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'Fire' by CHRISP

Add to My Profile | More VideosABOUT ME: I've been playing & writing music since my early teens. Though I really enjoy "jamming" & working on songs with others, I also love that frenzied, "in-the-zone", helplessly falling & falling feeling, when I'm molding 3 - 5 minutes of silence into... well, into something else. lol Though literally painful at times, the process of recording the different instruments & vocals can be such an incredible rush, especially when you figure the "flow" of that specific guitar riff you wanted so badly or take that vocal to just the right note at the right time (both of which, are unfortunately not nearly as often as I'd like). I've always felt there will never be the "perfect" song. If there was, there wouldn't be any reason for anyone else to record anything new. But the thought of possibly creating a song that is so close to "perfect" for even one person's situation or emotion... at one brief moment of their life... even if its only my own, is really the only reason why I do it. Truthfully, I haven't played out except for a few parties since high school & a talent show way back in tenth grade that was... less than satisfying. Perhaps I will sometime but like I said, that's not why I do it. Hell, I rarely play songs I've already recorded after the recording's done. I listen to them, sure. A lot in fact, but I'm always searching for that next & hopefully different rhythm riff, that next "close to perfect" line of lyrics & the melding of them together into an emotion laden sculpture that someone might relate to equally as much as I did when I gave it life. Too deep? Too bad. :)---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ 'That's Where You Are' is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Vicki D. Prentice, an incredible pianist, soulful singer & a best friend who was the one who taught me what that song & life are really all about. "No matter where I go, that's where you are."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/12/2006
Band Members: Just myself for right now but a possible group might be in the works for playing out over the next several months. Time's wasting away... ain't it?
Influences: This last year? Her (Terri) Prior to that it would have to be Steinmann & Meatloaf, Eagles, Zeppelin, Floyd, Stones, Journey, Clapton, Billy Joel, Petty, Bowie, Chicago, Little River Band, etc. as well as newer groups such as Crash Test Dummies, Alice In Chains, STP, Meat Puppets, Beck, Prince, Extreme, Kravitz, Concrete Blond, Chili Peppers & of course your darker classic rockers like Alice Cooper, Dio (solo stuff) & Black Sabbath. And finally but far from the least, me mum, my friends & 4 people I barely know, but who continually inspire me more than most.Crash & Burn Video
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My Blog

'F-ing Disease'

I was there on the edge, between the best and the worst of it,give it all for what might be, only to fall into misery!I was there on the fence, just trying to stay on top of it,but you'd push and then...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 18:23:00 GMT

'Firestarter'

A changed number, for what would never change,we were justified, but couldn't rise above your pain.Seven little numbers, each a circle within your hell,I would've pulled you free, put ya kept lighting...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:14:00 GMT

The Last Goodbye (my version)

'Who's the One'1st verse:Mother's child, then a mother becomes,all the while, demons hanging on,curse of fathers, laid upon their youngdevil's daughter, and angel in one!!But who's the one, ah who's t...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:17:00 GMT

What If?

Last.... Sunday or Monday night (I believe), I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk. What began as a few laps 'round the nearest street listen to songs from the eighties to present, turned quickly into...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 13:21:00 GMT

’I Won’t Forget’ (Nothing At All)

'I Won't Forget' (Nothing at All)Dedicated to the memory of Raymond LennonWritten By CHRISP on May 6, 2008In the Greenlawn Cemetery, Warners, NYVerse One: Sleep well my forever young friend, up ahead ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 22:06:00 GMT

The Rare Intensional Poem

The Quiet Death The Autumn exhales slowly, fearful the next breathe be frozen upon it's lips. The cooling breeze, so desperate to capture suicidal leaves, moans sadly as they float hopelessly down, ca...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:55:00 GMT

Audio Short Stories CD Coming Fall '08

Along with my addiction for writing song lyrics, I also really enjoy getting into writing short stories of the horror/suspense genre. If you enjoy listening to campfire tales of the scary sort, with a...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:43:00 GMT

The Meanings Behind Some of My Songs

As it states in my "bio" I've been writing lyrics for well over a couple decades. It started with creating new lyrics to cover songs I'd sing while delivering the morning paper at 4:30am back in Fairm...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:56:00 GMT

Truth... is Subjective.

My truth is...... that the music has been the one constant in my life ever since I started ad libbing song lyrics to entertain myself while delivering the morning paper around Fairmount, NY at the un-...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:19:00 GMT