What Would Evil Adam Do?
I miss making music. Really, I do. I don't mean just recording and writing alone, I mean the full band dynamic. I miss singing. I miss performing. I miss those 3am diner runs after a show to eat breakfast food for dinner. It was fun to play bass and guitar and even drum in some of the other bands I've been a part of, but nothing was as fun as singing in Evil Adam.
I've recorded material with other people for other projects, written with other people as a band for some defunct stuff, and went absolutely apeshit with my cousin Joe in our project Cousin, but nothing has really taken me to the hilt with live performances like Evil Adam did and I'm starting to feel like nothing ever will again. I'm tempted to just try to find my way into a band that is already formed, only filling the lead singer spot, but at the same time I really would just like to have Evil Adam kicking ass like we were back in 2000. We were playing regularly, had a decent sized fan base and even had some industry contacts, even if they turned out to lead nowhere. The creative juices were in constant flow, live shows were fun, interesting, and gratifying, and I just felt like I was able to showcase my creative muscle in a way that didn't make me feel like I was being underused or ignored.
I have a lot of plans for Evil Adam next year, and really, this year is too crazy for me to even try to put much effort, money, and time into getting a live act for Evil Adam back into the grind, but I'm wondering if it really is the best thing for me. Should I just be part of something else, start something new, keep Evil Adam a recording only thing, or what? I know no matter what I do I must be part of something performance oriented. I have lots of interests, goals, and wants but how many of them are really all that attainable? At what point am I just spreading myself too thin or getting my creative hopes up? It sucks to have so many questions for myself and really no answers. I feel like I know exactly what I want to do but I won't let myself do it by wanting to do to many things or things that are just too big for me to handle. Let's take a look, shall we?
1) Evil Adam
a] Recording: write and record BRAND NEW music, finish "The Root of All Evil" and market/sell it, get press for it, whore it on the internet
b] Videos: Get music videos done for "The Root of All Evil" and have contests for fan made stuff
c] Licensing: Get Evil Adam music in films, video games, etc.
d] Website: Get a new Evil Adam site going. I have a new blog and message board, thankfully, but the rest needs to be updated.
e] Merch: T-Shirts from a non-shitty non-expensive company are a must. Anything else is icing on the evil cake.
a] Recording: Write and record BRAND NEW music with Joe, finish "The Optimus Primo LP" and re-master the tracks that were on "The Bootydust EP" for it.
b] Videos: Same as Evil Adam
c] Licensing: Same as Evil Adam
d] Website: Now that http://www.bootydust.com/ is live I need to expand it, flesh it out, get Joe to post to it more, and all around grow everything around it.
e] Merch: Same as Evil Adam and then some. I think Cousin has the capability of being way more popular than Evil Adam for multiple reasons.
3] Other Music Projects
a] I've already agreed to writing a bunch of new music with John D. and Jay Curcio for an indie wrestling company but we need a place to do it and equipment to record it to. Otherwise we can't fucking start this goddamn project soon enough!
b] I want to make custom music for movies and video games that also fall outside of Evil Adam and Cousin. Any takers?
4) Movies/Video
a] I want to get some movie scripts done, finalized, and filmed. I have so many ideas, I just have to get them done!
b] I want to direct. I've watched enough shit to have a decent eye for visual media in motion, I just need the time and capability of such.
c] I know I can edit video, I've done it before. Do I really want to do all of this for my own stuff though?
d] I would love to help create and direct music videos for the bands that I also am friends with. That is a lot of you guys out there!
e] I want to act again. I was pretty good at it and it was a lot of fun.
5) Books/Stories
a] I started writing a novel years ago, and the idea grew out of control and too big for me to finish. I need to reign it in and finish it.
b] I eventually want to make a collection of short stories, prose, lyrics, poetry, and other random shit I have written over the years and just get it published. I don't care if anyone buys it as long as I can own a copy that is binded, has a real fucking book cover, and exists.
c] I have about 20 short stories that aren't short enough and thus aren't finished. They might develop into bigger stories/books but I just don't have the drive in me to get them done yet. What will it take?
d] My brain never stops coming up with ideas for things and really my first thought is that I need to become a comic book writer. 4 color art is probably the best format to take my long-winded, episodic, narrative style to, however I don't know anyone that would draw them for me. I can't draw. I want to write comics. Help, please?
6) Video Games
a] This is probably the most difficult thing to get done but I would love to design video games, but only in the realm of game play mechanics and story. I can't program and I can't draw. Yeah, sucks to be me, eh?
So there you have it. What am I to do? Anyone out there have any ideas or avenues for me to get some of this done? Anyone want to team up on some of these or know someone who can help?
Aye, either way, my brain is never idle but my hands always seem to be. I'm in a great relationship that will be 100% official in October and I feel like I have nothing to offer my future wife except love. Sure, that is the most important thing but I wish I could make her proud as well, and hell, I'd love to be proud of myself.
Labels: books, cousin, evil adam, movies, music, video games, videos
posted by Evil Adam at
3:27 PM
5 Comments:
Go with the Evil Adam route if ya can man, i've told you before I really think your first record was one of the best you did, all home made and all your doing.
Just DL Pro Tools, get yourself a Digibox for cheap and I think you'd easily be able to polish up your stuff in days, you were able to keep shit clean with whatever you were using back 10 years ago.
What indie wrestling group you working on shit for?
For Cousin I assume you mean you can reach a bigger Urban Fan base you racist bastard? For clothing geared towards that check out some shit at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5602866
The guys make some good shit and you might be able to work with them since their emerging and Hugo is from Union City so they right here.
Movies could be a good cross promoter for you, work on them + jam it full of your songs = gold. Plus i'm sure you can get enough help/support, if you do some good horror shit I can get ya some input from a write/producer I know that has had a large amount of success.
As for trying to make video games, ummmmm, yeah start by making shit for Frets on Fire, get some evil adam songs on this Guitar Hero Emulator.
Granted all this works better if you quit your job, live in the ghetto, eat hotdog rolls for dinner and cry yourself to sleep, since its a ton of work
First off, I love ya. I know, right now every guy in here is wondering 'who the hell is tellin Rene they love him?' I'm also a guy, so, you know how that goes.
Anyway, you're my cousin and if I want to tell ya that I love ya then I will fuckin tell ya that I love ya. (Have you noticed that I am trying to add a macho flavor to my words by typing with an Italian fuckin accent, ova hee?)
The greatest accomplishment you have achieved to date, is that little chica with your last name first. (Soon with your last name first and last.) Evil Adam is a dried-up snot ball compared to that. But I don't have to tell you that.
Now, it is totally cool for you to want to pursue as many peripheral objectives as your heart desires; just as long, of course, as you don't allow yourself to succumb to the classic A.D.D. pitfall.
Spreading yourself too thin might be a problem you may need to remedy, at least before any real progress can be made on any one of the projects you mentioned.
Focus on your truest artistic/creative passion first and foremost. Put all you have into it, until your toes swell and your fingers fucking bleed.
As far as anything related to film, you always have me and OCM cuz. Anything and pretty much any position in OCM you want.
Bottom line: We Rosas are paradoxically blessed AND cursed with an abundance of creative and artistic aptitude. Like a ravenous beast, it compels us, stirs our mind into a maddening frenzy.
We'll never feel like we've done enough to pacify that beast, unless we learn to control it...Danielson.
You mussa focus, Rene-son. Pain'a the fence. Pain'a it good. Pain'a it the besta you can. Then, if you wike, waxa the car when you finish.
Hmm... you made this huge list so I am going to make a list too..
a er shorter list...
1. You have talent and you believe your talent is worth something, so thats awesome and nessesary to make any other moves.
2. In my personal opinion, even though the times at Evil Adam shows were some of the best times I've had, I think starting something new might be great for you.
--a personal experience story --
When Table 57 broke up I did not want to be in any other band, I was depressed and awful. But I really never stopped writing music strangely, and I wrote a bunch of songs that were recorded then lost in a computer virus feast =( but a few months after that, I co-founded Mercury to Hell.
That band was not formed before I came to it, contained people our age now and older and was a mostly great experience for me and it taught me alot about music. I did things in that band that I never did before i.e. just playing guitar and singing backups only, playing lead guitar, letting someone else write full songs themselves... etc.
And then when that band disolved I recorded my proudest moment to date musically... my solo album.. And through that, Synthetic Sympathies developed and I am REALLY seeing how far I've come musically. Every day it keeps getting better and better and I would not trade the world for it.
I think its important to grow in your chosen craft AND branch out into others that are in a similar vein. Everything you have listed has potential. The only suggestion I can give is to pick and choose the right time to do what.
You have time and you can do everything but it does not have to be done all at the same time you know?
If I would have tried to save Table 57 (Trish actually still wanted to go on if I wanted to) I don't think I would be in the state I am in now musically... I would have been sorta stagnant with the same ol' thing.
Table 57 was my first band that I wrote most of the songs for. It was my baby, but I love Synthetic Sympathies just the same. Those songs are part my heart and soul and part the other members hearts and souls.
You pickin' up what I am puttin' down son?
And speaking of ghettoness, in all truth, I love Cousin and I hate hip hop. Its hilarious, uplifting, and thought provoking. You and Joe work well together.
Just remember that even though things don't FEEL the same as they did in 2000 when you play with a new band/people/work on new songs, it does not mean that it is any less meaningful or good. Besides are you even the same person you were back then? No.
Because all fanfare and shit aside, YOU have to love the art you are making. I believe that other people liking it should come secondary.
I hope I haven' hurt your eyes with my bantering but of course that's just my two cents.. =)~
Good luck with it all.
My shoulder is killing me so I can't write everything I'd like to in detail but I will say this...
I love you. For everything you are and everything you aren't. I've been at your side through the best and worst and I'll never walk away. I'm very proud of you. You're talented, intellegent, articulate, geeky, handsome and fun. Anything you choose to pursue, I have confidence that you'll succeed. You just have to try.
You know better than anyone how badly I want to pursue Make-up Artistry after our wedding. (Angel, you really helped me along with that and I can't thank you enough for your support.) And I WILL pursue it because it's what I love and I'm good at it. You're passionate and driven and you owe it to yourself to pursue it all. No more pipe dreams, man. Life is too damn short.
We're making one major dream come true in October by becoming husband and wife. This is bringing us closer to the ultimate plan which is car, house, our own family and all that happily ever after jazz (or, in case, metal.)
But, you and I are still two people. We have our own goals, hopes, dreams, plans and we need to make ourselves happy before we can make each other happy.
I think music is your strongest point and makes your heart race the fastest. Go for it. Network, write, play, plan, do.
Most importantly, have fun. If something feels like it's forced, you gotta move on. I went to FIT pursuing Fashion Design and it just didn't feel right. Don't do something for the sake of just doing SOMEthing. Do it because it comes easy for you, you love it and it makes you happy.
My shoulder is KILLING ME!
We'll talk more about this at home.
I love you and I'm excited about what our future holds.
love always,
Rosa
My $0.02:
Definately think trying to take all that on is spreading yourself too thin. The problem with artistic endeavors, is that they require so much focus, effort and time. While's there definately a case to made for taking up a few different projects at once, to keep everything fresh, it's also so hard to finish anything.
I'd recommend focusing on music and writing. I'd leave the movie making and video game development on the table for now. My homie from high school is movie maker. He's been busting his ass for 15+ years and finally got his first feature released on DVD. It's pretty funny shit. You can check him out at www.garthdonovan.net.
There you go, a little advice for the low low price of a plug for a homie.
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