In this field of flowers I lay alone. Not yet forgotten, nor remembered. Trees of blackened leaves sprout all around me, blue fruit adorns them. Though I have lost my flesh, my blood, my bones I lay intact. Death has may times passed me here, yet he rides by me with a glazed distant look. Loud chants maw towards me as the torches twinkle in the distance. Why then as the rain falls, the sky melts and the stars explode do I feel amazingly exorbitant? I drift through the water in a current of light devoid of natural brightness, on a wave of sound into an endless all encompassing vacuum of space and no one can hear me. Feathers fall around and cover me with plasma, If I reach out there is no hand to guide me home. I turn back and watch the earth slowly fade away, and my face is expressionless.
Peeps, you gotta check this out! Davidoth is on LastFM.com as a legit band, we are back on worldwide internet radio, and this time a much better and bigger scale. The buzz seems to be picking up!!! Cool thing is LastFM will sell our albums for us and pay us royalties when radio stations play our songs! They also track what bands we are most like, users can adjust the ratios accordingly to vary with new material!!! To Celebrate, I have made our first album "Big Citys - Big Dreams (Demo Edition)" available for free download!!!
Ok, For those of you who have been waiting, here is the info on the upcoming "28 Discs Later" EP! "The new Davidoth EP “28 Discs Later” which is scheduled for release on 6/16/2009, continues Dave’s idea of uniting artists of all mediums together into a single project. The EP will feature a new member to the lineup Eric Jolly on Saxophone, as well as Artwork by Ken Champlin, a local artist. Ken designed the back cover art and will be designing two ‘Special Edition’ covers. Also, Tom Records and his 'Night Street Studios' will be creating Promotional video’s for the project as well as a video collection corresponding to each song in the project. "
So... There you have it! 06/16/2009!!! Pricing will be as follows,
To Pre-Order a copy just message us! The updated covers for the Special Editions will be posted on the blog and then here shortly. For additional details, please contact me!!
More Amy goodness. I would ask that if you have never heard the album "Frank" you check this shit out, STAT! Seriously, this is Amy at her best to date, and everything is so beautiful in this performance, she looks beautiful, and very happy. Her voice is perfect the total show and the band is tight. Musicly "Frank" is pure genius, a time machine trip with solid modern / current vibes. This is what I live for.
Ok peeps, here is a special look into what you can expect from "28 Disks Later". This is a video for the song "The Drill", Enjoy it and leave some feedback. Peace.
Ok, so today has been another all day solo jam sesh...
First, my boy Marc from N.U.D.E. shoots me an email and he's like, "Dude, we are ready to remix Truth for you. Send it on over." And so I send it. Then he says "Hey, you wanna remix one of our new songs? How about 'Rough, Rugged and Raw'? I will send you some alternate unreleased rap lyrics, see if you can do something with them." ... FUCKING SWEET!!! Here is a legit group of pro musicians who now have for the 3rd time asked me to remix for them, I'm so pumped! So, yeah I started work on that this morning.
Then I heard the new Eminem album Relapse... Instant inspiration, Back to the LAB!!!
So I get the keyboards and bass out again, and Blaw!!! I made a very special track.... It's called "The Drill". It's for a buddy of mine who is off doing his thing right now in the Army, Gotta try to finish this "28 Discs Later" Album fast so his mom can take it to him in a few weeks...
PLUS! I heard good news from the bank in regards to my new house, and new studio... NIIICE!!!
Very good productive day today! Still bumpin' Relapse on MySpace, can't wait for the 19th so I can go buy the hard copy!!! Feeling good with all my projects right now! "28 Disks" from Davidoth and "Everything" From The Focusing Halo almost ready! FUCK YES!!!
...Maybe I will give you all a nice surprise soon....
All I can say about this album is you have to check it out! Slim Shady, the alter ego of Eminem is back in all his murdering, psychotic madness. If you don't like extremely explicit lyrics STAY AWAY! this album definitely touches on some sore spots with some people, you have been warned.
Musically though the whole thing is tight start to finish. And Eminem flows pure through the whole thing. Still has his usually celebrity slams (including Amy Winehouse... GRR!) But he does so in that Eminem way, take it seriously if you so choose.
My favorite track is "Beautiful", One that everyone can listen to. Then "Crack A Bottle" and "Same Old Song & Dance". The whole album is great though. "Beautiful" is a heart felt ballad, it's kind of a retrospective piece, a track I can relate to. "Crack A Bottle" is the power track, with Dre and 50, its hot start to finish. Then "Same Old Song & Dance" Depicts Shady killing many pop starlets (hehehehe). All have ridiculous beats and tight flow with great lyrics. "Hello" Is hot as well and "We Made You" Is also hot, check those tracks out!
I would caution those of you who are squeamish of gay rape / incest lyrics to shy away from "Insane". It is probably the most graphic and difficult to hear track on the album. One again YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Though it is a tight track, listen to it if those types of lyrics don't bother you.
Amy Winehouse is one of my favorite singers. So powerful in both her lyrics and her voice. The video above shows my favorite performance of hers. It is a pure and beautiful example of what music and musical performance should be like. This video reminds me exactly why I make music.
This was shot back in 2003 when her "Frank" album was out. Before she was a huge tabloid sensation and it's disgusting to me how so many people eagerly anticipate her down fall, and talk shit about such a talented musician. Below I shall address such people.
Yeah, so I know there are some people out there who talk shit about Amy Winehouse. Sure, she has problems.... What one of us doesn't? I understand that there are many people out there who have no idea what music is all about. They probably like Nickleback and shit like that, they probably tell you "I just love all music, but my favorite band is Nickleback!" And when you slap them in the mouth YOUR THE BAD GUY!!!! Those same douche bags with no taste are probably the same people who read the tabloids and talk shit about Amy Winehouse, they are most likely also the ones to say they "love music." If you are one of these people, please politely go fuck yourself in a dark corner alone and realise that no matter how hard you try to peel off that fleshy shell you are encased in is inescapable. Your heart melted into a thick, oily puddle of goo in your chest a long time ago, and your tabloid magazines that slowly tear artists apart for your enjoyment are the only sustenance that you really can survive on, because you yourself don't even know who or what you are. You need a fucking Bi-Sexual divorced expert on marriage, drinking a $8 non fat, super tall, iced, whipped double latte, caffeine free, double espresso. Who blows lines of coke before they eat there diet medication because there other friend with anorexia down the hallway told them they were getting to fat, You need them to tell you your Ok. Everything is going to be fine, the world loves you and even though you are a total useless pile of shit, your a reader... Your in, you know all the gossip. So while your in line with all the other people just like you, you can understand how even though your going to be slaughtered after a mild shock before your boiled alive and de-feathered everything is Cool. Because you like Nickelback, and you know what Justin Timberlakes best friends pool boys brother ate the night he fucked Carson Daly. And that makes it cool for you to point out that Amy Winehouse has a drug problem and you don't. Have fun!!!
I have no idea where that rant came from, but I feel better now! I am even in a good mood today! =)
Here is a small solo accoustic set I filmed just for fun. The new Focusing Halo album is in its final stages, and all this cool music shit I have going on right now really feels good. I can't wait to get out and play this music live with a full band! There is plans to get a serious accoustic show set up and filmed for a possible DVD release.... More details on that as they are avalible!
For now.. Enjoy this solo set with me on guitar, playing some modified versions.
Ok, so if you know me you know I started music with the bass. And so then you know that I am a fan of other bass players, in particular...good ones. Also, if you know me... you know I love Kylie Minogue. Jenni Tarma is an amazing bassist and she is currently playing with Kylie. What I am really loving right now is how her presence in the live lineup with Kylie has significantly fattened up the live sound. Her bass tone is so smooth and fluid and it has a unique vibe and tone that sets her apart from all of Kylie's past bassists. When you listen to the tracks live you can hear that distinctive tone saturating across the stage and it just sounds so tight and perfect. Usually with electro - pop acts you get a very processed bass sound, and that's if they even bring a live bassist out there with them. With Jenni that unique vibe and tone of hers are present on all tracks. The tracks with synth or processed bass are made so much tighter by her unique sound layering into the mix and creating an almost surreal layer across the track... Its melds in perfectly and sounds better than studio mixes, its just HOT!!! She is also a well trained bass player. She graduated from Berklee College Of Music and trained under a ton of great musicians. She has played for may acts besides Kylie, including Melanie C, Har Mar Superstar, and Junior Senior.
That signature tone she gets is from playing Fender Basses. She plays the Fender Jazz Bass and Jaguar Bass. She also uses EMG pickups and Elites bass strings. Check out her page here
Ok ladies and Gentelmen, Welcome to my blog! I am a total newb at blogging so bare with me! The main idea I have with this page is to shed some insight on some of the stuff on my mind, and to hook you peeps up with inside info about my projects, and projects I am working on. I will also post an artist of the week and musician of the week on this page, just to get you peeps exposed to some of my inspirations and hopefully show you some cool stuff you might be into.
Onwards!
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First, Let me hook you peeps up with the essentials! The many links that you can connect with me at.
