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Non-eternal questions.
Meeeh! So this past week I've spent so much time working on this new Psychostick DVD. Most of my time has gone to transferring video from tape to hard drive. An hour long video is about 15 gigs, aaaand... yeah I've filled up a 500 gig drive and had to go get another one. I have to do some stuff to our Psychostick myspace page AND .com page to shift focus towards our album fundraiser, so... yeah! Busy.
I did receive a few questions (all within a day!), so I answer them IN YOUR FACE.
"Whats it like to be in a band and what all do you need to begin one? Because we were wanting to start one ourselves. - Justin."
Well, being in a band is kind of like being married. Not that I would know what it's like to be married since I haven't been, though I'm told it's like being in a marriage.
Anyway, being in a band is a very atypical thing to do by society's standards. You know, go to school, get a job, have kids, etc. A band is quite the opposite of all those things in many ways and it's a very strange experience if you're not used to it. It almost feels like you're walking on a different plane of existence from those around you who are not experiencing it.
For me personally it's been a huge learning and growing experience. Your comfort zone gets demolished, at times you want to strangle your bandmates, you find out exactly how you handle stress, but in the end it's more than worth it when you walk on that stage. They way people react to your music, your creation, cannot be described. It can only be experienced.
I hope that helps.
"what do you do, when your ex-girlfriends friends, keep calling your phone, and telling you how awesome her new boyfriend is? - zac"
WOW.
This is tough to answer.
First of all, you're young (it says you're 14 on your profile). Chicks at THAT age can be extremely obnoxious. I find that when dealing with immature actions like that (which can sadly carry on throughout their lives in some cases) you counter with something they don't see coming.
Something that they won't have any way to get the upper hand.
Be humble and positive. Most people don't know how to deal with that. It's AWESOME.
Here's exactly what I would say.
"Really? He's that awesome? You know what? Good for them. I really hope they're happy."
Something along those lines would work. If they can't insult you or make you feel like crap, they'll never win. Not only that, but it'll generally make you feel better for wanting the best for everyone.
And be genuine about it. They might be playing this stupid little game, yet you are above the game by completely dismissing it and hoping for the best for everyone. Don't give in to that crap.
In the end, what you said will carry back to your ex-girlfriend and she'll actually appreciate that, even if you don't want her to. :p
"I need some advice. I've been friends with someone for about 4 years now. I went to his birthday party last week and I found out he has been a stoner for about 3 years. this hit me hard because I'm very anti-drug if that makes sense. I did not suspect a thing. What would you do in this situation? Should I keepin touch with him? - Adam"
You know, I've been in your situation. Yeah! I can actually say that. :)
Several years ago one of my oldest, bestest friends ended up telling me he was a stoner. I couldn't believe it at first because at the time, I was STRONGLY against drugs of every kind.
Thing is, he probably hasn't told you because he was worried about how you'd feel about the whole thing. Personally you can stand your moral ground and still be against it, but make things clear with him how you feel and how you don't want anything to do with it.
I find that when dealing with stoners or druggies in general you can either get angry, hate them, whatever, but that won't stop them from doing what they do. Letting them in your life all depends on how strongly against it you feel, but keep in mind the type of drugs also makes a difference in this choice too.
For example, I refuse to associate with people who are into the "drugs that can kill you," like heroine, coke, etc. Pot is really harmless. I personally don't do any drugs whatsoever, aside from the occasional Advil for a headache. HAR HAR. I've just never had any interest. You wouldn't believe how many people freak out when I tell them I've never tried pot. Very funny stuff.
Also, I find it hard to be around people who obsess with any type of substance, even alcohol. Too much of anything is bad.
That's all for now. More stuff coming as always. Hell yeah!
Warking awrt?
HOME! Finally. It's been a very long tour. To go into detail about why this is won't really make a whole lot of sense to most of you, but the tour yeilded many awesome connections and we finally hit some markets that we've missed out on for a very, VERY long time. Tennesse and Kentucky for starters. Good stuff!
I just added a "Fitness" category to Rawrb.com here. Bottom line: it's time to get in shape and stay there as long as possible. Couple of the dudes in Powerglove are fitness buffs (har har pun) and I picked their brains about what works for them. I learned quite a bit and am looking forward to trying some stuff out. I'll probably be talking about it more here as I progress. I've got a few months off from touring to be able to focus on it for a good hour a day or so. That's really all you need - people who go to the gym for more than an hour a day are honestly wasting their time. I'll rant on that one later along with the science behind it. Yes, it's not me thinking they're jerks - it's very BAD for you.
We're also starting on preproduction on the next Psychostick CD. FINALLY! The process of preproduction is probably going to take the longest. We've got so many songs written and tons of ideas to turn into songs. Then there's a DVD I'm going to start putting together. I'm gonna aim for an August release date for that there DVD, but I can't be for sure just yet until I get all of the footage pulled and organized. There's about 20 hour long tapes and probably a good 200+ clips from Anthony's digital camera.
That's a lot. Hurray for external hard disks.
Jeez, there's so much going on Psychostick related that I can't talk about yet. :)
Anyway, happy 4th and stuff. Gotta find a way to get ahold of my own PS3 and 360. Lots of awesome games came out lately and I'm lacking! Awrgh!
The tour goes well!
Everything is going so crazy awesome that I haven't really had any time to do anything outside of touring. Shaky van syndrome and shows every day = lack of everything.
I especially love it when I keep getting asked for video clips and stuff while I'm on the road. Yeah, where and how am I supposed to do that? I'm on a LAPTOP. I have an external drive, but jeez, ripping video takes time. They're just gonna have to wait.
There's a lot more being asked of me too that I'm just astonished they think I can do these things. It's the lack of them knowing what the road is like, which is tough to convey to those.
It's like this. You know what it's like when you've been traveling all day, like on a plane of a bus, right? How tiring that is? Multiply that by eight, then go nuts on a stage, then do it 30 to 60 times in a row. That's what it's like.
But it's fun as hell. Strange how that works, no?
Spambots are breaking through my image verification. *sigh* I'd like to violently rip out the innards of those who write spambots. I hope I never meet one. Rather, they should hope to never meet me. :)
*pant pant punch*
Jeez, the last couple of weeks my freelance work has picked up and I've just wrapped two projects, and am about to start a simple one. Then next week I'll finally be able to focus on Psychostick stuff full time, like those videos I boasted about below. Hah... yeah. We shot the footage and I just ripped all of it, but haven't done anything with it yet due to me putting the energy needed into finishing these last couple of freelance jobs.
I'm hoping this tour will have a stupendous amount of success so that I don't have to do as much freelance work. That'd be nice!
Ok, gotta finish this stuff. Lots to talk about, so I'll be back latawr!
Video experiment!
I'm gonna try something here, and if it doesn't work out... well I'll blame gravity or something.
For those who send in questions about the band or whatever to me here, I'll try to answer in... VIDEO FORM! Yes. I'm going in over my head.
Video is good. So good.
My buddy Murph and I talked for over an hour last night about videos. Not specifically for Psychostick, but we brewed a lot of ideas on how to promote the band using some hilarious video shorts. Obviously ideas have never been a problem (well, maybe not that obvious to you), but planning, organization, management, etc. has always been a problem. A few years back Murph would fly down to visit us and we'd have all these ideas, but no planning in place, so nothing ever got done.
We wanted to make a parody RPG. We got about 10% done with it.
We wanted to shoot tons of awesome video shorts along these lines. Never happened.
"I'm surprised we actually finished the dumb song," Murph says.
I do believe that's been the only completed project that any of the Pluh.com staff actually 100% completed, aside from actual reviews. Of course we don't blame ourselves; our lack of planning and organization was the main issue. Now that we recognize and have a bit more overall maturity, I have absolute faith we'll get more created.
Of course, one thing I won't do now is annouce the project publically before it's underway or even completed. That way people looking forward to it won't get pissed if we have to delay it or it never gets done.
Now to start planning...