From the pit...

Like lighting a match in a gas tank
i leaked,
i cracked,
i hissed,
and i blew,
I wish to reside in the corner
let the sound surround
and take away my memory.

My eyes are on fire
they burn,
they crackle,
they hiss
and explode
I wish to take shade behind venus
ignore your threats
and compose my mind.

Drained...

School is becoming a drag...i feel drained of all energy and my teachers are hassling me for it which is pissing me off a bit, i can't help that i'm anaemic and aren't as lively as everyone else first thing 9am in the morning...i need sleep, this is already an hour too late for bed!

Hopefully i can post something better later on!

Which studio?

So...a while ago i saw a van advertising a recording studio...i only just got the chance to check it out recently, and after heading all the way to Antrim to our current studio...this one is 5 minutes up the road!! Can't believe it! the place seems quite nice though and they make it sound pretty appealing so i may have to check it out sometime this week and get us booked in for a while.

"Our in house state of the art recording and production suite offers musicians the opportunity to lay down tracks in a professional studio based live room environment and subsequently to mix and master their tracks in real time with our experienced audio technicians in our control room. The spectacular scenery high in the hills over looking the gateway to the glens and the cutting edge equipment and post production software that we offer , coupled with our unique joined up workflow create the ideal atmosphere to stimulate activity and capture sparking audio sessions. Your tracks can subsequently be digitally mastered into a variety of formats from basic demo discs to full length production quality albums."

www.loftsound.co.uk

Morning View...

Not only my favourite Incubus album...one of my favourite things in life....



i've been seeing this regularly on the way to school these days, unfortunately, the photo doesn't look quite as nice as the real thing, the colours aren't as vivid in the picture as they are in reality...but this is the best i could do to share my morning view.

The Studio...

So yesterday we got some good practice and writing done in the studio, we have a nice idea going on right now...and we were feeling much more creative than last week when we did basically nothing because we were way too tired.

The Nuclear Threat...

Yesterday as i was bored in the 6th form centre...i asked Mrs Copeland (head of lower 6th) to give me an essay title to vent some creativity...she asked me to write about the Nuclear Threat from Iran...i can't remember the most of it, but as soon as i get my file from school..i think i'll put it up here. Any thoughts from readers? if there is any (readers)

The All Seeing Eye...

What is the all seeing eye? What does it represent? As i quietly sat in Starbucks today listening to the soothing jazz they continuously play in there, i looked to my left only to find a picture of the all seeing eye on the wall, i then thought to myself 'wait, that thing is on the dollar too? what is it even supposed to mean?' ...my mind began wondering...i've seen this thing in many mundance places, it's almost subliminal right?

Maybe it's a sign that the government is monitoring everything we buy...everything we drink, everything we do...it's like big brother, the government is big brother. This eye is also on the cover of my favourite band (incubus) new album, Light Grenades. What is this eye all about? Maybe the government knows incubus is my favourite band and decided just to slap an all seeing eye on there to let me know they're watching while i'm listening.

This then brings me to my next point...what if life was like the Truman Show...maybe life revolves around you and you only. Think about it...you're always told 'Life doesn't always revolve around you' but maybe that could just be a cover up and an act for the show...or maybe it's reverse psychology to make me question whether or not life is just about me and then confuse me. The all seeing eye would be the only reference to being watched i would get in life...my friends are actors, my parents are actors...i think therefore i am right? ...prove it, said a recent article i read. How do we know our brains aren't just imagining our consciousness and such? of course...i don't really believe that...but maybe it was just another story tossed out their by the government to confuse us all, or maybe me, just me. This is becoming a bit egocentric............the world does not revolve around me...........or maybe being told that has brainwashed me in to thinking that and there are cameras hidden everywhere in this world, maybe there are cameras hidden everywhere in the world, but not just for me...for everyone.

Does the all seeing eye represent God? we were told that we should give back what we owe...if i make sense with that, we should give back to the government the money which belongs to the government. Hence maybe the eye being on there....It could be a symbol of war in todays society...violence with violence...but an eye for an eye would leave the world blind. Welcome to 1984.

FINALLY......

After many a search and email to blogger with no suggestions back......i finally have titles on my blog, and it feels much more complete....now i am happy!! THANK YOU!!! :D

So...finally....finally.................................finally i don't know what to say about much, other than music...which isn't a change, deeming the first 4 words of this sentence a waste of yours and my time. Music has been formulating in my head recently...a lot of it, ideas have been formulating....but i want to keep them in there until me and ben are back in the studio again this friday. We have some ideas and i have way more than i did last week...i wanna put them all together and really surprise ben with the idea i have come up with for one of our heavier songs. We still have a medium paced song we want to put on there, which i assume we'll pick from our collection of 14 existing songs...and then an acoustic track which ben wants me to do on my own, which i was quite surprised by...i'm normally shy about singing infront of people i know, it takes a lot of courage unless i trust them, so i let rip and now an acoustic track shall be put on the EP/demo/effort/thing.

I'm back to how i was last year...knowing exams and stuff are approaching and a lot of stuff on my mind, i'm stressed, but i feel like when i'm stressed i'm most creative, unfortunately i find it too easy to pick up a pen and guitar when i'm upset, i need to learn to parlay talent when i'm happy rather than sad, but i'll learn.

Here's to you mate, hope to hear from you soon.

this is quite fascinating...watch the video, with no distractions, just concentrate on the video. give it a try and leave me a comment explaining how you felt afterwards.

The Blue Room

Today is the day we venture in to The Blue Room...in to the realms of our minds to dig deep melodicaly and thoughtfully...to produce what will hopefully be one of my greatest achievements yet.

I'm talking about how we're going in to the studio for the first day today to write/record ... we have several ideas which we plan to fuse to see what the outcome may be, hopefully it will be good, hope to get some samples of the music up on here ASAP.

Will post back tomorrow night with information about how it went.

MacWorld 2007..........

So i guess the iPhone was Apple's biggest attraction at this years MacWorld, but what about the Apple TV? it got a mere 15 minutes of coverage compared to what the iPhone got. Personally i think the Apple TV is a GOOD idea...it's not a great idea, but i think with it being limited on current features that this then allows them to add more features in the second model....although i feel that Steve was too busy working on the iPhone to really make much of a fuss over the Apple TV.

There was a new airport express also quietly introduced featuring the new 802.11n which is apparently faster than b and g, will possibly be an investment to consider as i'm feeling quite limited regarding the whole wireless situation at the minute (having a lot of signal problems)

Name Change! Apple have dropped the 'Computer' from the name and they are now just 'Apple Inc.' ...meaning the ever famous 'Apple Corps.' changed their name to 'Apple Records' ...hopefully saving any future conflicts between the 2 arising...and hopefully we'll see the beatles on itunes soon. The new name is quite fitting i guess, Apple are becoming much bigger in many more aspects rather than just computers.........we'll see what 2007 brings for Apple. I'm expecting another event announcing more products soon.

WHHY HAVE I GOT NO TITLES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I was stoked with the new iPhone....too tired, i think i'll keep this blog up to date with the latest 'iPhone' News that happens to be about.