r/deafheaven

I got my copy of LPWP back from my brother. And I just randomly sat it here. And realized I loved it. I have my whole guitar rig set up and trying to come up with some McCoy / Mehra inspired guitar tones....

But...

Jeez is my life in shambles. I'd love to rant and vent but this isn't the place.

Deafheaven & my daughter (who shares the same name as the 2nd track off New Bermuda) are the ONLY things keeping me going. I'm throwing myself all into my own musical project. I don't want to shamelessly promote, not the place.

Deafheaven community I am a sad, and lonely 37 year old new father on the brink of total relationship collapse with my partner of 11 years.

I see myself in so much of George's lyrics. My struggles with 18 year addiction, sobriety of almost 5 years, marriage for 11... I emotionally bankrupt and the only thing left that fills the void and makes me feel anything is deafheaven.

The song "night people" is so beautiful I refuse to send it to anyone bc I know no one will ever appreciate it the way I do.

I dont know what I'm going to do. But I do know a few things. I'm going to listen to deafheaven, I am NOT going to drink or use, I AM going to love my daughter whether or not I'm with her mom, and I ABSOLUTELY refuse to go the way of Cobain, or Bennington or Cornell. My dad did that to me, at 25 years old. I can't do that to my daughter.

So deafheaven sweethearts, I need ya.

God damn do I need ya.

Good times

Alright how many of you got one of these too??

I have three of my guitar students learning Sunbather, and two of them wanted to do an acoustic duet of the song! This is a moment cut from the video I made from them this week. We’ve been using the Sunbather tab book the band had published 5 or 6 years ago. 

In regard to the comment I made in the video when, after some mistakes, I then said I “got carried away”:

I tell all of my students, of all instruments, to not to be afraid to let yourself be available to be swept away by your own inclinations. While we all have clear goals to focus on, or parts of songs that need drilled, or whole pieces that need perfected, personal practice time is the perfect place to let yourself get lost with your own playing. Conscious confidence and curiosity is what defines many great musicians, and it all comes with the acceptance to remove yourself as a perfectionist with a “job”, and let your music try something that might carry strong emotion. I’m glad they have video proof of this happening to me. Whenever my students like to (in their always positive, well-spirited ways) openly make fun of me, they’ll often quote “LET’S GET LOST”, which I guess is something that I say often around them LOL.

I hope this bit of the video is novel in any way to whomever watches. Thanks 🤘😊