This past Wednesday evening went very smooth. Kore picked me up at the airport and we met for the very first time and hit it off right away. He drove me over to Steven’s house in San Jose where again I was greeted as if by an old friend. The only person we were waiting for was Bobby who was driving up from LA.. When Bobby finally showed up, again, it wasn’t like we were all meeting for the first time, it was as if old friends were just getting together again. Music speaks louder than words they say, and they (whomever they are) are correct. There is an unspoken language between musicians. We’re a different breed, non-conformists, most of us growing up the same way. Most growing up, going to school, having really horrible grades, some dropping out of high school and some barely making it through. Why is this? Our minds think differently. We are artists and 99% of all artists have a hard time fitting into the society that demands the 9 to 5 day job, making a certain amount of money, etc. Those of us that do this become depressed or go into a beat up mode because we think something is wrong with us. We don’t think linear. So when musicians get together it is usually this way. Because we are with our tribe.
Thursday, the 15th of July, we headed up to San Francisco to Soundwave Studios to do the shoot with Mike Sloat and his crew. One thing that I loved about the whole process is that Mike never asked any of us what we wanted. It was his vision and he knew exactly the shots he needed to get what he wanted. There wasn’t any of the questions that you normally get with a video shoot like, ‘So guys, what do you want me to do?’ Nothing like that at all. His vision, his shoot… we just played along and enjoyed the process. NO more than five hours later we wrapped it all up. Super productive day, sweating our asses off from the lights, guy liner smeared, exhausted and exhilarated.
We can’t wait to see the final product no more than we can’t wait to present it to the world. We are proud of what we created and confident that you are going to love it as well. Make sure to check out the Kill Ritual page for updates.
Peace,
David
