NINa (of Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine), with Marco Gariboldi, conducted an interview with yours truly. We talked about religion, economy, travel, nature, the meaning behind the name "Bullets in a Burning Box," the sailboat studio, and of course, music.
Blog posts
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Dec 17 2008, 05:34 PMOf Life, I Want to Live (Song & Video Release)!
Releasing a song & video each month is a chance for you to hear music that transmogrifies (as most Bullets in a Burning Box songs do over time). This, for me, is the ultimate liberation. Just release... With the distant opportunity to change, re-arrange, alter lyrics, add bass guitar or follow whatever yellow-brick road materializes within my tumultous head.
Also, it allows a month of fresh air to flutter the lyrics. There is something about being an artist, in that, pieces of my current emotional milieu stir themselves into the present song or art piece.. (Writing more than one song per month creates bland, identical twins.) The month (okay.. sometimes two months) allows wide soul space to draw in all chi and exhale some gargantuan dragon breath.
This month's breath is called "Of Life, I Want to Live."
Watch the video here (free download available). [http://bulletsburning.com/music/Because
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Oct 12 2008, 04:43 PMTake This Life.. and..
Not just content.
But thrive! -
Aug 09 2008, 01:01 PMSong Teaser!
I'm meditating in my car (waiting to enter the club). What are you doing?
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Jul 09 2008, 12:13 AMAlbum Review "A Genius in Schizophrenia"NINa of Fabryka Industrial Rock wrote a review of Afear [http://www.fabryka.darknation.eu/php-files_en/readarticle.php?article_id=236].
"The songs .. touch some other mind spots and bring other impressions, kind of schizophrenic aspects but there's a genius in schizophrenia sometimes." "This fight amongst the vocals, guitars, bass and beats create an original and well composed mixture. Nathanael Matthias Weiss sings (or rather recites) the lyrics in a intentionally infantile way giving the songs a bit psychotic vibe. There is a bit of drum'n'bass beat as well as some similarities to the sound of NIN and the 90s grunge or hard rock bands."
[img:http://bulletsburning.com/pics/afear.jpg]
Afear by Bullets in a Burning Box [http://www.fabryka.darknation.eu/php-files_en/readarticle.php?article_id=236] -
May 27 2008, 04:01 PMGet a free album if you share your thoughtsHaven't you always wanted to tell your favorite band what your favorite track or album is? Well, we've started a musical discussion regarding Afear. Please share your thoughts (good or bad)! Some of the questions being asked:
- What is your favorite track?
- What is your least favorite track?
- Would you buy it? Why or why not?
Discussion hosted at the Fabryka Industrial Rock forum (the only webzine about industrial rock/metal since 2001). - What is your favorite track?
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May 26 2008, 01:03 AMMusic Industry Newb Pulls a Radiohead/Nine Inch NailsEverybody knows: the music business is changing, big bands are ditching their major labels and experimenting with revolutionary ideas. But how will these ideas work for brand new bands?
Radiohead allowed fans to choose their own price to download In Rainbows for a short time. Results? About 40% of fans paid something (60% got it free). The average price was roughly $4 per album.
Trent Reznor teamed up with Saul Williams and gave fans the choice of downloading NiggyTardust for free or $5. Results? Trent was perturbed that most people chose free, but Saul took a more optimistic viewpoint.
Radiohead, Saul Williams and NIN had substantial fanbases before executing their radical marketing plans. How will avant-garde music industry strategies work for bands with zero-ish fans?
Let's find out together.
