High Quality Scream Bloody Virgin mp3s

Ok, thanks to Ben Lebo, I have a simple working solution to distribute high quality music.

Find the new songs not destroyed by the cruel algorithms of myspace HERE

Or individually:

Cast off your Virgin Thorns

Basements of Xanadu

There are a couple more track on the main page.

Even more music up on the MySpace

I gotta look on forums and see if there is any way to "master" music to sound better after the MySpace conversion process. The results can be somewhat depressing.

Anyways, there are now two new songs up. In addition to "Cast off your Virgin Thorns" I have put up something that has been germinating the last few months, "Basements of Xanadu." The tune is the sort of mish-mash of influences you should expect from me at this point. I'm getting closer to the Eno ideal of voice doubling. I am definitely better at it now than when I started and put up that first song "Edge of the Galaxy."

Anyways, I will be happy to send out higher quality Mp3s to anyone who asks. I am pretty bummed by how Xanadu converted over.

New song up on the MySpace

It is called "Cast off your Virgin Thorns" and can be heard here.

Lyrically, and you can probably hear this in the performance, the song was very cathartic. It is about someone I know, but not someone confirmed to read this blog, whom I care for very much who can't seem to get their life together. In the never ending quest to find the easy path this person makes their life much more difficult than it needs to be, and often this affects my life adversely. At a certain point if you can't find the angle, you need to stop making excuses and just get out there and do what you need to do. No one likes to work. No one likes to feel like a sheep. But we do what we have to do in order to support ourselves and keep our lives moving forward. Life is all about trade offs. Do I love performing advertising operations all day? Hells no. But I found something I am good at that pays me enough to do all the things I love and doesn't erode away at my soul. What more can you ask for? Well, some people don't want to put in their time........

It is not reasonable for me to be this judgmental or to be confrontational about how someone lives their life. This is why despite the recommendations of people around us I do not. How can I say to someone "I have trouble looking you in the eye because the way you live infuriates me and causes me undue stress and frustration?" But as a song? Gold, Jerry! Gold! An open letter written in bile.......

dysgrace

New song up on the myspace. Check it out here.

I'm pretty proud of where I took this one. I didn't expect it to turn out this guitar heavy. A lot of the vocals were recorded before guitars were added to the mix. Discipline has never been one of my finer traits and shit, I can add layers indefinitely. Knowing what to take away or never put in was as important as what to add.

I think I'm getting the hang of the new gear. We'll see where the next one goes.

A perfect ratio

Today is a great day for the Gods of Fire MySpace page.

We have the PERFECT amount of friends! Looky look look! (click the pic for full size awesome awesomeness!!!)

Ok gotta run to PMK...........

I'm on the MySpace

I put up a personal page yesterday as a good dumping ground for my tunes, and just to have a personal presence.

www.myspace.com/screambloodyvirgin. Add me.

Heaven and Hell was sick last night. The set looked like a Gothic castle, with stone steps, and pillars, and engraved crosses, and cathedral windows. They did a few cheesy things with video projections, but the show looked exactly like it should. What a great job designing the stage!

The band sounded incredible. Geezer is a complete animal acting both as the foundation and as a second melodic instrument for Iommi to play against. The power and magic that is created when they play together is truly rare. Vinny Appice was good too. He's kind of a poor man's Cozy Powell. He got the job done, but there were very few "wow" moments from him. Dio's voice started out rocky, but once he got in the groove he sounded as incredible as ever.

Amazing how after 15 years they were able to just pick right up where they left off. The new songs are incredible. Long live Black Sabbath! Long live Heaven and Hell!

Protectors of the Realm, indeed.