It's been a while since I last updated this blog. Things have been rather busy lately with college and music, but I thought I'd tell you guys about the recent happenings.
The new album is coming along well. I have most of the material written, I just need to get around to tracking it. So far, the album is a bit darker and more organic than the last two releases. It's different, but I believe it still sounds like "me". As of right now, I have a rough 10-song track list I'm working on for it. There may be a couple more songs that I add to it if I feel that they fit well with the theme of the album.
The album artwork is being worked on by the very talented Christer Wibert. He's a concept artist for Massive Entertainment, the Swedish division of Ubisoft. In addition to being an amazing graphic artist, he's also a very talented musician. I will incorporate a bit of his music on the album to show my appreciation for his work. If time (and money) permits, this album will be available as a physical CD, featuring said artwork.
Bare Knuckle Pickups have hooked me up with an artist deal. I'm really excited about it and I will be swapping out the pickups in my current guitars with Bare Knuckle. I had a set of Painkiller pickups sent to the Bernie Rico Jr. custom shop to go in one of my new guitars.
Which leads me to...
Bernie Rico Jr. is finishing up an amazing new guitar for me. I should have it sometime next week, and I can't wait. The specs on this one are exactly what I'm looking for in a guitar and I have no doubts that it's going to blow my mind. I will be sure to post specifics when it arrives!
My Studio got a cool little upgrade this week. I swapped out my two PC monitors for a single 37" LCD screen. It's massive, and it works really well for it's intended purpose. Editing audio on a screen this size is very comfortable, and I'm really happy I went with it!
Chris Adler from Lamb of God emailed me expressing his interest in working on a collaboration with me. As you can imagine, I'm very excited about the idea and would love to make it happen. It may be a while before something becomes of it, considering LoG is touring quite a bit at the moment, but he mentioned working together when he gets a little down time.
Century Media Records has me working on songs for a project they have in the works. Unfortunately, I can't give too many details as this project is in it's infancy, but it's been fun so far. The music is pretty straight-forward metal and it's been refreshing to change things up a bit from what I normally write. The music is being written for a specific purpose, and it will have no ties to my solo project. It's just good old fashioned songwriting work.
Thanks for the support, everyone!
-Keith
The new album is coming along well. I have most of the material written, I just need to get around to tracking it. So far, the album is a bit darker and more organic than the last two releases. It's different, but I believe it still sounds like "me". As of right now, I have a rough 10-song track list I'm working on for it. There may be a couple more songs that I add to it if I feel that they fit well with the theme of the album.
The album artwork is being worked on by the very talented Christer Wibert. He's a concept artist for Massive Entertainment, the Swedish division of Ubisoft. In addition to being an amazing graphic artist, he's also a very talented musician. I will incorporate a bit of his music on the album to show my appreciation for his work. If time (and money) permits, this album will be available as a physical CD, featuring said artwork.
Bare Knuckle Pickups have hooked me up with an artist deal. I'm really excited about it and I will be swapping out the pickups in my current guitars with Bare Knuckle. I had a set of Painkiller pickups sent to the Bernie Rico Jr. custom shop to go in one of my new guitars.
Which leads me to...
Bernie Rico Jr. is finishing up an amazing new guitar for me. I should have it sometime next week, and I can't wait. The specs on this one are exactly what I'm looking for in a guitar and I have no doubts that it's going to blow my mind. I will be sure to post specifics when it arrives!
My Studio got a cool little upgrade this week. I swapped out my two PC monitors for a single 37" LCD screen. It's massive, and it works really well for it's intended purpose. Editing audio on a screen this size is very comfortable, and I'm really happy I went with it!
Chris Adler from Lamb of God emailed me expressing his interest in working on a collaboration with me. As you can imagine, I'm very excited about the idea and would love to make it happen. It may be a while before something becomes of it, considering LoG is touring quite a bit at the moment, but he mentioned working together when he gets a little down time.
Century Media Records has me working on songs for a project they have in the works. Unfortunately, I can't give too many details as this project is in it's infancy, but it's been fun so far. The music is pretty straight-forward metal and it's been refreshing to change things up a bit from what I normally write. The music is being written for a specific purpose, and it will have no ties to my solo project. It's just good old fashioned songwriting work.
Thanks for the support, everyone!
-Keith