A PLEA FOR PURGING

so i shall dedicate this 3sn blogpost to a sickkk band. a plea for purging.

myspace.com/apleaforpurging

these guys are aweome.

first, their mascot is their lead vocalist, a very overweight guy named "dozer"

second, they just put two new tracks up on their myspace and have a new record out.

ALL OF IT IS SOO GOOD.

go buy it.
now.
like stop reading, go to the store and buy their record. you can resume reading this blogpost after your back.

......

okay youre back!!
its sooo good ehh?

now go watch their videos.
their first music video for their song "malvolence" was shot primarily on green screen

and their second for their song "shiver" is ridiculous. it includes a lightsaber ducktaped onto an old tv, and cameos of the entire line up of mychildren mybride and the showdown.


i love this band.
you should too.


Jake

BEST TOUR EVER

so heres some cooooollll stufff for yall.

first is a story that was featured in this weeks sweetzones.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and FOR TODAY

on tour

TOGETHER

and thats not even the good news.

THEYRE ON TOUR THROUGHOUT CANADA

including shows in toronto, london, and st catherines.
imma be at as many of those shows as possible.

now for some other sweet news.

i told you all how my band was in the studio.
well we got our first mix back from the DUKE (kent sheehey... i dunno why hes called "the duke")

and oh boy does it ever sound good.

we put up a teaser that you can check out on our youtube account.

check it out and post a comment :)

Jake

blogs inside blogs

so if youre reading this.
you'd understand that this is a "blog"

a blog is an internet term used to describe a series of writings, videos, or any kind of post or publishment that an individual or group would place on the "world wide web" for others to read, watch, or be notified by.

Thats my definition at least.

Anywayzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I digress.
I HIGHLY suggest that after youre finished reading this blog, you head over to Jason Wisdom of Becoming the Archetype's new blog. (follow the links on their myspace)

I was reading it cause much of the themes of his writings are parallel to mine.

And thats always cool :)



plus theres a skull with a beard.


CHECK THAT YO

Jake

recording :)

As I have mentioned, I am the lead "singer" in a christian metal band called Behold! The City (myspace.com/beholdthecity)

What you may not know is that we are currently in the studio recording our very first e.p.!

Its been really sweet as this has been my first very involved recording process on an album that will be fully printed with everything that comes with an album. Were recording in barrie with a solid recording engineer/producer named Kent Sheehey.

We're very excited.

And I bring this up because maybe you didnt know how songs were recorded.
Well I'll tell you :)

First thing your band will need to know is your tempos.
This is because when you sit down to record, youll be playing to a click track or metronome, and you are gonna need to know how fast its gotta click to keep you on time.

Then you record whats called scratch or bed tracks. Basically your guitarist will sit down and play all the most important parts of your songs, not worry about tone or tune so much. This is so your drummer will be able to follow along in the song, and figure out which point of the song is being played.

After drums, its really all guitars and bass. What we did, since one song is in a different key than the others, we recorded all guitar and bass for four tracks, then went back and did the one in drop C.

We wrapped up today with recording our keys and synth and any other weirdo effects and stuff that we're gonna throw into the songs to make them sound very full.

Tomorrow were gonna do a tad more refining on the guitar side of things, and then its alll vocals.
I'm gonna be screaming and singing my lungs out for a few hours...

Better drink some tea tonight.

BYE

good week:)

this week has been awesome when it comes to life.

God is really good. Like better than the best you or i could possibly fathom.

I'm a pretty messed up dude and he still sees fit to equip me with everything i need and bless me with everything i could want.

I play in an incredible band with incredible dudes who are incredible friends.

I love an incredible woman who challenges me and grows with me everyday.

I have an incredible job talking about my passion. Loud music right?

I'm telling you all of this because i want you to know something. If you keep your eyes on God, pursue him with your WHOLE heart, and he will absolutely shower you with the most incredible blessings, and you'll live a life free of pain, sickness, lack, oppression or anything that satan thinks he can use against you.

don't ever doubt.
fight on.
Christ is infinitely worth fighting for.

Jake