The band is about to drop our new single ONE BULLET this Friday March 5th 2010! I just finished listening to it and really can't wait to post it all over the WORLD WIDE WEB!! It's gonna rock ya to your core and hit your ear drums like a mac truck. Buckle up kids TAKILMA has Raised the Frequency to 11!! A whole new era has begun.....
The jumping point for this song came from BK finding a rather disturbing WWII photo. The sheer brutality of the photo influenced the band to try to put themselves in the horrible situation of all people in the photo. And the music had to sonically match the intense emotions and once you hear it you will understand how ONE BULLET came to be. The bands message is that it only takes one bullet to take or change so many lives...we are in no way glorifying this image just posting the reality of the world and our cultures. This is what we do as artists to try to express ourselves through words & music. So here is the photo (its pretty well known on the web for old WWII photos).
"One Bullet", "How Many More?", "Drums of War", "Soldier" are all songs that are the bands take on the war's being waged in our world currently and in the past and their effects on people's lives. Songs like "Veil of My Shame" & "Souls N' Spirits" & "Free N' Indepedent" explore the feelings associated with such tragedies and exploring what we are all destined for. Spreading messages of hope and faith while being realitstic with where we are as a humanity. Songs like "The answer to 1984...is 1776!", "Daze of Falling", "Bong Water Blues" & "Tending the Light" all explore and pay homage to people and idea's that force us to think "outside the box" and are the bands way of paying tribute and helping to pass the wise messages of others we admire past & present.....RAISING THE FREQUENCY is a musical piece of art unlike anything we have created before! When you hear it you will know!!
Ok so enough on all that!! ...but seriously its taken almost a year and half and I can't wait to share with the world the new music. I am really proud of the end product and the hard work that so many people put into this project so here is a little kudos to some folks from me (nate):
Many Thanks to:
BK (Takilma co/visionary & songwriter and many a late hour music master)
Mike B (whose voice has elevated this band to new levels)
Joe (for putting the last beat down on the last song when we needed it)
Adam (for stepping into the lead guitar spot with some tastey chops!)
Robert (for giving the band the needed keys!)
Juice (for all his hard work, great harmonica, congas, drums, flutes and other creative inspiration he gave to this band and these songs)
Eddie (for lending his hand at some amazing guitar solos!)
Scott D (for lending his hand at some amazing guitar solos!)
Marcus (for being the beat master on the bulk of these tracks)
Aben V (for putting down the beat on "One Bullet" & "Tending the Light" like only he can)
Micah C. Miracle (for talking trash and motivating us to write better songs! oh yeah and some nice guitar work on "Tending the Light")
and all our family and friends who offer their support to us as we wander the long road of music......
So there ya go its a true TAKILMA effort from many players in the band's past & present and the band will be GOING OUT LIVE TO PERFORM THESE SONGS and so many more LIVE ON TOUR IN 2010!
lastly to all the fans and people that contact us via email, and give our music plays, wear a t-shirt, or rock out at home to our tunes! many thank yous!!
Also..you can now follow the band and get the first updates and all the details and info on the band from ...yes....twitter!
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