Samhain Shoctober tidings to you all...
It's mischief night, in the season of the witch. Tomorrow is Samhain, the eve of all Hallows. The night the dead return. My favourite time of year. Not for the poser costume parties, but for the air about us, filled with wonder and mysticism. A romantic time for some that makes our dark hearts swoon. No costumed capers for me... Just somber reflection and the calling down of the forces of darkness to help guide my hand.
This entire season has been odd in a way. For the first time in 2 years, I've gotten off my ass and taken a sabatical to to my new engineers studio, referred by my old one. We spent 2 days tracking my newest project :"Consecrate, anthem of the athame". It's turned itself into a sort of mystic fight song for the metaphysically inclined. I met Rob (Merlin, I believe they nicknamed him) for the first time last Friday night after a 115 mile drive to almost Boston. What a hike. I checked into the Motel 6 and proceeded to immediately make my way to the home studio. His house is great... A cozy ranch in the Conneticut suburbs. the studio room may have been a tad tight, but it's mojo and atmosphere more than made up for its size. Rob is a genius. We got along great and clicked in wackiness... Though he's a beer salesman by day, at least there's free beer. He could create amazing rhythm tracks and plays a wicked guitar. I'm having trouble with one thing though... I can't remember which Rob/Bob did the guitar on "Darkside" because it was so long ago. The song itself is darker and more somber/spooky than Darkside. It has greater potential and a better job on the vocals so far. He feels I should do Darkside again because he thinks it would come out better. I feel it's good enough to shop, but it will be better in post production.
There's alot of work still left to do, but the foundation is strong. The incorporation of a heartbeat back beat coupled with some interesting variable drum rifts and key changes unheard in Darkside. The gothic horror movie style strings give a serious dark feel to it. I'll need to add more. It'll be quite powerful. I've rewritten
the intro...the first one irked me. It was going in the wrong direction. This song is sort of a calling to arms for all the worlds hidden occultists to come out from the shadows and celebrate their gifts and not hide them because of the religious right or Bush's inane insanity.
The guitars will be reworked, the choirs will be built, the tag tune will be added, the strings will be implemented, the bass line filled... All will come to sweet fruition. Currently, I'm using this as my Halloween anthem to fire up the forces within me. One more after this and I can start shopping to my contacts. 4 more and I'll have stronger case. I need to be signed by Spring I should hope... But you never know. I'm just about ready to hunt for bandmates. I also need to get the main website finished. I'm a busy boy. Let alone having to work on re-acquiring my muse, which is a job within itself. But I have regained something I thought I had lost....hope.
I'm pumped...what can I say? I said it last year... It's not about candy and costumes and parties or parades... It's about power... The future... The mission. At least that's what it is to me.