always hear people tell me that I'm currently in the prim of my life, to be honest this really bothers me. Reason being, just recently I've started playing on stages, actually I played guitar as a last second lead guitar player at a church camp few summers back. Ever sense playing on a stage and making music, getting comments about the tunes, and entertaining people through music from the very first experience its something that has gotten me in such a joy that nothing sense ever has. Its like an addiction, I love it. Along with the people I've already gotten the chance to meet and jam with, Its already wedged itself to become a part of who I am. As a teen, I'm sure its just a phase that we've all gone through and something we all grow out of... but I never want to. Hopelessly addicted and never wanting to stop. As cliche as it is to say such things. The MetalHeads (so called by their guitarist Luis) a brother band to my own calling themselves Xorcist, as well as the brothers over at Death By Cemetery, these guy that I've just recently met I already share more in common an feel closer to then people I've known my whole life. Getting to my main point, my whole life has been set up to pretty much go into the Military after High School, become a cop, get a wife maybe, and die. Coming into close work with police officers, they are good people and I will always give my full respects, piece of time, and praise to. However... its just a job that I've found that I just don't get on the same page as other people as. I'm not saying its a bad job, hell, its a damn fine job and I do honor police offices to the fullest..Personally just don't feel that that's my line of work. This being my main point.
The issue it seems, seems to be this. We work so hard to impress and let people know we have our lives in order and in complete control buy we never really do. In fact, it seems that the more we push to gain full control is when we start loosing it all. Its hard not because I'm not willing to move with change, its hard because I'm not sure if anyone else feels the same for me. Of course I know that I make my own choices, but its a wonder how many people can look at the situation as I do and have hope in whatever I feel is needed?
Its a long rant to state simply, its hard to know what to do when there's such an inner drive to take this urge as far as it can go but not having the talent to take it where you dream of it going.
What I'm getting at is this, life happens to everyone and in light of recent events we find that just because you plan on one thing your whole life doesn't mean that is what your going to be. You see, the funny thing about destiny is; no matter what you do its always predetermined for you, no matter what you do to fight it, your going to end up being just that. It bothers me because of this, as a kid right now I know that children have the world expected of us. The leaders of tomorrows world, we are asked to have our life figured out by at least the age of 16, seeing that the normal life span is 85 years old; that means in our first 16 years of breath we're expected to have at least 69 years of our future lives planned, set in stone, and getting put in motion. Ummm, how about no? Look, my whole life I've had old people tell me to just have fun with life and do what my heart feels needed, always have fun and take life by the horns after all you only live it once. However, all these 'younger' people or the generation that was raised by the old people just saying have fun with it, are saying buckle up an get gritty cause life is not fun. I can see the idea behind both ideas, and its reached a point where I'm starting to get sick of hearing both of them.
I always hear people tell me that I'm currently in the prim of my life, to be honest this really bothers me. Reason being, just recently I've started playing on stages, actually I played guitar as a last second lead guitar player at a church camp few summers back. Ever sense playing on a stage and making music, getting comments about the tunes, and entertaining people through music from the very first experience its something that has gotten me in such a joy that nothing sense ever has. Its like an addiction, I love it. Along with the people I've already gotten the chance to meet and jam with, Its already wedged itself to become a part of who I am. As a teen, I'm sure its just a phase that we've all gone through and something we all grow out of... but I never want to. Hopelessly addicted and never wanting to stop. As cliche as it is to say such things. The MetalHeads (so called by their guitarist Luis) a brother band to my own calling themselves Xorcist, as well as the brothers over at Death By Cemetery, these guy that I've just recently met I already share more in common an feel closer to then people I've known my whole life. Getting to my main point, my whole life has been set up to pretty much go into the Military after High School, become a cop, get a wife maybe, and die. Coming into close work with police officers, they are good people and I will always give my full respects, piece of time, and praise to. However... its just a job that I've found that I just don't get on the same page as other people as. I'm not saying its a bad job, hell, its a damn fine job and I do honor police offices to the fullest..Personally just don't feel that that's my line of work. This being my main point.
The issue it seems, seems to be this. We work so hard to impress and let people know we have our lives in order and in complete control buy we never really do. In fact, it seems that the more we push to gain full control is when we start loosing it all. Its hard not because I'm not willing to move with change, its hard because I'm not sure if anyone else feels the same for me. Of course I know that I make my own choices, but its a wonder how many people can look at the situation as I do and have hope in whatever I feel is needed?
Its a long rant to state simply, its hard to know what to do when there's such an inner drive to take this urge as far as it can go but not having the talent to take it where you dream of it going.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Its rather shamfully funny.
The thing people never think about is what its like trying to make new songs, of course the image of easy music comes from the mainstream music today that plays out for the younger generation. However, its not exactly new, its been around ever sense music has started. Remember back in the 90's when N'sync an Backstreet Boys were the latest craze? even that B.S spice girls an Pussy Cat Dolls... truth be known these 'artist' were able to make single albums an raise their millions for songs that barely if even at all meant anything. What people don't really think about is the genuine music, the music musicians have put their own sweat blood an tears to make an album that takes far more time to get out and far more energy to promote to still only have it go so far before its forgotten about.
What I'm getting at is this, when people ask what its like to make music, or why it takes so long to get a new song up, and then when the song does get up its so filled with symbolism that no one actually knows what its even about. Look at Hotel California by The Eagles, in a recent debate in my math class a lot of kids said that the song was written because the song writer got stuck on the top floor of the building an couldn't get out.... RIGHT. The music that is written the way music is supposed to be written will always have symbolism that people hearing the song will misunderstand. Look at the song Stinkfist by TOOL, one member of another band was talking to me and my bass player about what the song meant, if you look it in the plain view then yes that song will only mean that, but listen to the lyrics an understand where Maynerd is coming from an you'll see it can also mean something completely different. This leads into what I define as REAL music and PROPAGANDA music.
Real music is the music that means something, that connects with people the kind of music that gives you flashbacks to your childhood or takes you away from your current position and takes you away to a better place. What I've come to notice about the music people have always turned to and found a higher liking to has always been what i call REAL music. Back in the 90's Guns N' Roses took the image of music and rock and completely flipped it over, they brought whatever they had an nothing more...nothing less and people loved it. Looking at the top charts the record breaking music has always been music that people have poured their own blood into an told a story for exactly what it was with out whining and without giving any BS. Its a part of being that image everyone wants to obtain, being a badass. Being able to tell a story about the things that have happened to you, or how things are behind the music, is exactly what makes the REAL music big. When Ozzy first came to the United States he was playing with Black Sabbath. Of course getting his name and image that hes kept ever sense the point being that when Black Sabbath came to America being something new and original they were the biggest and the baddest around and thats what has locked them into history. From The Beatles with their drugs an long hair to Ozzy and his form of getting the message across, to Guns N' Roses bringing an absolute image to what they are an what they do. This to me is a fraction of what REAL music is.
Propaganda music, however. Simply is the type of music that gets big not by the determination of the band but because they have loads of money and mostly make music because dong writers tell them what to say and when. Sure, it has good rhythm sometime but in truth thats all it has. Whats the feel of the song? where is the emotion backing the song? what the hell is the point of you even going up on stage to entertain us with this?!? Why bring all this ranting up? Simple, on a personal level I have come to understand the pains an ailments that come to heart that goes along with getting attached to the music.
Just recently i have come to a crossroads where i find music, the emotion of, and a personal life all intersect. Last summer when I was with a group known as Sons of Bessemer City (a local band that I pretty much formed from the ground up). We spent almost the whole summer piled in a small room in the basement of my current Bass players house and thats where we lived. We recorded, we formed, we argued, we lit things on fire, and far too many good band stories came from that summer. The issue i have come a cross is finding that when you put yourself into complete isolation leaving the world to go F' its self pretty much you will sooner or later find yourself in the exact situation you put yourself in. However, when in a band your set to go out into this world and entertain...its what you love to do. Issue underlying is that an person of isolation in the middle of a crowed room thinks mentally on a level that no one else in that room understands this almost always leads to regrets. Making a full turn around going back to my main point, the music that you see is never the full story, bands spend months upon months in a 'dungeon' practicing, recording, hating it, remaking it, yelling, crying, fighting, surviving, looking out, looking in, and always over thinking almost every situation that could possibly be horrible for a person to over think. Its funny to tell about, but when your the musician in the position until you have lost all care for the retrospect its more shameful but still the same... its rather shamefully funny.
What I'm getting at is this, when people ask what its like to make music, or why it takes so long to get a new song up, and then when the song does get up its so filled with symbolism that no one actually knows what its even about. Look at Hotel California by The Eagles, in a recent debate in my math class a lot of kids said that the song was written because the song writer got stuck on the top floor of the building an couldn't get out.... RIGHT. The music that is written the way music is supposed to be written will always have symbolism that people hearing the song will misunderstand. Look at the song Stinkfist by TOOL, one member of another band was talking to me and my bass player about what the song meant, if you look it in the plain view then yes that song will only mean that, but listen to the lyrics an understand where Maynerd is coming from an you'll see it can also mean something completely different. This leads into what I define as REAL music and PROPAGANDA music.
Real music is the music that means something, that connects with people the kind of music that gives you flashbacks to your childhood or takes you away from your current position and takes you away to a better place. What I've come to notice about the music people have always turned to and found a higher liking to has always been what i call REAL music. Back in the 90's Guns N' Roses took the image of music and rock and completely flipped it over, they brought whatever they had an nothing more...nothing less and people loved it. Looking at the top charts the record breaking music has always been music that people have poured their own blood into an told a story for exactly what it was with out whining and without giving any BS. Its a part of being that image everyone wants to obtain, being a badass. Being able to tell a story about the things that have happened to you, or how things are behind the music, is exactly what makes the REAL music big. When Ozzy first came to the United States he was playing with Black Sabbath. Of course getting his name and image that hes kept ever sense the point being that when Black Sabbath came to America being something new and original they were the biggest and the baddest around and thats what has locked them into history. From The Beatles with their drugs an long hair to Ozzy and his form of getting the message across, to Guns N' Roses bringing an absolute image to what they are an what they do. This to me is a fraction of what REAL music is.
Propaganda music, however. Simply is the type of music that gets big not by the determination of the band but because they have loads of money and mostly make music because dong writers tell them what to say and when. Sure, it has good rhythm sometime but in truth thats all it has. Whats the feel of the song? where is the emotion backing the song? what the hell is the point of you even going up on stage to entertain us with this?!? Why bring all this ranting up? Simple, on a personal level I have come to understand the pains an ailments that come to heart that goes along with getting attached to the music.
Just recently i have come to a crossroads where i find music, the emotion of, and a personal life all intersect. Last summer when I was with a group known as Sons of Bessemer City (a local band that I pretty much formed from the ground up). We spent almost the whole summer piled in a small room in the basement of my current Bass players house and thats where we lived. We recorded, we formed, we argued, we lit things on fire, and far too many good band stories came from that summer. The issue i have come a cross is finding that when you put yourself into complete isolation leaving the world to go F' its self pretty much you will sooner or later find yourself in the exact situation you put yourself in. However, when in a band your set to go out into this world and entertain...its what you love to do. Issue underlying is that an person of isolation in the middle of a crowed room thinks mentally on a level that no one else in that room understands this almost always leads to regrets. Making a full turn around going back to my main point, the music that you see is never the full story, bands spend months upon months in a 'dungeon' practicing, recording, hating it, remaking it, yelling, crying, fighting, surviving, looking out, looking in, and always over thinking almost every situation that could possibly be horrible for a person to over think. Its funny to tell about, but when your the musician in the position until you have lost all care for the retrospect its more shameful but still the same... its rather shamefully funny.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
The March 27th Show.
My Band Voltaic, is joining up with the brothers over at Xorcist and Death By Cemetery. Preforming a show that will be head-lined by Death By Cemetery and opened by Voltaic, We finally have all the backstage work finally set in place all we have to do now is get our decor set up and start perfecting our set list so we can really rock the house! Also, a professional photographer has been scored to take stills of the gig and were hoping to have a helper with the lights and video camera. Yes, we need someone to work the extra odds an ends, the show is being held in "The Marshall Lair" (doors at 6:30 p.m show at 7:00 p.m) which is the basement in which the band has formed, practices, and records. This means.... we need the extra help! pictures of the show and YouTube videos of the set will be posted as they come along.
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