Took these last night. Great wedding, great people, and great chapel. This was super fun.

Super excited. I am taking the day off of work tomorrow to record as many songs as I can. My house will be empty, so I will be recording and taking tons of photos. Hopefully I will have time to record and mix 3-4 acoustic tracks. I’ll post an update tomorrow. Probably wont post songs till Saturday or Sunday evening.

I do not consider myself a “gear head” by any means, and I know very little technical information about amplifiers and sound equipment. Since I bought my Orange Amplifiers Tiny Terror, I have been fully in love with their products. My amp is a Class A 15 watt amp, and it screams. I love how gritty and nasty she sounds. I have been trying to decide if I want to upgrade to a different Orange Amp. I don’t really need to, but I love their products and have been considering getting a combo amp instead of the head/speaker. If I did upgrade, I think I would go for the Rockerverb 50 Combo amplifier.

Here is an image of the Rockerverb 50:

Here is my current setup:

Maybe I should just settle for an additional 1×12 speaker cab for now.

It’s funny, because I used to think that Marshall and Mesa were awesome, and that I needed a 100 watt amp head. I had a 100 watt Marshall head and 4×12 cabinet, and I only turned the volume up to about 3-4 because it was so powerful. That is such a waste of a tube amp. I turn my Tiny Terror up almost all the way and she screams. Maybe I don’t need 50 watts after all! Read more about Orange Amplifiers on their site

i walked away from you a million miles, it seemed
and i was so conflicted – a complicated kind of crime.
these times and trials were filled with every kind of lie.
a full denial was what i gave. you gave your love.

and you carried me. i sing thankfully.

when i’m with you everything is perfectly aligned.
without you it’s always chaos all the time.
i need you in my life.
now walking next to you and giving all i have to give
is the only way. it’s the only way to live.
and i promise you, impossible is easy in his eyes.
now, there’s nothing left, cause innocence has stripped away these lies.

and you carried me. i sing thankfully.

when i’m with you everything is perfectly aligned.
without you it’s always chaos all the time.
the mess my life creates, your love can organize.
i need you in my life.

people, people where you hanging?
all this living times are changing.
empty pleasures, war is raging.
in our lives it’s time for changing.

when i’m with you everything is perfectly aligned.
without you it’s always chaos all the time.
the mess my life creates, your love can organize.
i need you in my life.

you can listen to the mp3 HERE

it’s not the beginning, but the end you see.
it sickens me, but there is always desire to cope,
a driving hope in each last choke for air.

don’t break. this heart can take a bleeding breath,
at risk: its fate.
another round, i’m further down and reaching for the way.

improving over time, it’s bitter and sublime, and it’s worth saving.

you. you are my love, and everything to me.
this life is desolate with no one who can see
what you mean to me, except you and me.

“Colour is the key. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.”
— Vassily Kandinsky

I was just looking through some old work and came across 2 of my favorite photoshopped images I have ever done. One was for client work, and the other was for fun… Here they are:

Before

After

Before

After

sweet. that is all. super super sweet.

tired of apologizing for feeling so sorry. sick of reminding myself that i’m good.
reading your minds just to feel normal. forgive me for being misunderstood.

she’s so tired, but she can’t sleep, bitter echo in her mind
consequences she can’t see, will this judgement give her sight?
because, it’s time

says her appetite decreased, for a rotten kind of life
because, it’s time

walk away. if she prayed, she’d ask to find the strength to walk away.

will you ever see the place where the record is erased?
will you roll the devil’s dice arranging paradise to sway your side?

walk away. if you prayed, you’d ask to find the strength to walk away.

and the devil will tell her “experiences come with time, come this way”
but remember this future’s failing light
if you’re searchin for answers, the lonely way’s no place to find
will you ever walk away, away, away?

so far away.
So far away, but I still feel you, I still feel you.
I’m far away, and every day that I can’t see you, I can’t feel you, I can’t face the day.
Another reminder of a simple thing, so far in the distance is you.
Do you believe in fallen angels?
Are they what inspires you to see the change needed to make?

I’m just sorry that I called you up to say: I’m so far away.
Thinking of you is like touching you today, but I’m far away.

Another reminder of a simple thing came over me,
when I saw you laughing.
Creating a life is the craziest thing! I can’t wait to see.

I’m just sorry that I called you up to say: I’m so far away.
Thinking of you is like touching you today, but I’m far away.