Two weeks was tough. I was incredibly ill. That Thursday was my birthday and I spent it in bed. Chad is off this Saturday so we're going to band practice Friday night and then we'll hang out til Sunday before we both have to work in order to have a belated birthday get together. We'll also be recording some new song ideas for the rest of the band to work on.

Later today I will be posting a video of one of our songs recorded live at a practice so people can hear what we sound like with our new members. Our new sound is amazing and what we've been trying to accomplish for a decade now. I will put up a link to our myspace profile on here again so that you can go check out the video if you so choose.

We have a show on Friday June 26th. I am going to find out in the next day or two if I'll get off on Wednesday July 29th to play one of our favorite smaller venues to play which would be with an INCREDIBLE band from Baltimore, MD. Their manager was excited by the offer as he was trying to get them more July shows and shows outside of their area so this accomplishes both. I have to hand in my day off request today and hopefully later today or tomorrow I'll find out if I get it but it sounds good. We then have a show on Friday August 14th and then we'll probably take some time off from shows to record our first full-length album which should sound incredible! It will also helps us get even more shows and all so it's important that we get it done A.S.A.P..

My car is dead. I am looking at approximately $2000+ for the problem. And then I have to pay for whatever my car needs done (if anything) to pass PA state inspection/emissions. So this is causing me a good deal of worrying. Please wish me luck and I keep praying for enhancements to my natural 'strength' to get through this.

After I get my breakfast I have to go to the office to get my paycheck from this past week due to the fact that I passed out early Friday afternoon and didn't get to pick it up. I will then have a long walk ahead of me to a grocery store that will cash my checks to me since my car won't get me to the bank. And then walk back and stop at the office to pay my rent. This won't be fun. But as they say..gotta do what ya gotta do.

I have so many things to which money needs to go but the primary now is my car. It is very helpful for an aspect of my job and of course for the band which will continue to bring in more money in the long run.

Not looking forward to any of this. But hopefully by mid-July I'll be able to look back and be proud at what I'd made it through.

Here's hoping everything is running more smoothly for you.

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Well this story starts in a time before I joined NuTang..actually I think from before NuTang was around but I was in a band called Abigail's End while waiting for Chad to move back here permanently after finishing college and filling etheracide's lineup so that I could work on performing live for people and get a hang of the booking process and such.

I was sorta booted from the band for several reasons. I think. I guess. haha But the lead singer was setting up his own small recording studio and he did our previous demo for etheracide in his new studio.

Well he told me today that he needs/wants my help with something. A friend of his is a producer in California and he wants him to write songs and at least the main concept of the score for an upcoming horror movie. He said that he would love to have me help him write the songs and play parts when we record the songs. So this is a chance to have my musical hand in a film which I've always wanted to do as well as perhaps get some money out of it. If we are successful and have music/songs in a nationally-released movie...you can bet that it will be one of my favorite movies ever!

I think that's about it for now. But I am grateful that we're currently experiencing actual SPRING weather!

Let me hear ya!

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