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So, i asked someone today what inspires them. more out of curiosity than anything. i'm trying to get inspired again. The things that inspire lyrics aren't the same as what inspires music. i'll have lyric material until the day I leave planet Earth. its the music part that i'm struggling with. i'm missing my fix of playing live. i haven't been on stage since January and its killing me. that shit inspires me. i went back tonight and watched a bunch of videos of old shows trying to get the juices rolling. didn't work, but lots of great memories. Especially the show in Des Moines that Corey Taylor introduced. Its on youtube if you care to see it. Damn. I felt untouchable that day. Same thing the first time NS played Sokol Upstairs in Omaha. I've never felt power like that before. The sheer adrenaline was unrivaled. Anyways, the inspiration thing. I go in strides. I'll write 20+ songs and then have nothing for months. Sucks. But, unfortunately I have to play the hand I've been delt here. Anyways, here's a quick pic the said NS show. Thought I'd share with ya.

so, i've had a lot of people ask me what the graphic is in the myspace player during the song 'Forgot'. So, here ya go...

FYI

i guess i've been living under a rock until recently. i saw Children of Bodom years ago with L.O.G. and Fear Factory and thought they blew ass. i caught a video of them recently killing time watching metal videos on demand. damn dude. they're badass. i must have caught an off night. if you have the means, go get 'are you dead yet'. its a guitar lesson.

revelations....

ok, so, i've been frustrated all day today trying to write music. nothing that is coming out is working. its just not. you have good days and you have bad days in writing music. some call it writers block. i just had a thought that warrants discussion though. no matter what, there is always a void left in the human soul. and its up to us to fill it. and it isn't one that family, friends, significant others, or anyone else can fill, cause they are human too. Music fills those voids. it makes us complete. whether its a piece of music that you write or a song you listen to. it fills that void. its an intangible. it fills the bullet holes in us. just though i'd share. it never occurred to me before.

good morning!

good morning. why am i up at 8:30 on a saturday? remember what i said about working in the morning? i've been struggling with some lead parts on a song called 'Gravitate', so i figured i'd get up early, suck down a pot of coffee, and see what happened. so, wish me luck! I've been in kind of a rut lately. i don't know why. i'm trying to break it, but its hard. I'll get there. I've started working on that instrumental downshift album, and I decided to release the back catalog through VSPE. So, hopefully, around the time B.O.H. comes out, the entire DS catalog is available though Itunes. I think i may have bit off more than i could chew, and that's what i'm in a rut. Who knows. Part of me wants to release other bands through the label. Still toying with that idea. Anyways, i'll be back later.

d

New Demo!

what's up guys??? well, today is kind of exciting, we just uploaded the demo for a song called 'Forgot'. if you haven't heard it, go check it. we are super proud of this track! things are really starting to fall into place. We are hitting our stride i think. anyways, back to work!

dc

Sorry...

Hey guys, sorry its been awhile since i've posted anything. Things have crazy. We have been writing music like none other. We are really developing the sound. I'm really happy with the way things are going, and the others are as well. Lyrically, its taking on a very dark approach. I mean, shit, Black on High is the end of the world. Doesn't really get anymore dark than that. Black on High is a 2012 deal. Its 12/21/2012, bang, fuck, we're dead. Its taking on a bit more meaning for me though. I don't necessarily put a whole lot of stock into the 2012 thing. That the world will end on that day. Its becoming more of a 'what could end us' or 'what could end me' type of a scenario. Cause, really, when we die, the world is done for us. The world is over. We won't know the difference. Probably anyways. So, its a bit of philosophy mixed with personal experiences. And for us, there are probably tons that could fit into this scenario. Anyways, like I have always said through out this blog, we're happy people because we write 'not so happy' music. We tried to write things that weren't so metal, but you can't take the metal out of a metal head, so its seeping through a bit. But, that's cool. So, yea, God only knows the actual count of songs we have, but there are over 30 or 40. So, yea, it'll be interesting. Stayed tuned, there may be a 1st show in the works too...

On the listening front. If you have not heard the new Opeth record ('Watershed'), stop reading this and go get it. I love Opeth. They are the only band who can pull off a death chours with an acoustic verse. And there is a song on there called 'Bridge of Sighs' that fucking blew my ass away. Go get it. They may have restored what little faith i have left in Roadrunner Records. I have the utmost respect for bands who take chances. Not many people do anymore. It takes balls to do what Opeth does. I haven't been listening to much else. Although I returned to some old Outkast recently...

I'll keep up on my blog better, i swear.

d