Night falls
A couple weeks ago, I recorded a band called Brighten Up. It was a cool experience for me as they have a much different setup than I'm used to working with. 2 synths, drumpads, floor tom, snare, cymbal, guitar, lots of looping and lots of effects. It turned out really well and I'm stoked on the band. Very droney "experimental" electronic stuff. Sometimes brooding, sometimes nicer, kinda shoegazey at times, sometimes very weird. Lots of tribal drum parts too.
Anyway, their EP I recorded is online for free, so download that shit: http://www.mediafire.com/?nytnyjmjdwy
There's also some Deli Chicago Artist of the Month contest they're in, so why don't you vote for them as well because they're rad dudes and a rad band: http://www.thedelimagazine.com/chicago/ (top right of the page)
I got another job the other week. I work at a music store in Brookfield called Sound Education. I work a couple days a week. It's super chill and everyone who works there is awesome.
The next 2 weeks are going to be very busy at the studio. I'm going to be recording like 4 bands. Between the studio and the new job, I'm going to be working almost every day. It's nice to have some money coming in (especially in light of our $400 gas bill WTF).
Of course the hands of fate would see to it that even though things are looking pretty good for me right now, there's always some nice little way they can see to fucking me over. Here the things I've always stressed about are being adequately handled and something else has to come along and make me want to put my head through a fucking window.
So if you're thinking about starting a band now, soon, or ever, and would consider asking me to join, don't bother. If/when the 2 bands I'm in now run their course, I'm fucking through with it all. I'll play on your record, maybe I'll record stuff for myself, but never again will I deal with being in a proper band.
Todd and I had a discussion about something like this before, and he was concerned that I was truly "burned out" on being in bands. I was pretty sure I wasn't, and convinced myself that I had just spread myself too thin at the time and was over-stressed. Well, turns out I am, in fact, completely burned out. I'm 25 years old, and I'm so sick of dealing with everything associated with playing music with more than 1 person, that I will probably never start another band. Fuck it.
Anyway, their EP I recorded is online for free, so download that shit: http://www.mediafire.com/?nytnyjmjdwy
There's also some Deli Chicago Artist of the Month contest they're in, so why don't you vote for them as well because they're rad dudes and a rad band: http://www.thedelimagazine.com/chicago/ (top right of the page)
I got another job the other week. I work at a music store in Brookfield called Sound Education. I work a couple days a week. It's super chill and everyone who works there is awesome.
The next 2 weeks are going to be very busy at the studio. I'm going to be recording like 4 bands. Between the studio and the new job, I'm going to be working almost every day. It's nice to have some money coming in (especially in light of our $400 gas bill WTF).
Of course the hands of fate would see to it that even though things are looking pretty good for me right now, there's always some nice little way they can see to fucking me over. Here the things I've always stressed about are being adequately handled and something else has to come along and make me want to put my head through a fucking window.
So if you're thinking about starting a band now, soon, or ever, and would consider asking me to join, don't bother. If/when the 2 bands I'm in now run their course, I'm fucking through with it all. I'll play on your record, maybe I'll record stuff for myself, but never again will I deal with being in a proper band.
Todd and I had a discussion about something like this before, and he was concerned that I was truly "burned out" on being in bands. I was pretty sure I wasn't, and convinced myself that I had just spread myself too thin at the time and was over-stressed. Well, turns out I am, in fact, completely burned out. I'm 25 years old, and I'm so sick of dealing with everything associated with playing music with more than 1 person, that I will probably never start another band. Fuck it.