September 16, 2009 at 7:29 am (music)
Tags: +44, alexisonfire, angels & airwaves, between the heart and the synapse, blink-182, box car racer, george pettit, jarrod gorbel, lists, mark hoppus, music, the honorary title, the receiving end of sirens, tom delonge
Last night, Erik, Joe, and I had an intense conversation about Lyricists. Erik’s top 5 included Jason Mraz, Adam Durritz, Ben Gibbard, Chris Carrabba, and Damien Rice. Joe basically took all night trying to decide his list and still got nowhere. And then there’s me- I haven’t really thought about it much… but here’s my unofficial list.
1. Jarrod Gorbel (The Honorary Title)
2. The Receiving End of Sirens on their album “Between The Heart & the Synapse”
3. George Pettit (screamer, Alexisonfire)
4. Mark Hoppus (mainly for his efforts in +44)
5. Tom Delonge (mainly for his efforts in Box Car Racer)
This list is pretty expectant of me, but it doesn’t make it any less note-worthy. Be sure and check out the mentioned artists’ work.
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April 6, 2009 at 7:49 am (music)
Tags: angels & airwaves, demos, music, Romancing The Angels, steal the sky, tom delonge
I heard a new AVA demo last night. It was a youtube video of Tom sitting there in front of a webcam, playing the song. It was straight-up incredible. Reminded me why I make music in the first place. Reminded me why I love music.
It’s always good remembering your roots. As life keeps changing, so does the music I listen to. These days I listen to so much stuff I never thought I’d be into. Along with new music comes a different perspective on music- different inspirations. Yet at the end of the day it’s Tom Delonge who makes my most favorite music and it’s Tom Delonge who inspires me the absolute most. Steal the Sky was solely inspired by the music Tom makes- from blink, to Box Car, to AVA. That was my most favorite shit right there…
Sadly, it occurred to me just now that the message I tried conveying with Steal the Sky hasn’t been seen in any of my recent music. All the songs I’ve written as of late have all been solely about missing someone, missing love. The next day off I have I’m just going to lie in bed listening to AVA over and over and then start writing songs again.
It’s time I went back to my roots and started over. I’ve let the change wash over me and take me into new territories… But I’ve realized I didn’t like the new path I’d been taking. I like that old one I was on- it was perfection, I tell you. Now that I know where I want to be, I’ve just gotta put it into motion.
We built an empire together… How about we return to it?
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February 9, 2009 at 10:35 pm (music)
Tags: blink-182, mark hoppus, tom delonge, travis barker
I am blink-182.
I sound like Mark Hoppus. My summer wardrobe reflects his. While Mark never gave up on blink and always wanted them back together, I, too, spent all of highschool trying to get my band Idiot Ambush back together. I also say a lot of shit people find funny, yet most times aren’t interested in hearing.
I’m confident like Tom Delonge and at times a bit too egotistical. I write epic songs. My winter wardrobe reflects his. I play a hollow-body guitar with dirty fingers pick-ups. I make lots of lewd jokes. I dance at almost every chance I get.
I’m like Travis in that sometimes I’m so stoic it’s annoying. However, every day I work so hard at being a better musician. I also try my hand at almost every musical opportunity that comes my way.
So am I really that unique?
Or just really fucking awesome?
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June 21, 2008 at 9:50 pm (dreams)
Tags: ambition, angels and airwaves, dreams, family, harriet, life, music, Romancing The Angels, tom delonge
Oh gosh. There’s so much to say. So so much to say. But the one thing I feel like declaring the most is that I’m inspired. Every day I transcend reality… every day I dream a little bit bigger… And I know for a fact that I’m destined for so much more. Her and I together are destined for so much more… and we will have it all. At the end of the day am I where I want to be? No. Not really. There’s still so much I’m reaching for that’s not present in my life… and I will one day be at that point. It’s close too. I can feel it.
Start the machine.
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February 21, 2008 at 7:19 am (music, relationships)
Tags: dallas green, danielle, foo fighters, harriet, love, melinda, muse, music, replace, Romancing The Angels, tom delonge
There are some things I want to say. But I don’t want to say them… because even I don’t want to admit what’s lurking around in my head. But let’s just say… I feel almost too good. I feel too empowered. I need to be brought back down…
Harriet told me something once. Well, she asked me really… but she asked if I ever talked to Danielle anymore. I responded, “not really” and she was almost confused by that. How could I let someone into my life for such a while and go from being the best of friends to basically nothing? The truth is, it’s easy to do those things when you’re me… I’ve got this mindset where it’s easy to shut people out, bring people in, and just live life however I choose. But since that day (which was a while ago), I’ve consistently wanted to try and mend things with Danielle. The other day I finally had a reason to maybe talk to her, instead of the whole, cliche’d, “Hey, sorry for my mistakes, let’s be friends again, okay?” And when she responded to what I had to say, her words indicated she was rather happy to hear from me? And I must admit I was too. So naturally I told her we should play catch up and grab something to eat sometime… She’s definitely up for it. And I feel great about that.
Because I mean, as much of a rather messy breakup we had… and maybe I don’t agree with all the choices she makes… I’ve been away from her long enough to not care about the lifestyle choices she makes. I’m at that point where I can just take her for her and not let personal, romantic feelings get in the way. I can appreciate her friendship for every bit it’s worth.
So I’m probably seeing the Foo Fighters Monday? Talk about an amazing change of events. I gotta admit… I didn’t know how to react around Harriet when she said she’d go with me to see them regardless of the fact that she basically hates them. That was like… the greatest thing she could have ever said. I wanted to like, freak out, but I didn’t freak out, so I acted really awkwardly… but shit. Since the idea of actually going was now in my head I told her, “Look… I’ll search a little harder for someone to go with me… but you’ll really go if I can’t?” “Yes.” Oh gosh I wanted to smother her with so much love. Dallas Green, Dave Grohl, Tom Delonge, and Sawao Yamanaka (and their respective bands) influence me and inspire me the most in my life. The Foo Fighters are like, what got me into rock music in the first place… so this is a really huge deal. Seeing as music is my life, etc. etc. And I was soo set on seeing them in the first place with Glenn but he had to back down because of the musical… so to hear that I might actually go all because Harriet was willing to stifle her hatred and think of me… man. That is huge if you ask me. I ended up calling Mike and I was like “how would you like to see the foo fighters on monday?” He was all “I would love to.” So that was rad. I wish I called him in the first place. I forget that we’re still good friends… just not close friends. So hopefully we’ll be going together. It’ll be like old times… aka RAD times.
Friday I’m performing at the MUSE Coffeehouse at Benet. Got some surprises up my sleeve, only not really. Just a really good performance, I hope. I’ll be warming up with a quick version of Not Now by blink-182 which seamlessly segways into my own song Sweet Lime and then I’ll be playing One More Time. If Melinda is still sick, I’ll be taking her time… which means I’ll play Canopy and probably Pain. Should be rather exciting. Then of course Joan and I are playing Ladybird Girl by the Pillows. So yes, we’re singing a song all in Japanese.
Kay, gotta go to schoo!l!l!l!l!l!
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