Featuring the DMCA-Free Rock of KCWM & Cold the Winter
Years ago, or more than two decades, if I’m being honest, I began using the moniker Cold the Winter on music sites, and some forums, as a name for my band—something that never materialized as an actual band. I got it from a line in Pearl Jam’s “Thumbing My Way” that says, “No matter how…
When 2023 start, I thought I had my guitar situation mostly figured out. Surprisingly, it turned into a revolving door of guitars. Let’s break this down a bit. I Started 2023 With… The Spark The Chain of Events I’m ending 2023 With… I Started 2023 With… I started the year with the following guitars and…
I recently watched a video on Rhett Shull’s YouTube channel about one amp for everything. At the start of that video, he talks a bit about his first guitar amp and subsequent journey. Now, I’m nowhere near as interesting as a bonafide YouTuber who has chops and knows their stuff. Instead, I’m just a dude…
Say what you will about a Stratocaster, but one cannot deny that they come in all sorts of configurations. I had the chance to buy a twin of my first guitar. Let’s get into my thoughts about this process. My First Guitar When I talk about the journey of owning guitars, I jokingly say I’ve…
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We’re halfway through 2023 and a little over a month out from where I gave myself the possibly unrealistic goal of releasing a 14-song album alongside a re-release of the 28 original songs I’ve released between Volumes One through Three and the singles “Go On”, “It Feels Familiar”, “Fire Intro Song”, and “Crashing Through the…
It’s not much of a stretch to say that I’ve been in a music funk for the better part of a year. I’ve been experiencing some significant “imposter syndrome” when it comes to the music I write, and it’s seeped into the cracks that were already showing in my drive to get back into releasing…
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In 2021, I started writing music to use for when I streamed and figured, “Why not put this online for others to use?”. At the time, I didn’t feel like there was an easily ready source of DMCA-free rock music, so I might fill a small niche. As a streamer, I was never a formula…
With the release of Toontrack’s EZKeys 2, I am feeling reinvigorated when it comes to songwriting. I will be looking to stream the process on Twitch so that you can watch along, provided instant feedback, and see how a song grows from basic idea to fully fleshed out instrumental track. Check my social media, mostly…
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine asked me to write a new theme song for his podcast, one I’d previously co-hosted and provided the original theme for. He listened to the KCWM catalog and wanted to combine “The Original” and “All the Feels”. It took me about 45 minutes to come up…
It’s been almost two months since I posted last and I’ve had some lineup changes in the guitar department. Musicians, and especially guitarists, are often victims of GAS, or Gear Acquisition Syndrome. We might be happy for a while, but eventually, for the majority of us, the beast only stays dormant for so long. Sold…
