PureVolume

Well, spring seems to be here and I am just waiting to see if my next student will show up despite the great weather.
I have decided (which is a hard thing for me to do sometimes....decide that is) that I am going to post Anode's first purevolume blog. Another decision that I have recently made is an even bigger one. I am once again leaving my current band behind because things aren't working out... jobs... location and a serious injury to my funkiest-ass bass player ever. Martin Tremblay... It's been a pleasure jamming with you and thanks for the help you gave me to become a better musician who knows a little bit about equipment and what is needed to sound good on stage. Unfortunately Martin now has limited movement in his fretting hand and can only play the regular guitar somwhat comfortably now. He's STILL one of the best guitarists I know. He broke his radius (no martin it's not your radial because that is a tire... It's a radial fracture though lol) skating with his Val.
So anyway, I have decided to move to Sudbury and continue my schooling in percussion or guitar. I will once again be pushed to play well and I will prbably be able to make some money teaching, drumming, and be able to find musicians for the next chapter of ANODE. Starting fresh feels good AND quite irritating at the same time. This is the third or fourth time that I've lost talented people who could compliment my music and contribute their ideas to make things better and more interesting.
Martin Tremblay, Mike Chamberlain, Benji Jordan, Nathaniel Preston, Erin Gignac, Al Paquette, George Bailey, Kevin Zimon, Adrian Cummings, and Sandy Hunter were all lost because life didn't let us stay together. Thanks for thinking my music was good enough to play and bringing your flavour to my songs guys. I really had some great shows because of all of you and you are all still a part of ANODE.

Now I have to remain motivated and realize that I'm not done working at it nor am I really started in the sense that no band is ready to play shows and start clicking. I want to be very professional sounding in a short amount of time. I also realize that I'm still alive and I can still play and I will be still trying when I'm 35. That's a lot of time to improve everything about my performances... and my business sense. If anyone wants to join me in Sudbury, let me know. The E-mail adress is anodesound@hotmail.com

P.S. If anyone wants to help out, you can go listen to our tunes on isound.com over and over and over, starting on the 19 of april, that could be anyone's special favour to me. Awwww thanks.

P.P.S. I plan to evolve and learn to capture my music on recordings a lot better than my first record, I feel privledged to have any support at all because I feel as though I haven't reached my full potential. I have had but two high pressure studio experiences and I feel like some of my playing doesn't have enough character or exciting moments because I was to scared to screw up and make mistakes. I'm only one guy so it's hard to DECIDE (there's the "d" word again) what everything will be doing... what kind of groove to create with the drums and bass or percussion or vocal and guitar layering, is it better to use a click all the time or just sometimes.......... and the list goes on. Things like roped, immortal, mistrust, in my skin and dangerous are just demos that I did with terrible equipment for the job and couldn't wait for people to have them so I just stuck those on with the studio tracks. K well this ps turned into an epilogue or something.
Anyways... look out for some heavy ass funky shit and some sweet tasty groovy laid back shit. Thanks again anyone who digs it... for your patience and support.
Marcel