Good afternoon, folks. As it has been over 40 days since my last post with actual updates, expect this one to be rather long. First and foremost, just for clarification, my last post was 100% true and Friday the 25th of November 2011 will forever be one of the biggest days of my life. Although all is doomed and all I can do is try to get over my feelings, I'm not hated and I've taken one of the most bold steps one can take in social interaction. I can't believe it, but I'm starting to feel more proud than embarrassed.
Anyway, let's get to news that are just as big and concern my music instead of teeny angst. Forget whatever I said in the past about being busy and having a lot of material waiting and pouring, because that is NOTHING compared to what's going on as of recently. I've pretty much confirmed the track listing for the first Wicked Breath album on the AS forums where I made this update (at the bottom of the page) earlier today. Not only that, I've continued recording and mixing for the album, tweaked the songs writing-wise, and come up with an insane plan for the actual release of the album. Listen very closely... Next December I intend to set free the album and the special edition EP both as a Christmas calendar, meaning that every day one new song will be made available, but only for 24 hours. So, when the next song is revealed, the old one will be gone. This will go on all the way until the 24th, when the last song will be revealed. On the 25th, the whole album as well as the EP will be made available for shipping as physical copies. The quality of the songs for the calendar will be slightly more lo-fi than the actual album versions of the songs to attract the option of buying, and the artwork of the album excluding the front cover will only be available to view with the physical copy. This is all just planning for now, but what do you think?
On top of the first album I've naturally been working on the second one, and none of the new songs are used for the first album or the EP anymore. There's more I could tell you as well, but I can't reveal everything yet. I promise that on Christmas I'll be making another post, however, that reveals the secrets I've been hiding. ;)
During Christmas I will also release my extensive list/review of the music releases from this year that I've taken the time to listen to. With the addition of several new releases I've checked out just recently, we're talking about around 25 releases in total. Some of these include The Path of Totality by KoRn, Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica, and Imaginerum by Nightwish. Yeah, I'm not kidding, I actually feel like a music reviewer, haha. Perhaps next year I'll start early and reach an even greater number of albums in my 2012 list, but I think that my reviews already make the list so long that it's hardly going to fit in one post only.
Snow finally seems to be here to stay. Autumn was lovely in terms of my walks, but I would've liked to see winter come even sooner as it is my favorite season. I plan to ski a little more than usual this winter but also keep walking on my free time. Taking photographs has sucked me in so bad that if it wasn't for the darkness I'd have enough material to form a map of my home town in both, summer and autumn time. What's perhaps the greatest thing of all is that I'm really on a Christmas mood after working on gifts for people that mean a lot to me during the past few weekends. And, I won't lie - I can't wait to get my hands on my new guitar. :P Chocolate is too obvious to be mentioned...
While school is not exactly getting any easier, I'm used to the pace of everything by now and my second sixth went tremendously better than the first one. The row of exam grades consisting of mostly 9's was only really shadowed by the first Biology exam out of two (the second one is in January). Biology has almost zero significance to me, while Finnish, Philosophy, History and English are quite important, and in the same time all subjects I succeeded in. My third exam week starts right after New Years, but I'm not too worried. I just have to make sure I don't get too lazy on Christmas and stretch that to January... If my ideas to record, mix and film as much as possible during the holidays come true, that shouldn't be the case.
I'm sure I'd have even more things to talk about, but I'll try to keep it short and leave out the smallest things. I do have to mention that there's a slight chance for a Christmas song written and composed by me to be performed at a school event. I will at least play bass this Tuesday in the traditional Saint Lucia day event, and drums in one or two songs at the Christmas party.
Lastly, here are the last lyrics for the album, in case you haven't read them. There are still two songs without lyrics, but the other one will be an instrumental and the other one will be improvisational. So, here you are, Wallow In Life, loosely based on some of Arthur Schopenhauer's thoughts. See you next time, and God bless! :)
PAIN
IS
LIFE
What to do when love is tearing me apart
while hate is an infection from
within, stuck, both glued to stay in play and treasure
I'm blurry from the blinding days, my small nutshell offers security
Blood dribbling from the edge of poison
Entering the sale of used lives, every donor wants a fine
Like light bulbs sent to dispatch, then slowly die
Look at the bulk of chain reactions, yet fate does not exist
Slither and avoid the contact, in wish to take peers like belief
And on the verge of the well inside appears an image confirmed to confine
all dreams of returning to simplicity
(Overtriggering minds with clutter, self-deprecating has become underrated, pinch me)
Pour chloroform into infection and torn sight, beg comfort untouchable in fruits of our land
We pull with hands and stretch with toes to the tip of lantern
With pain as my blanket I wallow in life
IS THIS LIFE?
PS: Anyone who's into the Deftones or wants to support Chi Cheng in general, check this out.
Anyway, let's get to news that are just as big and concern my music instead of teeny angst. Forget whatever I said in the past about being busy and having a lot of material waiting and pouring, because that is NOTHING compared to what's going on as of recently. I've pretty much confirmed the track listing for the first Wicked Breath album on the AS forums where I made this update (at the bottom of the page) earlier today. Not only that, I've continued recording and mixing for the album, tweaked the songs writing-wise, and come up with an insane plan for the actual release of the album. Listen very closely... Next December I intend to set free the album and the special edition EP both as a Christmas calendar, meaning that every day one new song will be made available, but only for 24 hours. So, when the next song is revealed, the old one will be gone. This will go on all the way until the 24th, when the last song will be revealed. On the 25th, the whole album as well as the EP will be made available for shipping as physical copies. The quality of the songs for the calendar will be slightly more lo-fi than the actual album versions of the songs to attract the option of buying, and the artwork of the album excluding the front cover will only be available to view with the physical copy. This is all just planning for now, but what do you think?
On top of the first album I've naturally been working on the second one, and none of the new songs are used for the first album or the EP anymore. There's more I could tell you as well, but I can't reveal everything yet. I promise that on Christmas I'll be making another post, however, that reveals the secrets I've been hiding. ;)
During Christmas I will also release my extensive list/review of the music releases from this year that I've taken the time to listen to. With the addition of several new releases I've checked out just recently, we're talking about around 25 releases in total. Some of these include The Path of Totality by KoRn, Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica, and Imaginerum by Nightwish. Yeah, I'm not kidding, I actually feel like a music reviewer, haha. Perhaps next year I'll start early and reach an even greater number of albums in my 2012 list, but I think that my reviews already make the list so long that it's hardly going to fit in one post only.
Snow finally seems to be here to stay. Autumn was lovely in terms of my walks, but I would've liked to see winter come even sooner as it is my favorite season. I plan to ski a little more than usual this winter but also keep walking on my free time. Taking photographs has sucked me in so bad that if it wasn't for the darkness I'd have enough material to form a map of my home town in both, summer and autumn time. What's perhaps the greatest thing of all is that I'm really on a Christmas mood after working on gifts for people that mean a lot to me during the past few weekends. And, I won't lie - I can't wait to get my hands on my new guitar. :P Chocolate is too obvious to be mentioned...
While school is not exactly getting any easier, I'm used to the pace of everything by now and my second sixth went tremendously better than the first one. The row of exam grades consisting of mostly 9's was only really shadowed by the first Biology exam out of two (the second one is in January). Biology has almost zero significance to me, while Finnish, Philosophy, History and English are quite important, and in the same time all subjects I succeeded in. My third exam week starts right after New Years, but I'm not too worried. I just have to make sure I don't get too lazy on Christmas and stretch that to January... If my ideas to record, mix and film as much as possible during the holidays come true, that shouldn't be the case.
I'm sure I'd have even more things to talk about, but I'll try to keep it short and leave out the smallest things. I do have to mention that there's a slight chance for a Christmas song written and composed by me to be performed at a school event. I will at least play bass this Tuesday in the traditional Saint Lucia day event, and drums in one or two songs at the Christmas party.
Lastly, here are the last lyrics for the album, in case you haven't read them. There are still two songs without lyrics, but the other one will be an instrumental and the other one will be improvisational. So, here you are, Wallow In Life, loosely based on some of Arthur Schopenhauer's thoughts. See you next time, and God bless! :)
PAIN
IS
LIFE
What to do when love is tearing me apart
while hate is an infection from
within, stuck, both glued to stay in play and treasure
I'm blurry from the blinding days, my small nutshell offers security
Blood dribbling from the edge of poison
Entering the sale of used lives, every donor wants a fine
Like light bulbs sent to dispatch, then slowly die
Look at the bulk of chain reactions, yet fate does not exist
Slither and avoid the contact, in wish to take peers like belief
And on the verge of the well inside appears an image confirmed to confine
all dreams of returning to simplicity
(Overtriggering minds with clutter, self-deprecating has become underrated, pinch me)
Pour chloroform into infection and torn sight, beg comfort untouchable in fruits of our land
We pull with hands and stretch with toes to the tip of lantern
With pain as my blanket I wallow in life
IS THIS LIFE?
PS: Anyone who's into the Deftones or wants to support Chi Cheng in general, check this out.
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