Music is that existence that transcends all boundries.....this is something that occurred to me the other day. I was feeling a bit worn out like a runner out of breath but still running. The amount of sacrifice all of this entails is enough to squeeze the life out of anyone. But then I worked on the final mix for "Always, Everything" and I detached myself from the music and listened to it purely as a listener and I was lost in it. The thought of music being an existence that transcends everything came to my mind. When you listen to music you are in the moment, your reality is altered as your mind interprets the information of sound waves, music is an art that is existence, it has no walls and when you listen to it your mind is free. Achieving this freedom makes all the sacrifice of any musician or artist absolutely worth it and is why I guess I still run in pursuit of an endless goal. "Always, Everything" is a song about accepting...well....everything....always. We fall, we get up, we fall again whether by choice for example through self-sabotage or by circumstance, I am not sure if there is a difference between the 2 but for the sake of sanity let's say there is. A.E is a very different sounding song than anything SToB has done in the past, it's me on everything with a simple piano and vocal with lines of harp and an orchestra at the end. I completed the cover art a couple of days ago I am now in the process of filming a video of a modern dancer that choreographed a piece to this song....the video will be as low budget as it comes, basically $0, it's just a home movie camera and no special effects or frills. It's a video about performance and interpretation. It's absolutely amazing to see a dancer create moves that interpret the music, I am blown away by it. I did a test video last night but I am hoping to do the real deal this Friday night. If you want to get a raw look at the video before anyone else send me a message on Google Wave (Actually GW is pretty cool it's like email and IM all in one and on steroids) will be using it from now on to show the best fans/supporters all the new stuff before it premieres here is my address shaolintempleofboom.dalvarez@googlewave.com Looking though the archives I came across this cover of the first CD for Shaolin Temple of BooM made about 5 years ago, it features an early myspace phenom called Jeri Lee, damn this brings back memories of how SToB began, I took this shot of her in a studio back when Shaolin only had 2 songs "Crippled so hard" and "Inside". I had no equipment just a camera and light bulb but she was cool enough to model for it free... Since we are taking a walk down memory lane I am sure some of you out there remember this guitar That thing has been in the pawn shops of Los Angeles I think more than any other guitar in history haha, I used to pawn it all the time when short on money for recording expenses and so forth. It's now safe in my apt, never to return to a pawn shop, even though I am still struggling I am at least floating and not drowning like I used to...but just barely floating. I am very excited to announce we have a show coming up on December 10th in Glendale, California...it's a cool little spot called Labrie's and I am very much looking forward to this show, it will be the first show we do with Lior and will be the last show of 2009 paving the way for 2010 which will see SToB tour heavily and as much as possible. Come join us on December 10th as we take 2009 out with a Bang and welcome 2010 with a BooM Labrie's 806 E. Colorado St. Glendale, CA 91205 FREE ADMISSION Come have a couple of beers with us and party up! We are on at 10 pm That's it for now...till the next time which will be once the video for "Always, Everything" is done -David
Music is that existence that transcends all boundries
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Music is that existence that transcends all boundries.....this is something that occurred to me the other day. I was feeling a bit worn out like a runner out of breath but still running. The amount of sacrifice all of this entails is enough to squeeze the life out of anyone. But then I worked on the final mix for "Always, Everything" and I detached myself from the music and listened to it purely as a listener and I was lost in it. The thought of music being an existence that transcends everything came to my mind. When you listen to music you are in the moment, your reality is altered as your mind interprets the information of sound waves, music is an art that is existence, it has no walls and when you listen to it your mind is free. Achieving this freedom makes all the sacrifice of any musician or artist absolutely worth it and is why I guess I still run in pursuit of an endless goal. "Always, Everything" is a song about accepting...well....everything....always. We fall, we get up, we fall again whether by choice for example through self-sabotage or by circumstance, I am not sure if there is a difference between the 2 but for the sake of sanity let's say there is. A.E is a very different sounding song than anything SToB has done in the past, it's me on everything with a simple piano and vocal with lines of harp and an orchestra at the end. I completed the cover art a couple of days ago I am now in the process of filming a video of a modern dancer that choreographed a piece to this song....the video will be as low budget as it comes, basically $0, it's just a home movie camera and no special effects or frills. It's a video about performance and interpretation. It's absolutely amazing to see a dancer create moves that interpret the music, I am blown away by it. I did a test video last night but I am hoping to do the real deal this Friday night. If you want to get a raw look at the video before anyone else send me a message on Google Wave (Actually GW is pretty cool it's like email and IM all in one and on steroids) will be using it from now on to show the best fans/supporters all the new stuff before it premieres here is my address shaolintempleofboom.dalvarez@googlewave.com Looking though the archives I came across this cover of the first CD for Shaolin Temple of BooM made about 5 years ago, it features an early myspace phenom called Jeri Lee, damn this brings back memories of how SToB began, I took this shot of her in a studio back when Shaolin only had 2 songs "Crippled so hard" and "Inside". I had no equipment just a camera and light bulb but she was cool enough to model for it free... Since we are taking a walk down memory lane I am sure some of you out there remember this guitar That thing has been in the pawn shops of Los Angeles I think more than any other guitar in history haha, I used to pawn it all the time when short on money for recording expenses and so forth. It's now safe in my apt, never to return to a pawn shop, even though I am still struggling I am at least floating and not drowning like I used to...but just barely floating. I am very excited to announce we have a show coming up on December 10th in Glendale, California...it's a cool little spot called Labrie's and I am very much looking forward to this show, it will be the first show we do with Lior and will be the last show of 2009 paving the way for 2010 which will see SToB tour heavily and as much as possible. Come join us on December 10th as we take 2009 out with a Bang and welcome 2010 with a BooM Labrie's 806 E. Colorado St. Glendale, CA 91205 FREE ADMISSION Come have a couple of beers with us and party up! We are on at 10 pm That's it for now...till the next time which will be once the video for "Always, Everything" is done -David
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