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Getting back to MANTRA

Got new aviator sunglasses in Malaysia, tryna grow my hair out again as I asked my barber to cut too much length off which was my mistake, me in the white shirt n navy trousers is my outfit for today w a chain and bracelet n sunglasses too.

I’ve been so busy for the last couple months with bands and college work n music stuff in general.

LIFE UPDATE:

September:

I joined Alton College doing Music Performance and Production Level 3 Extended Diploma.

The incidentals was my first band that formed.

The Original Lineup:

James (Me): Lead Guitar

Annabeth: Rhythm Guitarist

Mark: Bass

Leila: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

Hannah: Vocals

Joe: Drums

November:

This lineup was the lineup for the 1st 2 gigs we did, after this Annabeth left the band and Mark was kicked out because at the time he wasn’t that great, although not he is great and he is bass player for Priapulida.

New Incidentals Lineup:

Me - Lead Guitar

Leila - Bass, Vocals

Hannah - Vocals

Joe - Drums

March:

The new incidentals lineup was the lineup up until March when we went our seperate ways and broke up because the band wasn’t running well as typical things that happen between bands in general

Around this time 2 new bands formed, Detour and Priapulida.

Detour was supposed to happen but didn’t because the Lead Singer was too scared to sing in front of people.:(

Priapulida used to be called rock hard by we changed our band name because Katherine the lounge bar owner didn’t like it, so we changed it to Priapulida. Priapulida is the band that I sing in, my voice still needs work but my stage presence is what really sells it as well as the general energy of the band

May:

Jirisu one of the other college bands kicked out their guitarist Annabeth (Same guitarist from the incidentals originally) because she was being overbearing a difficult to work with, the band was then rebranded to cutting ties and then all the original members of Jirisu except for Annabeth got me as their lead guitarist.

4th-5th July Weekend:

I had Woodfest which I performed with all of my 3 bands at and The Shed Borden, with cutting ties.

And from then on it’s just been holiday, I’m currently in Malaysia to see family and explore.

5 Legged Horse My Original Song:

This is one of 6-7 other songs I’ve written, it’s about a girl who was a bit crazy and I felt was tryna mess w me. I’ll talk more about it if you guys want on a seperate post as this is a lotta typing for me

Insta for my bands: go check em out

Priapulida: @thepriapulida

Cutting Ties: @cuttingties.band

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Getting back to MANTRA