Solder Theory's Debut Release Coming Soon!
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Topic: Solder Theory's Debut Release Coming Soon!
Posted By: JLocke
Subject: Solder Theory's Debut Release Coming Soon!
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 00:13
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Some of you may know this, but most of you don't. I have a band. Well, at least a 'project'. A group of musicians are working on a project of mine I've had in my head for years now, and it's finally becoming a reality thanks to the wonderful guys who have chosen to help me out. I wouldn't be making this progress without their contributions. :) So far the confirmed collaborators on this project are: (EDIT: A lot of changes have happened over the past year, so expect an updated line-up listing in this post soon.
- Oct. 8, 2010) THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR WORKING ON THIS WITH ME! Additionally, I am always open for more people contributing to this, as I find collaboration between many different individual musicians a very rich and rewarding listening experience (Hell, look at the Ayreon stuff that's out there!) The musical style of the album currently being written is falling somewhere between Porcupine Tree, Jethro Tull and Yes, but we'll have to see how it all evolves over time. Just felt like announcing this project "officially" so that I could rasie a bit of awareness for when the album gets finished.  As of this point, I'm shooting for a late 2010 release date, but most of the guys working on the project are very busy, so it really isn't set in stone yet. The album is called "White Lies", and is based on a concept myself and Aaron my Bassist came up with surrounding the artwork. It will feature a few long tracks, but nothing too 'epic'. I don't want to jump in to super prog band land on my first musical outing, but hopefully the results will please many members of this particular community.  -------------------------------- Here is the cover artwork that I just released publicly today:  It is a collaboration between myself, and our own Abel Adames (darksideof)! I have to say, he has captured what was in my head beautifully. This truly is a near-perfect visual recreation! Abel drew the beautiful sketch of the eye, while I added the spider image and the color. :) THANK YOU, ABEL!  Thanks to everyone involved in this project, and I hope we will continue to press onward in making this project one of the most fun times I have ever had. Expect "White Lies" in late 2010, unless plans change and the release has to be pushed back, of course. |
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:34
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Beautiful artwork Micah, who designed it? Yourself?
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:36
Oh right, just read through. Nevermind  It is gorgeous though. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: LiquidEternity
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:44
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That's pretty awesome. At first, though, I thought you kept misspelling the project name. And I was worried for a moment when I saw it in the artwork that way, too. But you do mean to have it be "solder," like the iron? ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:51
Great!  I hope you guys will have the best of fun doing this. 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:54
Yes, haha.  I've always felt like Prog mixes many genres that wouldn't normally work together; almost like they've literally been 'soldered'.  |
LiquidEternity wrote:Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:56
Thanks! Me too!  |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 20:00
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Hey! Buddy ! . The artwork looks great! nice touch! My daughter likes it as well. I told her that she is will be famous. It was a pleasure to work with you and I am hoping this is just the beginning. wish you the best with the project! We keep in touch! ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 22:01
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Based on what little I've heard, I am absolutely envious that I was not involved. And the album artwork gives me the creeps! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 22:44
Cool. Again, thanks so much for working on this with me, couldn't have gotten the great visual results without your help. I'm truly grateful. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 22:48
Well, y'know . . . I never set a limit on the amount of collaborators there can be on this thing. In actuality, with the busy scheduels of everybody involved, it's in my best interest to have many different people doing this with me, because it will get the tracks done faster. Just sayin' . . .
Haha! It did me too when it first came to me. I was like, "Why in the name of God would I imagine something like that?!" |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 22:53
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That Danny Walton guy is a really good cellist.
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 22:58
Yes, indeed he is! Hmm, seems like somebody here introduce me to him . . . now who could that be? I remember he released a really f**king awesome album recently, whoever he was. Ah, well, If you remember who he is, you'll let me know, right?  |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 23:08
I think he'll be releasing two albums in 2010, so I'll let everyone know when the first one comes out and you can let everyone know when the second comes out. -------------
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 23:34
Yes! Absolutely! Now he needs to work on a third project to even it all out. Maybe a "string tribute to ____" deal. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 23:38
That would be pretty cool. I'll tell him that. -------------
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 17:40
it does? je!....... it is my daughter's eye. but they aren't creepy...------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 17:48
Well, tell her she has something in it! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 21:24
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 30 2009 at 23:31
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 17:04
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Not that it's that big of a deal, but here is the wikipedia page for the album: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lies_(Solder_Theory_album) There was a wiki page for Solder Theory as well, but it got deleted, lol. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 04 2009 at 02:44
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Cool news! Kalle (St. Cleve Chronicle) is joining the team as an additional lead electric guitar player! *snip* There are a couple possible drummers involved in this already, and maybe a vocalist, but if anyone else wants to contribute to the project, just say so. The more the merrier.
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: July 04 2009 at 13:50
wow it looks great too bad it was deleted... ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 04 2009 at 19:41
Yeah, they basically told me that in order for a band to 'eligible' for inclusion on Wikipedia, they have to have released at least two albums on a pro record label.  |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 05 2009 at 14:35
*sigh* Which is of course a somewhat disingenuous thing to say... Circa is there, and they aren't on a label at all. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 05 2009 at 22:15
No worries. Once we get a huge following, I bet they'll reconsider. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 06 2009 at 06:06
And that's when you tell them to remove your band page, that they aren't worthy of you! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 17 2009 at 21:25
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^ I'm smart enough to know better, but don't think I won't be tempted!
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 28 2009 at 17:22
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Ha . . . well, it seems they finally deleted the album page as well, so Solder Theory once again no longer exists, according to the fine fellows at wiki-suckmycork-pedia.
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 28 2009 at 19:36
I really think that's such a stupid and arbitrary rule. It's 2009, not 1979.  -------------
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 05 2009 at 15:00
Well, it wouldn't have bothered me too much, except . . . that took a lot of work on my part, setting up an artist page and an accompanying article about the upcoming album.  Ah, well. Someday, perhaps. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: August 05 2009 at 19:15
Yeah, I think that's ridiculous. -------------
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: August 08 2009 at 15:30
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I'm applying for an additional third guitar, or just 12 string, and maybe the flute if I can. ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 08 2009 at 17:56
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Great to hear this dude - Amazing stuff!
Hope it all goes well, and I'll grab this one if I have some leftover cash! -Joel ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 02 2009 at 20:45
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Hey, just in case some people may still be interested, the official myspace page is currently streaming two demo clips of songs in-the-works, a 98% finished full song (soon to be updated!), and one ambient interlude piece. It's all planned to go on the album next year, so hopefully it will serve as a bit of a 'taste' as to what the finished product will sound like, even if the stuff is still fairly rough at the moment. http://www.myspace.com/soldertheory Let me know how it's sounding, guys. And be honest (but nice)! |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 22:07
Wikipedia says your album was deleted because it isn't important or significant !
I'm listening to the tracks now - I'll post back soon! -Joel -------------
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 22:11
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Untitled Demo is really nice - Simple and virtuosic, and great, fresh sounds!
Now listening to Somewhere Inside... The piano sounds quite thin and fake-ish on this one, if that makes sense. The vocals remind me of early Maynard! Production isn't great, but its a lovely track with some really interesting instrumentation. Great work p0mt3!
Keep it up... And PM me when its available to order!
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 23:21
Thanks for listening! And for the input! Yeah, the production on this isn't going to sound as good as it potentially could sound, because this album is being done on our own. No studio time, no producer. Unfortunately.  Oh, and the 'piano' on ''Somewhere Inside'' isn't an actual piano. It's a keyboard. That may be why it sounds thin. Or it could just be because I'm no good at the mixing. Either way though, I hope that stuff didn't detract too much from the listening experience. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 23:48
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^That was what I was getting at about the piano - I meant it sounded artificial, but considering it was self produced, it still sounded fantastic! -------------
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 03:07
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^ I see. Yeah, hopefully the next time around I will be ale to have people go into an actual studio with me, but that's a long ways down the road yet. For now, I am just grateful that the people who ARE working on this with me have done such a great job considering. And yes, I'll let you know when it's all finished. That won't be for a year, though. |
Posted By: Phideaux
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 11:31
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Great stuff, congratulations and creeepy artwork. I am trying to come to terms with Spiders. Lately, many of them are coming out of the corners in my house. Meanwhile, great samples and looking forward to the finished release. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 13:01
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Wow. Thank you, man. Coming from you, that means a lot! Yeah, the spider thing came to me one day, and I figured it would serve as a fairly provocative cover. Glad to see it's having that affect on folks. |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 13:02
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Ah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male_goliath_birdeater_111508_013.jpg - Spiders .
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 19:41
Thanks for the nightmares. I needed that. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 05:37
A friend of mine at work has one of those for a pet!
Wonderful artwork and I like the demos. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 11:55
Y'know . . . I think if I would either own one and/or eat one, my fear would go away. But as it stands now, I can;t stand the damned things. Oh, and thank you. Glad to see more people are becoming aware of this project. Let's just hope people are still interested by the time it releases. *crosses fingers* |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:12
I want to be on the Solder Theory street team.  I hear there's free music and beer. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:20
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I should have known if I promised beer, you would follow me anywhere, Rob. And what about the Epignosis street team? Can't I join that? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:23
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Ironically, joining the Epignosis street team has the same requirements. Providing Rob with free music and beer. ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:24
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:25
Epignosis street team looks like this:  I'm not sure you've got what it takes. I'm not sure you want to have what it takes. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:27
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:39
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:40
Oh, I've been around the block a few times in my short life. Although . . . the 'blocks' I speak of were legos when I was a toddler. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:51
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I have actually picked up two prostitutes in my life, both unwittingly so. The first time the woman seemed to have wanted a ride. I thought I knew her from the neighborhood (I still think I know who she was- I believe I shared a fifth grade class with her younger sister). She got in, asked if I was a cop and tried touching my crotch. She was sweaty, had no bra, and had scabby knees. I had $50 in my pocket because the previous day was my birthday, but I wanted a video game instead of a venereal disease. I asked her to please find a "ride" elsewhere. The second time I was on my way home from church and pulled in to get gasoline. As soon as I finished, a scrawny woman jumped in my car and urgently asked me to drive. Flabbergasted, I did as she asked. She was very scared. I wound up dropping her off in my neighborhood (you can see what kind of kid-friendly place I grew up in). She was grateful and fortunately no pimp came to kill me. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:54
.............. BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!! Oh, boy, Robert! I've heard some dooseys in my day, but that one takes the cake! You had me going, there! *wipes tear from eye* Wait . . . you WERE just making that stuff up, right? |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 12:59
No lie. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 13:34
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My God, man! You've had quite the adventurous life! The closest I can come to matching that is when I broke up with an ex, I was so out of my head with grief that I walked many miles overnight into a town I was unfamiliar with, and slept in a plastic tunnel on an elementary school playground. Basically, I cracked. I know, I know. No hookers were involved, but still! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 13:39
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Sounds like songwriting material. Depressing songwriting material.
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 13:44
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Robert's next album should be a concept album about unusual encounters with hookers.
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 13:48
Who knows. Perhaps I can spin it in a way that sounds poetic and surreal. Not sure, though. I've already written one song about heartbreak (kinda-sorta), and that song just recently got finished. If those types of songs end up taking that long for me to complete, I'm best suited writing about acid trips or satellites. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 13:50
Hey! You! I'm about to go searching for a replacement for your friend Danny unless his ass lets me know whether or not he's even still interested! |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 14:04
I just contacted him through Facebook today; I made sure to mention that you've tried emailing him. -------------
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 14:05
I actually feel bad, because I haven't had enough material available all at once for him to work with, so I've had to wait long periods of time, then collaborate with him sort of in 'stints'.  Not to mention his Cello parts got mixed down a lot in the mix for ''Somewhere Inside''. I wouldn't blame him if he didn't wish to continue . . . . I just hope that he does. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 14:07
Last time I talked to him about it, he was pretty enthusiastic about the recordings; so I'm sure he'll be more than happy to continue the collaboration. He gets extremely busy during the school year, that's one thing; and he may have switched his email, I'm not sure. I'll let you know as soon as I get something. -------------
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: January 20 2010 at 01:26
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A new work-in-progress clip from one of the songs off the album is now available to download and review here: (EDIT: Link no longer works, and the song has evolved considerably since then.) Please feel free to post your opinions on what you've heard so far, and if any of you sound guys have any pointers or advice for mixing, it is most welcome.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 16:53
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Any updates?
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 15:39
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^ I didn't even realize you had been checking in on this thread, Rob. Just a quick update, here. The album is about 75% done on the whole, I would say. Things have been moving pretty slowly for the past few months, but Robert has kindly offered to step in and help flesh out the remaining tracks. I thank you very much for that, Robert! The stuff we have laid down so far is sounding really good, in my opinion, and I'm hoping you guys will feel the same way about it once the whole thing is done and ready to listen to. Again, I thank everybody who has participated in this effort over the past year, whether you are currently involved or not. You have all helped bring the album to where it is now, and I hope the end result will make you proud to have been a part of it. I'm trying to deliver something worthwhile, despite the limitations. Here's to the final stretch going as smoothly as possible, and having the album out by year's end. Fingers crossed. As always, if you want to hear some samples on what we're working on, visit http://www.myspace.com/soldertheory - the myspace page . New clips are being added and updated as often as possible. |
Posted By: progbandvocalist
Date Posted: September 23 2010 at 09:32
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Hey hit me up, I am now in a perpetual holding pattern while our guitarist and drummer wait until I find akeyboardsit who can actually play the classic Yes, Genesis, ELP, UK, Focus,Gentle Giant, PInk Floyd, Zeppelin Rush and TUll we have been desperatly trying to do. SO far this has been a frustrating journey into a sad state of musicians in the upstate NY area. The three of us still at the core of this project are considering looking for new homes in various tribute bands just to get some work. So I have nothing going right now and while I can still sing it would be nice to coolaborate on something with actual musicians.
Thanks
Randy
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 18:13
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^ Thanks anyway, but three of us working on the project already sing, and only one of us is primarily taking on those duties.
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Posted By: progbandvocalist
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 18:43
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Good to hear, we are also back in the saddle. New Keyboardist (friend of Patrick Moraz ~!) has brought some new life into this project and we now have two excellent bassists auditioning for the spot. Both very good musicians and singers and both able to travel some .. so this is a difficult choice.
Good to be moving forward again.
I am not as confident as I was last year because of all the troubles keeping this thing moving but keep a watch out for a band called Downing Grey. I can gaurantee it wil be a very good show to see, if for the diversity of the set lists alone.
R
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 18:45
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Alright, so time for some more updates. Right now, the primary people involved with this album is Robert and myself. Robert is doing the bulk of the recording at the moment, while I'm busy writing guitar parts and lyrics. The other musicians involved have come and gone over the album;s production, so the line-up you're going to hear on the final product isn't as consistent as I had anticipated. However, I think the diverse selection of players will hopefully carry over into the music and make it something eclectic and fun. We're hoping to get the album done sooner than later, but I won't give a specific release date yet because I want to make sure I've done everything I can for the record before it's made available. Anyway, I talked it over with Robert, and I guess I'll go ahead and give a temporary track listing for the album so you guys can get an idea of how long the album will be and how many tracks will be on it. The names and order are still subject to change, but for now, here is the tentative track list for White Lies: 1. Hello [intro] 2. Power Of... 3. What I Am 4. Embers [interlude] 5. untitled 6. False Smile 7. Merge [interlude] 8. Somewhere Inside 9. untitled 10. Build Songs 6 and 9 are the most unfinished (Robert hasn't even seen what I've written for track 6, yet. Although all the lyrics are finished), and the rest are halfway done or more. The intro and interludes are ambience pieces composed and performed by myself, and are already completed. Rough clips are available of the second and third tracks on the project's myspace page, and complete versions of tracks 4 and 8 can also be found there. ''Somewhere Inside'' was the first song completed for the album, and has by far the worst production of all the tracks. The rest will sound much better. We're expecting the album to run just over forty minutes, though that isn't set in stone, yet, either. The album is turning out to be a mixture of genres, though I won't go too much into detail yet regarding what all that involves. Just know that we're still working on it, and hopefully the end result will be something people enjoy. Does anybody want to ask questions regarding the album? Feel free to post them here. The myspace page where you can hear the clips: http://www.myspace.com/soldertheory - http://www.myspace.com/soldertheory/ http://myspace.com/soldertheory - -Micah |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 18:47
Well, keep in touch and let me know how the music comes along! Likewise, I hope you'll check in with my stuff now and again, as well.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 18:54
Wait, I'm on this album? Cool! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 19:18
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Will there be a CD release? If so, when/how will I be able to order it?
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 20:05
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I'm planning on putting this on a physical CD at some point, but perhaps not right away. I'll let you know when the album is available in download form, then you can either pay full price initially and I'll send you a CD free later on, or you can just wait until the physical albums become available. Either way, you'll still have the opportunity to hear it when it's new, and you won't have to pay for it twice. Sorry the physical copies won't be available initially, but I'm having to put money towards getting them made, as well as paying some of the guest musicians for their contributions to the album. So money will be tight for me a little while after this.
There's definitely going to be a CD made, though. I'm working on the internal artwork and liner notes for it even now. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 29 2010 at 21:41
If anybody is interested, I just thought I would upload a shot or two of my home studio so you can see where a lot of the music is being written and recorded.  It's not much, but it's home.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 09:04
I didn’t see this comment until now. It made my day! JLocke, my first impression after listening to a few samples: Soundscapes reminding me of Hammill (especially Embers). Ambiguous tonality. Drums often used more like percussion than drums (ie not keeping the beat but stressing other rhytmic aspects). Acoustic guitars, once again reminding me of Hammill (The Silent Corner, The Quiet Zone, Clutch). "Non-melodious" melodies, probably more satisfying after a few listens. Slightly jazzy guitar in Power of … which also has some King Crimson-feel to it (Red). You play well without showing off. Highly interesting. More that that: Very, very nice! The only thing I miss is more vocals, but maybe the samples I heard are not representative? I will check your other samples. Good luck, and keep up the good work! And — keep us posted! (Btw, I always read "Soldier Theory" )------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 12:45
Wow. Thanks! And don't worry about the name issue-- everybody does it. Yeah, I haven't posted too many samples featuring vocals yet. The guy who sings for me (I ain't no vocalist) still has a few more songs to record, then I should have more lead vocals to share with folks. I'll definitely keep you posted. If you have a myspace of facebook, I encourage you to befriend the band's pages on those sites. Gives me more total 'fans' and helps me keep track of how many people I have interested in the project.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 12:12
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^ No myspace or facebook, I’m afraid. But I will defintely check your updates, and I can easily see myself as one who will buy your CD when it’s finished. And that’s no lie, not even a white one.
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 03:11
| Haha. Well, thank you very much. I hope you'll remember the links and/or stay in touch with me so you'll be among the first to know when the album releases. |