I recorded and toured the west coast with a band in the 90’s/early 2000’s called Gateway which eventually became Prodigal Son. We had hard copy cds at our shows, they all out of print and we never signed up for any streaming services because of the insulting payout amounts. I retired at the age of 35 from touring back in 2002, but still continued to write/record. My current project, WÖR Party (14 songs) is off being mixed as we speak, looking at a spring release once the mixing, artwork, and marketing tools are in place. I partner with a bass player, and I do all the guitars, vocals, keys, and drum programming. This is the first time that I’ve been able to incorporate some of my more traditional Native heritage into a modern setting, so, we’ve got a couple of songs that sound a bit like a Heavy Metal Pow Wow mashup.
Prodigal Son always got compared to Metallica/Queensryche, but since those days, I’ve departed from that sound, and revisited some of my prog influences like Tool, Soundgarden, Fates Warning.
We‘re already 10 songs into development of WP 2.0, diving even deeper into prog, but have no agenda on this per se.
I‘ll be posting as release gets closer as part of our planned marketing prior to release, which initially will be direct digital purchase, then after we hit a certain threshold, that will fund the printing of CD’s. I’ll try to find my link to my Soundclick page with prior material and post it in the appropriate section later.
From here, this discussion should take place in its proper forum section. Mods, you can relocate this post if you fell appropriate.
