December 10th, 2009 by Kev
This year, I was lucky enough to have all of my favorite bands release albums. That doesn’t happen too often, so I thought I’d post about it. Lets see how they stack up.
Most Exciting
These bands keep pushing the bar higher for what musical albums should be, complete works of art.
Dredg – The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion (June 9)
Dredg has always been my 2nd favorite band. This album has cemented them as my new #1. From the opening groove of “Pariah”, to the air of “Horizon”, this album has everything I’ve ever wanted in an album and more. I saw dredg last spring in Cambridge and they finished their set with the one-two punch of “Down To The Cellar” and “Horizon”. I’ve never seen a room full of people at a show THAT much in awe. It was incredimazing. I’ve only felt that complete a few times in my life. I wish they had been able to complete their set in Boston during the summer(they got cut off due to time constraints…on a Saturday!). The thing that stands out the most about this album is that track 2 is instrumental. So cool. Bands never do this in fear of losing their audience. They usually stick to to the “first track is explosive, second track kicks it up a notch further” formula. Props to dredg for doing this so well.
Want it? Buy The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion @ Amazon
or grab the MP3 version
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Tags: amazing, great music, happy, Inspiration
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October 20th, 2009 by Kev
Favorite spot in the world. Our first time back since I proposed to Mary
It’s been a while since I’ve written, I know. I’ve been blogging mostly in my private blog to keep my thoughts straight. It’s a beautiful thing, you know, emptying your brain.
What have I been up to? Well, LOTS! Remember that girl that I met? Well we’re engaged and full on planning our wedding for August 1st, 2010. It’s freakin amazing! It has really put my life into perspective, in all the rightfully amazing ways. I’m moving into and apartment next week. Vigor shows this summer fizzled out and never happened. I quit The Fitted Shirt. It was absolutely amazing to be back on stage, but the commitment got to be too much. Those guys are amazing and I’d love to sit in with them again someday and rock out. In case you’re wondering, I’m still mixing the album with Dan and hopefully it’ll be done sometime soon.
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Tags: awesome, female vocals, fun, new, yay
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June 29th, 2009 by Kev
Who says a month of rain is so bad?
This is a question that I often think about. Whether someone comes to me with an issue of their own or it’s an internal issue within myself. What makes us happy? I’ll offer up a list to try to make more sense of it.
1. Start with a solid frame
Build something special inside of you that you can share with the world. The more stable you are on a day to day basis, the happier you will be and it will radiate. Try to appreciate things.
2. Appreciate things
Think about what makes you happy and everything that you have in your life. This simple act can instantly open up incredible channels of happy that you never even knew existed! Think about it. If you had something to be appreciative of each day, might you be happier overall? Try it now! YA! What do you have in your life right now that may have not been there before? Now take 10 seconds and only think about that one thing. I’ll wait…seriously, do it…OKAY! How do you feel? I feel happy!
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Tags: fun, happiness, Inspiration, love, Mary
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June 12th, 2009 by Kev
Happeeeeeze artists
So there’s this girl…
Hey everyone! I’ve been missing for quite some time again. Turns out my thyroid levels were off again(still are) and I seem to get quite distant from everything when they are off like that(maybe it’s good that this happened? Music always comes when they’re off. After all, there is opportunity in everything!). Don’t worry though, I’ve been making music more than usual!!! In the past month I’ve demo’d 2 songs and wrote another one last week! It’ll be demo’d shortly and we played it last night at the fitted shirt show! Check the vid below!
That gets me back to that ol’ header up there. The new song that we played last night is titled “A Song For Mary’, I wrote it about my wonderful girlfriend. We were talking last Friday night and I felt inspired so I picked up my guitar to jam on a riff that I had written 5 mins before I left for our first date. That riff turned into a few more and before I knew it I was singing along and typing up some lyrics. I busted out the lyrics pretty quickly! Once it started to flow out of me I couldn’t stop it and I was caught up in a whirlwind of AWESOMELY happy and beautiful things!
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Tags: A Song For Mary, happiness, Inspiration, live, love, Mary, Music is my life, The Fitted Shirt, Vigor
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April 27th, 2009 by Kev
If you don't live your life, you don't get to see amazing things like this.
- I used to get angry instead of figuring out what the problem was
- I used to take too much medication
- I used to be scared of things
- I used to withdraw and say “no” a lot
Many things have happened in the past year(and preceding 11 years). These are a few of the significant events that pushed me to be a better person. Some people ask my how and why I am such a happy person. This addresses that as well! Here they are in chronological order -
“You are what you’re missing”
- 2007 – The main thing that got me to wake up and get over my fears was having and beating cancer. That opened me up to seek means of possibility outside of my comfort area. That was only a start.
- 2007 – Tony Robbins’ Ted Talk and “Get The Edge” program provided me with the knowledge that there is a life way more fun than what I had previously been living. It also taught me to explore the feelings that I feel and why I feel them, giving me more control over myself and ultimately letting me choose happy over anything else(it’s way more fun than sad or scared, right?)
- 2007 – A conversation in which my friend Megan asked me over and over, “What do you get scared of?”. To which I finally responded, “I don’t know”. She also said “You are what you are missing”. The next week I found myself comfortably out of my comfort zone. I am forever thankful for that conversation.
- 2008 – Benjamin Zanders’ Ted Talk and book, “The Art Of Possibility” taught me to believe in things again and be curious like a child. To simply BE. Favorite quote, “You can always find the answer to any problem within yourself”.
- 2008 – Playing live music again. “Nothin’ like the ol’ life purpose that you haven’t done in 8 years!” – me, to myself, just now. Playing music for people is the greatest anything I can feel. It combines my favorite things in life, Music and sharing. I spent years only HALF living my life purpose. That half has become whole and I am now musically complete.
- 2009 – Happiness
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