Hey, everyone.

I'm in Switzerland right now, chillin', enjoyin' the food and the sights (and the stupid amount of hot chocolate inside me), and basically taking the break I've sorely needed.
So far I've eaten at more places than I can count, had better (and worse) meals than I've ever experienced and found a music shop called MusikHug (aww) that has some sweetass instruments, including a great Roland V-Drum kit and a sexy-as-hell Mayones bass. I'd get it if it wasn't nearly two grand.

Anyway, time for what I really came on for. A while ago, I had a riff for this song that seemed like a good idea, but it didn't fit into the song. So I noodled around with it for ages, until I got the idea to expand it into a fully fledged standalone song. This came to a head in Switzerland, where I was messing around with FL and thought I'd give myself something productive to do while I'm over here.

I started work on the riff, and it snowballed massively. Ideas came in from all kinds of places, really old riffs of mine, a shreddy melody that I had lying around and, of course, brand spanking new riffs. So far, it's reached around the two minute mark, and I've not even got to the chorus yet. It switches between what I think is pure brutal insanity to Arabian-tinged death metal to beautiful guitar melodies, in my opinion, while still retaining a vein of familiarity throughout the whole thing. Of course, it could be shit, but that's for you to decide. I also wrote two little solo-y bits that I'm pretty proud of, too.

While thinking of lyrical themes I could use on this song, I noticed it was thematically similar to a song me and Carleton wrote a short while ago. When I realised just how similar they really were (in vibe, tempo and overall mood, they're actually very different songs), I formulated the idea of a two parter. So much for "standalone song". I didn't like the original vocals and lyrics to the old song anyway (they can be found in my gallery, The Rapture Within), so I thought of how to link the two.

The Wendigo Effect. The last journal was all about this idea for a song I had, and I've found the perfect place to use it. It works really well actually. I've penned some lyrics for the first part, to go over The Rapture Within, and I'm really really happy with them. I hope Carleton is even slightly as pleased with them as I am, because it'd be a shame if these ideas went to waste. I don't have subtitles (well, titles) for either half yet, but hopefully they'll reveal themselves. The two songs should probably deal with the subject in the same way October 18th's journal did, the first half about the actual event and cannibalisation of man, the second about the bunkers and their curiosity with, war against, and eventual loss to the semi-human creatures outside the confines of safety. This really is working out to be very natural and very exciting, in an anticipant way. I really think, and hope, that you'll like these tracks and lyrics, because I'm really optimistic about them.

Right, I'm going to carry on working on them now. Enjoying a Coke and talking to the 2+ people who are going to read this is fun and all (I really do appreciate your interest and support), I'm going to finish up and head to bed. I've got to be up at nineish tomorrow to get a shit-early train to Geneva, then a plane to Bristol (if you're reading this Kath, I'll say hi for you ), then a train home. Happy days.

Thanks for your time, enjoy yourselves and happy mini holidays.