Well, the verdict is in. Shepherd is one of the best bands ever, and I stand by my beliefs that Ronnie Martin rules all. Stop by his site and enjoy the mp3. In other news, my bass didn't come today, because my payment was declined in the first place... You'd think if Musician's Friend could handle sending me 3 emails telling me about how my order worked out fine, they could've manged to let me in on that little tidbit. Oh well, it'll be here on thursday or friday when I'm at work I'm sure. I'm enjoying a good dose of Denison Witmer right now, do yourself a favor and listen to his songs, then buy his cds, and go to his shows. That way he'll get popular, and I'll be able to find tabs for songs other than Stations. See, everybody wins there. My list of songs has doubled since last time, if you thought the other ones were sad, watch out for this batch.

Leave You Better
Get By
The Endless Storm
As I Wish It Was
The Longest Day
The Day You Went Home
It Was Nice Being Your Friend
Standing Here In Black And White
Tired Today
A Personal Favor
Everyone, Everyone
Long Walk To Your House
Two Ways To Go
Cry If You Have To
Surprise Me
No Reason Not To
Drowning In Apathy
Happy Going Nowhere
Read The Words I Didn't Write *Working on this*
Together We Make Sense
A Nostalgic Time Of Year
The Happiest Day Of Your Life
Lonely In Every Way
Walk With You
Something We Can Do Without

Yeah, when you spend all your time sitting around the house doing nothing, it's hard to avoid getting emo'd out. I've been trying to write more songs lately, but I don't seem to be getting any better at playing guitar, or writing songs for that matter, so that sucks. I am getting better at playing bass I think though, so that's good. *Serious messege ahead* I've been thinking lately (and talking to my peeps) about holding things against people. What advantage does it bring? No advantage, that's what. All it really does is keep you from the person, and from The Lord as well. The only reason not to fix things is because you're a coward really. Of course, this is all easier than done, but thankfully it's possible. So good luck (Me). *End serious messege* On a brighter note, I enjoyed a pile of boneless buffalo wings, which were some of the spiciest things ever, and I when you combine that with 3 tall Shirly Temples, that makes for an unpleasant feeling. Ok, so I guess it wasn't that much brighter, but the wings were awesome. Ok, I'm going to go to bed now, because I'm freaking tired. G'night.

This excites me to the point of giddyness.
"Update on Ronnie Martin's side band "Shepherd".
The hotly anticipated debut album for Ronnie's new side project, Shepherd, which was recorded last February, has been passed over by Tooth and Nail Records, who originally intended to release it this year. The album, which was recorded and mixed by indie rock mainstay Chris Colbert and also featured Frank Lenz on drums, has been put into limbo at this point in time. The finished record, which was produced by Ronnie, who also played all the guitars and basslines, represented a radical departure from the pure synthesizer sound of Joy Electric. Considered by Ronnie as some of the "best songs he has ever written", the album features painfully stripped down production with very minimal guitar lines to go with the beautiful and melancholy songwriting. Decisions are being made as to where to go with the project at this time. A self release is a possible option. Stay tuned for more information."