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April 19, 2008 at 9:01 am (Progression Records, Romancing The Angels, life, recording)
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So let’s write a bit.  I’ve got time before Tom comes over to record and I’ve got some time until 10:30, too (the time when I’m allowed to drum).  Might as well fill the void with some good thoughts.

First off.  Shit.  I don’t even know where to begin.  As each day goes on I just keep losing grip on reality.  I’m drifting into a state of subconcious thought and action.  It’s like I found the perfect track for me… and I’m on it… and now that I’m on this perfect track, I hardly have to do a damned thing because everything I want and need is on this track.  I just have to keep walking/jogging/running along it in order to live a fulfilling life.  To live the best life, really…  Everything is coming to me so easily.  By keeping my cool.  Remaining truthful to myself.  And honest with others.  And always working hard.  And staying optimistic… Life really is so wonderful. 

Progression Media is racking my brain, but in the best way possible.  Things are coming together so wonderfully.  The best news I heard was last night: Adam is co-writing/directing this zombie flick and Romancing the Angels (myself) and The Ender Play (Glenn) are going to orchestrate it.  That’s what Progression Media is all about right fucking there!  It’s about being this community where people help each other out and in the end create stuff that’s fucking awesome.  Here we’re taking a filmmaker and two music artists to make one whole movie experience.  That’s bad ass.  And I’m hoping to enlist Judd under the ranks of PM and get him to do some art for this movie, too. 

That’s what Progression Media is all about.  Being this community where we all support one another and collaborate and create amazing things.  Progression Records is really the “service” part of my company.  I can offer recordings to people… that I can take care of and do for people.  But what I can do for other people is a little sketchy.  All I can really do is offer promotion and maybe the optimism to get them on their way to really do something with their stuff…  But can I really do anything for them?  Naw, not really.  I can just put their stuff on a pedestal and get the world to look.  But the real meat and potatoes of Progression Media is to get these different people working together and producing stuff and then getting THOSE creations out into the world.

Ah, it’s a beautiful thing. 

I haven’t written about Harriet lately.  Not even in my creative writing journal.  I dunno.  I guess it’s because there’s nothing to write about.  It’s the perfect relationship through and through.  I’ve said this over and over.  And there’s no need to re-cap something I know… and something even you know.  There aren’t any fights we get into where I need to vent about…  I don’t have any doubts I need to express.  All I ever do is glorify the girl with my writing and I’ve gotten tired of doing so.  I can’t keep writing about the same thing… it bores me.

I’ve officially ditched the pajama pants and the windows are open.  I feel alive again.  I really am one with nature.  Harriet and I went out to just lay in the grass twice this week.  Those were the two highlights of my week.  Just lying there… purposeless…  That’s what Life is all about.  Feeling her warm body against mine and the rays of the sun drenching me…  Mmm.  I adore it.  I adore her…

I’ve got a lot to do this weekend.  How to organize it all… remember it all…

I need to check my facebook to see if Tom messaged me back by chance concerning recording today.

Takecare. 

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Recording Sesh

March 26, 2008 at 7:52 pm (music, recording)
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“Dude, no fucking acoustic guitar artist uses up 6 guitar tracks.”
“Dude, you should see my other songs I do at home, I got like, 13 going at once sometimes.”

–Going into the studio today was a Testament that I’m doing stuff differently.  And that I’m talented.  And that I’m smart.  And that I’ve got a good fucking head on my shoulders.  And that music is what I’m supposed to be doing for the rest of my life.

Fuck following the rules.  I’m gonna live life the way I want to. 

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MECH.love

December 23, 2007 at 8:45 am (music, recording)
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I am blogging so much lately.  It’s all because for some reason I can’t get my thoughts out into real words anymore.  With Harriet, John, Allen, Glenn- I can’t seem to communicate properly anymore!  But life is amazing right now, so I’ve definitely got lots to say!  Ugh, dilemmaaaaa.

But yeah, the main reason I’m here is because all my dreams are being fulfilled with this Apollo’s Dream record.  At age 17 I’m proving already that I have the chops to make it as a premier record/music producer.  Mechanical Love, Red&Grey, and Twilight Princess are all very close to being done and they sound absolutely fantastic.  I’m honestly convinced it’s going to be hard to tell that these were home recordings.  The ease at which I’ve gotten these things done is also inspiring.  I’ve spent like, less than five hours putting together all that I have.  And hey now, I keep using I, but I would like to give credit to Glenn for being so spot on with recording.  He blazed through Mechanical Love and Red&Grey like it was no one’s business.  He knows what he wants with those songs.  John has also been very patient as well- teaching me his bass lines with ease and allowing me to record them.  I’m glad he’s so into the recording process and even if he’s not doing much in the way of actual recording, he’s still there pumped to hear how things are going.  Which is awesome!  It’s a band connectivity not previously seen.

Last night I couldn’t sleep because I kept replaying all the days moments in my head and getting really excited.  I finally fel asleep when Mushi-shi almost ended… but usally I’m out in the first five minutes of anything I turn on.
Then I was up by 7:30 today because I woke at 7 thinking about how I wanted to better mix Mechanical Love… and I couldn’t fall back asleep out of dire want to do so.  Now I’ve been listening to AD songs over and over.

and AGH! SUSHI STATION WITH ALLEN-SAN!  Today can’t fail as a good day. 
I gotta pick up a few Christmas gifts today… namely Harriet’s… cuz I have not a fucking clue on what to get her.  I have an idea and I have an awesome write-up to go with it of why I got her such a tihng… but I can be much more creative.

Anyways, I gotta go to mass soon… how will I spend my 30 minutes of freedom? 

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Save Me

July 16, 2007 at 11:04 am (Romancing The Angels, recording)

With Glenn’s help, I finally put together a solid demo of Save Me!  I’m very very proud of it.  If I show it off now, people are gonna go “This is garbage dude…” But I see the amazinginess of it cuz I know exactly what it’s gonna be like when polished and complete.

All in all today was a day full of understanding. 

No matter what anyone tells me… I’m living my life the way I want to, and to me?  It’s the best way possible.

Don’t judge me. 

*EDIT: Side note, I woke up today, on the 17th, and just smiled so big when I listened to Save Me.  It owned my face.

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See You On the Other Side.

June 26, 2007 at 9:41 pm (apollo's dream, appastar, music, recording)

I wanna get away.  I especially want to travel to Japan.  And… well… start over.  My life has become so cluttered- so many different ideas, so many plans, so many successes, so many failures- it’s hard to keep track of who I am any more.  The most clarity I feel is when I sit at home, like right now, and just mellow out to music.  Keeps me sane, basically.

Today was a good day.
              and a bad day.

I started recording some new Romancing the Angels songs.  They’re so much better than anything I’ve put out before.  So much more intricate and lively.  The beats are hot too- catchy yet sophisticated.  Real, yet poetic.  I really don’t know where I wanna go with RTA… if anywhere at all.  I think I kind of just do it for the fun of it.  While all the music I partake in is for the fun of it… everything has a certain goal.  RTA is just purely to stretch my creative recesses, I do believe.  I don’t go looking for shows… or bandmates to create my electric music with.  I just kinda coast along with whatever I write and whatever gigs potentially come my way.

But aside from RTA, Appastar and Apollo’s Dream are hustlin’ and bustlin’.  Drums are coming along nicely and guitars/bass/vocals/extras should come oh so easily in the next few weeks and some awesome Appa demos will be available for your listening pleasure!  That’s the problem with Appastar- here’s this band that I’m a part of and absolutely adore… but I can’t show anyone anything, really.  Because when I show them the stuff that’s been done before, people just kinda go “Wait, so you’re not in here?” and they become disinterested.  That’s how people work.  A local band only matters if you KNOW someone in it.  Bastards.  In any case, while recording is eating up so much time and ultimately killing me by always mixing/recording and always being stimulated (its a lot more stressful and time consuming than people realize), I’m going to be more than happy when the results come in.  Yay x 1000000000. 
Apollo’s Dream is shaping up so nicely.  My drums that I recorded are kinda sloppy- I’ve gotten so much better in the past few days just because of recording and I’d love to go back and re-do them… but gah- we’re too far along in the recording process and I don’t wanna get rid of all we’ve done just to fix up a few things here and there.  I’m in love with all our ideas and everything we’re writing and even how we write.  It’s all so glorious and I’m so happy to be a part of it.  Forming a band with Glenn- it always a desire of mine.  I’m glad it’s here!  

Tomorrow’s an Appastar show.  Won’t you come?  I’m so excited… tomorrow morning I’ll cut some bass for Appastar (maybe??) and just pile on my morning with Call of Duty 2, Halo 2, and BLEACH.  Aghh!!  So stoked.  Then at 11:28 I get to go pick up Allen, then Judd, then off to Mistuwa!  Mitsuwa is only like a second home.  Or at least… I want it to be.

My head fucking kills right now.  I have no idea why… so while I’d love to make this blog longer.  I’ma quit.

Later ladies and gents.

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