2012 at the door.

2012 at the door. I've been pretty quiet lately, I have to admit. My prediction from the last entry was correct. It's been tough here so far, indeed. Things don't always go as planned. But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, am I right?

Normally I don't bother myself with things like new year's resolution but this year I've got a few. If circumstances make it possible I would like to finally complete all the new material that has been lying in my drawers for some time. It's time to move on (musically) but I can't do that before I finish this.

I've just launched a new Deexs website that can give you a clue what the new material could be about. That and this blog should keep you informed about my future progress. I hope to get my fingers on strings and keys soon.

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." *

.:V:.


(* Oprah Winfrey)

Back to where it all began.

So my favorite season is finally here! Pleasant temperatures, cool breeze with the scent of falling leaves, spectacular countryside with amazing colours, everything is slowly falling asleep and getting ready for another tough winter. This is the time I find most inspiring.

I wish I could spend it somewhere seated within the peacefulness of the colorful mountains. The everyday haste of people’s perpetual hunt for that special, shining career has made me sick. It seems so meaningless to me and the saddest thing is that I’m just as much a part of it as everyone else. Sometimes I think I am a coward but I am not able to do anything about it. It’s a constant struggle within me. But I’m not ready to give up just yet. Just keep one foot in front of the other.

Last month I was fortunate to grab some time and regroup. I was thinking about recording some new music but was having difficultly finding where to begin. Then it hit me. It was my hometown that had lost its sparkle. I was stifled there with no room to breathe. It was then that I knew what I had to do. I needed to go back to only place I had ever really felt content. The place where I wrote most of my recent songs. The place where I knew I could start fresh.

So here I am, living once more in the West. I don’t expect things to be easy now. On the contrary, it‘s going to be a very tough period of my life. No pain, no gain, I say! It will still be a part of that sick hunt for „better tomorrows“ but maybe this will show me the path I need to take  next? What’s next for my life? We’ll see.

Gasthof Kröne Film

The new "mini-soundtrack" for a promotional video of the German "Kröne" restaurant is now available. You can watch the video below, you can listen to the full-length songs in the left menu, or you can download the songs at the official Deexs website.

 

Hast du deine Lederhosen voll mit Sauerkraut?

Ok, it’s time to come up with some update on what’s happening in Deexs. 

At the end of June me and my brother took a trip to a village neighbouring Baden Baden (Germany). My brother was shooting a new promotional video there. I assisted him. After returning home I was entrusted with composing music for the video. These days we are working on final adjustments.

Coming weeks will determine everything. The future of Deexs will probably depend on where I am going to end up this fall and what I am going to do … and, of course, whether we (the band) are going to come to joint notions of what the Deexs‘ future should be like.

Recently I have dusted my instruments and obtained some new music software. The whole process of composing music for my brother’s video has been a brand new experience for me. I learnt some new tricks and I hope to use them on my new songs. I feel I have energy and determination to carry on with the „studio work“. I have accumulated a lot of new material in my drawers and I have a pretty clear idea of how it should sound. Now I just need to make it happen. Music is the only thing that has never let me down … and I have been missing it out for last two years. It’s time to do something about it.

Soon I will provide you with a little preview of my „mini-soundtrack“ I am just getting through for my brother.

Till then … cheers.

.:V:.   

Deexs (r)evolution

An endless night

We have new instruments. We have new songs. Soon we will have new shows. The only thing we don't have is time. But time is relative, right? 

Through that last dark cloud is a dying star. And soon enough, it will die. And when it explodes, it will be reborn. You will bloom and Deexs will live.

(photo by Lyle Crump)