#Blog | It's Good to be Back, Baby!
I want to start by saying I hope every one had a great holiday and a very merry super happy new year! I am a bit disappointed with 2010. Mainly because I was not able to accomplish what I set out to do. I wanted to release an EP, a solo CD and a CD with my band The Scandal Hounds. But I did accomplish some private goals. The main of which was to improve my vocals and I feel with the upcoming releases I have done that and can't wait for you all to hear the new songs.
The main reason I was unable to accomplish my main goals was time. I have come to realize time is something I need to get better at. With working a full-time job, two part-time studio jobs, raising a son plus a solo career and a band is just too much. Have no fear my friends for I am in no way giving up, just gonna make a few healthy changes. The first of these changes is that I am going to be leaving both my part-time studio jobs. It is with a heavy heart that I decided to do so because I work with some great people and have had the chance to meet a lot of new musical friends but I it's time I said goodbye and focus on what I want to do. Plus the strain of 80 hour work weeks the past two years has taken a toll on me that I simply just can't do anymore. I will always cherish my time there and will never forget the opportunity they gave me along with the knowledge they shared.
The second change I am going to make is to focus more on the band than my solo career. I was given the opportunity to join a friend's band on stage for a new years eve show and it reminded me how much that is what I want to do. Get out in front of a crowd and blow em' away with my fellow brothers-in-arms. I also realized that night that I don't want to get out there live with any one else but my brothers Brian, on bass, and Damian on drums. Playing again with these guys over the past year has been more rewarding and fun than I can describe. An honor and a privilege would be a better description. I can take a good song to them and they find ways to make it a great song. I am blown away some times when I play with them at how amazing we sound together. I think once you all get to hear what we have been working on you will agree and once you get to see us live you be asking why I didn't do this in the first place. This will also help my songwriting. No longer will I have to write all the parts of a song plus spend time on arrangements. Brian and Damian are so strong in what they do plus have such amazing instincts that they always find a way to make a song our own. So trust me when I say my fellow music fans to jump on The Scandal Hounds band wagon and get ready for the start of one helluva ride in 2011.
While I will be releasing less solo material I will still be sharing the song demos of the new stuff I bring to the boys. In all honesty I never wanted to be a solo act. I became one out of necessity. I now will be able to focus more on songwriting which is also something that has been a victim to my schedule. I have been writing new songs like crazy lately. They are coming to me some times faster than I can play or write the ideas down. They have come so fast that I have not been able to focus on what they are saying to me to write the lyrics. In the last three weeks wile my computer has been down I have written 15 new songs from beginning to end but have had no time to write lyrics for any of them. I am really looking forward into having the time to dive head first into them to find what they want to say. So stay tuned my fellow head food connoisseurs because there is going to be a slew of new music to feast upon!
Wishing you all the best in 2011 and I thank each and every one of you for all your support on 2010. I can't thank you all enough for everything each of you have helped inspire me to do and to be.
Rock On, Be True & Stay Strong
- Wolfgang
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