it isn’t what you think…
Anyone that knows me personally will probably tell you I’m not a very serious person. I don’t have a filter and I always go for a laugh.. ALL OF THAT IS VERY TRUE!!!!
When I realized that there might be something worth while with me writing these songs, I felt like I’d be doing a disservice to myself and the words I was saying if they weren’t true. Charlie Puth was on Ellen once and said Elton John told him his music sucked because he wasn’t writing from a truthful place. I don’t think I will ever get the chance for that to happen to me, but I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure no one can say I’m lying when I’m behind my piano.
-THE START-
My first single is called “Antichrist”. I wrote this in 10 minutes thinking that no one would ever hear it. It just kept speaking to me and I needed to do something with it.
This song centered from any time I felt like someone didn’t want to associate with me. If I felt like I was too much for someone so they pushed me aside. As well as, for any time I thought: If only I wasn’t as loud, as funny or if I dressed differently or wasn’t as nice… Maybe, just maybe, I’d fit in better. Maybe, I wouldn’t have gotten ridiculed all throughout jr. and sr. high school. Maybe I would have gotten that job that I was lobbied against in getting the summer before college.
Instead of giving into those intrusive thoughts, I sat at my piano and danced with them.
Singing to those I attached some amount of worth, just to get outcasted.
Singing for those who felt like me in those moments.
If those people want to treat you like the ultimate evil, then they aren’t worth you time.
That ultimate evil they treat you like is what I’m referring to. A personal and metaphorical “ANTICHRIST”.
-THE PRODUCTION-
Court Street Recording with Mike Estok was a dream to work with. We had two conversations before I even set foot in the studio, about what sound I was going for, any production ideas I might have had and how many songs I planned on doing.
For this record I had a lot of ideas, many of them I didn’t even know how to execute. Mike humored them all. And we pulled together this incredibly honest confessional and I couldn’t be more proud.
Aside from the actual work we put into this… The atmosphere was so warm, inviting and like I had known him and his whole family my whole life. I can’t even begin to write nice enough things about them… So, I wont!
Thank you Mike for taking me seriously, not many do, thank you for actually hearing me. I CANT WAIT FOR MORE… I honestly don’t see me working on music with anyone else.
-THE ART-
Bryan Warne, the photographer of anyones dreams… My ideas and concepts he ran with and the final product was so wonderfully beautiful and haunting that I don’t know how it was even achieved.
He’s extremely kind and knowledgable about lighting, lenses and the best way to take shots for editing. It’s amazing what this man did to execute my vision to reality.
At this point Bryan Warne is a family name, and a house hold staple. Where there is a picture to be taken… The first call is to Bryan Warne.
There is no evil spoken in this record. There is no religion or faith being lost. Just the promise of you being enough.
This is my dark ceremonial a beautiful cinematic nightmare wrapped up in a melancholic bow.
I hope you like it.
-ANDREW
