running out of time (#_20)

so it's almost all over.

the revolution will keep on rolling, but it'll lose its junky voice out in chestnut hill. i've been thinking a lot lately about what this band means to me... but more importantly what it means to everyone else around me. we've had an awesome run... we've played with some amazing musicians and rocked some awesome rooms. but i feel like our message hasn't quite gotten the traction that we'd hoped.

the community in 'tha hill has been a bit less than supportive, but it's because they have the wrong outlook. you aren't coming to the show to support your friends, you're coming because you want to party... because you want to be part of something bigger than yourself... because you want to think for yourself and decide if you smell what we're steppin' in. because you want to be taken to a different, better place where there's good music, good people, good times, and the beer flows all night long.

we talk about revolution... about change. we wax nostalgic, but we look towards the future. we've written songs about love, songs about hate, songs about the struggle. but most of all, we have tried to connect with people and bring them along our musical ride.

sure, maybe we don't repeat the same phrase 50 times in our tracks to DRILL. IT. INTO. YOUR. HEAD... but maybe that's because we WANT you to have to listen, absorb, and feel.

but don't get us wrong... we haven't forgotten that the main reason we love playing music is making people dance, sing, and party. so that's why we've been working on some dope covers and some funky, upbeat grooves that even ya motha would want to grind to.

we're playing a few house parties between now and the end of may.

then the project is going to hang up the nike boots... at least for a pretty solid chunk of time.

thanks for all the support, go get the new album, look back on some pictures you have from past shows and parties, and remember that we love you and we loved that you wanted to be a part of what we were doing.

the revolution's still on it's way... you guys are just going to have to make you don't forget what it was all about.

peace, love, & rock,
the project

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in the headphones:

d'angelo - send it on

if you like music with substance... music with soul... sexual music... music with heart and groove... then d'angelo's voodoo album should be your bible. everyone should listen to this album at least once through. it was the heart of the late 90's soul revolution.

they smelled what we were steppin in.