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from exile got a little blurb on theprp.com

After over two years of writing and recording, we are proud to announce that Monolith is now available for digital purchase, with Limited Edition CDs soon to follow!

Click here to purchase "Monolith" in mp3, FLAC, and a variety of other formats

Listen to the record in it's entirety here;

Digital release includes liner notes and cover art. Written by Eric Guenther except for the tracks "Apparition", "Veritas", and "Monolith", written by Eric Guenther and Ben Wetzelberger. Produced by Eyal Levi and Eric Guenther. Mixed by Eyal Levi. Mastered at Fullersound. Drums performed by Kevin Talley in June 2008. String recording on "The Unlearning Dissent" performed by Mary Knight (Cello) and Jim Campbell (Violin), and engineered by Brandon Montgomery at WonderRoot Studios in July 2008. Guest solo by Emil Werstler on "Apparition". Guest solo by Eyal Levi on "In the Faded Silence".

Click here to read more: From Exile coming to Rock Band Network – Which song do you want to play?

Recording sessions can be tough. I learned this over the long and arduous session that I just finished. It's not always as simple as you would think. Throw a couple mics in the room and hit the red record button, right? Then the fun stuff comes into play... After spending hours upon hours in a hot, steamy, dark room, huddled around a computer and countless other humming electro - toys with other stinky dudes who may or may not have bathed within the week (yourself included), agonizing and arguing over whether to use a dotted eighth note or sixlet feel to a 2nd bassline doesn't really hold your attention the way it should. You lose focus. You forget that this recorded material is going to haunt you for a long time, for better or for worse... The hope is that it is a successful recording and will stick with you forever, but the fear is that, in the end, you won't want it to. Anyway, that's why it is fun and important to change the pace and do something a little different once in a while. It lets the brain reset, and hopefully, if you are resourceful, you can still make something productive and unique out of it. In a couple weeks, when From Exile's 'Monolith' is released, I'll be getting into the gritty details of specific sounds on the record and where we were having fun. Here's an example; TOOL in the studio, annihilating a piano: I loved this video because I had a similar run-in with a piano a couple years ago... It involved a pair of machetes and a bottle of whiskey, and although I do not have any video footage of this particular night (one, of many, that I probably should have been arrested), I did rip the 'head off the dragon', so to speak, and it resides at home with me to this day: So, to my earlier point on recording experimentation, I had the opportunity to stop by my father's shop and record some samples of buzz-saws and such for an as-of-yet-unnanounced project (TO BE RELEASED BY END OF YEAR!):

Here is some footage of us working with Eyal Levi on some experimental junk during the Monolith recording session (starts @ 1:38): We were using key rings, a battlestation of delay pedals, and a glass pipe... bah, I guess I should stop there. I have a show tonight to prepare for!

These days, an independent do-it-yourself band is going to have a hell of a time keeping up with the hundreds of 'artist website services' that get pushed down our throat every day... The best way to keep up with From Exile news, shows, free mp3s, etc. is through one of these links:

Official Blog:http://www.fromexile.com

Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/fromexile

Webstore:http://fromexile.bandcamp.com

Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/fromexile

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Too often, when discussing music and particularly the creation thereof, preconceived rules not only hinder but cripple creative thought entirely. Ben and I, during an arduous but transformative recording session, decided that to contrast the strict set of 'rules' we had set for ourselves in our main project, From Exile, we would need another side of the coin, so to speak.

Onset was created to serve this purpose. It has no rules. We will self-produce and release a recording in early 2010.

As many of you know, From Exile is also alive and well, although we will not be playing live shows right away due to member issues. This is also part of Onset's purpose... To play killer live shows.

We are preparing to release our next record, "Monolith". It is by far the best work we have ever done, and we look forward to dropping this bomb in the fall.

Check out the Onset myspace here: Onset on Myspace




Please take a listen to the title track of the new From Exile record here:

http://fromexile.bandcamp.com

For Onset and From Exile news and updates, follow us on Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/fromexile
http://www.twitter.com/ericguenther

Onset is playing a set of all new material August 28th at WonderRoot to open NOPHEST 2009.

The record has been sent away for mastering and we are expecting to be able to upload some new songs very soon...

Also, we are planning a special pre-release listening opportunity for mailing list members ... Details to follow; for more information, register for the From Exile mailing list:
FROM EXILE MAILING LIST

Also; I have been pretty active with these things, if anyone is interested in updates

http://www.twitter.com/fromexile
http://www.twitter.com/ericguenther

Most of you know that we have been working on this record a very long time, and it is still coming along very fucking well. It is only a matter of time until we can release it, but for now, I plan on editing through some of the candid footage I was able to collect. There are some rrrrrrrrrrough mixes in there of the middle section of the record -




Some other good ones -

Strings Rehearsal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odzZbbrh7dY


Piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1Nu3VyXPs


Bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixKqzWjtG4


Ebows, etc (extended cut): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZthGF72GQ

Yesterday, Last.fm started paying artist royalties directly to registered accounts for plays on their site. It is supported by ad revenue.

This is a big step, in comparison to Myspace's method of retaining ALL ad revenue generated by major/independent/DIY artists' music site.

Please visit http://www.last.fm/music/From+Exile

or just go to Last.fm use their site to stream and listen to new music instead of Myspace. At least you will be helping the artist out with a little money instead of how Myspace 'helps' an artist out: hacked song play numbers, auto-spam-adder bulletin bombers, bot-driven profile views.... Myspace is broken; I type more things like 'hdI84577cn' because they require so many captchas than I type normal, communicative phrases like, "hello, i like your band".

The point is; if you really want to support an independent artist like From Exile, listen to their music on last.fm instead of Myspace because it will make the artist money that they can use to continue their enterprise.

There is a great WIRED article about it here: http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/lastfm-compensa.html

You can learn more about it on the Last.fm site here: http://last.fm/uploadmusic



What do you think?

eric
http://www.fromexile.com

I am happy to announce that www.ericguenther.com has launched.

Subscribe for new original music released every 2 weeks. And maybe some marginal chatter now and then.

My music is released under the Attribution-NonCommercial Creative Commons license. This means that any type of non-commercial re-use is acceptable, provided that you give me credit and link to this site.

I want my music to be heard by as many people as possible with the hope that I can generate enough interest to continue to survive and make music.

There are already some From Exile goodies posted, as well as some other remix-oriented stuff...

My plan is to include not only metal and rock oriented stuff but also some electronic and more experimental tracks as well...

Please check it out!