And I keep drifting… and drifting… annnnd…
drifting.
The End
September 21, 2007 at 8:19 pm (Romancing The Angels)
Tags: atonement, gekkoukan high, how to use your materia, HTUYM, music, Romancing The Angels
It’s basically done.
I finally finished How To Use Your Materia.
Is it everything I wanted it to be?
Not even close. I’ve been debating whether or not I want to even release it…
But I have to… I just have to! All this work can’t be for naught. I spent way too much effort putting this album together and I’ll be damned if people don’t hear it. My only recourse about giving it to the public was how experimental it was. I recognize that it’s nowhere near perfect and it only scratches the very tip of the iceberg that is my musical creativity. There’s so much more I want to do with this new sound I’ve discovered… and let me say it now that I plan to create the greatest thing ever with my next album. I promise to create an album that will shake the earth as we know it when I get around to making another. I’ve perfected my recording techniques and it shows on songs like Atonement and Gekkoukan High… songs that will definitely make people go “Whoa… that shit ain’t bad.”
So I’m gonna release HTUYM a tad bit reluctantly… but I know it has to be done. When people start hearing it I’ll end up learning from all the mistakes that were present and create something that is everything I want it to be. Point in case with Imaginarium. I thought it was fantastic- just spectacular! But then I released it and realized “Wait… this is garbage!” I then set out to create Blue Season, which I stand by, is my acoustic stylings at a nearmost perfect calibur. I can’t do much better work. So if it was ever disliked or something, that person just isn’t a fan of my music. So after I get HTUYM out there… I’ll no doubt discover every tiny error and then proceed to create the greatest album of my lifetime.
Here’s to future endeavors.
Fuck Dragon Wars
September 16, 2007 at 12:46 pm (Uncategorized)
Hmm… to write a review about Dragon Wars would be admitting that I actually saw that wretched piece of garbage. Showcasing to the world that I spent five hard earned bucks and essentially flushed it down the toilet isn’t at the top of my list of things to do… but in order to warn each and every movie-goer on the planet, I must come to terms with the fact that I lost two hours of my life to D-War… and will never ever get them back, no matter how much I fight, cry, bitch, or complain.
Dragon Wars is a new feature film that features crap, upon crap of crappyness that has some serpents that are supposed to be passed off as Dragons. As I explained to my friends Karly and Laura, the plot is like this: there’s this girl who has a mark, her sacrifice allows a dragon to become a god dragon. Now mind you there’s a good and bad dragon… and it’s the bad dragon who is denied of this power in 1507 in Korea, and he gets sealed away or some shit for 500 years. Now the whole story is happening again and this guy has to protect his star-crossed lover from the evil dragon that has now re-emerged in L.A. Hot! With a name like Dragon Wars, you’d assume there’d be so much awesome action between dragons… right? Well. No. Instead you’re fed terrible acting, a God-awful script, and production values similar to that of the Patterson 911 movies I used to make.
I fell asleep through the movie multiple times. WHILE the action was taking place. This movie was just terrible by all means. Had it been PG, I could forgive it for sucking so much ass. But no, it’s PG-13 and was trying to appeal to a more adult audience- at least teenagers. It was like a very very bad episode of Power Rangers. Hoakey costumes, sparks everywhere, gayness abound, I suppose. Whenever someone got cut up with a sword, no cut marks or blood was to be found. Whenever people used guns, the bullets somehow ONLY managed to hit the shields the enemy had.
Look, I have to go. But seriously, Dragon Wars is the biggest piece of trash I’ve ever witnessed. Pathfinder was a miserable movie… but I laughed at how bad it was. Dragon Wars is so bad that I hardly laughed. I laughed twice- once when a grandma runs into a fence, and the other when a black guy pulls a shotgun out of his coat after a meeting in a board room. WHO HAS A SHOTGUN WHILE IN A MEETING?!
Please, tell everyone you know to steer clear of this rotting piece of filth. You’ll be so sorry you ever wanted to watch it- it’s not even worth seeing cuz it’s “So bad.” It’s so bad and has no right to ever be shown to audiences.
I hope the writer and director never gets a chance to make a movie ever again.
And all those actors never deserve to be in a movie ever again, either.
Fuck Dragon Wars.
Make You Smile
September 15, 2007 at 7:26 am (dreams)
It’s safe to say I haven’t been myself lately. I’ve been deprived of rest like it’s no one’s business and it’s making me very moody and strikingly loopy. Since last Thursday I haven’t slept right nor have I taken a moment to rest.
Thursday was when I heard the news I should ask Laura to hc, so I went home, wrote a song for her, went to work, recorded the song, went to bed only to wake up at 4 because of hunger pains, went to school, came home and had band practice, then SAturday came and more band practice commenced with a high-octane show, then I went to work at 7AM for a six hour shift, came home and dicked around all day <– a little bit of rest, but not nearly enough. Then the school week proceeded to lambast me with bass lessons, jazz rehearsals, bass research, work, long-over-due meetings, football games, and plenty of emotional stress. Now the day has finally come where I can rest a little bit… yet I’m STILL busy!
Today’s the homecoming dance and I’ve got recording, Dragon Wars, cleaning, FMA, and the dance to attend to. I dunno, I was so pumped up for the dance up until Thursday. Thursday marked the most bittersweet event of my life. Thursday was one of those moments where you finally realize what’s in front of you. It’s like having that dream… and you’re not entirely sure if your dream is all that good- but you hold onto it, regardless, because you can only imagine that it’s the greatest thing ever. Then that day comes when your dream is fulfilled, and it turns out it was everything you wanted and so much more. After having such an onsalught of awesomeness blast off my head, it was taken away just as fast and now I’m left yearning, dieing for what I had for so briefly. so now I’m here, with this monumental dance right in front of me and I… just don’t care at this moment. I suppose my excitement for it will erupt as the day goes on… but a lot of the images in my head have me just going to see Dragon Wars and not coming back for the rest of the day- ditching the dance and leaving every body wondering why the hell I would do such a thing.
I considered getting into hardcore drugs and engaging in unprotected sex just to piss some people off that I’m “friends” with. I’m pretty sure that’s not so healthy.
It’s become painfully obvious that I need to rest this weekend… get my head straight. Everything in my life is so disoriented right now. Nothing is average, nothing is stable. The stories I have to tell are so numerous and different. No one has a clue of the life I really lead. People only acquire snippets- quick parts of my life through certain stories I tell… and it all depends what stories I choose to tell, as I am the master story-teller of my life. People at work don’t know of my musical or school life. People at school don’t know of my work life. People in between don’t know about my work or school life. No body has a fucking clue about my family life. And most people are left in the dark about my personal life.
The only person exempt from this unknown realm is Allen. And amazingly enough, Kim is slowly, but surely hearing all about my life. But Allen seems to be the only person who hears about everything. Whether or not he cares is one thing, the fact that the coveted information about my life is passing through his ears is another.
I guess the only way to close this up is to say I wouldn’t have it any other way though. I’m perfectly content with people not having a single idea of who I am… and I selfishly aim to keep it that way. It takes a lot to earn my trust I’ve realized. I’m an open book… but you gotta know how to turn the pages. Otherwise you’ll just be stuck on the first Chapter- “Getting To Know Me” all your life.
VM + SM 4ever.
Sombrerbros!
September 9, 2007 at 5:46 am (Uncategorized)
Saturday’s show was something of truly shear brilliance. We all played over 14 songs that we all learned within 2 weeks, and ended up leaving with plenty of accolades. After watching the videos, I know where all the problems went… and how future shows can be so much better.
First off, I’d love to extend my gratitude for Allen and Brian being such good sports about the whole thing. Like a dictator I tried to organize everything and make sure all the pegs were finely tuned, and Brian and Allen were nice enough to allow me to do so. There were no hurt feelings anywhere or frustrating moments. Just awesome moments of pure fun.
However, the problems I saw were few… but striking. My biggest complaint was that the guitars were too loud. Had the guitars been lower, the drums and bass and vocals could have been heard much better. Not saying it’s anyone’s fault- it’s an honest mistake. Because not being able to hear vocals is the biggest problem at shows… and it’s a problem I’ve never had really for outdoor shows, so I was curious as to why this was for this show! And yeah, the guitars were just too loud. Also, when both Allen and Brian palm-muted at the same time, things got weird. I wished I’d noticed that during practice. A small detail like that go can very unnoticed, very easily. Other than that though, I had the best time playing aand people seemed to enjoy it… and in the end isn’t that what it’s all about? Who cares if we didn’t do the best possible job- we’re probably never going to play together again lol. I really enjoyed my time with Allen and Brian and John… and now learning all these covers has really turned me into a much better drummer. I feel so much more confident behind the set now. I never realized how good I was until I heard the videos… and I was really tight the whole set- especially on Not Now- it sounded so bad ass during the first verse… and Feeling This was spectacular, as well. Easily my favourite song to play now with people though is TAKE ME OUT. Wowee what a fun tune to jam on. It sounded great too besides a few arrangement issues.
Anyways, that’s all I really have to say on the matter.
Thanks for coming out those of you who did!
