8.18.10 10:17pm

things…

If you keep up with me at all, you probably noticed that I have been M.I.A on the internet as of late. Sorry about that! I have been really busy with saving up for an RV and writing for my upcoming record. You may have already heard that the record already has a title. It is going to be called “Mother of Harlots”. I am really excited about this record because I have not actually taken the time to write songs with any other record like I have with this one. I can honestly say that the last three records other than the evolutions of things ep were rushed to a degree. I can account for at least one song on each of the other records that was written and recorded within days of studio sessions. This new record is not like that at all. It is going to be my first concept album and I am putting a great deal of thought into it.

I can’t wait for you guys to hear it because I know it is going to be my best work yet. For those of you that are curious, the married life has been awesome and we both are excited to get back out on the road after the new record releases.

Other than all of that I have been reading a lot more. If you like reading I definitely recommend the book “World War Z” by Max Brooks. I am at the very end of the book and it has been a great read. I am about to start reading another one of his once I am done with that one.

7.31.10 10:22pm

do what you love

2010 summer tour is finally over. I couldn’t be any more excited. I have been touring my butt off for a while now and am so glad to be finally getting a bit of a break from it. The pictures above are from a show in Mississippi and the guy with FFB shaved into his head is my great friend Marshall who happens to be the singer if Flight From Below. I went with him when he got the haircut.

7.31.10 9:57pm

Summer Tour Video

7.23.10 8:09pm

Size up the competition

If there is any one thing that I hate the most about the music world, it is the fact that everyone seems to compare their music, their art and their career to yours and everyone else’s when in reality none of that actually matters at all. Every musician or band that I ever seem to come across has to tell me about what record they are recording and what tour they are on and how long it is and they tend to lay out the details of how this or that label is talking to them and bla bla bla…

I honestly can say that I don’t really mind that at all. I like hearing people get excited about things. I like hearing people’s hopes and such, but the down side to it is that in return I tend to generally turn it around and also share with them what I am doing with tour and records and yada yada. As a result I have formed the habit of tell people about all of my junk for no reason and it is making me sick. In a way it feels really boastful as in look at me and what I am doing. Honestly I don’t care that people know how far I have come or any of that. I am just doing what I love to do and by the grace of God, it provides to a degree.

From here on out I am going to do my best to take a different approach when dealing with people in the music world. If they feel like telling me all of their junk and boasting it up, then more power to you, but I am sick and tired of us comparing to one another. Can’t we just be musical artists who help each other rather than try to climb over each other to get higher up? Yes, I have come a long way and I will probably get a little farther before my career takes a major break, but that doesn’t give me the right to brag about it.

Humility is the key to success and I pray that the competitive habits I have formed break.

7.22.10 10:34pm

my dog needs a shower

Honestly can’t say that I have anything super important to post today about tour or whatever. We are sitting in a Denny’s drinking endless sodas and using free internet and I honestly just needed something to do. But no matter, you are reading this regardless. Last night’s show in Dallas was great. We had a lot of fun and got treated really well. My good friend Cameron seen above totally hooked us up with a meal and some gas after the show. Thanks for being a true friend and helping us out man. You are really cool. And yes i am still wearing the same brown shirt today that i wore in yesterdays blog post.

My dog officially needs a shower!

7.21.10 11:22pm

taking its time

Today has been rather relaxing compared to the semi existing week that I have had. I love tour, but after 7 solid shows back to back, a day off is in order. Today isn’t a day of because we are playing in Dallas, but when I woke up, we drove to a really nice site and sat back for a few hours just talking and enjoying the view. After lunch we took Captain to a park and I fell asleep on the bench for like an hour. It has been a nice day. Hopefully the show goes well.

7.20.10 9:25pm

got to love it

You have to love when unexpected things come your way. This last two weeks of tour have been freaking super sick awesome up until about two days ago when the radiator spiked on the overheat factor. That junk was bone dry. We ended up getting it locked at and held out for a day despite the fact that I already knew of one very large crack in that beast. We held out until today only because today was an off day. Today we got the radiator replaced which was a bit of a bummer as I am sure you can imagine. At least we were prepared and got it fixed. Back on the road and good as new for sure. We played in Oklahoma City, OK last night and play in Dallas, TX tomorrow.

7.19.10 4:35am

Kansas

Despite this stressful photo, today’s show in Kansas was great. Jimmy, the victim in my newest zombie image is a good friend of mine and we played for his church tonight in Wichita. It is with nights light tonight that come joy and a sense of worth with what you are doing. I constantly play shows all over the place but it’s that show where you know that you know you connected with the listeners that really makes it worthwhile. Tonight was one of those for sure.

7.18.10 5:08am

all at once

The following images are a quick list of things that I have gotten into this week!We went to a old 1860’s place where people got hung and junk, went to the big peanut thing and attempted to get a tour but was denied (Kraft is lame like that) played some great shows and road on a train. I left the train pictures out. Or did i?

7.18.10 2:07am

too much time on my hands