Travelers!
Welcome to another insider scoop on Kardashev and the doods of Kardashev whom make up the band… KARDASHEV!
I’ve got some neat new stuff to show you today and I hope you’re excited for fall because I just got back from Cologne, Germany and it was like 60 degrees everyday, but here in Arizona, it’s frickin 95 all week. #shitballs Anyways, new merch, new music, new process, let’s go!
Band Member updates
Let’s talk about the band members and what we’ve been up to!
Mark
MARK’S WIFE HAD A BABY! His name is Evan John Michael Garrett and he was born on 9/27!
(Fun fact, my sister and step-father were both born on 9/27!) 😀
I’m working on some merch for him… but I’m not sure he’ll go for it…
That’s literally all for Mark, you can imagine he’s quite busy with a new born. haha
Alex
Alex is now back from his recent tour with Holy Fawn! They went to the UK and spent time with a true Scotsman, as he was their driver. haha
Here’s what he had to say when I asked him for an update!
This year has been the busiest year of my life. Haha. Since August I’ve been traveling, working, and touring almost non-stop. I worked Psycho Las Vegas in August, toured the east coast US for two weeks immediately after that with Astronoid, came home for four days and then flew to the UK for a five day tour with The Hyena Kill (no days off 😷), flew back home for a brief two week vacation where I stayed home and did NOTHING, then headed out for a two week west coast tour with SOM and Grivo. And just like that, 2022 is over. WHERE DID IT GO!? Now I just have to survive the holidays and then I can walk into 2023 full of piss and vinegar. Got a lot of Kardashev work to do! 🤘🏽
Catch them on tour through the end of the year across the West Coast USA!
Sean
Sean has been busy running his company in Canada and writing possible Kardashev tunes! (See Audio section)
He spent some time in Hawaii for a family vacation and his son, Winston, became ill before they returned home. But he’s better now. Just scary there for a moment.
Sean is meeting with us once a week via Discord to keep in touch and continue developing the next record!
Nico
Alright, being the author of these updates, I could go on for days about my section, but I made a fun live stream last week to sum up what I’ve been doing lately. Recently I was in Germany for 10 days on vacation, enjoying some live music at EuroBlast festival where I saw MANY sick bands. Check out the video below in case you missed it.
I’m now back home working on music, making merch, and live streaming twice a week on YouTube! Don’t miss it!
Oh, also I’m 33 years old now. #neat
Audio
Oh we’ve got some updates for you this week. Sheeeesh
Firstly, I want to tell a story from last night. I was lying in bed at 8pm (because I’m enjoying my early morning schedule from German jetlag) and Mark sends us (the band) this audio file:
So I picked up my acoustic (which I keep in bed with me, yeah, that’s right judge me) and began working out some chords while in a twilight state and sent him this:
Here’s what I came up with after stretching Mark’s demo to time and doing some light pitch adjustment to keep it closer to the final
Sean on the other hand, he just plain writes entire songs. haha
Here’s what he’s sent me recently. Guess I’m gonna be using the 8 string on this record…
I think it’s got LOADS of potential. It’s super basic right now. Needs the Shev love, but it’s so badass and catchy! Alex and I reviewed this tune the other day and we were blown away that he’d composed such a complete piece. #incredibletalent
Here’s the demos I’ve got as of right now. 🙂 Let me know which parts you love and which ones need more development.
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Until next time,
DEUREIM