music ranges from full band, pulsing blues-rock to the lightest
country croon. Every song is made with wooden instruments and sounds as
though it could have been written 50 years ago. That’s Andrew’s real
charm, the feeling that he might have traveled from a simpler time when
life really was just broken hearts and an old dusty trail.
New stuff... Old stuff? I don't know. - November 1, 2011
Hey y'all.
I have a show this coming Thursday at Columbia City Theater in Seattle. I am pretty stoked about this. It is a great sounding room and is a lot of fun to play in. It is a free show, so if you are in the area I hope you can make it out!
I have been working on a lot of things. Finishing background vocals for the album, a few little guitar things and getting really close to being able to get this thing mixed...
This has been a longer road getting this album done than I had thought, but that is how many things go if you are going to do it right. Regardless I am very excited about sharing some of the new music with you soon.
I have also been spending some time working with the Occupy Seattle movement, which has been an interesting experience thus far. I haven't blogged about politics in a while and right now this isn't exactly the time for it except to say that I am amazed at how well intentioned citizens on both sides of the aisle are so very often full of shit to the point where I find it hard to wonder why we never get anything done. That's all I'm gonna say for now.
Come out on Thursday and check out some of the old and new songs at Columbia City Theater, lets drink some whiskey or rather I'll watch you drink whiskey from the stage and wish that I could have some on stage myself.... :)
See you soon!
-andrew
What's what: - September 27, 2011
I have either lost my mind or I am right. There are no two ways around it. Grey area is for pussies who gave up their definition of right and wrong for some nursery rhyme bullshit about everybody getting along. Sure we need to try and get along, but that by no means should leave us with our hands tied when somebody has indeed wronged us, or is wronging themselves or some combination thereof.
We don’t need the existence of a God to justify or explain what is right or wrong either, though we may have needed it in times past when there was not a better explanation, we have outgrown the mysticism. Now we simply need people to be decent and honest to one another, and treat one another fairly. Manipulation, theft, games, deceit and gossip will do nothing but breed murder and hatred. But if you give a man an inch, he’ll take a mile. So when we compromise once, then the path is set for someone to take advantage of us, or for us to take advantage of them.
Some have grand ideas of how if our leaders would only live by these uncompromising terms then the world would be fine. That is not right though. We as a society have allowed those compromises and we are paying the prices for it and we are the only ones who can stop it. Unfortunately it won’t happen without things getting ugly or without people getting their hands dirty. But nobody wants to do that. Everybody wants to continue living in their bubbles of ideology and imagine that they are living their dream or pretend that things aren’t really so bad. After all “its not the end of the world”.... Not yet. Keep saying that. Keep compromising your values and who you are and what you believe. Keep treating some people the way your beloved Father in Heaven would and others like fucking dogs. Keep making exceptions to your own rules. Keep saying it isn’t the end of the world while you make those exceptions and more people will continue to do the same until it actually is the end of the world as we know it...
We’re doing this to ourselves.
Parting ways. - September 19, 2011
Well, though I moved away from Texas a few months ago and spent the summer in Seattle and Idaho, I am now actually saying adios to Texas.
We have most of the album done. There are a few things left with backing vocals and maybe a few small guitar parts, but overall the album is tracked and is sounding great. It didn't come without a lot of sweat and maybe a few tears, but to my knowledge no blood was spilled so that is something at least.
I head back to Seattle in 16 hours and counting.
I drove to Lockhart, TX today and had a look around, ate some BBQ at Smittys and took a few pictures of the dead scorched earth where my wife and I used to Live in Maxwell, TX... This place is a hell hole. Life shouldn't exist in the area at all. I am going back to the northwest where things are fertile and green. Hopefully us humans don't fuck things up up there too.
I'll post some more pics and some videos of the session soon!
