The belly button is leaking...milk? Hmmm, that's no good.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
So I am not making any promises on updating this thing a lot. You know the ones where you go " I am going to start writing in this thing more often".
So anyway I recently reveived a nice birthday present from my sister. The other day she decided since she now has a job that she would buy me a present. So she bought me the Jellyfish box set that was put out for a few months a couple of years ago which quickly became out of print. I found one at JL compact discs for $80. If you search Ebay you can find them going tfor well over $100 and sometimes even $200. I could find them brand new through some online cd companies but they were charging well over $250. So you can imagine my elation when I found one new still in the original packaging. Jellyfish were a band that only put out two albums in the early 90's, "Bellybutton", and "Spilt Milk". They are one of my all time favorite bands by far and wish with all my heart they would reunite for a tour or would just get back together and mak some more music. All of the guys are pretty much session musicians and producers. One of my favorite things about them is that their drummer was their front man. He played the drums at the front of the stage standing up. His kit was like a mini percussion set up. Another thing that is cool is that my girlfriend Amanda is a huge fan. She used to listen to them a lot in highschool. I only just started listening to them last year. Jellyfish is kind of a Beatles, Queen, Beach Boys sounding band with some modern rock sounds added in. Think for some of you an early verion of Rooney, but with more emphasis on four part harmoies and things of that nature.
Here are some short tidbits:
I have put 15,ooo mile on my car since March.
I work at Domino's pizza now.
The first two have a little in common.
I finally saw Metallica in Indy with my sister who won tenth row tickets on the radio. Jay and Aaron's favorite band Godsmack opened the show. Godsmack also features one of my all time favorite drummers Shannon Larkin. He joined the band over a year ago and I am very happy he finally found a successful gig. He played for some thrash bands from the late 80's and early 90's. Bands he has been in are Wrathchild America ( I have shirt from their first album in '89 that i got through ebay), Souls At Zero ( formally known as Wrathchild America), Ugly Kid Joe when thet were on their way out, Amen, and finally Godsmack. So seeing a master showman like him was a true dream come true for me. The way he plays visually is where a lot of my visual drum qualities come from.
I still haven't popped the question to Amanda, but stayed tuned. things are going to change soon.
My band I Am I is still in the writing phase. We do have a set though for gigs which we are currently trying to book. Here are some song titles for you: "Our Father's Wars", which is our heaviest song and I mean heavy, it is hard do believe when I look around the room when I am sceaming my lungs out and playing basically thrash metal that my dad is there tearing it up on guitar. That song clocks in at around 9min. We currently have two instumentals, one is called "Mystery Babylon" which is one of the coolest instrumental songs I have ever heard or played and " The Crumble Switch". The other two songs are called "Majesty" which is the first song that we wrote and the other is called " The Beginning" which has more of a heavy Rush type of vibe. All in all our whole set is about 45 min. We do have other songs we are working on but some of them we are not sure where they fit yet. Another thing that is cool is that my dad emerged as a good lyricist.We are also looking into recording sometime in the near future. More details later. Still no website, but coming soon.
I am still in school. yippidy funking do.
I love the new Further Seems Forever album.
I also like the new albums by Shadow's Fall, Lamb Of God, and God Forbid.
The new christian radio station in Lafayette 97.7 fm is on the air. I supplied them with a lot of their music. It is the weirdest thing to hear bands like Living Sacrifice, Showbread, Indwelling, etc. on the radio when you are driving down the road. Make sure to check it out if you are in or around town.
If you haven't heard of or listened to the wonderful music that Neal Morse creates make sure to check him out. His new album "One" comes out November 2.
Also out on Nov. 2 is the new album from King's X entitled " Live All Over the Place". It is there first live album ever. My whole band, Amanda, maybe Isaac and anybody else I can convince are going to Cincinatti to see them perform Nov. 12. They are truly one of the greatest live bands ever. Tickets are only $15.
Talk to you later.
So anyway I recently reveived a nice birthday present from my sister. The other day she decided since she now has a job that she would buy me a present. So she bought me the Jellyfish box set that was put out for a few months a couple of years ago which quickly became out of print. I found one at JL compact discs for $80. If you search Ebay you can find them going tfor well over $100 and sometimes even $200. I could find them brand new through some online cd companies but they were charging well over $250. So you can imagine my elation when I found one new still in the original packaging. Jellyfish were a band that only put out two albums in the early 90's, "Bellybutton", and "Spilt Milk". They are one of my all time favorite bands by far and wish with all my heart they would reunite for a tour or would just get back together and mak some more music. All of the guys are pretty much session musicians and producers. One of my favorite things about them is that their drummer was their front man. He played the drums at the front of the stage standing up. His kit was like a mini percussion set up. Another thing that is cool is that my girlfriend Amanda is a huge fan. She used to listen to them a lot in highschool. I only just started listening to them last year. Jellyfish is kind of a Beatles, Queen, Beach Boys sounding band with some modern rock sounds added in. Think for some of you an early verion of Rooney, but with more emphasis on four part harmoies and things of that nature.
Here are some short tidbits:
I have put 15,ooo mile on my car since March.
I work at Domino's pizza now.
The first two have a little in common.
I finally saw Metallica in Indy with my sister who won tenth row tickets on the radio. Jay and Aaron's favorite band Godsmack opened the show. Godsmack also features one of my all time favorite drummers Shannon Larkin. He joined the band over a year ago and I am very happy he finally found a successful gig. He played for some thrash bands from the late 80's and early 90's. Bands he has been in are Wrathchild America ( I have shirt from their first album in '89 that i got through ebay), Souls At Zero ( formally known as Wrathchild America), Ugly Kid Joe when thet were on their way out, Amen, and finally Godsmack. So seeing a master showman like him was a true dream come true for me. The way he plays visually is where a lot of my visual drum qualities come from.
I still haven't popped the question to Amanda, but stayed tuned. things are going to change soon.
My band I Am I is still in the writing phase. We do have a set though for gigs which we are currently trying to book. Here are some song titles for you: "Our Father's Wars", which is our heaviest song and I mean heavy, it is hard do believe when I look around the room when I am sceaming my lungs out and playing basically thrash metal that my dad is there tearing it up on guitar. That song clocks in at around 9min. We currently have two instumentals, one is called "Mystery Babylon" which is one of the coolest instrumental songs I have ever heard or played and " The Crumble Switch". The other two songs are called "Majesty" which is the first song that we wrote and the other is called " The Beginning" which has more of a heavy Rush type of vibe. All in all our whole set is about 45 min. We do have other songs we are working on but some of them we are not sure where they fit yet. Another thing that is cool is that my dad emerged as a good lyricist.We are also looking into recording sometime in the near future. More details later. Still no website, but coming soon.
I am still in school. yippidy funking do.
I love the new Further Seems Forever album.
I also like the new albums by Shadow's Fall, Lamb Of God, and God Forbid.
The new christian radio station in Lafayette 97.7 fm is on the air. I supplied them with a lot of their music. It is the weirdest thing to hear bands like Living Sacrifice, Showbread, Indwelling, etc. on the radio when you are driving down the road. Make sure to check it out if you are in or around town.
If you haven't heard of or listened to the wonderful music that Neal Morse creates make sure to check him out. His new album "One" comes out November 2.
Also out on Nov. 2 is the new album from King's X entitled " Live All Over the Place". It is there first live album ever. My whole band, Amanda, maybe Isaac and anybody else I can convince are going to Cincinatti to see them perform Nov. 12. They are truly one of the greatest live bands ever. Tickets are only $15.
Talk to you later.
