A Week off for Thanksgiving and Back to Work

Reckless Abandon took the week of Thanksgiving off of practicing to be with their family. Also, Ryan needed to catch up on school. "The band had drug me behind in school some, and I felt the need to catch up" said Ryan. The band went back to practicing Monday, one week after their first recording session, hoping that they would not miss a beat (no pun intended). "We could tell we had our week off, but it didn't take long before we felt right back and ready in the music" said Ryan. "We had another good practice session" said Jef.

Ryan is now anxious for future recording. "Last time, we got a little nervous, had to rig the drums due to temporarily-misplaced mic cables, and was a little unsure exactly how our recording would work best. Next time, we will now more of what system works best for us, have a few wrinkles ironed out, and should have the mic cables. It should go faster and easier." Until next recording session, the band is simply desiring to iron out these wrinkles. "We have our songs down pat as far as the general gist of it goes, but we just want to 'iron out our wrinkles' so to speak" said Ryan.

The band has been wanting to begin working on more songs as well, but feels that for now, it is best to work primarily on the stuff ready to record. "We have more stuff - almost too much stuff - we can work on, but we focus on the stuff we have the best now" said Ryan. Jef added, "I have a lot of lyrics Ryan has given me, some good chord proggression ideas that we just need to fit to the lyrics. We also have some already written songs we just aren't really doing much now. I am trying to get the hand of Ryan's song 'Calling in Life' but am primarily working on the main stuff." There are five songs the band is working on now. The band is also supposed to be playing at a friends Christmas party this December.

As one fan said, "This could be one big move in the music industry. Ryan can do anything he puts his mind to. He's even an Eagle Scout for crying out loud! Jef is pretty dang serious about his music as well. Timothy is one of the best violinists around. The lyrics sung are touching to the common American. 'One thing that keeps me going is the fact of knowing, I can express myself in the songs that I write,' 'Do you remember the day Satan seemed so close,' 'Let me finish what I started,' 'I want to love you forever and a day,' 'Lord please help me to do what is right,' 'All I can do is think about them times, and ponder on what might have been,' 'If only they knew the prays I pray at night,' and so on. You get the point. These are songs about real life, real stories, real feelings, and are played by real people. They touched me, and they can touch you. Ryan adds, "We play American music. We play people music. We play Reckless Abandon music."

Yes, it really is that simple. And with the winning attitude, beatiful music, and touching lyrics the band provides, it is only a matter of time before they heavily influence the music industry, whether they are popular or not. Some things happen despite inpopularity. After a week off, the band is ready and exited for any more possible opportunities.