Late night musings.

And the winner is....

Jim Smith! ..for doing some detective work and discovering what the origins of "He Hate Me" are! I won't post the answer here..but if you want a laugh...google it and build her a cake or something.

Great work, jim.

SPEAKING of Jim...jim came over today and we jammed out pretty much all day. I presented a new bridge for 'Winter', the song I wrote, and it is badass. Yimmy seems to agree. It's definitely going to be added in there. Aside from that, jim kicked ass. What everyone should know about him that they don't is that he's too easily overlooked. Jim Smith is a damn good guitar player...Just watching him play, it's really clear how truly solid of a guitarist he is. What's more, is that he's much more than capable of soloing and things beyond simply rhythm. Watch and listen clostely to the guy at the next gig or whenever you have a chance...I have no doubt you'll see him for what he is, rather than just part of the rhythm section.


In other news...we saw Tranquil play tonight. Damn, they have some amazing new stuff..especially the (2nd) song they played tonight. Like always, great show, guys.

**disclaimer- some very...honest writing below. Just so it's clear, i'm happier than I've ever been in this band. These are just some things I've been thinking as of lately to improve ourselves..which I'm sure everyone else does. If they don't, I'd be concerned!.../disclaimer****

They- and more importantly, listening to some new and interesting music as of lately, have really inspired me to want to take the jsb in new directions, while ofcourse, sticking to our roots. I just think that we need to explore our individual and collective range of musical ideas and abilities.

It's frustrating, though. Being completely candid (hey this is what this blog is for, right?), it seems as though some people aren't as willing to explore new avenues of musical experimentation- whether subconsciously or fully aware of it. As a general rule- and this doesn't exclusively apply to music, but rather anything in which one expresses themselves artistically, there is nothing more counterproductive and detrimental than limiting the artistic communication of ideas and constraining oneself by formula or comfort. I believe this is one of the most challenging obstacles we've faced as a band.

What's more, is that we come from distinct musical backgrounds. Yes, this is apparent in our song writing and performance, however, I feel the band hasn't exhausted even a microcosm of the potential for diverse, interesting, and captivating songwriting. Don't get me wrong, though. I'm exceedingly proud of what we've accomplished over the past 3 years.

I hope this does not come accross as an angry rant- because it is most certainly NOT. It's merely a confession of what I believe to be our biggest shortcoming as a band. There are so many unwritten "rules" I'm just simply tired of adhering to- and that's where some musical differences in the band arise. In my honest opinion, I couldn't care less if a song we write isn't particularly radio friendly. I'd like to avoid compromising potentially great ideas for the sake of attempting to adapt to the type of garbage formulaic nonesense that taints most** of the radiowaves. And yes, I do believe some of the stuff on the radio is great..just...not all of it.

At the end of the day, I love this band like absolute crazy. I love my bandmates..performing, songwriting, and jamming with them- after all, they're easy to hide behind because of how great they are as musicians....I just want to step forward into the musical fog and find some amazing things. With these guys, I'm more than positive it will happen and it'll be damn easy. They're like 4 musical...volcano's.....errupting..with...musical.....lava....all the time.


Ahahaha. Anuroop out.