January 2011
7 posts
andrebishai asked: Hey. I really dig the stuff you write. On this blog and in your lyrics. You have a really down to earth perspective on things and you're never afraid to criticize yourself for the sake of self improvement, which I think is important for anyone to be able to do. God has truly given you a gift and you're using it in an awesome way. Right on man.
Months and Years (the story) Pt. 3/4
At this point I came to a junction in my head and heart. I had quit my job, asked my band mates to drop out of school, and all of us had given up or at least paused everything else going on back home. We narrowed down the list of things we wanted to accomplish with our lives to pursue this one dream with everything we had. Now we found ourselves up to our necks in failed shows, multiple wrecks,...
Silly goose...
How much time, money, and effort?
How many opportunities and friends?
How many late nights and long weekends have you spent?
How much have you given up to prove ONE person wrong?
Too much, ya silly goose.
Months and Years (the story) Pt. 2/4
In the middle of those spring ‘08 tours our bassist and keyboard player quit at the same time. They didn’t feel like life on the road was the life for them and headed back home to get regular jobs and find wives. Thankfully they both did exactly that, moved home, got jobs, and found wives! While they’re exit from the band did not come as a surprise, it still made it tough on us as a unit to...
Months And Years (the story) Pt. 1
Months and Years is the only song I’ve really written specifically about the band. My goal here isn’t to give a history of the band, but it’s going to seem like that for a bit. This song was inspired by a year’s worth of events and I thought I’d share the story. I told an abridged version of this tale on The Living Room Tour II, so enjoy the extra detail and don’t spoil the ending;
In...