Over the last 4 years, my life has changed dramatically. Where I was once an emotional nightmare, writing song after song about a girl that left me a train wreck a decade back, I’ve since flipped completely around. Age of the Sage, which was the most recent true album I put out, featured a few songs on it which showed that I had finally let go and began to move on. The song Final Thoughts just jumps right into telling you I’m done. The thought behind that was also to be completely finished with even trying with anyone – another failed venture.
Shortly after putting out Age of the Sage, I started a new job and met the woman who would become my wife. Yes, the same person who was convinced that he would walk the earth alone until the end of time, got married. Not only did I get married but I somehow convinced her to have a child with me as well. This has ensured me that I do in fact have the ability to control minds. That’s the only explanation behind it.
So as you can imagine, I’ve been busy. I’ve started trying to rebuild and focus my life, which any parent knows is not the easiest thing. However, it’s something I need to do and am now trying to put the blocks in the order I need them to be in to create some great. The stress is not gone, it just moved into a new form with a different set of reasons and goals. The emotions have shifted gears and my entire universe now revolves around new aspects. If you listen to the song Atlas, you’ll see what I’m talking about. Oh, and I should mention that music is not what I’m referring to in the song, but something else as what I’m working hard for.
While it has been quite some time since I’ve put out a collection of new music, I have been slowly putting together tracks for an album I’ve been working on called 1. The good news is that it’s basically finished. The bad news is that since I never really put any kind of a time frame on when it needed to be done, I have enough songs to make it about three CDs. Because of that, I’ve decided to bring back another planned title that never went anywhere (I’m notorious for changing my mind a the last minute on titles – Iconoclast was supposed to be called The Unforgiven with a picture of me on the front like Clint Eastwood, but holding a mic instead of a handgun). Since a different album will soak up some of the excess as well as bring it’s own assault tactics, it gives me some room to grow. I’ll talk more about it later.
Recently I pushed out a remix album of songs called Shadowing Monsters. It features music from previous albums, a diss track called Disappear, and a few that were never heard before (such as the Untitled tracks, Day 1, Reverberate, and Vote for Me). I also popped a new song at the end of the album called Crowd by Myself. All of these songs feature music by people who, unlike me, are good at making instrumentals. Shadowville makes up a lot of producers, but VTZ, Probangers, Side City, and Rapitfly are also powering this album.
I’ll post links to download Shadowing Monsters and Iconoclast later today. Right now, it’s almost 7:30am and I haven’t gone to sleep yet. It’s time to crash.
