In the Mind of Nate

Yes, you heard that right. In The mists of going public about his health issues, the Prince of Darkness climbed to the #1 spot on the Metal Contraband charts this week with the first single off his forthcoming album Ordinary Man called "Under the Graveyard", which features Chad Smith , drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Duff Mckagan of Guns and Roses on Bass. The second single off Ordinary Man is entitled "Straight to Hell", also features a member of Guns and Roses, Slash on guitar. Other artists that appear on the album include, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Post Malone and Fellow UK music legend Elton John . Maybe Sir Elton will put in a good word in with the Queen for the Ozzman and he will be Knighted "Sir Ozzy". Has a nice ring to it doesn't it? Judging by the sound of these first two songs, I think that Ozzy will once again deliver an album with a great mixture of his modern solo sound and the bare-bones, nitty gritty...

   This title may suggest that this post is about the feeling a guy or girl has when they approach someone that they are attracted to for the first time hoping to strike up a conversation. But, I'm afraid it is not about that for the most part. I am speaking mainly about trying to learn a new song that someone else has written. This can also help those that are thinking of picking up an instrument for the first time. One of the hardest things I have noticed with my students was that they are not used to having guitar playing as part of their everyday routine and hence they don't practice as much.Or they become frustrated early on that they don't know many songs. But the more you pratice, the better you become and the easier it will become to learn songs(sometimes,it happens by accident just from fiddling around,the start of learning a song by ear-no sheet music or instruction needed)Many people sometimes hear a song on the radio & are so intimidated by the artist...

Imbolg, a New York City based band has just released their first single: "Duisigh(Awaken)" which will be included on their upcoming full length release through Reverbnation.com.The song title itself was chosen by founding member and singer/guitarist Nate Dal Cais having been influenced by his Irish heritage. Duisigh is a Gaelic which means awaken. The group has been performing throughout the Northeast over the past few years receiving notoriety for their dark sound and incantation rituals that are conducted before each of their performances. Having recently been featured in Goth music reviewer/Author Mick Mercer's new book "Music to Die for" and making headway globally with the advent of social networking and music based webpages, the group is planning on performing in other regions of the U.S. this year. Their shows sometimes feature a promotion with the ghoulishly famous manufacturer of musical instruments cases;" Coffin Case" that the group has been...