Track1 Advent Commentary by I.B. Fokuz

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE SONG OF THE WEEK, GO TOHTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ADVENTISHERE TO LISTEN TO IT.

Man, where do I start. First of all, its a pleasure to not only work with another gifted lyricist, but a genius in our modern day times. Like Gilead said, I was very impressed by his first record dark room. I grew up in a christian household myself, so I knew what it was like to be taught about faith and God most of the years as a kid coming up. I honestly believe, that it is more easier for someone who grew up in the church to rebel against their teachings than someone who never was exposed to those certain teachings and accepts it as a breath of fresh air. The whole concept really touch me as a fan. This was one of the biggest reason why I wanted to do this record with him. At the time, he was just dropping DPS, his second album. I decided to link up both of his albums as an continuation with this album. It created a lot of imagery for his next journey and also mine. So here we are, "Advent".

The first track is actually the first song written and recorded, ironically. With this song I felt it had to represent his transition into a new and fully complete artist, so I wrote the chorus in a way to capture his past, his present and his future. His Advent! The first line for example, "I'm seeking, bleeding, leaking through this merit, Love/ It's got me possessed, I'm leaping like I never was/". It's like a search for a free spirit, which we all look for in some part of life, a reinvention of ourselves. Then I said, "Apart of this cycle, and whirlwind of nothing/ This darkroom is plummeting, I bound to shoot, busting/". There I was building imagery on his struggle with God and how he thought he was backed into a corner throughout his obstacles. Then moving on to, "Death Penalty, Blaw, its time to move rushing/ through this outer space that, makes us all function/". Everyone gets to that point, where there is something inside you that drives you, when you've had enough. It's like your on the edge, and no one can see things the way you see it at that particular moment. It's a magical moment in some cases. You learn a lot about yourself and your will in those moments. And ended it with "If you're ready to build and tired of it crumbling, Advent is here now, its time to change something/". That last line represents when you finally reach that point of knowing what you are capable of. It's your decision to change it or let it be. I think today, were not asked that, let alone taught. So a lot of people are lost in there own mental cave because they never knew how special they were to begin with. In a lot of cases we are not perfect by far or blessed to be presented with that type of thinking. In the world we live in today, they just say "shit happens". Nobody cares anymore!

So hopefully with this album, we can reach people that are caught in this state of mind and give them a boost from experience. Reinventing yourself could be one of the best things that can happen to you because there is a stronger confidants and a stronger vision for what the future holds. Well, that's my two cents. Look forward to talking next week about Track 2: Baptism, until then peace.

I.B. Fokuz