The Great Awakening

So with the near release of the album I’ve decided to further separate myself from the crowed by making custom CD Sleeves. I know I’m not the first musician to do this, but I feel it has a more intimate and personal feel to it. Currently I’m in the process of using different CD-Sleeve techniques but I may have figured one out that I’m going to use.

NOTE: THIS IS JUST A DEMO PACKAGE

We have HIT the studio!

It seems like just yesterday I was whining about how badly I wanted my music out there, and how it was going to take forever. Well I’ve been scraping up loose change and am finally getting close to enough to afford recording the album. Chris and I got drums out of the way first, five songs in ONE day, BAM! I went back the very next day to track the bass, and watch the drums get fixed up. Let me just say, Mike Austin is a genius with Pro-Tools. My other band Shorelines and Sirens just finished recording there right before I joined. They recorded a 3-song Demo and together we are all going back January to Sacred Sound Studios to record the EP. Although I’m pretty broke, and can only really offer Mike and Gregg chump-change, they are doing their absolute best to make this record come out as fast and clean as possible. The dedication they have is astounding. Mikes skill will probably lead him to a very successful career with mixing/editing one day. Gregg is great too, he and Chris collaborated on some new drum takes on two of our songs which helped keep them fresh and exciting. I’m supposed to head back in Wednesday and Thursday to finish up guitar. However if I can finish it all on Weds I can begin to track vocals Thursday. Then hopefully the mixes will come back quickly after and I can FINALLY let this record spin!

EXPECT
THE NATIVES - THE OCEANS
COMING
LATE OCTOBER - EARLY NOVEMBER

The Natvies Present Paper Wolves hitting the studio in 3 days

I am really excited for it; I pray everything goes well. I believe this will be the start of my life and I’m eagerly awaiting it. I have felt like a stranger these past few months; a stranger representing all that I am not. Someone I would be disappointed in, The someone(s) Bemis had been singing about in Admit it. This shook me to the core. I felt/feel sick. I’m doing everything wrong, and I’m feeling like that lost adolescent teen I used to be. I’m not the bad boy I’m just a bad person. I feel like I’m losing self and it’s really gave way to some pretty negative thoughts. I don’t know anymore, I’m being incoherent and whiny.

I just want to feel alive, and bruise my lungs. I want to scream until I’m beautiful and blue.

I want to make me proud.