"I do what I do with heart,soul.blood sweat & tears. Sometimes I make music that everyone likes,and sometimes I make music only I enjoy. Hell, life's a crap shoot anyways & one where you can never guess the outcome."BLK
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ates of Importance ~ A Confession
Oct ‘80 I was born
Dec ‘94
Got my first guitar/ started writing songs made a bunch of 4 track recordings under the name
"The Information Blacklist"
May ‘97 Ibiza Bar, a 4 piece rock band (fronted by me), is formed. Within two years we recorded 1 full length album \ 1 EP at Commercial Pain Studios in Marcy, NY. With my man Brian "Mode” Redmond at the helm. Who taught me everything I know about recording. Brian, you’re still the man.
Oct ‘99 Ibiza Bar disbands I begin a nasty 3 year tango with heroin, that would leave me with nothing but alot of material to write about. (Art through pain and suffering)
Sept ‘99-May ‘02 Vicious cycle with alot of pain & suffering
May ‘02
Sentenced to a year in Bare Hill Correctional Facility for burglary 3rd
May ‘03 – Aug ‘04
Released from prison, jumped from job to job, friends to friends, girl to girl.Wasted alot of time, hurt alot of people... I’m sorry. :(
Aug ‘04
Met a wonderful woman (Mandi) who is now my fiance’. Whom I give credit for helping me write everything I’ve written in the past year and a half. From a simple “I think this sentence would sound better” To “that sucks burn it” ... and she hasn’t been wrong yet.
Aug ’04 – Present
Now to date, I’ve just been living through the changes;rolling with the punches the best I can.
Got fired from 2 jobs only to end up in a better paying, all around better job. Been working on this Folktronica thing. I like it... for now. Maybe I’ll change up, maybe I’ll reinvent myself, raise my self from the ashes, dust myself off... Who knows.
I will never give up the dream I’ve had for 11 years, the dream that music will take me someplace. Maybe I won’t be a rock star or even sell a song. I’m not sure what facet it will be cause thats only for God to know.
