Greetings From Boston
Well Well, it's been a long time. I was just surfing and i decided to check in on dave's site and see what he's been up to. He's living in Atlanta now?? Wow that's pure craziness. Hope things are going well. Skimmed through some of the posts and it's good to see that he's still doing music. One of my good buddies from high school, Eric Mohring, (he was in our guitar ensemble class) had his band @ JMU for a little while, Scarred Visions, which was a total shred filled metal band that he started up with the Perroy's. Eric was one guy that was talented and really passionate about his music, and I talked to him recently and he's got a pretty serious girlfriend now and he's dropping the whole band and guitar thing. He messaged me today asking if i was interested in his mesa boogie cabinet because he's getting rid of it. It's crazy. He's getting his masters and is probably going to get married after that. Wow. Well as long as he's happy that's all that matters. I know that in the end, you gotta go for the girl.
but we're all still soo young..
Anyway, on my side of things, I'm temporarily residing in boston (probably just another year) and then i'm planning on moving out to Los Angeles. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in May with a degree in film scoring but am not pursuing film music work right away. I've realized that Film Scoring is something that I can do even while I'm old and grey, whereas this whole rock star thing...well, you gotta pursue it while you're young. So i'm gonna give this whole thing all i've got while I still have my hair. My old project "preppy" has now turned into a band, called the teenage symphonies which i'm really excited about. We're kinda just getting things started, but this is something that I've wanted for awhile so I know what I'm going to do. We will begin recording an EP or demo this month and I've written all the music already, so now it's just about rehearsing and getting in there and recording.
The music is deeper now, more mature, less cheese, and melodically and harmonically adventurous while still maintaining a pop sensibility. I've really been getting into a lot of late 1960's pop, particularly The Beach Boys. "Pet Sounds" has got to be one of the best pop albums ever in terms of composition and arrangement. If you haven't heard it, you should check it out. It may take a couple listens, but it won't be long before it blows your mind.
Anyway, I'm probably rambling on a little too much here, but I just thought that i'd touch base with you guys and say what's up. Take care.
Monday, November 10 at 9:30 PM
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