Today Dave burst into the jam room all excited about a piece of music he had had lying around and wanted to put together. He had a bass part, and a verse and chorus section. I learned the parts, and by that time Chaney showed up and got the bass up to speed. Dave came up with a really heavy Sabbathgardenish bridge with some tricky stops that is really fucking fun to play.

Speaking of fun, I have to say that more and more, Stephen Perkins is just a God. He tackles every single part that comes up instantly, and he always, absolutely always plays with solid conviction. We played the Dave Jam over and over cause it was so fun, I was having a great time just playing the guitar, and didnt want to work on singing yet. Got it on "tape" and moved on.

Yesterday we got a basic arrangement to the other new one together, but I wasn't sold on it yet. Went through some older versions before I had lyrics when it was "Untitled" and found that the guys were playing a tighter arrangement that got to the chorus quicker and it seemed to be better. We re-did "Skin" for a while  that way and it sounds good.

Later, I came up with the start to a song that is kind of weary that I really like, I am listening to it now. After I got it recorded a bit, Dave started playing the chords to Nirvana's "In Bloom" and we joined in and played the whole thing, what a great song.

"Sell the kids for food"...