Moved across to the US just before Christmas to a little Yup'ik eskimo village of about 400 people only accessible by small plane way out in the west of Alaska. Yeah, most people think I'm crazy! But, that's where my fiancee (at the time) had moved in 2004, though Kat's originally from California.
We'd met in the UK, and had managed to keep things going after she returned to the US. We got married at the end of January this year, and I pretty much fill my day's in playing on the Xbox 360, riding snowmobiles, and watching sports with friends. It's a hard life!
To check out what I get up and see a shit load more photos about living up in Alaska, go play on my blog - fouldsy.com
Bring on the music
In the CD racks alongside Queens of the Stone Age, Metallica, Deftones and Nirvana was David Gray, The Verve, Stereophonics and Oasis. The former bands gradually became over-ran by Snow Patrol, Damien Rice, The Magic Numbers and Jack Johnson. Playing acoustic tracks at home, but indie/metal/heavy rock depending on the bands, in practice rooms and on stage.
Something had to give.
Finding an audio cassette of the first 4-track recording produced years ago whilst back at school cleared things up. Brian Pandrich encouraged my creative streak for years, but after loosing touch, I was trying to emulate bands I didn't want to play the music of. Noel Jackson had put a bass guitar in my hand, then held sessions without sheet music so I had to play what I 'felt sounded right'. I liked it back then.
The electric guitars have been sold. Effects pedals and processors have gone. My pride + joy, a Marshall MG250DFX amp had hardly been used in reality. All that's left is an acoustic guitar, a small mixing desk, a condenser vocal mic, and an instrument mic.
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