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Blake

Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

About Me

Vocalist/keyboardist for NORTHWEST ROYALE, endorsed by EV microphones.
Live percussionist for SIKNINE.

When NWR isn't busy, I like to work on my 88 year-old house, go camping, watch movies and chill with my cat JJ.

People tend to think I'm snobby and standoff-ish, when I'm actually pretty shy and quiet. When I'm onstage though, I'm not quiet at all.

I believe in God. I respect your beliefs even if they're not aligned with mine; the people in my life do the same for me.

I'm planning on doing some home recording soon. I've been writing songs here and there over the years that don't fit the dynamic of NWR, and I may as well put them out.

My Interests

Music, computers, photography and cooking. I make a bitchin' stir fry. Next time I'll take a picture of it while singing into my laptop's microphone. Multi-tasking, bitches!

I'd like to meet:

not necessarily in order of preference:
Devin Townsend (my vocal/stage inspiration).
Gene Hoglan (my favorite drummer).
Anyone who makes me want to be a better person just by being around them.
Musicians.
Geeks.
God.



Scrubbles

Music:

METAL: Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Glass Casket, Obituary, Nile, Overkill, Soilwork, In Flames, Metallica, Devin Townsend, Testament, Darkane, Sevendust's first CD, Type O Negative, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Anthrax, Dissonance, Enkrya, Inflikt(RIP)

ROCK: Bruce Springsteen, King's X, Tom Petty, Deftones, Chevelle, Tool, BACK in the DARK, Domeshots, Foo Fighters, Unjust, Coldplay(yes, Coldplay -- fuck off), Greg Laswell, Matthew Ryan, doubleDrive, Joe Satriani

HIP-HOP: Method Man, Redman, Eminem, Lifesavas, Genus Pro, Atmosphere, Tech N9ne

NEW AGE: Enya, Krishna Das

CHILLOUT/AMBIENT: Groove Armada, Jeff Woodall, Sonar

'80s POP: Bruce Hornsby, Oingo Boingo, bunch of others I'll have to think of later

Movies:

Adventures, comedies, documentaries.

Television:

HGTV, Food Network, CNN. TV won't rot your brain if you use it as a tool to educate yourself. The whole "kill your television" crap annoys me.

Books:

The Bible,
Mere Christianity,
The Vampire Chronicles,

computer networking books

Heroes:

My dad, for proving that hard work breeds success in whatever you do.

My mother, for always looking at the bright side of life despite the hardships she's endured.

Devin Townsend, for making some of the angriest and most beautiful music ever laid to disc.

My Blog

GREG LASWELL IS A GENIUS.

Even though I'm a fan of his work, it wasn't 'til tonight that I discovered he had a new record out. This is the first song on my playlist now, and it seriously blew me away. Even moreso when I found ...
Posted by Blake on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:48:00 PST

MORE LYRICS

Pull The TriggerWe close our set with this song now, and I thought you might want to know what the hell I'm singing. No deeper meanings here, just a fictional story about someone shooting people! This...
Posted by Blake on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:47:00 PST

RAMBLING

Did so well for so long... then slipped again. Not good. I'm sorry...What's behind it?... where I work it's called "root cause analysis". Great for troubleshooting.I need to reevaluate things again. I...
Posted by Blake on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:34:00 PST

PACKING

It's occured to me that I've lived in this apartment longer than most other places I've lived since I moved to Oregon 9 years ago. (Wait a sec -- 9 years?! Holy crap. But I digress.) And I really have...
Posted by Blake on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:15:00 PST

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY...

Well, I'm still in my apartment over a week after I was supposed to get the keys to the house and move in. Reason being: two days before I was set to close on everything the loan appraiser went out to...
Posted by Blake on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:15:00 PST

I BOUGHT A HOUSE

So yeah... about 2 years ago after I got my apartment, I was all, "give me two years and I'll get a house." Well, um......boo yaa.It's got a huge backyard, a detached garage with a shop, and even an u...
Posted by Blake on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:01:00 PST

ALL THESE THINGS

i woke up hating myselfdisappointedbeat myself up more than anyone else couldto beat them to it"you know you're better than this"spare myself these thingsall these thingsall these worthless thingsall ...
Posted by Blake on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE JAGERMEISTER

It's been close to two years since I stepped into some pretty big shoes replacing Colt in Northwest Royale. Not only replacing his voice, but personality, lyrics, overall attitude. There's a reason ba...
Posted by Blake on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:32:00 PST

FINAL LYRICS POSTED (PUBLIC THIS TIME)

Hell Toupeesomeone will think this is about them... when it's about someone else... and more than one, evenFirst they're pleased to meet you, then they stab you in the eyesEasier to kick you when you'...
Posted by Blake on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:50:00 PST

THIS WAS SO AWESOME, I HAD TO KEEP IT.

Using ONLY SONG NAMES from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions in a form that makes sense...PICK A BAND: Strapping Young Lad1.) Are you a male or female?Cod Metal King2.) Describe yourself:Far...
Posted by Blake on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:11:00 PST