By the seat of my pants..

Hi everyone!

It's been a very long time since I signed into this blog, let alone posted anything on it. So if I come off a little rusty, I can only apologise.

Well, what's been happening over at TAS HQ in recent weeks? It's been a wild one.

After a really successful first show at the Noize Level Critical all day festival, we walked away with heads held high, as we went down a treat by the sound of it. This was great, as it was a first gig for all but myself and the guys did an amazing job! Nothing went wrong and it was just a great maiden voyage.

Shortly after the show we parted ways with our guitarist, Joe, who remains a friend of the band and knows that if we ever need him again, his phone will ring first!

So that's the recent happenings, what about the future?

Because I know that a limited number of people are going to read this, I have no problem announcing anything early, because it won't go 'viral' (in the loosest sense of the word)

The really big news is that Chris and myself are in the VERY early stages of starting an independent record label, I can currently give you no more information than that! There is no name (Aside from my idea of an imprint, Cadaver Avenue.) and nothing to really announce.

The idea of the label, aside to follow in the footsteps of ground breakers such as Asian Man, is to bring the up and coming to the people.

One of the main reasons behind this move is to be able to promote ourselves and our friends in a variety of ways, whether it's recording exclusive song's for label compilations or playing shows as a group, drawing fans of one another together and immersing everyone in everything we can offer, the possibilities are endless right now!

As news on that develops, I'll keep this thing updated.

We're also in the process of writing for our second album! This is particularly exciting as this time it won't just be me behind the helm. Joe has been writing some material that I've been made privy to, which suffice to say.. I am excited as fuck for!

Another big part this time is the addition of LIVE FUCKING DRUMS to the recordings. Chris is off to study Music Tech at University, which means we get access to the studio at reasonable rates, which with enough practise and the work ethic (That alot of bands lack, but I'll save that for another post.) we can track the album (And B sides) in a few days, then bring the sessions back to my home studio (Also in the process of being renamed..) to edit them, track all the guitars / bass. From there, we'll take the sessions across to Chris' to sort out keys and samples where needed, record vocals and then back to mine for the mix!

It's exciting times.

Sorry if this is long and very unstructured, but that's just how I roll.

Regular updates, hopefully.
James