As you all know, soon I hope to have a new demo CD out. A full band disc next time. Like I said before a long time ago, I’m not going to put the next demo CD under my name. I will come up with a band name for it. It won’t have my name in the band name at all, like, it’s not going to be, “The Kev Brock Band” or it won’t be called, “K’Brocking’ & Friends”, none of that shit. I will come up with a creative band name, and when I do, I will have the name trademarked before I put it out there publicly.

The reason I want to make a full band demo CD so badly is not only to have some full band songs, but to prove that I know how to do the rock n’ roll band thing that not many people think I can do. I’ve been accused of not knowing shit about being a musician, and I got something to prove. Yeah, I do know chords. I have an idea of how chords work and what notes are in them. I know every note on the fretboard of the guitar. I know a few other scales then just the basic minor pentatonic scale. I’m familiar with chord progressions and the chromatic scale. I also know alternate tunings and have an okay ear when soloing over rhythym and what keys to play songs in. I know all that techniques like hammer ons, pull offs, slides, vibratos, string bending, harmonics, I’m familiar with augmented chords, intervals, tones, and that theory stuff. So yeah, I do know some shit as you can tell.

I’ll admit that I’m not the best singer in the world. I don’t sing like those kids on American Idol and don’t sing like Clay Aiken or Barry Manilow, but I learned that you don’t need to sing good if that’s what you want to do is sing your own songs that you write. Many famous musicians today aren’t professionally trained with their singing voices and they admit it. They sing anyway because they can. Singers like Neil Young, Billy Corgan and Ozzy Osbourne are perfect examples. You can tell Neil, Billy and Ozzy weren’t professionally trained with their singing. Yet, they are still able to write amazing songs even if they don’t sing as good. Bob Dylan is another one. Kurt Cobain from Nirvana and also Jimi Hendrix. If that’s what you want to do is sing, just do it. You don’t need to go through all them strict, instructional voice lessons. You could if you want to if you want to improve your vocals, but sometimes that’s the way your voice is, and you can’t get any better. I sing anyway ’cause it’s a way to express myself. I would like to sing like Robert Plant or Chris Cornell, you know, sing with a strong voice and powerful range, but I’ll never get there because this is how my throat is. I’m always practicing singing and try to get a little better, I just sing ’cause I enjoy it.

I want to get the full band thing going ’cause it’s something I’ve always dreamed of. I hope to get the full band demo CD out in 2011 and maybe do some shows with a band in the summer, if the band thing goes well and if they want to play shows with me. I’ll work something out. I’ve got other musicians in the Albany area that are fans of my music, so I’m pretty sure they’ll be willing to play with me. Count on it.

Kev