Shaolin Temple of BooM has been an epic struggle for me after years of searching for the right players and failing time and time and time again I have found what I think to be a great chemistry of guys both in playing abilities, style and personalities. Those of you that have been with me a long time will remember the cast of characters I had to go through in order to get here but I am happy here so Shaolin Temple of BooM will finally get on stage for the first time in the right way and this time stay on stage, I think SToB has played out live 2 times in the last 3 years, this hurts me very deeply because I love playing out, but it's hard as hell to put a band together, let me tell you.
For example, before Lior joined the band the drums never sounded right for any of the songs, but "Into Nothing" in particular never sounded right with any drummer SToB has been with previously, it takes a certain touch and feel to play that song right live, our last drummer never got it right and thus the song never sounded right. Drums are so essential to live shows, if they aren't right, the band can fall like a house of cards, that is why I am very happy Lior has joined SToB. I recorded "Into Nothing" with a drummer for hire way back when and only till now is that song being played in the right way again. June's such a quintessential bassist, melodic yet riff oriented he is by far the best bassist I have ever played with. Then of course there is Borja, I'm really picky when it comes to guitar since on stage I won't be playing guitar on some songs but in the recordings I am playing guitar on all of them with Borja. Borja not only is a great musician he is what I consider to be my friend. I can't tell you how patient he has been throughout the 2 years he has been with me now.
But the wait is over, Shaolin Temple of BooM is finally taking this thing live. We will be playing out more heavily now that the chemistry is right, and my wait of 5 long years to get on stage in the right way is now over. We will start with an intimate show at Labries in Glendale California Thurs Dec 10th, 2009 at 10pm
Here is the info of the club:
Labrie's
806 E. Colorado Blvd
Glendale, CA 91205
(818) 243-1522
I do hope if you will be anywhere in the area of Glendale/Los Angeles and beyond that you join us! This has been a tumultuous year to say the least and yes Shaolin Temple of BooM has been suppressed by certain factions in this world but they can not hold Shaolin Temple of BooM down. That is why as I type this email, I feel a certain sense of.... I don't even know how to explain it.....I feel like I want to unload everything I have inside me tomorrow night at Labrie's and I do hope you join us.
Here is a pic of us rehearsing last night
In other news, I unveiled a brand new Shaolin Temple of BooM song called "Always, Everything" which is a simple piano track with vocals, harp and orchestra.... you can grab a glimpse of it in this video I recorded a couple of days ago here www.facebook.com/video/video.php or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZHJA3B2UgE
I like to say that this song was inspired a bit by Beethoven (as corny or as pretentious as it sounds Beethoven is a huge source of inspiration to me) and Tim Burton movies....love me some Tim Burton movies...
The year is quickly coming to a close, and I feel that just around the corner there is a lot of great news for Shaolin Temple of BooM, January may hold many surprises for SToB yet.
My imprint label Cherry Atom Pie Publishing now has 2 people on board that believe in it strongly. Mark Bigelow and Mark Kappes, Mark will be working on the promotions side of things....Mark Bigelow that is....and Mark Kappes is helping me out with design work of websites and other things to do with online presentation.
Here is a pic of me I bet you never seen before, it was taken almost 6 years ago today, when I first came to Los Angeles
That's it for now, I do hope you join us this Thurs night, December 10th at 10pm at Labrie's
Till the next time,
No comments:
Post a Comment