chea boi.
Goodbye Trapdoor Studios - Leicester, MA. 2006-2012. Thank you so much to Alanna Quinn-Broadus, Jared Brodeur, Geoff Bahre, Mike D, Paul Drexhage, Derek Dolan, Matty Tellier, Marc Langlois, and everyone else that worked with me and was always behind what I was doing. Looking forward to the opening of Trapdoor Studios in Nashville, TN next week. Pictures and new tracks will be up!
Dear eastern prom, I know it’s wrong. But it’s suicide eyes that wrote this song. For all I’m worth, writer’s block is a bitch. Words falling like bricks for a new England wish. I was an easy male fuck in the town of naivety. All I wanted was a shot in the dark, but like a knife through the heart, I choked on spit covered words. Oh my god, it’s happened again. What the fuck is wrong with me? Screaming gets you nothing. One more night in this fucking town, swear to god that I’m fucking dead. I drew a heart around the name of your city.
7 more days til I see American Nightmare for the first time since 2002.
The new home of Trapdoor Studios in Nashville, TN! The location in Leicester will be closed in a few weeks, and Alanna Quinn-Broadus and I will be opening up shop within the first couple weeks of January!
Bloodsport - The Weight of Just Living.
Combining influences from Artemisia Gentileschi, Kurt Vonnegut, and bands such as: Pantera, Blacklisted, Nirvana, Cave In, and Shai Hulud. The record will be 10 tracks in total, and production will start in September at Trapdoor Studios.
The goal in the production of this record is to successfully blend metal with blues, grunge, punk, and hardcore. I did not want to write a record that was confined to a specific genre, I wanted to be able to play whatever I wanted on this record and have the feeling of it come through. This record is not interested in being categorized.
So given my very specific intentions, I will be playing all the instruments you will hear on this record. I will also be doing all the engineering and producing. My good friend Jared Brodeur (Golden Spurs) will be hitting the record button. And Krista Siana of Bias Design will be doing an artist rendering of the work you see above for the album cover.
BOX FAN.
Song was recorded by Jared Colby at Trapdoor Studios. Featuring Jared Brodeur from Golden Spurs on guitar, and Adam Swanson on vocals. Video was recorded in a kitchen in Watertown, MA.
Old Hat - Infinite Sound. Featuring Alanna Quinn-Broadus on guest vocals.
From their new record, titled “Powderhorn”.
Big Update!
Adam Swanson’s BOX FAN video was released! Track was recorded at Trapdoor Studios, a track that I got to play both drums and bass on. Mastered by Nick and Rob at New Alliance East.
Golden Spurs has started production of their second full-length record at Trapdoor Studios, should be finished tracking and mixing by mid-August.
AND Heiress will be coming back to Massachusetts to finish their 3 song EP.
Old Hat released their debut record this week, titled “Powderhorn”, which was recorded at New Alliance by me and Eddy Llerena. Guest vocals by Alanna Quinn-Broadus, and Catie Rae. The Fortune Healers released their first EP two weeks ago, titled “Hey Providence”, recorded at Trapdoor Studios.
Lots more on the way!
A few pictures from last week’s guitar tracking session with Mike Hubbard.
Getting closer to the finish line!
Nashville PT 3.
What an amazing city, and amazing experience.
From hearing songwriters at Warner Music play their sings and talk about publishing deals, to going to Sputnik Sound, Idiot Dog Studios, and Third Man Records, to watching a bluegrass jam at the Station Inn, and traveling to the Grand Ole Opry and getting a private tour, it really was a life changing experience. One that I will not soon forget.
I can’t wait to leave Boston for Nashville.
Nashville PT. 2.
