New Website, and Other Good News |
January 25th, 2009 |
Welcome to the new website. With a new year comes more new ideas and inspirations. Amongst all of the dissapointments and shortcomings of this year, there will always be the constant ray of hope and possibility. The Culmination is almost done, as there are just a couple of tweaks that need to be made before it can be completed. Following is some news that Mark had prepared for the site:
I just wanted to post that our current disc "From Sunrise to Sunset" is now being sold at Tarnius Music. You can either purchase the hard copy or downloads. I hope you all can make a purchase.
Finally, the grand finale of them all. I would like to say that for our next album following "The Culmination," I have enlisted a new drummer. After careful consideration, the drummer will be Bill Mangold from Metro Society. I emailed Bill to see if he was interested in being part of this project, and thankfully he said yes. Bill is from Colorado, so we'll be sending the tracks back & forth. At this time, it's only going to be for the next album, but hopefully, if things go smoothly, I'll ask him if he wishes to become a permanent member, we'll see. With Bill's addition for the next album, it will definitely bring a fresh new prospective into the band which I was looking for. How things have changed for me, I remember when I was making music by myself.
Also, "From Sunrise to Sunset" has been added to Aural Moon's radio playlist. Their website is auralmoon.com. I would really appreciate your support. That's awesome news that we're being received well. Help support our music by purchasing either our CD or downloads at Tarnius Music!
Lastly, our 16th review for "From Sunrise to Sunset" has been posted at www.perfectprog.com. Thanks Mark for the excellent review. I hope you check it out on the "Reviews" page here.
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Mark started this project in 1999 with the intention to create thought-provoking music. He completed the first cassette demo for Subject To Thoughts, entitled "Outlook" in 2001. This debut cassette featured no vocals. In May of 2003, Mark completed the second cassette demo entitled "The Thought Process," and vocals were introduced for the first time. In August of 2005, Mark completed the third full length demo entitled "From Emptiness to Beyond." This was the first time Mark had recorded onto CD format. On July 2006, he completed the second demo entitled "To Embrace the Light." Finally, on June 2007, “From Sunrise to Sunset” was released. Hopefully, by next month our new album "The Culmination" will be released.
In reality, this new demo is the third chapter to Mark's four part conceptual vision, so it begins where “To Embrace the Light” left off. It's theme throughout the entire demo deals with ways that Mark is trying to find answers in life. In March of 2007, Mark decided to enlist a new vocalist into the project. The member that he acquired is Brandon Strader (from Rainwound, In Staid Grace). You've heard his abilities on his debut with Subject To Thoughts, entitled “From Sunrise to Sunset.” Brandon has also performed guitar solos on this disc. Subject To Thoughts can best be described as Dark Melodic Progressive Rock with a New Age mood.
Name: Mark Mendieta
Location: Brownsville, TX
Favorite Genres: Progressive Rock & Metal, Doom Metal, Power Metal, New Age & Gothic Rock/Metal
Disliked Genres: Death Metal, Rap, Country
Favorite StT Song: Silence Cries, Give and You Shall Receive, Winds of Hope, Accepting the Destiny, Reality Sets In, Staring Into the Sky, The Peaceful Serenade, Into the Horizon, Beneath the Questions, Revelation to the Answer, Remembering, Who I Am, One Day, Deepest Regret, Before the Leaves, Closure to the Soul
Biography: I have been playing music since the age of 5. Drums were the first instrument I learned to play while I was in the school band. When I was about 12 years old, I began writing lyrics. Around 1997, I got my first keyboard, and that renewed my passion for music.
Finally, in 2006, I started Transcend with Time. This is my Progressive New Age/Ambient project. I decided to start this project because it provides me with another avenue of music to pursue. I believe that music can definitely change lives, it certainly has for me. Check it out at myspace or soundclick. Go to tarnius music to purchase my discs or downloads.
Favorite albums: Dream Theater: Images & Words (changed my life), Enchant: Blueprint of the World (excellent), My Dying Bride: Like Gods of the Sun (so beautiful, yet so bleak), Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime (masterpiece), Superior: Behind, Symphony X: V (grandiose), Vanden Plas: The God Thing & Type O Negative: October Rust
Hobbies: Watching sports; especially football & basketball.
Favorite food: Hamburgers, and I detest seafood (I’m allergic to shrimp).
Other Projects: Transcend With Time
Name: Brandon Strader
Age: 21
Location: Burgettstown, PA
Position: Vocals, guitar solos, sounds.
Favorite Genres: Progressive rock, prog metal, power metal, british rock, death and black metal, jazz, funk, heavy metal, folk / viking metal, comedy, doom, goth rock, techno / trance, electronic, grind, etc...
Disliked Genres: Noise.
Favorite StT Song: Love Forever, Serenity In My Eyes, Closure To The Soul
Biography: Brandon is a 21 year old college student in PA. He spends the majority of his time doing assignments on the interactive digital media major. He's interested in digital media, of course, which includes websites, graphics, and animation, et al. His biggest passion, however -- music -- is something he considers to be a living, breathing thing... He's also a hardcore gamer with an Xbox360.
Favorite albums: I have a lot of albums that I love, but a select few have really changed my perspective on music and life in general. First and foremost was Nobuo Uematsu's work on Final Fantasy VII, which pretty much blew me away before I even knew what music was! After that, there were albums like Opeth's Still Life, and Winterun's self-titled debut. There are a lot of bands that have affected me over the years as well, but they mostly didn't have such a major impact as the aforementioned bands / musicians.
Hobbies: Music, education, video gaming.
Favorite food: Whatever's cooking
Other Projects: Rainwound, In Staid Grace, Rubicon
"Staring Into The Sky"
E-mail: lakeofreason@aim.com
Cell: 17249862499 (If it's dead, please leave a message!)
E-mail: oinkness@gmail.com
Websites: www.rainwound.com, www.instaidgrace.com, brandon.rainwound.com
MySpace: Brandon's MySpace Page