So I Will Sing From The Mountains: April 2009

So the past month has been one of the most hectic and crazy periods in my life to date. I learned so much about myself and about many others while on the road. I gained many new friendships, mended others, and even lost one. By no means were any of those intended, but I guess that it is just the nature of the beast. When it comes down to it I need to look after myself and that's what I did. I feel like I am in a much better place now than when I left for this tour.

As I sit here and listen to the music of Jeff Pianki, a friend of mine, it really puts it all into perspective for me. This is one giant family. No matter where I went, no matter what type of bands we were playing with, no matter if it was 13 year old kids or 62 year old men, we all connected through one thing: music. I've always felt that music was the best way to convey emotion and traveling across the United States I got to witness this firsthand. I've always thought that being in a touring band is what I wanted to do with my life, but now I know that it is what I need to be doing. This feeling that I get from music is inexplainable. It's just a feeling in my gut that everything is temporary right with the world. When I'm in this zone it feels like I am invincible. This also makes me strive to be a better personal musician.

The future is looking very bright for Tiger! Tiger! right now. One way or another it looks like we are going to be heading out to Seattle, WA to record a full length next fall. There's a good chance that there will be some big names involved in the making of this record. Nothing has been set in stone yet, but if it goes through it is a HUGE step for us. I can't wait. To hold off our "fans" until a full length, we plan on releasing a 7" and acoustic EP courtesy of Bear Minimum Records. We've been talking to our buddy Joe for the past few months about this and he is just as stoked on the idea as we are. We head into the studio in early May to record two brand new songs for that. We're going back to Chicago to work with Mark. I'm really excited to be working with him yet again. I'm sure his work has gotten even better since last time we worked with him. Gosh, the dude works wonders.

I don't even know who reads this, or even how many people, but I just want to get one final point across. Follow your dreams. Follow your heart. While on tour with Damiera I had a discussion with Dave, the singer of Damiera, about a lyric in one of our songs. The lyrics goes: "It's a war between your heart and your mind." What this means to me is that everyone is always fighting a personal battle between what society feels that they should do (mind) and what they really want to do (heart). Dave pointed out that he has a similar feeling and that your mind controls all of your logic while your heart runs on gut instinct. He said that your mind may always want to make the logically correct decision and if that was the case then everyone would be stuck in the same loop, doing the same things, never taking any risks. That's fine and dandy, but to truly live, you need to follow your heart and put yourself out there.

Thank you.

Listen to my friends:

www.myspace.com/damiera
www.myspace.com/manwithoutwax