Feedback from the Cheeze-Head Nation (CHN for short)

Never in my life have I thought that I'd be in a band that had fans! Actually, up until a year ago, I never thought I'd be in a band until the four of us got together and started making memories. It doesn't matter to me how many fans we have (I'd be psyched to have a handful), the only thing that matters is that we have fans. It's every artists' dream to have a following and I am so happy that we do! It's an amazing feeling to know you are out there listening to music we make and that you actually like it! Fear not Cheeze-Head Nation (CHN), we are hard at work putting together our first album for your listening enjoyment!

Soon we will be putting together a Kickstarter campaign to raise some funds for the album's release. We are still debating what our offer will be for the fans that donate to us. Ideas are welcome!

I have been reading emails from our fans over the last couple of days and I'm so thankful for your encouragement and feedback. I'm deeply touched that you, the Cheeze-Head Nation, love our music and support us! It encourages me to work harder to deliver the music you want to hear! I'm very appreciative of every fan and so is the rest of the band. I want to thank everyone who has sent us a message of encouragement because it is awesome to hear directly from the Cheeze-Head Nation!

One of the messages we received was from Erica. She wrote: "Awesome music guys -been there done that- your songs are real and make daily life easier to deal with-Thanks!!!" It is the fan message that moved me the most because it is the reason we do what we do. We want to get people out of their heads for a little while, away from all of the shit daily life throws at you. We want people to enjoy themselves, even if it's just for three minutes and forty-two seconds (the average length of a BGC tune). That's what the entertainment business is all about, the fans! Thank you very much, Erica and the rest of the Cheeze-Head Nation for being a fan! We fuckin' love you guys!

 Dan

BGC Update: April 4, 2014

Greetings Cheeze-Heads! I'm sorry for the radio silence but we've been very busy at the BGC Studio (as you may all have heard by now). We are wrapping up production on our first album tentatively titled 'Chainsaws, Hookers and Blow' as well as getting the band in shape to play out live!

We are halfway through recording a new version of 'Chainsaws Hookers and Blow' and if I dare to say so myself, it's fucking awesome! We are going metal for this one, kids! Bubba is hard at work mixing the bed tracks right now! I'd give you all a preview but we are keeping this one under lock and key at the moment.

We are planning a video for the new version of CHB to be filmed in late June/early July. Lippa and I have been working on a concept for the video. It won't be as long as 'Satanic Seagull'... at least that's the plan at the moment! Lippa and I have put an $800 camera on layaway at the pawn shop (it's only costing us $200) and we will be using that camera for the shoot.

If any ladies are interested in playing a role in the video, please email me (danpike1976@gmail.com). Serious inquiries only! There is no money in the budget to pay any actors/actresses and you would have to play the role of one of the hookers but it should be a fun time! We are looking for two to three more actresses for the hooker roles. No nudity required but you will have to provide your own wardrobe for the video. The actual filming should only take one to two days.

Sometime in May, we will be setting up an account with Kickstarter (a crowd-funding website) to raise some funds for the album's release. Stay tuned for more on that! Any donations will be greatly appreciated. We are still tweaking our offer to fans that donate.

Later this summer, we will be filming a video for 'Inflatable Love' and we will put out a casting call for extras. This video is still in the concept phase right now.

In the meantime, we are going to work on some new material but we are also in the midst of learning a bunch of cover tunes to get ourselves ready to play out. Our goal is to be ready to play out by fall 2014.

Anyway, that's it for now!

Dan

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BGC Update

Hello Everyone, For the last month or so we have been jamming and working on Chainsaws Hookers
And Blow Revisited also, been putting ideas together for the Inflatable Love and CHB Revisited videos.
The album will be done sometime in June along with the 2 videos.

People have asked us "Why don't you write regular songs"? so we have decided to give it a try.
We will be putting out a 4 or 5 song EP of regular material under the same band name.The genres will be Rock N Roll and Alternative.This project will take sometime we will be working longer and harder on the music and lyrics. Sit tight for more updates and as always we thank you for your support.

Free Form Jam With BGC

Hey Cheeze Heads,This is a behind the scenes video of us jamming on what could be new material.The intro
and outro  music is a new version of Chainsaws Hookers And Blow in its early stages.As you will notice
Danny Boy isn't there,he had to work but, you will hear us talk about him,so sit back and enjoy.
we thank you for your support-BGC

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The Recording of Inflatable Love

What can I say about a love song describing the relationship between a man and a blow up doll? A lot. This song took us so long to write, record and produce. It was the longest we've ever worked on a song before. Hell Street took us a few weeks from start to finish but Inflatable Love took us a couple of months to do! It took us so long just to finish the song that I wondered if we would get it done for release on Valentines Day! Quite frankly, I wasn't sure if we were going to finish it at all!

It was a long road to the finish line but it was a road I'm glad we took. The finished product speaks for itself. It's good. It's damn good, if I don't say so myself!

The song started off as a couple of riffs Chad was jamming on. We all liked the sound of it so we jammed on it for a bit. It was simple, it was easy and it was catchy (kind of like a venereal disease)! 

After we wrapped Satanic Seagull, we started working on the song that would eventually be titled 'Inflatable Love'. We wrote the music rather quickly but didn't bother with the lyrics until the end. Once we knew the structure of the song, we recorded the bed tracks in a few sessions.

While we were recording the song, Chad began working on a guitar solo for the final chorus. It took us a whole session to record that because we were focused on getting everything right. You might notice I didn't use the word 'perfect' in the last sentence. I chose my words very carefully. We were not focused on perfection but instead we focused on getting the song right. Chad's guitar solo kicked ass! The style reminded me of Chuck Berry, which I thought gave the song more "flavor".

We spent more time trying to get the right sound for the song than we had on any other song we worked on and I believe we got it right! We wanted the song to have a punk rock feel like something the Clash or the Tubes or even Nirvana in the early days might have played and add a little Government Cheeze to the mix!

The only thing left to do at that point was write the lyrics. Easy, right? You might think so but it wasn't. We figured if we spent that much time getting the song right, then we should do the same with the lyrics. Again, we focused on getting it right, not perfect, but right.

Writing the lyrics was a long and bumpy road. The song was almost called 'The Shocker' and included the lines "Two in the pink/One in the stink"! However, Chad found that a little too shocking. His vision for the song was "less crass and more class". I'm glad we decided to go in a different direction.

As a group, we couldn't decide what the concept of the song should be. We brainstormed many different ideas but none of them stuck. I suggested calling the song 'Inflatable Love' and make the song about a blow up doll. Why not? It sounds like something we would sing about.

A title was all I brought to the table. I had no ideas beyond that. We were in between sessions and Bubba texted me song lyrics he came up with. It went something like this:

"Got my girl

She comes in a box

She's my favorite kind

because she never talks!"

When I read it, I knew we had our first verse! It was a jumping off point. Over the course of an afternoon, Bubba and I had a rough draft of the song, minus the last verse. I showed TJ the rough draft and he added some stuff. Finally we brought it to Chad, who was also coming up with some ideas of his own. Then we all worked together on the final draft. Hell, we were still changing lines as we recorded it! Again, we were focused on getting it right.

Personally, I'm glad we worked as hard as we did on 'Inflatable Love'. I'm glad we focused on getting it right. It was very much a team effort. Everybody contributed and made the song what it is. It's my favorite project we've worked on thus far!

My favorite lines from the song are:

"Some don't condone

a relationship with rubber

I don't care what they think

She's my inflatable lover!"

Anyway, I hope all of the Cheeze-Heads enjoy our latest song. It's going to be released on VD, February 14th, 2014! Hopefully we'll get the video done next month! Enjoy!