Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The concept of fashion is the one to blame.

Signing Eric, Marty, Mom, Sam, and I up for a Spring Fling Music Festival today. xP My friend Delaney has el inside scoopo and it's like a Battle of the Bands fundraiser for Roswell. Stoked. We're playing 'Hey John, What's Your Name Again?' by The Devil Wears Prada. :P Only because everyone knows it, whereas me and Eric are the only ones that know how to play 'Silverback Gorilla Kills Family of Three' by Forgetting Our Forgiveness. <----(: So I'm leaving ninth period today to go jam for the first time with all four instruments haha.

Monday, March 28, 2011

This is for those who've lost hope.

TRO's new EP is amazing. But anywho...
Panic! at the Disco made a short film. Packed with symbolism and overall just a pretty nifty feature so yeah.

Panic! at the Disco is sweet. I like them a lot.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mhmmmmmmm

SSSSooooooo Sarah is the most awesome person ever.. even more awesome then me!!! Just saying! :)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

I'll be strapping up an inmate very tightly...Very soon.

That's one of my sick lines in my trio in the musical!!
Doin B-E-A in the YOUTAY & the B-E-A to the abbreviation of STREET.
Totally stoked. Sarah and AnnMarie know what talkin boutttt. I think everyone in B.O.C.E.S. should come, because it's gonna be that awesome. So far the only rough scene is 'Human Again,' a scene that I'm thankfully not in haha. But according to the head director yesterday my voice thunders through the speakers so good that the way I open up the next verse should be epic. That's not a direct quote btw lol. We have a practice today, then a performance tomorrow, for old people in town, then a day of rest Thursday, and then three straight days of performances. We're doing three this year instead of the usual two because they had to pay thousands of dollars for the costumes, seeing as how 'Beauty and the Beast' is such a big production. I'll have a DVD copy of Wednesday's performance, so everyone can see how great I am at what I do, like I do. Tis gonna be the best.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Top 5 Hardcore Guitarists

5. Bryan Monte of 'Escape the Fate' (There's No Sympathy for the Dead - Dying is Your Latest Fashion)
Reason - Nowadays, while a very talented guitarist, Bryan plays a kind of guitar that repels me, other than his ridiculous solo in G3. But the first two CD releases of ETF's that I actually enjoyed are backed up by his phenomenal playing. However, his stage presence is absolutely terrible.

4. Ryan of 'For Today'
Reason - He practically invented the sweep. His playing is just jaw dropping. Not to mention he's absolutely flawless live. Even his dive bomb in Seraphim was pitch perfect. Love him. Very original and a great singing voice.

3. T.J. of Motionless in White
Reason - Now, I hear that Chris (the singer) actually writes most of the guitar parts, in which case Chris deserves this slot, but I'll just say it's T.J. His backing vocals are some of the best and the metalcore riffs they write are just so clean and natural, unlike the rigid mechanical style of Miss May I.

2. Zach of 'The Word Alive' (Empire EP)
Reason - He's just plain ridiculous. His average riffs are some of the most complex I've learned, and he uses every style of playing. Metalcore, freehanding, tapping, sweep picking, he's done it all, and his odd use of effects and bends gets him here.

1. Jason Hale of 'Chiodos'
Reason - One complaint of some people is that guitarists of the genre don't have a voice - a unique sound like Slash or Jimi Hendrix (two very identifiable guitarists.) Jason Hale is the exception. Everything about him is original - the sound of his distortion, the guitar he plays live, his stage presence; he even changes some of his riffs live almost like a freestyle. You can really hear him in his playing. It's natural. It's him. He doesn't make things that sound cool, makes what's in his head available for the rest of the world in the form of his guitar playing.

This will contain what has already been said before.

'The message enclosed will be the one we dread the most. When the young will rise they will tell them where to go. "Go back to your Hell."'
-Miss May I

It has been a very long time since I have listened to them haha. I kinda stopped liking them for a while. But uh they're really good again. xD

I'm going to Curry's tonight with Cooper to make music :) And not like usual where we're just gonna write, we're going there to record :) I'm so excited! Hopefully in a few posts I'll have it up and everyone can finally here my gorgeous guitar noise!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

This video depicts why I've woken up every morning for the past two years.

Click.

Whenever anybody asks why I want to go somewhere playing music, my answer was always that I wanted to be able to stand on stage and look out on a legion of people, to be able to hold my hands in the air and get an immediate response like the conductor of a mass orchestra of personality, and the thoughts that run through my head when that moments comes to pass. I had never seen this video until last night, and at :12 Craig is living that exact moment I've been fantasizing about for years. You can see the amazement and the past in his eyes. It's truly amazing.

Talk won't work this out, I don't need to shout, I just need to scream.

I really have nothing to write about. I've ben all about listening to D.R.U.G.S. and Our Last Night lately. And a little bit of Woe, is Me, so that's where I stand musically. :P On Thursday I'm going to my long time friend Curry!!!!!!!'s house with Cooper and we're gonna make music, so hopefully everyone will be able to finally hear my beautiful music, not on webcam videos lol. 

"If dying is your way out, then count me in I'm coming. Oh! Oh! And I'm so used to being a coward, it's all I've ever been. I quit before I win."
-So Good!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

You can't handle us! Cause we're so freaking scandalous! Woe, is Me get down with US!!!!

Pretty good morning :P
Sorry I missed yesterday I didn't get to sleep til late. Butttt everyone seems pretty happy this morning... I'm lying. No one seems very energetic. At all. Ha.