you just gotta say screw it. 

new music summer/fall 08. 

dc

for those with nothing better to do, check this out.

http://twitter.com/dcdownshift

its kind of fun.

dc

What up guys?  if you are into ghost and paranormal shit, check this out:

They filmed a documentary about this stuff in Nebraska, and they used some of our music!!  How kick ass is that?!?!?!?!

Anyways, check it out!

dc

what up guys???

ABOS is now in iTunes!  How fucking sweet is that!!!!  Anyways, if that trips your trigger, go grab it and enjoy! A bunch of other download sites are on the way as well, so if you dig Napster, Rhapsody, or any of about 40 more, those are in the works. 

Talk soon!

dc

What up guys!  We've got a fully functional web store now open!  Check it out!!

www.cafepress.com/downshiftomaha

tons of cool shit in there!!!!

dc

We apologize for the spam.  We got hacked.  Go figure.  Sorry about that, those things are a pain in the ass.  Anyways, got it fixed.  I'll post an update soon on the progress on the music.

dc

APRIL FOOLS CD/DVD SPECIAL!!!

Hey, just wanted to let you know that we are having an April Fools special on our CD/DVD entitled "A Blueprint of Suppression".  For the month of April, you can go to our Myspace page and purchase the CD/DVD for only $5 (plus shipping) for U.S. orders and $10 (plus shipping) for International orders.  You get a full length album just over 45 minutes long and a DVD with about 3 hours worth of material for only $5?!?!  What a deal!  You woud be a FOOL to let this deal go!  Hence, the April Fools term....get it?  hahaha

Anyways, make sure to scroll down to the Paypal buttons and order accordingly.  (Please allow 1-2 weeks for your order to be shipped to your door due to the overwhelming flow of shipments going out.)

Thanks again for all of your support, hope you decide to take us up on this offer and if you do, make sure you come back to our page and let us know what you think!!!  Keep it metal!!!

Downshift

Hey everyone, I have to put this up because we are a little overwhelmed at this point.  Normally, we go through all of our friends requests and post a BIG thank you for wanting to be our friend.  Well, it has gotten to a point where it is taking me a few hours a day to do this task.  It's awesome for us in a way because there are so many of you out there wanting to be our friends which is bad ass!  But, unfortunately, it's a little overwhelming so there has to be a point in order to keep our sanity, we have to stop.  So, I want to put it out right here and now, if you just added us as a friend, THANK YOU!!!  You have NO idea how much it means to us...  Still be sure to write us as all personal emails to the band are always answered, THAT we will definitely do...

Well, later on guys!!!

Jeph

Downshift

1.16.07

HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!  I have slacked off huge on my journals from the studio, so I haven't had a chance to say that.  I suppose a MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS is also in order too then, huh?  Hope the holidays were well, and everyone got what they wanted for xmas.  That sounded fucking retarded but you get the idea.  Anyways, the studio.  Ahhhh, yes.  We've been getting some emails from dudes curious as to why it's taking so long to record this record.  Well, what they don't seem to realize about us is that we take our time on things like this.  We aren't satisfied unless we have the best guitar sound my speakers can produce, best drum sounds, and so on.  And that takes awhile SO BACK OFF!  Just kidding.  ABOS took over 10 months to record.  We are actually writing this one in the studio, so it may not be out until the Fall of this year.  But you know we'll hook you up over myspace when we get things closer.  So, keep checking back.

We've been having a lot of those 'direction' talks.  What direction do we want to take the music in, blah blah blah.  Some of the songs that we demoed before we went in weren't necessarily reflective of where we wanted to be as a band.  So, a lot of those songs are being picked apart and put back together.  A lot of the songs that were strong are being built upon, like the song "Follow" which got a really good response on myspace.  And others are being dismantled and reconstructed, like the song 'Killing Me to Live'.  What I can say about this from a guitar standpoint is that I'm going to the extreme in both directions.  All the way to extreme trash and math metal then all the way across the board to some acoustic stuff.  And for those of you who have been following the band for awhile, may remember some talks about an acoustic record.  Still may happen, may not.  Who's to say.  Anyways, enough of my babble.  I'll write more tomorrow. 

Currently listening to:  Opeth 'The Ghost Reveries'.  This is one of the bands that should seriously thank Sirius Satellite Radio.  That's where I heard them.  You gotta be in the mood for it, but if you are, it's perfect. 

And for those also curious, my IPOD these days consists of these records:

Lacuna Coil:  Karmacode, Comalies

Threat Signal:  Under Reprisal

Mnemic:  The Audio Injected Soul (yup, still listening to it, it's that good…)

Faith No More:  The Real Thing

Korn: Untouchables (not sure why, just kind of felt like it I guess)

In Flames:  Soundtrack to your escape

Soulfly:  Soulfly

Puya:  ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Union

Opeth:  The Ghost Reveries

Machine Head:  Through the Ashes of Empires

Nothingface:  Violence

NIN:  The Downward Spiral and Pretty Hate Machine

White Zombie:  Astro Creep 2000

Lamb of God:  Ashes of the Wake and As the Palaces Burn

My favorite part of these journals, Celebrities in Trouble:  check this one out.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244080,00.html?sPage=fnc.foxlife/celebtrouble

This is why Paul Sorvino is the shit!!!!

I heard this today and thought it summed what we try and say musically:  Only dead fish swim upstream…

Makes sense, doesn't it…

Cheers

Dc