Here nor There

Phew! A few days, a few lyrics, discovering a Battle Sequence within a song, tracking scratch vox on our demo and I've been lucky to breathe. No complaints though, it's all for a good cause...

...rock!

In Other News. Hmm, let's see. Is there Other News? Actually there is. Got my next rejection letter. It's become predictable, almost like taxes. Only monthly. It's a good thing though, say like, getting your refund every month. Oh and my good friend Josh just sold his house. Tha' boy rocks, aw yeah. Trust me on this, I know... he fronts the band. Wait 'til you hear him belt one out.

Let's see, anything else? The plant has had me busy spending their money, as if they're making millions of dollars a day... oh wait, that's right... they are!

And sadly, the writer's club I've been part of for over three years is powering-down. No more. The admin there decided to write an end. Kind of fitting, if you think about it... every writer uses an ending. But it really is disappointing. The place housed some intense writers who rode a frequency I just couldn't match (though they were kind enough to say otherwise). Several were published in the last year. Multiple times. You just hate to see something so valuable just wink out all at once. Nothing to do about it except move on.

Well, that about does it for my brain this evening. Plus isn't there a public service announcement out there about using a computer during an electrical storm? Then what are you doing? Quick! Get out of here!

Dunno the Title... Yet

Another fun thing I've been hammering out...

So you think you want to see,
find out what it's like to be me.
You're sayin' things that can't come free,
he told you what you thought you'd need.

You don't think you need this love,
forgot what you got from this love.
All this, this duplicity,
a masquerade that ain't worth its fee.

Down in the garden,
choking to flee captivity.
Drowning in a promise,
you can't see what is this you have done!

The viper's got you within reach,
slimy, shiny, slithering.
Coiling down around your feet,
now there's no place for you and me.

-Elevenfold 2007

...or something like that.

Wasted Time

Some lyrics to a song we wrote in about 36 hours.

You, you find yourself looking back
back on how this could have been,
and can't believe how can
this be happening?

(she said) Say what you're thinking
I won't be too surprised.
If you think that you're living,
open up your eyes.

I'm waiting here for you to see
what it's like
on the other side why must this
always be a fight?

Don't turn away your head, don't close your eyes to me.
Don't turn away your head, don't close your eyes this won't
wait forever for you to decide.

The drugs the abuse all the lies,
she fears you when you're like this,
don't you realize?

Mansions and mannequins
as far as you can see,
to you she's nothing special
just more property.

You're saying things that make no sense,
how could it come to such like this?
Words beaten broken without bliss,
more less something different,
You don't even notice.

You're gone never around
wasted all your time.
She's had enough that's it,
she's found another ride.

Too much, too late, your time's been wasted
Too much, too late, your time's been wasted
Too much, too late, your time's been wasted!

-Elevenfold, 2007

Making Crazy

We've put up an early little somethin' for one of our tunes, "Wasted Time". Bass an vocals are intentionally absent. They're next in the process. We recorded five songs that night, and they sound amazing. Our engineer (Matt-o) is simply phenominal, we're looking forward to working with him more.

http://www.purevolume.com/elevenfold

Check it out.

Sessions

Well, Elevenfold had our first recording session last night. It sounded amazing. I can't describe it... beyond professional. It was like... like nothing I've ever imagined. I was so unprepared for how cool it sounded. And that's before mastering anything. Matt-o just clicked a button and gave us the headphones, and I remember standing there completely amazed, looking over at Keith with this grin on my face.

(Hey Josh, you're going LOVE hearing your vocals through his rig--it's unbelieveable!) The crazy thing was we only used 4 mic's. I'm telling you, this guy knows his stuff and was using some quality equipment. What's better is that he's willing to help us assemble an audition demo.

We worked until sometime after 12am this morning (and I think the band is buying a certain lady some flowers). It was a good time. The deadline is getting closer, but similarly, we're still moving the chains (see football reference from previous post). April 17th. After that, it's rehearsal for the gig.

Matt-o said he would probably work on mastering the tracks today and could, quite possibly, have something to us by the weekend. How cool is that! Maybe we can get the vocal tracks down and remastered next week. Then we're streaming our first tune! Won't be too long until we're selling albums at shows. We have t-shirt designs ready (even for wild-orange shirts for those Illini fans who just can't get enough Elevenfold).

You know, I couldn't have been happier about last night's session. I'm still riding it even this afternoon. The Good News: it's only looking better.

Other things we agreed on...a name font style and a bass drumhead logo. Aw yeah, Keith made this crazy-cool design. It looks kind of wicked. Surprisingly, getting a custom drumhead isn't as expensive as you'd think. So, hopefully, he'll have a sporty new look to The Mighty Set for June.

I'm working on getting another MESA cabinet. A nice 4x12. After hearing what our music sounded like last night, we're looking forward to some gigs. I definitely think we'll rock out the local clubs. See you there!