_ don't worry,

i'm not dead.


I have been back in the studio...recording something acoustic. And it should be up soon. Plus I will have another go at mixing Burning Money, because, unfortunately, it went horribly wrong last time.

But wish me luck, I need it.......and hopefully there should be something for you all to download =]



willIAM.x

_ in a birdcage

You never want to feel like you've got to do something that you can, even when you choose not to.
No..you can't believe the truth.
Living in a cage is easy to do
when everyone feeds you what you choose to eat...
but you can't
swallow the meat.
And if you have no choice, then doing nothing's so much easier to explain
if you have no voice
then you can't take the blame
for doing nothing.
Sitting on a perch in confidence, caged in metal
caged inside a fence
and yet you still don't want the key.
No-one wants to hear that they've got to do
something that they can even though they don't want to, oh i can't believe
its true.

_ ...

Ooo it's sounding good. Think military. Think winter. Think choir.

Final mix should be coming up soon......watch this space.



Well, watch myspace.




willIAM.x

_ burn your money

Burning Money began to be recorded this evening. 12-string andmany many vocals. Due back in tomorrow too to do some other schtuff with it, more singing, more dramatics.

You know....I'm tired of hearing people come to inconclusive conclusions by slinging inconclusive evidence at eachother, back and forth, back and forth. I was watching the merry-go-round on BBC news 'Have Your Say' this morning, people fighting for their little piece of land, repeating themselves,banging their heads against walls, looking to others for guidance.

Unless you can do the science yourself, you'll never know the truth. We'll never know the truth about CO2, about the stratosphere, about cash for honours or about who's doing what for what real reason.
Until then, until I feel sure about what I hear, all I know is what I can see. And I can see hotter days, more rainfall and more storms. Who knows. Maybe we'll all die next week because of a nuclear attack. Maybe we'll all die in the distant future because of ever increasing heat. Maybe we'll all live forever and find a way to keep mankind going indefinitely. Maybe we'll look back and laugh at ourselves for being sucked into a global hoax. All we know is that we don't know. And until I can do that science myself......well, I guess I'll never know.




willIAM.x

_ smoke publicity

Had my first newspaper review; the Smoke Newspaper, Westminster Uni's own student paper, to be precise.

You can take a look at the article here.



willIAM.x

_ the mixing process

is not going so well.

well thats not fair...it is and it isn't/ there is a 'final' mix out there...but it isn't final. and its not a very good mix. which is annoying because i had hoped to put a new track up there last night, but c'est la vie.

monday maybe. no promises.


willIAM.x

_ the recording process

is going well.

got drums down today.
and guitar.s.

maybe vocals and acoustic tomorrow...then the all imporant strings...etc etc. and bass. if someone is kind enough to lend me one =] as ever


willIAM.x

_ return to the bombshelter

So...after spending 7 hours recording and mixing I'll Hear None of This, i had another little break. an unintentinal break, that is, so sorry for the lack of updates and of new songs (i know the thousandss of people that read this everyday have been on tenterhooks awaiting new material.....right?).

BUT. i am due in the Bombshelter on sunday. for drums. and maybe guitar...to do 'own way home' [working title...possibly], and am quite looking forward to it.

must be off now, things to do, places to go and all that.....hopefully will update on the recording process soon. ok now smudge is urging me to finish writing this. tallyho.


willIAM.x

_ small break, big ideas

After Grosvenor Square, things were a little.....hectic. running to and from studios, getting mixes, getting things wrong, getting things right, sometimes, trying to eat in between. felt like i neededto slow downn so i did for a little bit....but now im getting restless. a little. but im thinking, as opposed to doing, which i think is helping me focus on where the album is going. 'the album?' i hear you cry...yes....that is the long term plan, but, who knows. for now its an album. and there are some big ideas in it, but, guess what? it needs money thrown at it in order to bring it into fruition. As does so much in life. too much. i need signing. who doesnt.

so i think i'll sit here a while longer listening to Sigur Ros and dreaming.......and maybe go back into the studios at the weekend. there's something that needs recording; something nice; something warm. and acoustic. with an organ methinks. i can almost hear it now, and i cant wait. but yes, a rest is good for a while.


willIAM.x