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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#81 Posted : 08 July 2012 08:26:57(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Billie: Were touring at the same time! Crap we wont be able to see you! Were glad you were part of it even if we killed you off at the end of the first act. I hope you weren't too upset. Haha. I'm glad its getting such praise. Thank you. Edited by user 08 July 2012 08:27:47(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Andre Gandra		#82 Posted : 08 July 2012 08:29:19(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 4,147 Location: Brazil Thanks: 2880 times Was thanked: 3513 time(s) in 1683 post(s)		Osprey037[Reported Failure wrote: ;236418]Billie: Were touring at the same time! Crap we wont be able to see you! Were glad you were part of it even if we killed you off at the end of the first act. I hope you weren't too upset. Haha. I'm glad its getting such praise. Thank you. Julia: No, my death was part of the whole concept! Black humor.. LOL seriously guys, it's an amazing album!
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#83 Posted : 08 July 2012 08:34:26(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Billie: Thank you so much. I'm really glad it wasnt just good when me Vin, Matt, KC, and Robert listened to it. It is certainly the best thing we've ever done.
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#84 Posted : 17 July 2012 05:30:45(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Darkness #3 album. 2001 #1 airplay. 6771 #2 video Yup! That stuff in bold! It's true! We're excited about it. It's good to know people are listening to your own music. Keep listening. You fans are great! Carnival of Sounds Starts Tomorrow That's true too! New York had better be ready for a show! Below you can find a rough setlist for tomorrow. What's your favorite song on the setlist and what would you like us to add? This setlist isnt set in stone because obviously we want to surprise everyone. [Part 1] 1. My Name is William (William/Feeedom EP) 2. Testimony (Disarm) 3. Crumbling (Darkness) 4. A Pattern of Distress (Darkness) 5. Post-Grunge Catastrophe (PGC) 6. King of Caves (Flux of the Run) [Acoustic Break] 7. Hope To Get Out (Flux of the Run) 8. Fold the Wire (I've Known You) 9. Cure To Growing Older (PGC) 10. Sunburn (RF & Friends) [Part 2] 11. 2001 (Darkness) 12. Disarm (Disarm) 13. Goodbye, My Son (William/Freedom EP) 14. Almost (Not) Famous (PGC) 15. Writing My Own Eulogy (Darkness) 16. New America (Darkness) 17. I Know You (I've Known You) 18. Manufactured Radio (PGC) What do you think of that?
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#85 Posted : 17 July 2012 07:33:56(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		OOC: I might do a lot of these little interviews over the end of summer just as promotion for the album. They're fun and easy to write. Catching up with Billie Beckett (Radio Interview + Performance) Red - Billie; Blue - Interviewer Hello1 This is 92.6 WSOT, I'm James O'Connor and we're hanging out with Billie Beckett from Reported Failure. Hey Billie. Hi James! It's good to be here Alright. Good to have you. Lets get right into it. You're the frontman from Reported Failure and your new album is Darkness it came out July sixth. Tell us about it. Well its a concept album. It makes a comparison from a man just getting through his life dealing with relationships, and having a son, and deaths in the family to the world and the human race just dealing with it's problems. Alright. Sounds good. And your last record was very simple in its sound. It was just rock and punk very simple. I hear this one is very different? Yes. There are lots of violins and pianos all over the place. Jason Smith produced it with Vin. Its just more artsy and epic. There are a lot of guest vocalists. But there are still guitar solos right? Oh of course. Vin... Vin would probably quit if we said 'you know on this record how about you just play chords and riffs. No solos'. He would just be like 'Fck no. Goodbye'. Haha. Yeah I bet he would. And you're also headlining Carnival of Sounds which starts tomorrow. How do you feel about touring again? I'm excited. The last major tour we did fully was The No Venues Tour last winter and it was a hell of an experience. It'll be nice this time to see all of these bands that we dont know. We also get a whole lot of set time so we're going into the back catalog of songs for our setlists. Great. Great. So the back catalog. Any teaser for what you'll play. Will it be mostly new stuff or are you gonna go back to your first couple of records a lot? I think we're mostly playing stuff from Darkness, Post-Grunge Catastrophe and the EP. We will probably play a few EP songs every night just because they make all of us work which is great. None of us are bored. But they are also simpler than the songs from Darkness because there aren't pianos and violins and trumpets everywhere. But were also of course playing old songs. What song are you opening with? I know you like to keep your opening songs uniform for most of your tours. We're actually changing it up this year. Tomorrow we're opening with My Name is William, but were not keeping with that song the whole time. We'll probably switch it off with My Name is Freedom, 6771, Darkness I, and ummm I think we also talked about a medley of some sort. Hmm... You put a lot of thought into your live shows dont you? Yeah. We didn't at first 'cause we were just playin our songs. As we put out our second and third record we got more into thinking what do fans really want to hear, what is going to make the mood of the show the most, is it inside or outside. The No Venues Tour last year is when we really took our live performance to another level though. We like each show to be great and for it to evolve and flow up to the last few songs where we play the big fan favorites but we also dont like for any two shows to be the same. Alright! We're gonna go to commerical and play a couple songs then we'll be back with more from Reported Failure. Three or four commercials come on then a few songs and then the interview is back on. We are back with Billie Beckett from Reported Failure. The new record is Darkness it just debuted at #3 on the album charts. The song 2001 is the #1 airplay song currently, #3 most downloaded song, and their music video for the song 6771 is the #2 video. How do you feel about how the record is doing? I'm really proud of this record. We've never had a record go to #3 on the album chart before so were stoked that it has done that. Mostly I'm in shock that 2001 has done so well on the radio because its six minutes long. That's twice as long as conventional wisdom says a #1 airplay song should be. I guess I should thank people like you for playing it. It's great that it hit #1. Oh absolutely. We like the song. You're welcome. Now were going to close with a more serious question and then I think you have a song you want to play. Eric Quillington said something before the record came out when the concept was just announced and a couple of songs were released. He said "The entire world of music is looking on this album with high hopes. So, seriously, no pressure. I haven't seen anything like this since Shattered Fairytale, which is nice... because it means that wasn't a one-time miracle. I know 2012 is young, but this already seems like an 'Album of the Year' contender; you deserve every bit of hype thrown your way. The way you're using different singers to represent different characters and ideas is simply brilliant, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Reported Failure will pull it off." Now that's a big statement. How did you react at the time to all of the hype of the album, and as more of it was leaked and it was actually released how are you reacting to and what has been the feedback? Wow. I still get like a little kid when people reference that quote. I didn't know what to say back to Eric then and I still dont. All of the feedback has been positive. No statement has been as big as that one but all of the feedback has been positive. All I can say is I poured my heart and soul into making this record. I mean I reveal stuff in this record about myself that really only a couple of people knew. It is passionate. I just really hope people whether they like what we did or not I hope that they understand what we did and why. I know that I did something special for myself already. If Eric is right about comparing it to Shattered Fairytale then I'll just feel like I created something special for other people too. Alright. Deep stuff from Billie Beckett. The new album from Reported Failure is called Darkness and you can order it now. It was released July 6th on Studio 60 records. Now Billie I think you have a song to play for us. Yes I do. What are you gonna do? Crumbling A;right. With the #1 hit Crumbling, here is Billie Beckett. Billie picks up an acoustic guitar and starts playing an appregio melody. It is just Billie and his guitar. He begins to sing in his characteristic dark, passionate tone. The somber melody and Billie's voice were a match made in heaven as he gives an immense acoustic rendition of Crumbling, the first single from the band's new album Crumbling I am crumbling From my limbic system To the marble pillars Ashes to ashes, it all falls down Is this the end of my time? When the only light in this dark Is my flag that they're burning Crumbling I am crumbling From the tremors of absent fathers Violence, hatred, from self to the crowds Ashes to ashes it all falls down Is this the end of my time? When the only light in this dark Is my flag that they're burning Of many I found no one no one who could save my life Falling so heavy Before it's done no one will even know why Even know why Crumbling I am freedom falling I am no one! Shaking and trembling From the horrors that I've seen Ashes to ashes it all falls down Is this the end of my time? When the only light in this dark Is my flag that they're burning Of many I found no one no one who could save my life Falling so heavy Before it's done no one will even know why Even know why I am freedom falling I am no one! I am freedom falling I am no one! I am freedom falling I am no one! I am freedom falling I am no one! Of many I found no one no one who could save my life Falling so heavy Before it's done no one will even know why Even know why Edited by user 17 July 2012 07:35:57(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified*
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#86 Posted : 18 July 2012 08:57:31(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Matt Collins Talks About Songs on Darkness Green - Matt; Black - Interviewer guy The new album from Reported Failure is called Darkness. Matt Collins is here talking about specific songs from it. Basically I'll ask something like "So Matt... which song took the longest to record" and he will tell me the answer and probably an explanation. All I'm gonna ask him about are songs though. Matt are you ready! Any time. Go for it! Ok. Matt, what song took the longest to record? A pattern of distress. It was the second song we started and it just kind of sat there for awhile. It wasnt hard to record we just started it early and then it was the last one we finished. It just didnt come together as quickly as the rest. Song that changed the most from the beginning of recording to the end? Darkness II. Basically because when we started there weren't any brass instruments in it and thats mostly what's in it now. Favorite lyrics? Being Man. Billie wrote a brilliant song with that one Favorite guitar solo? Being Man. I swear Vin reached a new world of melody in that solo Song that was easiest to record? Lithium. Its just probably the simplest song on the album Song that was hardest to record? 6771. It's so dynamic. The music and dynamics are brilliant but it took a bit of effort to record. Favorite of the three singles so far? That's tough. Probably 2001. Its a more interesting, diverse song than the other two. Song that sound most like Reported Failure's first album? Oh man... We've changed a lot. That's really tough. I guess it would have to be Lithium or New America, but really its apples and oranges. Second album? That's a bit easier because that was our more artsy grunge album. Pattern of Distress maybe. The albums are more similar than Darkness and our first album but its still tough to pick one. I guess pattern of distress. Third album? For those who dont know that would be Disarm your breakthrough album. Again its tough. Writing My Own Eulogy probably. It's very melodic but not too artsy and its epic. Now Post-Grunge Catastrophe. Fourth album. New America. It could easily have been a single off that record after Manufactured Radio and Cure To Growing older. Favorite song to play live? Pattern of Distress. It's really fun for me to play on bass and the crowd just sings that melody like soldiers. It's great. Ok. Big one. Last one. Your favorite song. I love so many of them. If I had to pick just one... I'd say as much as Being Man is a brilliantly written song and 2001 is very diverse and Pattern of Distress is just epic.... I'd have to pick 6771. It's the album opener and I just never get sick of hearing it. It's just like I said a sick song. Edited by user 18 July 2012 08:58:12(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#87 Posted : 19 July 2012 09:51:29(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		OOC: Code got all screwed up but everything is there Stuff - 7/18/12 So were on day two of Carnival of Sounds 2012, and its going great! To start off there is a video of us playing Manufactured Radio and Billie making a cool speech from Corfu plus a summary of our show in Scranton. Reported Failure - Manufactured Radio + Billie's Speech (Corfu, New York) - Day #1 On this opening and controversial day at Carnival of Sounds, the set from Reported Failure was unlikely to be ordinary. The band has been known for addressing current events during their sets. With a stabbing death in a mosh pit during Nick Palmer's set. Reported Failure didn't address the situation until Billie Beckett made a speech before the last song. A video of the speech and the last song has already been spread around the internet. Quote: There is the sound of a bass tuning and random crowd noise as the camera focuses on the members of Reported Failure onstage. Billie Beckett is shirtless wearing jeans and holding the microphone at his side. Matt Collins stands tall and slim in jeans and a white t-shirt with some sort of design on it. He is tuning his bass. Vin Peters is dressed in black leather pants and a ripped up black band shirt. His stage makeup of guyliner has gotten smudged with sweat. He's jumping up and down slowly in the background. Robert Edwards can be seen only slightly in the back getting water. KC James stands in the foreground close to Billie also wearing black pants and a band shirt. Billie says some things to Vin who nods in agreement and then Billie puts the mic to his mouth and starts to talk: "This is going to be our last song." Billie paused and waited for the crowd to settle down a little bit. "Now earlier today something happened. In a pit on the main stage someone was stabbed to death." The crowd was silent now, listening intently to Billie. He continued, "Now we dont want this to happen. Its our responsibility as concert goers and concert players to make sure this doesn't happen. He was just like all of you. He just wanted to see his favorite band play. And here's what I'm gonna say and I want everyone to hear it and know it: No one brings a fucking weapon to a Reported Failure concert ever!" The crowd cheered in agreement with Billie. "No one should have to die for rock n roll" he continued; "Were here to play. Now security has advised me not to get in the crowd as I always do, but you all heard me. No one brings a fucking weapon to a Reported Failure concert... And I have to get on the crowd its what I do. So lets fucking play this song. This is MANUFACTURED RADIO!". Immediately after Billie finished talking the intro to the song kicked in with Matt playing the powerful bassline, a punchy riff from Vin, solid drumming from Robert, and ska chords from KC. Billie immediately jumped into the crowd and began singing. He managed to get up and walk throughout the crowd getting as far as his mic-cord would take him. He sang with all of the passion and swagger he could. He yelled at the crowd to "Sing this with me" as the chorus rolled around. As the bridge came the band played a nice break differing from the recorded version and allowed Billie and the crowd to sing mostly acapella. "Ladies and gentlemen Vin Peters' said Billie as Vin's guitar solo began. Billie took this time to get the peaople around him to help him get going back towards the stage. Throughout the guitar solo Billie and many other fans crowdsurfed towards the stage. Billie got back intime to sing the last chorus onstage and then scream out the last lines. "Whoo! You guys are great. And I'm not stabbed thank goodness. We're Reported Failure. Goodnight" said Billie and then started walking off the stage. Matt grabbed a mic and said "Buy our new Record Darkness at the Reported Failure merch booth. Or download it illegally. Just dont tell our label we said you could. Thanks guys. See ya." Lyrics You got soul Hidden in this remote control you turn it on (off on off on off on off) you got style With your skin tight jeans And your angsty graphic t-shirt you take it off (on off on off on off on) So when you walk down the street, hope you know youre doin it for me And that voice in the back of your head, that’s me And your words, I wrote them for you So you can be the radio What happened… to anything you swear it wasn’t like this just the other day What happened to living? And being something just so you could say “I’ll go my own way” You got beat Through some digital screen You turn it on (Off on off on off on off) You got licks Through your guitar picks You stroke it up (down up down up down up down) So when you breathe fuck or sleep I hope you know that youre doin it for me Every note you’ve sang, that was me And your words, I wrote them for you So you can be the radio What happened… to anything you swear it wasn’t like this just the other day What happened to living? And being something just so you could say “I’ll go my own way” Though you try (try try try try try try) You cant escape me I am the mafia I am the radio I am Sirius top 40 hits I am the radio I am the radio I am the fucking radio What happened… to anything you swear it wasn’t like this just the other day What happened to living? And being something just so you could say “I’ll go my own way” I am the fucking radio Setlist [Part 1] 1. My Name is William (William/Feeedom EP) 2. Testimony (Disarm) 3. Crumbling (Darkness) 4. A Pattern of Distress (Darkness) 5. Post-Grunge Catastrophe (PGC) 6. Short (Flux of the Run) [Acoustic Break] 7. Hope To Get Out (Flux of the Run) 8. Fold the Wire (I've Known You) 9. Cure To Growing Older (PGC) 10. Sunburn (RF & Friends) [Part 2] 11. 6771 (Darkness) 12. Disarm (Disarm) 13. Goodbye, My Son (William/Freedom EP) 14. Almost (Not) Famous (PGC) 15. Writing My Own Eulogy (Darkness) 16. New America (Darkness) 17. I Know You (I've Known You) 18. Manufactured Radio (PGC) [/SPOILER] Reported Failure - Day #2 in Scranton, PA Billie Beckett during "Chance Run Ins" On the second day of Carnival of Sounds Reported Failure was ready to rock out hard again. They had a meet n greet at 12:00 at their tent and it was absolutely packed! "The fans are really coming out strong for this tour so far. Its great. We love seeing them and they like seeing us. Meet n greets sometimes are hectic because there are so many people but they're always worth it" says frontman Billie Beckett. Today the band opened with 6771 and from that point it was all systems go. The setlist today consisted of more songs from the band's new album "Darkness" than their setlist on day one did. The first half of their set was mostly new songs. There was also an acoustic break in which the band played acoustic renditions of some of their songs. The effect was that the fans could be heard singing along much more clearly than in the other songs and Billie Beckett seemed to be touched by this more than anything especially when the fans sang along to every word of the more emotional song "Goodbye, My Son". Then Reported Failure got loud again starting things off after the acoustic break with their first top ten hit "Manufactured Radio". Then they played mostly older fan favorite songs but still some new ones. The band closed at first with "I Know You" in which guitarist Vin Peters and singer Billie Beckett both managed to jump in the crowd and create lots of chaos and a moment that fans would never forget. This was the end of their set but they came back and played their hit "Disarm" as an encore. Setlist [Part 1] 1. 6771 (Darkness) 2. Crumbling (Darkness) 3. Leader of an Empire that doesnt exist (PGC) 4. A Pattern of Distress (Darkness) 5. Lithium (Darkness) 6. My Name is Freedom (Freedom/William EP) 7. Being Man (Darkness) [Acoustic break] 8. Fold The Wire (I've Known You) 9. Hope To Get Out (Flux of the run) 10. Neveah (Darkness) 11. Let's Run (PGC) 12. Goodbye, My Son (Freedom/William EP) [Part 2] 13. Manufactured Radio (PGC) 14. Chance run Ins (Freedom/William EP) 15. Darkness I (Darkness) 16. Writing My Own Eulogy (Darkness) 17. 2001 (Darkness) 18. I Know You (I've Known You) 19. Disarm (Disarm) [/SPOILER] New Single Next Month! That's right! We've got a new single coming out on August tenth. It's a song off of our new record. The song's called "New Armerica". If you own Darkness and you've heard it then great. If not then you'll hear it soon. Artwork to come later. New Music Video Soon? What's that? A new music video? Yeah there will probably be one. No spoilers as to what song but we can say that it wont be a song that was released as a single and we can say that it will be epic. Speaking of videos 6771 is the #1 video now. What happens after Carnival of Sounds? Carnival of Sounds will end in September. What is the fate of Reported Failure after that? Well we are going to take a couple of months off. We really haven't had more than a month off in the past year and a half. So were going to relax... or at least some of us are. Matt and Vin have a band called Mount Olympus and they are going to be doing something with that so keep your eyes open. Then we will come back, and do some cool stuff. Want to know the cool stuff? Well check out the spoiler. [SPOILER]THE NO VENUES TOUR 2012-2013 That's right! After our massively successful No Venues Tour last year, we are most likely doing it again. Vin is starting to make arrangements and find places where we can play. It will be a world tour like last year. Just like last year tickets will be priced anywhere from zero to two hundred dollars. It all depends on how much money you want to give us plus the other bands. What wont be like last year? Well we are making everything bigger! We are going to try and get bigger bands to come along. We will be playing a bigger, more epic live show. There will be all sorts of things to do. This is awhile off and nothing is set in stone but there will be another No Venues Tour. Also we will have some new songs to play. We cant have another tour where we play songs from Darkness. That's what we did last time. We've written a lot of songs since last Autumn when a majority of the songs for Darkness were written. 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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#88 Posted : 12 August 2012 12:55:24(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		OOC: Discography in the first post updated with singles and chart info. Something for us to brag about..... In other news New America was released yesterday. Go buy it and make us 4/4 with our singles from Darkness debuting at #1. If you do that we might just make some more big announcements about the No Venues Tour, and a never before heard single to some in a few months. You're gonna love it. Tickets for Carnival of Sounds are still available. Go get them so you can come to our shows and we can see you and sing together. Edited by user 12 August 2012 12:56:25(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#89 Posted : 13 August 2012 16:43:54(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		OOC: If you read my stuff regularly you know that when I do demos it's usually the "rough draft" of what the song will be. In fact it is usually just lyrics. I usually do demos to force myself to sit and write a full song and call it a demo so I can change the lyrics later if I want. This is a bit different. I'm going to do a series of demos. Yes it will be for lyrics but mostly to perfect the format that I am considering using for the next album thread, so if you have any OOC feedback about the format then share it because it will probably help me. As far as my opinions I like this format but I think it would be hard to maintain for a whole album. After awhile the band members roles would get repetitive. Next demo will be in a different format. The Day After Forever (Demo) Overview With the last single from Reported Failure's fifth album, "Darkness", released everyone is wondering what is next for the band. Will there be a sixth album? Are they calling it quits? Are Matt and Vin leaving? Despite the band repeatedly saying that the five of them are staying together these rumors remain. Hopefully the release of a brand new demo will quell these rumors. The new song "The Day After Forever" will be the first thing that fans hear in the Post-Darkness Reported failure catalogue. "We know people are going to jump to conclusions about what all of our songs will sound like just from this demo but they have to realize it is one song and it is a demo meaning it isn't done" says Vin Peters. The song doesn't have the dramatic arrangements of "Darkness" nor does it have the instantly catchy hooks of the bands fourth album "Post-Grunge Catastrophe". "This song and most of the songs were working on are simpler than the last album." says Billie Beckett. "On Darkness everywhere there was a guest vocalist or musician. This is just us doing what we do best and it shows because I think its great." The demo was recorded over the last couple of weeks both on the road and at Vin's Pacific Noise Studios in Santa Cruz, California. Billie Beckett claims the lyrics credit and little is known about the song's subject other than what can be heard or guessed at from the lyrics. Explore the Sound [Verse 1] The pound and crash of snare drum and cymbal, the soft "click" of a muted guitar, and the deep groan of a bass open the song all at once. The drums attack the song as a simple root note melody is played on bass and guitar repeatedly as if it is some crucial piece of information that must be memorized through repitition. Billie yells. He yells angrily demanding to get his point across. Robert's beat is hard-hitting yet casual as it sets the mood and together with Billie's vocals hooks the listener in. [Chorus 1] Robert's heartbeat for the song transitions smoothly into the chorus. Matt's bassplaying is smooth and effortless as he rolls from one note to the next playing fast. A guitar slides full of reverb from one sad note to the next. Billie sings in the same manner: part yelling, but sensitively touching the song and declaring his goals. The fuzz then attacks the song. KC brings the overdosed treble. The drumming picks up from a walk to a run. Billie screams nonsense. This is when Vin soars above the song with screeching leads like a flock of birds diving, curving, and soaring consistently overhead. [Verse 2] Now the heartbeat of the song seems to go wrong. Terrifyingly wrong. Robert is fast and haphazard. The fuzz remains at first attacking the song but then festering like a wound. Billie is a bit louder yelling still: pleading and screaming. Matt builds the bones, the skeletal structure of the song with his bass. As Billie screams things pick up more. Matt's bass rings like thunder as the fuzz wound gushes more blood into the song and Vin randomly plays a variation of apreggio chords. [Chorus 2/Chorus 3] The fuzz continues to advance like a virus. Although the vocal melody remains the same from the first chorus the instruments become frantic. The rhythm guitar dominates the chorus while Matt rains down a thunderstorm of bass. Vin's flock of birds has now dispersed. His guitar playing is erratic with a note here, a note there. No melody is in sight. Billie still screams maddeningly, angrily at this point yelling at himself for messing up, blaming himself for his life going wrong. [Chorus 4] Finally things slow down. The drumming industrializes with metallic clangs ontop of Roberts softer beat. The fuzz is reduced to periodic "dun dun duns" as Vin overlays it with guitar sliding on the lower part of the neck. Robert's addicting beat still rings. Then the fuzz and bass come back but somehow more harmoniously as if they've reached an agreement that "Yes. Billie can learn to live again" and are helping him do this. It is then that Billie comes back. He still screams but seems triumphant this time. He screams for confidence not fear. He yells the last chorus. Then the instruments play out but finally beats fade to echos. Fuzz fades to whispers. The song ends. Explore Billie's Role As frontman and lyricist it is easy to think just of Billie Beckett when thinking of any Reported Failure song. Although it is false to say Billie makes Reported Failure, the song is about him. After all of the sadness that went with Reported Failure's last album this song is the first song since April 2011 that Reported Failure has made that is hopeful. The song isn't just hopeful but it declares that Billie will "never say goodbye." "This song is sort of imagining that your whole life had passed by and things haven't worked out. You're supposed to die at that point but you keep going. You didnt do what you wanted so you just keep fighting and refuse to die." says Beckett. Vocally this is the first song from Reported Failure where Billie really yells. He has yelled and screamed before, but this is a new level. Reported Failure's sound evolved from more clean cut punk without screaming until their "My Name is..." EP last year when KC James joined and started screaming and Billie took his aggression to a new level. This is the first song by Reported Failure without any "clean" vocals. "It's not like were trying to make metalheads like us because although we incorporate metal we aren't metal. This is just how the song worked." said Beckett. Explore Vin's Role Vin is the guitarist and producer. His job for most Reported Failure songs including this one is to take it from a simple vocal melody paired with guitar chords or root notes and turn it into a real song. "With this song a lot went into just setting the tone with the drums and guitar" says Vin. The mood for the leads is part of what makes the song distinctive, and they came from Vin. He composed the riffs, supplied the recording studio, and mixed everything. "I think this song will set the tone nicely for what is to come" he said. Explore Matt's Role Letting everyone crash at his beach house while they recorded isn't all that Matt brought to this song. Matt provided a killer bassline. "Bass is easy" he tells just about anyone who wants to know. While Billie, Vin, and Robert have been regarded for some time as some of the best rock musicians consistently making music, Matt has just been the bass player. The beauty of Matt's musicianship is in his consistency not his showyness. He keeps the song going strong so that Billie and Vin can do what they do best. Explore Robert's Role As the drummer Robert had to develop the beat with Vin. "It starts when we would just carry a drumset out into the parking lot at our gigs and me and Vin would work on the beat." says Robert. The drumbeat is at the heart of this song so Robert took on the role of creating nmot just the beat, but the heartbeat of the song. As the former drummer for Mind, Robert Edwards obviously knows how to drum, yet coming up with new sounds is the hard part. "I could just play the same old beats over and over again. They're great, fans love them, and they're a hell of a workout to play. I've done all I can technically as a drummer. On this song I'm working more creatively and the drums together with the guitar creates something that doesn't sound like anything I've done before." Explore KC's Role KC James has been with Reported Failure for less than a year, and as rhythm guitarist he was added to the band initially so that Billie would be a free singer and not have to play guitar live. He was embraced as a crucial member of the band for his screaming but on a track that doesn't feature his vocals what is the importance of KC's guitar playing? He provides crucial support rhythmically while Vin plays his leads. He also contributed to tone: "As we were recording with guitars we started with a very sustained tone. Me and Vin both were just looking at eachother thinking 'this doesn't work.' so we went over to the amps and fiddled with a few things. It still wasn't working. Then almost at the same time we were like 'mute the strings' and it worked out great." Explore the Lyrics [Verse 1] The day I learn to live again The day I wake up The day my love lives more than once It's the day I'm gold enough On the day after forever I'll never call it done [Chorus 1] And if I'm still alone On the day when god brings me home Yeah if I'm still alone When the afterlife takes hold Oh if i'm still alone At least I wont be cold [Verse 2] The day I learn to speak again The day I unload my gun The day my life is mine Is the day I bring my fist up high If it's the day after forever I'll never say goodbye [Chorus 2] And if I'm still alone On the day god brings me home Yeah if I'm still stuck The day I run out of luck The day I'm told to say goodbye Is the day I fight or die [Chorus 3] No I will not give in I will live forever If thats how long it takes to live again No I will not give in And on the day after forever its time to learn to live again [Chorus 4] I will not be dead On the day I learn to live again Time is not my friend I'll learn to speak again On the day after forever I'll wake up to the world again Similar Vibe Edited by user 13 August 2012 17:03:28(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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genocidal king		#90 Posted : 13 August 2012 17:45:03(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Moderators, Registered Joined: 21/07/2009(UTC) Posts: 54,407 Location: Leeds, England Thanks: 3469 times Was thanked: 11549 time(s) in 5886 post(s)		OOC: Love the structure you've used here mate. The whole "explore insert name here's role is brilliant. Been looking for a new way to structure songs, especially in more ambient tracks where there isn't a whole lot you can describe in the track. This is really good, and might revolutionise the way that people write songs on here. Well done.

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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#91 Posted : 14 August 2012 05:33:48(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		OOC: Thanks! It would be cool to see more people messing with the format for their songs. I'll be trying something similar to this next but hopefully a little bit simpler and something that is more easily sustained throughout a twelve to fourteen song album without getting repetitive.
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#92 Posted : 05 November 2012 02:49:13(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Coming Soon Edited by user 05 November 2012 02:51:53(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#93 Posted : 08 November 2012 11:09:47(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		So over the next few months we have all intentions of teasing you over the theme of our next album which is currently being written and recorded. All these images? Yeah they have to do with it. And the text that comes along with or in the pictures yeah it has to do with the theme of the labum too. But we just aren't going to come out and say what the theme of the next record is because were assholes and if we tell you now it would ruin the surprises. So have fun waiting.... and waiting.... and waiting.... In the meantime go to the Nu Venues Tour and listen to bands who are less of assholes than us because obviously we are being terrible to you right? I thought so. Also buy the new single. It's #1. Or just listen to it right here on our website. Reported Failure - Days Spent In The Dark Overview Little has been heard from Reported Failure since Carnival of Sounds ended and they won a Fans Choice Award for best album earlier this year. They have scheduled, however to start the No Venues Tour next week in Australia, and along with this they are finally ready to release another single. The single is called 'Days Spent in The Dark" and it was first performed by Reported Failure at TA7 a few months ago. It represents where Reported Failure must now go with their music now that the nearly year long process of releasing their fifth studio album "Darkness" is history and promotion for the album is finished. While Reported Failure's last album is a documentation of the hell Billie Beckett went through from the death of his father, sister, a terrible breakup, and ultimately a suicide attempt, the new single is more of a look back on the events and examining not just what happened but why it did and where to go next. The song is out to download today. Lyrics are by Billie Beckett. Although Vin Peters usually does production for Reported Failure songs alone, he was joined for this song by successful LA producer Avil Hartman who last worked with Reported Failure on their third album "Disarm". Music Background In August 2012 Reported Failure entered the studio for three days between tour dates. They had recorded a few demos at Matt Collins's house in Santa Cruz, but now it was time to get serious. They went back to Ocean Way Recordings in LA where they recorded their fourth album "Post-Grunge Catastrophe". They were also joined by Avil Hartman to produce the song which would become "Days Spent In The Dark". "In the beginning" says Vin Peters "We just had these lyrics and a really eerie atmosphere... It was great but we wanted to give the song more depth and something a bit different so we called up Avil who we'd worked with before to see what sort of spin he could put on it." The band recorded for only two and a half days. Then it was done. On the first day most of the focus went on drums. Robert Edwards and Hartman worked for hours to find the right tone for the song. They ended up bringing in different drums and working with different patterns until the beat was powerful enough to be memorable and aggressive like drums of war, but could still be soft enough to keep the flow of the song. Bass was next. Matt Collins layed down the songs's original bassline. It worked but everyone agreed it could use more power. A couple of distortion pedals later and the bass was done! Then it was time to set more of the atmosphere. Friend of the band Hugh Keeley was there and he supplied a track on keyboard with tone that was almost like a bagpipe but a little bit softer. Once that was done it was guitar time. "For the most part our guitars are subtle in this song" says Peters. He is right. There are no guitar solos and no iconic riffs. KC James recorded a quiet, but very sweet sounding rhythm. It was simple and on the second day of recording gave the band little trouble. Vin also recorded his lead guitar easily. He supplied short licks here and there but overall subtly harmonized with the keyboard and helped create the atmosphere of the song. After day two the song was ready to have vocals added and be finished. "The great thing about having been a band for awhile and made five albums" says Billie Beckett "Is that recording a great song can be done with little to no stress because we all usually know what eachother are going to want before we start. We're in tune with eachothers ideas. Also being very experienced musicians that within just a few tries can nail the song also helps". Billie wasn't joking around when he said they could nail the songs within just a few takes. Billie only had to sing the song once for it to work. "The best part of working with Billie Beckett everyday is hearing him sing a slow song where he switches from whispery to full vocals. Because he will nail it everytime." says Matt Collins. As Billie went to the microphone in the studio the rest of the band was listening and five minutes later they knew that they had something special. They knew that this was their next single and were fairly sure it would do well. Lyrics Background Billie wrote part of this song last year during the first No Venues Tour. From there it just sat in his notebook for months until adfter Darkness was recorded and released. The song was a breath of fresh air from the tone of Darkness. While still sad this song had a different attitude. The songs on Darkness said "My life sucks and all of this is happening to me right now and I dont know why. Its terrible." The new single Days Spent In the Dark says "My life sucks here's why and I want to change it." the song is full of metaphor and centers around rebirth, imprisonment, and attempts to move forward. lyrically it is one of Billie Beckett's most intense songs and will remind listeners of the album Darkness despite the differences. Listeners will be left to wonder what themes the rest of Reported Failure's upcoming sixth studio album will center around. Lyrics Drink with the moon And go around the outside Til adrenaline kicks in So swing from the dark trees So go drown in the forest Sing like you could back before Before you screamed yourself hoarse And days blurred to lifetimes Were on our deathbed So the clouds become therapy and were addicted to the sadness We can speak again Were here to speak again So we took these words and locked them in a temple So we trapped our souls from freedom from anger It was cold and silent It was another day spent in the dark we took our hearts and made them less painful We took our scars covered them with makeup But we weren't free; we were trapped by a facade By our days spent in the dark Take me to an ambulance my life doesnt work Find me a coffin and a place to be born I need a love and a life to restore I wish I could fly like a bird overhead And be innocent like a child who can say anything So I would speak and then fly away I want to speak again I want to seize the day I shall speak again Seize the day So we took these words and locked them in a temple So we trapped our souls from freedom from anger It was cold and silent It was another day spent in the dark we took our hearts and made them less painful We took our scars covered them with makeup But we weren't free; we were trapped by a facade By our days spent in the dark I take it all take it all back Give me home or give me heart attack Speak speak let me speak once more Tell me theres no more hell in store And cry cry cry my eyes out I want to speak I have no doubt Life life unlock my life Or cut my wrists end it with a knife Sounds Like
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#94 Posted : 08 November 2012 14:42:19(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		OOC: Just throwing it out there that I think these are some of the best lyrics I've ever written. Lunar Utero (Demo) Breakdown the solemn walls I hold Release the anguished world I sold Step out of the rancid door inside Take time to flaunt and change the tide So I watch earth build epic monuments With envy I wash it away at their expense Pulled out with love I'll make my home But im old cold and alone I'll fall asleep in my bed Wake up a new brand new man instead I'll try this til I quit til blood leaves my brain You know I'd try a thousand times So just keep me warm inside Mother could you take me back Hold my head to your breast til I'm not upset So hold me. I'm a broken lock and you're the broken key But fix me. Because I'm without alarm Break the door. Salvage me. I'll be your charm I left this world behind but now I just want to stay So fix me up and make me another way I didn't want to leave but I want to feel good So salvage me and glue me like you should Take this beaten heart And make it more like the moon So I can control my own life So I can see my own sky Make it bright and round Let me build on my own ground And control my seas Let it be the light guiding me I'll easily crawl back inside if you try what I have in mind Take me back to warm tunnels Change my father before I'm old Mother please if you could Make my body how you should So hold me. I'm a broken lock and you're the broken key But fix me. Because I'm without alarm Break the door. Salvage me. I'll be your charm I left this world behind but now I just want to stay So fix me up and make me another way I didn't want to leave but I want to feel good So salvage me and glue me like you should I'm sorry if I've been a burden to you love I've no excuse I know I've made eough... but I left this world behind but now I just want to stay So fix me up and make me another way I didn't want to leave but I want to feel good So salvage me and glue me like you should
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#95 Posted : 11 November 2012 03:22:53(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Love [Vin Peters Blog Post] I had never been in love for most of my life. I went through my teenage years dating a few girls but I never felt attached to them at all. I just dated them did some of the cheesy things you're supposed to as a kid like take them to movies and school dances. Even after that when this band started I went for years without even having a stable relationship. I've been with one girl since high school. I'm 27 now. It's been almost ten years since then and I've done a lot of self discovery. I'm sure anyone my age has. I've started a company and seen it die and then tried to bring it back again. I've been in a band that was touring the world then almost broke up but then came back and better than ever. I've seen my best friends go through hell but come out of it in the end. I've been on four world tours and watched my idols die and new bands that I've even inspired rise up. Like I said, it's been almost ten years and a lot has changed. And I hadn't been in love for almost all of it. I didnt understand my friends when they would act irrational out of this silly state of being that I had never experienced. But two years ago when it looked like this band was over and I was driving around in my car not knowing what to do I met someone. I met someone and although it's been hard it has worked out. I'm in love with the most marvelous man I've ever met. I didn't know what to do at first. It has been two years of sneaking around, of telling lies, of hiding, of even hiding from my best friends in this band until I told them at the beginning of this year. It has been all of those things but it's been worth it. Even though I didn't know what to do and it took me so long to realize it, it's been worth it. I'm gay and I'm not hiding that anymore. I'm not hiding from my family, or my friends, or my fans. Here I am, say what you will, it wont change that. - Vin Peters
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Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 19/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 80 Thanks: 11 times Was thanked: 24 time(s) in 16 post(s)		Matt: Just got Darkness and I have to say, nice work you guys! Our music is loud and funny but your music is really deep and cool. I wish we could write/play like you guys.
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#97 Posted : 11 November 2012 11:39:50(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Billie: Thanks! Glad to have the continued support.
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#98 Posted : 21 December 2012 11:42:49(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Billie Beckett on album #6 hello. How is everyone doing. I hope this post finds you well and maybe listening to some good music. Speaking of good music were doing something different with album six. It's going to be long and epic and probably our best yet. A lot has happened in the past year and it warrants a lot of songs and a lot of different songs. So far we've released three of those songs: two as singles and one as a demo. Those will be on the album but the album is going to be split into very different parts. Those songs and probably one more will make one part of the album. There will be probably three or four other parts that will be different lyrically and musically. You will be able to tell which part of the album any song is from because they'll be distinct. So its kind of like were releasing four or five EPs but on one record. But it will still fit together like an album should. The first part is almost done but the album will take awhile. Expect late Spring or summer of next year at the earliest... But its worth the wait. It will be brilliant. - Billie Beckett
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#99 Posted : 24 December 2012 03:41:55(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Quote: The first part of what will be a 4-6 part album is done! We aren't leaking anymore songs from it yet (there's only one that hasnt been leaked already) but its done! This part was all produced by Avil Hartman and Vin Peters. I wrote all of the songs. I'm currently working on the rest of the album. We'll start releasing more teasers for the rest of the album maybe as a christmas present. It's going to be genius. Get ready for things to get crazy! - Billie
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Osprey037[Reported Failure]		#100 Posted : 03 January 2013 06:12:04(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 03/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,348 Thanks: 1149 times Was thanked: 1780 time(s) in 805 post(s)		Quote: A Year In Perspective (Blog post) It's been quite a year. This was a year that started with us getting out first #1 hit ever. 'Crumbling" is a highlight of our career but it was just the beginning. This was the busiest year of our careers. We got to tour with James Urie, Lily, Riot! in the Boulevard, Acts of Hate, Erin's Silence, Misery loves Company, The Harlots, Atomic War Brides, and so many more. we'd like to thank all of those bands and artists. You were great and we hope to see all of you again in 2013. In July we released "Darkness" our fifth studio album. It was the most personal and most intense album we've ever created and we have been so pleased with the response. We also have been able to release two singles from another album that will be available someday. Most of all this year was a year of personal revalations. Most notable was Vin who came out as gay around a month ago. Matt and I both bought houses this year. We're neighbors. I got partial custody of my son. Our lives are coming together but they're still coming together around music and around our friends family and fans. We'd like to thank all of them for what has been a life-changing year. Thank you to everyone at Nomad records and at Studio 60 Records, thanks to all the bands we listed before and everyone on the No Venues Tour, thanks to the London Symphony orchestra for helping us make Darkness as good as it was, thanks to Culture Uncut, to Max-Volume, to the Fans Choice Awards, to the Chaos awards, to Total Annihilation, but thank you to the fans and friends and family. It's a crazy music scene and its frusterating and hard but none of us would trade it for anything. We plan to spend the first few months of 2013 at our homes relaxing and enjoying life. I'll keep you updated as per our plans. - Billie
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