not to put it morbidly, but have you ever felt like you were dragging a part of your life around like a dead body?

right now, i am and i feel like its time to cut it loose.

for 6 years, i've put my heart, my soul, my blood, sweat, and tears into a particular band. this was my sole creative outlet. i put everything i had into it, and rightly so. i am a musician and its in my very nature to create music.

The band im talking about is CryoMancer.

i wrote or co-wrote 30+ songs for that project in 5 years. some never got released.

the decision to end CryoMancer was not an easy one. even though i gave it my everything, there was still something that was not quite right. something slightly off. and as time went on, i grew increasingly unhappy with it. i could tell i wasn't having fun on stage and i wasn't the only one that noticed.

my heart wasn't in it anymore and stylistically, i'm not really sure it ever was. as much as i like industrial, it was never my first love.

i feel as if it has run it's course and i have nothing left to put into it.

about 9 months ago, we started a side project called Jack Derringer & The Smokin' Guns. this project quickly became our primary band. i discovered that i was very happy doing it. writing and playing was SO much more fun and those around me could tell that i was in my element.and i get to play with some amazing musicians and great people.

A friend told me a while back that they teach you in music marketing programs that a person can only successfully handle being in one band at a time. i know there are exceptions, however i understand fully what he means. if i am putting 100% into one band, then the other band will suffer. and its true.

its taken us most of a year to make this decision and we did not make it lightly. however, this band started with just me, and in the end, its still just me.

starting this week, we'll be taking down most of the CryoMancer stuff. we will still have CD's and T-shirts for sale until they run out, but they wont last long.

Thank you to those who have supported us over the years. please check out Jack Derringer. you'll hear me being happier....hehe

Thank you to everyone that was involved over the years:

Laura

Josh Gramling

Matt Soucek

Buzz

Jay

Donner

Francisco

& Ken Lemery

Kryss

http://www.facebook.com/JDandTheSmokinGunz

P.S. Django = 1966 Italian Spaghetti-Western Movie about a guy who drags a coffin around town = Rancid (A Punk band) wrote a song about the film called "Django" = Jack Derringer & The Smokin Guns, a Punk/Rock Band with some "Cowboy" influence in spots fronted by me = CryoMancer, also fronted by me and ive been dragging it around like a coffin. ok so its a pretty good stretch, but you get the idea.