So I thought I’d take a few moments to share what I’ve been doing outside of Ground To Zero. Welcome to part three.
I got to talking with guitarist Adam Kurzel last year. Both of us were badly depleted of motivation since the demise of Nitidus and its short-lived successor Shotgun Zero. However, Adam had written a bunch of songs that never quite suited either band. We jammed on some of the songs and liked what we were hearing, so we recorded a few rough demos, nabbed ourselves a bass player in one Ben Howling (from Immersion) and settled on the band name Romeo Knights.
As of this writing, most of the songs are already good to go. We plan to write a few more, then lay down the best tracks in a home studio so you can hear our new sounds before we take it to a stage near you.
For now, here’s one we prepared earlier. This is a track Adam and Marki recorded during the Shotgun Zero days that has found a home in the Romeo Knights set list.
If you would like to keep up to date on the band’s progress, head over to www.romeoknights.com and subscribe to the feed.
Welcome back to the Ground To Zero project. It’s been a while since last update and much has happened, so here’s a quick primer for those out of the loop:
Jam #3, #4 and #5 happened, and they were good!
Jam #5 was extra special because it was our first laid-back-unplugged-family-fun-day-BBQ jam session, just in time before Melbourne’s weather became penguin paradise.
Many more awesome songs were conceived thanks to my talent …ed collaborators.
I have a (digital) stack of photos, videos and demo recordings to sort through and edit. I’d like to get them online for you soon, but that all depends on my productivity.
Speaking of productivity, I have been working on another project of mine these past few months: the rebirth of Nitidus under the new name “Shotgun Zero” (yes I realise the similarity, but it’s the only name that the three of us could agree on, and I’d much rather play gigs than argue band names).
Oh, and between all that I’ve been working long hours at my day job so I can keep this project afloat and the internet bills paid. You’re welcome.
Enough of the retrospective, now let’s look towards an even brighter future:
From today, we’re trying on a new website design by AskGraphics. I think it’s an improvement over the last one, but if you think you can do a better WordPress theme, drop us a comment below. Ground To Zero is all about supporting creativity so we’d love to get you guys involved in any way we can.
Jam #6 happens real soon, which means another load of photos, video and demo tracks for me to sort through, yipee.
Later down the road we will take our ideas, form them into completed tracks and record them so you can have something to put on your iPod, won’t that be fun. More on that another day, but for now it’s back to day job. Make sure you’re subscribed so I don’t have to keep throwing rocks at your window to get your attention.
