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What Happened To Clint And Who’s The New Guy? New Song on Myspace - Aug 3, 2007
Since we just put a with Josh Gilbert's vocals on the chorus, I thought I would explain the
story of why Clint is gone and where Josh Gilbert came from...
Clint
wanted to pursue a lifelong career that he could be passionate about
since he could not picture himself being in the band forever once he
got married. His wedding was in March and he's now able to stay home
with his wife. For those of you who are just finding out now, we've
been playing without him since November 2006 when we started writing
for "An Ocean Between Us."
It
is important for our fans to know that this has not changed the band in
any way and has ultimately put both As I Lay Dying and Clint in a
better place. Our first recordings, "Frail Words Collapse", and
"Shadows are Security" were all written and recorded without Clint, so
the new CD isn't any different in that respect. Although Clint was in
the band during "Shadows are Security" and we will always be thankful
for his great live energy, he was not involved in the songwriting
process. Therefore, he had a hard time learning the songs in short
amount of time we had while recording. Phil ended up playing bass, and
our friend Dave Arthur (who is in an amazing band called )
did a guest vocal appearance on all of the clean singing. Dave is
credited on the record along with other great guest vocalists like Dan
Weyandt from Zao.
The
four of us (Phil, Jordan, Nick and I) started writing "An Ocean Between
Us" in late 2006. At the same time, we were looking for a new bass
player. We weren't able to find Josh Gilbert until after we had
finished writing, but he was able to make it to San Diego in time to
record both bass and clean vocals on the new record. It feels good to
know that the person recording bass and clean singing on our new record
will be same person playing those songs live. Our guitar players have
always played bass on every record... until now!
That's the story. You can read on if you want to hear more about the tryout process...
Josh's
old band was called This Endearing and previously Gate City. Their
manager was a good friend of mine and he'd sent me the demo to see if I
was interested in signing the band to my label. I told him that they
band seemed pretty talented but I wanted to sit on it and hear more
songs whenever they recorded again. About a month later, I got a call
because This Endearing had broken up. I told their manager that I
really liked the voice of the guitar player who also did the clean
singing, so I asked if I could give him a call about trying out for As
I Lay Dying.
Before
Josh was able to make it to San Diego, we tried out about 10 other guys
and we had even talked about having our old friend Dave Arthur play
with us. Once Josh finally got to San Diego, he really stood out, so we
asked him if he could be ready in a week to come out with us on tour.
It was that tour that solidified the fact that Josh was the right guy
for us. When we returned, Josh packed his things and moved out San
Diego just in time to record "An Ocean Between Us."
See
you all soon on tour! By the way, our new video for "Nothing Left"
might air on TV as early as the 11th. Look out for new songs. The new
record is very diverse.
tim
Posted on 04/01/2008 at 11:38AM
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