I’m finally trying to learn how to use WordPress and am reformatting whats here and adding more sections for comments, record reviews,articles,news and production tips.It aint gonna happen overnight,but things should be looking different soon.
I’ve gotten a ton of emails about where the project with Tony and I is at. Unfortunately it’s nowhere. I tried for the better part of two years to get something going and I just couldn’t make any headway. Continue reading
By popular demand here is the entire SRC saga. Unfortunately somebody overwrites the real history of the band on Wikipedia every time it is posted,so the real story is here Continue reading
………Well for me anyways,seeing as how hard I lag on this thing. I put a bunch of SRC demo’s up as well as a Revenge of the Triads track with a little bit of history on each song. I found a ton of old stuff,and I’ll continue uploading them if you leave comments and let me know what your interested in hearing. Keep in mind that the majority of it will be demo’s as it’s illegal for me to post released tracks from bands I’ve made records with. Next I’ll be posting old Brougham songs with the stories behind them and maybe some early Third Eye Blind demo’s. Thanx for being patient.
J.
After going through my drives I found a total of 76 songs across a lot of different genres that I never got around to mixing or finishing the production on. I’m going to start finishing and posting them in order of relevance. A bunch of great stuff I wrote for Queensryche, 5 or 6 songs for the ill fated Revenge of the Triads project ( Me,Charlie Clouser and Troy VanLeeuwen) Brougham a ton of pop stuff I wrote for different bands and projects etc. when I get asked to write a song for a project I usually write 4 different things in slightly different directions so we have some options,maybe use the verse from one,the chorus from another etc. these are the leftovers. Some of em are really good, there’s 3 songs that are some of the best stuff I’ve done that I recorded in ’99 that got worked on for the most recent QR record but didn’t get used. So it’s not a bunch of subpar songs.i think you will dig em as I start posting em.
I’ve been going through 3 old computers and finding a ton of old songs from various projects,bands and false starts. Some really neat stuff,I’ll figure out how to post em properly so you can hear em.
J.
No more excuses, the gods just hate me. After spending a month with a nasty infection caused by the removal of a benign tumor I ended up with MRSA. Thousands of dollars in antibiotics and a month in bed cured it. I had a great 5 days of being healthy then WHAM!! Head on collision with an Escalade. Totaled my car,air bag didn’t go off,seatbelt was useless,busted the windshield with my head etc etc. broke,bruised ,battered and scarred but Im on the mend. I swear I’ll have some time to keep this thing updated this year….atleast once a week.
J.
Sorry for not posting, I’ve been recovering from some surgeries and haven’t been thinking about blogging much. I’ve been writing a lot of music,re-addressing some of the old SRC songs so I can post the 2nd record and working on mixing some records for people. I found a really cool heavy song that Eric Hendrikx and I had written for SRC that got recorded with Neil Taylor playing drums,Eric on guitar,me playing bass and Tobey singing. It sounds like SRC 1 mixed with Alice In Chains or sumthin along those lines. It’s gonna be pretty cool when it’s done. Instead of posting most of the comments you guys are posting I’m just replying with emails to keep things simple. I’m Putting together a weekly video podcast with my friend reviewing metal/rock records and reporting on some news. I’ll let you guys know when it’s up and running. Thank for your patience.
J.
3rd time I’ve seen em on this tour and they always rule.
not much new to post…..one of the gods has put the brakes on my life hahaha……I’ll post some more SRC2 and other stuff up until things start moving again. I’ll find some good stuff for ya.
J.
