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well, after six years and tons of gigs my band, Autumn's Pain, is breaking up. surprisingly, there is NO drama...no in-fighting...no musical differences...no BS. weird, huh? basically, we just feel that we have run our course and accomplished what we have wanted to accomplish in this band. we also recognize that we have hit a plateau with gig sizes and realize that we have nowhere to go but down, hahaha....
SOOOO, we're going out on top, so to say. our last major gig will the Kamelot US tour kick off in st. pete. that show is 90% sold out. i am sure it will sell out by the night of the show. here is the flyer:
after this show, we are planning on doing a "party" show at a local club that has always treated us well. we have it worked out with the owner where there is going to be food - BBQ type stuff - and we are going to do a bit of a retrospecitve set for our friends. the cool part of the night is that we are going to have our former drummers come up and we are going to perform the songs that were contemporary to their tenure in the band with them. surprisingly, they are cool and excited about doing this. even our current drummer is cool with it. it looks like we are going to play five 30-minute sets with short breaks - maybe 10 minutes between. it is going to be a fun night!!! everything is arranged with the club, we are just looking at dates where we can lock everyone in.
personally, i am bit excited the band is ending. i am looking forward to getting back into doing more session work. i also have a bunch of collaborators lined up on the side for writing/recording new material. one of the things i am REALLY looking forward to exploring fusion music. i have a drummer buddy that is awesome and he has been collaborating with a keyboardist. we are looking at doing some stuff in the studio. it'll be a nice departure because we have already discussed where we want the guitars to go - and we are thinking about keeping the distortion to a minimum and approaching the melodies with more of a cleaner tone. i am excited to be able get away from a heavy guitar sound for a while.
i am also working on some electronic/ambient stuff that is all synth based. there is a local singer who does opera. i amy have her come in and sing some italian crap over the ambient noise. might be cool, might be shit - who knows, but i am gonna try it!!!
anyway, just figured i'd share - especially since it is such a different "band break-up" story....
SOOOO, we're going out on top, so to say. our last major gig will the Kamelot US tour kick off in st. pete. that show is 90% sold out. i am sure it will sell out by the night of the show. here is the flyer:
personally, i am bit excited the band is ending. i am looking forward to getting back into doing more session work. i also have a bunch of collaborators lined up on the side for writing/recording new material. one of the things i am REALLY looking forward to exploring fusion music. i have a drummer buddy that is awesome and he has been collaborating with a keyboardist. we are looking at doing some stuff in the studio. it'll be a nice departure because we have already discussed where we want the guitars to go - and we are thinking about keeping the distortion to a minimum and approaching the melodies with more of a cleaner tone. i am excited to be able get away from a heavy guitar sound for a while.
i am also working on some electronic/ambient stuff that is all synth based. there is a local singer who does opera. i amy have her come in and sing some italian crap over the ambient noise. might be cool, might be shit - who knows, but i am gonna try it!!!
anyway, just figured i'd share - especially since it is such a different "band break-up" story....
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