Now I'm In Your Head

The Confessional's debut release, Now I'm In Your Head is now out.

Check it out and buy it here....

I'll let you know when it's on iTunes, which is hopefully shortly.

In Pictures

My professional studio photo taken by my great friend Stef Perri.

Someone contacted me through myspace today telling me they had heard all about my drum kits. That astonishes me. I do have some very nice collector kits aka the vintage Ludwig Vistalite kit and the Blank Panther drum kit, but for it to be the talk is cool.

Neato.

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted

I turned 30 last week and got laid off of work!

The next question: What do I want to do with my life?

I'm still teaching drums so I do have a job but I want something different, something not 9 to 5! Something that will keep me on my toes and challenge me and something that will make me feel like I'm doing my part to make this world a better place!

If any of you find that, please let me know.

Porcaro Shuffle

This just about drove me batty!



And the main man to invent this type of groove, Mr. Bernard Purdie himself! This dude is a riot!

Singing In The Rain

Can almost everyone on planet earth carry a tune?

LiveScience.com says yes!

Study

Little Secret

Melissa Ethridge -- Now we all know that this woman is a phenom talent when it comes to breaking through, having a voice, and making music we all can relate to. However, I left this weekend's Kentuckiana Pride festival, where I made some great connections musically to head over to her concert at the Palace along 4th Street. I had good intentions of passing along my band's cd to her. I had no expections of anything happening with it, I just thought it would be nice to say I gave her a copy, since we have two females in the group. After all, I've always listened to her work and gave it a try... however, after leaving early, and grabbing a disc, waiting on the show to let out, weaving my way through dark alleys to finally make it to her leaving entrance.... when I met her, she refused to look me in the eye, and take my gift. I get it, she's sick and tired and I'm sure has been given more gifts while on tour than I will ever experience in my lifetime but man, what a let down. They claimed it was illegal for her to take, or at least that's what the man who I assumed was her manager told us. I do plan on investigating that to get the real scoop and scope on the issue but I was crushed.

She was once where I am, and I'm sure some hard work and determination is what got her there but it was fans too. People like you and me not the ones that don't come to see her. Oh well... Life goes on... and it's just a moment in time anyway, but it still burns a bit. However, I got a great story out of it, too bad it involves rejection and compromised my ability to really want to listen and buy her cds again. I might, or I might not, time will only tell.

All and all, this weekend was spectacular. My band, The Confessional played the Kentuckiana Pride festival and had a crowd of around 3000 plus. Playing the gig was a pleasant experience with the exception of a few aspects but all and all a nice learning curve for myself. And after having my tarot cards read, I'm only going to focus on the positive from now and move on.

Can Blogs Save Music?

Great article about blogs!

Eddie Izzard

Me and the Izz!

In Bloom

It's been awhile, sit back and relax and relieve your mind. There's a boatload of stuff going on around here, it's almost too much to handle at the moment but I'm hangin' in there like a champ.

Where to start, where to start....
First off, I'm so happy that spring is here, it's a new me, a new time, a change in life. I'm truly happy. I've taken time over the past seven months or so to really try and get to know myself and be happy, thank the heavens for therapy. This time I sought it out, I went for me and I couldn't have made a better decision. My outlook on life and perspective is slowly changing for the better and I can feel it. I want to enjoy life and I'm going to. My mind's made up and as the Chicks put it, I kind of like it. (wink, smile)

Secondly, The Album.
I kind of lost my focus over the past few months about the album. I drowned myself into it so much that when all these past realizations started coming to me, I lost my focus.

Then I remembered this writing of mine years ago when things were very dark and gloomy.

Why I ask?
This is really me,
Why I ask,
Is that all you see,
It’s noticed,
So Focus..
This is me world,
Understand this,
This is me world,
Stay Focused.

This is me world,
Understand one thing,
This is me world,
Yet I try to focus…
Run away they say,
As I turn around,
I find,
I’m still on the ground,
Alive,
I will take time to focus…

And that's what I'm going to do now. I'm going to try and focus. Life is fun, I'm going to try my damdest to enjoy it while I'm here.

(I'm also going to try and write more.....it's great therapy.)

The Art Of The Mixed Tape

Did anyone make mixed tapes when they were younger? I sure did. I remember my sister and I pretending to be deejays and telling jokes in between putting the songs on the tape.

Here's a great article on the subject.

The Studio

We are finally mixing the entire album, should be done hopefully soon... then it's all copyrighting and duplicating! Woohoo! Here are some pictures of the recording studio we used.

Karate Kid

PTSD

I've been dealing with alot of therapy over the past few months, and my life has changed dramatically. My foundation has felt unstable for abit but I'm starting to feel normal again.

I've been flooded by all these random emotions, some of which make me feel crazy, others make me feel sad, some make me feel annoyed, and I asked my therapist if it's because of the psychotherapy, and she said yes. I guess that's a sign it's all working. She also says I've been wrongly diagnosed my entire life. Before I've always been told that I had bipolar disorder, a mood changing chemical imbalance, which I studied for years to try and understand myself...now I'm told I've been wrongly diagnosed and I'm suffering from PTSD, which I know nothing about.

Hmmmm... PTSD = Post Tramatic Stress Disorder
NIMH reports that people with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people they were once close to. They may experience sleep problems, feel detached or numb, or be easily startled.

I do feel numb alot and maybe she's right. I definatly am easily startled and have persistent frightening thoughts...or used to more than now. I think she may be right.

Now if I could only figure out how to deal with the holidays and truck issues, life would be coming out of the darkness and into the color!

I'm Bad...

Have you ever been annoyed with everything going on?

I feel very annoyed today, the past few days have been horrible because I've been having problem after problem and I keep wondering if it's Karma, or just meant to be. I think my trucks going to blow up, and frankly I'm at the point where I don't even give a shit. As horrible as that sounds, I don't. I'm over having a vehicle and caring. I should have never bought the piece of shit and it's time for the vehicle to die.

I hate it anyway. Good riddance.

Oh and btw, the holidays suck too.

Leopluradons