Post by ben on Mar 4, 2011 13:58:12 GMT
Five or six years ago i started a band called i was a cub scout, played on my own for a year then tried to make a ‘proper’ band adding only one musician.
We played together for roughly three years had some great times and some awfully fucking bullshit times. We both hated each other immensely, would not speak to each other, ever share a hotel room, do anything together etc…
It ended up being that this was apparent to the people working with us and with that and poor record sales we were dropped from ‘abeano’.
I remember the night in particular, we were asked if we wished to carry on try find another label or just quit… Now the decision was that of four people.. a smart man, a fat man, a happy young man and a depressed young man.
The decision was made before any of us opened our mouths….
I was some what heartbroken at the time, since i left school iwacs was my live and it was over with, it was not my choice to stop the band i asked to perform the last few shows on my own or with extra musicians and no one supported that idea.
I could of played my last ever gig with dcfc, i loved that band! But just because someone hated me it never happened, fuck….. i wrote every word every note but not every beat so it didn’t matter i guess
My view on music and its fucked up unloving industry had fucked my head well and truly up. being critiqued, being judged, the album, the fucking Internet telling me how much of a mardy twat i was… just really got me down.
Now a few years older and not so depressed nor pubescent i feel slightly maturer and wished that the experience was not wasted on such ignorant stupid youth.
I now have my own house, my girlfriend, my baby daughter and a different lifestyle all together.
I started iwacs on my own terms and was very lucky that people showed interest in my first demo. Those tracks were meant for me and for no public gain. I liked happy hardcore and jimmy eat world, which was to me what that demo was.
So now iwacs will start again, no one but myself the way it should of stayed. Probably sounding more like that old demo. I don’t even own a guitar anymore.
Anyone who has interest and wants to support that idea great, your perfect you might understand slightly were i am coming from, if not i don’t mind at all.
Anyone who wants to see William’s effortless talents go watch la roux he’s there at
We played together for roughly three years had some great times and some awfully fucking bullshit times. We both hated each other immensely, would not speak to each other, ever share a hotel room, do anything together etc…
It ended up being that this was apparent to the people working with us and with that and poor record sales we were dropped from ‘abeano’.
I remember the night in particular, we were asked if we wished to carry on try find another label or just quit… Now the decision was that of four people.. a smart man, a fat man, a happy young man and a depressed young man.
The decision was made before any of us opened our mouths….
I was some what heartbroken at the time, since i left school iwacs was my live and it was over with, it was not my choice to stop the band i asked to perform the last few shows on my own or with extra musicians and no one supported that idea.
I could of played my last ever gig with dcfc, i loved that band! But just because someone hated me it never happened, fuck….. i wrote every word every note but not every beat so it didn’t matter i guess
My view on music and its fucked up unloving industry had fucked my head well and truly up. being critiqued, being judged, the album, the fucking Internet telling me how much of a mardy twat i was… just really got me down.
Now a few years older and not so depressed nor pubescent i feel slightly maturer and wished that the experience was not wasted on such ignorant stupid youth.
I now have my own house, my girlfriend, my baby daughter and a different lifestyle all together.
I started iwacs on my own terms and was very lucky that people showed interest in my first demo. Those tracks were meant for me and for no public gain. I liked happy hardcore and jimmy eat world, which was to me what that demo was.
So now iwacs will start again, no one but myself the way it should of stayed. Probably sounding more like that old demo. I don’t even own a guitar anymore.
Anyone who has interest and wants to support that idea great, your perfect you might understand slightly were i am coming from, if not i don’t mind at all.
Anyone who wants to see William’s effortless talents go watch la roux he’s there at
iwacs.tumblr.com/
very much looking forward to hearing new stuff
