The Last goodbye

Everytime i go out on my back deck to have a smoke..i think about the strangest things. like today..I was thinking..and this is sort of hard to explain..


We all think the last goodbye between our loved ones (i.e Mom and Dad).is when they/you die..and it is..but also...I would say the last real goodbye is where you are buried. Say your parents have plots in a little cemetery in GA and you move out and start a new life in..let's say Arizona..then your time comes..if you're married (which most likely you will at least have a special someone by your side) you will most likely be buried beside your partner..in the grave yard in AZ..some 1500 or so miles from the resting place of your parents..it seems like that would be the last real good bye. It kind of got me down thinking about how crazy it is to spend 20 years growing up in a house hold..going through life..and then being laid to rest over a 1000 miles apart.

And then i got the idea to write a song from the stand point of what happens once you are laid to rest..but not in a heaven or hell sense...but looking at it as "Joining a club" or moving into that new neighborhood. I'm going to go work on that.


Zeke

Sunshine

been playing this song in my quiet time...and it's 5:17am so why not record it on the lap top and capture the moment?

http://www.mediafire.com/?4mamzmhkzyz

My Top 10 Albums of the Year (that i've been listening too)

By request from my good friend Nate, here is my top 10. Im not sure if you meant the favorite albums that came out in 2008, or just the ones i listened too most this year. I didn't listen to as many albums this year as i did just singles/eps....and you know how hard it is to find an album these days full of good songs. Here's my top 10 fav list as of now:






#10 Betty Rats - Squeaks Tall Reeds
These are some of my friends from Nashville, TN. They put together this great album that bounces off the wall with folk rock drops sweating from it's pores.




#9 Charles Manson - LIE
Always been intrigued by the Manson Family, Sharon Tate Murder, Etc. However, Manson's music is really poetic, in an innocent/symbolic kind of way.





#8 Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family
One of my more favorite albums for the aggressive side of me. This album also runs a close race with NIN - "The downward Spiral"





# 7 The Beatles - A Hard Days Night
This was the first real album my mom ever bought me when I was 10 and it's what sent me in the direction im still swimming towards.





# 6 Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
One of my really good friends let me hear a copy of this album a while back and I fell in love with it's sounds/odd arrangements.







# 5 The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
One night i was almost at my lowest and I stumbled across this album via a friend's blog. I downloaded it and listened to it 2 times back to back, track to track. It's great, end of story.





#4 Iron and Wine - The Shepherds Dog
I remember when I bought this album, I came home and listened to it with a friend and it's warm sounds will always find a close spot next to me.







#3 Radiohead - Ok Computer
It's Radiohead, Ok Computer...enough said.







#2 Radiohead - In Rainbows
I think we'll all agree, this is the best stoner album of modern times.






#1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane over The Sea
I listen to this when ever im searching for a meaning to life, but i never find it.

The Ice Creams

Who are these cool and creamy sailors of the underground music world? Who knows...but they have some good music and their new Single "My Friend Frank" was released as a Free Download that includes 2 other songs, "Call Me In The Morning" and "Wings". My label, Gyspy Farm released it and you can download it for Free below..and if you're feeling a little frisky, you can donate what you think the Singles worth..if you're one of those cats that wants to keep the underground scene alive. Thanks and have a good one. - Zeke

The Ice Creams - "My Friend Frank" Single

Click to download the single for Free

Track Listing :

"Call Me In The Morning"
"My Friend Frank"
"Wings"

download for free and then if you like, donate what you think it's worth:

Ogayortion

So let's stop with the dumbass bulletins talking about Obama/Gays/Abortion . You all are entitled to your opinions and in no way am I saying that you are "wrong" but here it is all nice and easy for you....



All you people bitching about Obama, what do you really have to bitch about? other than what other people/news stations have said...what do you have to bitch about? what is there? the fucker isn't even in office yet and you guys are saying "the world is over"...he could possibly be the worst president ever, but he could also be one of the best...either way, find something else to bitch about until he actually fucks up. There's a lot of "He's going to do..." and "he's talking about" but until he actually bends us over and rams off a good one from behind, give the guy a chance. Either way, in January he's going to be our president and we all need to give him a chance to try "his" way. If worse come to worst, it seems that you have forgotten that they can still impeach people.


Next up......Gay Marriage

I'm seeing a lot of people saying "Well...it's ok....but it's wrong" or "It's not bothering me...but it's still wrong" what is wrong about it? You fuckers talk about love all the time and how it's so great and hard to describe and it's something that is in a soul and in the air...but it's wrong if 2 girls or 2 guys feel it for each other? In a way, I'm kind of 50/50 on this subject because I'm not exactly the world's biggest fan on marriage...it's over rated, only generated for publicity and gives people an excuse to spend $5,000-$50,000 just to show someone that they "love them" but then say that "Money isn't love", only to end up in a nasty divorce a few years later. But back to Gay Marriage....what marriage USED to be about is bringing together two loved ones in "holy matrimony" and if it just so happens that those two loved ones are the same sex...why should it matter to us? why should we call that "wrong"? why should this be one of the countries' biggest fucking debates when we have bigger fucking problems to attend too...there is nothing wrong with it, stop getting freaked out by it and grow the fuck up. For those that say God would cast 2 perfectly good human beings with good hearts/souls into hell just for being homosexual...well now...I just find that a little hard to believe.


Lastly.....Abortion

This is without a doubt a very touchy subject, maybe the actual most important out of the 3 topics I've written about. On this, I'm a little pro-choice and a little pro-life. Reason being...there are lots of reasons why people get abortions...some are the right reasons and some are wrong. If a 14 year old girl gets raped and is impregnated and doesn't want to go through birth at her age, i see nothing wrong with an abortion. Now...if a 16 year old girl gets knocked up by her boyfriend just because he was too much of a burn out to throw on a condom and she just doesn't want the responsibility, then she shouldn't be allowed an abortion. I wouldn't consider abortion murder either.. maybe if it is performed 8 months into the pregnancy..then i could see that being murder...but if you want to associate anything else with murder...then we are all murders...we've all killed things...and hey guys...your murderers every time you rub one out on the bathroom floor...would you not consider that murder as well?



long story short....get over it people...life is too beautiful and too short to bitch over things like this...and chances are most of the people reading this (not all but most) have never been pregnant at the age of 14...and have never had to deal with the world turning it's back on you just because of who you love...and i bet a good bit of you didn't even vote on the 4th...so stop your bitching.


You see what people don't realize is that life needs the good and the bad....the pretty and the ugly.....the clean and dirty because when you take one away, the other just doesn't seem as good does it?

I'll leave you with a quote from Jeff Mangum

"I can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all"

so be happy with who you are and learn to be a better person.



- Zeke

One question

Who are you? I want you to tell me. Comment this and tell me who you are because I want to know and maybe you can help me find out who I am as well.



- Zeke

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Humms Do Halloween

We recorded 2 cover songs for this year's Halloween. I love the Fall months and of course..Halloween. Please take the time to download both covers for free, on us. Hope you enjoy :)

Old Times

Well, im 20 now..it's a little odd, but not that odd seeing as how this is something that happens to everyone that is lucky to stay alive this long. Haven't really been blogging that much because I've been busy with the band and just all around life I guess. I did, however find an old review of me, from when I was 15. This is when it all really started and I love reading this every now and then for shits and giggles.


This is a review on me..posted 5 years ago by Something Awful.com

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This was either posted sometime late 2002 or early 2003....

Remember the band you were in back in your Freshman year of high school? Remember how you thought you were headed straight to the top? Remember how badly you actually sucked? Remember how you made a website full of flagrant typos that demonstrated a complete lack of knowledge of the music world or any sort of grip on reality? Oh wait, that last part didn't happen, because you're not Zeke Sayer.

Now I'm not the kind of person who refuses to give credit where credit is due simply because it would be due to the person who's crappy website I'm trashing. Zeke plays all the instruments and does the vocals on the three tracks available on his site, and that's impressive. Plus he has a home recording studio, and that's pretty cool, too. What this means for him is that he is able to sound just like every other worthless garage band full of fifteen year olds but without the help of other people.

Zeke's currently available songs include an instrumental jam that shows limited signs of potential, and two tracks that should never be unleashed upon a public that has done nothing to deserve such punishment. The latest is a cover of Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People." Zeke likes to think that he can sing metal. It's cute. He also likes to think that the original artist is "Marilin Mansion." The last song is a cover of "Get Free" by the Vines. I heartily recommend listening to this song directly before going to the dentist. The drill will sound so sweet in comparison.

The kid's only fifteen, so I really don't want to be too harsh on him for his shitty music. It's much easier to be harsh on him for his godawful spelling and grammar. If taking the music back includes giving up proper English skills, then I believe I'll leave music squarely in the hands of whoever the hell has it now. And for that matter, how exactly does one take the music back by doing two covers and a one minute jam with oneself? What can I say, I just don't like people anymore.

- Ben "Greasnin" Platt


Zeke Sayer - Age 14 - 15

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Now...was that not cute? lol. Maybe this Ben cat, tearing down on a 15 year-old was the best thing to ever happen too me. Ya never know.



Zeke

Mysterious Men

So about this new song. I've had the music in my head for a while..the lyrics were written tonight in about 2 1/2 hours, so the vocal tracks are a little off just because i still don't really know the song...seeing how i just wrote it. The guitar solo is pretty much improv but shows a lot of what i wanted to get out i guess you could say..as corny as that shit sounds. Below are the words. I'd advise to read along while listening, maybe it hits harder that way. Oh well, here it is.http://www.mediafire.com/?qstklyplicv




"Mysterious Men" Words and Music by Zeke Sayer. Copyright 2008 BMI.com

All things happen for all the wrong reasons
and all the wrong reasons happen to me all the time.
People used to ask me "Do I have a soul?"
I used to think so, but now I don't really know.

I guess that's what happens to people like me
cause it's something that happens to me all the time.
I used to believe but people stopped believing me.
It's funny I think but you know that's how I see things.

Stick with me my dear, stick close so close
and I'll show you the days that I've come to miss the most.
Mysterious men in mysterious shows.
You know they like to dress in mysterious cloths.

I'll take you out if you just tell me when
to come to your place or you can come to mind
every single time that I am out of my mind
every single time that I am on your's too.

Like negative things cause negative scenes
and thinking of you brings those negative dreams.
We could smoke cigarettes and read those graves
and talk about how you love those pacific waves

And now you're with him while I'm out getting high
but I'm not mad at him, he seems like a nice guy.
It's funny you said that you wanna be free.
Well if that's how it is then you really don't need me
as anything not even a friend.
I'm just being honest or I could pretend

That all is well, life's so fucking swell
when you know that it's not
you just pretend you don't see a thing
but that's what I am to you, that's what you said
and you're probably right but we won't know 'till I'm dead

that's right, I've tried it a couple of times
and it's overrated and understated
I know I sound crazy but don't we all
get a little bit crazy from time to time
Especially when you think that you can trust your friend
while she's bending you back but you won't bend.

You won't bend
You can't bend
You won't bend

I Won't Give Up
I Won't Give Up
I Just Gave Up

Film

Made this video today with my small digital camera. Had a lot of things to get off my chest so i tried to do it this way. I could tell you what the moral behind this video is, but then where would the fun be in that? I'd rather you tell me what it does for you.


Zeke

Funny

At certain check points through out my 20 years on this earth, I've heard that "All things happen for a reason"

Honestly, i think that's the biggest bullshit answer ever. It's just something you say when you don't want to face the truth, can't face it, or just don't want to be completely honest.

Maybe things do happen for a reason, but it's still the biggest bullshit answer. You have more control over how things can turn out than you know. Things don't just fucking happen.

New Song

Well...kinda...you've heard bits and pieces of this one in demos/lyrics before. But this is the "studio recording" that i did tonight. Hope you enjoy.

The Day You Stopped Believing: http://www.mediafire.com/?nn9g3o4ef2k

Out of My Head

So i get a call from a friend the other day, one of my music buddies that is signed with Hitt Music Group in Los Angeles, and he is looking for a instrumental song to possible be the ending credits for a horror film. Back in February 08, him, his friend and I had piled a shit load of recording equipment in their lake house living room and just recorded for a few days whatever came out. We had this one song that i wrote one morning when waking up and recorded through out the day. Back to date, we went to my studio to pull up the song and mix it a little bit, and add in these series of loops and samples of crys, laughing and random noises that i have made on my lap top last year. Then did a few over dubbs, and this is what we came out with. :


Out of my Head: http://www.mediafire.com/?mkxnjznettp


Credits: Guitar, KorgSynth, Piano, Floor Tom, Sampling loops -- Zeke Sayer
Bass guitar -- Jim Vollrath
Drums -- Phil Dunkin

Recorded: February 2008 on Lake Hartwell, by way of Reed Creek Point.
July 2008 at Farmhouse Studio

Mixed: February 2008, March 2008 and July 2008.

How strange it is to be anything at all.

Is it weird that almost nothing seems fun anymore? Some days i wake up feeling sick for no reason, sometimes i go to bed that way. Driving through the country and listening to music used to give me so much pleasure when i would get this way, but that's been cut out almost completely due to the bastard gas prices. Music really seems to be the only thing i live for right now, and please don't take that as an emo phrase, i promise you i am the farthest thing from that. When people call other people "emo" it's either because of 2 reasons:

1. The people they accuse have myspace pics to make them look depressed, usually in black and white, and listen to bands like AFI (good band, but lets face it..80% of dumb ass America associates music like that with Emo people)

2. or...They don't have the knowledge to understand that some people out there are really having problems and need help; That they are afraid to talk about it due to the fear of just being labeled as "emo". Isn't that just like people....if they can't understand it...or refuse to understand it, they can immediately write it off as "emo" or "crazy" or "stupid".


Let's talk about something else other than emo. Let's talk about depression. That is a word I've grown way too familiar with. What causes depression? Chemical imbalances within the brain. They say emotions aren't real...well...of course they are..but they say that "emotions" are not made of up any physical material. I believe that emotions are held with in those chemicals in your brain. when the "good" chemicals are lacking, the "bad" ones have more room to grow, spreading somewhat like a disease.

The Humms are doing good so far. We've been practicing at this cool place in Athens, GA known as "Nuci's Space". Nuci Phillips was an Athens musician in the late 90's that committed suicide due to depression in 1997. I remember where i was in 1997. I was 9 years old, so happy and so Innocent to the dangers of the mind...especially my own mind. The songs I've been writing have been turning out rather nice...but it kills me when people listen to them and go "wow, that is a really great song" or "That is awesome, the sound is great!". Yes, i should be thankful for comments like that, and i am...but on the other hand, people are not getting the picture. If you sit down and just listen and try to understand what I've been screaming through these songs, you'll see something that maybe a lot of you have never seen before. Maybe you'll see a side of me that you never thought was there, but i have to live with that side everyday.

They say the best way to help with depression is to talk about it. The best way for me to talk about it, is through the songs i write. But how can I come out of my depression if no one is hearing what is meant to be heard through the songs?


I'll leave you with these lyrics from a band known as "Neutral Milk Hotel"


"What a beautiful face i have found in this place
that is circling all around the sun.
What a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen
in the blink of an eye and be gone from me.

and one day we will die and our ashes will fly
from the aeroplane over the sea
but for now we are young, let us lay in the sun
and count every beautiful thing we can see.

What a beautiful face i have found in this place
that is circling all around the sun.
and when we meet on a cloud, I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing at everyone i see

Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all. "



- Zeke

Zilophone.

Yeah...i know i didn't spell it right. But a lot of people wouldn't have known what i was talking about if i had spelled it with it's "X" spelling method. Anyways, picked up a Zilophone today. Just started messing around, and recorded this little number that will never be anything more, feel free to listen.

I think the process of audio record is just like the process of a 11 year old, writing down their thoughts in their diary. Except, in this way, you are using sounds and different arrangements, instead of words.

"Wolf River" - http://www.mediafire.com/?uqygd5yxnbt (for some reason the HTML isnt' working today, so just copy and paste the link above, into your browser. )

The Life Vault

When every person is born, we are given a vault. Inside this vault is everything we've ever wanted or will want from Life. Happiness, truth, love, peace and so on. But, the vault is locked and you don't know the combination. It could take you years to figure out how to open that vault. You have to put your ear up to it and listen really closely, to figure out the way to open up everything you've ever wanted.

NightWaves review of "Tool Box Hero"

For those of you that don't know, i've had a side project known as "Tool Box Hero" for some time now. The myspace url is http://www.myspace.com/jukeboxhero2 if you want to check it out. The above photo is the cover of the "Stay In Touch" EP, it's me when I was around 7 or 8..I think my mom snapped the pic? Anyways, here's a clipping of a review regarding TBH's EP.

"Stay In Touch" EP - Tool Box Hero

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Nightwaves Review of "Tool Box Hero" -

This was NOT what I was expecting. I received a very unspectacular looking home burnt CD-R in the mail, slipped into a red paper sleeve with hand written song titles scrawled across the envelope. Immediately (don't ask me why) I imagined some glitchy, artsy noise that some kid recorded on their PC. How wrong I was. This is a 5 song demo of songs by Toolbox Hero, the alter ego of Zeke Sayer. All of the tracks are highly touching and haunting. "Between the Earth and Moon" is beautiful; a mix of acoustic guitars, electronics and gentle male-female vocals. Like most of the tracks it is very thought provoking and introverted.

"Free Now" is a catchy and melodic slice of indie pop. It features a neat mix of simple piano melodies....and is that an SK1 I hear in the background? Toolbox Hero kind of reminds me of Hayden, but only if Hayden used electronics. "Having Fun Can Be Dangerous" sounds a bit like early Talking Heads, while "Now Is The Time" mixes things up with a bit of rap. Zeke does a great job of creating soft, gentle and smart pop tunes. This is a brilliant disc. I can't wait for the full-length release!
CD Reviews by Jill Davis LeBlanc (Canada)

Finished Song Lyrics

I posted some of these lyrics a while back, along with a lo-fi demo recording of the tune. I finished the lyrics (I think) the other night. here they are. I'll record them soon.


The Day You Stopped Believing Words and Music by Zeke Sayer.


Well they found me face down just outside of the bar
screaming your name as you got in his car.
They said "what's your name? Do you need a ride home?"
and i just said "Thanks but I'm fine on my own"

So I drank a bit more and then stumbled on home
and then tried to call you wouldn't answer your phone.
It was 4am when i climbed into the bed
and told you "goodnight" with a prayer that i said.

And you tell me "stop drinking" before i pass out
before stupid works start to fall out of my mouth.
You tell me things are better day after day
as you're standing beside me, but your heart is miles away.

So i called all your friends and they told me the same
5 dollar words, you know I'm going insane.
I'm trying my best to forget your name
and drinking Jim beam just to numb the pain.

I saw you in town just the other day
we said a few words and then we went out way.
I hope that your fooled to believe that I'm fine
and i hope that your days aren't as bad as mine.

and they tell me, "don't take those pills that you take
at least not until you know you'll stay awake."
They tell me "just forget her" day after day
but they don't know shit, so that's easy to say.

I've tried, i' tried, you know I've tried to make this right
Come out of the dark, and step into the light.
The last thing i want is to change your mind
but I'd love to be in it, if you find some time.

So now this will end and we'll find ourselves
breathing so closely to somebody else.
it's sad that I'll be alone most of the time.
it's funny we lost what so many don't find.

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You'll be in the air

It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

Letting go of someone that you care so much about.
someone that makes you a better person
Letting go of someone because you think it's what they want
and you care so much you want to give them that

It seems to make the future nothing to look forward to,
It's really hard to do this.
I know it's not love. Love is just a word to me, just like the ones that make up this entry.
But what it is, is a feeling. A feeling that isn't going away easy. And I'm scared.
I'm scared it's going to make me into something I'm not, into a person that i don't want to be.
I'm scared it's always going to be like that. People say it wont, but isn't it so easy to say things?

Isn't it so easy to say things to keep from hurting people?
isn't it so easy to be seen as crazy when you write down how you feel?

It's OK though, sometimes i would think I'm crazy too. That's just normal. It's just sain to think that way. People say they want to see the real side of you, but they really don't. I'm not posting this for people to see. But i am posting this to get this out..because maybe it's the best thing. but who am i to say what is the "best" thing. The things i think about from day to day have made me realize that I'm either really, really smart...or really really stupid.

I don't want to let go. I like where i am, or more so where i was at for a week. Where I'm at right now is like laying down on a bed that has just been pushed off the top of the Sears tower. Everything is going by so fast, but if i reach out to grab for something, my hand gets hit and it hurts.

If you're still reading this and you think I'm crazy or too far fetched, it's OK. I really don't blame you.

I shouldn't post this, but something tells me i should. Do me a favor, forget what you just read. Zeke didn't write this. I don't know where he is right now, but I'm looking hard to find him.

Zeke vs the Mouse

Ok, let me just start out by saying......I keep a clean house so I have no idea how this happened, but I've came to realize no matter who or where you are, this WILL happen to you one day so be ready for it.

So at around 3:30am last night, i got up to go pee. As i was standing there doing my thing, i look over to my left at the door, and i see a small....little 2 inch.....mouse looking back at me. As soon as we connect eyes, he takes off towards my bed room. I "flipp'ed it and zipp'ed it" real quick like and grabbed the nearest thing which was a plunger. After obtaining a weapon, i headed for my bedroom....not knowing what i was getting myself into. I walked into the room very slowly, plunger clutched in hand...looked around...didn't see anything. I crawled onto my bed and slid down the side to look under the bed....nothing was under there....i felt for sure he would be under there....right then, i heard a noise to my left and looked over and there he was again! I almost lost my balance off the bed as he scrambled underneath my dresser.

For the next half hour i stood guard around the dresser....trying to think...."How am i going to handle this? I dont want to kill the little guy....just capture him some how and release him out side"....it's funnny......you think you'll know what to do in this situation, but when it happens, for some reason all of that flies out the window.

So after trying to choke the little guy out by unloading a can of AXE spray underneath the dresser...i decided it would probably just be best to call off the troops for tonight, get some rest and then set a mouse trap tomorrow. I stumbled out of the bed room, light-headed from the strong stench of Axe.

So that was deficiently something that doesn't happen every day.


- Zeke

I'm a Pink Pony this weekend..

This weekend I'll be going out to Atlanta to meet up with the rest of the members of the popular "party" band known as "Fuzz and the Pink Ponies". Their drummer, Paulie can't make the gig this weekend. After i meet up with them we are going to head up to Murphy, NC to play a private party. All in all, any time with Fuzz and his ponies is always a good time. Plus it will be nice to get out of town and actually play a show for the first time in like...2 months? already? shit.

Also, The Humms are coming strong. The official website (www.thehumms.com) will be launched in a few weeks hopefully if not sooner. We are still writing/practicing but getting closer to "the point" with either gathering. Wont be too long before I'll be passing out free sampler CDs of the Humms so be on the look out.

And last but not least, i had some free time last nite and did a quick (fuck around) recording of "Sky Blue Sky", a really great song by Wilco. (Jeff Tweedy is the man). Hope you enjoy it as well.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9slmjn4hnhg

"Headless Horseman" Cover

So I hardly ever do cover songs, but this one is just too damn good. I posted about it a few days ago which also includes a write out of the lyrics and what they mean to me. I was bored today and playing the song, so i just hit record. Nothing glamorous, just something real.

"Headless Horseman" (Microphones Cover) By Zeke Sayer.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9jullz4mini

"Pretty Green Leaves"

Have this song I've been working on. It's not really finished (like every other song i have right?) and it's just a shitty recording of it (made on the lap top), but maybe you guys can see through all that. It's a song i started writing today. Before some of you tell me "oh nice song Zeke" or "sounds great!", spare me your nickle and dime comments please. I'm not posting these songs so they can sound "cute" or so i can be like "the famous people"....fuck all of that. These songs are really close to me and they tell about what I've been going through..and writing songs is my way of dealing with life sometimes. So think about that next time you listen to any song.


"Pretty Green Leaves" Words and Music by Zeke Sayer. Copyright 2008. BMI

Download the MP3 Here: http://www.mediafire.com/?dnzvf0nmjju


22 years ago, i fell from the sky
and dove in head first into the earth.
They buried me before i was born, yes they took me to a
spot on the hill, it's so beautiful there and
that's been my grave ever since.

At times I've been pushed around by wind
but I've always been here, right above you
If you look up you will see me looking right back at you
If you look up you will see me looking right back at you

In the summer time birds would make homes on my shoulders
I was strong, i was so strong with my pretty green leaves
but then came the fall and i lost them all
I lost it all
I lost it all

I was strong, i was so strong with my pretty green leaves
I was strong, i was so strong with my pretty green leaves




Thanks for reading/listening.

Headless Horseman

I've been obsessed with this song for the past like week. I came home really late one night, not really in the best mood, nor was I sober. I layed down on the couch (where i sleep..i have a rather nice bed but i hardly ever sleep there). Anyways, i bought this album off the net called "The Glow Pt. 2", put on some headphones and layed there for a few hours and just listened. While i was listening, this song came on called "Headless Horseman" and since then I've been blown away by not only the simplicity, but of how strong this song is. This guy took a fictional character and used it as a metaphor to tell a really sad story. Here are the lyrics. In between the lines I'll explain what i get from this song if you can't tell just by reading it. Also, if you'd like to hear this song, i have it on my myspace profile..... http://www.myspace.com/zekesayer.

I got hit hard, I'm on the ground

(Meaing...something happened that he didn't see coming..and now he's down)

And if you swing again I'll duck

(If you try talk to me, i might not talk but I'll be there to listen back but I'm not going to fight back)

And I wish you best of luck

(I hope you're happy even if you're alone)

You deserve yourself

(You're such a great person, you deserve someone just as good as you are)

And I return from my trip to hell

("Went through hell" "went through a bad time")

As a headless horseman

(Something missing. I lost my "head". I'm not the same person now)

Oh what a loss

I went back to get my stuff

And it was tangled up and tough

I stood there and stared you down

And I walked aimlessly around

With a flaming pumpkin head

(I was angry, but not at you)

Oh what a loss

My soft hands replaced by claws

(Once a nice, open person but now turned into something else)

You turned me into a stray dog,

from mighty human man

(Once had confidence, but now I'm beaten down and a Coward)

Oh what a loss

Oh what a loss

I miss my closest friend

(Someone that you can talk to about anything for hours that seem like minutes)

And now I cling to rocks and wind

(Trying to hold on through the bad times)

It's a precious thing we lost

(I think this line explains it's self)

Long night, long day but short life.

it's 3:44am on a Sunday morning...just now getting in from a long night of hanging out with close friends, eating pizza and listening to music in the car over and over..and i realized i need to post something...i don't really know what all to say so I'll say this:

the Humms had their first practice last Thursday night at my place. Needless to say, everything went really well and for the first time in a long time I'm really excited to get back out on the "road" and play for people.

In the past few weeks I've grown so deep within life...i know this sounds crazy..maybe I am crazy...maybe one has to be crazy to understand things to this extent...but at the same time..there are many things i don't understand..and many things I miss.

Good night.

I've been posting drawings because I'm at a loss of words. Here's some song lyrics, listen to this song it will reach out and tap into your soul.


"Between The Bars" by Elliott Smith.


Drink Up Baby..... Stay up all night.
with the things you could do
you wont but you might
the potential you'll be
that you'll never see
the promises you'll only make

Drink up with me now and forget all about
the pressure of days... do what i say
and I'll make you ok and drive them away.
the images stuck in your head

People you've been before that you don't wont around anymore...
they push and shove and wont bend to your will....I'll keep them still.

Drink up baby, look at the stars, i'll kiss you again between the bars
where I'm seeing you there, with your hands in the air

Come out of the Dark

The Day You Stopped Believing

You find a song that perfectly describes how you've felt the past few days.

I seem to always find those. My past few days have been shitty ones. Not for any reason really, just everything from being super tired for no reason, to it being super hot outside, to dropping a piece of cereal and not being able to find it......yeah...it's been bad..ha. Anyways, here's some lyrics to a song by Elliott Smith that you may find inspiring...i know i did.

If you can, really look in between the lines in these lyrics.


"Pretty (Ugly Before)"

Sunshine been keeping me up for days
There is no nighttime, it's only a passing phase
And I feel pretty, pretty enough for you
I felt so ugly before
I didn't know what to do

Sometimes is all I feel up to now
But it's not worth it to you, 'cos you gotta get high somehow
Is it destruction that you're required to feel?
Like somebody wants you, someone that's more for real?

Sunshine been keeping me up for days
There is no nighttime, only a passing phase
And I'll feel pretty another hour or two

I felt so ugly before
I didn't know what to do
I felt so ugly before
I didn't know what to do
I felt so ugly before
I didn't know what to do
Ugly before

Across the Universe

So..we all know about the great movie that came out last year, "Across The Universe", the music tribute to the Beatles. Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic movie and put together well in a fashion that any Beatles fan can be proud up. But something that has been pissing me off about it....it seems that ever since this movie has came out, all of sudden everybody is like "ohhh....All you Need is Love" and "Strawberry Fields" and that's cool....i find it cool that the movie has opened up a world of new Beatles fans, but what pisses me off is the fact that all these little girls and guys sporting this stuff just because the movie was cool. They have no idea about The Beatles or their songs aside from what they've learned from the movie. Word of advice: Stop being fake and be yourself. You wanna be all about the Beatles? fucking great...but just make sure you want to for the music and not just because it seems to be the "cool thing to do this year"

- Zeke

Some Drawings of Mine

I drew this one while listening to Tripping Daisy's "High". This drawing is about how our mind can wander from time to time.

I honestly just felt like drawing a diver. Someone pointed out to me that it looked like the diver is swimming in a glass of water...I'd never noticed that, but now that i have, I kinda like it.

I was driving down the road one afternoon when I almost had a wreck because I was looking at this tree that appeared to be shaped like a heart. So I came home and drew this.

I really have no idea why i drew this..

......or this

Strawberry Glue

While I'm at it. I'll post an instrumental version of a new song I've been working on with The Humms. This is a song called "Strawberry Glue". I wrote it one night after i had drank a little bit of NyQuil (Had to get some sleep that night) and then i demoed it the following night or something like that. In this version, it's a little more mellow then it will probably be on he "finished version" but this version will most likely be released as a B-side or something to that nature. For now, here is the take without vocals...(Sorry, but i haven't got a decent take down yet...but i am including the words...so just listen to the music and read the lyrics while you do that...and use your imagination :)

Recording this piece was fun. I started out using my 70's Yamaha acoustic guitar. I had installed a Seymour-Duncan acoustic pick-up a few months ago, so i just recorded it direct into the board. Over the next few tracks, I recorded variations of different guitar riffs to go along with the foundation track. One riff consisted of 3 separate guitar tracks, each hitting one single note at different times, to form the "spacey" chime sound that you hear come in from speaker to speaker. Next I recorded 2 "whooo" tracks and 2 "Humm" tracks to go as the backing vox sounds. After that, I recorded a drum kit, while running the room mic through a Phaser effect to give it a "wobbly" sound. I'm not sure why i just explained all of that...no one here will understand it if they aren't familiar with the studio gear...oh well?

"Strawberry Glue" -- http://www.mediafire.com/?sgyjttand1o

This song is copyrighted and under licensed by BMI. William Sayer

Lyrics:

"Strawberry Glue" - Words and Music by Zeke Sayer

Let's take a trip down to mollyville
I hear they've got some things you like
We might as well play the poker games
cause I'm feeling so damn lucky tonight

You said i stuck to you
like strawberry glue
when your not stuck to me
I'm as lonely as can be

If I had it my way
I'd have you today

when all it takes are little pills
and we are heading for the hills
I'd have you today
if i had it my way

With fairy dreams of pink hotels
old fashion trains with ringing bells
old memories of show and tell
and how I'm going straight to hell

You said i stuck to you
just like you want me too
when your not stuck to me
I'm no one i want to be

Weatherman Express

Original image used from jproc.ca/rrp/inuvik.html






Found this old recording...well...it's from Last July. My friend Jon (Guitar for Fact Not Fiction) and I made this in the studio under the name "The Weatherman Express". It's called "Before She Leaves for Portland"....just a little good memory and not a bad song. I remember it was quite a fun recording experience. Jon and I wrote this song in about 30 minutes if i remember right. Jon played the percussion parts my throwing his car keys up and down, while slapping the sound hole of his guitar to get this little weird sound. I went back in a few weeks later i think and added the growling synth sound using one of my Casio keyboards..(gotta love those classics). This song has only ever been heard by a small amount of people, and here it is for you to download. Enjoy!



"Before She Leaves for Portland" -- http://www.mediafire.com/?aspzg3lsz2d

Credits:



Lyrics by Jon Bryant / Zeke Sayer

Zeke Sayer: Guitar, Vocals, Synth

Jon Bryant: Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keys, Sound Hole.

This song is copyrighted and under license by BMI. William Sayer.

Gypsy Farm Records

So it's been a week or 2 since i last posted. Sorry to the 2 people that probably read this blog page. But since i last posted I've been up to a good bit of things...in what seems to be a very slow movement at the same time...it's kind of odd. But here's my latest venture. Aside from the forming of my new band, The Humms, I've went into forming a small indie label which will be known as Gypsy Farm Records. I'm not really aiming for this label to be super huge by no means....infact i am only forming this "label" in order to help push the Humms out there more. And in the mean time, if i can scoop up a couple of good bands for the ride, I'll be satisfied. If someone out there is reading this and would like a part time job at the label for no pay other than a few free CDs every now and then, get in touch.

Also, on GFR's myspace page, i have uploaded what are the first demos of 2 Humm songs, "Sex,Sex,Sex" and "Ceiling Fan". So go and check them out. I'd love to hear what you think. Take care.

www.myspace.com/gypsyfarmrecords

New song: "Ceiling Fan"

Well...it's not really a new song, i wrote it about a month or so ago, it's due to come out on the first project put out by the Humms, but until then here are the lyrics. You can also hear a clip of this song (the pre-production demo version) at www.thehumms.com

Here are the lyrics


"Ceiling Fan" Words and Music by Zeke Sayer. Copyright 2008 - BMI


The lights go out when i sleep at night.
sometimes it gets lonely but it's alright
i just choose to bury the sand
and make good friends with the ceiling fan

The nights get cold when i pass the time
sometimes it gets bad but i don't mind
I just watch the storming sea
and look at a picture of you and me

The days get hot where i live you know
and my head is like a sinking hole
i can't hold onto this rope
instead i run to the bags of dope

you want to see this side of me
but lately you've been denying me
access to your living soul
so how can you expect to grow?

And i know there will be better days
when we'll only have time to waste
your face will be the morning light
and the last thing that i see at night

Even when I'm out of my mind ---- you are always on my mind.
Even when I'm out of my mind ---- you are always on my mind.
Even when I'm out of my mind ---- you are always on my mind.
Even when I'm out of my mind ---- you are always on my mind.

Cure For Anything

Jim Beam (Or Evan Williams, depending on how much cash you have)

Hank Williams Sr, Radiohead, Wilco

1 or 2 Best Friends.


well.....it might not be a cure for "everything", but i think we'll all agree it will get you through the night.

Weeks are so slow, but so fast at the same time.

Seems like weeks these days go by really fast, which is kind of a good thing and a bad thing. Good thing being that it's one more day closer to Friday (and we all know what that means) but then again on the bad side it's one more day that you'll never get back. I've been in an odd state of mind lately for many reasons. For some reason the songs I've been listening to lately have really been speaking to me (More than they normally do). Here's some good lyrics that may help you find what your looking for.....


"You've got a Blue Eyed Soul and if you don't let it show....it'll leave you and you wont even know.." -- Wilco, 'Blue Eyed Soul'

"Sister listen to what your daddy says....don't be ashamed of what hides behind your breast"
-- Drive By Truckers, 'God Damn Lonely Love'

"Once upon a time, my advice to you would have been to go out and find yourself a whore...but i guess I've grown up because i don't give that kind of advice anymore. I was 27 when i figured out that blowing my brains out wasn't the answer, so i decided maybe i should find a way to make this world work out for me....my good friend Paul was 83 when he told me 'To Love is to Feel Pain' " -- Drive By Truckers, 'World of Hurt'

"How i wish you could see the potential, the potential of you and me..it's like a book elegantly bound but in a language that you can't read just yet" -- Death Cab for Cutie, 'I Will Posses Your Heart'


So if anybody out there really cares how I'm doing at the moment (ha ha), those four quotes can pretty much sum it up. I was reading some where recently and learned a good piece of advice....i read that "With everyday, you get a new chance to have a good day, but if you think about the negative things from yesturday..then you've already ruined today."

On another note, Byron Adams is back in town (Back from playing some shows in California) and I'm heading to Little 5 (Hippie Town of Atlanta, GA) to play a gig with him this Saturday at IF Coffeehouse (Located behind the Star Bar) if your around, stop in. I think it's a free show.

Until next time.

UPDATE to Yesturday's blog

So yea, yesterday i explained my views on the "Top 5 facts of life". Here is my other thoughts on those facts after taking a night to sleep on it and realizing that there was so much more to these then just a simple explanation. Here goes:

1. Always live like your not going to wake up tomorrow.

Yea, but we all have those days were we really don't care if we wake up tomorrow or not. We've all been there, so don't Deny it. It's ok if you feel this way isn't it?

2. Be careful what you say.

Always...but sometimes things need to be said, good or bad. No lies are good, but sometimes white lies make life a little easier for both people.

3. Learn from the Past, but don't let it run your future.

I know it's hard not to let this happen, because this is how you "learn from your mistakes". But some people just love to hide themselves, some people don't even realize they are hiding...and with some it just takes a while to realize i guess.

4. It's ok not to be religious, but be spiritual.

Some people can be closer to God by sitting on a rock in the middle of the woods and just listening, as opposed to some of the people that sit in the church pews just to be seen. Enough said.

5. Don't hold grudges.

We've always heard the saying "Forgive and forget" sometimes it's easy to forgive, but hard to forget. Somethings you'll never forget, but at the same time you can't let it run your life...it goes back to fact number 3.

I want to know what some of you think about these facts. Feel free to contact me or comment.

Top 5 Facts about Life..

Recently, with my free time having no band, job or anything really, I've had plenty of time to think about what makes up life and how my life is and I've learned a lot, even though i think what I've learned, were things that i already knew, but just didn't know how to say them. So with that, here are the top 5 facts of life. They are in no order and keep in mind that I'm no doctor (Ha) or priest (I'm not preaching to you) or anything like that, just a human...just like you.


1. Always live like your not going to wake up tomorrow. Yes, we've all heard this 1,000,000 times but really...listen to what that sentence is saying. I was sitting in with a good friend's band one time and after the show, one of our good friends passed away during the night. He had just turned 34, happiest person I'd ever met with what seemed to be not a care in the world. It really opened my eyes that you really aren't guaranteed another day....or minute.

2. Be careful what you say. What ever you say, make sure it's truthful. Life's too short to be made up of lies.

3. Learn from the Past, but don't let it run your future. Many people get mixed up and let their past mistakes keep them from living the true life that they want to live....and it comes off as just "being a smarter person" and in a way, it is being a smarter person....but if you're not careful you will become someone that has let something bad in the past, keep you from experiencing something good today. I made this same mistake over and over for almost 3 years.

4. It's ok not to be religious, but be spiritual. Now days, religions and cults seem to have no difference between them. Most people that are in them think they are ok as long as they show up in a building 4 times a week and close their eyes when told and idolize a man in a black suit preaching to them. Don't get me wrong, not every "church" is like this. I still know of a few good ones that stick to the point and don't go over board on the subject. Over the past few years, i think I've stopped being religious, and started being spiritual. It's not good if you think that after life, your soul just dies. As a close person to me said: "Life is too deep for there to be nothing that happens after death"

5. Don't hold grudges. This goes back to the first fact. Most of the time, people will get mad over something that's really not that big of a deal if you think about it...but then again sometimes it is..but in the end, would it be bad enough for that person to die knowing that you hated them? Don't be so quick to say "yeah, what they did was just too bad"...because death is the worst of them all...(while at the same time being a bitter/sweet part of life). It's sad, but even i have done this. There is one person that I've came across in my life that i just refuse to talk to or have anything to do with...it sounds bad, and maybe it is...but the whole reason that i "shut" this person out was because i think it would just be better for me not to see or talk to this person. But over time, hard feelings go away and broken hearts do mend back together. Maybe one day I'll give this person a call just to let them know i don't hate them anymore. Being friends with them however, is a different story. You can't be friends with everyone, no matter how hard you try...but you can love everyone if you let yourself.


I'm sorry if this section seemed like i was "preachy" or anything like that. But the fact is, I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I've been in some fights with my own mind over the past few weeks. I just think i needed to get this out.

Hartwell, GA....Heaven or Hell?

For some of you reading this that don't know me personally, i come from a small town in Northern GA known as Hartwell, GA. Not a big city at all, but not the smallest town either (When compared to Bowman, Ga's 17 feet of town). But lately I've been thinking about how fucked up Hartwell can be, like most other small towns i suppose. So i got really bored earlier today and decided to make up a pros and cons list of the town.

Pros -

Hartwell Dam Cool ass view of the lake and forest between South Carolina and Georgia....something not every small town has.

Lake Hartwell Boat Ramps......Need i say more?

Relaxed environment Mostly a quite town, where nothing big ever really happens, which isn't such of a good thing all the time.

Cons -

Red Necks Don't get me wrong, there's a difference between "good ol' country folk" and "Red Necks". I'm talking about the dumbass low lifes that live to sit at Walmart parking lot everyday after school and pick fights with other dumbass low lifes that try to get with their sister. Stupid stuff like that. People that roll through walmart 20 times a day, hoping somebody they know will see them driving lookin' all "cool". Give me a break. People that have "Get R Done" across their windshelds....come on people...Larry the Cable Guy (Also known as Dan Whitney) is a great comic, don't ruin it for him...besides...his "redneck act" is fake. Don't believe me? Look at this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VROn7ZvVoW8

Emo Kids You know who you are. When i say "emo kids" I'm not talking about just the ones that wear all black and have the funky hair styles, that's not what i consider "emo kids", those are just usually cool ass down to earth people that have a vivid way of expressing themselves...nothing wrong with that. What i do mean however, are the ones that spend a month learning to play guitar and then all they play are blink 182 covers, paint their finger nails just because they see someone else doing it, and talk about stuff that are so obviously lies. People that seem to make everything bad in life and want attention for doing it.


Wow, I've just realized what I've been blogging about. Don't really know where that came from, but i guess i just needed to get that out for some reason. I better stop now because if i kept going, the list would get pretty long.

Sorry for wasting your time, i just needed to speak my mind for a few minutes.



- Zeke

Fact Not Fiction....is dead now

Wednesday of this week, FNF played it's official last show at Tasty World. The show went great and I'd like to thank Pholksinger Josh, Crumbling Arches and the UGA Law School band for pulling the show together for us and Adam Davis for taking photos. The night began kind of quite, after i got to the club, Pholksinger Josh greeted me from his tree in the back. After that i got a drink and went to the "backstage" area and sat down for about an hour. Soon after, i realized that the back stage area had became flooded with friends/fans/bands so looking for some alone time, i went outside and had a smoke. After the first band finished, we loaded the gear up on the stage for one last time, plugged in and then did what we always do. The only bad thing was half of the time i was almost tripping over some cable or keyboard stand (I realized we really had way to much shit).


Later on i realized that athensmusic.com had put us in the top 3 "Best Bets" of music shows that night which put a smile on my face, and we were 3rd to Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers Front Man) can you believe that?...Well some people reading this may not even know who Patterson Hood is.....in that case stop fucking reading this and go listen to him and while your at it, take your fucking band t-shirt off and don't put it back on until you're a true music lover. Back to the subject though, here's the snippet athensmusic.com published for us, they are some great people.


"Local band Fact Not Fiction is calling it quits and playing its final show tonight. While treble guitar player Jon Bryant and drummer Justin Allison are going to focus on school, frontman Zeke Sayer and bass guitarist Tyler Glenn are going to work together on a new project that will be detailed at www.thehumms.com. "


-Trisha Klein




After the show, Tyler apparently found me laying out on some cardboard boxes on the backstreet of the club. After that, i walked around downtown with a guitar playing Bob Dylan and my own version of "Salk Shaker". In the end it was a good ending to a bad ride home to a night of bad things with good beings.




- Zeke


to see more photos of the show, look me up on Facebook or go to www.myspace.com/factnotfiction2

Demo of a new song

I've been working on this for a week or so now. One fun fact about this song is that most of the lines are true. The sound clip is a bit rough because it's a lap top recording, plus last nite was a long night so the voice isn't what it usually is, but hey..i needed to record it to get the idea down. I hope you enjoy it if you feel the same way i do about somethings. The song isn't finished at all by the way, but this is just a quick demo i did today at home.

The Lyrics:

"Loner" -- Copyright BMI (Zeke Sayer)


Well they found me face down just outside of the bar
screaming your name as you got in his car
They said "whats your name" "do you need a ride home?"
and i just said "thanks but im fine on my own"

So I drank a bit more and then stumbled on home
Then tried to call you, you wouldn't answer your phone
It was 4am when I crawled into the bed
and told you "goodnight" with a prayer that i said

You tell me to stop drinking before i pass out
and before stupid words start to fall out of my mouth
You tell me things are better, day after day
As your standing beside me but your heart is miles away.

As your standing beside me but your heart is miles away.


http://www.box.net/shared/iuqu1i70gk

Click to listen to a Demo Recording of "Loner"

Copyright 2008 - Farmhouse Music Words and Music by Zeke Sayer

Back from Life

Sorry I've been out for a while. I Believe the last time I posted was before my camping trip down below Atlanta. Long story short, it didn't end up as a camping trip because of the rain. It was however a fun time. We made a bond fire out of many wet pieces of wood, a bar stool, bicycle and one shoe and sat in the drizzle until about 3 or 4am. Then friends and I went and sat in a car and listened to Radiohead, Bob Dylan, and many others until I woak up around 9am in the parking lot of a waffle house. So, needless to say it was a fun night.


As for what I've been doing for the past few weeks, it has been a mix of personal relations and business/music. I've really enjoyed my time away from FNF and the fact that we are playing our last show 2 days from now is a big relief. Lately I've just been trying to find myself, which i think is what we all go through time from time all through life. As I told a close friend, "Sometimes i feel like my soul is dead, and my body just keeps doing it's everyday routines like nothings wrong." But hopefully I'll come into contact with something that will explain everything, at least I hope so.


On a more brighter note, the demo recordings for The Humms are coming along great. The latest song I've written/demoed is a track called "Jupiter" which tells the story of a young girl confused about life and pushing away all of her chances of relationships. In the end, the girl's fear becomes her life and she wides up alone....now some of you may think "Damn Zeke, can't you write about something happier?" and the truth is...yes I can and have, but sometimes we all need to see the dark side of things as well...because even though you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there. Below is a copy of the lyrics and a quick snippet of the song for your listening pleasure, feedback is welcomed.

http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared&node=f_149420704

Click to listen to a clip of "Jupiter"

Copyright 2008 - Farmhouse Music Words and Music by Zeke Sayer

Jupiter goes skipping down the road
thinking of the words her mother told
She said girl you know for i've grown to old
their;s something here that's getting cold


When I was you, in a better time and better place
I loved someone, you know it's funny now i can't remember his face
from any stranger on the street, from any one i meet.


Jupiter goes skipping down the road
running from the ghost her mother showed
she said you'd be dead, before you wed
theres something wrong with your head


If I was you, on a rocket ship out in outer space
I'd find someone, you know a life is a terrible thing to waste
and before you know it's gone and you left all alone.


Jupiter you know it's been too late
chances are your man did not wait
and now you know you have grown too old
Jupiter your heart is might cold


The things you feared became the things you sleep with every night
when you're alone you think you hear someone so you turn on the light
but you known nobodies their and no one even cares.

Going Camping today..

So in a few hours, some friends and I will head out on the road down to Peachtree City, down below Atlanta, GA for a night of camping, music and who knows. It's been raining here all day, so i hope it slacks off before we leave, or maybe it missed the PT city, otherwise i may be sleeping in the Coleman soaking wet tonight.

I also may be playing tonight with a band known as "Fuzz and the Pink Ponies", all though I'm not sure if i really am or not, however i did get a drunken phone call at 2:45am last nite from one of their members that went something like this:

Me Hello?
Them Heyyyyyyyy
Me Hey..?
Them Look, you're playing keyboards with us tomorrow ok?
Me ok......do you have a keyboard?
Them YESS...god we'll set it up for you and everything
Me ok well what songs am i going to play with you guys?
Them EVERYTHING...AHHH....you'll be like 'what key is this in? and i'll be like "GEEEEE Ahh"
Me Ok....cool....
Them Ok BYE, see you tomorrow
Me bye...


So maybe i am playing? or maybe they just forgot they called me....either way it's going to be one kick ass night i hope. I'll be taking photos and I'll have them posted up sometime tomorrow or the next day, depends on how tired i am. I hope you all have a safe Saturday night, have and fun for a change :)


-Zeke

It's Friday...

So I've been listening to Johnny Cash all day, wow what a writer....what a fucking genius. I'll never forget his quote, "If we could play faster we would", brilliant.

On the next subject, i was in the studio until about 1am last nite working on some demos for the Humms. The first song to be churned out is entitled "Sex, Sex, Sex" which despite it's name, isn't about hot, freaky sex (sorry all you freaks out there)....Instead it's a song about how some of us throw something like "sex" or "appeal" around and use it to get what we want. We've all done it at one point so there's no shame in it, but it's something that's been on my mind. Also the lyrics also point to "murder" which is something i haven't figured out yet because I'm no killer...ha. Here's a sample of the lyrics though:

I bought a gun the other day
got a good price i have to say
in my hands it's really cold
left one in the chamber or so I'm told

So I took her out for a little show
just to see how far my money could go

I really can not wait until you all get to hear these recordings. But until then, I'll describe them. So far the only words i can think of are: Dirt, Loud, Crazy, Fast, Slow, Horror, Rocking, 1965, LSD and white wall tires.

But for now, if off to enjoy a Friday night before i head a little further south to go campin with my buddies.

"Rummaging" through old photos

Here are some photos, some that I've been meaning to show for a while so now that i have free time, here they are.

Here I am in the back with my good friends Reid and Brian at Hartwell Dam, around 3am or so? I think this was around March 07. I wasn't exactly in the normal state of mind. Reid saved my life that night ha.

And this was Summer 2007, with myself (sitting on the rock) and Brian in mid air at our favorite swimmin hol'.

Doing some recording at Phil Dunkin's house in Feb 08. Take notice to the manikins on the left and in the middle. Also the "British Flag" guitar hanging up is signed by the members of Oasis.

More recording at Phils. In this shot, we see another manikin in the back, with what appears to be a TV head.

First Entry

So I'm still kind of new to this whole blogging thing, so please bare with me. To start things off, my name is Zeke Sayer, I'm 19 at the moment, a musician/writer/artist. I recently killed a band i had been in for the past 2 years for a number a reasons, nothing really bad though. As I have explained to handfuls of people over the last few weeks, sometimes people get cancer in their leg and they have to cut that leg off to survive to be able to go on and create new and better things.

So with that, a lot of people have been asking me "What are you going to do now?"....Well at the moment I'm playing Keys in a band called Moonlight Drive, which is basically a band of my very good friends that got together with a goal to play cover songs for people at party's and such, to have a great time and put a little gas in the car at the same time. But while I'm doing that, I'm also in the middle of planning the release of something that i believe a lot of you will love and if you don't, it's ok....you either just don't get it, don't need to get it, or lost it a long time ago. I can't really say much about this "project" at the moment just because there really isn't that much to say about it yet. I'm trying not to make it a "big deal" by keeping it under raps, but apparently Fact Not Fiction (the old band) had a bigger fan base than I realized and so people are starting to get a bit angry at me for holding back secrets.

All I can say for now is, just keep an eye on this website, http://www.thehumms.com

As you may have figured out by now, I am indeed in the process of forming a new band, allegedly to be known as "The Humms". Below is a list of questions some of you my want to ask me, so I've saved you the trouble........:

The Humms? What kinda name is that?
It comes from the word "Hum", the extra 'M' was just added for the hell of it. But a "Hum" is also a phenomenon in some foreign countries that is unexplained and people haven't really been able to figure out where this mysterious "Hum" is coming from. Also like most hums, not everyone can hear them...which in a way is like music. Some people are unable to hear the most artistic music just because they listen with their ears and not their hearts.

Who's in the band?
At the moment, Myself and Tyler Glenn (Former bass player from Fact Not Fiction)

If it's only 2 of you, then what are you doing to get the project off the ground?
At the moment Tyler and I are in my studio writing and recording demos in what we call "Pre-production", in which I'm also taking on the role as "drummer" just to get the tracks down and worked out. Then from there we will be in search of a drummer.

What is the goal of this new band?
To be one of the best bands in the country.........seriously.


That's all I'm going to tell for now, after all i have to keep some things things under cover, other wise they wont have that "new zing" when they come out into the open in a few months. Stick close and thanks for reading.


-Zeke