Oh boy has it been a wail sense I last wrote! I’m really sorry about that. Honestly I’ve been wanting to write for a few weeks now but I wanted to wait and see how things played out before I went and told cyberspace.
Well as you can probably guess by the title of this article, VK has a new drummer now. I would like to take this moment to give a shout out to Carpenter. I’m not going to sit here and pretend that you don’t have flaws, you do. I also won’t sit here and list these flaws, because that would just be mean and tacky. I will say that it is because of these flaws that the guys did what they did. I love you, they love you and you’re crazy talented. There is no denying any of that.
On to the big piece of news. Yes, Carpenter is out. The new drummer is named Eli (that’s probably not how you spell his name). I have yet to meet the new Voltage drummer but I’ve heard nothing but good things. Walter goes to school with him at the ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music). My sources say he meshes well and is very talented, but, like I said, I haven’t even meet this kid yet and I’m holding off giving my thumbs up on him till I see him in action.
So what does this mean for VK? Well hopefully this means more regular practices, new songs, and perhaps (cross your fingers) a few shows. However I think VK still has a few problems and I think the taking on of a new drummer just highlights them. For instants, the decision to get a new drummer was made by Walter, Wesley, and Justin. They only told Tyler as an obligated after thought and as warning shot of sorts. Don’t get me wrong guys, I see why this was done and I also understand that if Tyler was around you would have told him sooner, however it doesn’t really seem like you’re really that unified does it? Sorry, this is my inner anthropologist coming out, but it seems to me that within VK there are two camps. There are the Knights (Walter, Wesley, and Justin) and the squire (Tyler). It’s also my opinion that so long as there are two camps VK will not be able to progress any farther than it already has. This means that the band will either have to unite the two camps or separate.
Now that this is all out in the open and what not I guess the real question would be what camp will Eli join? Yes he’s actually in the same city as the rest of the band so he might actually be able to make it to band practice regularly, which is good. However let’s not over look the fact that camp Knight has known each other sense high school, and even though they would deny it, they are a fairly tight knit and exclusive group. I have no doubt that they will welcome this new drummer with open arms; I just also think that it might take a wail for him to feel like he’s officially part of the group. But hey, what do I know. I’m just an impartial observer.
There is more news but I’m waiting for it to fully develop before I spring it on you.
This is Kayte
Over and out
