G&Y

So Packers won, big deal. Still has no effect on my life only that it gave me a reason to have people over. The real big event is the puppy bowl. Super bowl may not effect me in anyway but there has been some big changes lately that may effect what life will be like soon. My best friend Anna has two work and she is there till the end of February. This is a problem cause now that place is going to be a insanely hostile environment. On a brighter note my drummer Andrea from Cities&Years is gonna be coming to Party Fair. Which is great cause then i still have a best friend there and we could easily work on new music when we work. Some big confusion with romance has been drifting back and forth. I hope it just gets settled. No one loves being in the confused position. Also going to be moving to NYC whether it be at the end of summer or by winter its happening. Finally have come to the realization that my family is officially crazy. I always had this doubt that maybe they aren't but now i think that they completely are and they've been trapped in that house for way to long. I'll probably end up being crazy myself, so in that case my crazy self says Steelers won last night. they deserved it anyway.

Novel American

As everyone knows Ex-Paramore members, Josh Farro (guitar) and his brother Zac (drums), had left Paramore for personal reasons. What you may not know is what their future plans were. Josh announced he has started a new band called Novel American which he says is influenced by Radiohead and Jimmy Eat World. The new band consists of friends from highschool, former members of Cecil Adora. Novel American is said to be recording an EP and playing local shows in Nashville. Josh says he just wants to put the drama from Paramore behind him. "I don’t think it’s wrong to disagree with someone, so, um, yeah, I just wish them the best in the future, and I really don’t want to make it this huge drama thing, because then it becomes this huge war, and I don’t want to dwell on that. I’m more excited about the future and this new band.” (AP/Brokenoise)

...That's What Life's All About

Thinking back to this summer really makes me miss The Number 12 Looks Like You. They have such a unique style and really stressed NJ Mathcore. News about them coming out with a another live dvd from their last show has been floating around but no set date yet. They set the foundation of my summer simply in the song The Gardens All Nighters. Lyrics of this song say exactly what i do with my friends. Endless drives, Hanging out at QuickChek, late night beach walks, all of this was exactly what i did in my summer. Just the time i spend with my close friends means so much to me that i never want to let that go. Recently two people have past away from my town and it just sucks to know that those kids were "kids" and that can happen to anyone at anytime. We all think we are invincible and nothing can hurt us till it does. There is one person i care so much about i wouldn't know what to do if i lost her. She's by my side every step of the way threw my life and knows me like the back of my hand. She can hate me for the rest of time but i will always care for her. Everyone i care for because we all are All Nighters. You only get one chance in this world to do what you want, to live it up and to love every second of it. If your not happy in the position your in, then free your self and be who you want to be. Whether its playing music, being and artist, or helping people through life. Do what makes you happy. In the end of the day music controls my life and if i die before stepping foot on stage at least i was happy building my life to that point. In side we are all Gardeners. Respect, Live, Love.

R.I.P SG

As you may or may not know, StrikeGently, a website dedicated for leaks and information on music, was seized. Many of you may have also realized that Limewire, a file sharing program, was also seized. Both of which was ordered by the RIAA. RIAA controls and regulates what is shared of the internet over time, such as illegal downloading of music. Most of the time if it is a small website you will be warned and forced to take off all links leading to free music, otherwise you will be penalized for not doing so. Brokenoise tumblr, which a majority of my information based around music is found, was notified a while back before this year about having links for free music. The site no longer posts direct links to music downloading. StrikeGently, sadly was seized and now is a dead link. This does not mean that this is the end of pirated music. Its always going to be around its just going to be harder to look for. Whether it was a smart move for the RIAA to take the site down is your personal opinion. Pirating music is always looked as this evil thing cause your stealing money from the companies. But artists only get a max of 18% of the sales. The majority goes to the Label and the Recording process. If you really want to support an artist, go see them live. They get paid more then they ever will by CD sales.

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