And So It Begins....

Hello Amigos,

I am sitting here..its about 2:30 am in Vancouver,
and I'm, as usual, doing way to much thinking.

I've been thinking about alot of things..I think
it's because I'm in writing mode. I am currently
faced with quite the overwhelming task..writing
a new album. I'm feeling a mix of excitement,
anticiaption, and nervousness all at once.

I'm excited. Excited because of a few things.
I'm getting closer to being finished which is
exciting. All these new songs I've written are
exactly the way I want them to be and are, I
believe, the most honest songs I've ever produced.
Exciting.

I'm feeling anticipation if for no other reason
than: I can't wait to hear this thing when its done.
More importantly I can't wait for YOU to hear this
thing. Which brings me to my last point.

I'm nervous. Nervous because I don't know what you
guys will think. I think for any artist the 2nd album
is always the hardest. Especially when your 2nd album
is different. Because the people that have the 1st
album will have an automatic expectation of what its
gonna sound like. Ultimately I'm 100% proud of it..
and its not even done yet haha. So hopefully you will
dig it as well. And if its not your cup of tea, that's
also cool :)

I've also been thinking, since we have all this time
to do this album I'd still like to keep you guys involved.
How would you like to see that happen? I was thinking of
maybe doing a Bi-Weekly Video Blog of my writing sessions,
demo tracking, and other stuff. What do you guys think?

Normally..this would be the part where I'd go on some
rant about life..instead I'm gonna share a clip that
has really inspired me over the last little while.
It was one of those moments where I saw this, and
immediately knew what I had to do haha. Hopefully
you can take something from this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxCaOzmV0LE
Enjoy.

Cheers!
Brandon

Too Long

Too Long Indeed.
I hope I remember how to work this thing.

Lots to talk about. The CKAS Tour
was a whole lot of fun! Thanks to all you
guys that came out :)

I enjoyed having a longer set. It was
cool to be able to play some new songs.

Which brings me to the task at hand: New Songs.
I will be taking the next few months to
write a new album and record it with
The Latency. Exciting times. I have 13
songs written but I want 20 to choose from.
Keep an open mind these songs are quite
different from the last album. I couldn't be
more happy though because these songs feel
100% honest to me. I'm just letting it come
out and be what it wants to be which feels
really good. Hopefully, that will translate
into something you guys want to hear haha.

I was thinking about posting some clips of
demos up to get some feedback from you guys?
I think that might be cool.

Speaking of new albums one of my favorite
bands is putting out a new album and
just posted 3 new songs on their website!
http://www.greatbigsea.com/ just scroll
down a bit and the player is right there.
Check it out I'm pretty excited about it!

Does anyone else hate getting stuck? By that
I mean when you just feel like you can't focus
and form any sort of product. That happened
to me really bad a little while back. I didn't
write anything for 3 months and then one night
I just decided to write anything no matter
how forced it came out sounding. Strangely
I ended up writing one of the most natural
songs I've ever written. It was the first song
I wrote for this new album so I think its
fitting that it be Track 1. I'll leave you
now with the words to that song.

There's no reason to fight
'Cause you battle the world every day of your life
And I've been watching you cry for Too Long

There's no reason to frown
'Cause I promise you soon, I will turn it around
Life's been holding you down for Too Long

You've got so much reason to laugh
I've got a picture of this, should I remind you of that?
They've been holding you back for Too Long

There's so much you haven't lived
You gotta run with a saint and take a walk with a sin
They've been sinking your ship for Too Long

There's no reason to fight
'Cause you battle the world every day of your life
And I've been watching you cry for Too Long