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[[Bizox]]

In my absence I've switched from a visual artist to a musical artist in many ways. This is really the most legit place I could find to show it to FEND, I'm just gonna assume musical arts are allowed in here, sorry if I'm wrong. I may get back into writing as well, which you'd see in this thread.

To start I'll show some of my group endeavors, a song by my band and a recent indoor drumline show. Obviously I cannot take full credit for either of these, but I was in every way a part of the art that took place in these performances.

Indoor drumline show

Hate the sound quality. But oh well. I'm the middle cymbal player that you can barely see even when I get screen time. We placed 2nd at this competition with a score of 76.7/100, I believe.

Culture Shock - Sun Lines

Surprisingly good sound quality. One of my band's all-around better songs.

But yeah, I'm planning on getting into some serious songwriting, probably mostly going to be prog-rock, jazz, ska/fusion, that type of thing. I can't play guitar or drums, so I'd probably fill in what I'd want there with digital FL-studio/garage band guitars/drums. But yeah, expect some muzac from me soon, and probably some writing. More nonfiction/philosophical works than anything else, though.

[[Thirty7Dollars]]

My internet's pretty slow but I got to see some bits of the video of your band, it looks like some pretty good stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing your stuff.

Also, I know of a pretty good forum dedicated entirely to songwriters, and they post and critique each others' music, if you're interested.

[[Bizox]]

I'll upload a link to the demo once it's brought into existence. xD

We're done it, we just need to get it on the intrawebz I suppose.

But yeah, I'm in the midst of writing a song of my own, once I can get FL Studio to work I'll get some work on that done too.

[[Bizox]]

DEMODEMODEMO

Attached is my band's 'release,' Pronouns Demo. For those new to the internet, download WinRAR to open the archive. I ripped the files straight off one of the burnt demos, so they're still in .cda format. If you have iTunes I don't believe that's a problem, it'll convert that, and I'm sure most other music players are capable of that too. If not tell me, I'll take care of it myself. I think I renamed the tracks alright, but if not, here's the info:

Track 1: Thomas DeLay
Track 2: Culture Shock
Track 3: John Denver
Track 4: Billy Mays
Track 5: Vermont

Universal album info:

Album Title: Pronouns Demo
Band Name: Sun Lines
Genre: Alternative/Hardcore/Indie

I made that album art all by myself, by the way.

But yeah, we put on a show at a pizza place last night, and it was pretty much bawlz. Our drummer's bass drum was sliding around to the point that during the last song (Vermont) I was sitting on a cinderblock in front of it. It kind of helped with the ambiance that was supposed to come with my bass solo during that song anyways. Only one person asked for a demo though, so it was kind of a bust. =/

But yeah. Enjoy.


Attached File ( Number of downloads: 8 )
 pronounsdemo.rar

[[Bizox]]

Yay for one not-me reply in this entire thread.

Ugh. My band's either dead or on hiatus, even though it doesn't have to be. D:

And just so this isn't a shameless bump, I dug up my school's marching band show from this year, 'Everest.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE6Ylp2Y3qQ

The beginning sucks so much... >__< Of course we choose Atlantic Coast Championships to suck at the beginning of our show.

Um... the best place where you can pick me out within everyone on field is probably around 5:45, where in the diamond shape we make, I'm the tip closest to the 50 yardline. Or the closest to the center of the screen, whatever.

And I'm gonna write something soon. I have a lot of ideas going through my head. I just need to pick one and run with it.

[[Bizox]]

Butterfly's Wing

A story inspired by my fascination and fear of The Chaos Theory's Butterfly Effect

I

21 DECEMBER, 2012

Heh, it really is all over, isn't it? I didn't believe it for a second. The Mayans and the Incans or whoever the hell made that ending calendar were just foolish pagans, right? What a fool I was. What a fool WE were. Humanity failed to consider that perhaps whatever those savages foretold could've perhaps been prevented with... Let's see, a millennium and a half of scientific advances? As I write... Wait, why am I writing anyways? Humanity's done for. There will be nobody to read this. All I can say is that humanity's blatant failure to pay attention to the fine print was what put us in this

"No... No! That can't be the end of it!"

The scene of desolation around the source of the cry became complete as the man fell to his knees. A single tear worked its way down his roughly shaven, scarred face, and fell on the ground in front of the document he just read. The paper in disturbingly good condition for having survived one hundred twelve years after The Fall. How? Why? What could humanity have done to prevent The Fall? Why couldn't this fool have written what The Fall actually was?

Corresponding thoughts continued racing through the man's mind as he continued to slump towards the ground. Once his form had degenerated to the point that he resembled a pile of rags laying upon the Earth, a petite hand grazed itself lightly against his torso. "Roark... why do you trouble yourself like this? Some things were salvaged after The Fall, right?"

Roark slowly stood up and ran his hand back through his unkempt blond hair in an attempt to look like he had regained his composure. The owner of the hand, who turned out to be a fair maiden with blond hair matching Roark's, smiled lightly upon seeing this ruse. "Eden... It's just not enough. Compared to what we have now, the quality of life those who lived before the fall had was unfathomable. I can love you until the day I die, and we could easily accept our fate and begin the repopulation and rebuilding of the planet but... I just know there's some way to restore the world."

"You speak as if we're the only two left on this planet, and others haven't salvaged the secrets of the past, my love," Eden whispered into her husband's ear.

Roark violently pushed Eden away, as more tears broke through his semblance of calm. "How do you know we aren't? There's absolutely nothing to support life on this damn planet. When was the last time you saw another sign of life?"

Eden, who had nearly fallen to the ground from the force of her husband's strike, began to tremble, and then fell to the ground in a position that Roark had assumed mere moments ago, struck speechless, but not struck beyond tears.

And so it was, as it had been so many times. Earth's final inhabitants, both in tears, in a situation where words were useless. This instance was different, though. Roark now understood that their life, an existence of damnation, could've easily been prevented. Deep down though, he knew it was a fate he would soon be forced to accept.

"...There is no way to return to the glory of the past... Even if it was something as presumably insignificant as the flap of a butterfly's wing that caused The Fall."

---

11 NOVEMBER 2012

The world's in a panic, and I laugh at it. At least half of humanity is convinced that the world is somehow going to end in 30 days, when everything's as optimistic-looking as ever. The economy's finally turning around, Obama actually came through on a few of his promises, and most of the world's at peace. I have no idea what everyone's so worked up about. I'll have to do some research. Until then... heh. I'm apathetic to the worries of the world.

A young man closed his pen, and walked out the door of his apartment out into the complex's hallway. The pen was at a 23 degree angle in perspective to the bottom of the paper. He wrote on a piece of college-ruled paper. He forgot to push the chair in. He left the room at exactly 3:37 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Such details seem insignificant. But why did this document fail to survive the tragic events of The Fall, while another written 30 days later by the same person in the same room was able to fall into the hands of the last living man, one hundred twelve years later?

It's a chaotic and dangerous theory within the mind of Roark Bruce. It is, in fact, a key factor within the Chaos Theory, known as the Butterfly Effect. And with every artifact dug up by this man, it becomes more and more evident that insignificant events caused The Fall. It keeps a hope burning within him that there is hope for humanity to return to its former state, but the key piece of information he needs to even begin a recovery effort remains hidden: What actually was The Fall?

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Yeah, just an apocalyptic/dystopian story here. I had ideas, and I'm not sure if I presented them well, so some critique would be nice.

[[Bizox]]

Is anyone reading this?
As in, should I bother to write another chapter?

[[Bizox]]

Ok, NOT writing anymore of that story. I completely forget where I was going with it anyways.

I'm proud to say my band's getting back together though, and going in a better direction, as far as I'm concerned. 'Midwestern underground emo,' as my friend put it. Basically more chilled-out lounge music with sort of shouty vocals and deep lyrics. Recipe for awesome. Whenever we record some sh** I'll post it.

And yeah, I've got ideas for songwriting, I have to find a way to record it all on my own though. Should be rather interesting.

[[Oblivion Knight]]

Actually I was reading that story, I just forgot to respond.
Good to hear about your band, always good to see people you know do what they like to do best. I await more music from you man.

[[Bizox]]

YUSS YUSS YUSS

We finally got around to recording today, we got two songs out of the four that'll be on our demo, 'Darling, I Can't Feel My Smile and My Youth Escapes Me,' recorded. One of them's up on our myspace. The other needs some backup vocals mixed in. One song's ready to record when we get around to it and the other one's mostly written except for my bassline (only because I'm making it freaking sick).

http://www.myspace.com/sunlinesband

The song's dedicated to an annoying camwhore that some of you may recognize. If not, lurk moar.

As well I wrote some song lyrics in my boredom recently. They may or may not be used for that last song I mentioned. If not, I'll just use them whenever I get/learn how to play an acoustic guitar and start writing some random songs on that. This song was inspired by this one time that I woke up from a dream about not being able to sleep, and was stricken by irony.

"Thoughtscape"

My eyes open
Not recalling when I departed
Nor when I returned
An oddity,
Mine eyes, they did burn
Longing to leave,
Longing not to return

[refrain]
Thoughts uncontrolled
So much within the folds
Of subconsciousness
My senses erased
Escape

My eyes close
So begins
A journey within
Deaf,
To the outer din
Longing to disappear
Longing to avoid the world's sin

[refrain]

Escape

[[Anonym]]

For "Catherine Wayne," it started out pretty nice, but the drums quickly overtook everything. It felt like the vocals were trying to scream over the drums, and the guitar/bass was just getting lost in the mess. I guess I have something against drums, but I really do think they're too loud. IMO, placing the drums somewhere further away from the mic (and possibly next to some mufflers - or at least some boards with holes drilled in them) would make it a lot easier to listen to.

[[Bizox]]

That's always been a problem for us recording. Generally every time we adjust the drum mics the levels are all at a point that they're too loud or too quiet, almost never exactly where they need to be. I personally like the level the drums are at for this song though, and we're not really a vocals-driven band so the vocals are intentionally kind of at a lower level.

But yeah, we're amateur/DIY recorders so it's not gonna be perfect for us... well, ever. xD

[[Bizox]]

Apologies for the double post, but this is worth it. We finished our demo, hellz yeah.



Artwork that's just writing on a page torn out of a library book? I'm down.

1 - Polymerization
2 - This is Why We're Virgins
3 - Catherine Wayne
4 - Starwolf Blitzer

Music is all up on our myspace - http://www.myspace.com/sunlinesband

Turn up your speakers a bit, the recordings are kinda quiet, I'm starting to realize.