Liner Notes to LIVE MY DREAM ROCK TRUE
Posted on January 2, 2011
* LINER NOTES to Live My Dream Rock True *
Dreams, aspirations, hopes and expectations are the focal points of this gritty indie rock opera, pushed by this gritty band with a gritty attitude. If you don’t like gritty, well, it’s too late now. An old expression goes something like ‘the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry’.
Translation: regardless of how much you prep work you have done, things may not go exactly the way you expect. Although the line generates a negative vibe, the positive side of it all is alternative plans, which is a good starting point on my thoughts regarding my band’s third release, Live My Dream Rock True. There is a story to tell.
I had toyed about writing a rock opera after I shut down my Nineties alternative band and started up a solo-fronted act. After receiving a rare chance to see one of Pete Townshend’s projects The Boy Who Heard Music in a 2007 workshop production at Vassar College, one thing became clear. It was time to redirect the [...]
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Dreams, aspirations, hopes and expectations are the focal points of this gritty indie rock opera, pushed by this gritty band with a gritty attitude. If you don’t like gritty, well, it’s too late now. An old expression goes something like ‘the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry’.
Translation: regardless of how much you prep work you have done, things may not go exactly the way you expect. Although the line generates a negative vibe, the positive side of it all is alternative plans, which is a good starting point on my thoughts regarding my band’s third release, Live My Dream Rock True. There is a story to tell.
I had toyed about writing a rock opera after I shut down my Nineties alternative band and started up a solo-fronted act. After receiving a rare chance to see one of Pete Townshend’s projects The Boy Who Heard Music in a 2007 workshop production at Vassar College, one thing became clear. It was time to redirect the [...]