Work work work. The music inside me never sleeps. I've begun the exciting task of tooling out new material for the band. Lyrics and progressions are coming about nicely, a much more polished version than before..but retaining the raw edge that has become one of our signatures with our latter material. The new album (though the ep has not been ( Read more... )

[a song from Duane Michael ( Read more... )

A politician's holiday ( Read more... )

We dream in the dark gray
Seeing apparitions from our dreary yesterdays
The picture of us then
Becomes faded in memories wind
Do not be frightened you one
These thoughts will leave you soon
Don't panic, I'm with you.

I've embarked on a side project focussing on a new hybrid expression of music as we continue treading new waters with the band. The new solo project is entitled The Red Memorial. The music will make you move and command your attention. salute.

These Words Are Water has new music! Check it foo!

A year has passed, It feels like ages ( Read more... )

Practice has been going very well in recent weeks. I feel that we are all learning a great deal about making music together. Just yesterday, I realized something that was key to the music that we're making. Making music that already exist tends to be an easy task...making music that is truly from the inside of you takes a bit of effort however. ( Read more... )

I'm starting to save money for a studio in the coming months. A lot of what has held me back as a musician has been the inability to actually listen to what I'm playing and see if its working. I've dreamed of having my own studio for quite some time, and now the dream is seeing light at the end of its dreary tunnel. In the past 2 years, I've seen ( Read more... )

"As Good As Gone" has been posted on purevolume.com/thesewordsarewater and will be appearing on the myspace shortly. You can check it out if you're interested in hearing what we sound like kind of...I recorded all of the guitar parts and programmed the drums, so it sounds a little produced..but other than that...its faithful to the actual song.

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