Last week at the ASHES dIVIDE show I had the pleasure of getting my hands on a pre-release copy of Portal’s new album entitled “Blood Red Tape”. For those of you who don’t know, Portal is a Progressive Hard Rock band from Edmonton, and in my opinion one of the best Prog Rock bands in Canada. They’ve been around for about 7 or 8 years and we actually … Continue reading Blood Red Tape – The New Portal Album
What an awesome night, I can’t even begin to explain how great that show was. There was hundreds of people packed into the Starlite Room ready to rock out to some wicked progressive hard rock, and they got exactly what they asked for. Being back on stage felt like I had just come home after a year long vacation. I remember when I got the … Continue reading The Living Illusion & ASHES dIVIDE Show
Yup, I am definitely burning the candle on both ends, DJing, Working, Rehearsing, etc… But as Ronnie Johns would say “You need to harden the fuck up!” haha. In the last 6 days the band has had 5 rehearsals, got our set list together for the Ashes Divide show (with 4 new tracks from our upcoming album), and have been rehearsing in what feels like … Continue reading Rehearsal Overload – Lovin Every Moment
It’s official, Monday July 7th 2008 at the Starlite Room in Edmonton, Living Illusion will be hitting the stage opening for aSHES dIVIDE! For those of you who don’t know, aSHES dIVIDE is an American rock band formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel, who is the founding member, guitarist, songwriter, and producer for the band A Perfect Circle. This show is going to fucking ROCK, if … Continue reading We’re Opening for ASHES dIVIDE!
I can’t believe it’s been over two weeks since my last post. Time is just flying by this summer; of course it’s probably due to the fact that I have been working 4 jobs, haha. Right now I have my Full Time Job, an eMarketing Consulting Project, a Website Development Project for a friend, and I’m DJing every weekend (Weddings, High School Dances, etc). At least DJing doesn’t … Continue reading Focus, Focus, Focus
Oddly enough at the rate its going I will have an electronic album done before the new LI album comes out, haha. So last night at about 3:30am I finished a new electronic track that my buddy DJ Terminal and I worked on. It’s sort of a heavy bass melodic down tempo chill music type song… to get the full effect it needs to be heard through good speakers … Continue reading What Lurks in the Shadows
It’s been over a week since my last post, and I guess I just haven’t really had the drive to write, even though I do actually have some cool things to write about. What’s cool you ask? Well, Jay and I got to hang out and drink with GGGarth Richardson (Famed Producer of Rage Against the Machine, Chevelle, RHCP, etc), the boys from Ten Second … Continue reading Another Weak Week? Not at All!
The May long weekend this year rocked! I’m still amazed that I was able to have such a good time and didn’t have to leave Edmonton to do it. It was practically a perfect weekend, I played acoustic guitar in the sun while chilling with friends, worked on a new electronic song with DJ Terminal, rocked out on stage at an open jam at The … Continue reading May Long, Kill Bennedy, and a Tour Update… Hahaha, riiigghht.
When I heard that Dream Theater was coming to Calgary on May 9th 2008, there was no hesitation in buying the tickets the moment they went on sale. A band that I have been listening to for years (even more so after their newer album Train of Thought came out, which I suggest everyone takes a listen to), it was surreal to finally see the … Continue reading Dream Theater LIVE Kicked Ass!
Plans… well more like “Hopes for the Future”. Haha. Well… on a positive note we’re basically done writing the new album, and now it’s just a matter of getting out there and hitting the music scene again. I think Jay and I are going to pick up some guitars and start performing acoustic live sets around Edmonton; it would be a good start to a … Continue reading Plans for the Future
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