It's been almost a year... again. A long long time... again. Simply because I tend to forget I have this blog. It's really incredible how much stuff can happen in a short time when there are other hundreds of dull hours, months, years, etc.
I have made my calculations and there's been almost 9 months (I wasn't pregnant) since my last post in this place. I came up by it by looking at old Overlord posts over the internet and given that there are not many places talking about it, I ended up here.
And??? Well???
Well. I am not living in Santiago anymore.
Say whaaat?
I am living in Porvenir, a little town in the south of Chile, in Tierra del Fuego province, just in front of the Strait of Magellan. AND IT'S COLD LIKE IT'S NOT A JOKE!
I came here to teach English in a little school and save money to leave Chile for good. I moved here with Paulina, my dear. We have lived here since April this year and it's been quite difficult in a strange land so far away from "civilization". Hell, we are literally living in an island.
The Great Island of Tierra del Fuego, in the bottom end of the world
I'm afraid so. I don't even know how I ended up here. I don't even remember the last point or the last entry for this blog.
I have been very very busy lately. At least in 2017.
At the end of 2016 and after been in several bands playing FUCKING SOFT ROCK I ultimately decided to write some songs again and start a new project. Yeah, the project was soft rock with more "aggressive" undertones. It was called NOVIEMBRE X.
I know it is a crappy logo
After 2 months of being enclosed in my bedroom, I came up with 5 songs that I taught a friend who decided to join me. After that, I found a vocalist (girl, female vocalist you know?). She was from Venezuela. Her voice was fine but after a few months I decided to find another vocalist. I found her at work. We had a lot of fun rehearsing the songs.
After some weeks I decided to record an EP and to do so I needed a drummer. So I put an advertisement on the internet and a very skilled and proficient drummer came along. With that lineup we decided to enter a studio to record.
From L to R: Yours truly, Mane, Tael
We recorded everything ourselves with a little help from the studio's house engineer. Here you can watch part of the process:
Well. After the recording was done, I was very hopeful to "make it". But the lack of market in my dear country made further promotion impossible without big bags of cash.
I decided to move on. FUCK.
So I'm here 1 year later of all that.
1 year has passed and I haven't done anything considerable.
My mind is really confused now. I try to make something but it sounds repetitive.
I try to break to new styles but then I found out they're not my thing. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON.
I don't even have time to pick up my guitar anymore. I have tried to make instrumentals made of electronical artifacts. But nothing.
Probably the inspiration will come back. But then I think: what's the use?
In the meantime I have things to show for. That's my consolation.
