Awesomer and awesomer...Coady is one of my all-time favorite drummers. So glad he was able to help you out and not at all surprised. I've never heard anything but positive things about him.

Señor Grabski, your strength's inspiring and I reckon the tracks are some pretty great drone/doom/sludge. The best of luck. I'm looking forward to the results.

Thank you very much for your compliments and insights. Double record, eh? Yeah, maybe I could arrange the best of all my demo tracks over the years; only problem is a lack of consistency... all of that stuff seems to occupy quite a range, some of it drawing from all sorts of disparate things like: 1991-1998 Sepultura/Soulfly (I have an appreciation for the dynamics of that stuff, thought I'm no fan of nu-metal... the recent industrial-ish song, titled FIGHT!) http://db.tt/3Rnt65og, Newer Sepultura (rhythmically) and Grohl-era Killing Joke (a trip down the blade, a cool exercise in odd timings on my youtube and myspace pages) - http://bit.ly/u5Za3cI did an ode/tribute to tribal metal back a couple years as well, it was basically a unit i was putting myself through, I was trying to learn/pin down the dynamics of that relatively unpopulated genre... here's a private youtube link as I've kinda hidden the track as I feel that it almost clashes artistically with my other stuff; it's called torture at the end - http://bit.ly/u7fykbReally basic QOTSA (drive you on my myspace) http://mysp.ac/ub9SX1, Tiny Music-era STP (in the sea on myspace) http://mysp.ac/srDugQThe Melvins (thoughts upon close examination of a destroying angel, youtube) http://bit.ly/nJOel0And the tunes that I can't directly point at a specific influence:This chill and intimate-sounding 2006 tune, I have no idea what influenced it - http://mysp.ac/vTTmADMy favorite of my 2006 recordings (trust the flow) http://bit.ly/sOjrUsThis 2009 hard-rock concept (The Iron Lion) - some have said it has riffs that feel like Megadeth (not one of my influences), The Melvins and Bleach-era Nirvana in parts... http://bit.ly/sSz8OJA lot of that stuff is incomplete, some of them are just verse and chorus ideas.I do feel like the new stuff recoded/written in the last couple months however draws from my influences (and includes a lot of newer ones) but mostly manages to blend them all together so they sound like me as opposed to my influences... I've been kinda down on myself artistically-speaking regarding my influences as I've thought they've shined through a little too much, but my brother and other friends of mine have recently reassured me that although some of my influences are sonically there, I twist them up enough with my own feel that they thankfully stand apart.I'm pretty much 100% focused on all-new material right now (for example I'm really digging the newest tune The Great Failure... http://db.tt/yXSoJiHO), but maybe when this is done I'll take a harder look at the pile of demo-ish stuff I have amassed...

Mister Grabski wrote:I don't have jack shit figured out with regards to distribution. I sent you a PM about this, though you've probably gotten a lot of those. I like the demos as well. It would be super amazing to put out a double record. One of the songs you record with Steve, and then another of these demos. Seriously, the stuff sounds great.

Mister Grabski wrote:Thank you very much for your compliments and insights. Double record, eh? Yeah, maybe I could arrange the best of all my demo tracks over the years; only problem is a lack of consistency... all of that stuff seems to occupy quite a range, some of it drawing from all sorts of disparate things like: ...More excellent music. What I was thinking though was the other record in the set should be the demos of the songs you record with Steve plus maybe some that you didn't. This might be interesting to see how they made final evolutions, or how they changed, unless you bash them out pretty much how you demo them, and then it might be a little repetitive. Sort of similar to PJ Harvey's 4-track demos and how it compares/contrasts with the final product of Rid of Me. Your demos are much more complete though, so it might not be a huge difference in sound. Was a thought. However, releasing a kind of history of your best demos is also an interesting way to go, and would be pretty fantastic.Do you have an idea of how many of these you want to press?

sleepkid: I have no idea at this point what's going to work best for distribution; it's likely that electronic delivery will be the most effective (itunes and mp3s); I don't have many friends who dabble in vinyl either (hell I don't even have a record player, but I'm taking care of that this week, hope that doesn't eff up my cred on this forum, lol) ... but if I can afford to get some pressed, I will, maybe with this I can help convince some peeps to take the vinyl plunge, I dunno.newberry - I'd be honored if you were able to come out and snap a few photos of the going-ons... I don't have cover art finalized yet but I believe it may end up being something like a simple landscape shot.I'm ALMOST set on a name for this project... ALMOST, not 100% yet but close. Two words, one term, both sorta diametrically opposed.. one referring to of the earth and tangible, one referring to something beyond human comprehension... Also a play on the term blood moon. It' s a serious-sounding but not serious-sounding name, the font will likely be small-ish and non-threatening, not flashy at all...BloodnovaMaybe it'll stick, we'll see.

Mister G, if you need any photography for album art or whatever, I'd be happy to volunteer my services.

This is an amazing and beautiful thing, and I'm welling up having read this whole thread for the first time.

Triumphant. You're an amazing man, Mr Grabski. I am very pleased that so many people are getting involved in this wonderful thing.