So I was bored the other day and hanging around on the blogger kinda considering the whole thing. I've talked before about my anxiety about having an online diary of sorts, and I'm very on the fence about the whole concept. I don't think this an odd feeling for most bloggers other than the least self-conscious of the bunch - which, I suppose, may be a lot of them. But my self-awareness prohibits me from being able to regularly write in a public fashion where I scrutinize everything I type through the eyes of whoever I might suspect is reading a particular bit at whatever time. It disappoints me to say that I don't have that same careless abandon I used to have when I constantly updated public journals in the past. Kind of. Even the idea of updating facebook status, which has been a daily activity for some time, is starting to sit poorly with me. I'm just falling more and more out of love with the idea of having any online persona to speak of. Of course, all of this supposes that anybody reads anything I write or is interested at all, which may be a non-issue at this point. Point is, I just don't have a desire to update this thing in the manner I thought I would. I used to be a writer, but I'm afraid I may not be any more. But one thing I notice about other friends' blogs is that all of them seem to have a focus on that person's particular hobby or interest, be that art, writing, music, or whatever. And one thing that has been and continues to be an unstoppable force in my life's direction is my music. I play with multiple different bands and groups, with various different aesthetics and identities, all of which get touched by multiple different hands, both inside and outside of the particular bands, and I think that I would enjoy and update this thing more as a conscious catalog of everything I do musically. It's a huge part of my life, full of things that I am consistently proud of, and so I am changing the direction of this blog. From here on, I will view this as a place for me to post videos, songs, fliers, pictures, or stories about my travels to "wherever the music takes me," to adopt a bit of band-guy pretentiousness. Maybe it's self-indulgent, but it doesn't seem to me to be any less self-indulgent than talking about my day or anything else online with the idea that anybody really wants to read. Anyway, at the very least, this will keep from writing some sappy bullshit when I'm down. Here's hoping it stays interesting, I say, as I second guess even the need to have written anything I just have.
So, anyway, here's a few videos that I have various things to do with.:
The Armed Forces - "Love Exploder" trailer
This is a promotional video for the new Armed Forces single, "Love Exploder." This is a band I play with from time to time based out of Nashville. They are releasing their new album "The Rest is Noise" on a subscription basis, one song a month, for a full year. This is song 3 or 12. I did not play on this song, but I do have a small part in this video, which was shot on a little two show run we just did to Chicago.
The Unbeheld - "Mother Chaos" live at the Hi Tone 8/29/09
This is a live recording of the title track to the Unbeheld album we are recording early next month. It was recorded by somebody in the crowd (I don't know who) at a recent show we did at the Hi Tone with Nebulba and The Entrance Band (who featured Paz Lenchantin from A Perfect Circle/Zwan on the bass, which was cool for me). It's a decently recorded live video.
Slow Southern Steel Trailer
"Slow Southern Steel" is a documentary that was filmed last fall about the southern hard rock and metal/stoner/sludge/doom diy scene that's happening now, whatever you want to call it. I could describe the focus of the documentary, but that's what the trailer is for. Anyway, there is some footage that I haven't seen, either performance, interview or both of the Unbeheld that will show up in the documentary. It also features footage of some cool bands such as Torche, Down, Hank Williams III, Kylesa, Music Hates You, Jucifer, Zoroaster, and a bunch more. The deep voiced guy in the trailer who says the shit about not wanting to die anywhere but the south at the end is Phil Anselmo, who sang for Pantera and is now in Down. The guy smoking the joint at the beginning is Pepper Kennan from Corrosion of Conformity. The fact that my band is in a documentary with those guys is pretty cool. The documentary is going to various film festivals soon, with a suspected release in like Spring 2010. The movie has been getting a press in magazines both in print and online like Decibel, Alarm, and Blabbermouth, with hopefully lots more to come.
Slow Southern Steel Movie Trailer #1
Anyway, that's that for now. Hopefully this new direction means I'll update this more.
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Oh good!
ReplyDeleteGood plan.
ReplyDeleteUltimately, I concluded that an online persona of sorts ultimately seems like you are trying to steer what people think of you. People recognize that they can create Ambassadors of Themselves through things like blogs and Facebook profiles, and the whole idea just seems gross when you become fully aware of what you're doing. Gabe and I talk about the issue of blogging (and writing in general) a whole lot...it seems like we have a good amount to say on the subject of online journals. Also, showcasing any sort of personal endeavors just seems rather self-important/indulgent to me, but it's also the most important thing to ME, not anyone else, so I know exactly where you're coming from.
Anyway, with all that being said, I need to make a blog or something that showcases my shit as well. It may be talking to yourself (or a couple of others), but at least you're talking.